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She did not vote in Iran's last election. Nor in the election before that. But the young Iranian law graduate, who once took pride in her distance from politics, says that Friday's presidential election is "different."
So every night for a week now, Tooska has headed out with friends after midnight and joined tens of thousands of other boisterous Iranians filling the streets of the capital to shout, honk, and chant their support for top challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Tooska's decision to vote is one of a number of phenomena that are sweeping Iran during the current election, which has become a highly contested referendum on the performance of the archconservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Rolicking in the car as it lurches forward in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Tooska lets her head scarf fall back as she explains why, this time, she is taking part. Motorcycles roar past with Mousavi posters, trailing green ribbons that mark Mr. Mousavi's "green wave" campaign, the riders hurling insults at the president.
"Like Mousavi, I feel the danger we are in," says Tooska, who asked that this pseudonym be used. The scenes on these streets were inconceivable just a few weeks ago; even those in the throng stare in disbelief, repeating that they have never witnessed such a political outpouring in Iran in their lives.
"During these four years, everyone is unsatisfied with the system [of the Islamic Republic]," says Tooska, her eyes riveted on the public party scene around her. "This time, change is necessary because [the situation] is worse than ever."
Tooska is one of three apolitical Iranians, interviewed by the Monitor in March 2008, who chose not to vote in parliamentary elections. But in each case, their disillusion has turned to determination to vote for a new president.
Back then, Tooska sought solace in her own world, as a painter and karate competitor.
"I oblige myself to tolerate what I can't change," she told the Monitor. "You can't be angry every morning, all the time ... with the country."
A sense that real change in possible
But now, the chance of change seems real to these three electoral converts. Though just a microsampling, their change in attitude seems mirrored in many Iranian cities – and especially the capital, Tehran, which is home to 20 percent of the population.
These were once the foot soldiers of the reform movement, which peaked with the election landslides of Mohamad Khatami in 1997 and 2001. The high expectations and promises of more social freedoms and political openness were then thwarted – sometimes violently – by hard-line politicians as well as security and vigilante forces.
The result was resignation and withdrawal in disgust from politics by those who gave Mr. Khatami unprecedented turnouts and victories of 70 percent and 79 percent in the two elections.
Conservatives have long been able to count on bedrock support of up to 20 percent. But efforts by post-Khatami reformists to lure more liberal, Western-leaning voters back to the polls have until now failed, in a regime that, since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, equated voter turnout with legitimacy.
Week's rallies suggest a large turnout
And that turnout is going to be large, if the events of this week are any gauge. Candidates have held rival rallies and marches, and Mousavi supporters formed a human chain along a green ribbon from the top of Tehran to the bottom, a 12-mile stretch of Vali Asr Avenue that is the longest of its kind in the Middle East.
"It was an experience of a lifetime – it was so beautiful. I was so happy to be there," says Siavash, a sales manager at a large office supply store. "Nobody planned it. People just came out, not because they believe [in Mousavi], but because they want something to be stopped."
Siavash didn't vote last time, figuring that it was a waste of time. When the Monitor first met him in 2005, Siavash – also a pseudonym – was picking up Westernized Iranian women while stuck in traffic.
"I believe this is bigger than [Khatami's movement]," says Siavash, who wears a suit and tie at work, and sports a green ribbon tied around his wrist. "Let's say the wave out there is bigger. This green color is a branding. I don't have to have a poster on my back – just put this on my wrist."
Siavash admits that Mousavi, a former prime minister during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, who has been endorsed by Khatami, is "not a perfect choice."
While most of those on the street don't know him well, says Siavash, "the most important thing of all is to stop what is happening in the last four years in a democratic way."
Complaints about economy, morality police
Siavash echoes common complaints. He blames Mr. Ahmadinejad for economic "mismanagement" that has seen sales at his company drop 50 percent in the past year, for giving the morality police a "free hand" to hassle people for unIslamic dress and behavior, and for an aggressive foreign policy toward the West.
"Being a bully is not the answer to the question," says Siavash.
Those who have taken to the streets in recent days also include plenty of supporters of Ahmadinejad, who have engaged their Mousavi rivals in shouting matches and even, at times, exchanged punches with them.
Analysts worry that expectations for dramatic change are rising too far, too fast.
"It's going in a swing, in a big way, totally to the extreme," says a veteran Iranian political observer here, who asked not to be named. "This ingenious idea of green: It is such a small thing, and it caught. Suddenly, with a little piece of cloth, you could say so much, against Ahmadinejad, and all the problems. Underneath the apathy there was something, waiting to be led, to be awakened."
And yet, now awakened, the surge for Mousavi carries its own risks.
"It's amazing, fantastic, and we are having it!" says the analyst. "But the 'green wave' should expect to be disappointed. In the minds of people, they expect reforms compared to 12 years ago."
This time, he's voting
Alireza Mahfouzian would settle for a lot less. The one-time culture warrior and playboy, who the Monitor first featured in 2000, when he was illegally kissing his girlfriend on ski slopes north of Tehran, has had to sell his stake in a fast-food restaurant and look at options in construction.
Mr. Mahfouzian has never voted in a national election – not even for Khatami. He does not go onto the streets wearing green, nor shout against Ahmadinejad.
Yet this time, he will vote for Mousavi – and take his mother along with him, to make sure she votes, too.
"There are many reasons I don't like Ahmadinejad," says the 30-year-old, who wears expensive jewelry and drives a very expensive car, which he happily admits is a tool for meeting women. "Mousavi is like an anesthetic they put up, like Khatami was."
He is not convinced that Iran will change much for the better under Mousavi, and says he likes Ahmadinejad's attention to science, from Iran's nuclear and satellite programs to stem-cell research. But the economy has been crippled.
Mahfouzian draws a parallel to the anti-Bush support for President Barack Obama in the US election.
"With Ahmadinejad, it is exactly the same," he says. "The main problem is, we don't have freedom, and because we don't have freedom, we feel the problems more."
Indeed, hunger for change and more freedom is what drives many onto the streets before the vote, even if many are there just for the unprecedented carnival atmosphere.
"I've never seen this in my life," shouts 20-something Kiavash Mohammadi, in the midst of a noisy, 2 a.m. chaos of cars, motorcycles, and pedestrians. It was long after Mousavi's campaign bus had passed by, the candidate waving from inside after a national television appearance.
Some dismiss 'people power'
A man in a wornout car nearby was dismissive of the noisy show of people power.
"They all think that if they overthrow Ahmadinejad everything will be OK, but that's not true," he says.
Western classical music plays on this man's car stereo, but he is no supporter of Mousavi. "I think Ahmadinejad has been strong for Iran."


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Two pilots at Scandinavian airline SAS went on strike on Monday after wage talks at the carrier`s Norwegian operations broke down, but the company said it hoped to resolve the situation before a planned escalation this week.
The two unions negotiating on behalf of pilots said all their members, some 559 pilots, were scheduled to strike later this week unless a deal was found.
The company and its pilots had been unable to come to an agreement by an original Monday morning deadline, Norway`s state-appointed mediator said.
"The parties were so far apart that there was no basis for presenting a proposal that both sides could be expected to recommend," mediator Nils Dalseide wrote in a statement.
No flights would be interrupted on Monday, SAS added.
"Pilots have announced an escalation that would impact traffic from Sept. 14 onwards. We absolutely aim to resolve this by then," an SAS spokeswoman said.
Parat, one of the two unions representing Norwegian pilots, said SAS had been unwilling to match conditions for pay and work hours offered to colleagues in Sweden and Denmark.
While no new negotiations have been scheduled, Parat was open to resuming the talks at any time, a union spokesman said.
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Ovechkin on Crosby: 'I just have to catch him'by Chris Adamski
PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby maintains the rivalry is still the rivalry -- even if pits a first-place team against one in last place.
"Even (seven years ago) when we were 29th (in the NHL standings), it was a rivalry," Crosby said of the duels between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals. "It's developed with history. There's not always clear explanations why teams are rivals, but things build -- and I don't think the standings have any effect on whether it's a rivalry or not."
The Penguins (7-3-1) have won four straight heading into Thursday night's game at Consol Energy Center against the Capitals (2-7-1), who have lost four of five.
The team's plights mirror that of their superstar players. While Pittsburgh's Crosby is tied for fourth in the NHL with 14 points in 10 games, Washington's Alex Ovechkin has been limited to merely being tied for fourth on his own team with five points.
But just as the proverbial records can be thrown out the window when the Penguins and Capitals meet, any showdown between Crosby and Ovechkin will draw attention.
Seven reasons the Caps are strugglingBy Corey Masisak - NHL.com Staff Writer
Alex Ovechkin isn't scoring, the goalies are struggling and the roster looks short -- all that adds up to the Capitals sitting last place in the NHL standings after 10 games. READ MORE ›
"If you look at the standings, of course, he's way too up and I'm way too down," Ovechkin said Thursday. "So I just have to catch him."
Crosby, Ovechkin and Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin (12 points this season) have combined to win four of the past six Art Ross trophies. Even though Ovechkin has spotted Crosby an early nine-point lead, Crosby isn't conceding anything when it comes to his fellow No. 1 NHL Draft pick.
"With his shot, he's always dangerous -- no matter where he is in the offensive zone," Crosby said. "He's a big guy with a lot of speed, so he creates chances."
Capitals coach Adam Oates noted Ovechkin was part of 15 of what he calculated to be 52 rushes into the zone during Tuesday's 3-2 loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Oates is content that his team is playing the way it needs to and that the results will come. He's convinced the same is true of his captain.
"To me, he's fine," Oates said. "He's playing right wing, and he's never played it, and so there's still reads he's making. He's gotten the puck in open ice a lot, so when he's coming down the right side, it's new for him and that's a growing process.
"I don't have any problem with that. He knows what he has to do when he goes on his off side. We're just adding touches to his game. I think that's a big part of it."
While acknowledging that he's still learning about life on the right side, Ovechkin insists he's getting the same amount of opportunities.
"Of course, my job is to score goals," he said. "And I just have to (finish) these chances. When I start (finishing) chances, I'm not going to have any questions anymore."
The same, Ovechkin said, can be said for his team as a whole.
"You always have to be have patience," Ovechkin said. "We're close. Sooner or later, it's going to come."


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Looking for easy sugar cookie recipe to use in baking with kindergarteners - decoration ideas welcome. Need after TG. Thanks foodpickle
I think most recipes are probably similar, but the trick when making sugar cookies with kids is the time they usually take to chill. Once you put the dough in the fridge to chill the activity is usually over and you've moved on (unless you do it like a tv cooking show with dough already chilled and ready to go). So I've made "no chill" sugar cookies with my 3-yr-old that worked great. Something like this:
I can't remember if this is the one I've used, but if not, it's similar.
As for decorating, kindergarteners are probably more able than my little guy, but we've mainly done sprinkles before they went in the oven and colored frosting after they came out. One recipe I really like is adding a bit of green food coloring to the cookie dough, cutting out tree shapes, and then dipping them in white chocolate at an angle after they come out of the oven to simulate snow.
Will they be eating the cookies on the spot? You can use any sugar cookie recipe and add a half-cup extra flour in order to bypass the chilling step, and you can use any frosting and candy for decorating.
If the kids will be taking the cookies home or if the cookies will be used as ornaments, you'll want a sturdier cookie--use a recipe for graham crackers (or purchase a box!) or gingerbread cookies and omit the spices. Roll out the dough no thinner than 1/4".
It might be easier to have the students cut the shape of a house (rectangle bottom, triangle top, sort of like an arrow) out of the dough than to mess with different shapes of cookie cutters and having to share them; a house shape would also give them a little more decorating space than a regular-sized cutout cookie.
Don't use buttercream or any other frosting to decorate--the decorations won't survive the trip home. Use royal icing to "glue" gummy candies, pieces of candy cane, SweeTARTS, gumdrops, cinnamon red hots, Necco wafers, and other similar candies to the cookies. You could also use alphabet pasta or other pasta shapes, pretzels, Triscuits (for thatched roofs), and cereals such as Froot Loops. Don't use M&Ms, Skittles or other candies that bleed easily when they get wet.
Put the cookie on a styrofoam plate or a well-washed styrofoam meat tray (this makes it easier to set the cookie aside for drying and to transport the cookie home). Give each child about a quarter cup of royal icing in a yogurt cup; use popsicle sticks as applicators. When it's time to go home, slip the plated cookie into a plastic bag.
Royal Icing: Mix 2 large egg whites from pasteurized eggs, 2 teaspoons lemon juice or water (or 1 teaspoon clear vanilla and 1 teaspoon water) and 3 cups confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar. Beat until whippy but thick--this could take a few minutes. Thin with water to desired consistency, but the more water added, the harder it is to control the application and the longer it takes to dry. Because you're dealing with other people's children, please use only pasteurized eggs or meringue powder from Wilton, available at Michael's, JoAnn Fabrics and Walmart.
I used to bake cookies with the kids at our church every Christmas.. kind of Christmas "kick-off" party. Lots of fun.
One of the things they enjoyed the most, which was also pretty simple: Egg yolk paint. Combine one egg yolk with one teaspoon of water and a little gel food coloring for each color. Let them roll out and cut their own shapes, transfer the shapes to parchment-lined baking sheets (you'll definitely want the parchment; the paint sticks otherwise), give them paint brushes, and tell them to go nuts with it. The color stay true, and they bake up nice and glossy and are completely dry when they come out of the oven.
Liz, I've made both of mrslarkins chewy sugar cookie recipes and they are both wonderful.


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I have a question of interest:
I have 2 tables in mysql with
| Table Name | Primary Key | Foreign Key |
| tbl_a | a_id | |
| tbl_b | b_id | a_id |
I think you're misunderstanding what
ON DELETE NO ACTION means. It does not mean to suppress the foreign-key constraint.
When you delete a record that is referred to by a foreign key, InnoDB has the ability to take an automatic action to rectify the situation:
CASCADE, meaning, delete the referring record. (This would make sense for something like
user_address.user_id. If you hard-delete a user, you probably want to hard-delete all of the user's addresses as well.)
SET NULL, meaning, clear out the referring key. (This might make sense for something like
file.last_modified_by. If you hard-delete a user, you might want the file's last-modified-by to become simply "unknown".)
If you specify
NO ACTION, you're telling InnoDB that you don't want it to take either of these actions. So InnoDB can't fix the situation for you; all it can do is reject the
DELETE and return an error.
As a result,
ON DELETE NO ACTION is actually the same as
ON DELETE RESTRICT (the default).
(Note: in some DBMSes, and in standard SQL,
ON DELETE NO ACTION is a bit different from
ON DELETE RESTRICT: in those,
ON DELETE NO ACTION means "accept the
DELETE within the current transaction, but reject the whole transaction if I try to commit it before rectifying the problem". But InnoDB doesn't support deferred checks, so it treats
ON DELETE NO ACTION exactly the same as
ON DELETE RESTRICT, and always rejects the
DELETE immediately.)
See §§188.8.131.52 "FOREIGN KEY Constraints" and 22.214.171.124 "Using FOREIGN KEY Constraints" in the MySQL 5.6 Reference Manual.


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New Delhi: Health officials here point out that a WHO report - saying India has the highest number of maternal deaths - doesn`t paint the correct picture and in terms of per lakh population, the maternal mortality rate (MMR) is actually much lower compared to other nations.
Officials said several schemes to check maternal mortality are working well and the high number of deaths reported - 63,000 in 2008 - were due to a large population and perhaps some "miscalculation".
"India has a high population, so the number of deaths will be high," a senior health ministry official said.
The Trends in Maternal Mortality report released by the WHO, Unicef, UNFPA and the World Bank Sep 15 says India recorded the world`s highest number of maternal deaths in 2008 at 63,000, more than countries like Nigeria, Congo, Afghanistan and Ethiopia.
At the same time, India`s MMR stood at 230 per one lakh population in 2008, which was 570 in 1990, 390 in 2000 and 280 in 2005, the report pointed out. This is a 59 percent drop in maternal mortality levels.
Pointing this out, the health ministry official said: "The maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Nigeria was 840 per one lakh population, second in the list, and in Congo it was 670, while India has an MMR of only 230."
"Schemes like the Janani Suraksha Yojana are doing well in fighting maternal mortality," he said.
Officials in the women and child development (WCD) ministry feel the data may have been miscalculated.
"A few days ago we had a report from reputed journal Lancet showing India to at the 127th position among 181 countries, above Pakistan and just below Nepal. There may be some flaw with the method of calculation of the compiled data," a WCD ministry officials said.
The international report was released ahead of the all-important millennium development goals (MDG) review summit New York next week.
Agreeing that India may miss the MDG target of reducing the MMR to 109 per 100,000 live births, the officials said it is expected to come down to 135 by 2015.
"We may not achieve the 109 figure, but the MDG is not just about achieving the figure. Even if we achieve 135, it will be good to carry on further," the health ministry official said.
According to the report, India, Nigeria, Congo, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Pakistan, the United Republic of Tanzania, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sudan and Kenya comprised an estimated 65 percent of the global maternal mortality rate.
Globally, the number of women dying due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth fell by 34 percent from 546,000 in 1990 to 358,000 in 2008.


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Possible Points Remaining: Western Conference
- Posted by Drew Epperley
- On August 26, 2011
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- 2011 MLS Playoffs, 2011 MLS Season, 2011 Playoff Race, Features
Wednesday we looked at where each Eastern Conference club stands at reaching the post season. Today, we head out to the Western Conference.
So I won't waste any more time here with introductions. Here is what each Western Conference team has left and how many points I think each has left in them.
Chivas USA – 8 games remaining (5 home, 3 away)
Notes: I nearly put an asterisk on the away side, they do have a "road" game against the Galaxy coming up. Still, Chivas has a lot of home games left on the table and plenty of time to get themselves into the playoff mix. Last night they didn't do themselves any favors by losing at Portland but the road they have left shouldn't seem too terrible for Chivas fans out there.
Their other two road games left are at Chicago and DC. Not bad really considering the game with the Fire is likely a draw and they can probably squeeze the same at RFK Stadium.
Their home schedule remaining isn't that bad either. They host RSL, DC, Philadelphia, Seattle and Toronto. You have to figure they should be able to at least get seven to nine points out of their home games. As long as they get draws on the road that will push them to right around 42-44 points. In some cases that should get them in, though just barely.
Possible points remaining: 24 points
Likely remaining points: 10 points
Colorado Rapids – 7 games remaining (4 home, 3 away) + 4 CCL games
Notes: The Rapids have a fairly comfortable position right now, but it all comes down to whether or not they take a leap forward into one of the three automatic births from the West (stealing it from Seattle or Dallas) or if they just remain content to the top wildcard spot.
Still with three on the road plus the CCL games I'd expect the Rapids to just get enough points to clinch and be happy here. I've said for a few months that I don't see them repeating as MLS Cup champions this year but I do think they'll make it interesting.
They host San Jose, LA, Dallas and Salt Lake – three of those are going to be big final home games in the regular season to deal with. I do think they'll get points out of those three games but they have to get ones on the road here if they expect to get one of the three auto-bids. They have to go to Vancouver, Toronto and Chicago – three very winnable games for the Rapids.
Possible points remaining: 21 points
Likely remaining points: 16 points
FC Dallas – 8 games remaining (3 home, 5 away) + 4 CCL games + USOC game(s) + 1 friendly
Notes: Boy there certainly is a lot left on the table for Dallas. As rough as this month has been for them with all the travel at least September gets a little more favorable. Out of the seven matches next month for the Hoops, five of them are at Pizza Hut Park. With a nice lead that they've already built in the CCL, I'd expect that Schellas Hyndman will do his part to get his team into the knockout round but also conserve some players for the stretch run.
Of those three league games at home they host New York, Vancouver and Houston. All winnable when you look at things at the moment. Of their road trips left they go to KC, San Jose, Chicago, New England and Colorado. As long as the club doesn't pick up too many more injuries and David Ferreira is able to come back form his injury, Dallas should have no problem getting one of the three automatic bids out of the West.
Possible points remaining: 24 points
Likely remaining points: 15 points
LA Galaxy – 8 games remaining (4 home, 4 away) + 5 CCL games
Notes: The Supporter's Shield is LA's to lose yet again this season. At 51 points, they are currently six clear of the next club in line (Seattle). The four home games should help counter the travel that LA has to do in the CCL (three of their last four are on the road). More than likely the Galaxy will go young on those trips and save some of their big guns for the league games.
LA should see points from their four home games against Chivas, RSL, Vancouver and Colorado. As far as their road trips they have New York this weekend, then Columbus, Houston and KC.
Again, the Shield is their's to lose.
Possible points remaining: 24 points
Likely remaining points: 16 points
Portland Timbers – 8 games remaining (3 home, 5 away)
Notes: They did themselves a huge favor last night by scoring three big points in a home win against Chivas. With only three home games left, they absolutely have to cash in all of those nine points, plus some road points to get into the playoffs.
It won't be that easy though. They host Houston, New England and San Jose. Three games they should get points in anyways. But having to travel to New York, Philadelphia, DC and Vancouver won't be as easy. I think they can pick up some points on the road though, but will it be enough? I see two of those road games as doable but some others, not so much.
Possible points remaining: 24 points
Likely remaining points: 11 points
Real Salt Lake – 11 games remaining (4 home, 7 away)
Notes: Seeing how RSL has lost four of their last five and those came on the road, this remaining schedule looks brutal. They should still make the playoffs but at some point they have to step it up on the road and cash in these games-in-hand that they have on everyone else.
Taking a look at those four home games, you have to figure they'll get the points there. They host Philly, KC, Chicago and Portland. Not exactly easy games but considering teams rarely play well at Rio Tinto it should be at least 10 points there. That would be them at 46 points, probably enough to get them into the playoffs.
Out of their remaining road games, they do have chances for points. They go to Chivas, Seattle, NY, DC, LA, Vancouver and Colorado. Three tough places to go but four others that they should get at least a draw at. But nothing is certain right now with this club so it will be a battle for them to get into one of the three automatic bids from the West at this point.
Possible points remaining: 33 points
Likely remaining points: 16 points
San Jose Earthquakes – 9 games remaining (3 home, 6 away)
Notes: Ouch, the Quakes have no luck right now with their remaining schedule. Only three games left at Buck Shaw Stadium and they come against tough teams like Dallas and KC. They do get Chicago in town for a meeting but two of those three aren't gimmes at all.
Those six road games will easily make or break the Quakes here for their slim playoff chances. Frank Yallop's side has to go to Toronto, Houston, Portland, Colorado, New England and Seattle. Very tough go of things to end the season if you ask me.
Possible points remaining: 27 points
Likely remaining points: 6 points
Seattle Sounders FC – 8 games remaining (5 home, 3 away) + 4 CCL games + USOC game(s)
Notes: If any club is going to pressure the Galaxy for the Supporter's Shield it has to be this Sounder club. They may have a thick schedule with the CCL and USOC but we know they are hunting for trophies this season. With plenty of home games left, the Sounders are in a great spot at the moment.
They host Columbus, RSL, DC, Philly and San Jose. I'd say at least three of those are winnable games if not all five of them. They could have a couple draws in there. Still, very doable.
On the road Sigi Schmid's club has to go to Chivas, New England and Vancouver. Not exactly a murder's row of away games. The only tricky part will be with the CCL. At one point they go from Vancouver to Guatemala to New England.
Possible points remaining: 24 points
Likely remaining points: 18 points
Vancouver Whitecaps – 9 games remaining (6 home, 3 away)
Notes: It sounds nice and it certainly will get better with BC Place opening up in October but we really can go ahead and call the Caps a spoiler club and not a contender here. Say they max out on their remaining points, it would bring their total to 45 on the season, which should be enough to get in. But what are the chances that Vancouver goes 9-0-0 to finish the year?
But let's see who they have left. They host Houston, Seattle, RSL, Portland, DC, and Colorado. All clubs competing for a playoff spot at the moment. Those last four are at BC Place by the way.
Of their three road games they go to LA, NY and Dallas. Nothing easy about that either.
Possible points remaining: 27 points
Likely remaining points: 6 points


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We only have a half day of school and the classes are only 20 minutes long, so there is not much getting done. In view of that, I had my first period class write down what they thought was important to know about Christmas.
Samantha wrote:
I love giving presents to kids who have nothing and can't have Christmas.
From Bailee:
I want people to know that Christmas is about Jesus and not Santa.
Deisy added:
Christmas is when Jesus was born. That is more important than presents.
Joe wrote:
This Christmas holiday, remember it's all about giving, not receiving. Be thankful for what you get.
And finally, Chloe wrote:
Christmas is not just about 'opening presents' or 'eating a lot of food.' It's about celebrating the birth of Jesus, celebrating with your family. Don't forget that.
Not a bad sampling at all. Seems that they have a pretty good understanding of the holiday.


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Women's Rugby World Cup
Women's World Cup set to take centre stage
ESPN Staff
July 29, 2014
Let the show begin ... © International Rugby Board
The 12 teams taking part in the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup took part in a photocall in Paris followed by a media session to formally launch the event.
Much of the media attention centred on New Zealand, the defending champions, and their captain Fiao'o Faamausili said she was aware of the high expectations back home. "There's definitely pressure there but it's how we deal with it. We've told the girls not to think about what's happened in the past, it's about what happens now. We are taking each match as it comes and just enjoying it."
England, the beaten finalists in 2010, are quietly confident, and their captain Katy McLean said the side was prepared. "You can't help but look back to something like 2010 which was massive for the women's game but obviously the result wasn't ideal for us. That was really tough but four years later you have to move on, you learn lessons, you play more rugby and get better."
IRB boss Brett Gosper said he believed the tournament, which starts on Friday, would be a boost for the women's game. "We know that [it] is gaining popularity. It's grown two or three times since the last World Cup four years ago. There is a raised interest and the visibility is huge.
"It also means that it finds its way into school curricula around the world which is very important because you find it in physical education classes, it gives it an acceptability and it means that it's being sampled by students who wouldn't usually sample it. We're really looking forward to this event."
The competition, which runs until August 17, will be broadcast to a record number of countries.
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We have recorded ten species of orchid on the farm and at this moment there are seven species in flower. Here are photos of the 10 species found on the farm:
Man Orchid
The rarest orchid we have on the farm is the man orchid of which there are at least 5 in flower at the moment. These can be found growing in small pockets of soil in the cracks in the limestone.
Provence orchid, there are over 20 in flower at the moment
Woodcock ophry (growing 5 meters from the hotel itself)
There are 3 types of Serapias found on the farm. The tongue serapia is the most common with well over 100 examples in flower, the heart serapia is less common, and the small flowered serapia the hardest to spot and flowers a little later.
Tounge Serapia
Heart Searapia
Small Flowered Serapia
Dull orchid, we've only seen one of these this year.
The heath spotted orchid not in flower yet is normally found in the wetter parts of the farm.
The autumn ladies tresses orchid flowers late August to September
The early purple is the first orchid which flowers on the farm.
Enjoy the farm orchids!


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Interval workouts
You can perform guided interval workouts with your Suunto Ambit3 Peak with the workout planner in Suunto Movescount App.
The workout planner requires an internet connection over Wi-Fi or cellular. Carrier data fees may apply on cellular connections.
The workout can be as simple or complex as you need. Define the type, duration and target for each segment. Optionally, you can add custom guidance text for the segment.
After you create the workouts and re-sync your watch with the app, the workouts are available under the options menu while in a sport mode.
To start a guided interval workout:
- While you are in a sport mode, keep pressed to access the options menu.
- Press to select WORKOUT .
- Scroll through the available workouts with or and select with .
- Press to start your exercise recording. The guidance starts when the recording starts. The interval workout display is shown as the last display of the selected sport mode.
- Complete the workout or end it at any time by stopping the exercise recording as normal or going to the options menu and selecting END WORKOUT.
During the workout, your watch provides real-time guidance in the form of a graph on the workout display.
- Top row: current measurement according to segment target. For instance, if you defined upper and lower speed limits for the segment, then the value above the graph is your current speed.
- Graph: a complete picture of the current segment. The top and bottom of the graph are the upper and lower limits for the segment. The left and right ends of the graph are the start and end of the segment. The line drawn in the graph shows your current effort relative to the segment duration and limits.
- Bottom row: remaining time, distance or calories left before the segment is completed. If you have set the segment to be a lap (segment ends when you push the button), then the bottom row shows the cumulative time of the segment.
When the next segment starts, your watch displays the summary of the next segment.
- Segment step
- Duration
- Target limits


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Anne-Marie MacDonald Named Concordia's First Richler Writer-in-Residence!
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Anne-Marie MacDonald, the Montreal-based novelist, playwright and Gemini Award-winning actor, has recently been selected to be Concordia University's first writer-in-residence for its Mordecai Richler writer-in-residence program.
Mordecai Richler, the late Canadian author, attended the university (which was originally called Sir George Williams) from 1949 to 1951.The writer-in-residence position, which was established with a donation from the Richler estate, is intended to keep Mordecai Richler's memory alive as well as provide mentorship and encouragement to Concordia's Creative Writing students.
Anne-Marie MacDonald is known for her 1997 bestselling novel Fall On Your Knees, which was shortlisted for the 1996 Giller Prize. Some of her other written works include; Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), The Way The Crow Flies (2003) and her most recent novel Adult Onset (2014).
Concordia News reports that MacDonald will be working from the Mordecai Reading Room this fall, where she will interact with students and write a series of digital dispatches for The Walrus magazine.
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|Here they are
Yet the little wooden shoes hadn't changed, they were just covered in reflective light. How I saw them had changed.
Remembering how wax and oil products were used for this purpose, my heart began to lift off. So as the little shoes lay drying, I rushed over to the Old Testament for references on Oil which, I was taught and still believe, is an emblem of the Holy Spirit in Scripture.
In Biblical times, various forms of oil were used to cleanse, nourish, protect, beautify and give light. My heart soared as I read the words of Psalm 36:9 (NLT):
"For you are the fountain of life, the light by which we see"
and again in Isaiah 61:3 (ESV)
"...to give them.... the oil of joy for mourning..."
knowing God's aim Ecclesiastes 3:9
"He has made everything beautiful in its time..."
The lesson was clear: as we give ourselves to Him (actively -but that is another page) as we allow Him to shed His light on us (nothing is hidden from his light - going right to our hearts), inspect us (I see the God initiated process of repentance - even for so-called small things), as we allow Him to cover us (because we have run to Jesus), He cleanses us (yes, yes!), He protects us (thank you LORD) and even beautifies us (He is a miracle worker).
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Not sure about the post title? It will make sense in a minute.
No we didn't get a dog!
I just wanted to show you something on my old machine in case anyone else has a similar machine and attachment.
Meet my trusty old 40 year old Elna. Inherited from my Mum, she used to make my clothes on this, sew uniforms for our school uniform shop and also quilted on it before she bought a fancy wiz bang machine. I do most of my sewing and quilting on this machine, including my Bake Shop quilts so just goes to show you don't have to have all the fancy equipment. Having said that, Mum has just upgraded to a newer, fancier machine and I'm pretty excited to be getting another of her cast off machines TODAY!!!!
Where was I......OK feed dogs. Corrie made mention that older machines can't always lower the feed dogs which is the case with this machine but it does come with this little metal plate that slips over the feed dogs to provide a smooth working surface for free motion quilting.
It just clicks on, the thread pulls up through the hole, put on your darning foot and you are off!
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Brody Jenner Admits He Gets Along Better With Caitlyn Than He Did With Bruce
Posted on Thu Jul 2nd, 2015 12:50pm PDT By X17 Staff
The Jenner's are mending fences!
Brody Jenner has a famously tense relationship with his father Bruce, now known as Caitlyn, but he recently confessed that her transition totally changed their dynamic for the better.
"I've known Bruce a long time, and I didn't really get along with Bruce. Caitlyn I get along a little more because Caitlyn is actually who she really is, and she's living her life finally now as the person she always was," he told E!.
The former Hills alum couldn't be happier about how the public has received the Olympian's transformation from male to female, either! "It's incredible. I think that it's probably one of the most historical things that happened in a long time. The fact that Caitlyn won the Olympics… Caitlyn is a much freer, happier person. And I think that's very special and I think the most important thing is that the people who are in that situation — don't be afraid to be yourself. And if you're not accepted by your family there will be people out there that will accept you," he explained.
We like Cait better than Bruce too!
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I made cookies yesterday.
They are the best. Ever. I got the recipe from an old school cookbook.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
1 egg
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup white sugar
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
2 ¼ cups flour
1 bag chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375. Mix butter, egg, and sugars until well blended. Add salt and baking soda. Mix. Add flour and stir until well mixed. Add chocolate chips and stir until they are evenly distributed. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes (my oven is closer to 10.) Cool and store in a sealed container.
These are great! With milk… I'm starting to want one right now!!
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Are your kids excited about the first day of school? Anyone a little nervous about what that day will look like or their new teacher?
The K - 5th grade teachers would like to invite elementary students and their parents to come take a sneak peek at school on Thursday, August 24.
Teachers will be in their classrooms from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. You can say hello to your teacher, come see what your room looks like and even drop off your school supplies!
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'Sopranos' creator makes directorial debut with rock 'n' roll movie
NEW YORK – The creator of the popular "Sopranos" is back, this time on the big screen with a new saga set in the New Jersey suburbs filled with teenagers and rock 'n' roll instead of mobsters and violence.
David Chase's cinema debut, "Not Fade Away", which premiered at the New York Film Festival, is a coming-of-age story set in the early 1960s, centered around a group of teens who form a band and taste the entwined allures of rock music and rebellion.
At the core of the story is Douglas, played by John Magaro with the sleepy eyes and curly mop of a young Bob Dylan, who aspires to become a singer and songwriter.
Along the way come friendships and conflicts among the band members and growing tension with Douglas' traditionally minded family, particularly his father, played by James Gandolfini.
Joining Gandolfini, best known as mobster Tony Soprano, in the making of "Not Fade Away" is another "Sopranos" alumnus, Steve Van Zandt. Van Zandt played mobster Silvio Dante on the hit HBO television series, produced and written by Chase, which ended five years ago.
A guitarist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, Van Zandt served as music supervisor for "Not Fade Away" and taught the actors to play hits by Buddy Holly, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Kinks in a 3-month musical studio "boot camp," he said at a press briefing in New York.
"They're a band now. They could perform at a party tonight," Van Zandt said. "It took me, like, 10 years to learn what they learned in three months."
Chase, 67, said the movie is immensely personal, but he stopped short of calling it autobiographical, despite his stint playing drums in a band as a teenager.
"We never got out of the basement," he said. "No one ever saw us."
"Not Fade Away" is infused with music, from the songs the band members learn to play to the ones they dream of playing, the ones they listen to and the music in other scenes viewers get to hear.
And the music illustrates freedom, as promised by rock 'n' roll as Douglas tries to follow his dream, and the safer choices made by the older generation, poignantly depicted by Gandolfini as he listens to "South Pacific" show tune "Bali Ha'i" in his tiny New Jersey home.
The movie grows out of the conflict between security and freedom, Chase said.
"Human beings are always in that conflict about 'I want to be part of something, I want to be babied, I want to be taken care of' and … 'I'm free and I can do what I want and I'm my own person,'" he said.
Early reviews have ranged from very good to fair. Some critics praised Chase's sharp dialogue and his ability to capture the era's social and political changes, and one described Gandolfini's performance as Oscar-worthy.
But other critics said Chase failed to develop his characters well and called his plot and story-telling formulaic, bringing no fresh insight to its look at an endlessly scrutinized era in U.S. history.
"Not Fade Away" is slated for release in December by Paramount Pictures.
source: interaksyon.com
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One of California's largest law firms has filed a civil case seeking to put an allegedly fake legal-aid operation out of business in Northern California.
Legal experts said the lawsuit tries to address a growing problem statewide.
The suit, filed in Contra Costa County Superior Court last week, alleges that the Legal Center for Legal Aid has swindled Northern California residents who were seeking assistance with evictions.
San Francisco-based Morrison & Foerster asserts the center employed false advertising in a "brazen . . . scam" to deceive four people, including an elderly blind man, a double amputee and a plaintiff with a severe head injury, according to court documents.
The center provided either no or faulty assistance to the plaintiffs and continues to use false advertising and other illegal tactics, according to the suit, filed in Martinez.


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Aviation Management, Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS)
HEC-Executive - Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM)
Ajouté à myOrientation
- Lieu de formation
Genève 4 (GE)
- Langue d'enseignement
- Type de formation
Hautes écoles universitaires HEU
- Modalités temporelles
En emploi - A temps partiel
- Thèmes de formation
Management, direction - Véhicules, transports
- Domaines d'études
Gestion d'entreprise, économie d'entreprise
- Swissdoc
7.616.35.0 - 7.634.1.0
Mise à jour 18.01.2016
Description de la formation
12 three-day modules paired in 6 sessions:
- Airline Business Foundations
- Air Transport Economics
- Air Cargo Management
- Airline Finance and Accounting Management
- Airport Business Management
- Managing Across Cultures
- Safety Management Systems (SMS) for Civil Aviation
- Aviation Security Management
- Managing a Travel Business
- Project Management
- International Air Law
- Aviation and the Environment
- Gain in-depth understanding of the complexities involved in aviation economics, finance and regulatory issues.
- Explore international air law and strategic alliances programmes, alongside quality management and control.
- Provide a detailed understanding of the aviation industry.
- Give the management tools that allow you to analyze your business environment.
- Map the main financial drivers in the industry.
- Help to identify, analyze and offer solutions to everyday challenges.
Conditions d'admission
Bachelor d'une haute école universitaire
Bachelor d'une haute école spécialisée HES
Expérience professionnelle
- A minimum of 3 years professional experience
- Fluency in English. Competency in both written and spoken English at an academic level
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- The ideal candidate has a university degree or equivalent
Groupe cible
Professionals of the aviation, travel and transportation industry with a minimum of 3 years' work experience, wishing to expand his network and further his education in the area of aviation management, or condsidering a career change and wishing to provide himself a running start in the industry.
CHF 2'675.- per module
Costs are subject to change without prior notice.
Diplôme / examen
- Diploma of Advanced Studies DAS
Diploma of Advances Studies in Aviation Management
Infos pratiques
Lieu / adresse
- Genève 4 (GE)
Courses are held at both University of Geneva and IATA Training and Development Institute, Geneva
Route de l'Aeroport 33
1215 Geneva
Déroulement temporel
Début des cours
September 2014
Durée de la formation
11 months
12 three-day modules paired into six sessions.
Modalités temporelles
- En emploi
- A temps partiel
Langue d'enseignement
- anglais
RemarquesPartnership: International Air Transport Association (IATA)
The Diploma of Advanced Studies in Aviation Management can also be validated as the specialisation year of the Executive MBA at HEC, University of Geneva (12 modules for 36 credits + MBA project 18 credits). Admission to the «Diploma of Advanced Studies in Aviation Management» does not grant admission to the executive MBA program.
Executive Certificates for individual Aviation Management modules (24 hours / 3 credits)
Professionals wishing to focus on particular subjects may follow any number of individual modules, for which certificates of attendance will be awarded. Application deadline: 1 september 2014 or one month before the beginning of the module(s). Applications received after the deadline will still be taken into consideration if there are available places.
Renseignements / contact
University of Geneva
DAS Aviation Management
Elisabeth LARSSON and Christophe JEANNETTE
Pogram Coodinators
UNI MAIL, Geneva School of Economics and Management
Boulevard du Pont d'Arve 40
1211 Geneva 4 - Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (0)22 379 88 17
Training and Development Institute
Elena SUCIU
Assistant Manager
Assistant Manager, Academic Patnerships
International Air Transport Association
Route de l'Aéroport 33
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Buddha statues should be placed in a part of the home or garden that is clean, quiet and comfortable. If placed in the garden, they should be put on a slab of rock or marble that is solid rather than unstable. In the home, it is important they be above eye level, so that no one is looking down on them, as Buddhas are a figure of respect.
Feng shui dictates that Buddha statues be placed away from the direct line of any strong air flow, such as a window or air conditioner. They should also be placed in a pleasant-smelling environment since the idea is that a deity lives within the statue.


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FRANCE – Croissants
November 29, 2015
Well, I did it. I made croissants. I had baguette on my list for France but when I thought about it, if this is not the time to bake croissants for the first time, when is? Enough time on my hands, wintry weather outside and a bread baking challenge = time to take the plunge … More FRANCE – Croissants


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Twinkelbel is a workshop that helps people with disabilities through the creation of various ceramics. The goal of the courses is to help people with things like communication and general enjoyment of certain tasks.
The great thing about this project are some of the designs that people come up with. The attendees explore with various shapes of sizes, all of which can also be sold since they are intriguing for people to look at. Not only does Twinkelbel help people from a therapy point of view, but it also helps them out to develop more of a business sense. Companies such as BCXSY work with Twinkelbel to help develop better relationships with other businesses that might want to participate in the project. Photo Credits: designboom, kazerne
Therapy-Focused Ceramics
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Discussion in 'ETFs' started by noob_trad3r, Sep 16, 2011.
I cannot find what the payout is.
It is specified where it always is on the SPDR's dividend page.
https://www.spdrs.com/library-conte...TF Dividends &onyx_code1=1300&onyx_code2=2132
It is always the third Firday of the each quarter and the payout is the end of the next month. So for this dividend the payout is end of October and the next ex-dividend day is 12/16 and the payday will be the end of January 2012
Do you know how I can find the information
which stocks (include ETFs) are going to ex-dividend today?
I know some websites offer the stock ex-dividend calendar but not ETFs
can someone tell me where to figure it out?
the all stocks and etfs ex-dividend list everyday, tks
There is no clear or easy way. You can find them by searching. If you know the institution that has put that ETF together, you can find all the info about that ETF by going to that institution's website. like SPDR for SPY.
Separate names with a comma.


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Monday, April 2, 2012
Road Test :: Sweetie! 50 Delectable Treats
I'll admit it. I'm no super star in the kitchen. I can cook half decent edible food but I'm not Master Chef Material nor would l like to go on MKR to whip up a duck dish. No instead l subject the staff at my husband's office to taste my modestly baked goods, well l did when I just recently whipped up a batch of Raspberry Cupcakes with White Chocolate Ganache from the Sweetie!, and l must say the reception was good! Not one single person gagged, in fact the cupcakes were demolished in 5 minutes flat.
The recipe came from a gorgeously illustrated book called Sweetie!, and even for a cooking novice like me the recipe was easy to follow and the book was just the right size to rest against the flour tin on the bench, while l whipped all the ingredients into a fluffy goodness.
I'm a huge visual person and l must admit it was Daniella Germain who reeled me in with her pretty pictures of cupcakes, whoopee pies, meringues, ice-creams, macarons and jellies inside Sweetie! I think l put on 5kgs just pouring over the lush recipes and images.
The book is brought to you by the lovely folk from over at Hardie Grant and just to make you drool a little more here are some delightful images from inside, along with my cupcake attempt above, which is nothing like the picture, although you've got to give a girl points for trying.
And just for the record l think l'm going to have a crack at some whoopee pies, shall keep you posted on how that one un-folds.
Happy Baking!
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How to Stay Organized With Multiple Game Consoles
Against my initial wishes, my boyfriend and I now live in a two-console household. But I'll be the first one to admit that keeping an XBox and a Wii together (with all the wonderful rock-band-and-kinect-licious trimmings) has been ridiculously fun. The only downside? Keeping everything organized. Here's a few solutions for multi-console households like mine.
$29.99, DreamGear.com (Available 8/15)
If you're rocking an XBox Kinect, Playstation Move and a Wii console, we know two things are true: (a) You're loving motion-sensor games, and (b) your TV must be cluttered with all of the different sensor bars and eyes for your active gaming lifestyle. Thankfully, DreamGear is launching the TriMount, a universal mount that allows you to fit your Kinect sensor, Wii sensor bar and Playstation Eye all on top of your TV.
Power Pyramid
$39.99, KonnetOnline.com
When you switch seamlessly from gaming on one console to the next, your controller dock should keep up with you. Save space and start stashing your XBox and PS3 controllers on this charging station. It lets you charge two XBox and two PS3 controllers at the same time, with an LED indicator light for each one.
XBox, Wii and PS3 Gaming Towers
XBox tower: $49.99, ToysRUs.com
Wii tower: $59.99, EBGames.com
PS3 tower: $19.99, JCPenney.com
Gaming towers are really helpful when it comes to keeping all your gaming peripherals in check (I even included our Wii tower in my Tech Top 10). Grab one for each console and make sure that everything has a separate but equal place.


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America's greatest personal development retreat is taking place January 5-10, 2013! Start your year off right! Join InspireMany and Coach Cass for a relaxing five day getaway to Belize and Cozumel as you grow your business, enhance your relationships, and refocus on your goals. Fun, travel, and personal development, all in one great experience! This Cruise is for you!
Down payments are due by September 1, 2012, so book today!
This New Year's Development Cruise will be traveling to the beautiful destinations of Belize and Cozumel on Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas. It's a 5-day adventure that will include workshops on
– Increasing Income
– Losing Weight
– And Setting Goals the Right Way
First deposit of $250/$350 (depending on cabin choice) is due immediately upon booking & you must be booked by September 1, 2012!
About Coach Cass:
Casandra "Coach Cass" Roache, is a New York Native of Jamaica descent living in Florida making a difference in the lives of women. Coach Cass is the founder of InspireMany.com, a company started to empower and teach women how they can create positive lasting change through life coaching. She holds a Master's Degree in Public Health with a specialization in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from Florida International University.
Speaking throughout South Florida, Coach Cass has a conversation style of presenting real time information. With a passion of talking about healthy relationships and self worth, she is a sought-out presence for many organizations.
"With a Master's in Public Health, I truly believe if you are not mentally, physically, and spiritually healthy, you cannot serve others. My mission is to develop the true you by focusing on areas we tend to overlook: i.e. relationships, work overload, and goals. To strengthen your relationship, you must maximize time management and achieve work/life balance.
Coach Cass has been seen on:
– Black Enterprise
– Woman's Day
– Island TV
– Centric: Michael Baisden's Do women know what they want.


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Chapter 36
At the post, the Loyalist soldiers delay Andres by questioning his legitimacy. After questioning him about the camp and the fate of El Sordo, and even threatening him with death, the soldier Gomez, finally agrees to take Andres to Golz.
This chapter is a critic of the power that is given to undeserving people during war. Hemingway skillfully portrays the ignorance and lack of seriousness of the soldiers and the general lack of interest in the war. Hemingway makes the danger of such a situation clear when Andres says: "He did not like these people who were like dangerous children; dirty, foul, undisciplined, kind, loving, silly and ignorant but always dangerous because they were armed." Again, we see a stereotypical characterization of the Spaniards.
Chapter 37
Maria and Jordan awake in the morning. Her pain now gone, Maria urges Jordan to make love to her. They agree that their love is rare, and that they are fortunate. Jordan thinks about dying and leaving their love behind. Maria tells him she would like to fight by his side, but he tells her she has helped enough.
Jordan now seems convinced that he has lived his whole life in three days. He has even formed a family: the guerillas are his brothers; Maria is his wife. The description of their love is almost like a poem, for it is constructed of repeated words, particularly "now" and "one." The rhythm alludes to that of their bodies, as the stream-of conscious release of words reveal Jordan's preoccupation with living in the moment and his celebration of their unity: "always now, always now, for now always one now."
Chapter 38
It is the morning of the bridge mission, and the atmosphere at the cave is grim. The men make snide comments to each other to relieve their tension. Jordan is worried now that his plan won't work. Jordan does not have enough men and Pablo stole the equipment he needed to blow the bridge correctly. It is highly unlikely that the attack will be postponed, even if Andres does deliver the message to General Golz. To ease his fear, Pilar tells him that her palm reading is only superstition. Jordan does not appreciate her efforts and reproaches her. At the end of the chapter, he and the men admit to each other that they are all equally very scared.
Pablo returns at the end of the chapter, accompanied by five extra men and their horses. He explains his flight as a moment of weakness, but reasserts his pride by telling them "at bottom I am not a coward." Jordan is grateful that the mission now has a chance for success, and Pilar reveals her tender feelings for Pablo by telling him "thou art welcome." He talks to her as if the others are not present, telling her he found his old self when he was forced to be alone. Pilar believes that his courage has returned, and lets him know she is pleased by telling him, "I believe thou art backbut, hombre, thou wert a long way gone."
There is much religious imagery associated with Pablo's turn; he is likened to the traitor of Christ. "Thy predecessor Judas Iscariot hanged himself," Pilar tells him. Indeed, considering the obsession with the time of day, as analyzed in previously, and Jordan's willing "martyrdom" for the Cause, we see that the Jordan-Pablo conflict is a parallel to the story of Christ's betrayal.
Hemingway also treats the new recruits with much irony. Pablo tells Pilar that his men are how she prefers them, or in other words: "good ones and stupids. Ready to die and all." This line has double layers of irony. For one, Pablo is speaking bitterly about his own self, now returned to Pilar's graces because he is willing to die for the Cause. Also, Hemingway is commenting on the cynical way even the peasants themselves viewed the war. You either had to be either a martyr or a fool to be a member of the guerilla band.
Chapter 39
Pablo tells Jordan that the men think he is still the leader, and warns him not to "disillusion" them. Jordan agrees, but feels uneasy about completely trusting Pablo. Jordan then thinks about how his confidence has been restored since Pablo returned to the cave. He feels he is fortunate to have "the talent that fitted him for war," or the ability to ignore the threat of harm.
The two conflicting sides of Jordan's personality- the lover and the warrior- battle when he begins to think of Maria. He quells thoughts of the happiness he found with her by telling himself that the best thing he can do for their future is "do the job well and fast and get out." Jordan tells Maria not to worry, and then goes to meet the men Pablo has recruited.
Hemingway the writer reveals himself in Jordan when he says: "Seeing Pablo again had broken the pattern of tragedy into which the whole operation had seemed grooved ever since the snow." This is not only an ironic commentary by the author on his tragic plot, but also confirms Jordan's growing superstition. The strange effect of Pablo's return is characterized very aptly: "he felt confidence rising in him as a tire begins to fill with air from a slow pump. There was little difference at first, although there was a definite beginning, as when the pump starts and the rubber of the tube crawls a little, but it came now as steadily as a tide rising or the sap rising in a tree until he began to feel the first edge of that negation of apprehension that often turned into actual happiness before action." The metaphor upon metaphor in this passage- from the tire, to the tide, to the tree- is a wonderful depiction of a ambiguous human emotion- relief.
Chapter 40
The scene now shifts back to Andres and Gomez. They go to the post of a lieutenant colonel, whose men are as unorganized and rude as Gomez's own comrades. When Gomez takes out his pistol, a safe-conduct note is written for Andres so that he can journey alone and unharmed to General Golz. He gives Gomez a motorcycle to take Andres on his way.
This chapter is an ironic commentary on the uselessness of war. For example, Andres is not slowed down crossing enemy lines, but when he reaches Loyalist territory. It is evident that there is little interest for the Cause within the Loyalist army. This is also a chapter of brisk interaction between the soldiers and biting comments such as "all of you are crazy." However, the last passage, as Andres rides with Gomez to deliver the message to General Golz, celebrates the timeless beauty of a landscape that remains timeless despite the war. "The motorcycle moved, noisily exploding, into the light-split darkness of the country road that opened ahead sharp with the high black of the poplars beside it, dimmed and yellow-soft now as the road dipped into the fog along a stream bed, sharpening hard again as the road rose and, ahead of them at the crossroads, the headlight showed the gray bulk of the empty trucks coming down from the mountains." The machines- the motorcycle and the trucks- divide the landscape with either their noise or their presence. They represent war, and although they interrupt they cannot destroy the permanent beauty of the country.
Chapter 41
Robert Jordan reviews the plans with Pablo and with Pilar. He shakes Pablo's hand, and suspects that Pablo plans to kill his new men for their horses. Then he says good-bye to Maria, feeling unreal, as though a train is pulling out of a station, and tells her not to cry. He and Agustin and Anselmo leave for the bridge with the tripod machine gun, and when they reach their position, Robert Jordan waits for daylight.
Chapter 42
Andres and Gomex reach the Golz's camp, but the General is not to be found. The French man they ask for help, Andre Marty, orders them arrested as fascists. He has evidently gone mad. Karkov, Jordan's friend, uses his clout as a famous journalist to stop the arrest. The message is given to Golz's aid, Duval. At last the dispatch comes through, and Golz learns that the attack will fail. The message has arrived too late, and the attack will not be delayed.
Because of the incompetence of the Loyalist leaders, the guerillas must complete a mission of little value, the most likely result of which will be their deaths. If it was not for the indifference and self-importance of the men Andres had to cross to get the message through, Jordan and his band might die needlessly.
Chapter 43
The attack on the bridge begins. Jordan and Anselmo first kill the sentries guarding the bridge, and they then put the dynamite in place. Fernando is the first to die. Anselmo dies soon after from the blast when Jordan blows the bridge. Pablo's new men are killed defending the camp from a tank, and Pablo comments that there will now be enough horses to escape. As they ride away, Jordan realizes that they still could be hit by machine gun fire from a tank below. He sends Maria off the trail, and suddenly a shell hits him.
Realizing that he is dying, Jordan sends the group away. He promises Maria that they will always be one; she must now live for both of them. They leave him a machine gun to defend himself. As his pain grows, Jordan thinks about committing suicide. He then decides that he must live, so that he can stall the soldiers and give the others more time to escape. When at last the soldiers appear, Jordan prepares to fire his gun. At this moment, the story ends.
Jordan's death is the crowning irony of For Whom the Bell Tolls; his mission his accomplished, yet he must fulfill the omens which have followed him during his "life in three days." The suddenness of Jordan's death comes as a shock to the reader, as he was almost on his way to safety. "The bright flash from the heavy, squat, mud-colored tank there on the road" is his death sentence. Hemingway describes Jordan's pain vividly; indeed, we almost feel his broken leg with "the sharp bone and where it pressed against the skin."
Jordan's goodbye to Maria reiterates the theme of their oneness: "Thou art all there will be of me." Having given his soul to Maria, Jordan can wait for his body to be "integrated" into the on which we first met him. Jordan's own acceptance of his death lets the reader consider that perhaps he did not die in vain, for he celebrates the greater understanding he has gained from his three days of life. "He knew he himself was nothing, and he knew death was nothing. He knew that truly, as truly as he knew anything. In the last few days he had learned that he himself, with another person, could be everything. But inside himself he knew that this was the exception. That was given to me, perhaps, because I have never asked for it. That cannot be taken nor lost." Jordan understands he has been blest; his doubts now fade away. He envisions Madrid, basked in a holy sheen of white, and admits to himself that he now believes Pilar's prophecies.
The last line of For Whom the Bell Tolls returns the reader full-circle to "the pine needle floor of the forest." The detail, "his heart beating," poignantly depicts Jordan's last moments of life. We are left to imagine his death.


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NBC Comedy Playground is a grassroots campaign which will see the network invest in and nurture new creative voices.
An advisory board - featuring Parks and Recreation's Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Adam Scott and Mike Schur, Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria and Arrested Development's Jason Bateman - is to help determine two winners.
The winning entrants' original shows will then be developed for summer 2015 to air on NBC.
Other names who are part of the advisory board include Mindy Kaling and Craig Robinson from The Office, as well as Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights, Parenthood), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids) and Seth Meyers (Saturday Night Live).
Robert Carlock, Sean Hayes, Josh Lieb, Adam McKay, Todd Milliner, Will Packer and Mike Shoemaker have also signed up to be involved.
NBC entertainment president Jennifer Salke stated: "We are taking a bold, alternative approach in what we hope will uncover original comedy minds who are looking for a way to get into the television business.
"We love that an incredible A-list roster of producers, writers and performers have jumped in to help us find that untapped talent."
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I'm really into the hazelnuts at the moment and after meshing together a few recipes and ideas I came up with a cake that presents them perfectly. A moist cake with chunks of pears throughout, topped with a lightly roasted hazelnut, cinnamon infused crunchy topping which is dotted with chunks of chocolate.
Since I was inspired to create this flavour combination on a whim, feel free to collaborate with the recipe. Use apples instead of pears. Chuck some raspberries in the mix. Use walnuts or pecans instead of hazelnuts. Go on, go a little crazy.
Moist Pear Cake with Chocolate Hazelnut Topping
for the cake:
125g unsalted butter
1/3 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup self raising flour
1/4 cup buckwheat flour (if you don't have this pancake mix works well too)
1/4 cup cornflour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup milk
100g chocolate**, broken into pieces (dark or milk...or both)
200g can of tinned pears (roughly chopped, leftover liquid in can set aside)
for the crumble topping:
100g chocolate**, chopped into fairly small pieces
100g whole hazelnuts
1/4 cup brown sugar
1tsp cinnamon
1 tbs plain flour
25g butter
2tbs oats
Cream butter and sugar in a bowl until thick and pale with an electric beater. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift in the flours, cinnamon and baking powder. Pour in the milk. Be careful not to over beat, the mixture needs to stay light and fluffy. Fold in the pears and chocolate.
For the crumble, cut the butter into small squares and add in the rest of the ingredients. Mix together. Set aside.
Spoon the cake batter into a well buttered cake tin and put into a 180 degree oven (fan-forced). After about 20 minutes, take the cake out of the oven and add the topping mixture on top of the cake. Put the cake back in the oven for a further 10-20 minutes. Don't put the topping on the cake prior to baking, as the topping will sink through the cake batter and the nuts will burn from being in the oven too long. To test if the cake is ready, insert a skewer into the cake and if it comes out clean it is cooked all the way through and ready.
Once out of the oven, pour about 150ml of the leftover pear juice over the hot cake so it can be soaked up and made even more moist and juicy. Let it sit for 5 minutes before turning out of the pan.Et voila!
p.s. Please excuse the quality of the photo. I couldn't get a very good picture of it as I was too busy trying to stop my brother eating it before everyone else could get a piece....and no he's not six, he's twenty-six.
**Use dark or milk chocolate, however there is only one thing I ask of you - please use Fairtrade chocolate. I know it may be hard to come by (Green & Blacks Organic chocolate has the ethical trade stamp and Cadbury Dairy Milk now uses Fairtrade products) and can be slightly more expensive than non-Fairtrade, but the pay off is well worth it knowing you are actively participating in the fight towards increasing awareness and consumption of fair trade products. The more we buy Fairtrade, the higher the demand on the farmers and manufacturers to use Fairtrade practices. Below is the symbol to look out for on chocolate packaging.
To watch the BBC report about the current situation on Fairtrade chocolate, click here - Chocolate: the Bitter truth. I highly recommend it.


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The Social Committee is planning fun and exciting activities for the 2015-2016 Academic year.
- October - First party of the year (MadParty) – 600 attendees
- November - Thanksgiving Dinner – 90 attendees
- December - Holiday Party (Winter Masquerade) – 500 attendees
- April - Spring Block Party
- May - Boat Cruise
The Social Committee strives to balance the nature of the events between social-networking types with alcoholic beverages and activity-based events by collaborating with the Student Programs Committee to host big and small-scale events. By doing this, we hope to include more variety of students from the entire Penn graduate student body.
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This 1/2 day course is designed to give Human Resource staff and Management confidence to facilitate workplace mediations. In this course Anna Faoagali, Principal, Founder and Director of Evolve Workplaces will provide you information about:
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Participating in this course will give you a framework to be able to process employee complaints. You will come away from this course feeling confident about what to do when employees complain, what interventions are available, and a framework to facilitating a workplace mediation. You will also get an understanding of what infrastructure, post-mediation you need to implement. This course is designed to support you and your employer mitigate any associated risks managing employee complaints.
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This 1/2 day course is designed to give Human Resource staff and Management confidence to investigate into Workplace complaints. In this course Anna Faoagali, Principal, Founder and Director of Evolve Workplaces will provide you information about:
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She has the unique ability to simplify complex complaints and will give you value by using real case examples to explore the framework, provide templates and resources that you can use in a practical way. She is member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Queensland Law Society, and the Australian Mediation Association. Anna is accredited in Hong Kong, Australia and PNG.
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Janai's mom explained that they had arranged the trip to help Janai begin to discover where she had come from and learn about her life before she joined their family; "Janai has said to us that she feels like she knows other people better than she knows herself; she needed to come and see people that knew her before I knew her".
Janai lived at New Day for three-and-a-half years, and even though it's been such a long time since she left, she is fondly remembered by many of the staff. The first morning here, as soon as Amy (Foster Home Manager) walked into the room and saw her, she exclaimed "Ai Xin!" (Janai's Chinese name) and rushed over to give her a hug.
We asked Janai what it was like to have 'strangers' recognizing her, and she said that it was "kinda weird, it was cool seeing my picture and it's cool that they recognize me". The nannies remembered her lively and crazy personality, and were able to tell some stories about the mischief that she used to get up to here.
Janai was excellent with the little ones in the playroom. Freddy took a real liking to her, and she formed a special bond with Rosie.
It's beautiful to see what a tender and compassionate young lady mischievous little Ai Xin has grown into. Janai said that she really liked playing with the kids, and wished that they were spending the whole of their time in China at New Day (they were heading off to visit her birth city next).
Speaking of 'kids', Janai was given a special task while she was here...picking a name for a new arrival!
Our nanny goat, Bella (far left, the dad, Zeke, is on the right), gave birth to the cutest little kid last weekend. Janai named her 'Smore', which we think suits her perfectly!
Smore took a liking to Janai too!
Gan Lu has been taking lots of cute pictures of the little ones meeting Smore, but we thought you might like to see Tom meeting her (under the watchful eye of mama Bella!).
We're so glad that Janai was able to visit, and to know how loved she was here. We hope that it has given her a valuable insight into the early years of her life, and we're sure that she will go on to do great things in the years that are to come.


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The first prize contained the Color Club Back to Boho Collection in Set A and two holographic polishes in Revvvolution and Fashion Addict.
The Back to Boho collection A nor B has made an appearance at my local Winners and neither have I seen Alter Ego, another Color Club collection I've been lemming.
The others or what I refer to as "the bonuses"; Benefit One Prime Day, Urban Decay All Day Setting Spray, NYX The Caribbean Collection 5 Color Shadow Palette, and an adorable Forever 21 necklace!
Not pictured is the Konad stamping set included in the prize. This means I can finally have pretty designs on my nails! (I am one of those unfortunate people with no freehand skills.)
All in all, despite the fact my parent's ditched me at the start of November, this month has been incredible for me. With the SO's visit, mail, shopping, eating... What more could a girl ask for?


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