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2012 Subaru Freeskiing World Tour Kicks Off Its North American Stops and Introduces a Pre-Qualified List for Qualifier Days
Salt Lake City, UT – December 1, 2011 – Following two stops in South America that set the pace for the 15th year of the big mountain freeskiing tour, the 2012 Subaru Freeskiing World Tour kicks off its North American stops beginning January 4-9 with the Canadian Freeskiing Championships in Revelstoke, BC; the US Extreme Freeskiing Championships in Crested Butte, CO on February 8-12; the North American Freeskiing Championships in Kirkwood, CA on February 22-27; and culminating with the Subaru Freeskiing World Championships in Snowbird, UT on March 14-19, 2012.
"Last year we took a huge step in the progression of the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour when we introduced the style/creativity category which has opened the door to a new generation of skiers who are incorporating new school tricks into fluid, solid skiing on big mountain terrain, and has encouraged the tour mainstays to get more creative," said Bryan Barlow, event director for the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour. "As our events fill up faster each year, we've decided to introduce a pre-qualified list for the qualifier days. This will allow our returning athletes a chance to register first, and a number of 'open' spots will be available on a first come, first serve basis."
Heading into the third stop of the season, Guerlain Chicherit (FRA), who returned to the circuit after several years of absence, is in the lead for the men with 142 points, followed by Kirkwood's Josh Daiek with 126 points and Mad River Glen's Lars Chickering-Ayers with 114 points. For the ladies, Crystal Wright of Jackson, WY is in first with 171 points, followed closely by Snowbird's Angel Collinson with 168 points and Sole Diaz (CHE) in third with 125.
Athlete registration for Revelstoke will open December 7, 2011 at 10 a.m. MST; registration for all other stops will open December 15 at 10 a.m. MST at www.freeskiingworldtour.com <http://www.freeskiingworldtour.com/> .
Canadian Freeskiing Championships, Revelstoke, BC, January 4-9, 2012
US Extreme Freeskiing Championships, Crested Butte, CO, February 8-12, 2012
North American Freeskiing Championships, Kirkwood, CA, February 22-27, 2012
Subaru Freeskiing World Championships, Snowbird, UT, March 14-19, 2012
Additional Freeskiing World Tour Qualifiers will be announced in the coming weeks.
About Subaru Freeskiing World Tour (FWT)
The Subaru Freeskiing World Tour is the largest and longest running competitive big mountain freeskiing tour in the history of the sport with an unprecedented six stops. Founded in 1998, the FWT, created and produced by Mountain Sports International, Inc., is heading into its 15th year with alumni including Shane McConkey, Brant Moles, Kent Kreitler, Chris Davenport, Seth Morrison, Dean Cummings, Dave Swanwick, Wendy Fisher, Ingrid Backstrom, Dana Flahr, Kaj Zackrison, Karina Hollekim, Marja Persson, Julien Lopez, Chopo Diaz, Griffin Post, Drew Stoecklein, Crystal Wright and Hannah Whitney. In addition to up to $110,000 in winnings, the world tour champions are awarded the McConkey Cup, honoring legendary skier Shane McConkey, founder of the IFSA. The FWT also features the coveted backcountry.com <http://backcountry.com/> Sickbird Award, which honors the athlete with the most spirit, style and wow-factor. The 2012 Subaru Freeskiing World Tour is supported by Subaru of America, The North Face, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Black Diamond Equipment, Clif Bar, Replay XD, Powder Magazine, Mountain Sports International, Comcast Sportsnet, Backcountry.com <http://Backcountry.com/> , Las Lenas, Ski Arpa, Revelstoke Mountain Resort, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Kirkwood Mountain Resort and Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort. The Canadian Freeskiing Championships are sponsored by Recon Instruments. For more information, visit www.freeskiingworldtour.com <http://www.freeskiingworldtour.com/> , www.facebook.com/freeskiingworldtour <http://www.facebook.com/freeskiingworldtour> , or follow us on Twitter at @FreeskiingWT.
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 600 dealers across the United States. Subaru makes the best-selling All-Wheel Drive car sold in America based on R.L. Polk & Co. new vehicle retail registration statistics. For more information, visit www.subaru.com <http://www.subaru.com/> .
About Mountain Sports International
Mountain Sports International (MSI) is a private company, founded in 1997, to develop and produce action/adventure sports events and programming in North America. MSI owns and produces the Freeskiing World Tour, in addition to several other properties and concepts. MSI provides event management services for The North Face, Burton, Salomon, and Red Bull. MSI specializes in matching clients with events for brand penetration into target demographics, developing product identification and loyalty. MSI matches brand and culture, company and credibility to create sought-after events that help to define the action sports culture. For more information, visit www.mtsports.com <http://www.mtsports.com/> .


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"One cannot think of the life of the Episcopal Church in Tennessee without immediately envisioning the great and continued contribution of Calvary Church in downtown Memphis. From Her very beginning, Calvary parish has been the ecclesiastical catalyst in the growth of the Church in the western part of the state." John Vander Horst, Bishop, Diocese of Tennessee, 1961-1977
Part of the great westward thrust of The Episcopal Church in America, Calvary Episcopal Church was founded in 1832 by the Reverend Thomas Wright and 10 parishioners. From that original congregation, Calvary's numbers have increased 100 fold. Calvary is a Memphis landmark, and its sanctuary is the oldest public building in continuous use in the city. Its bell tower dates to 1848, its chancel to 1881. Calvary added its parish hall in 1906 and the education building in 1992.
Calvary is the mother parish of the Episcopal Church in Memphis and Shelby County, founding five daughter churches, including St. Mary's Church in 1857, now St. Mary's Cathedral.
From its early days of ministry, Calvary has been shaped by its urban location and its faithful and determined leadership and congregation. The twentieth century, in particular, brought a number of strong clergy to the parish, who established vibrant and ongoing outreach activities for residents of Downtown—including the Sunday breakfast for the needy and the Lenten Noonday Preaching Series and accompanying Waffle Shop—and put energy and resources into rehabilitating Calvary's structures. When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis in 1968 only a short distance from Calvary, the church responded with integrity and compassion. Then-rector the Reverend Robert P. Atkinson and the Calvary parish were among those who played a major part in the healing of the city.
In the 1970s, as the reputation and vibrancy of Downtown Memphis slid and the city's population shifted further east, Calvary, too, suffered decline. But in 1978, the Rev. Dr. Douglass Bailey answered the call to serve as rector and began a new era for the church. Under Bailey's leadership both membership and ministries grew, and Calvary became known for its many outreach and social justice projects: the Calvary Street Ministry, Samaritan Counseling Center, Calvary Place Childcare Center, AIDS Burial Ministry, Integrity-Memphis (the diocesan chapter of Integrity USA), Palm Sunday City Hall procession and Calvary & the Arts Concert Series, among others.
The Rev. Dr. Andrew MacBeth came to Calvary in February 2004, as our 20th rector. During Andy's tenure, Calvary established a vibrant ministry to young adults, reinvigorated its evangelism efforts, including a new and improved website, and created a new outreach ministry, the Hospitality HUB, a partnership with several other downtown churches to offer compassion and assistance to the homeless in our neighborhood. In the year 2007, Calvary celebrated its 175th year of making God's love visible in downtown Memphis.
The Rev. Christopher D. Girata was called as Calvary's 21st rector in July 2012. His optimism and infectious enthusiasm for good work well done engaged Calvary's desire for a renewed outlook. In short, Chris saw the best that Calvary could be and empowered clergy and parishioners alike to live into their potential. Continuing Calvary's proud history of community ministry and glorious worship, Chris supported long-standing traditions of excellence in liturgy and music while joyfully promoting new approaches to parish life and outreach. Formation and fellowship ministries grew and thrived. We developed a deliberate new member incorporation process—a year-long program that shepherds newcomers to become engaged parishioners. In addition, Calvary launched three new community ministries, strengthened others, and created the position of community ministries coordinator to support this work.
The Rev. J. Scott Walters came to Calvary in May 2017 as Calvary's 22nd rector. Learn more about Scott.

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I love iTunes(R), though it has not been completely problem free for me. I have a large collection of music – like 8 days without including podcast subscriptions and the like – so being able to tag music with different genres and ratings is useful. I use smart playlists to automatically include the appropriate set of music, which means that new music is included just as soon as I tag it.
But, iTunes(R) is not the only application in the MP3 library niche, and Lifehacker has collected the top favorites of their readers. Instead of the usual "Top 5", they gave us a "Top 6 MP3 Tagging Tool" collection because of a near tie between two of the favorites. Five of the applications are free, the other has a relatively small cost – certainly well within the affordability range.


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Hi, I'm trying to use the win7 Task scheduler to automatically open an app when I connect headphones, but I can't figure out the event ID/log for connected jack. When I connect/disconnect a jack, I get a taskbar notification, and C:\Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM gets updated.
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What sound chip do you have, onboard or discrete. Point is I'm not sure you can do what you want, normally the control over what happens is done by the chip, I'm not clear on if it can then be used as a trigger for something else to happen, apart from muting the external speakers.
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|20 Mar 2012
It's a Dell XPS15 laptop with a Realtek alc665 soundcard. I forgot to add, when I connect the headphones, beside the windows notification, a pop-up asks me what I connected to the jack (headphones/output for front speakers etc.), maybe that's what's logged in the file.
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Real Ugly
~ Blurb ~
Turner Campbell is an asshole.
I f*cking hate him.
But I can't get enough either.
He sings like an angel and f*cks like a devil.
If I could, I'd run away and never look back because to tell you the truth, I think this man might be the death of me.
Naomi Knox is a bitch.
I can't f*cking stand her.
But I can't stop thinking about her either.
She looks like an angel and plays like a devil.
If I could, I'd f*ck her good and forget all about her, but to tell you the truth, I think this woman might be my last saving grace.
~ Review ~Your either going to love or hate this book! Admittedly, it took me a little while to get into the writing style and language used (I tend to read YA / paranormal), but if swearing, drugs, sex and real life doesn't bother you then I would definitely give this series a try. Naomi and Turner are both completely messed up, and a therapist would be set for life having these two as their clients, but they still draw you in and I couldn't help but start to love them, want a slightly less messed up life for them both. You're likely to want to shout and scream at some of the characters, throw the book / kindle across the room and stamp your feet in places, but all this did was prove how engrossed I got into the book. A warning though, it does end in one hell of a cliff hanger.
First thing I did after finishing this book? Buy book 2, Get Bent, devoured it and I now feel much better about the cliff hanger at the end of Real Ugly. Thankfully Get Bent ends in a much better place for the reader.
Get Bent
~ Blurb ~Naomi Knox is missing.
I don't even f*cking know whether she's dead or alive.
What I do know is that she's the air I need to breathe.
She's my redemption, an all consuming fire that burns in my blood.
And I'll do anything to find her. Anything. Even if it means the end for me.
& & &
Turner Campbell is searching.
But he has no f*cking clue what it is he's searching for.
There's darkness all around and enough secrets to choke.
There are angels, and there are devils. It's impossible to tell them apart.
Light needs to be shone on the truth, but there's no one left to hold the torch. The line between life and death is blurred, and the players are all thoroughly entrenched in the game. The question is: am I still one of them?
~ Review ~Compared to Real Ugly this book seemed a little tamer, but that could just be because I had completely got used to the writers style by the time I started reading it. This book was a complete surprise, and I had no idea where the story was leading, but was happy to go along for the ride and just went with it as Turner searched for Naomi. As with Real Ugly, I was completely engrossed from start to finish, and although this book ended in a much better place, I'm still looking forward to the next instalment and hopefully getting some answers about who is behind it all.
Character Bio'sNAOMI KNOX:
Naomi Knox is hardcore. She has to be. Growing up without parents will do that to a person, especially when you're subjected to the horrors only a special type of foster family can provide … But she can play a mean guitar and she'll write music that'll make Beethoven weep in his grave. Just don't ask about her dirty, little secrets. Well, I suppose little isn't exactly the right word. Huge. Monstrous. Looming. Maybe those are better choices?
Turner is a special kind of guy. He grew up without respect, so he demands it, even if it makes him come across as a bit of an asshole. He's got piercings and tats for days, and a mouth with no filter. If you're expecting wise words woven into his insults, you're looking in the wrong place. Turner Campbell's searching; he just doesn't know what it is that he's searching for. But he does have tattoos on his … well, you know. Yep. All over down there. Bats and spider webs. Kinda cool, right?
About the Author
Always a fan of the indie scene and 'sticking it to the man,' Ms. Stunich decided to take the road less traveled and forgo the traditional publishing route. You can be assured though that she received several rejections as to ensure her proper place in the world of writers before taking up a friend's offer to start a publishing company. Sarian Royal was born, and Ms. Stunich's books slowly transformed from mere baking chocolate to full blown tortes with hand sculpted fondant flowers.
C.M. is a writer obsessed with delivering the very best and scours her mind on a regular basis to select the most unusual stories for the outside world.
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Cameo by Tahmoh in tonights Robson Arms (CTV)
Tahmoh will make a cameo appearance as himself in tonight's episode of Robson Arms, a CTV series shot in Vancouver. There's an interview with one of the show's stars Alisen Down (Jean Barolay on Battlestar) on CTV's website:
In the episode, "Positivity," which airs Monday, May 5 at 9:30 p.m. ET, the normally caustic Sault Ste. Marie (Alisen Down) discovers the power of positive thinking and tries to turn her life around.Any Canadian fans who could record it, please contact me.
Down has a long list of acting credits to her name, including roles on "Stargate," "Smallville" and "Battlestar Galactica." Down also won a Gemini and a Leo for her appearance on "Cold Squad."
In "Positivity," Sault even gives a shout-out to Down's former series when she fawns over "Battlestar" actor Tahmoh Penikett as an act of wishful thinking.
"It's the best made sci-fi show ever," gushes Down. "I think it's really well made and the actors are incredible."
To read what Tahmoh has said about his appearance on the show, see this earlier post (though beware, it contains spoilers for the episode).


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Construction spending edged up 0.1 percent in November as a continued slump in housing was offset by record spending on government and business projects, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Meanwhile, the US manufacturing sector ended 10 consecutive months of growth, when an index kept by the Institute for Supply Management fell nearly 3 percent in December.
The two brothers who survived a Christmas Day tiger attack that killed a friend at the San Francisco Zoo claimed they were denied help for at least 30 minutes by zoo security who didn't take their pleas seriously, their attorney said Tuesday. A zoo official, however, called the claim "unreliable."
According to preliminary FBI crime statistics, New Orleans registered 209 homicides last year, a nearly 30 percent increase from the 161 recorded in 2006. The upswing comes despite continued patrols by the National Guard and state police and the addition of two new classes of police recruits in the past year. City officials believe addressing social problems and upgrading city life, including the schools, will help stem the tide.
A 13-year study of hospital emergency room practices found that doctors are more likely to prescribe strong narcotics for pain relief to white patients than blacks, according to a report in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
In the first outdoor National Hockey League game played in the United States, the Buffalo Sabres set a league attendance mark Tuesday as a crowd of 71,217 witnessed the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins take a 2-1 shootout victory. The NHL Winter Classic was played amid snow flurries at Ralph Wilson Stadium (above), the home of the NFL Bills.
In trying to bring down high rates of juvenile recidivism, some policymakers are taking a fresh look at treatment-oriented approaches like Missouri's, where only 7.3 percent of teen offenders were recommitted to juvenile centers for new offenses last year. In the Missouri model, teams of 10 teens are housed and educated together in 42 community-based centers that facilitate family visits and participation in family programs.


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How's everyone doing? Hope all is well at your ends! I am doing good! Here with some Savvy/Chic News!
I have mentioned on other social media outlets that we published the first edition of our Hair/beauty magazine. The original plan which we have now gone back to was to have a copy of our magazine in every single salon/beauty establishment and have it as a free subscription but then the bill came for the publishing and it was well over budget! So I reneged on my original plan and started to offer discounted subscription packages but you and I know how much better FREE sounds over DISCOUNT... After trying to get through to a few places, I have gone back to plan A and you my dear (interested) readers hopefully can help me spread the word!
Do you know that yesterday as I was pitching the subscription idea to a salon with several branches around Lagos and I think even outside Lagos, I spied with my corner eye the horror of a stylist using that blue comb we have all grown to hate to comb the relaxer through on a client's hair from her roots to are tips, ALL OVER and this didn't look like virgin hair and then and there I made the decision to go back to plan A!
The idea behind going to print media is the need for this hair information to go out! Our mothers, aunties even the stylists that don't know what reading blogs or searching the internet is all about or can't be bothered to have the information NEED the information and rely on their 'stylist' for all their hair advice yet their hair has remained the same. Our magazine is determined to fill the divide, just imagine if the lady while get her hair relaxed was reading our magazine and came across this article we did titled HAIR LINGUA;
So now to how I need your help, if you are in any place in Nigeria (other than Lagos island/mainland, I need agents in outskirts like Festac, Badagry) and you want to be an agent, please send me an email; email@example.com
As our agent you will be sent copies of every publication of our magazine to be distributed *freely* to hair/beauty establishments with a physical presence, you will submit their contact details which will be verified before which copies of our magazine will be sent to you for distribution.
You will also offer the subscribers, other subscription packages which will be disclosed when you sign our agency form and become an agent. Once any subscriber of your's takes advantage of a package, you will be automatically credited with an agency commission. It's that easy!
You will not need to do any following up, once a magazine issue is out, all you do is pick it up and deliver to every salon in sight! Even the one with the rusty, cracked ceiling with one dryer and peeled linoleum floor!
By our next edition, if you enter a salon/spa/makeup studio and do not see our magazine, please please mail me, just say I went to 'Beauty by Adepoju's salon and I didn't see a copy of savvy and chic magazine', and hopefully I'll have an agent in that town to get a copy down there ASAP...this information is for everybody and so revolution TRANSFORM SALONS has begun one magazine at a time!
I'm hopeful that you my dear readers in the 35 states; from Kano, Jos, Ebonyi, Benin, Akwa-Ibom to Bayelsa, Kastina, Niger, Nnewi... will all respond and we can start the revolution ASAP, oh if you are wondering who will cover the cost of having the magazine sent your way, don't worry it's all on me! This is my way of giving back, my own labor of love!
Thanks for the usual support,ladies!! In other news, even though I have a store with all my favorite hair products, I still get tempted once in a while to find out what's up on the shelves in good 'ol Lekki's Walmart- Ebeanor Supermarket! Today I succumbed and found this little treasure(I hope it works as good as it sounds)- Its called MERSEA DEAD SEA HAIR TREATMENT MUD MASK!


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PRIME Minister David Cameron has spoken out in defence of the intelligence and security agencies after associates of the terrorist known as Jihadi John accused them of playing a part in his radicalisation.
Speaking after the masked militant was identified as Kuwait-born Londoner Mohammed Emwazi, Mr Cameron said his "number-one priority" was to ensure that those responsible for crimes against British citizens were hunted down and "put out of action".
I think they are incredibly impressive, hard-working, dedicated, courageous and effectiveDavid Cameron
Emwazi has been seen wielding a knife in a series of barbaric videos of hostage beheadings.
Downing Street described as "reprehensible" a claim by advocacy group Cage that MI5 had been partly to blame for Emwazi turning to violence, because of its alleged harassment and interrogation of the "beautiful young man".
Security services are facing mounting questions over claims that British graduate Emwazi was known to MI5 for some time before leaving for Syria in 2013 and beginning on the road to international notoriety.
Mr Cameron, on a visit to Cardiff, declined to comment directly on the Emwazi case but said it was important for Britain to "get behind" the security services.
"When there are people anywhere in the world who commit appalling and heinous crimes against British citizens, we will do everything we can, with the police, with security services, with all that we have at our disposal, to find these people and put them out of action. That is the number-one priority for me," Mr Cameron said.
"I work very closely with our security services. I meet with them regularly, I ask them searching questions about what they do and in my almost five years experience as Prime Minister, I think they are incredibly impressive, hard-working, dedicated, courageous and effective at protecting our country.
"All of the time, they are having to make incredibly difficult judgments and I think basically they make very good judgments on our behalf, and I think whilst we are in the middle of this vast effort to make sure British citizens are safe, the most important thing is to get behind them."
He added: "In our country, we do have proper ways of calling the security and intelligence services to account and scrutinising the work that they do, not least through the intelligence and security committee in the House of Commons and in parliament, which has been considerably strengthened in this parliament by this government, with additional resources.
"So I'm satisfied we have in place the right ways of scrutinising the work that these extraordinary men and women do on our behalf, and all I can say is even in the last few months, their dedication has saved us from plots on the streets of the United Kingdom that could have done immense damage.
"I think it is a moment to stand up and thank them for the work they do on our behalf."
No 10 and London mayor Boris Johnson reacted furiously to the claim by Asim Qureshi, the research director of Cage, that Emwazi's detention and interrogation by the security services would have made him liable to radicalisation.
Mr Qureshi, who confirmed that Emwazi had approached Cage after he was sent back from Tanzania in 2009, described him as "a beautiful young man" who was an "extremely kind, extremely gentle" young person.
Mr Johnson said: "This viper was nursed in the bosom of London. We need to tackle their ideology head-on."
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As we already explained, in reference to the molecular asymmetry problem, Mario Ageno in "Lezioni di Biofisica", 1980 wrote: "This problem has troubled the minds of a large number of researchers from Pasteur's time until today and it seems not to have received a fully satisfying answer, which colleagues deducted molecular asymmetry existence of the biosphere with the fundamental principles of physics or biological theory."
By measuring the potential flow (The origins of proteins: The molecular asymmetry problem, part three) it's been shown that, within the electrical double layer of Destro quartz the Destro amino acids accumulates, and Levo amino acids in Levo quartz. Today we are therefore in the presence of a process that connects deductively the separation with the fundamental principles of theoretical physics. We also found that the colloidal silica is left-handed. So the question is: does colloidal silica have the same behaviour of the Quartz? Can the colloidal Levo silica accumulate on its surface the Levo amino acid? And then: what happened to the Destro amino acid?
Unfortunately, it is not possible to prepare diaphragms of colloidal silica and so we can't use, even for the colloidal silica on the equipment that we have used for the measurement of the potential flow of the quartz. We must necessarily use a different strategy.
A colloid in solution is a two-phase system, which has the same properties of a surface in contact with a liquid. On the contact surface of the particle with the liquid we can have, adsorption phenomena and the formation of a double electrical layer. The strategy to be used, in summary, is then the following: Prepare a solution of DL amino acid (50% Levo and 50% Destro), which on a polarimeter, does not divert polarized light. In the same solution water glass is added (Na2O · 2SiO2 · 2H2O) to produce the colloidal silica, filter and observe the polarimeter. If one of the two forms is accumulated on the silica surface it will remain in the filter together with the silica, its concentration in the solution, that passes through the filter, will be lower and therefore will be highlighted by the polarimeter during observation.
However, in order to put in evidence a deviation of the measured polarized light, we need a good amount of adsorbed amino acids and consequently we have to produce a considerable amount of colloidal silica. But here lies a problem. As can be seen from the reaction,
Na2SiO3 +2 HCl + H2O → 2 NaCl + H4SiO4 (ortho silicic acid)
the production of a considerable amount of colloidal silica also produces a considerable amount of salt (NaCl).
Now, according to Bikerman as reported by G. Bianchi "Elettrochimca" 1963, with an increasing salt concentration in the solution, the electrokinetic potential tends to zero. In particular, for a unit salt charge, the electrokinetic potential is zero when the salt concentration reaches 3-4 g / L.
This decrease, as highlighted by Samuel Glasstone in "Trattato di chimico-fisica" 1963 can be due to:
1) A reduction of the thickness of the double electrical layer;
2) The double electrical layer is still wide enough but the dielectric constant and the viscosity inside isn't constant.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to prepare in laboratory a substantial amount of colloidal silica with a salt content below 3-4 g / L. After several attempts, the concentration range went 1,1g / 50mL of water glass (Na2O · 2SiO2 · 2H2O) adjusted between pH 6.8 -7.4 with HCl 8N. In these conditions, the amount of silica is large; it forms after about ¼ h and after 3-5 h may be filtered with a medium-fast Wattman filter. The salt content is however of about 0,60g / 50mL, ie. around 12g / L NaCl.
Therefore, if the salt concentration is increased, the tendency to zero of potential is due to point 1), ie the disappearance of the double electrical layer, the amino acid cannot being accumulated on the silica surface, so in the laboratory nothing can be put in evidence.
But if, as highlighted in point 2) the double electrical layer is still extended, the specific amino acids may be retained by the silica and the filtered output therefore has a lower concentration.
The chosen concentration for the amino acid was 0,30g / 50mL approx. There is not a specific reason for doing so. For amino acids, an average molecular weight of 100 uma, the 10-2 M concentration appears too diluted, while the 10-1 M concentration is too concentrated: we chose for an intermediate concentration.
The polarimeter used is a Polax 2L. Amino acids examined were: alanine, valine, and threonine; other amino acids were not available in sufficient quantity. Of these, only the alanine gave positive results.
The DL wing (50% Right 50% Levo) does not deviate polarized light, Levo Ala deflects to the right (+), while the D Ala deflects to the left (-). From the experimental data it is clear that the solution of DL Alanine, after getting into contact with the silica and filtration, it deflects the plane of polarized light to the left, therefore it contains a greater amount of Alanine D (-). This means that when the DL Alanine comes into contact with the silica, L Alanine (+) is retained inside of the double electrical layers of silica while the D Alanine (-) is not retained, it remains in the solution. The colloidal silica then behaves like quartz, separating the Destro from Levo.
One wonders: why only Alanine and not the other amino acids? As we have already seen (Origins of proteins, part three) each amino acid in relation to quartz, is accumulated in the double electric layer at a specific potential. Thus, only at specific potential the amino acid is accumulated in the electric double layer and removed from the solution. In addition, it is very likely that the double electric layer of silica is very widespread as mentioned in point 2), and that high salt concentration requires only specific potential, corresponding to Alanine. The experiments were done in the course of one year at an average temperature of 20 °C. When in late spring and early summer the temperature reached 24 ° C and the experiment was repeated, no deviation of the polarized light was observed. It is likely that in these new conditions the colloid had a new stability, the double electrical layer varies drastically and consequently the potential is not the specific potential of Alanine.
It is clear that these results cannot lead to definitive conclusions, but they are a strong indication of how the facts might have gone. The DL amino acids synthesized in the atmosphere and carried away by rain, reached the earth's surface and were separated from the colloidal silica. The Levo remained on the surface of the earth, held back by the silica within the double electric layers, resulting in L polypeptides and the Destro ones dragged into the primordial sea.
In the prebiotic era, the atmosphere contained no oxygen and therefore the ozone layer was absent. Ultraviolet rays, in much greater quantities than in the present days, reached the planet's surface. In a primitive ocean, they reached a depth of 10m destroying all life forms in formation and the organic substances necessary to its origin too. Diffusion, thermal agitation and currents would eventually lead all substances in this altitude of the ocean and would be destroyed.
It can therefore be assumed that the bilayers have worked as electrochemical filter, selecting and accumulating the Levo amino acids, while the Right transported from waters in the primitive ocean were slowly being destroyed by ultraviolet rays.
It is within these double electric layers the Levo, separated from Destro and away from UV rays, according to natural laws, that life made its first steps.
So, is the asymmetric colloidal silica the agent we have been looking for almost two centuries?
Is this the missing link to solve the molecular asymmetry problem of living organisms, in the prebiotic era, that is, before life originated?
Of course, 3.5 billion years ago, in contact with the silica something must have happened.
There are crustal regions that preserve ancient continental rocks called: old shields. The formation of the Fig Tree in South Africa is among the oldest of these old shields. Its sediments and its rocks have been dated to 3.2 to 3.5 billion years. We are at the lower limit of that billion years void, between the formation of the earth 4.5 billion years ago and the uprising of the first living organisms (estimated 3.5 billion years ago).
In 1965 E. S. Barghoorn, "I fossili più antichi" Le Scienze, Gli albori della vita 1984, picked up flints from different locations of the Fig Tree and here is what he wrote: «By examining thin sections under the microscope, we observed that the rock matrix
|Le Scienze 1984
If this were, the polymerized filaments discovered by Barghoorn could have been Levo amino acids polymerized and remained imprisoned inside the silica matrix for 3.5 billion years. Such an event could definitely separate the D amino acid from L putting them in completely different chemical and physical conditions.
In fact, silica deposits mainly on the mainland and Levo amino acid would be concentrated in specific areas, protected from ultraviolet rays and away from other reagents.
The right amino acid, transported by waters in the primordial ocean would participate in a huge number of secondary reactions of no use for the origin of life and slowly would be destroyed by ultraviolet rays.
Christian de Duve in "Polvere Vitale" in 1998 writes: "This strange preference of nature for left-handed amino acids is considered by many scientists one of the most interesting mysteries on the origin of life."
According to R. E. Dickerson "L'evoluzione chimica e l'origine della vita" Le Scienze, Gli albori della vita 1984: "It seems that the early selection of the L-isomers over D-isomers were a coincidence. [...] It may be that, in a certain period, there was a primitive life based on both D and L amino acids, with a probability of 50% and that, eventually, L amino acids prevailed over D amino acids ".
For several researchers including Paul Davies, "Da dove viene la vita" 2000, the question of the asymmetry of living organisms is also: "A proof of the universal ancestor results from the bizarre question of the so-called chirality of the molecules. [...] Each compound is found with the same chirality, right or left, in all living beings. This suggests that they all descended from a single cell, which contained every molecule in the chiral form in which we find it today. "
But perhaps there is no mystery, no double origin and no common ancestor. The facts seem to be simpler than might think and regulated by strict determinism, at least in the first stage of the origin of life.
Giovanni Occhipinti
Translated by: Sydney Isae Lukee


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text: How to reverse a linked list Lyubomir Velchev January 09, 2013 This is a video in which I am trying to explain how we can reverse a linked list. I hope that it is clear enough. Here is the link to the presentation: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8-hzvXYHPBzUnFGVkwwekZXQmM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook


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Learn more about the neuroscience degree program at Rollins College.
Learn how the brain and nervous system function and affect behavior and cognition by pursuing a neuroscience minor. Classes cover a range of subjects, including cellular biology, language, and evolution.
Specifically designed for students in related major fields and those interested in pursuing a career in the allied health professions, the neuroscience minor provides you access to upper-level courses outside your major by waiving most prerequisites for qualifying students.
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Latitude: 51.0411 / 51°2'28"N
Longitude: -1.5349 / 1°32'5"W
OS Eastings: 432704
OS Northings: 126965
OS Grid: SU327269
Mapcode National: GBR 74M.NRF
Mapcode Global: FRA 76NC.KTR
Entry Name: Mottisfont Abbey House
Listing Date: 29 May 1957
Last Amended: 11 April 1986
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1093730
English Heritage Legacy ID: 140982
Location: Mottisfont, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO51
County: Hampshire
District: Test Valley
Civil Parish: Mottisfont
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire
Church of England Parish: Mottisfont St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Winchester
12/5 Mottisfont Abbey House
(Formerly listed as
29.5.57 Mottisfont Abbey and
entrance gateway)
Large country house. Augustinian priory founded 1201, at dissolution went to
Lord Sandys who converted nave and domestic buildings to house 1538-40, S range c1740 and nearly all windows and doors altered with monastic domestic buildings demolished, C19 and C20 interior remodelling. Ashlar stone, brick with stone dressings, old plain tile roof. Plan of N range being C13 nave and crossing encasing and made 2½ storey with principle 1st floor. S range brick, C16, mainly C18 of pedimented centre, flanked by C16 rebuilt mid C19 canted links with C18/19 staircase towers each side. At each end of range projecting stone wings incorporating S transept and chapter house, and cellarium range, all 3 storey with principle 1st floor. S front 3 storey, U-shaped group has central 3 bays of brick with stone quoins, strings between floors and parapet copings. In basement 6-panel door and large square fanlight of circular and segmental glazing pattern. Each side and on 1st floor 12-pane sashes, on 2nd floor 9-pane sashes. Above pediment, lunette in tympanum. Centre part flanked by double projections of 1 bay each. Inner C19 replacing C16 of low 3 storeys with splayed angle and small leaded stone casements. Behind parapet roof hipped against outer. Outer projects further and has full height corner pilaster and similar strings and parapet 12-pane sash on each floor. All sashes in flush rusticated stone surrounds. Sipped roof behind parapet. Each end C18 stone encased tall, wide wings, with to L terrace in front over monastic cellarium, and to R early C20 steps in front over passage to chapter house. To 1st and 2nd floor on ends canted bay with glazed door in stone rusticated surround and Tuscan door-case 12-pane sash each side on angles, and 9-pane sashes on 2nd floor. 2nd floor string and tall parapet. C16 stone stacks on outside wall of wings, brick stack on inner wall, and 3 stacks behind centre roof. Set low on side of R wing is jamb of window to chapter house with mosaic by Boris Anrep. N front encasing of N nave wall and buttresses and transept arch. 6 bays, 2 storey and attic. C16 mullioned windows, C18 1st floor sashes, and pediment dormers. Transept arch has trumpet scallops and Venetian window under, and 2nd floor over with corner C16 stacks. Parapet with ball finials. On E front arch with fanciful trumpet scallops (originally to S chapel). Inside in basement at W C13 blank arcading on S nave wall. To S cellarium, short central circular piers and chamfered
ribs. In centre C16 panelled room. At E between crossing and nave pulpitum made
early 016, 4-centred arch with panelling. To S parts of S transept the archway
into chapter of 3 vaulted bays with wallshafts. On principle 1st floor in N
range in nave main rooms all C19 and C20 with brought in fireplaces and exposed
parts of S windows of nave and chancel arch. S range has passage, C19 staircases
in projecting bays and in W wing 1938-9 Rex Whistler drawing room. In other wing C19 morning room. House given to National Trust in 1957.
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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Gamifaction of Skutskär
An example on how we at Tension work with gamification is Stora Enso Skutskär. They wished for "something" that kept the employees motivated, more focused and excited at the pulp manufacturing plant. They wanted to modernize their system for ease of use, and be more attractive to young people applying for jobs. And those new employees and substitute workers also had to find their way around the factory maze. And let's not forget the safety issues! All this sounded like a real challenge.
To help them stay on top of their game, we at Tension developed a gamification project together with Stora Enso's Fiber departement manager Lasse Aspelin. The result is an interactive 3D map of the factory's all pipes, machines and people, with routine information and any emergencies clearly displayed on a big screen. In the near future we hope to add more exciting things to the project so that the employees can start to earn rewards, get feedback quicker and to have more fun at work!


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do women
often get groped on the tube?
Apparently in Tokyo they have women only carriages so that girlies can escape the gropers.
but not the ladygays
oh no.
was it tristan?
i JEST, i JEST.
well i never!
what is the world coming to.
i get groped
on my tube all the time
darn, are you sure?
not even if you use your other hand? but sit on it first to make it numb, then paint your fingernails to make it look like someone elses? no?
no, that still doesn't count
also I would advise you to paint your nails before you sit on your hand, otherwise you might regain the feeling in your hand before you're done painting.
The effect is also better if you shave your hairy arms too
i had painted nails at truck
and j_wo felt the need to ask, at length, in front of hot wimminz, whether this was why they were painted.
I get groped
on youtube all the time
he kindly, gently placed his penis in your hand...
...you should've unkindly, forcefully, squeezed your fingernails into it and tugged, hard.
They do have women only carriages on theTokyo underground
but I think that this is only during the rush hour.
It is also the law in Japan that your mobile phone must make a noise when you take a photograph- to combat the scourge of pervs taking sneaky photos up girl's skirts.
That's the law here
about the phones I mean. They all make noises for that reason. Good thing too...
you can turn it off on mine.
my phone doesn't have a camera
should it?
I got not so much groped as
erm, stroked, on the tube. I was standing holding onto a pole thing (it wasnt that busy either) and i suddenly felt this hand on mine and it strted stroking me! I was like :O , i looked and it was this perfectly normal looking guy who was smiling at me. It was mental.
And this wierd guy sat behind me on the bus and was stroking my hair once, i didnt move cos i didnt want him to know i knew and i didnt to be rude and i was scared :S
Did i mention im a wierdo magnet?
cos i am :(
I have been groped on the tube
its gross :( also on the Italian metro system. That was worse though, far worse, because it hurt too :(
That reminds me
why do men slap random womens bums, it bloody HURTS u wankers. when people slap my bum it sets off this white hot rage, thats one of the only things u can do to me that will just make me snap! like that, with no warning.
Why do
women slap mens bums?!
it bloody HURTS etc etc
disgusting. I've been squeezed, by men in clubs, im just like why dont u just say hello?! Do they ctually expect you to turn around and be all "well, heeeey :)" Men are wankers. Except my friends :P
And I dont slap mens bums JJ so I wouldnt know, hah!
Actually, my idiot housemate is in trouble at work
for slapping his team leader on the bum on a work night out last night. Idiot. He may well be sacked
I was once mistaken for a lady
and had my ass groped. I then turned round and as soon as he realised I was male he ran off. Needless to say, I had the last laugh.
Must be horrible for ladies, though
once a gay guy in a club
tried to take off my t-shirt
what would had happened if i was girl? rape?
He might not have been gay
he could've just REALLY liked your t-shirt
I was at a gig with my ex
in March. I was sitting down, she was standing up taking photos. She had the camera above her head and her tshirt had ridden up exposing her belly. I was drinking a bottle of water and had taken the plastic seal from around the lid. I touched her belly with it. She looked down and told me that a guy had been arrested and placed on the sex offenders register for stroking a womans belly at a party. She thought it was a bit excessive but that I should know. I wouldn't have done it if she'd told me that despite going to every gig with me, cinema, pub etc, she was in yet another doomed crap relationship with her upstairs neighbour but just hadn't bothered telling me.
Should I have been arrested and placed on the sex offenders register for touching her belly with a piece of blue plastic ?
ps, I in no way condone the touching of womens bellies with pieces of blue plastic unless you've been intimate with them and led to believe you're on a temporary break.
i thought the phrase
'brazillian dweeb' was funnier.
It's Ok!
He's 10. I checked.
If I have to prise one more rabid horny tube woman's hand off my cock on the tube I am gonna go mental, I swear.
"do women"
I get groped by men in clubs all the time
I can never tell if it's ironic or not


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Amnesty International Calls on NATO to Investigate Civilian Deaths in Libyan Airstrike
Amnesty International is calling on NATO to conduct an investigation into claims by Libyan officials loyal to leader Muammar al-Qaddafi that an airstrike earlier this week killed as many as 85 civilians in a remote farming community.
The alliance operation Monday night, which utilized precision guided munitions, destroyed several isolated buildings in a rural area about 6 miles south of the frontline city of Zlitan near the town of Majar.
"NATO continues to stress its commitment to protect civilians. To that effect, it should thoroughly investigate this and all other recent incidents in which civilians were reportedly killed in western Libya as a result of airstrikes," said Amnesty's Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui.
NATO denies causing mass casualties among Majar's civilian population, saying its jets hit a military staging area.
"The allegation of civilian casualties made by the Qaddafi regime was not corroborated by available factual information at the site," said NATO press officer Tony White. "The strikes which took place on Monday were conducted following clear intelligence that former farm buildings were being used as a staging point for pro-Qaddafi forces to conduct attacks against the people of Libya and the likelihood of civilians in the nearby vicinity was low. As such, the facilities were a legitimate military target."
But a Libyan official described the incident as a "massacre" and took foreign journalists on a tour of the bombed sites Tuesday. The trip included stops at Zlitan Hospital and a mass funeral for some of those killed.
Fox News journalists, who were on that trip, saw the bodies of two small children and at least three women in the hospital's morgue and later counted around 30 coffins being put into a mass grave in Majar, not far from where the bombs fell.
Moussa Ibrahim, who is the spokesman for the Libyan government in Tripoli, said the sole purpose of the airstrike was to clear a path for rebel forces to enter Zlitan from the south and use it as a base to attack the capital.
"The people of this tribe were attacked simply because they stood resilient against the rebels," he said.
Libyan state television is airing footage it says was taken the night of the bombing in which the bodies of children and women are being pulled from the rubble.
During a visit to Majar on Wednesday the Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmudi, who took about a dozen representatives from foreign embassies along, likened the bombing to war crimes committed by Adolf Hitler.
The time frame of Monday's airstrikes could prove to be a vital factor in determining if civilians were caught up in the nighttime raids.
NATO says the bombs were dropped on the farm "between 2333 and 2355 (local time)."
Witnesses, including patients Fox News interviewed in their hospital beds, said people from nearby houses had rushed toward the buildings to assist in a rescue operation after the first wave of strikes.
Briefing reporters on the way to the scene Tuesday, Ibrahim said, "two to three rockets were fired and then when the people came to help, more rockets hit the buildings killing many more people."
White contends that the site was thoroughly monitored by NATO before the attack.
"With our surveillance capabilities, we monitored this military compound very carefully before striking it. A number of military or mercenary casualties were possible owing to the nature of the activity we monitored," said White.
Despite NATO's insistence its target was military in nature, Amnesty wants the incident investigated and is urging the alliance to use extreme caution with future mission.
"NATO must take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian casualties, even in those cases where al-Qaddafi forces are using civilian facilities for military purposes," Sahraoui said.
Amnesty International says it's already written to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen for details relating to other airstrikes reported to have killed Libyan civilians.
NATO began its bombing campaign against Qaddafi's regime five months ago after the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling on it to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya and to take "all necessary measures" to protect civilians.
The U.N. resolutions followed violent crackdowns on mass demonstrations against the Libyan regime which started in February.
Since March, NATO has conducted nearly 7,000 sorties over Libya.


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Sunday, 2 December 2012
Minor Dandy Obscurities
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Believe me, if I had the money, a Tom Paterson coffee table book would be pretty high on my list of priorities - along with a long overdue DVD release for 'Death Weekend' AKA 'The House By the Lake'!ReplyDeleteReplies
Death Weekend's on YouTube!Delete
Biker-based rape revenge film, sounds fun. Just downloading it now, I'll stick on a DVD for you if you want?
I've still got my Brent Walker VHS copy in a big-arsed PVC box, thanks! (Proud)Delete
That 'Richard's Snitch' strip is deeply disturbing for some reason. It reminds me of Spike Milligan's repeated use of large, phallic, obviously false noses.
Didn't want to point it out myself in case no-one else was seeing it! "Morning exercises" indeed...Delete
I don't think that particular James strip was drawn by Jimmy Glen - style is wrong, both for the people and the lettering. There's a signature saying "Joey" in the fourth panel.ReplyDelete
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The amount of times I've read that James strip and never noticed that "Joey" - intriguing, certainly.Delete
Thanks for the Henry Davies information there... Just looked him up and he's got a VERY wide range.
- Anonymous4 December 2012 at 21:49
I seem to remember those 'World's Daftest Discoveries' also appearing in the older annuals. Dunno if they were reprints or not but man could I spend all day looking at those pages! 'Mysterious Cave-Dwelling Mutant Haggis'? 'Dreaded Flying Cannibal Haggis'? Mr Paterson is truly a comics legend for his humour as well as drawing ability.ReplyDelete
On a similar note, I seem to remember there being some Calamity James full-pagers like this in the 1990 Beano annual where he was the cause for some of the world's greatest disasters/mysteries such as Atlantis, the Mary Celeste etc. More pages that can be looked at endlessly.
Perhaps a regular 'Paterson Preservation' feature could be an idea for TwoHeaded Thingies?Replies
Uncanny, I was fully intending on featuring just those very Calamity James pages within the next few days! That was my first Beano annual, and almost every page of it's a winner - but THOSE pages especially.Delete
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BEST Coconut Cream Pie EVER! This is my Dad's favorite pie and it is truly amazing! Made with coconut milk for extra creamy, coconut flavor! Best part? The custard. And I totally made it in the microwave.
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My Dad is a bit predictable. I can tell you almost exactly what he wants for his birthday each year. And we're talking food here 🙂
He frequently chooses my Nana's To-Die-For Carrot Cake or her German Chocolate Cake (a recipe I keep meaning to share but the cake always gets eaten too quickly…). His other favorite is Coconut Cream Pie. On the rare occasion we go out to eat for his birthday, he likes to go to Marie Callender's. And it's for one simple reason. Their pie. He has about a half-dozen favorites but his number one, go-to pie is their Coconut Cream Pie.
My sister has made it for him in the past but this year it's all me. His birthday is tomorrow and the menu has been set.
- BBQ Beef Ribs with my mom's killer bbq sauce.
- Spinach Dip
- Dad's Green Jell-O Salad (recipe coming next week)
- Coconut Cream Pie
I have to say, I'm excited 🙂 This is just what I'm bringing and I know my sister is always good for a yummy fruit salad and some additional treats.
I was feeling a bit lazy so I made the custard filling in the microwave. For those of you that just freaked out a little, trust me, it's totally okay. And quick. And easy. And my preferred method 🙂
The coconut cream filling is the best part, bar none. I used coconut milk – not lite! – and half and half for an ultra-creamy and rich filling. Coconut extract takes the filling over the top but if you don't have any or can't find it, vanilla extract also works beautifully.
I pulled out all the stops and made a fresh whipped cream topping but if you're feeling exhausted from microwaving the custard filling, Cool Whip is an easy and delicious alternative.
Lightly toasted coconut sprinkled on top finishes the pie and gives the pie a delicate finish.
I am so excited to be bringing this up to my Dad's this weekend and I know he is going to LOVE it! I'm betting you are going to love it too! This pie is soooo easy to make and so fabulous – definitely a recipe you need to try!
- 1 13.5 oz can coconut milk
- 1½ cups half and half
- 2 eggs + 1 egg yolk, beaten
- ¾ cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup corn starch
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 cups sweetened flaked coconut, divided
- 1 tsp coconut extract (or vanilla)
- 1 deep dish pie shell, baked and cooled (I used Pillsbury)
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 Tbls powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla or coconut extract
- Combine coconut milk, half and half, eggs, sugar, corn starch and salt in a large, microwave safe bowl. (I use my large Pyrex measuring cup.) Stir.
- Microwave on high for one minute, stir. Repeat until a thick custard has developed. 5-7 minutes.
- Stir in 1½ cups coconut and coconut extract.
- Pour coconut custard into cooled pie shell.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread coconut on baking sheet and bake for 5-7 minutes stirring occasionally, until golden brown. Keep continuous watch on the coconut - it burns easily.
- Whip heavy whipping cream until soft peaks form. Add in sugar and extract and continue whipping until stiff peaks form.
- Spread whipped cream on top of coconut custard and sprinkle with toasted coconut.
- Keep refrigerated.
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This is one of the books of my collection since 2+ more years.It comes from a malaysian imprint of price less than 6 Euros. I here wil describe the book by a 'technical' manner.
Book design and layout:
This book has a less than A5 design of ca 148 pages with the use of quite thick doc paper that makes a 9 mm thick book. i.e. nearly the double of the standard thickness book .
Cover pages are glossy mat type with some emoticon type or cartoon type faces describing 8 of the 10 types of difficultpeople as described in the book.
The text of the book is quite loose with nonstandard fonts of 1.5 line spacing making 30 lines per page. First pages of each chapter of the 12 included , are framed . other pages are not . Each paragraph set is leaded by a headine formatted with arial type fonts of double height. and underlined. The last page of the chapter uses rockwell type fonts with nearly 50% taller than normal.
Chapter structure : each chapter is divided this way :
First each character is analyzed for 1-1.5 page. It then shows on how to spot this character . How a character gets his way in his life. . How to avoid with him and then seprately in casual encounters in the work and in your family
These are the follwing characters as analyzed : bIg bully (ie bullying ), big mouth (someone who speaks very much ), brick wall (stuborn people who cant undestand others ) ,constant complainer ( folks who alwys complain ),drama queen (persons who alway want to be in front of others ) , procrastinator (delayers ), snooty snubs, tantrum people and two faced persons.
Language : Seems quite 'simple' and easily understanding but i have found many words unknown to me that add much time to use my dictionary to undrerstand them. Same time I compared with another book of nearly the same type of content (dangerous people by joe navaro ) which ussed simpler wording.
Bloch's langauge uses too many idioms and phrasal epxpressions that add more dfficluty into the total meaning . i have fist to check all unknown words from the text and then start to undestand. Sometimes just a fast but careful reading sentence by sentence can yeld a better result for me
Otehrwise what is noted there can be in many cases quite easy to follow.
The main story : what can you get from this book.
Regardless of the dificulty of author's wording or language the 'getting in' seems quite simple to follow. NIce and easy ideas or hints that seomtimes somone can easily think if he is not bored or is more clever These simple ideas are just "take it and use it now" in most cases
Good for a person who wants fast solutions to a given problem
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My Son's primary asthma attack symptom is uncontrolled coughing, which progresses until he is so short of breath that the cough is bearly functional - very scary, often taking 30-45 minutes to get back under control (normally a background cause - 2 year olds collect cold like trainspotters collect locomotive numbers). I seen to feel that his nursery school does not take his asthma very seriously, 1, because he has never had an attack there (because he is at home if he is bad and they still charge me £33 for the privilage. or 2, is it because he is not the classical short of breath wheezer ?
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The importance of data and its display have been in the media of late. I'm thinking about the recent NY Times review of the Tesla S and CEO Elon Musk's response to the negative press, complete with his own logs and charts. And then there was the NPR story, "The 'Big Data' Revolution: How Number Crunchers Can Predict Our Lives," which featured an interview with Kenneth Cukier, co-author of Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think.
In late February, I was honored to be a part of the Hollywood Theatre's "Arc: An Evening of Animated Infographics," a screening curated by former Second Story Content & Media Producer Michael Neault. Working with members of our team, Michael did an amazing job of putting together a series of animated infographic shorts into an hour-long collection. Michael recently left Portland for New York, and, in his absence, I had the pleasure of introducing the evening as well as participating in a short Q&A with Periscopic partners Kim Rees and Dino Citraro. Their work, U.S. Gun Killings in 2010, was featured in the series.
I was extremely impressed by the turnout, as it's a positive sign of how this form of communication is evolving into the mainstream. In my career, I've watched the evolution of infographics, and I'm excited to see animated graphics becoming more commonplace. And as "big data" becomes more accessible and a part of the norm for how we do business, it's increasingly critical that we successfully communicate complex information accurately and comprehensively.
Graphics set in motion are excellent tools to explain sets of data or processes in compressed time. But the animated graphics that excite me the most are those that help me understand complex stories and connect with me on an emotional level. Simple moving slides with charts and graphs are fine as motion studies, but I'm specifically talking about motion graphics that use juxtaposition, pacing and contrast to communicate concepts and relationships. These kinds of animated graphics help me understand process and data through narrative. The two that stood out most for me from the screening were:
These pieces use a technique that I think works particularly well: positioning a common element consistently throughout the animation. In the Titanic animation, the ship is featured in nearly every frame while the graphic pans across and zooms in and out at varying angles to tell the story. Even in a map view, the Titanic, represented by a single dot or line, was still central to the narrative. In "One Race," The NY Times presented from varying angles a single track representing all of the event's medal winners over the years. The animated graphic was based entirely on points of view rather than the animation of moving elements.
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We were stunned to learn that this tiny Washington Heights Ecuadoran joint had recently been renovated: With only two tables and an open kitchen crammed with peppers, simmering stockpots, and bags of rice, what could it have possibly looked like before? Regardless, if you're interested in tasty, aggressively seasoned Latino fare at rock-bottom prices, make a pit stop here on your way to or from the Cloisters for big bowls of soupy, citrusy seviche ($11), pollo guisado ($7), and, on Saturdays, a selection of Ecuadoran snacks like empanadas and llapingachos. Beware what looks like homemade coleslaw -- it's full of aji pepper, and will blow you away.
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Here's a "Cheap Eats" dining tip: Make sure you have the correct number before calling to ask directions to any eating establishment that happens to have the word jerk in its title. In particular, the question "Is this the Jerk Center?," we've learned, does not go over well with anyone who doesn't actually prepare or serve Jamaican barbecue for a living. No matter the difficulty of getting there, the Jerk Center, a shabby space located at the back of a defunct Bronx cell-phone-and-beeper store, is worth the effort. The joint's tenaciously spiced, minimally sauced jerk chicken (in $4, $6, and $8 portions, with cabbage, salad, and rice and peas) may be the deepest, smokiest, charcoaliest barbecued bird in the five boroughs. Danny Meyer should send a spy.
1296 East Gunhill Road, the Bronx, 718-547-1970
Fonda Boricua
Even if you had a Puerto Rican grandmother, you'd be lucky if she could whip up food as hearty and soul-soothing as these sand-castle-size heaps of garlicky mofongo, densely packed with plantain and fried pork ($6.50); nicely seasoned stews with fork-tender meat ($5�$7); heaping helpings of perfect rice and beans (white, red, pink, or chickpeas); crispy, golden-brown fried pork chops ($7); and maduros sweet enough to give you cavities. And if you know La Fonda only from the days when a sign with the names of the previous owners, gina y george, defiantly hung outside, you'll be amazed at the transformation. Not only have the owners annexed the store next door and renovated both spaces into a comfortable two-room restaurant decorated with vibrant Puerto Rican art, but they've finally changed the sign. Happily, the ebullient El Barrio�community� center vibe and the Latin-love-song soundtrack haven't changed a bit.
169 East 106th Street, 212-410-7292
If you've only experienced rodizio, that nonstop Brazilian barrage of grilled skewered meats, you'll be happily surprised by the refined elegance (and low prices: $12.95, tops) of this congenial restaurant's coconut-milk-and-palm-oil shrimp stew (moqueca de camar�o); the tart, creamy passion-fruit mousse; and, on Fridays and Saturdays, the feijoada, the national Brazilian clay-pot black-bean stew packed with pork, sausage, and fatty bacon and served with white rice, garlicky collard greens, farofa (crunchy fried cassava meal), and -- in a seeming effort to cover all the major food groups -- a few orange slices.
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The Agfa Clack is camera, which was built between 1954-1965 in Munich, Germany.
The name is the agenda, it makes a loud clack when your making a photo.
The Agfa Clack was my first analogue camera (except some single use long time ago) I've ever bought. Hey I've just paid one euro as i bought it at ebay. I thought trail and error maybe it's crap and maybe not. The first problem was that i didn't even know what a medium format film is, but i bought one in a shop for photography. The next problem was, that i didn't know, how i should load the film into the camera, but in the internet i found a instruction. It is really very easy and i think everyone here knows that.
As the film was loaded I've gone outside to make some pictures.
It was very curious, this huge monster in my hands and all this strange looks at me. But somehow I loved it.
It's easy to make pictures with the Agfa Clack. It has a fixed-focus from 3m to infinity and another lense for 1-3m.
There are also two different shutter speeds (1/30s and B for as long as you want). The Agfa Clack is really huge and this is adequate because the photos are also very huge. It has not the "normal" square format like other medium format cameras, the negative format is 6×9cm. It is great! The camera has also a aperture switch to choose from sun or clouds.
And for showing you how huge the Agfa Clack is, here are the dimensions 111 × 100 × 92,5 mm and 320 gram.
At least nowadays I know what a medium format film is and I know how to load on into the Agfa Clack. I think i have to do it again the next days. The Agfa Clack is no crap it's awesome.
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Sr. Manager, Channel Planning & Development - FSOP
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: Charlotte, North Carolina
: November 09, 2016
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Franchise Leadership is the capability of The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) to lead in creating and sustaining a winning system, focused on developing and executing the strategies required for system growth. The Franchise Leadership team's purpose is to energize Bottlers to collaboratively deliver the "Definition of Winning" with robust execution capability. The team does this through leading bottlers to build competitive advantages that drive sales, share and quality.
The Sr. Manager, Channel Planning & Development serves as the primary point of contact representing the total portfolio to the Coca-Cola Consolidated across select market units. The Sr. Manager, Channel Planning & Development provides geographic leadership of the beverage brands of The Coca-Cola Company with primary accountability of growing revenue, gross profit, transactions, incidence and value share through:
Business Plan Stewardship
Commercial/Customer Alignment
Channel Strategy and Execution
Relationship and Contractual Management
Capability Building
Franchise Transition Planning
Business Plan Stewardship:
Weekly/monthly performance management stewardship; revenue, gross profit, transactions, incidence, value share, net outlets, COD, RED and pricing metrics.
Monitors performance versus execution objectives, re-plans as necessary and provides solutions to deliver against the plan.
Stewards commercial strategy for local market execution with Coke Consolidated and the Commercial team (i.e., Sparkling immediate consumption recruitment strategy)
Responsible for collaborating on the contingency plan to deliver the annual business plan
Commercial/Customer Alignment:
Drives alignment supporting annual Commercial priorities
Ensure PicOS is executed across Channels
Drives adoption of new brands, packages, in line with market segmentation and brand strategies
Communicates program details and ensures end to end execution within geographic territory
Stewards solutions for performance opportunities and gaps.
Channel Strategy and Execution:
Stewards' trimester planning process with commercial and channel management by communicating plans and programs for market and customer execution.
Communicates OBPPC and PicOS for channel and customer implementation and RED
Provides Bottler performance feedback to brand, channel and customer teams "serving as voice of the market" for Coke Consolidated.
Monitors market conditions and reports competitive activity to management, Bottler and local associates in order to understand program effectiveness and any implementation barriers.
Relationship and Contractual Management:
Manages aspects of Bottler relationships with CCNA and serves as primary point of contact.
Develops commercial agreements in support of new brand/package initiatives.
Gains agreement to Customer Trade Marketing (CTM), GTM and DMI (e.g. media, etc.) and other commercial investments and relevant initiatives
Maintains business continuity
Capability Building:
Standardizes common approach to capability building based on bottler segmentation
Assesses local Bottler commercial capabilities against established commercial strategies and objectives using core measures (i.e. AMPS); identifies gaps and develops action plans to improve capabilities
Coordinates training/development enables more effective processes, scorecards and business routines to achieve the annual business plan.
Franchise Transition Planning:
Partner with the bottler transition team (who is responsible for transitioning the CCR business to the new bottler) to integrate the franchise relationship/operation elements into the comprehensive transition plan
Ensure execution of the franchise operations elements of the transition plan
Minimum Required: Bachelor's Degree
Preferred Level: MBA
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5 - 10 years Coca-Cola system/direct Bottler experience
Annual Business Planning
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Not looking forward to the next few months.....
Went to the doc's to day for my asthma(couldn't see my usual doc) and was put back on prednisone at 50mg daily…I know what this means…it means high sugar of the out of control variety…a jump in my A1C…back on high doses of insulin to try and conteract the sugars… an out of control appetite( prednisone afects me this way) and I will be starting toretain fluids and puffing up before long…I am so sick of this merry-go-round…and yes I know I'm having a pity party, but thats how I feel.
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If this site kicked people off for having pity parties, I would be the frist to go. Just tell yourself tha the prednisone is a temporary thing, the high sugars will come back down. You know that is what is causing them. When your asthma is back under control everything else will fall in place. Remember take a deep breath, pick yourself up and go forward.
You know it is o.k. what you are feeling. This is the perfect place to come for pity parties, we all have these days. some come a little faster than we want to but it is what it is…We are here for you …willing, and ready to listen to anything you want to say. You are in my thoughts and prayers…
This site is for support, Donna. Tell us how you feel anytime. Gripe, kvetch, beyotch, whine to your heart's content. We've all been there!
Praying you'll get through this soon and with minimal (= no!) complications!
thank you…meds arn't helping at the moment and I am starting to dred going to dr's for fear thatI will end up in hospital…(such a sook I am)
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We had a very successful, final launch event for our #BirthMomStrong campaign on Thursday, September 29 at Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services' (PCHAS) offices in Houston. Southern Regional Director and Associate Vice President Celeste Ross kicked off the event with a prayer and shared PCHAS' mission of Christ-centered care for maternity clients, birth parents, adoptive families and children across the state. The audience also heard from an adoptive family who shared their personal story. Houston Adoption Specialist Kelsey Wolk also shared her passion for helping clients and families across the state with their adoption services needs. She expressed the importance of supporting birthparents at all points of the process, and the importance of openness in adoption. Kelsey also expressed the sensitivities around working with birth parents and the judgment-free counseling she provides when receiving a call from a person in difficult circumstances.
We had an excellent turnout from luncheon guests with attendees from nearby pregnancy centers, churches and maternity clinics in Austin and the surrounding area. Also attending were PCHAS Ambassadors Sheila Liu and Mary Sindersen, as well as a pastor from St. Phillips Presbyterian Church. We want to thank all of the speakers and those who came out to the event, as well as PCHAS staff. See below for pictures of our Houston luncheon:


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What would you get if you combined the romance of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie with Terry Gilliam's surreal imagination and the dark fairy tale intrigue of Guillermo del Toro's Pan Labyrinth? The answer is Tears for the Sale.
This dazzling debut feature from Serbian director Uros Stojanovic, has it all – magic, darkness, sex and death – as it unveils its demented adult fairy tale. Following years of warfare, a remote village in 1920s Serbia has found itself without any menfolk. After accidentally killing the last man standing, two sisters are charged with bringing back a virile man in just three days or find themselves cursed forever.
Their quest sees them encounter two entertainers, a slick dance-hall dandy known as the Charleston King and a human cannonball circus artiste. But when the sisters fall in love with the men, they must make the awkward decision of taking the men back to their village and lose them forever, or run away and renege on their promise…
Furiously visual on every scale – from the costumes to the brilliantly conceived CGI photography – Tears for Sale plays fast and furious with its fantastic tale, while the Serbian language is pure poetry on the ears. Uros Stojanovic is definitely a director we'll be seeing a lot more of.
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As Scottish Premiership clubs enter the January transfer window, Craig Fowler looks back upon their business so far this season and ranks every signing out of ten.
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Remi Matthews - 8
The goalkeeper, on loan from Norwich City, was enjoying a stellar season when he landed awkwardly in a 1-1 draw with Inverness CT in October. The shoulder injury put him out of action for three months. Accies are looking forward to welcoming back the player who was doing a very good job of allowing fans to forget the loss of Michael McGovern.
Gary Woods - 8
Woods was a reliable stand-in last season while at Ross County, including a strong showing in the League Cup final as the Highlanders defeated Hibs to secure their first ever trophy. He's landed in a similar situation at Hamilton, playing back-up to Remi Matthews and has once again performed very well when called upon.
Darren Jamieson - 5
Signed as a third-choice goalkeeper and unsurprisingly he's yet to make an appearance.
Georgios Sarris - 5
It's been an up and down campaign so far for the Greek centre-back who has looked commanding in some games and eccentric in others. His decision making needs work as he can often suffer from a rush of blood to the head and charge out of position. He is strong in the air, though. A steadying influence beside him would likely get the best from him and his performances may improve when Jesus Garcia Tena returns from injury later this month.
Danny Seaborne - 4
Seaborne was solid for Partick Thistle for two years but for whatever reason, perhaps he's still trying to find his place in Hamilton's back three, he's been unable to replicate such form for Hamilton thus far. Mistakes have been prevalent across Hamilton's back-line as they've thrown away 25 points from winning positions this season.
Lennard Sowah - 6
The former Arsenal youngster was signed in September as a quick fix for the lack of left-back cover. He was solid when he played, showing good athletic ability to get up and down the left flank and defend his position well enough. Injuries would halt his momentum in the first team and after reportedly knocking back the offer of an extension he was released earlier this week.
Massimo Donati - 7
The ex-Celtic player represented quite a gamble when he was recruited during the summer, seeing as he was 35 years old and coming to the end of his career. There was also a question of whether the cultured Donati would thrive amidst the up-and-at-them style of Accies' midfield. Instead, he's provided some much-needed poise, experience and composure, whether at the base of midfield or as a sweeper in the back three. His performances have suffered recently, though.
Rakish Bingham - 4
While Alex D'Acol is adept at playing with his back to goal and bringing the supporting midfielders into play, Accies needed a different type of forward to stretch teams in behind. Bingham has given them a different option, but like every striker at the club he's struggled to find the back of the net consistently. His two goals thus far both came in one half against Hearts.
Richard Roy - 1
Played only twice but it was enough to tell he wasn't the answer to Hamilton's striking problems. Released along with Sowah.
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