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Potato - Vine Removal and Desiccation
In preparation for harvest, it may be necessary to remove potato vines prior to harvesting the tubers. Vine removal can be done mechanically (flail beaters, rotary choppers) or by the application of chemical vine-killers. Mechanical beaters effectively remove potato tops, but should be adjusted to remove the tops without injuring any tubers near the soil surface. Organic growers prefer this method of top-killing.
When potatoes have excessive amounts of top growth, use a chemical vine-killer first, followed by mechanical removal to shred tops. This combination provides effective vine kill. Potato vines should be chemically killed approximately 21 days prior to harvest. This provides time to insure good skin set. Note, rapid vine desiccation (either chemical or mechanical) can cause stem-end discoloration in tubers.
With chemical vine-killers, use the lower application rates if plants are stressed (see the label). Good spray coverage is important for these chemicals to work effectively and the speed of vine desiccation varies greatly between the different chemicals.
CAUTIONS: When using chemical vine-killers, ALWAYS FOLLOW LABEL INSTRUCTIONS. The information provided below is very general and does not provide full label instructions regarding the application or full use of the materials.
- carfentrazone (Aim): 3.2 to 5.8 oz/A (7 dh; REI 12h) and spray adjuvant (NIS, MSO, or COC) is required (1-2% v/v). Suitable for seed and storage potatoes. Thorough coverage is essential. May be tank mixed or used sequentially with other desiccants (see labels for restrictions).
- diquat (Reglone): 1 to 2 pt/A (7 dh; REI 12h) and always use a spray adjuvant (0.1-0.5% v/v NIS). Suitable for seed and storage potatoes.
- glufosinate-ammonium (Rely): 3 pt/A (9 dh; REI 12h). Do NOT use on seed potatoes.
- paraquat (Firestorm or Parazone 3SL): 0.7 to 1.3 pt/A (9 dh; REI 24h) and always use either NIS (0.125% v/v) or COC (1.0% v/v). NOTE: paraquat is NOT registered as a vine desiccant for storage or seed potatoes. May ONLY be used for Fresh Market Potatoes. Potatoes must be harvested promptly and processed or consumed immediately.
- pyraflufen-ethyl (Vida): 2.75 to 5.5 oz/A (7 dh; REI 12h). Apply when vines are starting to senesce for best results. May be tank-mixed in sequence with other desiccant products.


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Can Good Broth Resurrect the Dead? No, and It Might Be Your Last Souper!
There's a South American proverb that says "Good broth will resurrect the dead." I always thought that was a bit of stretcher but I spent more than year looking for the evidence anyway. I'm into living forever after all. Much to my dismay, I found that broth can kill. Indeed a bowl of soup may be your "Last Souper." It was for Julia Child, Robert E. Lee, Marie Antoinette and many others after all. Tune into this YouTube to learn more.
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Interesting post. I agree with you that broth is a nourishing food with an interesting nutritional profile per the tests we have run on it.
However, I would point out that bone broth is very high in glycine, which is an amino acid not otherwise found in abundance in a normal diet. Glycine, the smallest amino acid, isn't essential in the diet, because the body makes as much glycine as it uses from always-available small molecules in the tissues. According to this research, glycine promotes cancer growth http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6084/1040.
I was curious how you reconcile that with the putative anti-cancer properties of broth. Additionally, collagen, found in broth, is found to support tumour growth http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/scientists-reveal-how-collagen-scaffolding-drives-tumour-growth
I look forward to reading your new book and your answers. Please note we consume broth regularly, but I am curious about your expert insight into these concerns.
I have a question? I have your book. It says to be careful not to cook your broth on to high of a temperature because it will destroy some of the broth's valuable properties. But in the the soup recipes it says to take the broth and boil it. Could you please explain this.
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I was wondering if you recommend cooking chicken soup or bone broth with a stainless steel pressure cooker? Does one type of cooking result in superior nutrition?


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Employee Retention Ideas
One of the Human Resource challenges experienced today is the retention of employees and talent. Employees are your greatest asset as they are the ones who deliver the value to your clients with their unique skill-set.
The key questions that are facing Human Resource Managers and Human Resources Directors today are how to retain talent or retain employees?
It is important to understand the impact of a high employee turnover rate for your company. The high employee turnover can result in low morale among staff, loss of knowledge, and inconsistency with clients as they are dealing with new employees who have to build up a relationship again and decreased productivity.
"Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of your clients – Richard Branson."
The real work and main task for any Human Resources department starts once the talent or employee has been employed, then to try to implement the best solutions to retain the existing talent within the company.
How do you protect and retain the talent in your organisation?
Research states that it is a combination of company culture, remuneration and incentives.
Firstly, have a retention strategy or plan in place that will reduce the turnover rate and that covers the areas of company culture, environment, incentives (monetary and non-monetary) and recognition.
Here are a few ideas to get you started to create a good retention strategy:
- Adequate resources must be available for your employees to do their work.
- Incentivise managers to have a low turnover rate. By incentivising managers to focus on lowering the turnover rate, the Manager will be more focused on looking after the needs of the employee and investing time into the team.
- Provide a clear path of opportunities for employees to work towards and increase their skill set, it should be and environment of growth and recognition.
- Money is not on the top of a list to keep employees but it does play a role in the final decision as to whether they will stay.
- An environment where employees feel appreciated, valued and empowered is a great way to retain employees and enhance the culture of the company.
- Does your company provide a training plan for each employee? Each employee should have a personal plan of training to up-skill and then attend training regularly. Employees want to learn and to be equipped to do their job well.
- Ongoing Employee feedback is also vital to keep the communication channels open with every employee – understand how the environment can be improved or even understand if gaps exist in skills or other ways to get work done well.
- Employee retention can also include other benefits like wellness days, having a care centre for your children, in house sports facilities and gyms.
Again, employees are what make your company and business work, they are the ones who do the hard work and speak to your customers, and their happiness at work will affect the customer experience. Create an environment that will help employees grow and flourish. The benefit of a good employee retention plan will be a win- win for all parties involved in the process.
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Many cities are now re-examining their attitude to urban agriculture. The challenge they face is how to control agricultural activity so that it can be integrated into the city environment for the benefit of the urban farmers and the rest of the city's population.
Urban agriculture is associated with urban land squatting and is viewed as a socioeconomic problem, not a solution. Authorities are hesitant to be more proactive on urban agriculture because its is largely seen as resulting from a failure to address adequately rural development needs.
— Mayor Fisho P. Mwale, Lusaka, Zambia
Can agriculture succeed in the urban environment?
Cities are growing fast as people move from the countryside to seek a better future. So fast that the municipalities cannot keep up with the influx. There are too few jobs and limited facilities. Many of these new arrivals face poverty and malnutrition, often spending three-quarters of what little income is available to provide just one meal a day.
In an effort to improve their situation, many of the urban poor use any available space to grow more food. From rooftops to window boxes, on roadsides, riverbanks, and vacant lots, people will find places to grow a little food to feed their families. Some even manage to grow enough to sell the surplus, providing much needed income. For others, especially on the outskirts of the city, farming becomes their main occupation and may provide support for an entire family or group of families.
City administrators have traditionally opposed this uncontrolled activity. These urban farmers often take over public spaces or private lands, and disputes over the use of land can lead to violence. There may also be health hazards if the soil or water used is contaminated. Keeping livestock in the densely populated areas may create a variety of risks.
Thanks to pioneering research initially led by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), many cities are now re-examining their attitude to urban agriculture. The challenge they face is how to control agricultural activity so that it can be integrated into the city environment for the benefit of the urban farmers and the rest of the city's population.
Urban agriculture has several advantages…. It increases urban food security (produce from rural areas is expensive and less fresh) and creates sources of income. urban agriculture also reduces open space maintenance costs to local government.
— Mayor Christopher Iga, Kampala, Uganda
What's old is new again
Farming in the city is not a new practice. There is ample evidence in the remains of ancient cities around the world to show that agriculture was once a normal part of city life. Cities were designed to incorporate the production of food, fodder, medicinal plants, and even building materials. If it worked then, why not now? Instead of trying to ban agriculture in the city, why not encourage it? Persuade the urban farmers to organize and become more efficient, help them find and share available space, provide support for food processing and marketing, create effective rules and regulations, and provide facilities that will enable them to contribute to the city's sustainability and food security. It was an idea whose time had come — again.
Maximizing the potential of urban agriculture
International Development Research Center (IDRC) was the first major international agency to support formal research in the field of urban agriculture more than twenty years ago. The approach has been to try and maximize the potential for urban agriculture to improve household food supply, incomes, and health by removing some of the constraints — such as outdated by-laws and restrictive regulations — and at the same time improve the management of waste, water, and land.
To achieve this the researchers focused on both policy and technology, bringing researchers, politicians, and technocrats together with the producers to develop effective policies and practical solutions. They also helped create networks of cities to promote the sharing of ideas, technology, and results. And the Centre worked to bring urban agriculture research into the mainstream through collaboration with other donor organizations, as well as with academic institutions and nongovernment organizations.
Urban agriculture experiences in Latin American and Caribbean cities reveal that it is possible to use local resources and technologies to help reduce the costs of urban economies and improve the standards and the quality of life of the population.
— The Quito Declaration, Ecuador, April 2000
Sowing the seeds of sustainable urban development
Over two decades International Development Research Center (IDRC) has disbursed some CA$ nine millions on over 90 urban agriculture projects in more than 40 countries. Here are just a few examples:
• Representatives of twenty Latin American and Caribbean cities met in Quito, Ecuador, to discuss the potential of urban agriculture. All the city mayors signed the Quito Declaration in support of urban agriculture. More than 50 cities have now signed the declaration.
• The Sustainable Dar es Salaam Project in Tanzania's capital city (co-funded with the un-habitat program) led to a new strategic urban development plan for the city, and policies for integrating urban agriculture into improved management of the city's environment.
• In Uganda, the Kampala Structure Plan was revised to include urban agriculture as a legitimate land use and an Urban Agriculture Unit was set up under the Kampala City Council administration.A research team made up of staff and students from several Ghanaian universities, studied three cities in Ghana and determined urban waste composting really does offer a win-win situation for urban farmers and municipalities. They found that urban agriculture, combined with landscaping and other uses, could absorb as much as twenty percent of the cities' organic waste.
• In several cities in both Africa and Latin America, sites that were unsuitable for food production are now used to cultivate flowers instead. Sale of the flowers, often for export, provides the income families need to purchase food.
• In Port au Prince, Haiti, partnering with local and international organizations, researchers set up demonstration gardens that incorporated organic waste. Some 1,100 people in 68 groups were trained to set up and operate gardens. The concept worked so well that in three years the project had expanded to nineteen districts from the three originally planned.
• Near Amman, Jordan, researchers developed a wastewater recycling system that allows greywater from household uses to be reused in home gardens. Initial water savings were estimated to be at least fifteen percent, and the use of greywater in market gardens has increased household incomes by anywhere from 10 to 40 percent.
The Impact: Into the mainstream
What was once seen as a novel area for research has now become mainstream, with projects funded by major United Nations, international, and national agencies, as well as nongovernmental organizations. Following the Quito example, city networks have formed in both East and West Africa to share experiences and training opportunities.
By-laws and regulations are being re-written to accommodate and encourage urban agriculture and to ensure the equitable distribution of land. Aerial surveys have enabled cities to create maps showing where space is available, and which areas are best suited for agriculture, with access to organic waste for composting and safe water supply. Schools, businesses, and public buildings are creating gardens plots for students and workers. Many universities now include urban agriculture in their curriculum, creating a cadre of professionals schooled in urban agriculture techniques. And urban agriculture was on the agenda at the third World Urban Forum in Vancouver, Canada in 2006.
Growing tomorrow's green cities
Even in the most densely developed areas of the city there is still unused potential for urban agriculture. Mushrooms can be grown in trays indoors, fish can be raised in tanks, trays of silkworms can provide income, and medicinal herbs can be cultivated in containers and processed in the home.
Regional city networks must continue to grow as more and more cities realize the benefits that urban agriculture can bring. As new enabling legislation and comprehensive city plans are introduced it is important to ensure that training is provided for city staff who must implement the new rules. More needs to be done to increase public awareness of the positive contributions made by urban agriculture.
There is also a need for more education for producers on key issues such as safe use of pesticides and the dangers of contaminated soil and water. This can best be achieved working through formal producers' organizations. Such organizations can also help to ensure fair distribution of land and resources, and security of tenure.
The International Development Research Centre (www.idrc.ca) is a Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. This text is reproduced here with the permission from IDRC. It was edited slightly (see original).
Editor's note: From 1996 to 2004, Dr Luc Mougeot ran IDRC's Cities Feeding People program. If you're interested in this topic check out his book — Growing Better Cities: Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Development. You can also read more about IDRC's environment and natural resource management efforts.
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Exposition (literary technique)
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Exposition is one of four rhetorical modes of discourse, along with argumentation, description, and narration. The purpose of exposition is to provide some background and inform the readers about the plot, character, setting, and theme of the essay/story or motion picture.
Nonfiction exposition
Types of expository writing
- Sequence writing lists, events or steps in chronological order or how they happen.
- Descriptive essays use the senses of sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste to provide the reader with a mental image or feeling about the subject.
- Classification writing uses an organizational strategy to arrange groups of objects or ideas according to a common theme.
- Comparison writing shows the similarities and differences between two or more subjects.
- Cause-and-effect writing, also known as analysis, identifies the reasons for an event or situation.
Exposition in fiction
Exposition as a fiction-writing mode
Within the context of fiction, exposition is the fiction-writing mode for conveying information. According to Robert Kernen, "Exposition can be one of the most effective ways of creating and increasing the drama in your story. It can also be the quickest way to kill a plot's momentum and get your story bogged down in detail. Too much exposition, or too much at one time, can seriously derail a story and be frustrating to the reader or viewer eager for a story to either get moving or move on." (Kernen, 1999)
Exposition in fiction may be delivered through various means. As noted by Ansen Dibell, the simplest way is to just place the information between scenes as the all-seeing, all-knowing (but impersonal and invisible) narrator. Jessica Page Morrell has observed that various devices, such as trial transcriptions, newspaper clippings, letters, and diaries may be used to convey information. Another means of delivering information is through a character, either as dialogue or through the character's thoughts. (Dibell)
Information dump
When the presentation of information in fiction becomes wordy, it is sometimes referred to as an "information dump," "exposition dump," or "plot dump." Information dumps expressed by characters in dialogue or monologue are sometimes referred to as "idiot lectures."
Information dumps are sometimes placed at the beginning of stories as a means of establishing the premise of the plot. In serial television drama, exposition in individual episodes often appears as a brief montage of scenes from earlier episodes, prefaced with the phrase "Previously on [name of series]." Villain speech is a specific form of exposition in which the villain describes his sinister plans to a helpless hero, often prefacing his exposition with the comment that it can't hurt to divulge the plan, since the hero will be dead soon anyway (or the plan will be impossible to stop in the short time available). The villain's motivation sometimes includes his desire to have his cleverness admired by the character most capable of appreciating it. Examples include Comic book supervillains and villains in James Bond movies.
In television, information dumps are common in sit-coms with the introduction of non-recurring characters which drive the comedic plot of a particular episode. An example would be the use of the narrator in Arrested Development to sum up the revelations and inner thoughts of characters in order to keep the viewer tuned to the plot.
In television sketch comedy, which borrows from the tradition of vaudeville comedy, exposition in the most exaggerated sense is used for outrageous comedic effect.
Stories which are concerned with the unearthing of a secret past sometimes include lengthy exposition sequences. These may include large quantities of exposition, complete with theorizing about the implications of the information. Examples include:
Parodies of information dump
The Austin Powers film series has a character named Basil Exposition whose job was to repeatedly plot dump as a parody of the process in movies with serious plots.
The series Mystery Science Theater 3000 always mocked movies that made blatant use of this practice. For example, in Parts: The Clonus Horror, there is a scene where a character views a videotape that explains the organization's origins and purpose in painstaking detail, basically providing all of the necessary exposition in one fell swoop. Tom Servo quips, "Good thing he wandered into the Department of Backstory!" At the beginning of another MST3k movie, Riding with Death, an extra consults a computer file containing information about the movie's protagonist for completely unexplained reasons (other than providing exposition). Once again, Servo notes this by referring to the computer as the "Backstory Database".
Plot dumps are parodied in the movie Spaceballs when Colonel Sandurz explains a plan to Dark Helmet, though Dark Helmet should have already known the plan. Dark Helmet then faces the camera and, breaking the fourth wall, asks the audience "Everybody got that?" to parody the true purpose of the plot dump.
The "villain speech" is criticized in the film Last Action Hero, where the police traitor, John Practice, reveals his evil plan to Jack Slater and Danny, to which the latter retorts that it's a classic mistake made by villains. Also, in The Incredibles, several characters negatively denote "monologing" as a villain's speech that goes on for too long and distracts him from realizing the superhero is escaping.
Several villains in the Nickelodeon series Danny Phantom have been prone to plot dumping, especially the recurring technology ghost, Nicolai Technus. This is made into a running gag in the episode "Identity Crisis." In that episode, Technus claims to have upgraded himself, one of the advantages of the upgrade being that he would no longer shout his nefarious plot into the sky. He was able to maintain this for most of the episode (at one point even criticizing Danny for shouting something into the air himself), but eventually dictates his plot to himself near victory, immediately afterwards saying, "Nobody heard that, right?"
In the stage musical Urinetown, the first song is in fact titled "Too Much Exposition" during which the Narrator and Little Sally explain about the drought that caused the water shortage, and in turn, the end of private bathrooms. While discussing the issue Officer Lockstock finally stops Little Sally before she reveals too much because "nothing can kill a show like too much exposition." Really! ("What about bad subject matter?" she argues. "Or a bad title? That can kill a show pretty good.")
In an episode of "Spongebob Squarepants," Mr. Krabs returns from a vacation trip and the word "exposition" is displayed over his head. His location was a mystery during the entire episode, this revelation added context to the plotline.
Incluing is a technique of world building, in which the reader is gradually exposed to background information about the world in which a story is set. The idea is to clue the readers into the world the author is building, without them being aware of it.
This in opposition to infodumping, where a concentrated amount of background material is given all at once in the story, often in the form of a conversation between two characters, both of whom should already know the material under discussion. (The so-called As you know, Bob conversation.)
Both incluing and infodumping are forms of exposition and are frequently used in science fiction and fantasy, genres where the author has the task to make the reader believe in a world that does not exist. Writers in other genres have less use for these techniques, as they can often depend on the reader's familiarity with the "real world".
Incluing can be done in a number of ways: through conversation between characters, through background details or by establishing scenes where a character is followed through daily life. One famous example of incluing is the door dilated, a phrase created by Robert A. Heinlein and used in several of his stories and novels. In real life, few doors (if any) open like pupils; the offhand mention establishes the familiarity of this strange thing, and does not call attention to itself.
The word incluing is attributed to fantasy and science fiction author Jo Walton. She defined it as "the process of scattering information seamlessly through the text, as opposed to stopping the story to impart the information."
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A Potential Wood Fibre End Users Contact List for increased Fibre Utilization was released by the Fort Nelson Forestry Roundtable to help connect potential end users with Oil and Gas Companies with wood fibre on hand.
As well, BCTS has launched a website where companies wishing to sell their timber can post the opportunity and have interested local parties bid on the timber.
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The NRRM works hard with industry to ensure a balance of economic prosperity and social and environmental responsibility. To that end we have been active in various Environmental Assessment processes for pipeline infrastructure and natural gas processing facilities, evaluating the impact of up and coming land tenure sales, and continue to be involved in various provincial initiatives.
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You hear about all these pre-work out and post-work out protein whey and products, you also hear about all these other pills people take for effective muscle mass gain or fat-burning process. The important question here is, Do they work? Are these pills effective? Should we recommend supplements over a proper diet?
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According to studies carried by Harvard as well as various other institutions, the average American sometimes lacks some vitamins. So, does that mean supplementing through pill form is essential? Maybe, But I rather supplement through food, The natural route. Read more here
I spoke about the most ideal diet to follow and so the DASH/ Mediterranean diet is one of the most ideal diets. You can find more information on it here. You can properly supplement for your essential needs through diet, pill form or powder form of supplement isn't entirely necessary if your diet is adequate.
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1) Glitter Leaves:
What happens when you add together Real Leaves from a Real Tree and Glitter!? An adorable decoration that could EASILY be a statement piece on the wall of your dining room for Thanksgiving Dinner. I'd hang cute little tags from them for people to write things they're thankful for on them.
These would be great centerpieces with tea lights inside of the jars. I'd use fake leaves, I think they'd adhere better to the mason jars.
Wanna guess first?
Never mind, I'll just go ahead and tell y'all anyway . . .
The Nutcracker! From Snowflakes to Sugar Plum Fairies, I'll be designing the Nutcracker tree to end all Nutcracker trees! ;)
3) The Flowers:
These don't have a tutorial, but I think I could maybe figure something out. Actually, I will have to figure something out, because I love these little ornaments. I guess I'll have to learn to do some embroidery soon, huh?
These add just a wee bit of whimsy. Sarah Jane Studios did a fantastic job with them. I think they're precious!
Is it even a Christmas Tree without an adorable tree skirt? I think not. Lol. I want to make mine in pink, and I will definitely have to modify the pattern for my bitty little four foot tree, but I think it will TOTALLY be worth it!
Y'all!! These are the perfect combo of ballet and Christmas. I think I'll make them for my nightstands to add an additional festive feel to my bedroom this Christmas Season! Now, my only decision to make is whether or not I want the trees to be solid pink. I think these would be precious in a pink and green alternating stripe too! ;)
Do y'all have a theme for your Christmas Trees? Let me know in the comments below! I'd love to hear about y'all's Christmas Decorations! :D
Want more holiday inspiration? Check out my Pinterest Boards!
Have a great afternoon, y'all!


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St. Antony's Catholic College recognises the importance of creating and maintaining links with the local and extended community and we work hard in this area. We have excellent links with all our feeder primary schools and have further welcomed into our community other local primary schools, who have joined us on our Enterprise Days and for certain sporting occasions, supported by the work of the School Sports Coordinator.
As a Catholic College, we hold our faith and the profession of our faith as paramount to our success and are delighted to be linked with our local parishes, in both formal and informal ways. We celebrate several Masses each year at the local church, St. Hugh of Lincoln RC Church, where many of our young people are altar servers. We also embrace worship at other local parishes, where some of our students also serve on the altar.
Our young people are very generous and have raised substantial sums over the years to support the work of numerous local charities, including the St. Joseph's Penny Appeal for Salford Diocese, the Rainbow Trust, which supports St. Ann's Hospice in Didsbury, Cornerstone, a charity to help the homeless and for who we provide the Christmas turkeys each year and our own Romania Project which raises money for our own students to take resources to schools in Sibiu, Romania on an annual basis.


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Jennifer Davick
This buttery, two-cheese casserole featuring one of the South's favorite foods is a must for holiday brunches or to serve at dinner with shrimp or ham.
How to Make It
Step 1
Bring grits, chicken broth, and next 3 ingredients to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat; reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 4 to 5 minutes or until thickened. Stir in butter and cheeses until melted.
Step 2
Gradually stir about one-fourth of hot grits mixture into eggs; add egg mixture to remaining hot grits mixture, stirring constantly. Pour grits mixture into a lightly greased 2 1/2-qt. baking dish.
Step 3
Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly around edges. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.


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I recently moved my studio out of our basement into what was our dining room. I have wanting to convert the dining room for a while but I could never get my husband to agree. This year I have dealt with some heath issues that made being in the basement for extended periods of time difficult. Part of the fun with moving to a new space is that you discover things you forgot you had and getting to decorate the new space. In my case, I found a great large wooden T that would be great hanging up in my new space and lend itself be a fun and quick crafty project.
Quite a while back, I picked up this large wooden T on the clearance aisle at Hobby Lobby. I always wanted to create a T wall and this large T would be a nice part of it (and for cheap!!). The finish was scratched and in need of a cosmetic make over.
I originally thought I would decoupage pattern paper onto the T, but I just couldn't settle on a design to use. The color of my wall limited me on my color choices. To be more simple, I decided new paint would be a quick fix.
I have wanted to try chalk paint so this seemed like a good first project. Most brands will have similar instructions but be sure to follow the manufacturer's instructions on your jar. To begin, I cleaned the surface of the wood with a baby wipe.
When it comes to painting things like furniture, walls, and wood shapes, I pretty much stink. I always apply too much paint and end up with drips. I managed to restrain myself on this project and apply the paint in really even thin almost dry strokes of paint. I knew I would be applying many layers of paint and wanted to avoid the final piece looking bumpy or goopy from too much paint.
The first coat will be streaky and you will see the original finish through the paint. (Color shown: Waverly Inspirations by Plaid Crafts in Plaster)
The instructions on my jar of paint suggested 2 hours of dry time between coats. Since my coats were so thin, but I was able to cut that dry time down to 1 hour between coats. I applied a second coat of paint (again, thin even coats) after the first was dry. The second coat will really help block out that original finish from showing through.
Next, I applied a coat of a focal color (Waverly Inspirations by Plaid Crafts: Pool). I added two thin coats that completely covered the white layers.
I loved the blue layer, but decided that it was too much color against the cranberry colored walls in my dining room. To tone down the blue, I dry brushed one more layer of white (Plaster) over the blue, applying it in streaks allowing plenty of blue to show through. (Not shown, sorry, forgot to take that photo!)
I really liked where the letter was at, but I wanted to add something that would make it more personal and really representative of my style. I decided to add stamping. I chose my Dear Ruby stamp that is a great collage of different handwritten notes. The story behind the stamp is certainly perfect for the centerpiece on my T for Tutterow (and Tammy) wall.
I inked the stamp with Ground Espresso Distress Ink. I stamped the image over the T randomly, reinking every couple of stampings so that images were in varying degrees of the brown ink. Allow the ink to dry.
Use sandpaper to sand along the edges of the wood. Sanding will reveal layers of the paint layers below. I actually sanded all the way through to the original black layer and even bare wood by accident. that was such a happy accident because that dark edge really added a great detail. (If you are painting a piece that didn't already have color like mine, you could add a dark base layer to start. Bare wood exposed will also take ink as shown below.)
You can also sand over the flat surfaces to break up the paint surface to add age and wear and soften the stamping.
To add more edge definition and age, apply Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to the sanded edges of the wood using an ink blending tool.
If you have ever applied Distress Ink over paint, you may have noticed that it does not always dry well on painted surfaces and can smudge. The chalk paint finish is very porous so the ink dries nicely on the painted surface.
If you need to tone down or remove any ink, simply use a baby wipe to wipe it away. Keep in mind that you may also remove stamping so you may have to restamp the area.
You can also apply ink over the surface. It will accent the edges of the top dry brush coat. It will play up the definition between those two layers. Use a dry cloth to buff over the ink to help blend and to remove any excess.
When you use chalk paint, you generally seal it with a wax sealer. Be sure to read the label before using it over the ink. Distress Ink is water reactive so a water-based wax sealer will cause a reaction with the ink. Instead, I used Distress Micro Glaze. To apply the glaze, I simply picked up the glaze with my finger tips and rubbed it over the surface. The Distress Micro Glaze adds a nice subtle sheen similar to how a wax finish would look on chalk painted furniture.
Buff over the surface with a clean dry cloth to work the glaze in and to remove any excess.
I really love the way the piece turned out! It is so vintage and weathered and so me! It looks so amazing hanging in my studio. It looks pretty amazing for a scratched up clearance aisle bargain.
I also really love how wonderfully the stamping and inks worked with paints designed for decor. It is a great lesson that you can blend and mix and match your supplies regardless of what section of the store they come from!
PS. The 50% off closeout sale in my online store continues! If you are interested in any of the current classes, hurry and grab them for half price. They will be retired and gone forever at the end of April. Read more about the sale and get the coupon code here: 50% off Online Classroom Closeout Sale.


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In this Medea Vox episode, Hugo Boothby and Erin Cory discuss the project "Music for Universities." The project is based around generative music, which is music that is produced by a system in which degrees of randomization are defined by the composer. Central issues that are explored include audio imperfections and the narrative of technological sonic progress.
From the episode's introduction:
How many portable music devices have you owned in your lifetime? From Walkman to portable CD players, from iPods to smartphones, many of us have grown up in a culture that is constantly selling us the newest in audio technology, promising user friendliness and higher sound fidelity.
By and large, we trust and literally buy into this narrative of technological sonic progress. But how often do we consider the parts that make up the whole? And what would happen if we considered audio imperfections as viable sonic material?
Download the mp3 or subscribe to Medea Vox on iTunes, by using this feed in your favorite podcatcher, or follow the podcast on SoundCloud.
This is a conversation between Hugo Boothby, lecturer in communication for development, and Erin Cory, postdoc in refugee migration, both at Malmö University.
Show Notes
These are authors, works, concepts etc. that are discussed in the podcast. Text within quotations marks is transcribed from the podcast.
- The history of the iPod on Wikipedia
- Generative music | "This is a type of music that Brian Eno defined in the late 1970s in which the composer creates a system or a machine – for example, tape loops or digital randomizations – to produce a piece of music which will play indefinitely."
- The MP3 format on Wikipedia
- Verisimilitude | "Verisimilitude is the idea that every new technology should capture reality in a better way than the one that came before it. This is the story told by those who try to sell us new technology. We heard it, for example, when CDs were launched, but also when radio broadcast went from analog to digital."
- Brian Eno's Music for Airports | … of which Hugo Boothby's Music for Universities is a play-on-words
- Transversal media practices | "The theoretical framework for Music for Universities is within transversal media practices. One of the tools I use is eventualization, which is to manifest something in a way that it becomes excessive: an excessive number of iPods, the audio quality is excessively degraded. This is a way of eventualizing the materialities of these devices. The second transversal tool I use is a concept called residual media, that is media which is ubiquitous but becoming obsolescent. I place both the iPod and the mp3 in that category. This is drawing on the work of Kristoffer Gansing.
- Kristoffer Gansing's dissertation Transversal Media Practices: Media Archaeology, Art and Technological Development


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Attitudes to Europe on the eve of the 2019 European Elections
New Ipsos global study shows nearly half of people in 10 European countries think things across the EU are on the wrong track – but less pessimistic than in 2017. 44% say they are not very interested in the upcoming European Parliament elections. Worldwide, half think the European project as a whole has made Europe stronger.
Half of Europeans across 10 countries believe things across the European Union are on the wrong track, according to a new Ipsos poll. The new online poll conducted amongst adults aged under 75 in 28 countries worldwide, including Belgium, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Serbia and Sweden in Europe, shows 48% say things across the European Union are off on the wrong track, although this is an improvement from 57% two years ago. This compares with just over a quarter (28%) saying things are heading in the right direction (up 7 points) and another quarter (25%) who say they're unsure. The most pessimistic countries are Italy (57% wrong track), France (54%), and Britain (52%), while Poland (40%) and Spain (41%) are less negative. Nevertheless, with the exception of Germany each country has become less pessimistic than in 2017.
The European Union today
Furthermore, the survey also shows that nearly half of Europeans (45% on average across the ten countries) believe that the rules of the EU are rigged to advantage the rich and powerful, with aspiring member state Serbia (65%) most likely to believe this followed by Belgium and Italy (both 50%) – those in Poland and Sweden are least likely to think this (both 38%). Half (52%) also believe that the leaders of the EU don't care about people like them with Serbia (58%), Belgium (57%) and France (56%) most likely to believe this and Germany (48%) and Poland (47%) least likely.
The survey also shows:
- Less than half of Europeans say they know much about the advantages of EU membership (42%) – although even fewer feel they know much about its disadvantages. Britons are the most likely to feel well informed about both the advantages and disadvantages of EU membership – the French and Spanish the least.
- Europeans are less negative than they were in 2017 as to whether the European Union made the effects of the economic crisis better or worse. Now just one in four say the EU made the crisis worse in their country (26%, compared with 36% in 2017); 27% think the EU mitigated the impact of the crisis. Hungarians are most likely to think the EU helped reduce the effects of the economic crisis (49%), while Italians are most likely to say it made things worse (47%).
The European Parliament Elections
With the European Parliamentary elections on the horizon, the new Ipsos poll reveals half (50%) of the public in the nine EU countries say they are interested in the upcoming elections (44% say they're not). Italy, Poland and Hungary are the countries with the most interest (65%, 63%, and 56% respectively) while the French, Belgians and the British are among the least interested (44%, 41%, and 36% respectively). On the elections the survey also finds:
- Europeans are split on whether they think anti-European movement parties will win the elections, with roughly a quarter (23%) saying they will win and another quarter (24%) saying they won't – the number saying they will win jumps to 42% in Italy.
- One in three (35%) agree that in the European elections it's too risky to elect new political parties with radical ideas for change (21% disagree) with Belgium (41%) and Germany (39%) finding it most risky.
- Support for traditional parties however is also low with just 16% saying voters should stick with political parties who have been in power before (35% disagree). Hungary (49%), Italy (39%), Belgium (39%) and France (38%) are most negative towards established parties.
- Overall just half (51%) of Europeans correctly know that members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are directly elected by the citizens of each member state they represent. Hungarians (65%) and Polish citizens (63%) are most likely to know this while Germans (43%) and Belgians (41%) are least likely.
Overall, there is little enthusiasm for the way democracy works in the EU, and often even less for the way it works in people's own countries. Across the ten European nations, on average people are largely split on their satisfaction levels with the way democracy works in the EU with three in ten (29%) saying they're satisfied and 31% saying they're dissatisfied (40% say they don't know). Those in Poland (46%) are the most satisfied with EU democracy, while those in Italy (25%), Britain (25%) and France (19%) are the least. Despite low levels of satisfaction with democracy in the EU, levels of satisfaction within the public's respective countries is often lower. A quarter (26%) say they're satisfied with how democracy works in their country while 44% say they are dissatisfied. Sweden (41%) and Germany (36%) are the most satisfied with how democracy works in their country with Serbia (17%) and Hungary (16%) the least satisfied.
Has the European project been a success?
The new Ipsos survey also asked participants to take a long view about the success of the European project since 1957. Across all 28 countries worldwide, people think the European project has had more successes than failures (by 29% to 15%), through since 2017 there has been a rise in those thinking the successes and failures balance out (from 26% to 32%). Poland (43%) and Hungary (40%) are the most positive nations within the EU, with Belgium (19%), Italy (18%) and France (17%) being the least.
Taking everything into account, half worldwide (51%) think the European project has made Europe stronger today than it would have been without it and 14% think that it's made Europe weaker. Within the EU, those in Poland (62%) and Sweden (58%) are most likely to say the EU has made Europe stronger while those in Italy (37%) and France (31%) are least likely to say this. Countries in the EU on average though tend to be a bit more critical than those in the rest of the world (by 19% to 11%); in particular India, South Africa and countries in Latin America are more positive about the impact of the European project.
Other perceptions on the EU's success found in the survey include:
- Europeans are also positive on balance about the impact of the European project on their own countries, although not quite to the same extent. Two in five (41%) within Europe thinks that the project has made their own countries stronger than they otherwise would be. Poland (62%) and Hungary (45%) are the most convinced while fewer believe this in Italy (28%), France (25%) and aspiring member state of Serbia (24%).
- Europeans recognise the benefits the European project has made to ease of travel and trade between EU member states. Nearly three quarters (73%) say the EU has made a positive contribution with ease of travel across Europe, while two-thirds (66%) say it's made a positive impact on trade between European nations and 60% say the same regarding the range of goods and services available. A majority (59%) of Europeans also agree on the positive contribution the project has made to the peaceful relationships between the European nations.
- Europeans however are less convinced about the contribution the project has made towards improving standards of living and levels of immigration. Two in five (41%) think it has improved the standards of living in their country, with a big variation between countries such as Poland and Spain on the one hand (67% and 52% respectively), versus Italy and Spain on the other (just 26% and 22%). Europeans are most critical about the impact of the European project on levels of immigration they are comfortable with – four in ten (38%) say it has had a negative impact, higher in France (43%), Italy (44%), Sweden (44%) and Belgium (46%).
Looking to the future
Europeans think the EU's most important priorities over the coming years should be:
- reducing poverty and social inequality (46% and down 5 points from 2017)
- fighting organised crime and terrorism (37% and down 7 points)
- protecting the environment (37% and up 11 points)
- creating economic growth and jobs (36% and down 8 points)
- reducing illegal immigration from outside the EU (36% and down 5 points).
In total 19, 531 adults aged 18-74 in the US, Israel, Canada, China, Malaysia, South Africa and Turkey, and ages 16-74 in all other countries, were interviewed. Approximately 1000+ individuals participated on a country by country basis via the Ipsos Online Panel, with the exception of Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Hungary, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden and Turkey, where each have a sample approximately 500+. Interviews were conducted between March 22nd – April 5th 2019. 15 of the 27 countries surveyed online generate nationally representative samples in their countries (Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and United States). Brazil, China, Chile, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey produce a national sample that is more urban & educated, and with higher incomes than their fellow citizens. We refer to these respondents as "Upper Deck Consumer Citizens". They are not nationally representative of their country.
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Wesleyan College alumna Rudo Mudiwa, Class of 2009, is one of twelve scholars from disciplines spanning the sciences and humanities to be named among Princeton's first cohort of Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows, a program aimed at enhancing diversity in the professoriate.
The fellows program is intended to recognize and support scholars who can contribute to the University's diversity, broadly defined, including groups that have been historically and are presently underrepresented in the academy or in certain disciplines. Fellows will begin their terms between July 1, 2019, and January 1, 2020.
Mudiwa is a scholar of African gender and sexuality with a focus on contemporary culture and politics in her home country Zimbabwe. She holds a Ph.D. in communication and culture from Indiana University and a bachelor's degree in political science and communication from Wesleyan College. Mudiwa will join the Department of Comparative Literature, with research examining how anxieties regarding black women's sexuality and physical mobilities in urban areas have been at the center of debates about how to transform space and imagine a new nation of Zimbabwe in the aftermath of colonial rule. Mudiwa will be advised by Wendy Belcher, associate professor of comparative literature and African American studies.
"The Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows Program is meant to encourage early-career scholars to pursue a career in academia by supporting their postdoctoral work here," said Sanjeev Kulkarni, dean of the faculty. Candidates are nominated by Princeton faculty members, who then serve as sponsors. Each fellow plans a research project for the duration of the fellowship and fellows may be given opportunities to teach or advise undergraduates. In addition to receiving a full salary, each fellow also will receive funding for professional development, such as travel to conferences."


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Hey friends,
I'm back! And after the last few weeks of getting ready to move/selling our condo/driving across the country, I'm ready to settle in to my blogging routine again.
Where am I now? Matt and I moved back to Michigan after living in Nevada for 10 years. It was an extremely tough decision, but we were both ready for a change. And a big change it is! For those of you who are familiar with Michigan – we moved to the Upper Peninsula. What??? I know! But it's going to be a great adventure. (Not familiar with the U.P.? Scroll down for pics!)
And for those of you who enjoyed my posts on Nevada and Northern California, not to worry, there are still more to come!
Most of these photos were taken in the fall of 2014 when we took a road trip from Munising to Copper Harbor. (If you'd like to read more about that, click here.)


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Looking for a kick start, fresh start or new start? We have a HUGE opportunity for you!
We are looking for a Mobile Operator to join one of Auckland's leading civil companies working with Storm Water drainage.
What's in it for you:
- Career development in the civil industry for the right candidate
- opportunity to enjoy the beauty of NZ at its best while working outdoors
- Competitive rates
- Weekly wages with Annual Leave / Sick Leave, ACC and Kiwi Saver entitlements
- Class 1 Full License
- Great attitude
- Must be eligible to work in New Zealand
- Must pass a pre-employment drug test
- Clean criminal history
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Repper is a fun and easy-to-use website to create eye-catching designs and patterns from your images. It enables you to create, share and find cool patterns and designs. You can use Repper to create textile patterns, posters and beautiful patterns for your desktop, personal webpage or social profile background.
Repper uses a kaleidoscope-style mirror effect to generate patterns from the image. You can adjust the width and height of the box to vary the effect accordingly.
You can create your design in just 3 easy steps,
1. Just load a random image or upload your own image onto the website.
2. Resize and drag the box to change the pattern.
3. Save your design. You can either link to it from your social profile or webpage, or download the pattern to your computer.
Repper will host the designs for you, so you can link to them on your social profiles. You can also search the pattern database for some cool designs by any combination of tags, color and size.
All designs can be used publicly under the Creative Commons license for non-commercial use. Check out the video tutorial here to see Repper in action.


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The Wellbeing Service is a self-referral service for students. As a result, we are unable to directly contact students unless they have requested a service from us.
Here is the link to the personal details form that your friend could complete should they wish to access our service (or should you feel like you need support, please do not hesitate to complete one for yourself).
We offer a variety of services across both campuses however, no student can be forced to access this service should they not wish to engage with us.
You should also encourage your friend to make contact with their GP to discuss how they have been feeling.
Please note, personal details forms are matched to a student's university email account and communication will only be with this address. Therefore, referral forms MUST be completed by the person seeking support and not a third party.
- Swansea University DSA Assessment Centre
- The Disability Office
- CampusLife
- Wellbeing Service
- Centre for Academic Success
- Inclusive Student Support Services
- Reaching Wider


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Mobile marketing has been proven to be a great way to reach out to a much larger audience. Almost nobody leaves home disconnected from their tablet, laptop or phone.
Spending money on professionals for site improvements is a great way to make your site works well for mobile marketing. It can be hard to make a mobile site that is appealing and attractive. If you would like this to go smoothly, consider outsourcing the project to someone qualified.
You likely knew that it's possible to create and distribute free apps, but were you aware that it's super easy? Offering your own unique app will help to improve your business and take full advantage of mobile marketing. There are a ton of things you can put in your app.
If you want to create a mobile app for your business, make sure it does something useful that will make customers want to use it again and again. If your app is something dumb or just duplicate information that could be found on your website, it's just going to languish on the app store, unloved.
Make sure you give A/B testing a try with your mobile page. Mobile pages need to be tested for usability, just as much as any other web page. For the test, create two separate versions of your mobile landing page–one is A, and one is B–and determine which is more effective for converting customers. Whichever one wins should be your permanent choice.
Make your website even more useful with mobile-friendly maps. Lot of people use their phones to help them navigate to their destinations. Allow them to contact you easily. Make sure maps to your location are clear and concise on any mobile device. Also, make sure your address appears on the top mapping programs. Consider using an external link to a known site, like Google maps, for your customers.
When mobile marketing, your main concern is maintaining your current customer base rather than adding new customers. Current customers are likely to understand why they receive messages from you on their phone, whereas a potential customer may be aggravated by unsolicited contact. A lot of the time, new customers perceive mobile marketing messages to be spam.
Make your emails mobile friendly so that they are effective. Allow users to click directly on your phone numbers so that they can call you directly. Also ensure that the pages to which you provide links display well on a mobile devices. Phones are an increasingly popular way to read email, so you need to remember this when you compose them.
The use of mobile friendly maps will help attract local customers. When a person searches for a business on his or her phone, the map allows them to find it quickly.
In order to entice customers and expand your branding, use QR codes. For sharing coupons, promotions and/or discounts, nothing is better than QR codes. QR codes can be captured with a cell phone. QR codes enable you to make fast and easy contact with your customers while providing them with important information.
Never forfeit quality for speed in your marketing efforts. Always present polished material that is relevant to your audience. Do not get so wrapped up in the excitement of utilizing mobile marketing that you forget that a purpose must be involved. The information you send out through mobile marketing needs to be useful to your customer base. If you give them what they desire, they will patronize your business more frequently.
Make the most of your company website. Use your website to advertise your mobile sites and smartphone apps. Make sure you have clear links that encourage your customers to use your mobile applications when they are not on their computers, as they will appreciate the way you are trying to fit in with their busy lifestyle.
Get yourself short codes that are dedicated as opposed to sharing them. The codes will be linked with your brand, even if the price is a bit steep. After a while, people will make a connection between the code and your company. Buying your own codes will also protect you from legal issues relating to shared codes. If the code sharing company abuses the system, you can be in trouble, too.
Do not bombard your customers with offers. Studies have proven that the best frequency to send offers out is a little less than once a week. You can make your offers seem more inviting if they appear to be exclusive and not always available. It is easy for a customer to ignore an offer when they think the next one is just around the bend.
Get the word out about your mobile marketing campaign as a method of tapping into special offers and discounts. Promote your mobile services on your social networking sites and your website. Consumers will be more likely to sign up for your mobile campaign if they think it will benefit them. Present your mobile marketing goals as a great way to keep on top of the deals you offer.
Define your goals before starting to design your campaign. Set goals for your mobile campaign right at the start. You will have to develop a different campaign depending on your goals. For instance, a campaign that will promote your newest product will be different from a campaign for the holiday season.
Any mobile marketing you intend to do should be checked for cross-platform compatibility. Search out information on all of the devices you wish to target your advertising towards, and take each into consideration when planning your campaign. Use scripting that works on every one of them to truly be successful with your campaign.
The good thing about mobile marketing is that the market is always growing. Soon the vast majority of people will own a phone and mobile marketing will be one of the most efficient ways of reaching them. Use the great advice in this article, and you are going to be light years ahead of the competition. Just go for it!Copyright 2013 , All rights Reserved.


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Touches of Gold - Part 3
Hi everyone,
Here is a great way to use up extra gold paint, distress stain or mist to create a background for cards or scrapbook pages. I created this by adding extra water to the excess distress paint that I had left over from the card background I had made.
I also added a bit of extra paint directly to the craft sheet, mixed the water and paint and then simply lay the card over the wet paint and water to create the background. I moved it around and lifted it to pick up all the paint and then left it to dry. So quick, easy and gives a great result. It is like a watercolour background. You can see a layout that I created for Get It Scrapped using this background foundation and adding lots of colour with drops of mist by checking out the Get It Scrapped article and for extra details on my blog
We still have many more ideas to share for using touches of gold on your projects and will be back with another post later in the week.
Thanks for stopping by,


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Dinner in Florence, live the magic of an ancient location
Want to reserve dinner in Florence? Discover the rich program of food and wine events in Florence historic center organized by the 4-star Hotel Brunelleschi during the year.
The setting, unique and magical, is that of a Byzantine tower, one of the oldest buildings in the city that houses our 4-star Santa Elisabetta Restaurant, where guests can enjoy creative Italian flavors of chef and the Osteria Pagliazza, with typical Tuscan cuisine and also open on the terrace in summer.
We invite you to the delicious Saturdays 4-star menu made in collaboration with the best wineries or our holidays dinner choices, from Christmas to Mother's Day.
Discover special dining events on our Magazine >>
Special festivity:
- Halloween Dinner, October 31st, 2020;
- December 7th Dinner;
- Christmas Eve Dinner, December 24th, 2020;
- Christmas Lunch at the Saloni delle Feste, December 25th, 2020;
- Christmas Lunch at at the Santa Elisabetta 1 Michelin Star Restaurant, December 25th, 2020;
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I am getting married next summer. I have talked to a trainer who will train with you 3x/week and put you on a nutritional plan and design an exercise plan for days that you are not training together. Goal of this being: losing 50-70 pounds by August 1.
Here's the clincher: My mom will pay for it all ($5k), if I sign a contract stating that I will take this program seriously, and to really try hard at losing the weight. In this contract it would also state that if I should gain weight, then I would owe her the $5k back.
What do y'all think of this? Would you do something like this?
**this would be my second time doing a program like this. the trainer was awesome, but i wasn't exercising on my off days and not watching what i ate and i still lost 20 pounds!


text: English 11 "That ranch we're goin to is down there about a quarter mile. We're gonna go in an' see the boss. Now, look I'll give him the work tickets, but you aint gonna say a word." Prejudice plays a significant role in Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. In many instances, characters are pushed aside. Some characters who are pushed aside are Curley's wife, Crooks, and Lennie. Prejudice destroys people's lives. In the novel, Curelys wife is discriminated because of her gender. During this time period, women are basically nothing to the men on the ranch. Steinbeck does not even give her a name. This woman is just simply known as "Curley's wife." For example, Curley attempts to find her in the bunkhouse and says "you seen a girl around here." In addition to that, nobody even wants to speak to her as the men would like to talk and have discussions with other guys and men as they show prejudice towards her. The idea of prejudice can single handily ruined Crooks life on the ranch a living nightmare. Since Crooks is of the African American decent, he was placed in a small shed. This shed had isolated him to sleep and stay at night. Unfortunately, he was separated from everybody else on the ranch. When Crooks attempts to show self-pride, Curley's Wife immediately shuts him down. She says "listen n*****". On top of being judged, Crooks was kicked in the back by a horse. That is why he is now a hunched back and does not have much going for him in life. The life of Lennie was ruined for him by him being mentally slower than others. He was impacted by the act of being discriminated for his amount Show More


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I am putting together a tutorial on how to use TriCaster to produce demos of iPad applications. It will include the end-to-end process from external hardware setup to device configurations. As a part of that, I created two double box livesets that I'd like to share with everyone here.
I've attached two thumbnails here, and will add the zip files with the actual sets as an additional post:
FYI: Can't upload the actual sets here for some reason - maybe size? I'll keep trying to figure it out...


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• What we'll do
For our April meeting, we'll be setting up the project timeline for our August National Day of Civic Hacking event. Our guest speaker for our April meeting will be announced soon, along with speakers for upcoming meetings. We'll be recapping results of March outreach events, and setting up work groups for NDCH organizing. Members are also welcome to share their own projects and bring ideas for NDCH projects.
We'll have light foods and refreshments. Please RSVP by the end of March so we have a reasonable headcount for munchies.
About Code for Tampa Bay
Code for Tampa Bay Brigade is an affiliate of Code for America, and part of an international network of people committed to using their voices and hands, in collaboration with local governments, to make their cities better. Code for Tampa Bay Brigade helps build participatory power in their cities by holding regular civic hack nights and events, advocating for open data, and deploying apps. Brigades celebrate and share their successes with the Brigade network to further the global civic innovation movement. Visit CodeforTampaBay.org for more information.
Code for Tampa Bay Brigade abides by Code for America's Code of Conduct, which expects that Code for America network activities, events, and digital forums adhere to standards of ethics and conduct which can be read in their entirety here: http://codefortampabay.org/about/
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Product Overview
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Part of the Cisco Small Business Series of networking solutions, Cisco 100 Series Unmanaged Switches deliver wire-speed Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to connect your small business office. These switches are designed to suit any office space and help optimize power efficiency. They provide long-term investment protection and support for advanced features like quality of service (QoS) - all in a switch that you can set up by yourself in just minutes.


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How to Transfer a Utility Trailer in Texasby Eric Cedric
Transferring the title to a utility trailer in the state of Texas constitutes a simple procedure you can complete in one of three ways. You can either submit the title transfer online, print out a downloadable form and bring it to a local branch of the Texas DMV or fill out the form online, print it and mail it in to the Texas DMV. The array of methods offers you options whether you are in or out of state and need to transfer a title.
Step 1
Find out whether anybody holds a lien on the existing title for the utility trailer. If so, obtain the lien holder's signature on Form Tx-DMV Vision 21 to prove that he will allow the transfer to take place. (If a person holds a lien on the title, you may not submit the transfer electronically.)
Step 2
Submit the Texas Tx-DMV Vision 21 form (see link in Resources section). If going to the local DMV branch, either print out and fill in the form or request the form in person at the office. Have the owner of the utility trailer sign the back of the existing title and fill in your name (or that of the transferee) on the appropriate line on the title.
Step 3
Submit the filled-out form electronically if nobody holds a lien on the trailer, and wait for the payment page to come up. Fill out the payment method. To submit electronically, you must have a valid credit or debit card. Print the new transferred title when the DMV website accepts your payment. Wait for the hard copy to arrive in the mail.
Step 4
Present the filled-out form to the clerk at the DMV if submitting in person. Present the fee (as of 2010, the fee was $2.50), and obtain your printed copy of the new title.
Mail the filled-out form along with the fee if submitting through the Postal Service. Wait for the new title to arrive via mail.
Items you will need
- Tx-DMV Vision 21 Title Form
- Printer
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text: Hi, In message "Hashes and Enumerable#each_with_index" on 03/04/25, Ryan Pavlik <rpav / nwlink.com> writes: |The problem: Hash#each_with_index returns an index that is not usable |to address the hash. That is, given the following: | | h = Hash.new | h.each_with_index { | | o, i | | ... | } | |i is not defined such that h[i] == o, which is both misleading and |seemingly useless. (This behavior, as per the previous discussion, can |be achieved with h.to_a.each_with_index.) | |Would it not be more useful to adopt the definiton of |Enumerable#each_with_index where the index given is such that e[i] == o |for any given Enumerable? No. Index in each_with_index means offset of the values. It might be possible to implement a method that you described for arrays, hashes, string, etc. But it should have different name. matz.


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By Judita Bačiulytė and Kazimieras Mizgiris. The history of the treasures of Juodkrantė begins in the middle of the 19th century, when a large quantity of raw amber was discovered near Juodkrantė during a project to deepen a seaway in the Curonian Lagoon, which is known as Kuršių marios in ...Read More »
Balys Buračas —Ethnographic Photographer : Illuminating the spirit of Lithuania
by Stanislovas Žvirgždas. Balys Buračas (1897-1972) was a photographer who created a vast archive of visual memory of Lithuanian villages and ethnic culture. He was a chronicler, saving the remnants of a life that was fast disappearing from people's memories. Many post-war Lithuanian art photographers have long acknowledged that they grew ...Read More »
Nature swaddled in art, poetry expressed in blades of grass: folk artist Gintvilė Giedraitienė and her žolinukai
by Vereta Rupeikaitė. Those who have had the childhood experience of sleeping on a bed of hay will never forget the wonderful feeling or the sweet aroma. Such scents have shadowed folk artist and folklorist Gintvile Giedraitiene her entire life; and for the past seventeen years, hay and other grasses ...Read More »
By VIDA KUPRYS. Lithuania's guerilla resistance against the Soviet occupation was a decade-long secret war which lasted from 1944 to 1953. From its very inception it was a tragic confrontation. Hope-filled dreams of liberation by the West eventually turned to resignation. The wonted cavalry just never arrived. Images of mutilated corpses ...Read More »
By Daiva Markelis. Wendell Mayo, a native of Corpus Christi, texas, is an accomplished american writer. over one hundred of his short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies, including Yale Review, Harvard Review, Missouri Review, Boulevard, Prism International, and others. he is the author of four short story collections. ...Read More »
Philadelphia – The City of Brotherly Love, opened its heart to Lithuania this November showcasing a weeklong extravaganza of art, craft, cuisine, music, history, and community events. This Lithuanian Festival, which took place November 2-10, was organized by the Lithuanian Embassy in the United States and the Lithuanian Honorary Consulate ...Read More »
The Lithuanian Roots of Igor Stravinsky and the Rite of Spring
By William J. Morrison The Riot in the Theater On the evening of May 29, 1913, a riot took place in the newly opened Theatre des Champs Elysées in Paris. In an attempt to restore order, Paris police were summoned. The riot, or scandal as it is sometimes called, took ...Read More »
Tribes – People of Lithuania Before Statehood
by Al (Alvydas) Karaša Who were the people that comprised the tribes which Mindaugas united and ruled as their first king? BEFORE THERE WAS A LITHUANIA, AND BEFORE her first Christian king united her people in the 13th century, there were tribes. Made up of clans, and families extended to ...Read More »
The Lithuanian-Italian Connection
By Audrone Kasperaviciene It is a myth that both Rome and Vilnius were established by wolves. But it is no myth that the Italians left an indelible mark on Lithuania. For hundreds of years, the spirit of Rome has played a main role in the development ofVilnius, and to a ...Read More »
Another View: How Students of Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds See Lithuanian Culture
After the Chair for Lithuanian Studies was endowed in the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in 1984, UIC launched a new course under the title "Lithuanian Culture." Prof. Violeta Kelertas taught the course until 1994. Then I was hired to teach it. During two decades over 700 students ...Read More »


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Ramona's rich agricultural history leaves us with a legacy of farms and ranches and estate wineries that make Ramona a destination for chefs and other gourmet cooks looking for the freshest organic produce, eggs and other exotic animals, such as emu and camels. Of those who are open to the public, some keep seasonal hours, others are open by appointment.
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…and I've got one invitation design that is a catch up from last week and one that just got finished over the weekend.
The first invite is Jennifer's tropical/beach inspired invite. Her design has been a definite trend setter! The second invite is the inside of Melissa's folder style invite. She loved the "Daring" design and we changed the colors to fit her wedding. Hope you like both of them!!


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Blood Flow: Current State and Future Prospects
9 - 11 October 2017
Paris, France
Please fill in the registration form. The completion of this form is required for pre-registration.
After submitting the form, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with a reference number which is needed for abstract submission to simplify the tracking and management of conference contributions.
Conference Fees
The conference fee includes conference material, lunches, coffee breaks, and conference dinner.
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|Regular fee (after 15.08.17)
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In-game odds and win probabilities for San Antonio Spurs @ Los Angeles Lakers
San Antonio won the game, which was expected. San Antonio entered the game as the strong favorite, with a 75% chance to win before the game started.
LA Lakers did not go quietly, holding the lead toward the end of the game. Their biggest lead was when they had a 66% chance of winning, but ultimately San Antonio managed to take control and pull away for the win.


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San Bernardino victims to voice support for FBI in iPhone case
A number of the victims of the San Bernardino attack, which killed 14 people and wounded 22 others, will issue a legal brief in support of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt to make Apple help unlock the iPhone of gunman Syed Farook, according to Southern California newspaper, The Press-Enterprise.
Stephen Larson of the law firm Larson O'Brien, who did not name the victims he represents, told the outlet he would be filing an amicus brief, a document that provides advice to the court.
"The victims have the greatest interest of all in finding out why this terrible event took place and what our government and law enforcement can do to bring everyone involved in this to justice and ensure the best that we can, something like this never happens again," Larson said.
Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, who participated in the Dec. 2, 2015 attack, were killed in a shootout with police.
San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos told the The Press-Enterprise he also intends to file an amicus brief in support of the FBI, and said Apple's stance was "a slap in the face to our victims."
Larson has been contacted for further comment.
On February 16, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym ordered Apple to assist the FBI in unlocking Farook's iPhone 5c. To do so, she ordered that Apple build a specialised software that will prevent the smartphone from being "bricked" and its data lost if law enforcement make too many attempts to guess its passcode.
Following the ruling, the company has fought back claiming that building such a backdoor would set a troubling precedent. Apple CEO Tim Cook published an open letter that suggested the ruling would open something of a Pandora's Box.
"In the wrong hands, this software — which does not exist today — would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone's physical possession," he wrote. "Opposing this order is not something we take lightly. We feel we must speak up in the face of what we see as an overreach by the U.S. government."
Pushing back against Apple's message about the possible ill effects of the ruling Sunday night, FBI Director Jim Comey suggested the case was limited in its scope and asked those in Apple's corner not to overlook the rights of victims. "Fourteen people were slaughtered and many more had their lives and bodies ruined. We owe them a thorough and professional investigation under law," he said in an emailed statement.
Apple vs. the FBI explained, how this case might affect your iPhone


text: CHILLY'S BOTTLE 500ML - [NEON] RED Double walled vacuum insulated bottles keep drinks cold for 24 hours or hot for 12 hours. £20.00 Quantity: at £20.00 each Add To Basket 1 in stock. The latest designs from the amazing range of reusable bottles from Chilly's. They'll keep your drinks cold for 24hours or hot for 12hours. And they look pretty cool too. What's not to love.