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Silver Creek's Anderson-Lee Library announces December programs
Anderson-Lee Library, located at 43 Main St. in Silver Creek, has announced its programming for the month of December. Most programs are free and open to the public. Registration is often required to ensure enough seating and materials for all patrons attending the program. To register for programs, call the library at 934-3468, stop by 43 Main St., message on Facebook, or visit www.andersonleelibrary.com and click on the events tab for easy online registration. It's also possible to sign up for email/text reminders when registering online!
Pre School and School Age Storytime
Pre-school Storytime for children ages 2 to 5 on Thursday mornings, Dec. 6 and 13 at 10:30 a.m. Children will participate in reading, singing, rhymes and fun crafts. Children under 3 ¢ will need a parent/caregiver present.
Storytime for School Age Children on Thursday mornings, Dec. 6 and 13 at 10:30 a.m. Miss Amy will organize a variety of activities for children ages 6 to 10. Expect stories, crafts, Legos, games, and more!
All Ages Storytime, Thursday, Dec. 20 at 10:30 a.m. Combined story time for the above groups with Miss Jill. Come prepared for seasonal stories and crafts.
For Adults:
Introduction to Holistic Herbalism, Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. Join local Herbalist Sarah Sorci as she shares information about the importance of holistic and local herbal medicine. Sample herbal concoctions and receive recipes to try at home with ingredients people probably have in their pantries! For ages 16 and older. Registration required.
Friday Matinee, Friday, Dec. 7 at 12:30 p.m. This matinee for adults 18 and older will offer a variety of movies, from documentaries to classics to new releases. Feel free to bring lunch or a snack. This month, watch "The Man Who Invented Christmas."
Cookie Swap, Monday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. Join in for the second annual cookie swap! Bring one kind of cookie and take home an assortment of delicious cookies for the holidays. Participation is limited to 10 people. Adults only. Beverages and goodies will be served.
The History and Current State of the Seneca Language, Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. Whitney Nephew, Cayuga descendent and third year apprentice in the Seneca Nation's Language Immersion Program will present a program on the Seneca Language. Learn more about the language, the efforts being taken to revive it and maybe even learn a few phrases!
Fun for all ages:
Saturday Matinee, Saturday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. For families of all ages, this matinee will offer new releases, old favorites, and seasonal fun! Bring a bag lunch or a snack to enjoy while watching "The Magic Snowflake" this month.
Make Your Own Gingerbread House, Saturday, Dec. 15 at 11 a.m. All ages are invited to come and make a small gingerbread house out of graham crackers. All materials provided. Space is limited. Register by Thursday, Dec. 13 at noon.
Wrapping Party, Tuesday, Dec. 18 from 6 to 7:30. All ages are invited to drop by and use the wrapping station for their holiday gifts. Wrapping paper, ribbons, bows and other small items will be available to make beautifully wrapped gifts! All materials provided, drop by anytime between 6 and 7:30 p.m. Enjoy some cookies and hot beverages, too!
Kids Clubs:
LEGO Club meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Kids age 5 to 12 are welcome to join in on Dec. 4 for the monthly building challenge. Registration is appreciated.
Minecraft Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. (note time change for this month) Kids age 6 to 15 are invited to join in on Dec. 11 to cooperatively play, build, craft, explore and create! The Club will be focusing on survival mode and playing together on the library's network. Registration is limited to 8 participants, so sign up soon!
Teen Book Talk meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. All teens age 13 to 17 are invited to bring a book they are reading or have read and share it with the group. Refreshments are provided. In December, the club with meet on Dec. 18.
Roblox Club meets on the third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. Ages 5 and up are invited to come and join the fun of creating adventures, playing games, role playing and learning with friends on Dec. 20. Registration is limited to 8 participants, so sign up soon!


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This is the first in an ongoing series based on the highly rated book Selling Innovation, a guide to structuring a complete start-up revenue capture process. The book is based on a day-long workshop held at the MIT Enterprise Forum in partnership with Microsoft. Sections of each chapter will be shared here on The Startup Growth Blog. Download the complete eBook, blog readers get a special 25% discount with code JA49Y.
By John Harthorne, founder & CEO of MassChallenge
The world needs innovators and entrepreneurs who can sell.
Entrepreneurs are our value creators and problem solvers. Their nimble, high-growth companies create most of the world's highly innovative technologies and groundbreaking solutions. More often than not, it is a startup that first determines how to extract energy from high altitudes, or from the ocean's waves, or even human waste. More often than not, it is a startup that first figures out how to teach kids math using basketball or how to build the most intuitive mobile games. They build off-road wheelchairs, grow farms in freight containers, track migraines with cell phones and draw clean water out of slightly humid air. Take any problem in the world, and you can be certain that numerous entrepreneurs are working tirelessly on solving it, and that a few of them will end up revolutionizing a long-established industry.
Startups are also creating jobs. Early-stage ventures are responsible for virtually all net job growth in the United States, as confirmed by The Kauffman Foundation: "Net job growth occurs in the U.S. economy only through startup firms." Since 1977, established firms have lost 1 million net jobs per year, while startups in their first year added an average of 3 million jobs in aggregate. This trend has spawned scores of innovation centers and business plan competitions as governments, educators and the private sector world-wide work towards supporting this critical part of local economic development. We need job growth, we need it now, and startups are the solution.
But launching a startup is difficult. Many innovations never get to make that impact and generate those jobs because too many innovators struggle to find the right resources before running out of time. To succeed, entrepreneurs need access to advisors, talent, suppliers, lawyers, office space, equipment, funding, and other resources. Most importantly of all, though, startups need customers.
Customers are almost always the single best source of funding and growth. Customers are demanding. They force you to build what they want, rather than investing in the development of a large, complex "science project." They keep your company alive and focused and, if they like your product, they buy more. Customer money is the cheapest, most productive form of capital on the planet.
Innovation can provide solutions to many of the world's most challenging problems. Selling that innovation is what reifies the founding vision, establishes the desired impact and initiates serious growth.
The world needs entrepreneurs and innovators, and they must be great at selling their innovation.
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A previously healthy, 37-year-old man presented for a routine physical examination during which a pulsatile mass in his midepigastrium was palpated. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a well-defined hypoechoic lesion abutting the pancreas. Further imaging by contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and 3-dimensional reconstruction revealed a well-circumscribed, 3-cm lesion surrounding the common hepatic artery (Figure, A and B). The lesion demonstrated patchy arterial enhancement, and a small irregularity of the common hepatic artery was present within the lesion. Endoscopic ultrasonography demonstrated a hypoechoic, well-defined mass; fine-needle aspiration showed no abnormal cells within the paucicellular specimen. Surgical exploration revealed a firm, ovoid lesion surrounding the hepatic artery at the origin of the gastroduodenal artery (Figure, C). Following resection, the lesion was bisected to reveal a smooth white arterial lumen surrounded by grayish fibrotic tissue with punctate hemorrhagic foci. Histologic sections of the specimen demonstrated small, singly dispersed vessels embedded in a background of fascicles of spindled cells with monotonous, fusiform nuclei and abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm. Focally, areas of myxoid degeneration were present. Despite extensive sampling, no mitotic activity, cytologic atypia, or areas of necrosis were identified. There was strong, diffuse cytoplasmic staining for desmin (Figure, D), and staining results for S100 were negative. Furthermore, CD34 stained strongly positive in vessels but failed to highlight the intervening stroma.
Krampitz GW, Mills AM, Visser BC. Man With Hypoechoic Lesion Abutting the Pancreas. JAMA Surg. 2014;149(4):393–394. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2013.778
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Mobile devices have become an integral part of our everyday lives. There's the constant need to stay connected and the fear of being left out. Even if you're someone like me who doesn't use Facebook, I still catch myself with the phone in my hands just browsing through different forums online. That being said, if you heavily rely on your mobile phone but oftentimes go out in the wilderness where the signal is not that great and that frustrates you, perhaps you should consider a reception booster.
A mobile reception booster is a device that strengthens existing weak signals, thus ensuring a seamless and reliable connection at all times. The two major reasons for having poor signal are usually your location (how far you are from a network tower), and certain obstacles (your vehicle or the building you're in). Whatever the reason, a mobile reception booster is a valuable investment that provides you with quite a few benefits.
Reception boosters are small and easily mountable on your vehicle, RV or motorhome. You can travel to remote locations and rest assured that you will have a reliable connection with the outer world. But you can also install it in your vacation home or office. Most reception boosters support simultaneous multiple calls, so you can receive every important call without a problem.
You can connect to a 2G, 3G or 4G network from wherever you are and enjoy an uninterrupted and stable connection. Mobile broadband internet can be problematic for a wide range of reasons. Sometimes, even if you're in a highly crowded urban setting, you can have a slow connection due to interference. The thick concrete walls of your home can also be a problem. Installing a reception booster helps you overcome all of these obstacles.
Reception boosters can easily be installed without the help of an expert. They consist of two basic components – an antenna and an amplifier. The antenna receives the network signals and sends them over to the amplifier. The amplifier improves the signal and sends it to the mobile devices in the operational area.
You can find reception boosters in various different models for your specific requirements at a wide range of prices. They provide an affordable and effective way to stay connected, no matter where you are in the world.


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Nargol port is planned as a multi-purpose port that can handle solid, liquid and container cargoes. The port will be located north of Mumbai close to the planned new rail corridor between New Delhi and Mumbai. The greenfield port plan is an intriguing and novel joint venture partnership between India's transport logistics company, Cargo Motors, a subsidiary of the Cargo Group, and Amarillis, the new high-tech international arm of Israel Ports Company (IPC). Amarillis will provide key technological know-how and engineering solutions for the new port. Nargol port in India near Mumbai, will soon become one of the world's largest greenfield high-tech automated ports.
Israel Port Development & Assets Company
ISRAEL PORT DEVELOPMENT & ASSETS COMPANY LTD ("IPC"), a USD 2 Billion company, was established in July 2004 as a wholly owned company of the GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL and commenced it's operation in February 17, 2005.
IPC is responsible for the development of Israel's three commercial seaports in Haifa, Ashdod and Eilat, and for providing the necessary infrastructure which allow the ports to function effectively and competitively handle Israel's international maritime trade.
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If you have never seen a typical Nepali village house (especially of a well-off family), you will find every bit of this property, which is the result of some serious restoration works, striking! On the other hand, if you are familiar with the architecture and the lifestyle of such a family, living in one of these rooms will definitely connect your senses to the ambience of the good old days.
Untouched by any signs of modern luxury, the rooms bear the long forgotten look and feel that you can now hardly find in the rapidly modernising Nepali society.
The rooms have walls plastered with clay and painted in red and white, just like in olden Nepali homes. Ceilings comprise of wooden support beams called daleen and floors are parqueted. The furniture and the overall decor have a unique rustic touch -- one that will leave an impression in your memories forever. For your comfort, all rooms have attached bathrooms (something not customary in traditional Nepali architecture), ingeniously built for your comfort.
In short, the rooms may, in no way, look like those of a luxury resort, but are undoubtedly the best in the boutique category.
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West Aurora's Josh McCauley looks to score against West Chicago's Mike Zajac on Friday. | Donnell Collins~For Sun-Times Mediaa
At this point of the season, West Aurora coach Gordie Kerkman knows that there's enough film on his team out there to show that 6-foot-7 senior Josh McAuley can block shots.
But no matter how much film there is out there, McAuley continues to be a defensive stopper for the No. 10 Blackhawks, and he showed up big again in Friday's 71-44 DuPage Valley win over West Chicago.
McAuley blocked four shots, but altered countless others, and grabbed nine rebounds to help the Blackhawks to a 41-24 advantage on the boards. He also tied for the team lead in scoring, along with Spencer Thomas, with 14 points.
"You saw a lot of those shots, early in the game, one kid put some extra arch on it," Kerkman said. "One kid was going in for a layup and he swatted it away. He's definitely a defensive force."
McAuley scored the game's first basket on a rebound put-back, and West Aurora (12-2, 6-0) never looked back. The Blackhawks never trailed and were never tied in the win.
But in the first half, West Chicago (4-14, 1-5) stayed within arm's reach. But a 12-3 run that started in the second quarter and ended in the third quarter finally gave the Blackhawks some meaningful separation, opening a 39-19 lead with 5:40 left in the third, to put the game out of reach.
"We knew we should have put them away earlier," McAuley said. "We can't look past a team, but we knew we should put them down pretty quick. We didn't have our best game. We didn't have as good a game as we should have, but we got the win."
Kerkman was delighted when informed that all five of his scorers reached double figures in scoring. Jayquan Lee scored 12 points; Jontrel Walker added 11 and Chandler Thomas scored 10.
"That is great," Kerkman said. "Some of the kids probably don't like it, but from a coaching standpoint, it's great when you can put five guys in double figures."
West Chicago was buoyed by the play of John Konchar, who scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Mitch Henke added 10 points off the bench for the Wildcats.
The Blackhawks roll into an interesting stretch of games starting Saturday night at Lockport, and are feeling good about the way things are going.
"We have a pretty good chemistry together because we all played together when we were younger, so we expected this to happen," McAuley said. "It's going how we expected it."
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The sunlight glinting off rolling fields of corn is sure to soothe and relax any weary traveler headed to the great state of Iowa; and Iowa has more to offer than just farmland, including teeming urban centers, peaceful suburban retreats, and miles of beautiful and serene landscape.
Look below for just a few of the attractions Iowa has to offer:
The Iowa State Fair is an annual event and has more competitions than any such fair in the nation. The Iowa State Fair boasts whimsical contests for kids such as the "Ugliest Cake" contest, unconventional attractions like the yo-yo contest, and more traditional fare such as livestock and pie-baking contests. All this in addition to rides, games and all the food you can eat makes the Iowa State Fair a family vacation not to be missed.
Famed as the setting for James Waller's novel, The Bridges of Madison County, and as the birthplace of John Wayne, Madison County receives inspiration-and romance-seeking tourists every year. At its peak, Madison County tallied 19 bridges, which created a practical link between picturesque routes throughout the county.
The Amana communities encompass 20,000 acres and 31 historic places. They were one of the world's longest active communal societies, lasting from 1855 to 1932. Hundreds of buildings were once part of the communities; almost 500 have survived.
Continue to the next page to learn more about all the down-home excitement going on at the Iowa State Fair.
To learn more about family vacation destinations, see:
- Family Vacations: Learn about hundreds of family vacations in destinations all over North America.
- Iowa State Guide: Learn about Mobil Travel Guide-rated hotels and restaurants in Iowa, as well as other recreational activities.
- Scenic Drives: For those who think that getting there is half the fun, we have compiled more than 100 of the most scenic drives throughout the country.


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Specialized Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Melbourne-based Specialised Therapeutics Australia, has announced a new sublicense agreement under which global pharmaceutical company Mundipharma will assume all commercialisation responsibilities for the anti-emetic products ALOXI (palonosetron hydrochloride) and AKYNZEO (netupitant and palonesetron).
ALOXI is indicated for the prevention of acute nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy and has been commercially available in Australia since 2010 under license from Helsinn Healthcare SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical company which has consented to the sublicense agreement.
AKYNZEO is the first fixed combination oral agent targeting two critical signalling pathways associated with chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) by combining netupitant, an NK1 receptor antagonist, and palonosetron, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, in a single capsule.
AKYNZEO is also supplied by Helsinn, and was approved by the TGA in May 2015. The PBAC recommended its reimbursement via the PBS in November last year, a process the company said is now "nearing completion".
Under the terms of the arrangement, Specialized Therapeutics grants Mundipharma exclusive marketing, promotion, distribution and sales rights for the products in Australia and New Zealand.
Specialised Therapeutics Australia has grown rapidly in recent years on the back of a growing portfolio, which is headlined by the PBS-listed ABRAXANE (nab-paclitaxel) for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.


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Jeevani : "Its hard to bring down my husband now. I am sure he must be half way to Mars already"
Santhosh : "SOMEBODY WROTE A BLOG ABOUT ME..do you know how it feels? Call me!"
me : "Let me tag you in the facebook share. We might get a lot of publicity :P"
Santhosh : "After all the publicity, if I get calls from major brands, shall I talk to them Jeevs?"
Jeevani : "Dishwasher brands? Sure!"
Santhosh : "Success starts small...wow..Sam, can you add this quote in your blog" surprised at himself for dishing out a quotable quote.
Santhosh : "Praveen, Sush, you guys can still talk to me. I am no different before and after the blog post "
me : "Hahaha! I should start another category on my blog, 'Santhosh's jokes'"
Santhosh : "Noo, not right away. Let people digest this, including me. I am reading the post OVER and OVER, still cant believe SOMEBODY WROTE A BLOG ABOUT ME :) :D :P
Jeevani : "Reached Mars?"
Sush : "Don't sink in the sink hole man"
Santhosh : "Sush, did you read it? I am pasting here again for your convenience. SOMEBODY WROTE A BLOG ABOUT ME :) :D :P"
me : "Looks like our publicity stunts not working", disappointed at not getting the expected response on the social media.
Santhosh : "Don't worry. Its the silence before the storm."
This was the conversation in the whatsapp group after I shared the post I wrote about Santhosh on my blog. You can read it HERE


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Joshua Feuerstein is a viral sensation yet again with a ranting video about Starbucks' "War on Christmas" and their decision to remove Christmas imagery from their annual Holiday cups. The pastor went on CNN to discuss his latest crusade with anchor Brianna Keilar and radio host Pete Dominick.
Unfortunately, there was an audio issue that prevented Feuerstein from hearing Dominick dismantle his opinions and put the focus on Feuerstein's other videos, where he calls for Christians to arm themselves to fight gay rights, which landed him in the news before.
Last week, Starbucks revealed their 2015 Holliday cups, which are plain red. Feuerstein posted a rant online where he ordered a coffee, telling the barista that his name was "Merry Christmas," which he said was "tricking" Starbucks into acknowledging Jesus.
"I think it's much more than just a cup, I think it's the overall narrative and I think that the cup is very symbolic – parabolic – in that it parallels a society that is essentially trying to remove Christmas from Christmas," said Feuerstein, also mentioning the South Park Mall's removal of their Christmas tree and cities banning churches from displaying nativity scenes.
Dominick struggled to contain laughter while Feuerstein spoke, and responded by calling Feuerstein an "entrepreneurial bigot" for his numerous attempts to ignite outrage online. Dominick mentioned Feuerstein's previous anti-gay rights videos and mocked him for criticizing Starbucks, then buying their coffee and telling others to do the same. Feurersetin could not hear Dominick's accusations, and stuck to the Starbucks issue when responding.
Dominick also pointed out to Feurerstein that Starbucks never used Christian imagery on their merchandise, and have always said "Happy Holidays." In fact, the Starbucks cups have used minimal designs and patterns for the last few years, so a shift to total minimalism is not unprecedented.
The other issues that Feuerstein mentioned — the Christmas tree and nativity removal — are similarly inflated. The South Park Mall in Charolette, NC, attempted to display a North Pole glacier in the center of the mall, but will install a Christmas tree instead after public outcry. There are no reports of church nativity scenes ever being removed by the government.
Although the audio issues complicated the debate, Feuerstein managed to get his point in: Christians make up a large segment of the population, and should speak out when they are being oppressed.
He ended his appearance by asking "If this is not a Judeo-Christian society, why did Obama have to pretend to be one to get elected?"
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Mr. Feuerstein has been a religious bigot as well as a hate-monger toward anyone who does not see religion as he does. Watch any of his videos if you doubt what I say is factual.
Lets deconstruct this guy's arguments. 1. Even in previous years they had reindeer and ornaments on their cups…NOT Christian symbols anyway. 2. Yes, the Mall in Charlotte tried something different with the glacier…it pretty much bombed on its on…but regardless, trees are pagan symbols, not Christian. They are nice things to have, but they are not related to the religious aspects of the holiday.
He says that City's are prohibiting displays of manger scenes in front of Churches. Not happening, and I challenge him to cite one single situation where a local government prohibit a church from having a manger scene, otherwise, it's just hot air.
Also, we were not founded on Judaeo-Christian beliefs. We were founded as a Democratic Republic which a government philosophy arising from Greek and Roman thought.
As for how many views his video has…that's not a vote on how many people support this stupidity…it's more a testament to how we can't drive past a train wreck without slowing down to look.
But it all sounded good to the krazy kristian kooks.
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text: Desiree Griffin, is a Philly Girl, who ventured to N.C. with her folks just before high school and has planted her beautiful roots in the Monkey Junction, region of Wilmington, North Carolina! While pursuing a career in the medical field after graduating from, Miller Motte Business school and holding a Medical Coding and Billing position, for a little under a decade, impressively she still carved out time to share in her passion; to organize events, decorate and plan within her community, church and other charitable organizations. She knew that when she was in this creative giving element, assisting with all the love embraced, romantic ventures, and charitable scenarios, that she was at her most happy place! Therefore, she decided to launch a side career, and she became a certified wedding and event planner! She has operated her own successful wedding planning business, and comes to us with valuable knowledge in the industry. We are grateful to have her as part of, The Pearl and The Petal Team as one of our awesome production assistants! Desiree has been married for 22 years to her loving husband, Craig, and they have two beautiful daughters, 22 year old, Maya, and 8 year old, Makayla.


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The "Aloha Aina Unity March" was held Sunday 10/18/15 in Lahaina.
The march started at 10 a.m. near Mala Ocean Tavern and was followed by a rally at Kamehameha Iki Park, according to organizer Tiare Lawrence via press release.
A similar event in Honolulu in August attracted thousands of Native Hawaiians and other residents.
Like that march, Lawrence said the Maui event represents "an effort to raise awareness on issues surrounding over-development and exploitation of natural and cultural resources."
"At the forefront of concern is the development of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on Haleakala and the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, the GMO issue, and the restoration of streamflow," Lawrence said in a statement announcing the event.
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Step 1 Process garlic, ginger and half the chilli in a food processor to make a rough paste.
Step 2 Heat oil in a large frying pan or wok over high heat. Add paste and stir-fry for 1 minute.
Step 3 Add pork mince. Cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes until pork browns. Add lime leaves, lime zest and juice, fish sauce and sugar. Cook for a further 2 minutes.
Step 4 Remove from heat. Spoon into lettuce cups and top with remaining chilli. Serve with rice and stir-fried vegetables.
Including chopped coriander leaves and a small handful of crushed peanuts will add even more flavour to this dish.
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How to Identify the Most Reliable AC maintenance Company in Dubai
To keep the HVAC device working well for a long time you will need to seek AC maintenance services regularly. Dubai is one of the regions in the world that experiences extremely high temperatures. Both commercial and residential buildings in Dubai has air conditioning devices. The air conditioning device may develop problems while you are using it. Therefore it is necessary you have the contacts of the most reliable air conditioning maintenance company in Dubai. Your goal is to hire a company that will help make the air conditioning devices regain its usual performance. Below is how to identify the most reliable AC maintenance company in Dubai.
The top air conditioning maintenance company in UAE recruits highly qualified employees. The professional offering AC maintenance services must have a high level of expertise in this field. You will be putting your house at risk when you opt to do the AC maintenance work yourself. Therefore, you should seek the assistance of an expert.
You can determine the right HVAC company in Dubai to hire by seeking other people's recommendations. Customers are using multiple online platforms to review products and services in the market. The essence of the reviews is to help you know from other customer' perspective the leading HVAC maintenance company in Dubai. You will know the ideal air conditioning cleaning and installation services company in Dubai to employ by using other customers' reviews.
The best air conditioning services company in Dubai has business permits and insurance coverage. The essence of the business permit is to show that the company adheres to the set government regulations. Insurance, on the other hand, is to compensate clients if the HVAC device is damaged in the process of repairing it. Hence, it is more beneficial to seek the functions of the top HVAC servicing company in Dubai than to do the task yourself.
The most reliable AC installation Dubai company has been in this industry for many years. The company has, therefore, developed working relationships with various manufacturers of HVAC devices. Hence, they interact with them to enhance their skills in AC installation, repairs and maintenance. For reliable HVAC maintenance services, you should seek the functions of the company that have been in this industry for a long time.
Some activities such AC cleaning and installation may appear too simple that you assume you can do them yourself. However, you risk damaging the HVAC device if you undertake this task yourself. The best approach is to hire a professional AC installation and cleaning company in Dubai.


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Disability news service blog post, by John pring, 6 July 2017: PIP reassessments cause more than half DLA claimants to lose Motability rights
More than half of those disabled people previously eligible for the Motability vehicle scheme have lost that eligibility after being reassessed for the government's new disability benefit, according to a freedom of information response.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show fewer than half (about 126,000) of the 254,000 people previously receiving the higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance (DLA) secured the same level of mobility support when reassessed for personal independence payment (PIP).
Of those reassessed between October 2013 and October 2016, about 65,000 had their entitlement reduced to the standard PIP mobility rate, and about 63,000 lost their entitlement to mobility support altogether.
Only those entitled to the enhanced rate of the PIP mobility component are entitled to join – or to continue to be a member of – the Motability scheme.
The figures were obtained by the national disabled people's organisation Disability Rights UK, following a freedom of information request.


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This Day in Georgia History
July 15, 1864
Sherman Continued Crossing, Bragg Wired Review
The bulk of Sherman's Army arrived at the Chattahoochee River and began crossing at various sites along the river - a task that would take three days. Meanwhile, to the south, Jefferson Davis' chief-of-staff, Gen. Braxton Bragg, was on a secret mission for the Confederate president. Bragg had been sent to Atlanta to determine the competency of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and his ability to turn back Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. On this day, Bragg wired Davis: "I have made General Johnston two visits, and been received courteously and kindly. He has not sought my advice, and it was not volunteered. I cannot learn that he has any more plan for the future than he has had in the past. It is expected that he will await the enemy on a line some three miles from here, and the impression prevails that he is now more inclined to fight… . The morale of our army is still reported good."


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For each of you, the force of habit is strong. More than likely, you're both determined, purposeful and persistent. This relationship is a test of wills. Neither of you is easily pushed, pulled or pressured.
Once you commit to each other, this relationship can become a steady, stable powerhouse. Stand firm on the conviction that you are working to overcome inertia together.
Both of you spend a great deal of time in the world of feelings emotions and intuitions. Each one of you experiences life as an ebb and flow of emotional tides and currents. Neither of you deals with people so much by their outward appearance as by their inner states. Each one of you has a degree of psychic power. You can cultivate a mutual appreciation of music and art.
Learn to dance together. Intangibles play a great role in your life together. To share greater success, develop a greater understanding of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all forms of life. In other words, develop your empathy, compassion and emotional rapport.
Essentially, you are both strong individuals. Each of you can be an extremely good friend, a formidable enemy, and prone to intense likes and intense dislikes. You both view the world as being pretty much black and white.
You've both proven to everyone that you can hold on. Your staying power is second to none. Now learn to let go. Every day find something to sell, give away, throw out or burn. If you want to get the most out of life, let go of old crap, literally, figuratively, and most of all, psychologically.
You each have forgiveness issues that tend to make your personal relationships challenging.
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Chinese Star Signs
The Snake and the Rooster share so many of the same views it is hard to imagine them not getting along. As lovers they are nearly ideal for each other. Their overall compatibility rating is 90%.
The Snake is the master seducer of the Chinese Zodiac. Always well-liked, Snakes are sociable yet introverted as well as intuitive and blessed with a keen aptitude for business. Although Snakes may not consider money that important, their luck and tendency to be a bit tight with their purse strings ensure they will have more money than they need. Snakes are far more mentally active than they are physically. They tend to analyze events before joining in. Overall Snakes have reserved dispositions and probing minds that make intellectual pursuits far more attractive to them than physical activity.
At their core, Snakes are a little insecure, and can be very jealous and possessive, which can estrange both their friends and family. Despite their imperfections, Snakes can be alluring, munificent and loving. Snakes tend to trust their own intuition over the advice of others.
While sometimes they are seen as lazy, Snakes will work very hard when the need arises. They are not quitters and expect the same commitment from their partners in any venture.
Snakes could often be a little less arrogant, and develop a stronger sense of self.
Note that Chinese star signs are determined by your exact date of birth, and not just your birth year. For more information, read about the Chinese Zodiac »


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We're challenging you to walk 10k steps a day for a week for CARE International UK.
Register for just £5 and raise £100, and by walking 10k steps (that's about 8km/5mile) a day, you can make a real difference to the lives of women and girls living in poverty around the world.
So, grab your buddy or your buggy, your sister or your mister, team up with anyone you fancy, or fly solo if you like. But join us for Walk In Her Shoes 2020!
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You can take part at any time of year. Choose when you'll walk, and invite your friends to join you.
Walking for water
Every day thousands of women and girls, all over the world, have no choice but to walk many miles to fetch water for their families. Water that is often dirty.
Their daily routine deprives them of the chance to have an education, a job, and traps them in a cycle of poverty.
The money you raise can help build wells and water pumps closer to rural communities so that women and girls don't have to spend their days walking for water, and can plan for a better future.
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This product is a phased array covering 1800MHz. The output power at p1dB is a very large 26Watts EIRP. The phased array is electronically steerable and can change direction in 100nS. The unit can be controlled via an ethernet port or a very fast 8bit parallel control for integration into an existing system. Front end filtering and PA optimization will be require for any range outside of 1800MHZ +/- 100MHZ. A software upgrade is planned allowing for null steering to null out jammers. This product is currently under development. Please see the following links for advanced details.
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Astrology Insights
By Levi Banner M.A.
September 28, 2019
Blessings from Bali everyone. I'm here nesting in my new home, back in the swing of teaching regular classes, workshops and doing readings. Prepping for the back to back trainings I am hosting in November and December.
Announcing a EUROPE TOUR 2020!!!
If you know of a festival, studio or ceremony that would love to host me in July or August 2020: Please get in touch.
Here are my moon musings for now:
September 28
New moon in Libra
The moon comes close to the sun creating a new moon. This is not seen in the sky though felt like a renewal of fresh energies. New moons are always a good time to create intentions for the coming time.
It's now a new season. As the sun reached the equator less than a week ago beginning spring in the southern hemisphere and fall in the northern.
This is the first new moon after equinox and the first new moon of the season. For several cultures, this is the new year! For example: this marks "Rosh Hashanah" or the "head of the year" in the Jewish Tradition.
Spring has sprung or fall has fallen.
The equinox marks when the sun moves into the sign of Libra which is where the moon meets it today. This new moon is in this sign of balance, Libra.
The sun and moon are accompanied by a couple of faithful friends. Mercury, and Venus are both close by this new moon and sun relationship.
Which is exactly what it is. A relationship.
The very essence of Libra is to discover oneself through another. To find harmony and balance (equinox) in all interactions.
Libra is the sign most inclined to relationships. So communication, collaboration and intimate connect are themes of Libra.
When the moon reaches the sun each month, it's a new moon and time for a ceremony based on new intentions. So as you plant your new moon seeds, let them be related to relating.
What are you wanting to balance in your life? How might you better your connection with others? How might you collaborate this time instead of taking it all on yourself?
It's time to move forward, together.
On the other hand if you are the Libra type that has discovered the shadow version of the sign (all signs have a shadow and a light), then perhaps you are already giving too much, relying on others opinions too much and have become codependent and give too much of yourself up for others opinions to dominate.
Then it could be the case where during this new moon, it's time to step into your own. To do something for yourself. To make a decision on your own. To take yourself out on that date and not concern yourself what anyone else thinks!
It's time to move forward, whole unto yourself.
Happy new moon my friends.
September 30
Venus Square Pluto
The planet of our collective feminine, Venus is now in a dynamic alignment with the planet of death and rebirth, Pluto.
This is potential for renewal, a great opportunity for growth. And possibly a deep dark night of the soul for the sacred feminine within.
Venus is in Libra and Pluto is in Capricorn so if you have planets in your chart near this 20 degree mark then this is even more personal for you. These signs mean that it is more about relationships, what your taking on, what your boundaries and who you are collaborating with for not.
It's time for the feminine within us all to fully let go so she can be reborn once again.
She is now technically far enough from the sun to be seen, so soon you will witness her re enter the world stage early in the evening shining her new light.
Let this be that release into a new power. Strength through Surrender.
October 3
Mercury enters Scorpio
The planet of thought and communication, Mercury now enters the sign of depth and Intensity, Scorpio.
This influences our collective mind to think more deeply, to feel our thoughts and to dive in fully to our emotions as well.
October 4
Mars enters Libra
The sacred masculine, Mars has been trailing behind the other inner planets and is now making his way to explore healthy relationships, collaboration and communication in the sign of Libra.
Though he just missed Mercury who just moved on to the next sign, he will try and make it to Venus though she will shine on her own and leave the sign before he does, as they have been together recently in the underworld or near the sun. Like a good breakup, Mars is now expanding his awareness of what healthy connection is. He is on his own in the sign. Of relationships, communication and intimacy.
He will now explore the relational version of the masculine, perhaps it takes being fully on his own so he can be more whole and complete for the next one he meets will reflect where he's at once again. The path of Libra.
October 9
Venus enters Scorpio
The sacred feminine, Venus is now visible in the early evening sky. She now shows up as a light signifying a reclaiming her power.
Today she enters Scorpio which is the version of the feminine that wears darkness on her as she shines.
A deeply feeling and sensual sign. Venus has now been fully initiated through the underworld (past the sun) and now shines as the shamanic, tantric goddess.
It's time for the feminine to reclaim her power, her deep dark power and shine that out in the night.


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I like to start my Reiki blogs with a story. Here's a short one:
Once upon a time (a few weeks ago), my daughter was getting bullied at school for "being a witch" because I was teaching her Reiki for self-care.
So last week I taught 4 more of her friends from school how to do Reiki for self-care.
The End.
Epilogue: Since posting this on social media back in 2018 I was asked to teach it to another group of 10-11 year-old girls. That later grew into teaching it to tweens of all genders and later, to children as young as 5 years old. I have developed my own manuals for both classes, based on my adult class materials. If you are interested in having your child learn Reiki, please visit my Classes page or use the contact form. We can discuss options.


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Alden Ehrenreich had to learn Wookiee for Solo: A Star Wars Story
Technically, the language of the Wookiees of Kashyyyk is called Shyriiwook — and apparently you can learn it. Alden Ehrenreich had to.
The actor, who's starring as a young Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story, spoke to Jimmy Kimmel about learning Chewbacca's native tongue for the audition. Kimmel asked if the team at Lucasfilm "came up with a whole language" like with Klingon in Star Trek or if it was just him making random "grunting noises." It was a bit of both, according to Ehrenreich.
"There's a part where it's subtitled, so we had to figure out what words [in Shyriiwook] meant certain words [in English]," the 28-year-old said. "But it was in my audition. I had to learn it and do the whole thing."
It helped that he had Joonas Suotamo on hand. The 6-foot-10-inch-tall actor has been playing Chewbacca since Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and he taught Ehrenreich how to made certain sounds. "He does that live and then they take the sound of a bear and a seal and a lion or something and combine it in post[-production]," Ehrenreich added of how the completed Chewie sound is made for the film.
Oscar-winning sound designer Ben Burtt created the Chewbacca sound for the original films, piecing it together from various animal noises. "Out of all these recordings you could extract little bits of sound, little grunts, moans, and ughs and arghs and purring sounds, whatever it might be. I collected and put all on one tape all these sounds that had emotional feelings associated with them," he explained in a 2014 Star Wars behind-the-scenes video.
Just don't ask Solo director Ron Howard to try Shyriiwook. Twitter learned that the hard way.
Solo: A Star Wars Story opens in theaters on May 25. Watch Ehrenreich's interview with Kimmel above.
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Employment of surveying and mapping technicians is projected to decline 8 percent from 2014 to 2024. Advancements in surveying technology, such as robotic total stations, let surveyors and surveying technicians complete more work in less time, reducing the demand for surveying technicians.
Some job openings will result from the need to replace workers who leave the occupation. Demand for surveying services is closely tied to construction activity, and job opportunities will vary by geographic region, often depending on local economic conditions. When real estate sales and construction activity slow down, surveying technicians may face greater competition for jobs. However, because surveying technicians can work on many different types of projects, they may have steadier work than others when construction slows.
Prospects should be best for those who are trained in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Percent change in employment, projected 2014-24
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Water project
The demand for mineral water is increasing at a rapid rate nowadays. In this regard, mineral water project is considered as one of the main activities of CTC Agro. To this end, the company is involved in supplying mineral water to the Khizi region through 10 km-length water pipes laying from the mountains of the Khizi region.


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Oasis Animation Tapped for 'F Is for Family' S4
Oasis Animation in Montreal will be providing production services for Netflix original adult animated series F Is for Family season 4, produced by Gaumont Television. Production kicked off in January, with more than 80 artists working on new dysfunctional sitcom antics. The full 10 x half-hour season will launch on the streaming platform next year.
F Is for Family is created by Bill Burr, an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer, and Michael Price, a writer and producer who also worked on The Simpsons. Over the past two seasons, the show has received outstanding reviews. It follows the Murphy family in the 1970s, a time when you could smack your kid, smoke inside and bring a gun to the airport. S3 launched on Netflix in November.
Founded in 2003,Oasis Animation specializes in the production of animated series for television and offers a complete range of digital 2D animation services to the national and international markets. With its cutting-edge infrastructure and its talented, experienced team, Oasis Animation has been promoting its expertise and the talent of Quebec artists around the world. The studio has previously worked with Gaumont Television, a division of world's oldest film company Gaumont, on Mouss & Boubidi.
Learn more about the studio at www.oasisanimation.com.


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With almost 40 years in the steel / metal building industry, Universal Builders, Inc. is an award winning company and service customers in the NE Arkansas and South Missouri areas. We offer pre-engineered and erection of structures ranging from small shops to industrial complexes and take great pride in our reputation for quality design and engineering. The workmanship that goes into our buildings from manufacturing through the finished product brings our customers back again and again. We guarantee that you will find a product with clean welds, straight screw lines, clean panels, cuts that fit, and a professional approach to building time and time again.
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Universal Builders, Inc. has the right professionals for each stage of the construction of your new steel building, such as, site preparation, concrete forming and foundation, structural frame, sheet metal and trim, and building installation. For more specific information on the different stages, just click the link below.
We believe our quality of work is directly related to the quality of people we surround ourselves with. Throughout the years, we have surrounded ourselves with an outstanding team of employees and contractors that share the same vision. Our goal is to supply a high quality steel building at a fair price while ensuring you are satisfied with your new investment. Click the link below to view our photo gallery
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A guest from Paul Freeman, who's known to his Twitter fans as @setindarkness, and who also blogs here. Thanks Paul!
In a recently published interview in Time Magazine, Alex Salmond was asked the question of whether an independent Scotland would keep the Pound:
The sterling, well, it really depends on the financial circumstances of the time. We would tend to stay within the sterling area until such time as it is to our advantage to join the Euro and then we would only do it with the consent of the people.
However, given the entry criteria for the Euro, jumping from the Pound to the Euro would be impossible.
As was noted in James' recent article about Scotland and the Euro, Any other existing EU members not in the Euro have to join ERM II. You then have to spend two years in ERM II and meet the convergence criteria before you can join the eurozone.
If an independent Scotland kept Sterling, it wouldn't be possible to join ERM II, given there is zero change of rUK ever joining, or ever wanting to join ERM II.
The logical conclusion is that if Scotland were unable to remain in the EU through existing treaties, it would have to create the Scottish Pound, join ERM II and then apply to join the eurozone, before they could join the EU.
If Scotland were allowed to remain in the EU, it doesn't seem possible to do what Alex Salmond suggested and jump from the Pound to the Euro at some future time.
There are other options. There is nothing to stop Scotland not joining the EU. It hasn't seemed to have done our favourite country, Norway, any harm, and it would add to the 'remarkable similarities' between the two countries.
You'd have to be pretty insane, but you could just start using the Euro, as Montenegro does. Whilst the European Commission wasn't happy about it, they didn't stop them, and now Montenegro is an official candidate to join the EU.
Finally, Scotland could go the whole way and introduce the Scottish Pound. After all, there are already notes being printed and in circulation. They are already foreign currency in most English shops. It could then decide whether to join the EU/Euro via a radical democratic device called a referendum.
All this highlights the increasing need to resolve the matter of EU membership. In my opinion, the EU wouldn't want Scotland to leave, and Scotland's use of Sterling would give the EU leaders a nice Swedish style opt-out, allowing EU membership without the Euro. Leaving everyone except the Unionists happy. But, the SNP shouldn't leave this dangling before the referendum as uncertainty will not make persuading people to vote Yes easier.
Nor should Alex Salmond say Scotland will join the Euro straight from the pound unless he can show how it's possible.


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This week, we were very excited to launch The AlphaFlow Exchange. For the first time, investors can easily see and compare real estate crowdfunding deals from some of the industry's most respected platforms. The Exchange, or the AFx, has been live about 24 hours now and in that time, we've sent $181,000 in investments to the platforms. The feedback from our users has been tremendous. Ryan Smolek wrote in to say, "The Exchange! Finally! I can't remember being this excited to see a filter on a Web page." We'll see if we can bring things more exciting than a web filter next, Ryan! 🙂
AlphaFlow is now working with investors in a number of ways, so I wanted to step back and tie this all together. As an active investor in the crowdfunding space, many of you have a number of accounts around the industry. There are many great platforms out there, and while some are fading away, we're also seeing a number of new platforms being launched by experienced real estate professionals. The result is more fragmentation. That creates challenges in not only managing your portfolio, but also in building it the right way.
We could do better as an industry, and so we launched AlphaFlow! We asked ourselves, "As an investor, what would I want the experience to be?" I'd want to see all my investments in one place. I'd want to have analytics around my portfolio, making it easy to understand if too many of my deals were correlated. And of course, I'd want easy ways to invest across the industry – both passively in funds and actively by seeing all of the available deals. In short, I'd want a platform that empowers me to do with my P2P portfolio what E*TRADE lets me do with my stock portfolio.
I'm proud to say that we're moving down that path today. We're fortunate to now call some of the industry's most respected platforms our partners. The AFx was launched with Fund That Flip, Patch of Land, PeerStreet, and RealCrowd. This week we're excited to also add LendingHome, and we're working through a backlog of additional platforms which will be joining soon. We're already talking with one platform about closing your investments on AlphaFlow, so building and managing a diversified portfolio will be easier than ever.
From day one, our mission at AlphaFlow has been to help investors like you easily build and manage a P2P portfolio. We've come a long way since we launched in September, but we're just getting started! If you have any suggestions or requests, please feel free to reach out to us directly. We're excited to get to know you!
Welcome to the future of real estate crowdfunding!
Note: AlphaFlow is available today for all accredited investors in the United States.
If you enjoyed this post, sharing it on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter with the links below is the highest form of flattery. Thank you!
About the author:
Ray Sturm is a leading entrepreneur in financial technology, and is currently the CEO of AlphaFlow. Prior to launching AlphaFlow, he founded RealtyShares, one of the P2P industry's top platforms for real estate investing. His early career in finance included investment banking at Bear Stearns, restructuring at Lazard Frères and private equity at CCMP Capital.
Ray has a BBA-Finance from the University of Notre Dame and a JD/MBA from the University of Chicago.


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WHO: 7 female Sierra Nevada College students
WHAT: 15 days walking to Nepali villages that can only be reached by foot
WHERE: Humla, Nepal
WHEN: June 2011
GEAR: hiking shoes, trekking backpack
Tonight, March 23, 2011, is a Nepali Buffet fundraiser to benefit Sierra Nevada College's Nepal Service Learning Course, a trek in which 7 SNC students will walk more than 200 miles to deliver safe motherhood birth kits, pre/post natal vitamins and pencils to Nepal's most remote villages. Literacy rates in Humla, Tibet, are at only 5 percent for females, and infant mortality rates are at 8.1 percent (versus 0.7 percent in the U.S.).
While these students' impact on the locals is sure to be great, the cost of getting there is not small. Attend tonight's Nepali Buffet to support the trip and enjoy Nepali food, drink, art and music, as well as a silent auction and raffle. Can't make it tonight? Donate online to help offset the $9,000 per student. Here's how your donation can help:
$20 = 10 Clean Birth Kits (SNC students will deliver at least 300 of these on the trip)
$175 = A pair of hiking shoes (Students will hike more than 200 miles to visit the villages)
$500 = Cargo tariffs to deliver vitamin supplies from Kathmandu to Simikot
$2,000 = Cost of airfare to Nepal
The Tahoe Mountain Sports Adventure of the Week blog series takes a walk (or hike, ski, surf, climb, bike, or Nepal trek) in someone else's shoes, from pro athletes to local Tahoe adventurers. Let us know if you've got an adventure to share.


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Something a little different but no less tasty with this salmon teriyaki dish. Simple crushed peas on top of grilled bread, a delish homemade teriyaki sauce, pea shoots and pickled ginger makes this teriyaki salmon toast one you will devour about 5 or 6 slices easily. Using items that if you have a well stocked pantry means this dish can be made, quickly, easily and regularly. Don't stress though f you don't have a well stocked pantry there is no time like the present. The beauty about this dish is most of the ingredients have long shelf lives so they can be used over and over again.
What is Teriyaki?
Most people (including myself at one point) think teriyaki refers to the sauce which is typically made up of soy, ginger, sake or rice wine and a sugar of some sort. BUT, it actually refers to the cooking technique in Japanese cooking using said marinade. The fish or meat is typically broiled or basted in the sauce during the cooking process. This gives the protein a sweet, sugary glaze. In fact teriyaki translated is "teri" – to shine or glaze through the sugar content of the sauce. "Yaki" refers to the cooking technique. So with these powers combined you have an awesome tasting sweet, salty and slightly spicy (from the ginger) sauce. Hence why I am LOVING this teriyaki salmon toast.
Why I love teriyaki salmon toast!
Simplicity – it doesn't get any easier than this to create a dish that has maximum flavour, looks great and on the table in about 30 minutes. It may not be a "classical" combination using teriyaki and toast together but it certainly ticks all the boxes.
Flavour – Sweet, salty, fresh from the peas, acidity from the pickled ginger and texture from the toast. What's not to love?
Presentation – These are some of my favourite pics that I have taken. No biased opinions here at all!! Imagine a group of friends coming over and laying a tray of 20 of these suckers out. I guarantee you even peeps without instagram will be whipping their phone out to snap up pics of this teriyaki salmon toast. Yep, there are some people out there without social media accounts.
Health Benefits – ok so this one is a bit 50/50. Yep, we are eating carbs and yep we are eating sugar BUT the sugar is unrefined so that's defo better for you. AND at least when we are eating toast we are loading it with green veggies and fresh salmon. Peas are known as the heart healthy veg. Low in calories, high in flavour and they also contain a good amount of fiber too. Salmon is cracking source of protein. It's high in essential fatty acids, contains good amounts of vitamin B and a good source of potassium too.
Feel Good Factor – this may sound a little lame and as I write it my head is going really? But, this dish defo has that factor. Midweek dinners can all too often for convenience sakes be dishes loaded with pasta, rice, burgers, lazy frozen meals. So to find one you can make everything from scratch (except the bread – that is doable just not in 30 minutes) makes one feel good. I don't feel like I need to unzip my pants as I've over induldged and the bank ain't broke from eating it too. Hence – "feeling good".
Making Teriaki Salmon Toast
The sheer beauty of this dish is its simplicity! Aside from marinating the salmon it will literally take 15 minutes to make using pantry staples. Read on, follow my steps and enjoy the glory that is teriyaki salmon.
Teriyaki Sauce
There are many versions of teriyaki sauce. All quite similar but the one I use comes from a good old Gordon Ramsey recipe! Simply combine the soy sauce, grated ginger, crushed garlic, soy sauce, maple syrup, olive oil & mirin together. Literally a 1 minute job. Using either a bowl or ziplock bag place the salmon in the marinade for 10 – 30 minutes to soak up some of the sweet, sticky, salty goodness.
Cooking the Salmon
Heat the oven to 180c. On medium heat add 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan. Remove the salmon from the marinade. Place the salmon in the pan and gently press down upon it with a spatula. This helps get a nice crust on the salmon. Cook for 3 minutes on one side and flip. Cook the salmon for a further minute and then add the marinade mixture to the salmon and spoon over. Place the salmon in the oven and cook for a further 5 minutes. Remove salmon from the oven and set aside.
Crushed Peas
Keeping it simple as with this one. Place 150g of peas into a saucepan with a knob of butter, pinch of salt and a tbsp of water. Cook on a medium heat for 3 – 4 minutes and then crush with a potato masher. Job done!
Grilled Bread
This seems like the most obvious of things BUT the best way to have delish grilled bread is the following (I think). Cut the bread into decent sized wedges. I go with about 1.5 inches thick. Drizzle with oil and place in a grill pan to get those lovely grill marks. I use this technique when grilling bread for everything – especially my pan con tomate recipe that you will see below!
Assembling The Toasts
The great thing about these is you can either make them up yourself or just place all the ingredients out and let everyone help themselves. The presentation in my pics may look "fancy" but truthfully it's kinda just "messy cool" you know the way teenage girls THINK they look! Well basically just go for it. Spoon out some peas onto the toast, break up the salmon into bite size pieces and place on top of the peas. Place a few pieces of ginger on top of salmon, sprinkle with sesame seeds, drizzle some of the pan sauce over the top and honestly just drop from a height the pea shoots. Stand back, grab your camera and snap a pic of your teriyaki salmon toast. #jobdone
Other snacks on toast
Eating delicious food on toast doesn't just stop at baked beans or smashed avo on toast. Nowadays there are SO many option to choose from that range from the "healthier" dishes to the just damn right "get in my belly dishes". Truthfully my teriyaki salmon toast does both of them but if salmon ain't your thing or you just simply want more options here are a few ideas from myself and other blogger friends.
Steak Crostini by yours truly
Pan Con Tomate by yours truly
Mushrooms & Feta Toast by Donna Mansour of 'Whole Food Bellies'
Toasted Baguette w/ Seafood Spread by Kate Vaynshteyn of 'Babaganosh'
Winter Crostini w/ Mushrooms, Broccoli & Hominy by Erica Walton Schwarz of 'Ericas Recipes'
Bruschetta w/ Seared Tomatoes, Roast Garlic & Burrata by Genevieve Morrison of 'She Keeps A Lovely Home'
Shiitake Crostini by Gina Matsoukas of 'Running To The Kitchen'
Marinated Eggplant by Marcella Cantatore of 'Marcella In Cucina'
All that's left to do is head to the local shops and into the kitchen to whip up these bad boys. Happy Cooking and Happy Eating Friends!!
Teriyaki Sauce
- 1 tsp ginger grated
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 250 g salmon skin off
- 150 g peas
- 1 knob butter
- 2 tbsp oil
- 4 - 6 slices crusty bread
- sushi ginger
- sesame seeds
- pea shoots
- Place all teriyaki sauce ingredients together and marinade salmon in it for 10 - 30 minutes. Heat oven to 180c
- Meanwhile make the peas by adding them to saucepan with butter and a couple tbsp of water. Cook for 3 - 4 minutes on medium heat and crush with potato masher.
- Heat an ovenproof frying pan on medium heat. Add 1 tbsp olive oil and place salmon (without marinade) into pan. Cook for 3 minutes on one side and flip. Cook for a further minute and add teriyaki sauce mixture
- Spoon sauce over salmon and place in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
- While salmon is in the oven drizzle the bread with oil and grill it until golden brown.
- Place spoonful crushed peas onto toast and add some bite sized chunks to the top. Add a couple pieces of ginger, sprinkle with sesame seeds and drizzle with pan sauce. Artfully drop the peashoots on top and bask in the glory that is your creation!
Essential Tools
- grill pan
- ovenproof frying pan
- saucepan
- bowl/ziplock bag for sauce/marinade
- potato masher/fork
- tongs
- chopping board
- chef knives
- measuring tools
- the longer you leave the salmon in the marinade the longer it will soak up the flavours of the teriyaki sauce. Truthfully though with this recipe 10 - 30 minutes is sufficient.
- be careful when adding the marinade to the frying pan as it will spit up a bit
- once the marinade is added cook the salmon in the oven. If you continue to cook on stove top it will only burn.
- you can use the same recipe for chicken too. Just either cut the chicken into bite sized pieces so that it cooks quicker or add the sauce at a later stage so that it doesn't burn.
- if you want to use the sauce as a glaze to brush over grilled meats then reduce it slightly in sauce pan and use a brush to paint the meat/veg.


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Compared to power sector reforms, an infrastructure push or restructuring labour laws, the change in rules to allow 51% FDI in multi-brand retail may seem a relatively minor economic policy measure. However, the debate surrounding the retail decision - the government notified the new FDI rules on September 20 - is telling. It has regurgitated many of the shibboleths of Indian economic orthodoxy.
The fear of the foreigner; the disinclination to permit a modern market economy in Indian agriculture; the obsession with small-scale enterprise; and the dogged refusal to recognise the benefits of an economy of scale: all of these have been apparent in the past few days. It is crucial to interrogate these concerns and ask what the arrival of international retail chains can mean for India's farmers as well as consumers and for the economy generally.
As is well known some 33% of fruit and vegetables in India is wasted and perishes in the journey from the farm to the fridge. The comparative figure for Australia, which has the world's best record in this area, is less than 1%. There is a logistics experience here that India needs to tap. India has only 5,300 cold storages, a figure that sits uneasily when placed against the 12 million small and medium retail outlets in the country.
It can be argued building cold storages is not rocket science and can be done by domestic companies and businesses as well. Well, to be fair local companies can also make cars - and there is no real need for a Suzuki or a Nissan to be here. Where these MNCs score is not just in the technology available to them - which can be sourced, to be fair - but in their distribution and marketing muscle, which will take years and decades to replicate.
Why is this distribution and marketing muscle - which translates to deep supply chains in the case of giant retail companies - important? It is necessary if the Indian farmer is to get a better deal and ultimately become part of the global economy, and not remain a marginal economic actor confined to his district. Today, an Indian farmer gets only a third of what the end-consumer pays for his produce. In times of bumper harvests and distress selling, he gets just a sixth. The windfall gains are for a series of intermediaries.
Organised retail provides the farmer greater security. As a 2008 ICRIER study of the impact of organised (but Indian-owned) retail found, "Average price realisation for cauliflower farmers selling directly to organised retail is about 25% higher than their proceeds from sale to [the] regulated government mandi". Bharti Walmart's direct purchase from farmers in Punjab is also believed to have augmented incomes by 7 to 10%.
Admittedly, there is the other side of the story. Again, take an Australian example. Woolworths and Coles are the two biggest retail chains down under. Together, they sell 60% of the wine consumed by Australians. Essentially, this means they determine the price and type of wine that producers will find useful to bring to the market. Admittedly, this has wine farmers complaining. The stranglehold of big retail will ensure farmers cannot dictate prices and tastes. However, the certainty of purchase by the big retail chains also protects farmers (and consumers) from shocks.
In the end, when they build their long-term relationships with farmers and set up a network of warehouses and cold chains, international retail companies will begin to look beyond selling to merely Indian consumers. They will have to integrate the Indian farmer with their global supply lines. India's comparative advantage in the world economic system is cheap labour. This results in Indian car manufacturers making vehicles at a cost lower than that in, say, Detroit or Turin. India's IT-enabled services industry has benefited from a similar principle. The question is: Can this wage arbitrage advantage be used in Indian agriculture?
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Optimizing Police Resources Deployment
|Optimizing Police Resources Deployment
|Hashemian, Mozhdeh
|The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) deploys its resources based on the needs of predefined zones. However, the current zoning approach has been acknowledged as inefficient due to negative impacts on costs, proficiency, quality of services and time management. The zoning approach has also been acknowledged as inefficient due to its static nature, its inflexibility and its inability to adjust systematically according to the number of currently available police vehicles. It also cannot assist in addressing demand changes throughout the day in order to reduce call responses in neighbouring zones. Therefore, the demand variation could lead to a significant decrease in police efficiency, since those officers who have been allocated to other zones are not able to participate in events outside their zones without permission. It may cause a high volume of waiting calls and increased response time depending on the time of day, shifts, seasons, etc. Hence, the OPS needs to find a new model for resource deployment that can provide the same coverage but with better service quality. Resource allocation has always been a challenge for emergency services like police, fire emergency, and ambulance services since it has a direct impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of the service activities. The ambulance and fire emergency services have received research attention while the optimization of police resources remains largely ignored. While there are many similarities between ambulance and police deployment there are also significant differences that mean the direct transfer of ambulance models to police deployment is not feasible. This research addresses the lack of an effective tool for the deployment of police resources. We develop a simulation model that analyzes potential deployment plans in order to determine their effect on response times. The model has been developed in partnership with the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) and will address the obstacles, disadvantages, and geographical constraints of the existing allocation model. The OPS needs to align deployment with the service demand and their operational goals (response times, visibility, workload, compliance, etc.). Repositioning police vehicles in real time, helps in responding to future calls more effectively without adding more officers.
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What's Been Going On
A Good Juicy Paradox
Since the birth of my daughter Persephone, life has been very interesting to say the least. That comes as no surprise, and yet it's a huge surprise at the same time. Contradict myself much? I do love a good juicy paradox.
It's no surprise because, after all, it's blindingly obvious that having a child will change one's life. On top of that, and despite it, I was warned repeatedly that this would happen, as apparently every parent-to-be is, as part of the hazing ritual. Welcome to the club. Thanks a lot.
Yet even though I knew I should expect some fairly massive changes, I couldn't know what changes to expect. Nor could anyone else tell me what to expect. All I could expect was the unexpected. And, yes indeed, that's what I got. For me, it was so subtle and so gradual and so (gosh darn it) unexpected that it crept up on me without notice. As recently as a year ago, I still claimed to feel more continuity than change.
I was in denial, stubbornly refusing to put two and two together. I could tell some fairly wonderful things were happening in my life, but I didn't recognize them for what they were. I didn't want to admit it. Change can be frightening after all. Even good changes can be scary if they run deep enough.
Even now, it is difficult to describe.
It's been a process of unfolding, of opening, of becoming receptive, of waking to subtle realities. I have found myself more interested and excited about meaning, purpose, values. My interest in religion and spirituality has burgeoned, because that is the domain where meaning and purpose and values are most directly engaged. This has had direct impact on my personal and professional life, on my relationships with others and my experience of day-to-day life.
My life has changed forever.
And yes, I am surprised.
Maybe I should also take pains to explain what I am not experiencing.
I am not seeing visions or hearing voices. I am not walking around in a state of perpetual bliss. I am not ready to declare myself as an adherent to any particular path. Not yet, anyway.
Also, I don't want to instrumentalize the procreation aspect. Having a child does not automatically propel everyone on the same journey; not every parent will experience what I have. Conversely, it is not necessary to have a child to have such an experience. I suspect that what I'm trying so ineptly to describe is universal and available to us all.
Clearly I had certain predispositions and proclivities, and my life was at such a point, that the birth of my daughter acted as a trigger or catalyst. After all, we decided to name her after an ancient Greek goddess, a symbol and archetype of transformation, before she was even born. That's indicative of being primed and ready for something, I think.
Furthermore, other events might have triggered the same reaction. In fact, they kinda sorta have, in the past. Twenty-two years ago I had what I can only describe as an ecstatic experience. Such experiences can't really be described, so I'm not going to bother trying, nor am I going to dwell on how it happened or what it meant to me at the time or even what it means to me now. Suffice it to say, it rocked my world. That was a soul-shattering experience, an almost complete disjuncture of the personality. What's happening now is much gentler and slower. Yet it seems to me they are the same experience at the core.
And what is that core? It's hard to say. I hope to return to this question later.
The Sleepening
After much dithering, I labeled the experience of these last few years as an awakening of sorts, though the trigger wasn't entirely clear to me. I was still in denial. I still didn't want to admit that all the people who had trotted out that tired annoying cliché were so very right. It's not easy being a know-it-all.
The person who really nailed it for me was my boss. At the end of the last school year, she made a comment that I'd been on something of a spiritual quest since the birth of my daughter. Suddenly I reframed everything I'd been feeling. It made sense. Seeing the world through the eyes of a child can impart a sense of wonder. Nurturing a life more important than your own can foster humility, which is a prerequisite to reverence.
(To expand briefly on that last, I learned about the "gateway of humility" and the "path of reverence" from Arthur Zajonc in Meditation as Contemplative Inquiry. Obviously procreation is not the only way to humility. I'm reminded of my friend's divorce, which forced him to "accept the smallness" of his existence.)
My boss went on to theorize that my quest might be something of a survival mechanism. Since the world can be a scary and threatening place, perhaps a shift in perspective is necessary to countenance bringing a child into it.
That made some sense to me as well. And yet something of the magic went out in that moment. I don't blame my boss for that. I'd been coasting on a free ride for a good while. It had to end eventually. Suddenly I had an explanation, and it seemed vaguely disappointing. Is that all there is to this?
The natural momentum of my "awakening" had diminished. I was tempted to call this "the sleepening." Some of the liveliness I'd been fortunate to enjoy was draining away. Life was becoming a bit more mundane. Maybe it's only right and necessary and natural.
But maybe it's not. Maybe it's possible to keep living in this same mode, to keep the magic alive. And this is the realization that is currently buoying me along: If I want to keep this going, if I want to keep this development developing, I will have to do so intentionally.
I still haven't gotten around to specifying those intentions. I guess that will have to wait until after the equinox.
Image credits: Pictographic Bike, Backpedalling by CarbonNYC and Know It All Curve by Geoff S., licensed under Creative Commons
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what is it? what is it?
This is as vague as the time you rode your bike out to Metairie.
A happy warning: 'It' happens all over again (in a different way) when one becomes a Grandparent.
Avocado Tom
Good stuff.
I'm intrigued by the survival angle though…can you expand upon it a bit more?
Regarding keeping the freshness alive, I think it's possible, but requires cultivating. And honestly, doing the things you're doing – keeping up the monthly letters being a prime example – will go a long way to helping you respect the mystery of all of this. Another aspect may be growth and mind expansion, by which I mean that as long as you are learning and expanding your life, it will keep you fresh and keep you from falling into doldrums and ruts.
This article (and I love the whole site) touches on doing that in the context of a relationship: http://artofmanliness.com/2011/04/03/marriage-as-a-master-mind/
And just being very active in the involvement and growth of P can also foster your continued development/freshness: her existence makes you set the bar high for yourself. That said, I think that it's important to cultivate your own growth, as much for her (seeing my parents grow and being civicly active set the bar for how I thought life should be lived) as for yourself.
Also, regarding "intentions", a pretty amazing person in my life passed this along as food for thought: http://www.yogajournal.com/wisdom/926
I will say that I am very jealous of your journey. I have long had thoughts along the lines of "Having children represents embarking on a journey that is amazing, yet indescribable. It requires a leap of faith because it is hard to see the value or how it could be anything but limiting until one experiences it." Having that faith is tough, but I've watched enough people go through becoming parents that I've realized it's there…
Finally, I might have sent this to you at some point (if so, my apologies) but I found this interesting:
"Oddly enough the paradox is one of the most valuable spiritual possessions, while uniformity is a sign of weakness. Hence a religion becomes inwardly impoverished when it loses or waters down its paradoxes; but their multiplication enriches because only the paradox comes anywhere near to comprehending the fullness of life. Non-ambiguity and non-contradiction are one-sided and thus unsuited to express the incomprehensible."
CG Jung
I'm in a time of transformation myself right now. I'm being quiet for mostly administrative reasons, but I don't think I could open up this much in public anyway.
martin m
Yes. After enlightenment, you still have to do the laundry:
Life is short. To hell with the laundry. 🙂
It took my mom nearly 30 years to figure that out – the house I grew up in was painfully tidy – but she's happier now.


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18 June 2019
Book Review: Animal Liberation by Peter Singer
See, this book didn't come to my attention until it was recommended to me by a reader (Renan, if you're reading this, I apologise for the time it took me to finally get to this book. As you may have known, I have a long list.). It took me a year or two, but eventually I got my hands to this book. I never realised it's such a powerful book, that at the end, I cannot say I still have good arguments why I am eating meat.
Yes, this book is about animals. It tells readers about the cruelty that humans expose animals to on a regular basis, either in the context of animal experimentation in the name of science or commerce, or in the context of animal farming. I never really knew what was happening to these laboratories or farms until I read this book. Chapters 2 and 3 are definitely hard to read, and given that psychology is an academic field that is rather close to me (cognitive science, which spans psycholinguistics, my former field, after all, is very related to psychology, which has a lot to do with animal experimentation), I found myself feeling guilty by association. And yes, after reading Chapter 3, I find myself feeling that it is harder to enjoy my steak, now that I know what has happened to the animal when it was still alive.
I used to have counter-arguments. Yes, as I was reading the book, I had counter-arguments ready in the back of my head. You know, counter-arguments along the lines of me thinking that while solving animal problems is indeed a good thing, I don't rank it as high enough of a priority, and that I would rather solve human problems first. But even for that argument Singer has a response. I won't retell what his response is here, I'd let the reader read the book in case one is curious. But I must say that I lost all viable arguments against the book by the end.
I liked the fact that the book is well-indexed. Every time he has a claim, or a quote stemming from somewhere else, there is the relevant source noted at the end of the book, so in case the reader wanted to double check his sources, it would be possible. So yes, Singer isn't just pulling arguments from thin air. He has done his research quite well, and I must say I am at a loss for words on how to respond.
I used to be a vegetarian, for two years, back when I was a student in university. I only stopped because I was visiting the Czech Republic and realised that I had no options for food. Perhaps it's time to revisit that. Maybe not drastically, but slowly. I am cursorily paying attention to where my food comes, but I must say I don't do it religiously. I opt for free-range eggs, and meat coming from small local farms. But beyond that, I don't do much research on where my food comes from. Perhaps it is time to begin doing so.
I like the fact that Singer is firm, but not radical. He endorses vegetarianism, but he also realises that society has been ingrained to think that eating meat is normal, and therefore recognises that this shift in mindset would be very hard to do. Nevertheless, I am convinced that I need to do something, since I cannot read this book and simply put it down without altering some part of my routine and eating behaviour.
Overall I give this book 5 stars. It has been a challenge. It reminds me of the time when I was still a religious individual, and I first read a book arguing against the existence of God, and the arguments were very strong that it gave me an ethical dilemma and shattered my previous well-cherished beliefs. It feels like that again. I recommend this book to everyone who eats meat. And once that person has finished reading this book, I am curious to know if this person still finds eating animals a perfectly reasonable thing to do.
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Jake Silver, Ashland teenager with 'bucket list' battling terminal cancer has died
An 18-year-old diagnosed with terminal cancer at the beginning of the year and was told he had three-to-six months to live has died.
"Jake passed away today at 11:05 am. He is finally at peace," a post on the Team Jake Facebook page said.
He was two days away from his 19th birthday, his family said.
Jake Silver spent many days in the hospital since he was first diagnosed with cancer.
Silver and his mother, Melissa Duca, did everything they could do to check off as many bucket items off his list as possible since he received the devastating diagnosis on Jan. 8.
The Ashland community rallied around Silver and his family to make sure some of those items on the list got checked off.
Despite being in Atlanta for the Patriots' trip to the Super Bowl, Silver wasn't able to get to the game because he was hospitalized and in the ICU. "Unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be," Duca said on Facebook.
He was awake in an Atlanta ICU by Sunday afternoon, but missed attending the Super Bowl in person. He was able to watch the Super Bowl from his hospital bed, surrounded by his family.
Silver gave the Super Bowl tickets them to the emergency room nurses who took care of him during the day.
The family was able to secure a medical flight back to Boston several days after his condition stabilized.
Several days after the game, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady left him a voice message, brightening the teenager's spirits.
Meeting Brady was one of the items on Silver's bucket list.
Silver offered to buy Brady lunch if he could deliver another Super Bowl victory.
As a junior in high school, Silver was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, osteosarcoma, in May of 2016.
After 35 rounds of chemotherapy, nine surgeries and countless procedures, Silver was set to have his right leg amputated due to a large tumor.
It was then the family learned another large tumor occupied his left lung and about 20 small tumors were on his right lung. "There was no point in amputating his leg or doing radiation on his hip at this point," the family said.
The family spent his final days checking off as many items on his bucket list as possible.
The family went to Old Orchard Beach in Maine earlier this month to check another item off Silver's bucket list.


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