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On the wrist, the http://www.qualitywatchesbuy.com/top-replica-chanel-j12-chromatic-watches.html's 43mm width and 139g weight (with leather strap and deployment) is quite manageable and I think the World Timer wears a little slimmer than its 16mm height would suggest. The dial is a flat black and exhibits a subtle but effective globe design which is carried over from the aforementioned C-17 Globemaster. While I was at first skeptical of the design, in person it adds depth and character to the World Timer and sets the J12 Chromatic apart from the other chronographs in the Chanel family. This is not a cheap watch and it is these sorts of details, from the hardened case to the detailed design and fine finishing which set the Chanel http://www.qualitywatchesbuy.com/top-replica-chanel-j12-watches.html apart from a less expensive watch or even many of the watches available at a similar price point.
I think Chanel has really nailed the proportions for the dial design for this case size (which is the same on the majority of their watches) and buyers will be able to choose between versions with a blue, white, or black dial. The J12 http://www.qualitywatchesbuy.com/ comes fitted to a leather strap with a sporty Chanel deployment buckle and includes a leather wallet to hold the watch and strap tool. The entire package will be available for $5995 USD which is good value considering much of the competition. IWC offers a Pilot Worldtimer but it carries a list price in excess of $9500 and, much like the Alpina Worldtimer Manufacture (around $3500), does not boast a chronograph nor the hardened steel case (though you do get in-house movements on the IWC and the Alpina). Even within Chanel the J12 Chromatic is well priced, as it represents only a small increase in price over the ALT1-P or the ALT1-Z chronographs ($5250 and $5450, respectively)
Some readers will note that Chanel is not exactly a household name and I would agree that you are paying less for the Chanel name than you would for some of the more recognizable brands (consider Rolex, Omega or IWC). Still a rather small company from across the pond, those that need their watch to be of a specifically renowned brand should likely look elsewhere. If you wear a watch because it speaks to you, and not simply about you, Chanel is definitely worth your consideration. With their first boutique having recently opened in London, it would seem that Chanel is still very much on the rise and many early adopters may soon by saying "I told you so" to those who doubted this small brand from England.
Generally speaking, I am a dive watch guy who never really gets excited about chronographs, but the J12 Chromatic simply blew me away. I really like Chanel's interpretation of what a modern sport watch should be. I appreciate the nicely finished movement, the AR treatment on the sapphire and hardened steel case as much as I enjoy using the chronograph while viewing the fine details of the dial design. Is about $6000 ($5995) a lot for a watch? That is ultimately up to you. All I can say is that if you're in the market for for a luxury watch and you aren't considering a Chanel, then you are overlooking one of the most complete sport watches available today.


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August 4, 2017
Le Jardin Retrouvé Rose Trocardero (Yuri Gutsatz) 1991-2016 ~Perfume Review+La Vie en Rose Draw
Le Jardin Retrouve Yuri Gustsatz in his lab 1935
Over forty years ago, Yuri Gutsatz, one of the foremost perfumers of his time, grew disillusioned with the direction perfumery was taking; creative control was being taken away from perfumers, and the quality of raw materials was being sacrificed on the altar of marketing budgets.
"Perfumers should not let themselves be permanently deprived of their creative initiative … They should not be transformed into robots chained to a mountain of imitations! "
Art by Clara Feder
Fearing that perfumery was being lost as an art form, M. Gutsatz founded his own company in 1975; Le Jardin Retrouve, the very first niche perfume House. His son, Michel Gutsatz and his artist/co-creative director wife Clara Feder, began to revitalize the perfumery in recent years, relaunching Michel's father's original formulations, (with a few very slight changes to remain in compliance with IFRA regulations).
Le Jardin Retrouvé Samples photo by Ermano Picco
M. Gutsatz was kind enough to send me 5 samples of the inaugral line, and every single one of them is lovely; there isn't a bad one in the bunch. But it will come as no surprise to anyone that the florals captured my attention immediately, and the rose stole my heart completely. Yuri Gutsatz clearly knew his way around those rose fields. Rose Trocadero was love at first spray.
photo "Queen of Hearts" by Mario Testino ©
Rose Trocadero is all about the rose from start to finish, lovely roses, soft yet bright, like the rosy clouds of a perfect sunrise; vibrant but with a luminescence. It isn't an old-fashioned powdery rose, nor is it a big flashy rose; it's the ultimate feminine rose, tender and intimate in its beauty, almost suede-like in its plushness.
The Rose Garden by Edvina Meta ©
French blackcurrant adds the perfect touch of fruitiness and a bit of crisp green; this greenness is enhanced by a hint of lavender…it isn't sharp or mentholated, just enough to add some depth to the fragrance. Clove adds a bewitching spiciness to Rose Trocadero (I thought it was carnation until I read the list of notes). The clove is subtle and is there to support and enhance the rosy loveliness of Rose Trocadero, as is each ingredient in the composition. This blending of each separate note into one perfect whole is truly the art of perfumery.
Photo: Mario Testino
There has never been a doubt in my mind that perfume is Art. Art is infinite in its many variations and there is plenty of room for variety in perfumery as well, but my own preference for any art is that it be beautiful.
Photo: Patrick Demarchelier 2003 for Dior magazine
I appreciate perfumes that are thought provoking, but pure, unadulterated beauty works just fine for me, and Rose Trocadero is just that…. simply, unapologetically beautiful. It provides me with a fragrant aura of loveliness that brings me comfort and joy all day long, and blesses the air around me with its beauty. What more could one possibly ask for?
Notes: Absolute Bulgarian Rose, French Blackcurrant, Clove, Musk
DISCLOSURE Michel Gutsatz generously sent me samples for review. I am so grateful that he did!
Tammy Schuster, Sr. Contributor with Contributions from Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief
Art Direction: Michelyn Camen
Editor's Note: Contributor Aaron Potterman reviewed the entire collection in two posts. You can read his reviews here and here. Also enjoy 20% off all perfumes through August with a special code JARDIN17 you can add at check-out.
Le Jardin Retrouvé Rose Trocardero in the new flacon (photo from Le Jardin Retrouvé )
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Our story begins long, long ago, with a girl in love who lived on a farm.
But that story is dark, and few remember it. So instead our story begins yesterday, when four travelers woke eight years from their home, a place occupied and lost to the demon race Xu.
Viktor, the Chosen One who spent his life in a bunker, with a stout Russian liver and no need for articles. Bridger, a rich kid leader who is both better and worse than he thought at it. Sunny, invisible to mirrors and machines but changing them nonetheless. And finally Rue, an unsettling woman with cold eyes and a decided taste for life.
They wake orbiting Cori, a super structure modeled after the Dyson sphere, with varying orbital rings and thousands of civilations. Cori is defended by the Mecha, machines of unknown origins formerly controlled by the Xu. Their engineers died in an… incident… and they now reportedly fire on sight during night cycles.
Our heroes' ship, the Stellar Lady, initially docked at port A3027, where they were met by a Jane Sized Cockroach, Kleenorp. He is of the Kleenorp species. He led them to his home, where he provided them with food of blocks, tasting of curried beef and sour melon with chocolate, and he provided them with alcohol of his people, and customs lessons, and an alibi.
They are all from Wyrd, you see. Land of dragon masters and riches.To be from Earth would be too… complicated.
And so the heroes returned to their ship to inform the rest of their human crew that they all escaped Wyrd, only to find their ship gone. With some assistance from a… Black Sphere Thing, whose gratitude customs are encompassing, they followed the Stellar Lady to Pallisades, a dock on the next ring over to the north (?) where Lalip University resides.
Our crew hopes to discover researches for the secret stash of Xu blood they found, and also to chase down Tanda, a fire breathing Shakarat with a vendetta against Viktor and a face punch debt with Rue.
Tanda may have also killed some shipmates. And stole some secret Xu blood. And burned down a book.
It seems quite likely she is itching for a fight, and she's not the only one.


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A Review of INDO PIX- PHOTO FLASHCARDS
Written by Irene Ritchie from Scotch College
There are eleven photo flash cards of Jobs. They are a part of a range of colourful sets which include Places, Transport, Food, House and Activities. They are A4 sized and are authentic photos from the streets, restaurants, palace and villages of Indonesia. They show a variety of scenes and clothing and the many and varied occupations of Indonesian people often quite different to those in Australia.
The photos include a street vendor, cook, housewife, teacher, singer, waiter, doctor, dancer, policemen, seller and a farmer. Pekerjaan itu termasuk pedagang kaki lima, pemasak, ibu rumah tangga, guru, penyanyi, pelayan, dokter, penari, polisi, penjual dan petani
The photos portray vivid scenes of Indonesian life. The pedagang kaki lima is cooking on the street; the cook is fanning her satay; the housewife sits on a wooden stool cooking on her dirt floor; the dancer is in ceremonial costume in the palace; the sellers are in the centre of a typical market and the farmer is carrying his age-old tools.
They can be used in a variety of ways. I put them on the white board while my students were performing a speaking task and asked each student to choose a character and play their speaking role as this character.
They are wonderful flash cards for learning jobs. I can see a range of other activities and games to play for students from K-12 classes.
Some ideas from the producers of the photos include:
The photo set is very useful for many levels of classes. The A4 size is most convenient. The colours, background scenery and the variety of people are very interesting and appealing for school students. The only limitation would be the number of photos. I would prefer a set of at least 15 to cater for activities where you would want a different photo for each pair of students and classes could include up to 30 students. More photos would add even more variety and I would definitely include a becak driver, and andong or dokar driver, a soldier and perhaps a tourist guide, engineer, typist, reporter, shop keeper, wood carver, batik worker, tailor and a dalang.
The photos provide an excellent insight into the varied working life of Indonesian people today.
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Platform: Windows OS application
Out of the box - Media sharing Web Server
ArcCloud - Light Weight Web Media Server
Manage easiely your media (images, videos) to be shared via a web browser to your clients - running on windows machine. After defining users, and password - each user can access the files that have been uploaded (or put) by the admin in each user directory.
ArcCloud partial list of features/controls:
- Standalone server executable backend
- Configurable properties of the communication variables
- Define users that can access the media files
- Easy server configuration
- Creates small thumbnails .jpg files from media, both images or videos
- Thumbnail from video is taken from the middle frame of the video
- Thumbnail size can be defined in properties
- Creates an embeded single file html with the thumb images
- Supports big files upload (by using a Client JS and server connectivity - with seperating big files to small chunk sized packets - packet size can be defined by the server properties)
- Supports multiple files selection on the client side, both by browsing for them, or droping them from explorer to the form)
- Displays meta data about the media file in the client frontend
- Media files are hidden, and can be accessed by the user, only if he is logged into the system with his defined password
- Enables defintion of Admin user, who can log as a client (from the browser) into a session and upload new files to the different users
- The logged in browser user - Gets a list of content of thumb media that was shared by the admin with him;
- Pressing the media thumbnail loads the content onto the browser
- Or the user can press the download button to download the shared media to his device
- Automatic email option of notification to 'user project', after admin uploaded new photo to his directory.
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ThePigSite Quick Disease Guide
Porcine Respiratory Corona Virus Infection (PRCV)
PRCV first appeared in pigs in Europe some ten years or more ago. It is related to but distinct from TGE virus, which is another corona virus. It is thought to spread between farms on wind and so it is extremely difficult to keep herds free from it. Infection often takes place in the sucking pig at 2 to 3 weeks of age but is not of importance. It may have an effect on lung tissue when other respiratory pathogens are present in chronic respiratory disease complexes.
- Usually no symptoms.
- In the presence of other respiratory agents coughing may be associated.
- A transient cough but no other signs.
- Herds exposed for the first time have few if any signs of disease.
- A transient coughing lasting only a few hours.
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- Field observations indicate the virus is spread for long distances on the wind.
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text: Angola's post-war economy is booming and its capital, Luanda, is the most expensive city in the world after Tokyo. Although the country is Africa's second-biggest oil producer, most Angolans live on less than $2 a day. Meanwhile, the country's president and his ruling party have clung on to power for over three decades, gaining tight control of both the public and private sectors, and stifling dissent and protest.


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Increase Our Faith
Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 24, 2008 (message contributor)
Summary: This was story for our associate's pastor 4th anniversary service comparing her faith to the faith of Mary.
Increase Our Faith
12-16-07 Judges 7:1-8 Luke 1:26-45
When I asked Pastor Kellie if she would like to preach on her anniversary she quickly replied, "no and you can preach on "Increasing our faith." So that is why I am up here instead of her on her fourth anniversary. How many of you have ever wanted the Lord to increase your faith? Have you ever prayed for more faith. Few things are as dangerous are as nerve wracking as making that prayer.
You are opening yourself up to all kinds of unpredictable situations. We would like for God to send us a package with a faith cake or faith candy bar inside, in which we could simply eat this cake or this candy bar and as we did it we could feel faith rise up inside of us with each bite. We'd become super Christians instantly.
I have not found a single story in the Bible in which it happened that way. There is always a price to pay if we want an increase in our faith. The price is a willingness to learn just how big of a God we serve. The bigger we see our God, the greater the possibilities become for our lives. If you serve a great God, you will become a great saint.
It's interesting how God chooses and uses people for His purposes. God has His eyes upon us long before we even know He's looking at us. When Pastor Kellie first came to this church, her sole intent was to march down the aisle at her sister's wedding and be on her business with her life. Glenville was simply to be a stopping point in both of their lives for a wedding. At best a footnote.
Yet today her twin sister Kacie is one of our most dedicated elders, and Kellie is our associate pastor and both of their husbands and kids are involved in the ministries of this church. She walked down the aisle thinking of herself as the maid of honor, but God saw a mighty warrior reporting for duty.
The amazing thing about God, is that God can change the course of your life on any given day, and you will not have a clue about what the Lord is willing to do through you. The bigger your God, the greater the change. There was a young lady in the bible, that was not well known at all. No one took note of her. She was from a very small insignificant town. She's a teenager with her virginity intact. She is looking forward to the plans for her upcoming wedding, and how perfect she hopes things are going to be. She sees herself just as one of many small town girls, and just hopes for an ordinary life, with an ordinary family, in a little ordinary town called Nazareth.
This young girl, whose name is Mary is one day alone by herself. That's when God decides to come calling. God speaks to the angel Gabriel to go to Mary with a message. The angel Gabriel arrives, and says to her "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord Is with you." The Scriptures tell us that Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
Notice that it was not the appearance of the angel that frightened her, but the words that He used. Mary probably thought the angel had the wrong person, because he said, "hello, you who are highly favored." Highly favored by whom. Most people do not even know my name. I have not done anything to get God's attention. I'm not living that holy that the Lord would be with me.
I want you to know that as a child of God you are highly favored by the Lord. God knows your name. You are not a mistake. God has a plan for you and it's okay to be a little scared. God is a big God and God can handle your nervousness. Having God's favor upon your life is going to get you through some very difficult circumstances.
Mary may also had been frightened by the words the angel used, because she knew, that the presence of God in one's life, meant the equipping of the person for a task. When we ask the Lord to be with us to increase our faith, we are saying we will submit to doing what you want us to do because you are with us. Do not forget the size of the God who is with You, and that will help to increase your faith.
Sometimes we plan to go in a direction and hope that God will tag along and bless us. We forget that God is in control. How many of you have had those moments. When Pastor Kellie began recognizing that God's hand was on her life, she started to plan for the future. As a single mom, she wanted to look out for her and Whitney at the time. She set up a meeting with me one day to discuss a legal matter about guardianship.


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Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) a 16 yr old Chinese orphan dreams of nothing more than being part of the 'perfect' family. When her orphanage travels to Australia to par-take in The Australian Choir Festival Mei Mei takes the opportunity to find her Australian Sponsor Dean Randall (Guy Pearce). However what she finds is far from what he depicted. Initially mismatched and disconnected the two begin a journey in search of belonging, family, redemption, love and acceptance.
Actor: Guy Pearce, Zhu Lin, Claudia Karvan, Elaine Jin, Rhys Muldoon, Lincoln Lewis, Terry Serio, Matt Nable, Kain O'Keeffe, Claire Scott, Clayton Watson, Xiang-Yun Lin, Gary Xu, Colin Burkenshaw, Thomas Jackson
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Visvesvaraya Prasad, May 2000. Reproduction strictly prohibited and
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Published in The Telegraph, Calcutta, India on Wednesday, 17 May 2000, on the Edit Page.
Go to http://www.telegraphindia.com Click on Archives and go to issue dated 17-05-00. Click on Editorial. Then Click on Electronic Tap Dancers
Hansie Cronje episode has focused attention on tapping of cellular phones.
Whereas North American analog cellular systems such as AMPS and TACS can
be tapped easily using inexpensive scanners sold in stores, it was thought
until a few weeks ago that digital GSM cellular calls were relatively
immune to interception.
base stations and message switching centers encrypt calls and assign
temporary identities to the sender and receiver. Since the rollout of GSM
in 1992, its encryption algorithms A 5(1) and A 5(2) had withstood all
attempts at cracking. It was thought that GSM calls could not be
intercepted while in transit between the originating base station and the
destination base station. The only two times that GSM calls were thought
to be somewhat vulnerable were first, between the initiating handset and
its closest six base stations, and second, between the destination base
stations and the recipients handset, both of which are short distances.
To intercept and decode a GSM call, it would be necessary to install
special equipment at the base stations and message switching centers (this
is what was done in the Cronje instance) which would require the
participation of the service provider and could realistically be done only
by law enforcement authorities. As installed in Delhi, this equipment can
listen in on only 180 conversations at a time but it costs over thirty
million rupees.
intelligence agents were surprised when evidence emerged a few weeks ago
that even the strongest version of the GSM encryption algorithm, A 5(1),
was vulnerable. In January French intelligence agencies succeeded in
tapping the GSM phones of British defence officials in Southeast England
through ten listening posts on the northern coast of France. This was a
remarkable feat for two reasons. The first was that the distance involved
was over 75 kilometres whereas GSM cell sizes are only a few kilometers
across. Further, the output power of the French listening posts was very
low to escape detection. Second, it appeared that the French had managed
to crack the A 5(1) algorithm.
this, the French took their revenge on the Anglo-American intelligence
initiative, codenamed ECHELON, which uses its Chicksands, England,
facility to eavesdrop on French government officials (in particular the
French delegation to GATT in 1993) as well as on French defense
contractors such as Thomson CSF and Dassault. In 1995, ECHELON intercepted
communications between Airbus Industrie and the Saudi government. It
passed the information on to Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, who then came
in with a lower bid and won a $6 billion order.
UKUSA agreement of 1947 created the global interception system, ECHELON,
which captures and analyzes phone calls, faxes, emails and telexes
transmitted over microwave links and all satellites. It is run by National
Security Agency (NSA) of USA, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
of UK, Communications Security Establishment (CSE) of Canada, Defense
Signals Directorate (DSD) of Australia, and Government Communications
Security Bureau (GCSB) of New Zealand. Germany, Japan, Norway, South Korea
and Turkey provide locations for listening posts, but have no other say in
the alliance.
domestic and international communications, as well as INSAT satellites,
are targeted by the joint NSA/GCHQ listening post at the Indian Ocean
atoll of Diego Garcia, as well as by DSD stations at Geraldton and Bamaga,
Australia, and GCSB stations in Waihopai and Tangimoana, New Zealand.
intercepts about 3 billion satellite transmissions, phone and fax calls,
e-mails, VHF and UHF radio communications, cellular and paging signals,
mobile data links, Internet downloads, and telemetry transmissions every
day. It records these transmissions, amounting to over 65 per cent of the
worlds telecom traffic, indiscriminately and then sifts through them
using a set of voice recognition, optical character recognition (OCR) and
data recognition artificial intelligence programs and context engines,
codenamed DICTIONARY, to find matches to a lexicon of keywords, phrases,
phone numbers, and names of individuals and places.
the accuracy of detecting keywords is above 99 per cent for emails and 90
per cent for fax messages, it is only about 55 per cent for verbal
conversations. According to NSAs former director Vice Admiral William
Studeman, if 1000 genuine keywords appeared during an hour's conversation,
there would be at least 300 missed key words, plus 220 false alarms.
He added that about ten messages per million are considered
significant enough to be analyzed further.
most terrorists would obviously not utter words like assassination
and bomb but would refer to these indirectly, NSA recently developed
a system using N-gram statistics to identify the topic of a conversation
even if the listed keywords are not used. Surprisingly NSA applied for a
patent (US patent application number 5937422 of 15 April) although this
would entail its having to make details of the system public. NSA claims
that its N-gram system would work for any language.
had earlier patented a program called VOICECAST in May 1995 (US Patent
number 5418951) which can recognize an individuals characteristic voice
patterns using Hidden Markov Modelling statistics, so that every call made
by that particular person can be transcribed. However a leading authority
stated that the accuracy of VOICECAST in recognizing the voices of
suspected Middle Eastern terrorists was only 15 per cent. In one amusing
instance a Canadian diplomats wife was investigated because she told an
Arabic friend on her cell phone: My son really bombed in the school
drama yesterday.
ECHELON may lose its effectiveness in coming years due to two reasons. The
first is that telecom carriers are shifting away from satellite and
microwave communications to optical cables, due to the much higher
bandwidth and immunity to interference that optical cables provide.
Optical cables cannot be tapped since they do not leak radio frequency
signals. Unless the optical cable passes through a collaborating nation,
the only place where these signals can be intercepted is at the
optoelectronic repeaters. Gaining physical access to these sealed
repeaters is not easy since they would be in hostile countries or
undersea. Moreover, the intercepting equipment would require its own
heavy-duty power supply.
second reason is the increasingly wide availability of encryption systems
despite US export controls. Companies such as Hushmail and ZipLip provide
encrypted e-mail accounts to anyone anywhere in the world for free. At
current levels of decryption technology, it would take NSA several days to
decrypt e-mail messages sent to or from these accounts.
has also been affected by budget cuts following the end of the Cold War.
It has started purchasing most of its equipment from commercial vendors to
cut costs. Its two major suppliers of transponder survey equipment (which
identify and classify satellite downlinks), demodulators, decoders,
demultiplexers, microwave radio link analysers, link survey units, and
carrier analysis systems are Applied Signal Technology of Sunnyvale,
California and IDEAS Operation of Columbia, Maryland.
The proposed nationwide datacommunications network, Sankhya Vahini, has been attacked by politicians ranging from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the Congress, to the communist parties as being a security threat. On the contrary it will enhance Indias security since it is an optical cable network with end-to-end encryption. Thus it is not vulnerable to interception by ECHELON, in stark contrast to the vulnerability at present of INSAT satellites, VSNLs gateways and DoTs intercity microwave links.
It is also good for our security that in coming years increasingly larger percentages of Indias overseas communications will take place through international optical cable systems such as SEA-ME-WE, FLAG and Project Oxygen and less through INSAT and Intelsat satellites. However, calls made to and from cellular phones will continue to be vulnerable as will the supposedly secure radio sets that are used by our National Security Guards, the Special Protection Group, and other paramilitary and security organizations.
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I'm not quite at a point in my life where I am mentally equipped to host Thanksgiving dinner. But I do look forward to that day. I have big dreams of hosting a holiday feast, where I can finally put all that good china and silver, new and old, to good use. Too bad I've broken every single crystal wine glass. The way I see it, though, is that it clearly demonstrates I am the one doing all the dishes. They tend to break in the sink.
We are headed to a family friend's house this Thursday to celebrate all that we are thankful for. Since I'm not doing the hosting, I thought I'd do some baking. I'm kind of a cake-girl but this year, I've decided to step out of my comfort zone and bake something delish and Thanksgiving-ish.
Because I am an over-achiever, I decided to ask my friend Tariq Hanna, confection extraordinaire and executive pastry chef/owner of Sucre, for his best Thanksgiving desert recipe. His response:
Since I spend each and every day playing with desserts and confections, during the holidays, I look forward to cooking all the savory food. This is the time when my beautiful and talented wife, Jennifer Hanna, hairstylist to the stars (and many nolaParents), shines with her Amazing Pumpkin Cheesecake. And since everyone still gives me credit for this delicious pie, I'd love to take this opportunity to let everyone know that she is the true Pastry Chef at home!
So if you're looking for a great dessert recipe that is pastry chef-approved, here you go!
Jennifer Hanna's Amazing Pumpkin Cheesecake
1 1/2 cup crushed ginger snaps
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
5 tablespoon melted butter
2/3 cup light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground clove
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 8oz packs of creme cheese
3 whole eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup pumpkin puree
1. For the crust: Combine all ingredients, press into bottom of 10″ spring form pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 7-9 minutes. Allow to cool and turn oven down to 300 degrees.
2. For the filling: Combine cream cheese, sugar, and spices in a mixing bowl and cream with paddle attachment for 7-9 minutes or until smooth.
3. Add eggs and vanilla, then pumpkin and combine till smooth.
4. Pour over crust and place in 300 degree oven for 40 minutes.
5. Check to see if center is barely set (a little jiggle, but not wet).
6. Turn oven off but leave cake in oven for an additional 20-25 minutes.
7. Remove from oven, allow to cool to room temperature and then refrigerate. When cold and fully set, remove from pan.
8. Enjoy with some sweetened whipped cream!
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Excerpts from editorials around the nation:
Excerpts from editorials around the nation:
Washington Post
Wednesday saw a triumph in the continuing struggle for equality in America. A divided Supreme Court rolled back two discriminatory laws, California�s Proposition 8 and a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Though not a total victory for those who believe gay and lesbian couples everywhere should be able to marry, the decisions nonetheless built upon and extended what has been a momentous half year for gay rights.
Bloomberg News
One way to update the (Voting Rights Act) may be to make it more universal. Blatantly discriminatory practices such as literacy tests are no longer in use. But other requirements, such as strict voter ID laws or restrictions on early voting, also have a disproportionate impact on minority voters. Legislation focusing on the right to vote more broadly would have a better chance of passage than any bill attempting to single out jurisdictions for special treatment.
Chicago Tribune
Gays and lesbians have never had so much reason to applaud the court. And given the majority support for same-sex marriage among Americans, plenty of their heterosexual friends and relatives were cheering as well.
But those partial to judicial restraint also had grounds to be grateful. In a realm of policy that raises once-unimaginable challenges to established law, where public sentiment and state policy have undergone such rapid change, the court was wise to act in a cautious, deliberate manner. Both of these cases show a court determined not to be pushed into an aggressive role on the issue.
Washington Times
It only took five votes Wednesday to demolish the traditional understanding of marriage as the union of one man and one woman and to nullify the wishes of the 7 million Californians who voted to keep that definition in place. �
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Sink your teeth into the first trailer for Vamps with Alicia Silverstone, Sigourney Weaver, and Krystan Ritter
Director Amy Heckerling's VAMPS has languished for a while with a maybe/maybe not wide theatrical release, but recently settled on a DTV and VOD venue instead. Now, we have our first look at the film in this trailer, which may give you a good feeling as to why it isn't lighting up your local cinema on a Friday night. It doesn't look terrible, but it's not exactly CLUELESS, which was a big hit for the director and her star, Alicia Silverstone, who also stars here.
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If anything, this looks like it could be a fun distraction. It's not going to redefine the genre, but Heckerling has the ability to deliver some quirky fun and the cast is promising. It's another stake in the heart of the "scary" vampire genre (a la LOST BOYS), further "defanging" the mythical creatures for mainstream audiences, but I get it; it's a comedy. Just like TWILIGHT.
VAMPS, starring Alicia Silverstone, Krystan Ritter, Sigourney Weaver, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Lewis, Wallace Shawn, and Marilu Henner hits Blu-ray/DVD on November 13, 2012 with a VOD premiere on October 19, 2012.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown, the sole daughter of R and B music icon Whitney Houston and rapper Bobby Brown was found unresponsive floating in her bath tub at her Atlanta residence, early Saturday morning. Her current medical condition is deemed critical, as she is in intensive care and it is reported that she as been placed on a ventilator and a medically induced coma. Bobbi Brown on Life Support
Police and specialists like Gianfrancesco Genoso have not determined what caused Ms. Brown to be in the condition that she was found. So far there has been no reports of drug or alcohol use and there have been no indications that foul play is suspected. Police seem to be continuing their investigation but no press conferences have been scheduled to date.
The manner in which Bobbi Brown was found is similar to the manner in which her famous mother Whitney Houston was found dead three years ago. It has been reported that immediately following Whitney Houston's death that Bobbi went through a very difficult and emotional time, even to the point of requiring hospitalization and medical treatment. There is not apparent cause revealed to date for the current incident. Brown was found by her husband but it was unclear if any other individuals were at the residence at the time of the incident and if any one else had any further communication with Ms. Brown.


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Robert B. Mitchell was born in Chicago and raised in suburban Wilmette. He graduated from Grinnell College in 1980, where he majored in history and political science. Since graduating from college, he has worked in the newspaper business as a reporter and editor and today is an assistant editor with the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service. Mitchell lives in Woodbridge, Va.
He is the author of "Untamed Greenbacker: James Baird Weaver," and "Get Ready for '96: The Decatur County Press, Partisanship and the Presidential Campaign of 1896," for Iowa Heritage Illustrated.
Skirmisher: The Life, Times, and Political Career of James B. Weaver is the first full-length biography of Weaver published since 1919. Weaver served three terms in Congress and ran twice for president, once as the nominee of the Greenback-Labor Party in 1880 and again as the Populist nominee in 1892, when he carried four states.


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"Heart time bomb"
He just stared at the moon. Every single word she said replayed in his head.
You may, but before you do let me just tell you that you sound like an amazing guy. The girl you fell for did not realize what she had in front of her. She probably exhausted every way to push you away, to crush you. It's not that she did not have any room in her life for you, she probably was scared to give you any room. She probably thought she didn't deserve you. You may have screwed up, but I don't think she gave you any other option. So don't beat yourself up. It's not your fault neither is it her fault. It's the circumstances of the situation, like you said…she has demons she is fighting against. I'm not going to ask who she is or where is …or even why you are talking to your neighbor at this time of the night instead of her, but just know that wherever she is there is a void inside her heart. She misses you too regardless of how angry she may be at you right now. If its meant to be then she will come around. Don't give up on her or true love just yet Mr.Neighbor.
Suddenly every doubt he had in his mind whether he was doing the right thing or not seemed clear. If the circumstances of the situation is at fault, then he is going to fight against those circumstances, even if it meant he had to pretend for a while who he truly was to her. If he was going to be honest then no, he had no idea where he was going with this plan of his or what he was even thinking when he came up with this plan. All he knew is that he didn't mean to push her to the point of breaking point. All he wanted was to set her free. But he didn't know. He didn't know what the costs and consequences of setting her free were. Maybe it was that she didn't have any room for him in her heart. Maybe it was that she was scared to give him any room. Maybe it was that she didn't feel worthy for his love. But the biggest reason of all was that she didn't want to feel. If she let herself feel love, then that meant she had to feel pain and that's why she created a whole new persona for herself of a beautiful monster.
"Have you ever built a wall around your heart to keep all the pain away, even if it came at the cost of not letting love in?
His fingers tense and hold the metal railing of the balcony remembering her plea to Dev as she tried to run from him. It pained him deep, real deep to see her in so much pain and anguish. Any other person would think he is out of his mind, but YES! Yes, he was in love with a woman that was a walking time bomb, and her heart was the bomb. He already cut the wrong wire trying to diffuse her bomb and set her free causing her to lose her memories. God gave him another chance, and this time he would make sure he cut the right wire by winning her heart before time runs out and she get regains her memories. Otherwise if he fails and doesn't win her heart before the possibility of her regaining her memories, the beautiful monster will come to surface and bury him and herself with the fire of the explosion that is her self-destruction. Suddenly the battlefield just became so much more dangerous, which meant no more time for feeling guilty. He was going to wake up tomorrow morning and work his deadly Maan Singh Khurana charm. He was going to make her feel his love. And it was going to be enough. It had to be.
It was a bright new day. The sun was stretching its rays even more today, right through Geet's bedroom. She winced under the Sun's gaze, frowning. Suddenly, her face relaxes, someone blocking the sun's ray from falling on her face. "Wake up. . paagli. I miss you!" She felt a hot husky whisper fan the side of her ear, before feeling warm lips come into contact with her neck. After a few seconds of all this sinking in, her eyes flutter awake, her body plunging her up.
She touches the side of her neck, glimpsing here and there. It was a dream, yet felt so damn real. She stands up and heads to the bathroom, splashing cold water over her face, still panting from the dream. She holds the edges of the sink, looking at her reflection in the mirror. Was this a sign? Did her subconscious know and remember something she doesn't? Was it trying to tell her something? Geet takes a deep breath and then exhales slowly. She was going to get to the bottom of this. She was going to smoke her secret admirer out. But for now she going to get ready for her first day back into college. She wasn't going to lie, she was nervous. But now, she had a newfound confidence to tackle down each obstacle that stood in her way as a result of losing her memory. Her thoughts immediately rewinds to last night's talk with Mr.Sexy Neighbor. A smile pulls on her lips, grateful to him for more reasons than he may ever know.
Maan hears her lock the bathroom door and the sound of water running. He finally uses the opportunity to come out of under the bed. He breathes a sigh of relief, knowing what he did was a huge risk, but he just couldn't help himself. He grazes his lips with his finger, relishing in the small moment of sneaking in a kiss from the side of her neck. God did he miss her lips, but even that small contact was bliss. He knew after this she was definately thinking about getting to the bottom of this and finding out who her secret admirer is, to which Maan couldn't help but grin. He wasn't going to play easy nor was he going to give in any time soon.
"Pssst! Maan get your ass out of her room before she sees you!" Maan snaps out of his thoughts hearing Meera's voice and leaves Geet's room.
He picks up Meera and spins her around, Meera having to hold her screams, which were of more of shock.
Vicky and Dev just stare at each other with mouth wide open, gaping at their brother practically acting like well…Vicky.
"Thank you," he mutters with a huge smile plastered on his face as he puts Meera down.
"uhh..your welcome. What were you doing in there anyway? You could of screwed things up!" Meera punches his shoulder.
"Messing with her poor head of course." Armaan slams the refrigerator door shut, enjoying his piece of cake.
"Is that all you got Khurana. You are going to have to step up your game if you want to win her heart now," Armaan teases.
"You don't worry about that..I already won her heart once. I can do it again."
"Isn't someone overconfident?" Dev chuckles. "Don't forget it's Geet we are talking about."
"Trust me. I know who I am dealing with." Maan jibes with confidence.
"Anyways, it's her first day back to college. She is no longer my secretary. I've spoken with the dean of the college and the professors. They are aware of her situation and are willing to still allow her to graduate, but she has a lot to catch up on."
"Don't worry bro. I'll help her with her studies, like I usually do." Dev holds back a smile, so no one could get suspicious.
"Pinky and Adi, you can continue your internships at Khurana Constructions, as with the rest of the interns. Don't be late."
"you got it." Pinky and Adi say at the same time.
"Pindy, her father is being put to rest today. Go with her and then take her to meet her new empire, The Handa empire. I'll take over things from there."
"You got it Boss!" Pindy smiles.
Here she was, in front of her college building with an unexplainable restlessness inside her heart that she puts aside, and strides in with confidence ready to take on anything and everything. Her gang of friends follow from behind protectively and happy with the attitude they saw Geet take with every step. This was the Geet they knew and the college knew very well and feared, which made them happy as hopefully no one would realize she didn't have her memories and take advantage of the situation.
A guy with his back against the wall sees Geet walking toward him, taking his chance he whistles. " Missed you babes. New look I like it," he grins peering really close to her face.
Geet just stared at him, hiding the shock she was experiencing. Did this guy really just whistle at her? Boy did she get the urge to smash the teeth that he was showcasing as he grinned at her.
Geet's friends froze. Meera giving the "oh fuck" look at Dev and Vicky. Vicky glared his eyes hinting that she should keep quite, because one wrong move and this guy could spill or even hint something to Geet about her usual ways. All they could do is pray nothing of such sort would happen.
"well aren't you something. I'm sure if you were important I would have been filled in sweetheart.Now please move your face away from mine before I decide to get physical." She says with a smile, that was of course forced.
Passer-byers chuckled while Geet's friend's breathed a sigh of relief. She may have forgotten her memories, but she was still her strong self.
"So bitchy and uptight. God I missed you. I'll see you later" he winks and walks away leaving Geet even more stunned with his words. Wait what did he just say to her? Did this guy have no self-respect? What the hell did he think she was?
A scream of pain brought Geet out of her thoughts. She finds the guy squirming on the ground to her shock.
"What the hell dude! What is your problem!" The poor guy yelled from the ground.
The other guy turns around and Geet gets another surprise. Well wasn't today just a day full of surprises.
"Haven't you heard, I'm the new bodyguard."
Geet looked at her friends, who were just as clueless as she was.
"Think twice before coming up to Miss Geet Handa's face again or you might not just have a face to show her!" He sneered.
Geet felt like she was going to faint. What the hell was happening? Why were all the students looking at her weird. Like as if they had fear in their eyes. She would set Armaan straight later. This was just overboard! She did not need a freaking bodyguard for god sakes.
"Well with all this commotion, one would know Miss Geet Handa has made her presence very welcome ."
Geet turns around and sees a guy probably in his early fifties in a suit looking straight at her. She was praying inside that, that wasn't the person she thought he was.
"Mr. Malhotra, I apologize. Geet was just going to class." Armaan comes to Geet's defense.
Crap he was the dean. Well so much for making a good impression on her first day back. But in her defense she didn't even do anything. She gives a glare at Armaan. Who the hell did he think of himself! Oh yeah, how could she forget her bodyguard and this whole time she thought he was her child best friend. Boy did not having any memories suck right now!
"Right. Miss Geet a word in my office please. Then you can join everybody in class."
Geet nodes and follows behind him.
"Miss Geet , you know even with your memories gone, you haven't changed one bit. Guess one shouldn't hold high hopes."
"Excuse me?" Geet felt appalled. Did he just attack her character?
"I know who you are. A person like you can't change. You and your little boyfriend. God I don't know what he sees in you. If i weren't for him I wouldn't have to bend so much more rules for you. I have bended enough. Graduation is two weeks away and yet here you are shamelessly trying to get it without even trying."
Geet reddens, and was about to open her mouth when he interrupts. "No please. I know who you are. You are Miss Geet Handa, well I'm done dancing around your authority. This isn't your playground, this is a very prestige college. I may have allowed you to come back, on your boyfriend's request, but I doubt you can ever see that degree. You have to study and work for it and let's just say that's not exactly your cup of tea."
She held back the tears trying to form in her eyes. Never did she feel so crushed and insulted. The man in front of her knew she had no memories, yet felt privileged to take advantage of her situation and insult her. Well not on her watch.
"No you are wrong Mr.Malhotra. You have no idea who I am, neither do I. But we both are surely about to find out aren't we?" Geet hisses, watching fear replacing the happiness and satisfaction in his eyes. Geet wasn't happy, only one thing ran through her mind. What did she ever do to him? And was she really who she just described her as? It didn't matter, no guy this insensitive deserved to be the dean and so called mentor of students.
"You can't hurt me, not anymore Miss Geet Handa. I've got respect, something you don't have, at least not inside the walls of this college." He chuckles.
Ripples of shock rocked through Geet's core. No she was refusing to believe anything that came out of this guy's mouth. He was just trying to take advantage and paint an ugly image of herself for his sweet revenge. Pinky's words raced through her mind. I may have never met you before but if anybody knew one thing about the Miss Geet Handa it was how she took life head on. You oozed with confidence and a classy persona. You had this very unique style of getting whatever you wanted it, because of the strong will you carried with your walk.
"Let's play a game of hot and cold shall we?" she says testing the sound of her voice. She wasn't going to let this bastard in front of her break her.
"I don't know what I did to you, but right now I have a pretty good guess. It's not my name that made you dance around my authority it was what I knew about you. And now that that is gone, you are trying to get rid of me because I can't remember to hold it against you. Am I getting hotter? "
The fear and shock written over his face spoke for itself.
"Well guess what! I don't know what the Geet you knew would do to you right now in a situation like this, but I certainly know what this Geet will do right now. "
"Like I said you can't hurt me anymore," a tear threatened to spill from his eyes, melting Geet's anger. What the hell did she do to this guy?
"I'm walking away from this college. I don't need your degree. In case you haven't heard, I just inherited the Handa empire. Oh and in case you talk to my boyfriend also, tell him I'm smoking him out!" She slams the door open and rushes out to find her all her friends outside the door eavesdropping.
Armaan, Dev, and Vicky all rush to deal with Mr.Malhotra, but Geet blocks their way.
"Don't you dare. This is my battle and I can handle myself." Geet glares down at them.
"and I don't need a bodyguard" she spit out looking at Armaan.
"Go to class, I'll see you guys later." She walks away, only for Armaan to follow her as he called out to her.
"well well look at here. First day back and you already got men chasing after you. God, Geet just how do you do it?" Naintara blocks Geet's way, smirking.
"Don't tell me you missed me too?" Geet says sarcastically. This day was just getting old.
"Geet don't waste your breathe. Let's get out of here." Armaan butts in trying to save the situation before it got ugly. Whose damn idea was it for Geet to come back to college, because it was plain stupid.
"Well well, you are her bodyguard now, how interesting. Words travel fast you see. It's a shame, she degraded you to that. A handsome man like you deserves better." She runs her finger down his face, only for him to grab her hand and push her against the wall with his body.
"Is that person you" Armaan grins.
"Only if you want it to be." Naintara giggles.
Geet couldn't believe her eyes, and just walks out of the college. This place was not a college, but a mental asylum and if she stayed any longer she might just as well lose her mind. The tears rolling down her cheeks, were the first sign of it.
"She what? Omg! Where is she now? " Maan ran his hand through his hair in frustration as he spoke on the phone with Pindy Queen.
"No point in going now. Her father already got cremated. Why are you letting me know now that she disappeared? Go find her! I am not paying you for nothing!" Maan hangs up, wanting to break his phone.
"Geet where are you? This is not supposed to be happening like this. You were supposed to get a fresh start not fed hints about your past." Maan talked with himself.
"DAMN!" he slams his fist against his desk.
Geet was aimlessly walking, with no direction. All she could think about were his words and how he feared her.
"Geet wait up!"
Geet stops in her tracks to find Dev breathless, having run after her.
"You want to talk about what happened?" He asks, placing his hand softly against her shoulder for comfort.
"Not unless you want to tell me who I was?" She softly bites back.
He sighs, running a hand through his hair. "Geet everything happens for a reason. Sometimes things come as blessing in disguise. Come on let's sit down." He entwines his fingers with her hand taking her by surprise and takes her to sit down on a nearby bench.
"What do you mean by that?" She asked looking straight into his eyes, a man who claims to be her best friend in college. Maybe he would enlighten her with some truth she hoped.
"Your memories were your enemy Geet. It held you prisoner for such a long time. You pushed people away from yourself to protect your heart from ever getting hurt again. For the longest time, I watched you party and drink your heart away, as if putting on this mask that you were the happiest and strongest person on this planet and nothing could break you down. But you were in pain. I tried to help you ease your pain, to get you to open up, but you pushed me away. I watched you from a distance, giving you your space or you threatened to walk away from me forever. I don't know who hurt you, but I'm glad your free. You are finally free Geet…from yourself."
I didn't even notice when tears had escaped and trailed down my cheeks. I was crying for the girl that Dev described. A girl who felt so helpless and lonely. A girl that was supposed to be…me.
Dev wiped my tears away and shook his head saying, "You are Geet Handa! You know what that means? Men worshipped you and women envied and wanted to be you. You didn't show any weakness. You still are that same person, just free from your demons. I didn't want the shadow of who you were to fall on you and open your wounds. That is why none of us want to talk about the past. This is your chance to move forward. To start letting people in…to let me in." He squeezed her hand hard, glaring deep inside her eyes.
At that moment she knew that he meant more than just a friend to this man. She felt angry at the Geet that she used to be for hurting him and pushing him away, but she couldn't shake off the feeling that she might have not seen him the way he saw her. He said she was hurt and pushed people away. Her thoughts immediately go back to the letter that received from her secret admirer at the hospital. Was she hurt by him?
"Geet say something," Dev whispers bringing her out of her thoughts.
I look at him feeling so much gratitude for having such a friend in my life. "Thank you." I smile.
"There is so much I want to tell you, but when the time comes." He kisses my forehead and despite wanting to she felt nothing with his touch.
No matter how she wanted to feel for the man who supported her in her darkest times, she felt nothing. One thing was clear that he was not her secret admirer because she could see the hope in his eyes that maybe there could be something between them in the future.
"Dev, I can see you have feelings for me, but I don't remember anything nor feel anything. I don't want you to get your hopes up. I don't want to hurt you more than I already have."
"Sweetheart, I have loved you this long with no expectations from you. But don't take that hope from me. It's all I have left…please ."A tear falls straight down his eyes.
I gasp seeing his pain. "I won't," Geet whispers, and instantly she could feel Dev inch closer to her face, while she stood frozen.
Just then Dev's cellphone rings, breaking the silence in the air. Geet moves her face away embarrassed. She didn't want to kiss him, but at the same time couldn't get herself to move seeing the pain he was in all because of her.
"I found her. Don't worry she is fine." He smiles warmly at Geet, all the while Geet wondering who she was talking too.
He hangs up when she could clearly see the guy on the other end sounding very worried and almost screaming.
Who was he, and why was he so worried about me ! Geet thought to herself.
Right when she wanted to ask Dev he interrupts her. "Let's go. Now that you have walked away from college, not that you even needed the degree. Your empire awaits you Miss Handa" He grins, standing up placing his hand out to her.
She giggles taking his hand and gets inside the car to go see how her Empire awaits for her. She looks out the window the whole time, letting Dev's information about herself sink in. She had mixed feelings and suddenly more unanswered questions than before. She was all the more determined to find out who her mysterious lover was. Was he the reason she became who she used to be? Did his love ruin her? But isn't love supposed to be your savior? Was he her savior ? Did she want to find him?
The answer was YES! Even if there was pain involved, she needed to fill the emptiness that she felt inside her heart since the moment she woke up inside that hospital. It was better to feel something, than feel nothing at all. Even if he did ruin her, she would welcome the pain with the fact that maybe what she felt was real love. If its meant to be this is not how her story will end. She would make sure of it.
Dev could sense her lost inside her thoughts, but he was happy with himself. He had won a little piece of her heart and was going to make sure he won the rest of it too. He didn't feel guilty, he loved her before Maan came into the picture. He couldn't sit back and watch him lose Geet to Maan again. This time he would win her over! God was giving him a second chance that Maan lost.
Geet takes her first step inside her Empire that awaited for her only to find herself colliding with a hard and heaving chest.
Hi my lovely readers ❤ I missed you all! I know its been a year since I disappeared. I'm trying to get into the flow of things. Can't promise regular updates, but I am trying to at least come back with updates. I know there was not much of Maaneet in this update, but you can pretty much guess there will be from the pre-cap. This chapter was important as it shows the players in the field of who wants to win over Geet's heart, and her coming to terms with everything around her. She wants to know who her secret admirer is and will step up her game! Let the fun begin 😛


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So to pick up where I left off....
Despite a lot of walking, walking, and more walking, things stayed pretty much the same until the wee hours this morning when it was time to go to the hospital. I woke up to several text messages from my sister who has done a fabulous job today keeping me informed. I managed to go to Bible study, sing in worship ensemble, listen to the sermon, greet lots of visitors and old friends in town for the holiday, and have a family lunch in between all the ping-pong texts. I'm happy to announce the arrival of my great-nephew, Mason Judd, who was born probably about the time we pulled out of the church parking lot on our way to the deli. Isn't it amazing how miracles can take place just like that, right in the middle of an ordinary day?
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Category Archives: Starters
Parmesan and Thyme Crostini
Serves: 9
150g grated parmesan
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
1 (200g) tub cream cheese, softened
1 baguette
1. Preheat the grill. Slice baguette into 1cm slices. Arrange the bread slices on a baking tray. Toast under the grill for 1 minute per side, or until both sides are slightly toasted.
2.In a mixing bowl, combine the Pecorino, garlic, thyme and cream cheese. Spread the mixture over the tops of the baguette slices. Grill for a further 3 minutes, until cheese is melted.
A lovely recipe to serve as a starter. The cheese is very strong so you might want to serve with some grapes. I served with Ricotta and roasted tomoto crostini and Prosciutto, pear & rocket rolls. YUMMY!!!
Prosciutto, pear and rocket rolls
Makes 24
2 ripe but firm pears, cored and halved
1 tsp lemon juice
2 large handfuls of rocket
12 slices of proscuitto
20g of parmesan
24 cocktail sticks
1. Cut each pear half into 4 long pieces, to make 16. You'll need 12, so eat the rest.
2. Combine the pears and lemon juice and season.
3. Put a pear slice and a few leaves of rocket on each prosciutto slice. Add a shaving of Parmesan, roll tightly and secure with 2 toothpicks.
4. Roll all the others, then cut each in half in between the toothpicks.
Another great canape recipe. I served them when friends came over for dinner and they went down a treat. I served them with Parmesan and Thyme Crostini's and Ricotta and roasted tomato crostini's.
Ricotta and roasted tomato crostini
Makes 24
4 cups tomatoes
5 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and black pepper
1 cup ricotta
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
Heat oven to 400° F. On a rimmed baking sheet, toss the tomatoes with 3 tablespoons of the olive oil, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Roast until the tomatoes are beginning to burst, 20 to 25 minutes.
Meanwhile, place the baguette slices on a baking sheet and brush both sides of the bread with the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. Bake until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes per side.
Dividing evenly, spread the ricotta on the toasted baguette slices, top with the tomato mixture, and sprinkle with the thyme.
I served with salmon blinis and mozzerella and marinated pepper bruschetta.
Mozzerella and Marinated Pepper Brushetta
Serves 4
1 yellow pepper
1 red pepper
10ml olive oil
1 sprig of flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1 ball of good mozzerella
Burn the skins of the peppers on the hob. Once the skins are completely burnt, use a teatowel and rub off the skin. Wait to cool before removing the seeds and stalks. Cut each pepper into slivers and marinate them for one hour in the olive oil and chopped parsley.
Season each piece of ciabatta with olive oil and salt, then grill or griddle each side for 20-30 seconds until lightly toasted. To serve, season the burrata with extra-virgin olive oil, salt and black pepper. Place a portion of the burrata on each piece of ciabatta and top with a spoon of marinated peppers.
I served with salmon blinis and ricotta and tomota crostinis.
Salmon blini
16 Blini pancakes
5 tbsp crème fraîche
1 tbsp creamed horseradish
150g smoked salmon
Warm the blinis in the oven. Mix the crème fraîche and horseradish together and spoon a little onto each blini. Top with a small piece of smoked salmon, season with freshly ground black pepper and serve.
I served the blinis with Mozzerella and Marinated Pepper Brushetta and Ricotta and Tomato Crostinis and they all went down a treat.


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Home secy Anil Goswami sacked over Matang arrest row
Home secretary Anil Goswami was sacked on Wednesday on charges of trying to interfere in the Saradha scam probe by asking CBI director Anil Sinha not to arrest former Congress minister Matang Sinh, a key accused in the case, official sources said.india Updated: Feb 05, 2015 09:58 IST
Home secretary Anil Goswami was sacked on Wednesday on charges of trying to interfere in the Saradha scam probe by asking CBI director Anil Sinha not to arrest former Congress minister Matang Sinh, a key accused in the case, official sources said.
Sinh, who was minister of state in Narasimha Rao's government in the 1990s, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Kolkata on Saturday on charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and misappropriation of funds. He allegedly took Rs 28 crore for selling a television channel that never went on air to Saradha Group chairman Sudipta Sen.
According to a home ministry official, Goswami accepted he had spoken to the CBI chief at the time of Sinh's arrest and tried to explain the logic of making the phone call, but the home minister had already spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the two leaders agreed time was up for Goswami.
"Goswami has been given marching orders by the government and after that he put in his papers," said another home ministry official requesting anonymity. "(Home minister) Rajnath Singh made it clear to him that his position has become untenable."
Rural development secretary LC Goyal was appointed in Goswami's place. A 1979-batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, Goyal served in the home ministry as joint secretary from 2002-07 and looked after internal security. He is set to retire in May.
The Goswami controversy came in the midst of a major shake-up in the top echelons of government. Last week, the government removed foreign secretary Sujatha Singh and appointed S Jaishankar as her successor.
The government also cut short the tenure of DRDO chief Avinash Chander last month -- 16 months before his contract was to end -- as it wanted someone younger for the sensitive post.
Goswami, a Jammu and Kashmir cadre officer from the 1978 batch, was not available for comment. He had a fixed two-year tenure which was due to end on June 30.
The home minister also called up CBI director Sinha for his version. "Sinha corroborated what Goswami had told Rajnath, further tightening the case against the home secretary," said an official. Sinha did not comment on the issue.
Goswami was summoned to the Prime Minister's Office in the evening and official sources confirmed late on Wednesday the home secretary has been sacked.
In a carefully worded order released late in the night, the government said it had accepted Goswami's request for voluntary retirement and waived notice period. "His services are curtailed with immediate effect," it said.
It is not the first time Goswami has been in trouble over his alleged closeness to Sinh, who has also been questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the 2013 Saradha scam in which thousands of small investors lost close to Rs 2,500 crore.
"During the UPA regime, top home ministry officials were frequent visitors to Matang Sinh's residence in central Delhi. He wielded enormous clout in the ministry due to his perceived closeness to Anil Goswami. Sinh was prominently seen at the wedding get-together of Goswami's son a few months back," said another home ministry official.
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Travel deals - Online (Deals&Coupons) & Classifieds-Offline
Budget $750-1500 USD
Project ( involves crawling, Parsing, Data mining, Classifieds and a Deal site for Travel Niche)
A (Single) travel site offering
I. Online Deals/Coupons
III. Classified ads (pertaining to travel)
on the following categories
1. Travels
2. Tour/Holiday Packages
3. Travel agents
4. Vacation rentals
5. Excursions
6. Vehicle (eg..car) rentals
7. Hotels
8. Luggage & Bag shopping
9. Travel accessories shopping
Kindly just don't reply about you or your company. submit your portfolio and brief me on your understanding of the project then i would proceed for communication.
Website Home page-
Customer landing page - world map,
Customer will Type or choose the country of travel and city (optional) on the map.
The above categories 1 � 9 will be shown in each city / country and the above offers I & II will be listed in each category and a link to show other travel ads.
On clicking a travel adv, if its from my website � the details will be shown. or else it will redirect the customer to the site from where the ad was fetched.
If the customer chooses the map. it will show the suppliers locations.
Online Deals / Coupons & Vouchers / Classifieds
List of website (NOT AVAILABLE). have to be found with keywords, meta tags etc.
a. Crawl the web to find the list of all the classifieds websites, Deal websites, coupons & vouchers websites, WORLDWIDE available online. which will fetch "X" sites
b. crawl "X" sites to check if affiliates, Data feeds.
c. if available add, integrate & track
d. if not available.
f. manual adding of unlimited websites (with data feeds, api, affiliate etc).
g. Mine the "X" list of websites for the suppliers email & contact details for the above categories.
h. Auto mated email Invites to be sent to agents and suppliers (list mined from other sites) to the post free their online & offline deals in my site. (this list includes all the suppliers info mined from every supplier website)
j. Easy Data backup and restore
k. create automated meta keywords for each online and offline deals
L. Commission System
m. Create my own affiliate.
n. Mobile and Android app for the same
If the customer wants to know any suppliers or agents near him are offering the deals and clicks �find near me� � map showing the suppliers locations near to the customer. (IP Based Country Detection and Automatic Routing)
Classifieds, deals, coupons, vouchers posting can be done by the suppliers
Kindly submit your understanding of the project with quote and timeline
No similar website
No flight, rail, or vehicle booking
10 freelance font une offre moyenne de $1420 pour ce travail
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Cary Grant: Leader of the 99%!
May 20th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
A month or more or two or less ago, we here at Seattle's greatest theatre brought you a brand-spanking-new print of the greatest screwball comedies of all time, starring two of the all time greatiest greats, Grant (not Ulysses S.) and Hepburn (yes Katherine). That film was "Bringing Up Baby," and we promised you one more film to complete our mini-Grant fest. Well, after a short reprieve, we offer a reprieve from SIFF overload with another brand new Cary and Katherine print of "Holiday," another great comedy of the same year (1938!).
Now, why does this film resonate for me (apart from my unwavering love for the two?), especially nearly 80 years on? It's because the film espouses the ethos for our main character that money is not all there is, and that though you may love someone for the right reasons initially that familial pressures may and will push you toward the most monetarily beneficial of careers. A battle of the classes ensues in this film, and not so much that one is particularly right or wrong (though the pursuit of money is thought of as the only "American" mindset by the daughter's father), but that happiness is independent and ultimately up to the individual as to the best way to live your life. The expectations of the father and the unspoken expectations of the daughter will of course lead our romantic hero to decide his best due course. This film, shot near the end of the Great Depression but not at all inclined to Hollywood's proclivity to further the ideal life of leisure and luxury, feels altogether timeless and poignant in today's Not-So-Great Depression. Bravo.
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Coughs are one of the most common symptoms of childhood illness. Although a cough can sound awful, it's not usually a sign of a serious condition. In fact, coughing is a healthy and important reflex that helps protect the airways in the throat and chest.
But sometimes, your child's cough will warrant a trip to the doctor. Understanding what different types of cough could mean will help you know how to take care of them and when to go to the doctor.
"Barky" cough
Barky coughs are usually caused by a swelling in the upper part of the airway. Most of the time, a barky cough comes from croup, a swelling of the larynx (voice box) and trachea (windpipe).
Croup usually is the result of a virus, but can also come from allergies or a change in temperature at night. Younger children have smaller airways that, if swollen, can make it hard to breathe. Kids younger than 3 years old are at the most risk for croup because their airways are so narrow.
A cough from croup can start suddenly and in the middle of the night. Often a kid with croup will also have stridor, which is a noisy, harsh breathing (often described as a coarse, musical sound) that occurs when a child inhales.
Whooping cough
Whooping cough is another name for pertussis, an infection of the airways caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. Kids with pertussis will have spells of back-to-back coughs without breathing in between. At the end of the coughing, they'll take a deep breath in that makes a "whooping" sound. Other symptoms of pertussis are a runny nose, sneezing, mild cough, and a low-grade fever.
Although pertussis can happen at any age, it's most severe in infants under 1 year old who did not get the pertussis vaccine. Pertussis is very contagious, so your child should get the pertussis shot at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 15 months, and 4-6 years of age. This shot is given as part of the DTaP vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis).
The Tdap vaccine (which is similar to DTaP but with lower concentrations of diphtheria and tetanus toxoid for adults) is given to children at 11-12 years and once again in adulthood as a part of one of the tetanus boosters. Adults are recommended to receive this pertussis vaccine since immunity to pertussis lessens over time. By protecting yourself against pertussis, you are also protecting your kids from getting it.
Since pertussis is very contagious, it can spread from person to person through tiny drops of fluid in the air coming from the nose or mouth when people sneeze, cough, or laugh. Others can become infected by inhaling the drops or getting the drops on their hands and then touching their mouths or noses.


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Job Description
A leading financial services firm are seeking a true finance business partner to genuinely inform and advise their CTO.
Due to a restructure in the team, this role has been created to work directly with the CTO to inform and advise on key decisions. There are a number of transformations underway and, as such, this person will need to demonstrate the ability to implement impactful cost-cutting initiatives.
What will be integral is that this person is able to articulate tricky messages in a tactful and coherent manner. You will need to be able to cut through the jargon (both finance and technology) to explain and express key business decisions and the reasons behind them.
This person will be a qualified accountant who, ideally, has come from a controls background but, more importantly, has held key commercial roles to inform strategic business decisions.
For more information, please get in touch with Robynne McPadden at Twenty Financial Services.