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Dear Linux/Ubuntu/Chrome (to whom it may concern), the word 'Zealand' does actually exist, it always collocates with 'New' and I do not wish to 'add' it to my own personal list of non-standard spellings or idiosyncratic vocabulary. The alternative spellings offered ('Zeal and', 'Zeal-and', 'Dreamland') are unsatisfactory.
I had an interesting conversation yesterday with a mother of a child at the fencing club. We had not met before, and we did not know much about each other in the first place; only our children's activities brought us together. My Greek accent (as usual) was the instigation to a deeper conversation about 'different' children, the kind that don't go with the usual flow (I like to describe them as the kind that create streams from rivers).
"You're raising them without materialistic values," she noted. I have to admit that she left me speechless with this statement. It's not something that Greeks would first notice about me, and if they do, they will think there is something wrong with you if you are not materialistic (eg you are poor, uncultured, strange, etc). Material comforts are very important to Greek people, and this is mainly why Greece is in crisis now. The pre-crisis social class system in Greece placed a lot of people in the classic middle class, who would never have been categorised in this way had they been living in another Western country.
Of course, there is a minimum of material comforts that we all need to make our lives easier, but we take these comforts for granted because we think they are 'standard' fixtures everywhere: running water in an in-house kitchen and bathroom, electricity, a phone line, an internet connection, a fridge and washing machine, a separate room to prepare and cook food. These things are seen as 'normal' in the Western world. In mountain villages of Crete, these things only came, one by one, since the 1980s, while internet connections aren't yet possible everywhere; some people still live with outhouse toilets.
What the other mother meant was that I'm trying to raise my children by making them realise that nothing will come to them easily. We don't buy things just because other people buy them. Buying things means spending money - if we don't include something in our budget, it has to be negotiated. Just because other children have a play station in their home, or a cell phone in their pocket, is not a reason for it to come into my own children's home or pocket. If that were the case, then I shouldn't have an internet connection at home; most of my children's classmates don't have one (they buy pre-paid limited-use card units).
The discussion with the other mother reminded me of a Greek friend who has been talking to me about emigrating to New Zealand. He feels he can't offer a middle class life anymore to his family in Greece, despite having his own home and virtually all the creature comforts a low-income person living in a non-Western country could dream of. But there is one thing holding him back: he's been offered what he feels is a low salary there, something in the range of $NZ100,000.
$NZ100,000? It sounded like a lot of money to me. My friend explained that it wasn't feasible to cover his living expenses without his wife working, and they want to start a family. I don't know how much the average salary is in New Zealand, or the average cost of living or even what expenses are involved in living in New Zealand these days, as things will have changed very much since my time there, and anyway I wasn't a home or car owner while I lived there. But $NZ100,000 sounds a like a lot of money to me. Converted to euro, it's something like €63,000, which is twice my own home's combined income! Can I really not live well on this amount?
I know I'm not highly materialistic, which is probably why I can live with much less money than most people. But my understanding is that I actually have more money than these very materialistic people, probably due to the fear of 'a rainy day'. I also notice that these people aren't very frugal anyway. They often complain about not having enough money, but their spending habits don't seem to indicate that.
If you own your own home, are happy to drive an old car, don't take your kids to unnecessary frontistiria, use the car economically (during times of high prices per litre - it's €1.73 at the moment), buy treats occasionally, pay for occasional trips to the doctor (I don't wait for the 'free' state services of EOPPY to solve my health problems), book 1-2 weeks away from home on a low-budget holiday, and cancel the holiday if you do home renovations, you can raise a family quite happily in Greece on €30,000. We have a garden because we like to plant a garden; it's a nice hobby. We cook at home a lot because it's healthier and cheaper. We don't have gym subscriptions, we don't rush off to the hairdresser's as soon as our fringes grow, we don't indulge in consumeristic spending sprees, we don't spend unnecessarily on accessories and clothes, we don't buy to-go coffees on a regular basis, we don't leave the house without filling up a water bottle, we don't plan to install a swimming pool on our property. For all these 'necessities', there are frugal substitutes.
If I wanted to emigrate, I'd do it only if I could live better than I already do where I am. I don't think I can do this by making a similarly 'low' income like the one we make in Greece. Thinking back to my time in New Zealand, I'd be worried about the stress level it would cause me if I couldn't keep up with the Jones. Not that I'm keeping up with them here either, but I notice how important some things are to others: Does it matter that my children's bedding doesn't have a cartoon character? And if it did, is it important to have the full range (not just the sheets, for example)? Who really cares if my car is a Hyundai and not a Lexus? Am I really a scrooge for not going to the cinema and waiting for the DVD to come out? Do I really need the full colour range of the same scarf to go with all my coats? (Isn't 1-2 coats enough to have?) What does it really say about me if I don't have a cable TV connection? It's just not easy to be middle class anywhere these days - we had it too easy in Greece for too long on this one. It's all a matter of personal happiness.
This does not mean to say that my children do not ask me for things. They say that they need things that I feel they can do without. But most kids do that anyway. I notice that the more we discuss this issue in our house, the less likely they are to make unnecessary demands. I bought them a Nexus 7 for Christmas, the most expensive present I've ever bought them in my life. We talked about it for at least three months. They have understood that this is the only present they will get for the whole year and maybe longer. They don't yet get pocket money, and they don't have close relatives in Crete that shower them with presents (probably as a result of the combination of a lack of grandparents and having older parents).
My friend says it isn't easy to discard materialism when this is what you have been used to all your life, especially when your parents raised you on it. If you've been exposed to life in a big city, living on the idea that you can have whatever you want by using your disposable income, then it's difficult to change your standards. It's difficult not to fall into the traps of consumerism, especially if you've never been through this phase. We all have our consumeristic moments. In a way, the crisis is forcing people to be more frugal, but it will take a long time for people to pass on these changes to the next generation.
On a personal note, I had a very materialistic mother. She died young, and I was left with all her crockery, cutlery, kitchen tools, pots, pans, blankets, sheets, tablecloths, napkins and I can't think of what else I have of hers that reminds me of her materialism. My mother's materialism made me condemn it. I could have discarded all the mismatched old-fashioned dinner plates, but I chose to keep them. For this reason, I didn't need to buy much when I began living on my own. Even when I moved into a home with my husband, I still kept them. I didn't need the expense of creating a new home. This is why my home furnishings don't look modern, and this is also the reason why my Greek home looks unique among the rest. And no, we will not buy a Nexus 8 to replace the Nexus 7 (or whatever the next edition will be called).
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I told the other mother that I thought she was really quite clever to realise this about my family in such a short time of having met me, and I asked her if she was born and raised here. She told me she was from another Greek island and came to live in Hania when she got married; she has spent all her life in Greece.
"But you do have a different air to your way of thinking," I said.
"It must have been something in the water," she joked.
I doubted that. It must have been something to do with the people that raised her.
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Oatmeal, whole-grain bread, green vegetables and lean meat are among the foods that can be eaten by a person with acid reflux, according to WebMD. Fish, egg whites, and potatoes are also suggested.
Oatmeal has lots of healthy fiber, which is beneficial for people suffering from acid reflux. Bread made with unprocessed grains is also rich in fiber. Instead of white rice, brown rice is the better choice because it contains fibrous complex carbohydrates, according to WebMd.
With regard to meat and poultry, the right portion and cooking method must be considered. People with acid reflux should choose lean or low-fat portions of meat and poultry. Steaming, grilling, broiling or roasting are the preferred cooking methods because they don't require the addition of too much oil, which greatly contributes to acid reflux. Grilled, baked or poached fish, without the fatty sauces, are safe to eat, states WebMD. Brocolli, asparagus, celery, cauliflower, green beans are among the vegetables that are low in acid. Potatoes and other root vegetables are also non-acidic. Egg whites are low in acid, but the yolk is prone to cause acid reflux.
Alternative herbal remedies for acid reflux include chamomile, licorice and slippery elm, states Mayo Clinic.
People with acid reflux should avoid certain trigger foods, such as high-fat meat, high-fat sweets, full-fat dairy products and chocolate, according to Healthline.

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We specialize in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), particularly Exposure and Response Prevention (E/RP) and other effective treatment techniques for anxiety and anxiety-related disorders. The treatment team also utilizes other innovative treatment interventions, such as mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
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I applied for a recontraction of my line. I wanted to get the plan 1799 and avail of the iphone 6s + rose gold. I initially applied in greenbelt globe store and said they will call within the week if the phone becomes available. Never got the call so I decided to applied via hotline instead. The agent who spoke to me said they cannot process my application since I have a pending application in GB globe store. She instructed me to go to that branch where I applied and have them cancel my request. She said I could call back immediately to process the application because globe store could cancel it right away. So, I did go to back to GB to cancel my application. But when I called back the hotline this afternoon, they said I still have that pending request showing up in my account name. What do I do now? Why would it take 72 hours to process a simple cancellation? (Acrdg to the agent I spoke to via hotline) And why are the agents saying different things about same questions and concerns?
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One of the most useful utilities that I have been using for a couple year is ScreenHunter 4.0 Free. This tool installs easily and doesn't require admin privileges to install. ScreenHunter is very easy to use and it allows to you create image files from any portion of your computer screen. I find it most useful for capturing regions of the screen and saving them directly to the clipboard to my choice of file formats.
Go to http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter_free.htm
Although it is free, watch out as you follow the links to download it. You don't need to subscribe to the newsletter or give any information. If you have trouble getting to the Download site click here to go to it directly. Scroll down past the versions that cost to the free version.


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Thursday, September 16, 2004
Religion revolves around belief on the total conviction of an ideology, which lies solely on faith… Therefore is belief in an idea or ideology really a good thing? Or wouldn't a complete understanding of that idea be better...?
With a belief it is unconditional, total and absolute… And absolute creates unshakeable, uncompromising, situations where one believes that their believe is the absolute truth and therefore justify fighting for those beliefs… Hence wars are fought... WHY…?
Why do we abandon our greatest asset when it comes to a belief and especially so when it comes to religion…? What happen to reasoning? Why does reason fly out the door the moment faith or belief is challenged? What is it....? Are you afraid!? Or is it your pride...? What!!! What the fuck is it…? Why can't reason be utilized when faith or belief is being debated…? Why do we choose to drop our greatest asset, which is the power of reasoning when it comes to our belief…?
But if total and absolute belief on a particular ideology is instead replaced with a complete understanding of it, would the possibility of being more open or expectable to an opposing point view on the matter be more likely. Granting us the opportunity to challenge our understanding on that matter further, making it easier to digest and analyze a different point of view. Therefore broadening our perspective on the subject at hand, directly increasing our wisdom as a whole. And with wisdom do you think we would have the heart kill each other... Imagine that true compassion for another and all because we reasoned out our differences to find a middle ground and not bash the living hell out of humanity based on blind faith...
A belief in an ideology is blind and is based on faith..!
Having a complete understanding about that ideology
on the other hand can only be derived from deductive
Now, which would you think is more productive…?
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Courtney Force-Designed 2016 COPO Camaro No. 1 Auction to Benefit United Way
Chevrolet will auction off the first, sixth-generation 2016 COPO Camaro race car to raise money for United Way. The COPO Camaro, serial number 2016COPO001, was designed by NHRA Funny Car driver Courtney Force, and will be sold on Friday, Jan. 29, at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction. All proceeds of the winning bid will benefit United Way.
"I was extremely honored to work with Chevrolet and help design the 2016 COPO Camaro," said Courtney Force. "The bright red color and the signature slash marks towards the back on the car bring a part of my Traxxas Chevrolet Camaro Funny Car to the COPO Camaro, which I think is really cool. The proceeds from this car go to a great cause and benefit the United Way, so it's an awesome project all around."
The COPO is a powerful, purpose-built Camaro designed to race in NHRA Stock Eliminator class. The COPO Camaro legacy continues with an all-new sixth-generation version. This modern-looking machine infuses legendary COPO performance with the modern, lighter and stronger design of the 2016 Camaro.
Chevrolet introduced the sixth-generation COPO Camaro No. 001 in November at the SEMA Show boasting a personalized look created by Chevrolet Performance and Courtney that features a Red Hot exterior color with Courtney Force-signature graphics and red-accented grille trim.
Under its carbon-fiber high-rise hood is a 350 racing engine with a Whipple 2.9-liter supercharger. Inside is a chrome-moly roll cage, lightweight racing bucket seats personalized with the COPO logo and Courtney's signature, five-point safety harnesses, and a floor-mounted shifter for the THM-350 automatic transmission. The instrument panel contains racing gauges and a competition switch panel.
Every COPO Camaro is built by hand starting with production hardware, including the same body in white used for production models. The COPO Camaro takes its name from the Central Office Production Order system used in the 1960s for fleet managers to order unusual combinations of options. Dealers utilized this system to put high-performance powertrains into production Camaros.
"This is a special opportunity to purchase the first of the sixth generation, 2016 COPO Camaro while also helping such a great cause," said Jim Campbell, U.S. vice president of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports. The 2016 Chevrolet COPO Camaro serial number 001, lot number 3005, will go across the block at approximately 7 p.m. EDT on Friday, Jan. 29.
About United Way
With 2.6 million volunteers and 9.6 million donors worldwide, and more than $5 billion raised every year, United Way is the world's largest privately-funded nonprofit. We're engaged in nearly 1,800 communities across more than 40 countries and territories worldwide to create community solutions that improve life for everyone. United Way partners include global, national and local businesses, nonprofits, government, civic and faith organizations, along with educators, labor leaders, health providers, senior citizens, students and more. For more information about United Way, please visit UnitedWay.org. Follow us on Twitter: @UnitedWay and #LiveUnited


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When NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden wanted to talk to reporter Glenn Greenwald, he insisted that they use encrypted chat. Unfortunately, Greenwald didn't know how to go about setting that up.
In fact, he needed a tutorial in how to do it. Indeed, many people do. I was looking at the download figures of various encryption programs, and they are not impressive (about 52,000 for one popular program). Apparently, this approach to securing conversations is far from mainstream.
Why should anyone bother? Encrypted chat is like the 'cone of silence' in the old Get Smart series, except that it actually works. It makes conversations impossible for outsiders to listen to. So far as snoops are concerned, the conversation might as well have not happened.
How can we be sure? The best case is precisely that Snowden trusted it. He knew exactly what the NSA could surveil and what was invisible. He knew that this level of encryption was NSA-proof. Otherwise, he would not have taken the risk.
Why would anyone but a whistle-blower need it? Let's say you want to talk about a business deal with a remote party and it is extremely important that there be no security breaches. You would be crazy to use email, but even chat is a mistake. One party has a full record of it even aside from all issues of surveillance.
You don't have to be breaking the law to use this technology. It might be useful for talking about health records or household finances or some issue that might be embarrassing to have on record or dragged up and put in your face later. There is a good reason for privacy. Encryption makes it possible.
The most common encryption standard today, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), was created by Phil Zimmermann in 1991. As an anti-nuclear peace activist, he wanted to make it possible for people to communicate with each other even in totalitarian countries that prohibited speech.
To his amazement, it was the US government that tried to stop the code from being released. In 1993, he was prosecuted for illegal export of munitions (go figure).
A huge protest ensued. The code swirled around the internet like a crazy global storm — a clear sign that the internet cannot be stopped from distributing information. Even more strikingly, MIT Press published the entire code in a book (that actually sold rather well) that was protected under the First Amendment. In time, the government backed down. It was a great victory for technological progress and the freedom of speech.
In other words, if the government had had its way, we might not have this type of encryption at all. But we do have it, thanks to a series of simultaneous discoveries of the logic of public-key cryptography in the 1970s.
(From Wikipedia, I'm amazed to learn that William Stanley Jevons, economist of the late 19th-century marginal revolution in economics, actually anticipated the logic of public-key cryptography.)
PGP is not the only one. There is OTR (Off-the-Record) Messaging as well. Both go far beyond the encryption used in most Web commerce (SSL), which only masks the communications between your computer and a company's servers, but such companies still maintain the data.
The technology has been around for a long time. But users have mostly not bothered. That could change in light of all the news about government snooping. For some communications in the future, people might be willing to give up some convenience of commercial programs for the security of encrypted communications.
By the way, here is an obvious and quick answer to the NSA's claim that it must harvest as much data as possible as a way to stop terrorism and protect the American way of life from dangerous criminals. If you are a dangerous criminal or terrorist plotting an attack and you are not entirely stupid, it is very likely that you would choose cryptographic communications over commercial services.
Hence, the very communications that the NSA supposedly seeks are the ones that it cannot get. What, then, is the point behind the huge data centres and the invasions on everyone else's liberty? The purpose is to control the rest of us and shore up its power. You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to accept that truth. You need only have your eyes open.
If government criminalises private communications, only government and criminals will have private communications.
A friend wrote me the other day and said, 'I just had a startling revelation. Public-key cryptography is the only thing standing between us and a totalitarian state.' That is sobering indeed.
This is why it is so important for any freedom lover to pay special attention to the uses of cryptography.
Jeffrey Tucker
for Markets and Money
This article originally appeared on the Markets and Money US edition.
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A beautifully upgraded Kosmos property consisting of two self-contained two bedroom dwellings. The immaculate, low maintenance main home with fresh interior consists of two bedrooms (mes), two bathrooms, spacious open plan living areas and a kitchen which lends itself to entertaining with the large bar style serving counter – this all leads though french doors to the patio and pool, boasting 180 degree views - with no passing traffic. The second two bedroom home will accommodate your weekend visitors or can be an additional income generator with full time tenants at present. Single carports at each cottage and off street parking. Rates and taxes approx. R1 500pm.
Location: Kosmos Village with its unique atmosphere and curvy streets is situated on the Northern shores of the Hartbeespoort Dam, with the Magalies Mountains as a backdrop, and breath taking 180-degree views of Hartbeespoort Dam. It is less than an hour's drive away from Johannesburg & Pretoria, and only 37kms away from Lanseria Airport. Kosmos Village offers sought after investment properties, full title, and sectional title and also have a few vacant stands available. It is popular for its leisure properties, but more than 50% of our residents live here permanently. The Kosmos Marina Club is ideal for boat launching. Kosmos Village has its own Community Hall, Library, Garden Chapel and an Art Gallery. Kosmos Village is also a popular weekend destination and the Village has a couple of guest houses. The surrounding area offers various entertainment possibilities, including a selection of quality golf courses and numerous tourist attractions. There are excellent schools as well as shopping facilities in the area. Various water sports are enjoyed on the Dam.


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Hearing Aids Prices Revealed
Hearing aids prices - Why Won't Hearing Aid Companies Tell You?
Unless you are fortunate enough to have access to free hearing aids from your healthcare service you will have to enquire about hearing aids prices. Even if you can get a free one the chances are you'll want a better looking design!
Before making any purchase it is always wise to compare the price of your intended purchase from several different suppliers.
That is good practice. So why is it so difficult to get a straight-forward answer about the price of a hearing aid from the private hearing aid companies?
Even if you ask for a range of prices, from lowest to highest price, you are unlikely to be satisfied with the response. As a trained private hearing aid dispenser I can tell you that we are trained not to reveal prices! Why? Well, there is an ethical answer in that until you are tested we do not know what type of hearing aid is suitable, or indeed which type you will choose.
Sadly, and unethically, many dispensers view this non-price disclosure as a way of maximizing a sale, and therefore their own earnings commission, from a customer.
Hearing Aids Designs By Prices
Hearing Aid Price Guide
Even getting an 'average' hearing aid price answer is difficult. Let me reveal that in my experience an in-the-ear (ITE) digital hearing aid will cost a minimum of £2000 in the UK. If you have particular types of hearing loss you may need to spend more or perhaps be better advised to buy an external behind-the-ear (BTE) digital hearing aid.
The smaller hearing aids such as the in-the-canal (ITC) and completely-in-the-canal (CIC) types can cost from £3000 - £6000 or more.
Hearing Aids Prices Issue Settled Then?
So that's the cost of purchase sorted then? Well, probably not. If you have a typical hearing loss both of your ears will be affected so you will be advised to purchase two hearing aids. In most cases wearing two hearing aids will improve your hearing more so than wearing just one.
This is particularly evident in situations where you are having conversations where there is background noise. Wear just one aid in these situations, particularly the smaller (more expensive!) aids, and you'll still be missing and mis-hearing words.
How will you know? Well, any private hearing aid dispenser worth his/her salt will demonstrate this effect for you (if it is appropriate to your hearing loss type) after your hearing test.
So the answer to my original question about hearing aids prices is that you will probably need to spend a minimum of £2000 - £4000 depending on whether you require one or two hearing aids.


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Far Cry: Primal
Far Cry Primal takes you back to the Stone Age when man was definitely not at the top of the food chain. Danger lurked around every corner during the daytime, and nighttime brought a fresh set of terrors. It is in the untamed land of Oros that you meet Takkar, the sole survivor of an ambush on his hunting group. Now on his own in a treacherous world, Takkar will face massive mammoths, savage sabretooth tigers, hostile bands of rival hunters, and countless other threats as he attempts to re-unite his lost tribe.
Like any good hunter, Takkar carries an extensive set of survival skills, including the ability to craft tools and weapons from the bones of the beasts he slays and the resources he gathers in the wild. These are not only crucial for his own safety against predators (both human and animal), they're also essential in maintaining the safety of his tribe. Takkar will need to guard his fledgling group carefully to ensure its survival and growth.
Like every Far Cry before it, Far Cry Primal takes place in a massive open world, and Takkar's adventure will take him through a number of landscapes, ranging from swamps to redwood cedar forests, and when nightfall comes to Oros, fire may be the only thing standing between Takkar and a particularly sharp set of teeth or the jagged tip of a spear. The use of fire is perhaps just as important, if not more important, than the weapons Takkar crafts. In addition to using it for protection at night, he can use it for additional tactical options when assaulting beasts or infiltrating enemy outposts.
It's these kinds of moments that will generate unique and unexpected experiences – a hallmark of the Far Cry series – for players as they fight to survive alone in the Stone Age wilderness.
"The Stone Age is the perfect setting for a Far Cry game." said Jean-Christophe Guyot, creative director, Ubisoft. "Far Cry usually puts you at the edge of the known world, in a beautiful, lawless and savage frontier. The Stone Age is, in a way, the very first frontier for humankind; it's the time when humans put a stick in the ground and claimed land for their own, the time when we started climbing the food chain. That came with conflict, against other humans of course, but also against nature itself."
Far Cry Primal is scheduled for release on February 23, 2016 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The PC version will be released in March 2016.
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How to make ice cream in this clever contraption.
MaterialsThe Play & Freeze Ice Cream Maker comes in two sizes - standard and mega. You'll also need the ingredients to make ice cream. Here's the basic vanilla recipe...
Basic Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1 pint of Half & Half*
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/3 cup + 2 Tablespoons sugar
- Ice
- Rock salt
- Fill the ice end with as much ice as possible and then add 1/2 cup of rock salt. (MEGA: Add 3/4 cup of rock salt).
- The lid should be hand tightened - do not use the wrench! Mix up your ice cream ingredients in a container, then pour the mix into the end with the metal cylinder, leaving about an inch for expansion at the top.
- Hand tighten the lid. Have a ball! Shake, roll, and pass it around as you mix and freeze the ingredients. It's not necessary to shake the ball...just motion will do it! After about 10 minutes (15 for the MEGA ball) open the ice cream end using the included plastic wrench.
- Scrape the sides of the cylinder to mix up the ice cream using a plastic or wooden spoon (don't use a metal spoon as it will scratch the cylinder). Then check the ice end.
- Pour out the excess water and add more ice and up to 1/3 cup more rock salt to enhance the freezing ability. Close the lids securely and continue having a ball for approximately 5–10 more minutes. (15 for MEGA)
How does it work?What does the salt do? Just like we use salt on icy roads in the winter, salt mixed with ice in this case also causes the ice to melt. When salt comes into contact with ice, the freezing point of the ice is lowered. The lowering of the freezing point depends on the amount of salt added. The more salt added, the lower the temperature will be before the salt-water solution freezes. For example, water will normally freeze at 32 degrees F. A 10% salt solution freezes at 20 degrees F, and a 20% solution freezes at 2 degrees F. When salt is added to the ice, some of the ice melts because the freezing point is lowered.
Always remember that heat must be absorbed by the ice for it to melt. The heat that causes the melting comes from the surroundings (the warmer cream mixture). By lowering the temperature at which ice is frozen, you were able to create an environment in which the cream mixture could freeze at a temperature below 32 degrees F into ice cream.
source: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment


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It has seen its earnings slipping in recent quarters as it has to grapple with weakening consumer sentiment, higher operating costs and competition from a booming e commerce market. This may weigh down on the company's growth in 2015.
It had to spend more on marketing to buoy demand even as consumers scaled back on spending during the nine month period. Higher promotional and utility costs could contribute to a contraction in core operating profit, the retailing segment's operating profit declined 42% to rm57.3 million for 9MFY2014.
Over the next 12 months (Jan 2015 to Dec 2015) the property division will continue to be the main earnings contributor for AEON. This division should experience relatively stable growth but higher operating, marketing and promotion expenses from the retail segment will hamper the overall performance of AEON.
It has two core business – retail and property management. For its retail segment, it operates a chain of department stores and supermarkets under the AEON name, while its property management segment focuses on shopping centre operations and rental income from retailers.
Its key risks include weaker consumer sentiment and the emergence of new competitors on the retail landscape.
It is worth nothing that the ubiquity of e commerce in China has caused stiff cross border competition in the retail segment. Rather than traditional outlets, consumers are more inclined to make purchases online.
Additionally, with the increased adoption and convenience of smartphones and tablets, expect this trend to continue in the coming years from Jan 2015 onwards. The e commerce market is booming globally.
Critics however viewed the challenges faced by AEON from online retailers will not have much impact as e commerce companies in Malaysia are mainly fashion retailers which affect just the part of its retail business.
Its revenue improved in 9MFY2014 driven mainly by netter turnover from the retail segment, a higher revenue from property management with contributions from its new shopping centres and higher rental rates and sales commissions from tenant revamps in some existing malls.
However its long term prospects are boosted by its plan to consistently increase the number of outlets.
It will continue with its plan to open six stores from FY2014 to FY2017. It plans to solidify its presence in the East Coast, starring in Kota Bharu, as well as in Sabah and Sarawak.
Its capex for FY2014 to Fy2015 will be on the high side of rm500 million to rm600 million.
Another long term catalyst could be its expansion into the furniture retail market. It had entered into a 70:30 JV with Thailand's biggest furniture player Index Living Mall Co Ltd by opening its first home and interior furnishing store in IOI City Mall. It is still uncertain about how it will differentiate itself from IKEA, Courts and Harvey Norman.


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This week's favourite is submitted by an American book blogger who has a taste for translated crime fiction.
NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK takes place in Argentina in 1979, during the Dirty War where the military junta leading the country disappeared thousands of alleged subversives. The case at the center of this novel begins when Superintendent Lascano is called to investigate two dead bodies, but he finds three dead bodies instead: two were obviously executed by the military, but the third is a different sort of murder. The murder investigation does not take up the bulk of the novel. Instead we jump back in time to meet all the characters who are involved in the crime and the investigation.
The set-up is interesting: how do you work as a homicide detective under a regime that cuts off investigations of murders it itself commits? How do you fulfill your mission then? The setting is absolutely nightmarish: military patrols, people yanked from their homes, and murders. Mallo details the corruption throughout the society, from the criminal justice system, the military, and the church.
Besides the handicap of working for the police in a totally corrupt and violent regime, Lascano is also battling depression after the death of his wife less than a year before. He's a damaged individual. He's not the only character with a rough past: his friend Fuseli the pathologist is also a widower who also lost a child. It's a book full of people with difficult pasts living under the military regime. Because it's such a brief book (coming in under 200 pages), I don't want to give away much more about the characters and the plot. Though it's a short book, Mallo develops everyone's backstory pretty thoroughly.
Book Details:
author: Ernesto Mallo (the multilingual among you can learn more about him at his website, the rest of you will have to make do with this page)
original language: Spanish
translator: Jethro Soutar
publication date (UK): 2010, Bitter Lemon Press (original Spanish edition 2006)
Contributor Details:
Rebecca Kreisher reads and blogs from the US via her nick-name inspired blog Ms Wordopolis Reads


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McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Group, an amalgam of 11 high-technology companies with operating headquarters in Irvine, said Tuesday it has acquired a minority position in National Electronic Information Corp., a health claims electronic clearinghouse based in New York City.
In a written statement, McDonnell Douglas officials said the information systems group acquired an unspecified amount of NEIC Class A voting stock and will assume one seat on the NEIC board of directors.
Founded in 1981 by 11 life and health insurance companies, NEIC provides services to 39 commercial insurance carrier members, one Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan, 70 health claim vendors and 637 health care providers.
NEIC computer operations electronically collect claims data, validate the data against insurance carriers' records and forward validated claims directly to the appropriate insurance carrier for payment.


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Thanks to the generosity of our stallholders we had THREE beautiful assortments of gifts to give away. Each prize contained either a $20 voucher or a $10 voucher to spend at our May or June markets, or a $10 Cafe Handmade voucher to spend in May, plus a selection of handmade delights.
Annie from Brighton was delighted to win the $20 THS Voucher basket and thanked one of the stallholders for telling her about the market.
Regular market visitor Dorothy from Caulfield East came to this month's show with her granddaughters and won herself the $10 THS Voucher Basket.
And Alex came all the way from Airport West with his girlfriend and won a $10 Cafe Handmade Voucher and more. That's well worth the trip!
Congratulations to all of our winners! Enjoy your prizes and we hope to see you all again soon.
The Handmade Show will be back on May 16th. More details coming soon.


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Agenda November 2007
Colorado Commission on Higher Education Agenda
November 1, 2007, 10;00 a.m.
Mesa State College
1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501
I. Opening Business
Approval of
Minutes for the October 4, 2007 Commission Meeting
Approval of
Corrected Minutes for July 10, 2007 Commission Meeting
Reports by the Chair, Commissioners, Commission Subcommittees, Advisory
Committee Members and Executive Director
Public Comment
II. Action Items
Colorado Northwestern Community College - Craig Campus Facilities Master
– Ryan Stubbs
Front Range Community College – Westminster Campus Facilities Master Plan
Ryan Stubbs
Front Range Community College – Larimer Campus Facilities Master Plan
Ryan Stubbs/Andrew Carlson
Cash-Funded Capital Construction Project FY08-09
– Andrew Carlson
Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Commission of Higher Education Budget Request
– Diane Lindner
Draft Revisions to Title 23, CRS – Motion to Remove From Table and Continue
– David Skaggs
Resolution Concerning University of Colorado at Boulder Systems
Biotechnology Building Capital Construction Request
– Andrew Carlson
Resolution Concerning Higher Education Finances and FY09 Budget
– David
Skaggs & Diane Lindner
III. Consent Items
Admissions Standards Policy
– Matt McKeever/Julie Carnahan
College Opportunity Fund Status Report
– John Karakoulakis
IV. Information Items
Proposal to Offer a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Public Communication and Technology
– Heather Delange/Julie Carnahan
Proposal to Offer a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Biochemistry
– Heather Delange/Julie Carnahan


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I'm just now finally getting around to writing up something about the "Navigating the CME Landscape to Improve Patient Care: Pleasures, Pain, Perils, and Pitfalls of Commercial Support" session from last January's Alliance for CME annual conference (excellent, excellent session!), and ran across something in my notes that gave me pause.
When an audience member asked about funding for a program about off-label uses for depression medications in adolescents, all the panelists could say was, "Sorry." One added, "There is a tremendous need for education in some topics, but [pharma companies] can't support them."
While disheartening to the CME provider, it was not an unexpected response, given the recent media roasting some companies have had over off-label uses of depression medications for adolescents. But it makes me wonder just how safe a harbor CME is for off-label drug usage discussion. While you may still be able to talk about it, if no one will provider commercial support for the activity, chances are it won't happen, at least for many CME providers.
I'd love to know your thoughts; you can leave them in the comments area below, or e-mail me.


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Worker Safety Issues
A.1532 – Gunther / S.3330 – Hannon: This bill would improve the quality of care in healthcare facilities by establishing basic staffing ratios for nurses and other direct care staff employed in acute care facilities, including all public and private hospitals, mental health facilities, nursing homes and correctional facilities.
S.1023 – Funke / A.1207 – Zebrowski: This bill would increase penalties for passing a stopped school bus.
Civil Service Bills
S.2516 – Gallivan / A.473 – Paulin: This bill would allow all counties the option of providing full pay and benefits for county probation officers who are injured on the job.
S.1850 – Ortt / A.6277 – Abbate: This bill would allow counties the option of providing employees who are engaged in correction officer duties a special 20 year retirement plan which would provide a benefit of one-half of final average salary upon retirement. Counties could also elect to provide an additional benefit of one sixtieth of final average salary for each year of service in excess of 20 years, not to exceed 15 such years.
S.5593 – Golden / A.7602 – Abbate: This bill would eliminate the lifetime reduction of a pension payment when an outstanding loan is repaid in full.
State Workforce Bills
A.7396A – Gunther / S.5680 – Ortt: This bill would prohibit a state agency from decreasing full time equivalent (FTE) positions if more than 25% of their employees worked overtime the previous year.
Office of Mental Health (OMH) and
Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPDWD) Bills
S.4630 – Gallivan / A.6505 – Kearns: This bill would maintain the Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center as a separate and distinct entity that cannot be collocated with another Office of Mental Health facility.
S.5681 – Ortt / A.7399A – Gunther: This bill would codify CSEA's community-based care pilot programs that are operated by OPWDD.
A.2229 – Gunther / S.2836 – Ortt: This bill would limit the length of time that a notice of closure or significant service reduction is in effect. Currently law requires OMH to give 12 months notice, but there is no maximum amount of time that the notice can be in effect.
S.3027 – Ranzenhofer / A.3027 – Kearns: This bill would prohibit sex offenders from residing in a community residence operated or licensed by OMH or OPWDD.
Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) Bills
S.4574 – Marchione / A.6309 – Brindisi: This legislation would require OCFS to annually report the ratio of non-administrative staff to facility residents. In addition, this report must detail the number of employees who are out of work on workers' compensation.
S.2728 – Griffo / A.2136 – Brindisi: This bill would make the assault of an OCFS secure or limited secure residential facility a class D felony.
Health Care Bills
A.3126 – Gottfried / S.2546 – Hannon: This bill would ensure that SUNY hospitals continue to receive Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) funding.
S.4536 – Helming / A.6234 – Skartados: This bill would increase payments to critical access hospitals.
S.5661B – Little / A.7763 – Gottfried: This bill would create the enhanced safety-net hospital program.
A.934A – Glick / S.1596A – LaValle: This bill would clarify that the State University Health Science Centers are included in the SUNY maintenance of effort provision.
Social Service Bills
S.3146 – Golden / A.4049 – Lupardo: This bill would establish caseload standards for child protective services (CPS) workers.
Child Care Bills
A.7726A – Jaffee / S.5929 – Avella: This bill would establish a Child Care Availability Taskforce. This taskforce will evaluate the cost, accessibility, availability, quality, and impact of childcare subsidies.
Corrections Bills
S.2949A – Ritchie / A.4064B – Jones: This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to develop a staffing plan to ensure that all correctional facilities are adequately staffed.
Local Government Bills
S.3632 – Phillips / A.4117 – Lentol: This bill would grant peace officer status to Nassau County Police Department Ambulance Medical Technicians (AMTs).
S.5704 – Phillips / A.7135 – Abbate: This bill would provide for a performance of duty disability retirement benefit for ambulance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators, and ambulance medical technicians (AMTs) employed by Nassau County.
S.5778 – Alcantara / A.7601 – Abbate: This bill would codify and streamline existing practices regarding membership in public sector labor unions.
Retiree Bills
S.4324 – Tedisco / A.5210 – Abinanti: This bill would require municipalities to notify retirees at least 45 days prior to changing their health benefits.
Education / Library Bills
S.3021 – Ritchie / A.5811 – Quart: This bill would enable public libraries to access Employment Preparation Education (EPE) funds to provide adult literacy instruction.
Veteran Bills
A.3198A – Paulin / S.2911A – Croci: This bill would authorize paid time off for state employees that are combat veterans in order to obtain health care services related to their military service.
A.6416A – Abbate / S.5877A – Golden: This bill would allow all honorably discharged veterans to be eligible for civil service credits for appointments and promotions. Current law provides that only veterans who are disabled or who served on active duty during specific times or in specific theatres of war may receive civil service credits for their service.
Other Bills
S.3990 – Ranzenhofer / A.1311 – Rosenthal: This bill would expand the scope of public authority contracts subject to State Comptroller approval.
S.3984 – DeFrancisco / A.6355 – Peoples-Stokes: This bill would improve transparency and accountability in the State's procurement process.
S.4827 – Marchione / A.3047 – Magnarelli: This bill would grant the State Comptroller statutory authority to audit local development corporations (LDCs).
A.7427 – Schimminger: This legislation would restore and expand reporting requirements for the START-UP NY program.
A.4083 – Abinanti: This legislation would ensure that the meetings of the Design and Construction Corporation within the Dormitory Authority are subject to the open meetings law.
OMH/OPWDD Bills
S.4736A – Lanza / A.6830 – Weprin: This bill would require all mandated reporters covered by the Justice Center to call 911, the local county district attorney's office, and the Justice Center to report all reportable incidents. CSEA does not defend the current operations of the Justice Center but this legislation would only make a bad situation worse and could lead to diminished oversight and protections for those with a developmental disability.
A.745 – Gunther / S.2941 – Hamilton: This bill would require all OPWDD facilities to install cameras at each of their entrances and exits. This is an unfunded mandate and would undermine residents' privacy protections under HIPAA.
Insurance Bills
S.3484 – Golden / A.4786 – Joyner: This bill would prohibit prescription benefit plans from requiring that certain prescriptions be filled by a network mail order pharmacy.
Other Bills
A.1656 – Mosley: This bill would prohibit smoking on SUNY property. CSEA opposes this bill because smoking bans are a mandatory subject of negotiation for public employees.
S.2308 – Brooks: This legislation would require that a state monitor be appointed in the Town of Oyster Bay that would be authorized to unilaterally reject the implementation of collective bargaining agreements.


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The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Longtime Bay Area sports writer and former Associated Press writer Ron Bergman has died. He was 80.
Bergman died Thursday, according to his daughter Anne. He had been suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Bergman worked for the AP in the 1960s and covered the Beatles' final concert at Candlestick Park in 1966.
He later worked for the Oakland Tribune and San Jose Mercury News, covering the Oakland Athletics dynasty of the 1970s...
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This tooth needs identifying if someone can do that for me please. I know I should probably know but it is mammalian and they are not exactly the focus of my interests. If it were archosaurian, then I would not need to ask the question.
The reason it is interesting is that it was recovered from Eocene deposits, about 50 million years old, but it quite clearly isn't from that period. Indeed I believe I know the answer to that particular conundrum but a positive ID would confirm everything one way or another. Please feel free to comment and thanks in advance!


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One of the best 2 in 1 in the market!
Asus has come up with another surprise and that too within your budget. The new ASUS detachable tablet called T200. Previously Asus has launched the T100 convertible which was a success. So if you are planning to shop for a windows laptop you may want to consider the new Asus Transformer T200.
In the box
The box which almost looks like a briefcase contains the tablet, the keyboard dock and the charging chord. Also, a quick reference guide is provided for ease.
Hardware specs
The T200 comes with Windows 8.1 with 1 year of Office 365 Personal
Intel Quad-Core Bay Trail-T Atom Z3795 processor (1.59GHz base, 2.39 GHz burst frequency) a quad core Intel Atom Z3775 CPU clocked at 1.33 GHz with Intel HD Graphics, 2GB of RAM memory (LPDDR3 ), clocked at 1066 MHz, 64GB eMMC of storage space manufactured by Hynix, containing the operating system and a 500GB Hitachi hard disk drive for storage.Intel HD Graphics (311 MHz base, 778 MHz burst).
The memory size is 4GB DDR3 RAM
Storage Capacity: 64GB eMMC SSD in tablet
11.6-inch IPS touch screen display (1366 x 768)
Includes Keyboard Dock with USB 3.0 port, USB 2.0 port and Ethernet
2MP webcam (front), 5MP webcam (rear), microHDMI, microUSB, microSDXC slot
Wireless Type: 802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0
Dimensions: 7.9 x 12 x 1 inches
Weight: 3.6 pounds (tablet and dock)
Battery Type: 38 Whr Lithium ion (9 hours estimated battery life)
Sleek and sexy is what we call it. The back panel of the tablet has a designing of concentric circles. The lid is shiny and has a silver ASUS written on top of it, With the speakers on each side of the lid. The 5 megapixel camera is at the top center of the edge and the power button on the right side. Apart from that you have the volume up and volume down button on the lid below the power button. Lets explore the keyboard part of it. The keyboard has a matte effect and can be snapped with the tablet making it a laptop. On the underside of the dock we have Smart Hard Drive Bay as called by Asus, a slot that lets you cling the hard drive to the T200. Although, to access the bay you would need a screw driver but hey who cares when it comes to increase the storage by 64GB.
The tablet is consist of a microSD slot, a micro USB port, a micro HDMI port and a microphone/headphone combo, while the keyboard dock sports Ethernet, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 slot.
It features a display with a modern IPS panel and a resolution of 1366×768 pixels. The image quality is good, and so are the viewing angles. The resolution is satisfactory and due to the little larger screen size, it is a bit easier to work with applications side by side. It covers 72% of the sRGB and 55% of Adobe RGB standards, which is not bad, but not impressive either. The T200's display offers more accurate color reproduction than competing devices, as it registered a Delta-E rating of 3.5 (closer to 0 is more accurate). The display is however glossy which can be a problem if you go in bright sunny day you would find it hard to deal with the reflections.
The speakers are located on the sides of the tablet. Loud and punchy is what we call it. Provides a amazing multimedia experience. The only negative point is when you are holding the tablet in your hand the sound may sound a little muffles since the speakers will be covered by your hand.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The keyboard is small and handy. Good for people with small and slender fingers. However, if you have big "man" hands, you might find it difficult to work on the keyboard. As far as the touchpad nis concerned, Asus has done a great job. The touchpad is big enough, easy to use and delivers a far more pleasant typing experience while the new touchpad is just large enough to get things done without making you feel like you need a Bluetooth mouse. Multi touch gestures, such as two-finger scrolling and pinch-to-zoom, worked like a charm.
As an integrated solution, Intel's HD Graphics' (Bay Trail) primary purpose is to unload the processor via the incorporated video decoder. Thus, the tablet's micro-HDMI port can transmit an FHD signal. Additionally, Intel's Quick Sync is available. It is a fast and economic H.264 hardware encoder that is used by some video editing tools.
The camera is located at the topmost center of the tablet and it has a 5MP rear camera and a 2MP front camera. The pictures taken from 5MP looks brighter and beautiful however the front camera gives you a little grainy image. The 5 MP camera is of no use in bad light conditions because the noise is too strong. The front camera picture has a yellow tone default. Overall experience if I may talk about, it is not that bad and not that great either.
The T200 is capable of going for up to 8 hours of daily use, with Wi-Fi ON and the screen at 50%, while performing a mix of the activities mentioned above, with the dock attached all of the time. And that's not bad at all.
The tablet can also go for about 11 hours when left idle, with the screen completely dimmed down. At the same time, it will run out of juice in under 5 hours of full-load with the screen at max brightness.
Gizmo Verdict
Asus Transformer T200 is a 2 in 1, which can be used as regular tablet and laptop as using the docket keyboard. The keys of Keyboard are easy to use and makes it feel of complete laptop and not accessory.


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News: German Court Orders WhatsApp to Translate its TOS
July 19, 2016
Even though many Germans understand English, most non-native English speakers aren't familiar with English legal terms. So when faced with the terms and conditions of an app only available in English, they simply go ahead and accept them, without understanding what they are agreeing to. This is why a German court ordered WhatsApp to translate their terms of service.
The Federation of German Consumer Organizations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband or VZBV) sued WhatsApp for breaking consumer protection rules by insisting Germans agree to the English-language terms of service before they could use the messaging app. The Berlin region court found in favor of VZBV in 2015, and WhatsApp appealed this ruling.
Now a Berlin Superior Court of Justice has ruled that WhatsApp has broken its consumer protection laws, more specifically the country's Telemedia Act, because it doesn't put users in direct contact with a German representative should they have questions about the App.
Klaus Muller, CEO of VZBV, said that companies deliberately make it hard for consumers to understand their terms and conditions.
"Companies' conditions are often long and difficult to understand for consumers," he said in a statement. "That the millions of German WhatsApp users don't have to also read them in a foreign language, is an important signal to other foreign firms."
The latest ruling will require WhatsApp to translate the entire terms of service and privacy policy into German or be forced to pay an administrative fine of up to $283,000.
It is not clear at this time whether WhatsApp will file an appeal with the German Federal Court of Justice, which would be its last legal hope of getting the ruling overturned and keep their terms and conditions in English.
To read more, please see: WHATSAPP MUST PROVIDE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN GERMAN.
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Dashi is a staple in Japanese cuisine. It is the base for broths, soups and sauces. While dashi in granule form is readily available and definitely more convenient, there is still a certain amount of satisfaction derived from knowing how to make dashi from scratch. It's like making meat or fish broth. Easy enough to use buillon cubes or canned broth but making broth from scrap bones or fish bones and spices, herbs and vegetables gives me the feeling that I am in control. Like, you know, that the flavors in my cooked dish are what I placed there rather than the generic flavors concocted in a factory.
There are many kinds of dashi but the most common form is the liquid that results from boiling together an edible kelp called kombu and katsuobushi or dried and smoked skipjack tuna which is more popularly known as bonito. Kombu is widely available in dried form and katsuobushi is commercially available as bonito flakes.
I have both in my pantry and I made dashi. It was very easy.
That's how they look. The dark green sheets are kombu; the orange shavings in the packet are bonito flakes or katsuobushi.
Fill a pot with water, add the kombu and bonito flakes and boil uncovered until the liquid is reduced by about a quarter. That should take 10 to 20 minutes depending on how much water you have.
Cool the mixture. Strain. And you have your dashi.


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Conservatives: Av u/o seats = 369.5 – 24hr change = -10
Labour: Av u/o seats = 202.5 – 24hr change = +13
Lib Dems: Av u/o seats = 11.2 – 24hr change = -0.3
Spreadex | Con 364-370 (24hr = -10)| Lab 196-202 (+14) | LD 12-15 (-1.5)
Sporting Index | Con 365-371 (-10) | Lab 196-202 (+10) | LD 13-15 (-0.5)
(2015 result | Con 330 | Lab 232 | LD 8)
High drama overnight as The Times published a YouGov poll/prediction/model/forecast (no one quite seems sure what it actually is) suggesting the Tories are set to lose 20 seats on June 8th and we'd end up with a hung parliament.
It's an extraordinary prediction given that throughout the campaign the question has been how large the Tory majority will be, not whether they manage to win one at all.
The forecast has been met with some scepticism and it's worth bearing in mind that yesterday a ComRes poll gave the Tories a fairly comfortable 12pt lead. Nevertheless, YouGov's numbers are driven by a poll giving the Conservatives 42% and Labour 38% – certainly close enough that Tory losses from 2015 are possible.
As you'd expect, the betting markets have responded by shifting up expectations of Labour seats and, again, slashing (I think we can sensibly use that word) Tory lines. On the spreads for example, Spreadex moved its Labour quote up 14 and the Tories down 10. Nevertheless, the betting at this stage still implies a Tory majority of 80 or so.
Conservative most seats is still best price 1/12 and a Tory overall majority 1/6. However, Corbyn is now as short as 9/2 to be PM after the election.
If you're a YouGov believer it's worth looking at the constituency betting for opportunities. For the prediction to be realised Labour would need to gain a chunk of seats from the Tories and in many of the party's top target constituencies, the Labour candidate remains odds against.
Taking the target list from psephologists Rallings and Thrasher, Paddy Power offer the following for Labour wins in the Conservatives' most marginal defences:
Gower 2/1
Derby North 10/3
Croydon Central 2/1
Vale of Clwyd 9/4
Bury North 7/2
Morley & Outwood 4/1
Thurrock 7/1
Plymouth Sutton & Devonport 5/1
Brighton Kemptown 6/4
Bolton West 13/2
From that list the two Welsh seats (Gower and Vale of Clwyd) as well as Bury North and Bolton West look like exceptional bets. I'd leave Thurrock as I think we'll see the UKIP collapse help the Tories there and whispers suggest the Tories are doing OK in Plymouth.
Good luck and remember to keep breathing.


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Playing in Jacksonville on Sunday brought back memories for Bengals teammates Reggie Nelson and Carlos Dunlap.
However, those recollections are a little different for the former Gators.
While Nelson couldn't help but reminisce on his three years as a Jaguar, Dunlap couldn't help but recall one particular game as a freshman at UF in 2007.
That's because two of Dunlap's current teammates won't let him forget.
Receiver A.J. Green and defensive tackle Geno Atkins, who was on the Georgia team that beat Florida 42-30 in 2007, make sure to remind Dunlap about their alma mater's infamous team celebration in the end zone after the Bulldogs' first touchdown that day.
"They still bring that up," Dunlap said. "Geno claims he ran out there. I don't think Geno had that type of heart, though."
Nelson, who was a rookie safety with the Jaguars that season, still hears plenty from the two Georgia players.
"We get mess from A.J. and Geno about Georgia," Nelson said. "But you know, we don't care too much about Georgia. We don't care too much about no Dawgs. It's all about The Swamp, man."
Dunlap says the four will likely get together and watch the Florida-Georgia game on Oct. 27.
"Him and Geno are already talking about how they're going to beat us and stuff."
Despite their division of loyalty in college, the group is building something together with the Bengals, who are 3-1 after losing their opener against the Ravens.
Nelson's career is back on the upswing in Cincinnati after an up-and-down three years in Jacksonville, where he was taken in the first round of the 2007 draft. Last season, the six-year veteran recorded 85 tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles and four interceptions (one returned 75 yards for a touchdown at Seattle in Week 8).
Cincinnati rewarded the "Eraser" by inking him to a four-year, $18 million contract in the offseason. Nonetheless, the deal was invaluable to Nelson, who felt greatly appreciated by the franchise. As a result, Nelson turned down other interested teams, including the Jets.
"It means a lot when you're wanted," Nelson said. "I felt comfortable coming back to the Bengals. If it ain't broke, it doesn't need to be fixed. There wasn't anything broken, so I just stayed here and came back to the Bengals.
"There was a lot of stress here (in Jacksonville). It's always for the better. They wanted to move on, and there's no hard feelings or nothing. I'm happy as heck with the Bengals, not that I wasn't happy here. I enjoyed it. They gave me a fresh start."
Through four games this season, Nelson is second on the team in tackles with 29.
Meanwhile, Dunlap and Atkins are key components to a Bengals defense that leads the NFL in sacks (17). Although Dunlap is dealing with a knee injury that he sustained in the team's preseason opener, the third-year defensive end has recorded a sack in each of the past two games since his return, while adding a forced fumble and recovery at Washington.
Dunlap had an outstanding rookie season, notching 9.5 sacks despite only playing 27 percent of the defensive snaps. Last year, he didn't play a significant role on the team early in the season but eventually earned one toward the end and recorded 4.5 sacks in the last five games.
Dunlap, whose knee was being worked on after Sunday's 27-10 win over the Jaguars, says nothing is holding him back from having a breakout year as long as he's 100 percent.
"My main thing right now is getting healthy and staying healthy, and I feel like everything else will fall into place."
Both Nelson and Dunlap feel like they're part of a young, up-and-coming team in Cincinnati, which made the playoffs last year under then-rookie quarterback Andy Dalton.
After the game, the two Gators raved about Dalton's 18-yard touchdown that was thrown on a rope down the sidelines to Green in the fourth quarter on Sunday.
"Now you see how hard the DBs have to work guarding A.J. and Hawk (Andrew Hawkins), Armon (Binns) and Marvin (Jones), even the rookies, man. We've got a good group of guys," Nelson said. "I'm with an organization that, we got goals and we're trying to make them."


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To start we spotted 2 roaches in the kitchen. For a place that accommodates 4 persons it was disappointing to find only 3 coffee cups and 2 spoons in the poorly supplied kitchen. We could not use the balcony because water from our ac unit...More
"Ask for Unit by number- we had 115 it was incredible- hear 135 is as well."


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"It's quiet. It's early. My coffee is hot. The sky is still black. The world is still asleep. The day is coming. In a few minutes, the day will arrive. It will roar down the track with the rising of the sun. The stillness of the dawn will be exchanged for the noise of the day. The calm of solitude will be replaced by the pounding of the human race. The refuge of the early morning will be invaded by decisions to be made and deadlines to be met. For the next twelve hours I will be exposed to the day's demands. It is now I must make a choice. Because of Calvary, I'm free to choose. And so I choose.
"Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control."
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Practicing What He Teaches
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Brad Cohen always makes his presence felt. Sometimes it's because of his involuntary verbal tics, or the puffs of air he blows, which can make a phone conversation sound like it's taking place in a wind storm.
Those are the result of Tourette's syndrome, which Cohen has called his "constant companion" since early childhood.
But his relentlessly upbeat approach to life is what gets him noticed. His story is chronicled in "Front of the Class," a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie on CBS that follows him from being a teased, misunderstood youngster to achieving his dream: becoming a teacher.
"I see this movie as a celebration," said Cohen, 34, who now works in staff development -- teaching the teachers -- at Tritt Elementary School in Cobb County, Ga. "I'm the voice for so many people who don't have a voice. I'm able to speak up for those people."
In 1997, Cohen was named Georgia's First Class Teacher of the Year. In 2006, his book, "Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had," earned him a guest spot on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
His life might have continued quietly after that, but in 2007 he and Tim Shriver, chairman and CEO of Special Olympics, spoke at a diversity conference for high school students in Connecticut. After Shriver delivered his speech, Cohen took the microphone.
The audience "was laughing, then crying, then laughing, then crying, then cheering," Shriver said. "And at the end, they gave him a huge standing ovation."
When they rode to the airport afterward, Shriver suggested to Cohen that his story would make a meaningful film. Cohen agreed, and a year and a half later, executive producer Shriver and his team wrapped production on the movie. (Shriver, a Chevy Chase resident and son of 1972 Democratic vice presidential candidate R. Sargent Shriver, described the movie business as "a hobby of mine." He's credited as a producer on "Amistad" and "The Ringer.")
Cohen had gone into the project with two reservations. One was that he wanted the movie to be truthful -- and it is, he said, although some details are sped up. In real life, for example, he met his wife four years ago; in the movie, he met Nancy in 1996.
The second concern was that he feared Hollywood "would take the Tourette's syndrome part and turn it into a monster."
"I set pretty high expectations for myself," he said, "and I thought that whoever plays me won't do a very good job, I wouldn't be impressed and I wouldn't be happy. But the reality is, the exact opposite happened."
Not that he was thrilled initially with the choice of newcomer Jimmy Wolk to portray him as an adult. "At first, I was a little upset," Cohen acknowledged. "I was happy for my mom -- Patricia Heaton plays her; she's great. Treat Williams is awesome [as Brad's dad]. But I had Jimmy Wolk and I was like, 'What?' "


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Turkish Prime Minister's plane landed on Thursday night to a nation shaken by protests, in what seems to be Turkey's worst political turmoil in decades.
More than 10,000 supporters of Recep Tayyip Erdogan have flocked to Istanbul's Ataturk Airport to greet him."These protests that are bordering on illegality must come to an end as of now," he ordered on his arrival.
Back from a visit to North Africa, where he was long heralded as a source of inspiration and a supporter of the democratic demands of its neighbours in transition, Erdogan has to face an unprecedented popular challenge within his own country.
Stakes could not be higher for the AKP leader who had been preparing his bid for the 2014 presidential elections with an unquestioning and overwhelming support. The Gezi Park protests, started on May 28, seem to have shaken the Pandora's box of the contrasts within Turkish society with seemingly no chance of return.
Young and old, nationalists and Kurds, Sunni and Alevis (A Muslim sect drawing on Shia and Sufi traditions) from across the political spectrum found themselves together in a spontaneous coalition of anger against Erdogan's extremely divisive policies and rising authoritarian moves.
Alarm bells started to ring with the first opinion polls on the on-going peace process with jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. The polls revealed a silent majority strongly opposed Erdogan's deal with the Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party over constitutional reforms.
The contrast between the nationalists and the Kurds, however, is just one side of Turkey's rising polarisation. Secularists have long criticised the government's Islamist inclinations, both protesting against the recent restriction on the sale of alcohol and the prime minister's warnings against public displays of male-female affection.
On the other side, religious minorities feel increasingly threatened by Erdogan's growing sectarian expressions. His recent definition of the cemevis [Alevi houses of worship] as merely "places of cultural activity" has inflamed Turkey's largest Islamic minority (25% of the 60m total).
A broader outcry against the government's tools of coercion, such as the catch-all anti-terror laws and the various forms of pressure on media outlets, has led to a highly explosive situation, resulting in the deadly clashes which occurred in more than 60 Turkish provinces.
The fate of Erdogan's political fortunes depends on how he handles these multiple contrasts once back in Ankara.
What is sure is that his "divide-and-conquer" policy is no longer a viable path.
The former "winner-takes-it-all" approach risks moving into a serious "lose-lose" game if he turns a deaf ear to society's heterogeneous demands.
The prime minister has never been a dictator, but the rightful winner of three consecutive elections, each time with a larger percentage of votes.
As he himself acknowledged, his political fate will be decided at the ballot box and not on the streets.
This time, however, he may pay a high price for ignoring those tensions, and the slightest mistake may open the door to largely unpredictable outcomes.
Emanuela Pergolizzi is an expert in Turkish affairs. She has published an essay entitled "AKP foreign policy: a 'neo' or 'post' Ottoman recap?". From 2013 she covered the peace process between the Turkish government and Kurdish jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan. She writes for Osservatorio Iraq and Resetdoc.


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Have i just bought a rare record?
Bought The Strokes "The Modern Age"/"Last Nite" 7-inch single in a second hand record shop today for £3. Not on Rough Trade though, it is on XL, so US debut single? Number is BXL024. Comes in a plain white paper sleeve with jukebox hole in the middle.
That's the one!
A tenner....not really that rare then eh? haha. Ah well, still a nice purchase.
I would coitainly keep that one.
10er is the low end
If it's in perfect condition then that's a great buy!
Or just written this post
and not bought a record at all.
I thought the US ones were on RCA.
what do I know, I downloaded it way back when.


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Some more pics from my road trip (taken the same day as previous post so dont judge for wearing same outfit). That building was built like 1000 years ago. Its rad that its an apartment block. Imagine the ancient melrose-place-esque dramas that went on there.
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WASHINGTON — The Strategic Defense Initiative has produced no major breakthroughs since President Reagan called for development of a space-based defense against nuclear missiles, and much of the research has only deepened understanding of the difficulties of the undertaking, a Senate study reported Saturday.
The study said that a space-based defense, known as Star Wars, could face Soviet countermeasures 10 times more daunting than Defense Department officials projected less than two years ago. As a result, the project is probably not feasible without Soviet acquiescence, scientists say.


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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Child leash
Then I got a seat. Things were looking up.
Until she finished her bagel, put the remains back in her paper deli bag, and put the bag under. her. seat. on. the. floor. She was littering. Right in front of me and everyone else on the train completely oblivious to what was happening. Again, I looked at Boyfriend in shock and horror. He looked back in surrender. It was more than my heart could handle at that hour, so I switched trains.
These types of relationships baffle me. The rest of the ride I thought about how you could "love" someone so much that you would subject yourself to holding a pink satchel and being force fed a densely cream cheesed bagel in public. Was it that awful being single? Were you just at that age where you needed to couple off to avoid the pangs of attending weddings alone? I could go on, but instead I exited the station and briskly walked the one block to my building.
But not before a well-dressed man "rapping" aloud passed me, shouted "YOU'RE NOT GETTING FUCKED TONIGHT!," lifted his leg up and pelvic thrusted in my direction.
The end.
5 comments:
- Anne Marie said...
You have experienced more this morning than I have all week. What I wouldn't give for a MPT (Metro Pelvic Thrust).
- mmakis said...
Who needs coffee when you are provided such a showcase of reality on the way to work?
It's the littering that really killed me though. But anyways, thanks for your verbal portrait of the F Train.
- ButtonHole said...
Whenever I see women like this, and their name is legion, as you well know, I can't help initially thinking "damn...she must be a good fuck." But how?? With that yattering maw flapping constantly? And barking directions like a drill sergent! "there! more! NO! THERE! no no no not like THAT!"
- minus five said...
ugh. nightmare. those girls are the worst! i've gotten into a dangerous habit these past few weeks of mocking strangers out loud. i used to do it in my head, but now i repeat right after people who annoy me. at a very loud volume. one of these days, i'm going to get beat up.
if you're in the 1st car heading up to 42nd, you'll find me around 9:30 M-F.
- Chris said...
I think your use of love, even in quotes, is extremely generous. Codependency (denial?) is a strong force.


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Timberwolves Back in Win Column, Beat Boston 106-88
MINNEAPOLIS - Kevin Love had 23 points and collected 12 rebounds as the Timberwolves bounced back from their tough loss to Denver and defeated Boston 106-88 last night.
Nikola Pekovic had 20 points and 12 rebounds for Minnesota. Dante Cunningham added 12 points off the bench for the Wolves.
Minnesota improves to 7-4 this season with the win. They travel to Washington Tuesday night to take on the Wizards, game time is set for 6 p.m. CT.


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- Canadian Securities Regulators Review Mining Issuers' Websites
- April 15, 2015 | Author: Brian E. Abraham
- Law Firm: Dentons Canada LLP - Vancouver Office
- On April 9, 2015, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued CSA Staff Notice 43-309 (Review of Website Investor Presentations by Mining Issuers), which summarizes the findings of a review of investor presentations on mining issuers' websites. Key findings from the review conducted by staff of the British Columbia Securities Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission, and the Autorité des marchés financiers (collectively, the Principal Mining Jurisdiction), include:
The CSA is also concerned with the use of words such as "world class", "spectacular", "production ready" and "ore". Some disclosure, particularly where there is economic analysis, may trigger a technical report filing to support the economic projections.
- Naming a qualified person (QP), on technical disclosure and position with the Issuer
- Preliminary economic assessments (PEA), use of inferred resources and achievement risk
- Mineral resources and mineral reserves, "resources are not reserves"
- Exploration targets, conceptual only and basis for ranges of concept
- Historic estimates, "not to be relied upon"
The Principal Mining Jurisdiction reviewed investor presentations from the websites of 130 mining issuers to determine if they complied with NI 43-101 (Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects), part of NI 51-102 (Continuous Disclosure Obligations), and other securities legislation. In some instances, their reviews resulted in corrective news releases, technical report filings or refilings.
The CSA was also concerned about reference to quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC), and naming a laboratory. Other areas of concern were failure to include taxes in economic studies, metal price assumptions, drilling information regarding true widths and higher grade intervals.
In addition, forward looking information often did not provide material factors and assumptions used to develop such information.
Significant non-compliance areas identified by the CSA included: naming the QP, PEA cautionary language, resources are not reserves, tax implications on economic studies, exploration targets, historical estimates, resources including reserves, data verification, naming the laboratory, QA and QC measures, higher grade intervals in drill intercepts and true width of drill intercepts.
This is the first in-depth review of mining issuers' websites, but the review process will continue and likely expand to other issuers. It is, therefore, important that all issuers review their disclosure to ensure it complies with not only NI 43-101, but also the forward looking information under NI 51-102.


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Professors to Koch Brothers: Take Your Green Back
No one ever questions George Soros money, but apparently this $1.5 million gift violates academic freedom.
Times are tough for state-funded colleges like Florida State University. After four years of budget trimming, FSU now faces an additional $19 million in cuts and a $40 million deficit. So it's an inopportune moment to raise a stink over private donations of $1.5 million made three years ago.
But that's just what two FSU professors—Ray Bellamy of the College of Medicine and Kent Miller, professor emeritus of psychology—did earlier this month in an op-ed in the Tallahassee Democrat, arguing that the donations are "seriously...


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Supporting Guidance: employer compliance: guidance by subject: penalties: failure to submit an end of year return (P35/CIS36) - first 12 months of lateness
Section 98A(2)(a) TMA 1970
See COG914290 regarding the application of Section 98A penalties for failure to submit CIS monthly returns from 6-4-2007 to 05-10-2011.
Although penalties for the first 12 months of lateness are routinely dealt with by End of Year Sections with the support of an ECS programme you may still become involved.
Your involvement in these penalties will usually be
- where any case considered for a compliance check indicates that returns have been submitted late and not had penalties issued or have had them incorrectly inhibited, or
- to those cases where RIS has to
- open a new scheme or
- re-open a permanently cancelled scheme
for the compliance check to take place or where
- the scheme has been closed one year only (COYO)
- and you discover that the employer/contractor has failed to submit a return.
However you should
- make sure that penalties have been considered in any case where you identify that there has been a failure to submit a return by its due date.
Where you pursue this penalty you should make sure the EOY Section does not duplicate it.
Note: These penalties are fixed in legislation and must be pursued in all relevant cases. Reduced amounts can not be negotiated as part of a contract settlement. If the employer claims to have a reasonable excuse - COG914065.
All late returns obtained during the course of an EC compliance check must be sent to the EOY section to make sure individuals' details are captured.
The penalty is fixed at £100 per month or part month for each batch or part batch of 50 employees/subcontractors. For example,
A form P35 return of 53 employees which is late by 4 months 15 days.
The penalty is £1,000, that is
50 employees (1 batch) at £100
3 employees (part batch) at £100
Total £200
£200 x 5 (4 months + 1 part month) = £1,000.
By concession the penalty is 'capped' to the total liability payable by 19th April following the end of the tax year, subject to a minimum penalty of £100.
Thus in this example if the return remained outstanding for 11 months the penalty would have increased to £2,200. However, if the total liability payable was only £1,700 the penalty would be 'capped' at £1,700.
If the failure goes beyond 12 months then in addition penalties under Section 98A(2)(b) may also be considered - COG914050.


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I think many of the issues stated in this thread are elements of a version upgrade. With the transfer of a site the caliber of Althanas to a version upgrade, comes anxiety and frustration, not only within a community, but within staff too. Member numbers take a hit as does participation. It's normal, and I'm sure it has been seen in past version upgrades. I think every single person involved has done an amazing job with reinforcing the foundation of Althanas 4.0 for growth. I mean everyone. Community and staff. Subjects like the Workshop, content and the AP system will improve as member numbers and participation rises. These things will even out, and I don't think separating writers that enjoy writing what people call "smut" and penalizing rewards is needed. There is a fan base for it, those writers are participating withing the confines of Althanas, and most of them are being tagged a "Rated Mature", or whatever for those that don't wish to indulge in that genre. Do I enjoy that sort of thing, no, but there is a member base for it. Live and let live, I say.
The subject of the Wiki is an entirely different thing. A lot goes into that that people may not realize. Back a year before finding Althanas, I was looking into hosting a forum based on a medieval fantasy world my wife and I created. When purchasing a version of a forum, you only get the core forum itself, not to mention all of the fees involved such as hosting and whatever. Many of the forum perks we take for granted, these things are separate programs that need to be purchased and installed into the core forum. None of it is cheap, folks. None of us can assume the software used for 3.1 is compatible with 4.0. Some may be, but I imagine, not all. Hell, vBulletin and Dragonbyte need to make money on software some how, right? Donations help a lot, and all of us cheap bastards can get off our wallets, purses and pockets and donate. Plus, I imagine the coding alone for transferring something the size of the 3.1 Wiki to 4.0 is mind numbing, eye crossing, and carpal tunnel inducting. Oi.
With the participation thing, I think you've done a great job with the monthly events, hosting threads and posting Tavern stuff, Lye. It has been effective and enjoyed within the community. I think anything more could have been overwhelming for the new version of Althanas over the past few months. I think the community has done a great job on their parts too. *I just seen the Gisela is firing up. Nice!
Althanas 4.0 is growing, and numbers don't lie. I just think a little patience, understanding, common courtesy, gratefulness and generosity go a long way. Things will get better in time.


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Cleveland police have launched an investigation after finding a body on the city's east side.
Police say a person walking in the area of E. 105th and Hampden Avenue saw a body lying in an alleyway in the 10600 block of Madison Court and called police.
Police were dispatched to the scene at 8:20 a.m.
Upon arrival, officers found an unidentified black male with multiple gun shots to the back.
The victim was pronounced dead on the scene.
Police say the victim was in his 20s.
The official cause of death will be determined by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office.
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I have been invited to take part in an art event in the village of Penallt, south of Monmouth.
I will be demonstrating how to make and print a collagraph together with exhibiting work.
Art in Penallt takes place 5-7 October. www.penallt.org.uk has more details of the artists involved over the weekend.
Back in the shed I have been experimenting with enamel making more 'Ladies & Gentlemen' for my galleries for the festive period. These are waiting to have their bows and pins attached.


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|The new community garden at the Q-Plex
I drove up on Tuesday, where I had the honour of a guided tour of the amazing new recreation facility in Quispamsis, just outside Saint John, called the Q-Plex. After a delightful lunch, I was able to check out their new community garden on the grounds. The Saint John area is home to six community gardens, and having a population of about 70,000 in the city itself, that is very impressive.
|Thanks to Kent Building Supplies for donating the materials!
And congratulations to the winners of the 2 frames!
On Wednesday morning, it was time for marigold planting! Over 1100 kids came down to do the planting and within about 20 min, the long stretch of Main Street was transformed! I did get my hands dirty and planted some too, but I also took a lot of photos as you can see..
Once again, thanks so much to the Marigolds on Main Street committee for inviting me to Saint John! They have worked long and hard to make the event happen and it was a great success! I look forward to following the progress of the newly planted marigolds on the website for Marigolds on Main Street.
On my way home, I popped into a brand new organic garden centre/landscaping company in Fall River, NS that I keep hearing about.. it's called Natural Harmonics and the owners are working hard to create a business that offers a wide range of natural seeds, plants and gardening supplies. From biodegradable (but so colourful!) pots and containers to coir (a peat substitute) to organic seeds to worm poo (from local supplier Growing Green Earthworm Castings).. Thanks for the tour and I look forward to my return to your store. (And I can't wait to plant the dinosaur kale transplants I bought!).. like I needed more plants!!
Here are some more photos from Marigolds on Main Street and a few from Natural Harmonics:
|Another photo of the new Q-Plex community garden
|The lovely Anne from Halifax Seed in Saint John selling
copies of my books at my talks - thanks Anne!!
|The marigold flats have arrived on Main Street
|Here come the kids - stand back!!
|Getting busy planting!
|It was non-stop planting for 20 min.. Maybe these kids can
help me get my garden planted?
|Anne and her lovely daughter getting their
hands dirty planting marigolds
|Wow, almost done! Look at the difference!
|It's going to be so pretty all summer
|What do you do when you're finished planting?? Get a
snow cone! Yum!
|Check out Fall River's latest garden centre and
landscaping business
|A wall of worm poo! They also have organic
fertilizers like Seaboost too
|Locally grown, organic seedlings. Such bold colours!
|Take home, separate and plant in your garden..