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i've spent quite alot of time on this page, so hopefully it'll help you guys who want to come visit in Italy. I'm kinda repeating some of the points ad-nausem and its annoying at times. I will update this as often as I reel back from stunning revelations of Rome.
this post shall be a compendium of helpful tips and hints for travelers sojourning to rome, italy. to be honest, i'm a little annoyed with the fact that tourists refuse to do simple things like walk one street away from major attractions for much better and cheaper or are led like sheep to places that everyone goes to, listen to a tourguide drone on and on, without fully appreciating the beauty and excitement of rome. and mind you, there's plenty to go around.
so yeah, this guide is for you if you are the traveller that gets annoyed with uber-touristy places and HATES (with a fiery passion) to get accosted by those annoying peddlers trying to sell you those squeezy smashable toys. this is for the travelers that like to be a little off the main path and attractions and get to see rome in all its fun. i confess i'm not expert at rome, but i do hope my experiences for the past few weekends have given me enough knowledge to well.. give some advice.
there are three parts to the guide. the first focuses on getting here from the airport, and second on attractions and lastly (of course) on food.
yup, get used it to — Rome's transportation systems kinda suck.
[1] Shuttle Bus: If you are like me (i.e. poor and wanting to scrimp and willing to tough it out), the cheapest and easiest option is simply to take one of those shuttle buses that gets you from the airport to termini station. and no, you do not need to pre-book, despite what the terravision website tries to offer. in fact, from my past experience, terravision buses can get a little overcrowded at times so it might be better to past the terravision to the adjacent counter to buy tickets for the other bus company. Terravision buses leave from Bay 3 and the adjacent company (omg i can't remember the name) leaves at Bus 4, usually with less people. tickets set you back 4 euros per trip.
If you're getting to the airport though, it might be a wise idea to book in advance for terravision. sounds a little idiosyncratic, and i wonder whether it's just my own wierd experiences, but prebooked tickets to the airport seem to guarantee a seat, which gives you a peace of mind i suppose. for those people (like me) who book insanely early flights at 7.00 or 8.00, this might be the only cheap form of transportation for you, as the Leonardo Express doesn't start till 5.45am i think.
Trips typically take about an hour.
[2] Leonardo Express: I don't take the Leonardo Express anymore these days, because it costs 11 euro upwards for a single trip. that being said, it is the fastest and most reliable way to get there. (not too sure whether the route to the airport from termini ever gets trapped in traffic jams, but I haven't had that experience myself).
[3] Public Cabs: I think there's enough warnings for people NOT to accept offers of cabs within the air-conditioned confines of the terminal but to act deaf and walk past these peddlers and head directly out to the cab stand to flag down a white public cab. It's supposed to be a flat fee of 40euros within the city walls – though I have never experienced it myself as my destinations take me outside. that being said, check whether your location falls within or outside the city walls. i honestly can't tell you exactly where the walls lie but for my region, a good measure is to trace out the path of Corso d'Italia — anything outside, is out of city walls, to which it goes by meter and can easily go up to 50euros and above.
[4] Cab Companies: I have tried RomeCabs and have found it to be a reliable and good service for locations outside of the walls. The service charges a flat fee of 50euro for up to 3 people and then adds 5 euro for each additional person. Book early for this, as it seems like they are quite popular.


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Every week Hannibal Tabu (winner of the 2012 Top Cow Talent Hunt/blogger/novelist/poet/jackass on Twitter/head honcho of Komplicated) goes to a comic book store called Comics Ink in Culver City, CA (Overland and Braddock -- hey Steve, Jason, Vince and Quislet) and grabs a whole lotta comics. These periodicals are quickly sorted (how) into two piles -- the "buy" pile (a small pile most weeks, comprised of planned purchases) and the "read" pile (often huge, often including comics that are really crappy but have some value to stay abreast of). Thursday afternoons you'll be able to get his thoughts (and they're just the opinions of one guy, so calm down, and here's some common definitions used in the column) about all of that ... which goes something like this ...
"Uncanny" #4
Dynamite Publishing
Jump from the Read Pile.
This was a fantastic heist comic, grabbing the reader by the throat in the first third, involving planning, then shaking hard throughout the rest. The action sequences and storytelling were top notch, even with a little too much shading on the coloring (perhaps a note from the photo reference, which seems to stand out here). Still, engaging even with a less clear action sequence in a skyscraper, and it was a slow week, so there was no problem bringing this one home.
Not bad.
Honorable Mentions: Stuff worth noting, even if it's not good enough to buy
"Sex Criminals" #2 threw off the balance of its brilliant debut issue by spending too much time in extended expository flashbacks while ignoring something really interesting happening in the story's present day. Not to say the character development wasn't interesting -- it was -- but it drained the momentum from the mysterious parties surprising our protagonists. Great art, great coloring, great concepts but only executed at a "good" level, whereas the last issue was superb.
"Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" #28 was good but predictable and talky with a very lengthy expository monologue in its candy center, with Ultimate Spider-Woman as the most impressive part, largely using her phone. The action sequences, though, were top notch and despite the cliches, had some enjoyable elements.
If you like supernatural elements like vampires and zombies plus top notch action sequences and tongue in cheek humor, "Kiss Me Satan" #2 is likely right up your haunted alley. A coven of witches is being hunted by a werewolf clan to keep a secret safe in the sticky environs of Louisiana. A mysterious badass in a Cadillac is defending the cheesecake-styled witches and the introduction of the situation is done with some deftness. Good for fans of books like "Hack/Slash" or "Blood Brothers."
"Numbercruncher" #4 is a pleasant surprise, a masterful bit of writing from Si Spurrier with a very clever twist ending that relied heavily on many things from previous issues (well referenced) and neatly tied up. The artistic side of it was less than convincing, which took some of the "oomph" out of it, but this will altogether make for a good ending of a collected version but didn't really do enough to make up for the lack of story weight earlier.
"Secret Avengers" #10 had shades of the televised "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," as part of Thanos' invasion of Earth was partially foiled by Terrigen-infused inhumans hidden in the general earth populace. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't quite ready for prime time.
Just when "Justice League" #24 was getting good, it ran out of pages, as we get a very quick and effective telling of Ultraman's origins (makers of "Man of Steel," take note) while having him tear through the lives and perceptions of familiar Metropolis personalities. Brutal, well paced, gripping, but felt like it was just a prologue for an actual story.
What would it be like if even Miss Moneypenny was a former field operative? Taking pages from the Barbara Gordon handbook, "Velvet" #1 posits a secretive intelligence agency descended from the WW2 era forced to deal with confusion within their ironclad ranks. With a style falling somewhere between "Queen & Country" and "Steed & Mrs. Peel," this deep cover commentary on the early 70s cold war intelligence world seems very British and very stylish, and if it were part of a prose novel, it would have you on the edge of your seat. As a comic, it didn't grip you visually until it was almost over and had pacing that needed to be a bit zippier. Not bad, by any stretch of the imagination, but not quite where it needed to be.
"Young Avengers" #11 feels like a slight improvement, and not just due to the upgrades to Loki. The long, long struggle against the boringly named "Mother" is coming to what looks like some kind of climax and the team dynamics get lots of wonderful shades of nuance that are worth examining. As always, the crisp artwork from Jamie McKelvie, Kris Anka, Matthew Wilson and Mike Norton make every moment worth seeing even when the script's pace can't keep up.
In "DC Vs. Masters of the Universe" #2, Skeletor may use magic to create a cliched conflict of champions, but the grittiness and tension was effective enough. The last page had shades of that time the Hulk tore Wolverine in two, but needed more visual oomph to really make an impact. A slice above "meh."
The "Meh" Pile Not good enough to praise, not bad enough to insult, not important enough to say much more than the title
"Infinity: The Hunt" #3, "Satellite Sam" #4, "Venom" #42, "Red Lanterns" #24, "Star Trek" #26, "Savage Wolverine" #10, "Bushido" #4, "Infinity Heist" #2, "Superman" #24, "Great Pacific" #11, "Wolverine And The X-Men" #37, "All New Executive Assistant Iris" #2, "Massive" #16, "Doctor Who" #14, "Uncanny Avengers" #13, "Talon" #12, "Thunderbolts" #17, "Transformers Regeneration One" #95, "Nova" #9, "Batman The Dark Knight" #24, "Superior Spider-Man Team-Up" #5, "Tom Strong And The Planet Of Peril" #4, "Aliens Vs Parker" #4, "Daredevil" #32, "Star Wars Legacy 2" #8, "FF" #13, "Clone" #11, "Conan And The People Of The Black Circle" #1, "T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents" #3, "Aquaman" #24, "Bounce" #6, "Marvel Now What" #1,"Adventures Of Superman" #6, "Indestructible Hulk" #14.
No, just ... no ... These comics? Not so much ...
The retailer at Comics Ink made the case that "Pretty Deadly" #1 has superseded "The Monarchy" as the worst comic ever. The case that was made was that this comic combined "psycho babble, [being] pretentious, bad writing and meandering." While it has only one issue to "Monarchy's" twelve, it is remarkable in its rough hewn, unfinished looking art, drifting narrative and tedium. Said retailer tore a copy of the issue up in front of customers, stating there's "nothing in there that makes you want to pick up the second issue." That's hard to argue against.
Wow. This is ... "Iron Man" #17 is scarily bad. Like, "call for help" bad. Tony Stark learns something about himself that's been so hidden away that it rips the sheets off of everything you know. Except it doesn't. Except for the fact that DC did the exact same gag with Batman at the start of the New 52 and hardly anybody even remembers "Lincoln March." The "secret origin of Tony Stark" already took everything distinctive about the character and made him a software side effect, now it's taken even his genetic namesake while putting him on an even more tedious orphan path. Add to that an issue that's all talking heads and this is an atrocity. Wow.
"Flash" #24 had a conclusion that could be found in the dictionary under "unsatisfying," as the Reverse Flash cried a lot, there was a lot of yelling and Barry Allen monologued so much that even Manga Khan would find it excessive. Lots of splash pages that failed to astonish, lots of verbiage that failed to inform, lots of drama that failed to entertain.
There were some bad, bad books this week ... but not so many, you know? So that's not so bad.
Not so expensive, so, pretty doggone good.
As of right now, you can spend ten bucks and get about 175,000 of fiction from the writer of this column. The links that follow tell you where you can get "The Crown: Ascension" and "Faraway," five bucks a piece. Love these reviews? It'd be great if you picked up a copy. Hate these reviews? Find out what this guy thinks is so freakin' great. There's free sample chapters too, and all proceeds to towards the care and maintenance of his kids ... oh, and to buy comic books, of course. What are you waiting for? Go buy a freakin' book already!
Got a comic you think should be reviewed in The Buy Pile? If we get a PDF of a fairly normal length comic (i.e. "less than 64 pages") by no later than 24 hours before the actual issue arrives in stores (and sorry, we can only review comics people can go to stores and buy), we guarantee the work will get reviewed, if remembered. Physical comics? Geddouttahere. Too much drama to store with diminishing resources. If you send it in more than two days before comics come out, the possibility of it being forgotten increases exponentially. Oh, you should use the contact form as the CBR email address hasn't been regularly checked since George W. Bush was in office. Sorry!

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As Dave Roberts notes at some length, a variety of diverse trends in the solar industry—from bankruptcies of solar panel companies to skyrocketing installation rates—are driven by the surge of dirt cheap photovoltaics emanating from China under what the US says is a WTO-violating subsidy scheme.
Now you might think that the Obama administration would welcome this. After all, the White House often seems paralyzed by the fact that it wants to promote environmental causes, wants to engage in moderate level of fiscal austerity, and wants to indulge the voters' desire for cheap energy. Here we have a way to get clean energy on the cheap for the consumer and at zero budgetary cost to the United States. Let the Chinese pay for it! Instead, they're slapping punitive taxes on Chinese solar to protest the unfair conduct. Roberts has mixed feelings about this, which he links to the idea that we should be promoting American manufacturing. But note that electricity is an important production input cost for manufacturing. So while obviously taxing Chinese solar panels would be good for the American solar panel manufacturing industry, it would be bad for American cement-makers or even builders of windmills.
I think the real issue here has to do with the dynamic strategic response. If punitive tarrifs induce the Chinese to move to a free trade equilibrium and then we drop the tarrifs, then the policy has worked well. But punitive tarrifs could also push us into a cycle of back-and-forth retaliation and the equilibrium could get worse and worse.


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by Gayle Forman
I open my eyes wide now.
I sit up as much as I can.
And I listen.
Stay, he says.
Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind?
Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all the choices are gone, except one. And it's the only one that matters. If I Stay is a heartachingly beautiful book about the power of love, the true meaning of family, and the choices we all make.
"And that's just it, isn't it? That's how we manage to survive the loss. Because love, it never dies, it never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it."
If I Stay was my first novel that I read by Gayle Forman and now I know exactly why she is so loved. The deep emotions and feelings that were expressed in this book were out of control and it definitely set me over the edge.
"Love, it never dies. It never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it. Love can make you immortal."
After Mia gets in the car accident, her soul lingers by her body and while she is unconscious, she sees how loved she is. But the loss of her parents and her little brother are unbearable and the memories that she shares bring them back to life.
I loved Mia's character and how much she loved her family. You rarely see that in YA books anymore because they tend to focus more on rebellious stage of them or the romantic relationship. But I loved seeing Mia's conversations with her parents and it really made me sad even more. Add this one to the "Book That Made Me Cry" and go read it now!


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Youth Ministry Event Scholarship
Mosaic Youth Ministry has a designated scholarship fund that was established to provide help for families of teenagers to experience our youth ministry events. It was generously funded with love and dedication to God. This fund is limited and we hope to use it for a long time to invest in families so the Gospel of Christ will be advanced in hearts and throughout the world.


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The Solus Project announced release of Budgie Desktop 10.2.5, latest stable release of lightweight, elegant but full featured desktop environment built over GNOME 3.x stacks. Though Budgie Desktop is originally developed for Solus, it also available for other major GNU/Linux distributions.
Budgie Desktop 10.2.5 comes with a lot of refinements and interesting features. From official release announcement:
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Budgie Desktop 10.2.5 comes with a lot of refinements and interesting features. From official release announcement:
We have introduced a multitude of refinements to make Budgie really stand out. We now use an elegant slide-in animation for the first launch of the panel, ensure we only show it when the panel is fully loaded, and while loading we ensure that applets will show up in their correct order.See more information and screenshots in Solus Project's blog.
Alongside those panel improvements, we've increased the spacing between panel applets. When applications are launched or closed, we now provide stylish animations for revealing or hiding icons, and you should now notice that application icons remain consistent, whether or not the application is running.


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A Review of Biochemical Process of Anaerobic Digestion
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The search for alternative energy and fuels has motivated researchers to focus on renewable and sustainable means of getting them instead of relying on the conventional way of energy and fuel production. Anaerobic digestion is a biochemical process during which complex organic matter is decomposed in absence of oxygen, by various types of anaerobic microorganisms. The process of Anaerobic digestion is appropriate for all waste water treatment systems given that the solid can be introduced to the system at an acceptable concentration. Biogas, the product of anaerobic digestion process is a clean and renewable form of energy which can be a substitute for conventional sources of energy which are causing ecological-environmental problems and at the same time depleting at a faster rate. This paper reviews the anaerobic digestion process and its complexities; it covers different stages involved in the process, the substrate used in the process, the relationship between the substrate and microorganisms and important operating parameters such as pH, temperature and loading rate.
Anaerobic Digestion, Biogas, Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Microorganism
Cite this paper
Adekunle, K. and Okolie, J. 2015 A Review of Biochemical Process of Anaerobic Digestion. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology, 6, 205-212. doi: 10.4236-abb.2015.63020.
Autor: Kayode Feyisetan Adekunle*, Jude Awele Okolie
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The announcement is as a result of pressure from the Office of Fair Trading following a super complaint from watchdog organisation Consumer Focus which highlighted a staggering £1billion per year spent by UK consumers exchanging currency.
This is a welcome change for people who are hiring cars abroad and paying in the local currency as to date card providers have charged around 2% of the value of the complete transaction, plus additional handling charges which could see £30 added for every £500 spent. This is particularly good news when you consider that most car hire excess deposits charged by rental companies require around £800 to be pre-authorised on a credit card against accidental damage to the vehicle. Prior to this announcement customers could have still been charged conversion fees by their card provider even if their deposit was refunded.


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Dr Oz November 19 2015 Recap
Dr Oz has always recommended getting omega-3s in your diet both for overall health and to aid in weight loss. But now, omega-3 fortified foods are popping up everywhere! Dr Oz wanted to find out if it's really worth it to pay a few extra dollars for these food products, or if you should just stick to salmon and sardines.


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text: Howard R. Moskowitz 2010 Walston Chubb Award for Innovation Howard Moskowitz is president and founder of Moskowitz Jacobs Inc. He is both a well-known experimental psychologist in the field of psychophysics and an inventor of world-class market research technology. He graduated from Harvard University and from Queens College (New York), Phi Beta Kappa, with degrees in mathematics and psychology. He has written/edited 20 books, has published well over 400 articles, chapters and conference papers and serves on the editorial boards of major journals. He also founded the journal Chemical Senses. His latest book, with Alex Gofman, called Selling Blue Elephants, demonstrates and popularizes how IdeaMap (i-Novation`s flagship product) creates new products and messages from areas as diverse as credit cards, jewelry offers, presidential election messaging and stock market communications. His forthcoming book, You! What You MUST Know to Start Your Life as a Professional, describes the formative years of a research professional's development. Moskowitz has won the Scientific Director's Gold Medal for outstanding research at the U.S. Army Natick Laboratories and awards from the European Society of Market Research for his innovation in Web-enabled, self-authored conjoint measurement and for weak signals research in new trends analysis and concept development. In 2004, he was elected an IFT Fellow and also was awarded the David R. Peryam Award from ASTM in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of basic and applied sensory science. His other honors include the Charles Coolidge Parlin Marketing Research Award, the ARF Research Innovation Award and The Market Research Council Hall of Fame Award. From 2004 to 2006, Moskowitz appeared weekly on ABC News Now as the Food Doctor. His segment highlighted the most innovative and interesting aspects of the food industry. He was inducted into Sigma Xi in 1968 at Harvard.


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A few weeks ago, Congressman Ron Paul sat down with Piers Morgan (who took over Larry King's spot on CNN because, near as I can tell, he has a British accent) and departed from his usual "no abortion under any circumstances" position. The following exchange occurred:
MORGAN: You have two daughters. You have many granddaughters. If one of them was raped -- and I accept it's a very unlikely thing to happen -- but if they were, would you honestly look at them in the eye and say they had to have that child if they were impregnated?
PAUL: No. If it's an honest rape, that individual should go immediately to the emergency room. I would give them a shot of estrogen....
Congressman Paul later added: "If you talk about somebody coming in and they say, 'Well, I was raped and I'm seven months pregnant and I don't want to have anything to do with it,' it's a little bit different story."
This is not the place to discuss in detail Congressman Paul's politics, which are often very controversial and, generally, far from mainstream. We will volunteer this: if President Obama's positions on civil liberties (e.g., the Patriot Act) were closer to Paul's, many of the president's disappointed supporters would be less disappointed.
Ron Paul sometimes words things in a peculiar way. His use of the term "honest rape" caused some pundits on the extreme left to have a conniption.
Jessica Wakeman, who writes for the Frisky, said this: "The thing I would love to know about people who claim women lie about rape all the time is whether any of them actually know someone who has lied about a rape."
Wait, wait, wait. Did Congressman Paul ever say women lie about rape "all the time"? We would have heard about that one, right? It would have been discussed a little bit by the news media, don't you think? In fact, has any rational person ever suggested that? This is the nation's leading site that gives voice to persons wrongly accused of heinous sex allegations, and we don't say women lie about rape "all the time." But nice straw man, Ms. Wakeman. The bottom line for her is that "Old White Men," as Wakeman derisively calls them, obviously are not entitled to opinions about things that affect women of child bearing years.
Over at the Maddow Blog, someone named Steve Benen even took offense at Morgan's question. "Morgan is working under the assumption that the daughters and granddaughters of prominent politicians are 'unlikely' to face a sexual attacker. Reality doesn't work that way."
Really? Those daughters and granddaughters are likely to face a sexual attacker, Mr. Benen?
Well, it's clear where Mr. Benen is coming from, isn't it?
Of course it's Paul's response that gets Mr. Benen's blood boiling. ". . . it's Paul's response that's truly offensive. Victims of an 'honest rape' should be allowed to go to the emergency room, but everyone else -- presumably victims of dishonest rape? -- should expect to have their reproductive rights curtailed under Ron Paul's vision of government power."
Oh, my.
We are not going to get into the abortion debate here. But every rational person knows what Ron Paul meant. One of the ways that persons who favor legal abortion demonize persons who do not is to point out that the latter would not allow abortions even when the woman has been raped, akin to Morgan's "gotcha" question to Paul. Paul surprised Morgan by saying that although he opposes abortion, he favors an exception for rape. Implicit in that exception is that the claim must be an actual rape, not a false rape claim, so it was arguably redundant for Paul to add that it must be an "honest" rape.
Mr. Benen harrumphed: "I'll look forward to Paul or his campaign elaborating on what, exactly, 'honest rape' refers to, but the implication seems to be that American women are not to be trusted when it comes to rape claims."
Sigh. No, Mr. Benen, Congressman Paul's implication is that American women who lie about rape shouldn't get an abortion. Some women do lie about rape, you know, Mr. Benen. Spend a few weeks reading through this blog if you don't know that.
Benen continues: "Those who qualify as rape victims under this Republican's standards would be eligible for emergency contraception; those who failed to meet his standards would not. Who gets to decide? Apparently, Paul and other policymakers."
Sigh again. So, we're going to have "rape panels" to decide if women tell the truth? Doesn't that sound a lot like Sarah Palin's "death panels"? I never heard Mr. Paul say what Benen suggests.
Mr. Paul actually gave one example where, he thinks, a woman probably wouldn't qualify for an abortion. "If you talk about somebody coming in and they say, 'Well, I was raped and I'm seven months pregnant and I don't want to have anything to do with it,' it's a little bit different story."
Whether Congressman Paul's thinking on this point can stand up to scrutiny, I don't know. But, arguably, since the woman would not be reporting rape to police, she should have less reason to wait to come in for an abortion if, in fact, she was raped.
Mr. Benen continues: "Paul, a staunch of opponent of abortion rights, is pushing a line that's tragically common on the right: women's claims are not to be taken at face value, and it's up to government to draw the lines."
Oh, my, oh, my. I think I would have heard a "line" about rape that's "tragically common," since I follow this area closely. In fact, Mr. Benen has it exactly backwards. The law-and-order right is very quick to believe women when they say they were raped, the civil liberties of the presumptively innocent men they accuse be damned. Bob Dole was one of the architects of VAWA, which bought into the now-debunked two percent canard.
If I were cynical, I'd say that what's really going on here is typical feminist straw man building: how dare anyone suggest that some women lie about rape.


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Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu has assured that the government is ready to implement a majority of Shyam Benegal committee's recommendations and will soon amend the Cinematograph Act.
Naidu commented after the last leg of the discussion with all the stake-holders on Cinematograph Act in Mumbai yesterday, said that the government is in agreement with most of the recommendations of the report and all efforts would be made to facilitate the amendments.
The Shyam Benegal committee, which was constituted to suggest required amendments in certain sections of the 1952 law, had submitted its report in April last year. The committee was constituted after repeated controversies arising after the appointment of Pahlaj Nihalani as the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief by the NDA government.
The committee had recommended laying down rules and regulations for film certification taking note of best practices in various parts of the world and giving sufficient and adequate space for artistic and creative expression.
The report primarily states that CBFC should primarily be allowed to issue certificated to the films depending on its content.
The committee recommended that it should only be allowed to cancel certification under following circumstances:
· When a film contains anything that contravenes the provisions of Section 5B (1) of the Cinematograph Act, 1952.
· When content in a film crosses the ceiling laid down in the highest category of certification.
The committee observed that an owner of a film has complete rights over it. Any alteration or change in the film can only be made by the owner or with his consent.
It recommended that the current system of suggesting modifications and amendments to a film by the CBFC should be done away with and the board must function only as a film certification body.
The committee also recommended -
· Online submission of applications as well as simplification of forms and accompanying documentation.
· Recertification of a film for purposes of telecast on television or for any other purpose should be permitted.
· In order to preserve Indian Cinema, the committee recommends that every applicant be asked to deposit the Director's Cut in the NFAI for preservation of Indian Cinema, instead of the certified version, in order to truly reflect the cinematic history of Indian cinema.
The committee had recommended, keeping in mind the main objectives to ensure that children and adults are protected from potentially harmful or unsuitable content. It will help the viewers to make better informed decision, and artistic expression and creative freedom are not unduly curbed in the process of classification of films.
The applicant must specify the category of certification being sought and the target audience.
The committee has also proposed some new guidelines for certification that have been divided into three categories: i) general, (ii) issue related, and (iii) category specific.
The general guidelines define the approach to be followed while certifying a film, with respect to general factors in a film, such as context, theme, etc.
The issue-related guidelines-list issues in a society that apply to all categories of certification. Category specific guidelines lay down the approach that CBFC should take with respect to various categories of film certification.
The committee recommended that the CBFC should confine itself to-submission of an annual report to the central government, containing an analytical study of the trends in the film industry, to be tabled in Parliament each year.
It also mentions that the chairman should only play the role of a guiding mechanism and not involve himself/herself in day to day activities of CFBC.
Naidu also took to Twitter to share the news by writing, "In consultation with film industry representatives on the proposed Cinematograph Act in view of Justice Mudgal Committee Report, and Shyam Benegal Committee Report and suggestions on Anti-piracy measures in Mumbai."


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The Fishtank
The Fishtank is an interactive information visualization experiment in which process industry data, normally requiring tens of screens, are displayed on a single screen using 3D
For our client ABB Corporate Research, we created a series of alternative designs to contrast the traditional user interface and interaction design of control systems for industrial application. The Fishtank was one of the incarnations of this series. It is an interactive design exploration in the area of industrial control systems.
Conventional industrial control systems, such as ABB's system 800xA, present the user with a panel view where machines, faceplates, sensor data, labels, etc. are organized and visualized side by side in a two-dimensional space. This design idea echoes the way in which control panels have always been designed; evolving from a non-digital era when each button, lever, label, and output device was physical and thus needed physical real-estate and a fixed location on the panel. Over the years, "the panel" as a way of framing and thinking about control room systems has formed a very strong conceptual idea for control room systems. This is true to this day, when—at least in theory—a digitalized, computer-based control system could have any kind of user interface. Obviously, the 2D panel has not stayed on because it is a bad idea—on the contrary, there are many benefits to separating different things in two dimensions and giving them a fixed physical location in space.
However, in this project, we wanted to explore the design space of "the possible" in this area by creating a series of radically different designs. The purpose was not necessarily that the results would aim to replace the traditional control room panel, but rather that they in different ways could come to complement, be different from, and to some extent challenge the panel as a design pattern.
A typical problem in modern control rooms is the ever-expanding number of sensors that call for the operators' attention. Adhering to the quasi-physical design pattern of control room software, this means that the 2D view of the factory keeps getting larger and larger. This is solved by either adding more screens to the control room or by letting the operators only see a small part of the entire factory on their monitors.
As an alternative to this, we asked: would it be possible to design an interface in which the panel for the entire factory could fit on only one screen?
The result from this experiment is the Fishtank prototype. It is an example of what we call an "agitational artifact", i.e. an artifact ideated, designed, and prototyped to be used using real data in real time—but where the main purpose of the artifact is to allow people to be exposed to a hands-on alternative to what they are used to; something with enough of a critical edge to shake them up a little bit, to make them think.
The Fishtank presents the user with a three-dimensional space. In this 3D space, the entire factory resides in the form of all its faceplates. A faceplate can for instance be a representation of a water tank in the form of the name and ID of the tank and its corresponding sensor data, such as water level, temperature of the water, etc.
The three dimensions in the Fishtank, i.e. X, Y, and Z space, are conceptual dimensions that can be controlled by the user
The user can decide what the three dimensions represent. For instance, the Y dimension can be made to represent the number of alarms a particular faceplate has; the X axis can be made to represent time since the last alarm; and the Z axis how far from the ideal or threshold each faceplate's main value is.
But these conceptual dimensions can be changed easily and in real time to allow the user to interact with and play around with the factory to just monitor or to make certain parts stand out.
Unlike a traditional 2D design, the Fishtank uses movement, interaction, and conceptual dimensions—not fixed location in physical space—as the main sense making vehicle for the user. As such, it is radically different from the way in which control room software such as ABB's 800xA has evolved and provides the user with a very different, engaging, and fun user experience.
About this Project
This project was carried out at Interactive Institute Swedish ICT in 2012 for our client ABB Corporate Research.
Design Team
- Daniel Fallman
- Björn Yttergren
- Kent Lindbergh
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Join us for another Monday Night Mixer with a performance by Black Forest and of course cocktails and snacks!
Monday Night Mixer is a new weekly happy-hour/community event at the Greenwich Village Lomography Gallery Store.
Join us each and every Monday from 6pm for mixed drinks, music & entertainment and of course all the Lomographic goodies under one roof. Collaborate with another Lomographer and take part in our Film Swap! Always FREE!
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So the #BlackoutBlackFriday is over, and I am not much for promoting sales. However, today is Giving Tuesday, and I wanted to draw your attention to a new charity shop on the e-block, Union&Fifth. It is a charity shop in the original sense: you donate your (designer, gently used or new) clothes, and they sell them, with all proceeds going to charity. However, there are a few unique things about this site, which are worth mentioning.
First, when you donate, you can select which organization you want the benefits to go to from the list of charities on the site -- currently, U Mass Boston, Year Up, Wonder Dog Rescue, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, etc etc. You can even start your own campaign! They price and photograph things for you, with 75% of the sales going to the charity of your choice, with the rest being used for the operating costs of Union&Fifth (also a registered non-profit).
Second, when you shop, you can sort everything by charity or in a more traditional way -- into tops, bottoms, dresses, etc. They have curated selections of sweaters and Chanel. You can search by the label or designer -- so the website basically functions like any other high-end consignment store, similar to TheRealReal, say, except that all proceeds go to good causes. None of that a nickel per lid bullshit! The pricing is comparable to TheRealReal as well.
This seems like a really new and interesting thing, and I hope it does well. I have a vested interest: among the resale sites I've seen, this one has the most comprehensive selection of Zoran pieces. Yes, I've been obsessed with Zoran lately, as witnessed by these pics from a recent NYC trip. Here, I am wearing his quilted jacket and a cashmere sweater. The skirt is from Viktor Luna's sample sale, the bag is Cuyana.
Here's the closeup of the jacket and the sweater, so you can get the feel of the texture (and the closeup of the admissions stamp from The Met, because we went to see Death Becomes Her.)
Both are wonderful pieces, quintessentially Zoran: timeless, simply cut, in luxe natural fabrics. They are almost always made in one size, and I love the drape and the weight of the sweater, as well as the sculptural simplicity of the jacket.
So yes, I was quite happy to discover that Union&Fifth carries a fantastic selection, that gives me a chance to snag a few more pieces at really good prices. I am going to Moscow again in a few days, and I usually travel with a single carry-on bag. These clothes tend to pack in small spaces (after all, they were created for a jet-pack), and travel well. Cashmere sweaters, wool pants, and silk tops are perfect for travel, and warm enough for my destination. And hey, since they are single size, there is a good chance that my mom will appropriate a piece or two. Not that I mind.


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All-American Classic Meat Loaf
Mix beef sirloin and beef chuck for a moist and flavorful meat loaf. This is comfort food at its best!
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All-American Classic Meat Loaf
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In large bowl combine eggs, broth, and Worcestershire sauce; stir in bread cubes. Let stand 15 minutes. With fork, mash bread cubes into small pieces. Stir in Parmesan cheese, mustard, garlic, 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. black pepper, and crushed red pepper. Add meat, sweet pepper, and onion. Using hands, mix ingredients together well (do not overmix.) Lightly pat meat mixture into 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.* With fingers lightly pull loaf away from sides of pan (see Shape and Bake, below).
- Bake, uncovered, for 1-1/4 hours. For topping, in small bowl stir together ketchup, brown sugar, and vinegar. Spoon on loaf. Bake 15 minutes more or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of loaf reads 160 degrees F.
- Let stand 10 minutes. To remove, use two large spatulas inserted along short edges to lift loaf from the pan to a platter. Sprinkle with parsley, green onions, and black pepper. Makes 8 to 10 servings.
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Shape and Bake:
When shaping meat loaf, as in above recipe, in a 9x5x3-inch pan, use a light touch. Packing it tightly will make the loaf dense and tough. For even browning and to prevent drippings from pooling on the loaf, use your fingers to round the top while pushing the sides away from the edges of the pan.
Or shape the meat mixture in a 9-inch loaf in a baking dish. Bake as directed.
Nutrition Facts (All-American Classic Meat Loaf)
- Per serving:
- 312 kcal ,
- 15 g fat
- (6 g sat. fat ,
- 1 g polyunsaturated fat ,
- 6 g monounsaturated fat ),
- 113 mg chol. ,
- 778 mg sodium ,
- 16 g carb. ,
- 1 g fiber ,
- 9 g sugar ,
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From his humble Colorado Springs living room, Brian X. Scott, a former federal bureaucrat and proud Army veteran, is mired in a momentous, paper-strewn battle with the government.
He's trying to stop the feds from using private armed guards in the war on terror.
"The use of these contractors is bad for the country," he says. "It's bad for the Army. We're disconnecting the citizen part from the solider part. These security contractors are really mercenaries for hire."
Should he triumph, perhaps thousands of armed security contractors in Iraq would need to be replaced by allied troops, which some critics say are already too thinly spread.
But, referencing incidents in which security contractors were implicated in civilian deaths in the war, Scott adds that the military push to win the trust of average Iraqis is at stake.
So last spring, when Scott saw listings for two contracts that required private security, he posed as a contractor and submitted bids.
"I have no intention of carrying out a contract," he explains. "To protest, I needed to be seeking a contract."
One contract solicited private guards for cargo transports. The other called for guards at gates and gun towers at Camp Victory, a U.S. base in Baghdad.
"Just the fact that the private security guards are placed where there could be an attack that is a combat role and not allowed," Scott says. "They're replacing troops with mercenaries."
Hearts and minds
The war on terror has given rise to thousands of private security contractors in Iraq, says journalist Robert Young Pelton in Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror.
He dubs them "neo-mercenaries" working for the highest bidders and killing if necessary.
The contractors, who earn hundreds of dollars more a day than troops, have become essential in Iraq, he says.
"You can't take a crap without them," Pelton says.
Yet the contractors many Americans aren't connected to U.S. efforts to win the hearts and minds of Iraqis.
"They are working for their clients," he says.
In March, the News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., provided a rare overview of incidents involving security contractors.
Reviewing 400 voluntary incident reports spanning nine months of 2004-2005, the newspaper found that contractors shot at 61 vehicles. Yet in just seven instances were Iraqis clearly attacking.
In most cases, contractors drove away. None were prosecuted.
Erich Langer, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division in Iraq, which is overseeing $18 billion in U.S. reconstruction projects, says companies are required to protect their own workers and equipment.
"Everybody needs security in this country," he says via telephone from base in Baghdad. "You've got to go out and hire it."
Asked why troops aren't providing security for the reconstruction projects, Langer says: "It's reducing the number of soldiers who have to serve in Iraq."
A history of battle
This is not the first time Scott has scrapped with the federal government.
In the early 1980s, as a captain in the Army, Scott was moved from the infantry to an Army social services office after sending a letter to the Soviet government in support of a nuclear freeze.
He got busted when he told other soldiers he sent the letter, and for five years fought to be reinstated. In 1989, he was honorably discharged; Army records note his "misconduct."
He is also one of three local write-in candidates to replace U.S. Congressman Joel Hefley, viewing his campaign as a chance to "whine about the war."
So far his challenge of the use of security contractors is bombing.
On June 27, Maj. Peter G. Hartman, an Arlington, Va.-based Army trial lawyer, wrote that Scott was advancing an apparent "political agenda." Hartman also concluded that private contractors in the two contracts that Scott challenged are strictly guards.
The Government Accountability Office on Aug. 18 backed Hartman, denying Scott's protest, including his core contention that security contractors amount to "quasi-military" armed forces that should be prohibited under the country's Anti-Pinkerton Act. The act banned the use of mercenaries by federal contractors in 1893, after big businesses hired Pinkerton Detective Agency guards to crush labor unions.
The GAO's Gary L. Kepplinger wrote that subsequent court and other "precedents clearly identified services that are not prohibited by the act, namely "guard or protective services ... even if the individual guards are armed.'"
Scott has asked the GAO to reconsider its decision. He also may take the issue to federal court if he can find a lawyer to help him.
"The line between defense and offense is thin," he says. "One minute a guard is standing there, the next minute he's fighting. Then maybe he's giving chase. Sounds to me like we're using mercenaries."


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UCLA find that in older adults, googling and surfing the internet stimulates and may actually improve brain health. "The researchers noted that compared with reading, the Internet's wealth of choices requires that people make decisions about what to click on, an activity that engages important cognitive circuits in the brain." Full story here.
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Then I made a rice filling for them to make grape-leaf dolmas — feuilles de vigne farcies in French. The filling is based on this recipe, but I adapted it by using crushed pistachios instead of pine nuts, chopped raisins rather than currants, and dill instead of mint. I put in less cinnamon than called for, and I added some spices including ground fennel seed and cayenne pepper. I also added two beaten eggs to the stuffing to make it "stickier" and easier to work with.
1¼ cups (150 g) raw rice
1 onion, finely chopped
2 Tbsp. olive oil
2 cups chicken broth (or water)
½ cup toasted pine nuts
¼ cup dried currants (tiny raisins)
¼ cup (or more) chopped fresh parsley
¼ cup (or more) chopped fresh mint
1½ tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. allspice
3 Tbsp. white wine
salt and pepper to taste
1 lemon (for the juice and the rind)
Cook the onion in olive oil until it softens. Add the rice and cook it in the olive oil for a couple of minutes. Add the broth and cook on low heat until the liquid is absorbed, stirring occasionally. The rice doesn't need to be completely cooked at this point, because it will cook later for quite a while inside the grape leaves.
Toast the pine nuts and add them to the warm rice along with with the currants (raisins), herbs, and spices. Mix well and and add the juice of a lemon and a little white wine — save the lemon rind to cook with the stuffed leaves. Season the rice mixture with salt and pepper, stir well, and let cool before filling and folding the grape leaves.
The stuffed leaves cooked for about an hour in a 160ºC / 320ºF oven, covered with some olive oil, chicken broth, and lemon juice. Vegetable broth or just water would be a good cooking liquid too, but don't leave out the olive oil and lemon juice. And don't let them boil too hard. We ate the dolmas warm but not hot, after they came out of the oven and cooled down. They're good with a yogurt-cucumber sauce like Greek tzatziki. See this post from 2010.


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Cheesy Chicken Macaroni
I loved baked macaronis. My children love baked macaronis. (Ok, they like pretty much any kind of noodle dish.) My husband on the other hand, likes macaroni (or any pasta dish) as a nice SIDE dish, because he says it's not filling enough to satisfy him. He's very much a meat kinda guy, and a meal without meat just doesn't make much sense to him.
Yeah, him and his manly appetite I guess….
Anyways, I thought that I would try to add some chicken into a baked macaroni and see if that would make the dish hearty enough for him. We almost always have some cooked chicken on hand from when I regularly cook roasting chickens in the crock pot to maintain my supply of homemade chicken stock, so adding in the chicken was a really easy change. (You can find the recipes to Crockpotting a Whole Roasting Chicken and making Homemade Chicken Stock here.)
Cheesy Chicken Macaroni (adapted from an old Betty Crocker Recipe!)
1 box of Macaroni (1 pound)
3 cups Chicken, cooked (Don't have any cooked chicken? You can quickly cook up some chicken breasts on the stove top. Cut the raw chicken into small bites and toss in a skillet with some olive oil. Cook all the way through.
1 bag Frozen Vegetables (I used corn, but just about any veggie would work just fine here.
2 TBSP Butter
2 TBSP Flour
3 cups Milk
4 cups Grated Cheddar – Divided (Fresh grated will melt better, but store grated can be used. Also, feel free to improvise a little with the cheeses! Monterrey Jack would work well, so would a sharp, white cheddar.)
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup ~~~>Or you can make your own Cream of Chicken Soup!
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Onion Powder
1/2 tsp Mustard Powder
Salt/Pepper to taste
4 TBSP Butter
1 cup Bread Crumbs
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Seasoned Salt
1. Cook your pasta according to al dente. Strain it and pour it into the bottom of a large casserole dish.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
3. Spread your cooked chicken over the top of the cooked noodles.
4. Sprinkle your frozen vegetables over the layer of cooked chicken.
5. In a skillet on the stove, melt your butter and add the flour, whisking it together to make a roux. Slowly add in your milk, whisking as you go. Then add in three cups of the grated cheese. Stir until completely melted.
6. Add in the Cream of Chicken Soup, garlic powder, onion powder, and mustard powder. Stir to combine. When your sauce mix is good and creamy and well combined, pour it slowly over the top of your layers in the casserole dish. Try to pour it evenly over the entire dish so there aren't any dry areas.
7. Top this layer with your leftover cup of grated cheese.
8. Melt your four tablespoons of butter in a small microwave safe bowl and then add the bread crumbs to it. Add 1/2 tsp garlic powder and 1/2 tsp seasoned salt and mush the mixture together with your fingers until the crumbs have evenly absorbed the butter and the seasonings are well mixed in.
9. Sprinkle the bread crumb mixture over the top of your casserole and toss it in the oven for 30 minutes or until your bread crumbs are nicely browned.
10. Let set for 5-10 minutes and then dig in! Enjoy!
If you like this recipe, try some similar dishes:
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Lawton Station is a private gated community located in Bluffton. Bluffton is a Lowcountry town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The town is a primary city within the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bluffton is known for its eclectic Old Town district and natural views of the May River. It has been called "the last true coastal village of the South."
Bluffton was once mostly wetlands, many of which were drained possibly during the antebellum era. Agriculture and pine timber harvesting contributed to the landscape still present today. The town proper consists of five primary areas. The historic district of Old Town, on the northern bluff of the May River; Palmetto Bluff, located on the southern side of the May River; Jones Estate, situated along the New River; Buckwalter, located on the northwest side of town; and Shultz Tract, north of Old Town. The May River winds through the center of town. The New River forms the southwest boundary of the town.
Bluffton boasts many historic buildings, art and historical museums and other attractions.
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225
Description of problem:
Red Hat Linux was installed with another type of mouse. After installation,
/etc/sysconfig/mouse contained this text:
When "mouseconfig" was run to change the configuration to "Generic - 3 Button
Mouse (serial)", the program would crash trying to reference the "DEVICE" item
in one of its dictionary variables. Adding DEVICE=/dev/ttyS0 to
/etc/sysconfig/mouse allowed the program to operate normally.
Please fix the program to initialize all required variables to default values
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Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install with non-serial mouse
2. run mouseconfig
3. select "Generic - 3 Button Mouse (serial)"
4. hit the "OK" button
Actual Results: program crashes
Expected Results: program should show the serial devices available.
Additional info:
Can you attach the debug output when the program crashes?
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mouseconfig traceback
Should be fixed in redhat-config-mouse-1.1.1-1. Thanks for your report.
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During 2015, the Lord gave us a foundational understanding of reconciliation, that we will be working to live out as a community going forward. We developed a 7-part series called Foundations of Reconciliation. This page contains the key points from that series, with links to the teachings if you are interested in going into more depth.
1) We are invited into the unity of the Trinity
2) Our relationships with God and with each other are typically characterized not by unity, but by hostility
3) Reconciliation is a series of actions to remove hostility from a relationship, repair the damage it has done, and restore the God-intended unity.
4) There are three primary arenas of hostility, and thus of reconciliation:
- Between God & man
- Between husband & wife
- Between brother & brother, or sister & sister
5) The 3rd Arena, brother-to-brother, is not only person-to-person. It also encompasses hostility and reconciliation between groups - different races, cultures, and historic streams of the body of Christ.
6) Christ the Reconciler is called to pray and work for reconciliation in this 3rd arena, especially between Protestants and Roman Catholics. This does not mean we are not involved in other arenas of reconciliation. We must continually work for reconciliation between people and God, and also in marriages. But our focus is on Protestant/Catholic reconciliation.
7) Reconciliation is not theoretical. It is a series of actions. The actions of reconciliation can be summarized in this picture of the cross:


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These little brownie cookies are so delicious. And they're made mostly of chocolate, so how can you go wrong? They're perfect for taking to your friend's house so girlfriends can have these with coffee while the children play on the bunk beds. Because bunk beds are almost as cool as these cookies are delicious. Almost.
this recipe to include more kinds of chocolate, because that's always a good idea. Oh, and also because I didn't read the original recipe all the way through and didn't come home with the correct ingredients from the store. So I had to use what was already in my cupboard.
Triple Chocolate Brownie Cookies
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 Tablespoon brewed espresso*
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a small bowl, mix together the flour (yes, it's only 1/4 of a cup) and baking powder and set aside. With an electric mixer, break up the eggs and then add the sugar, espresso* and vanilla extract and beat on high for fifteen minutes, until thick. All this beating gives the batter some substance despite having very little flour to hold it together.
While the egg mixture is doing its thing, place the butter, bittersweet and semisweet chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Heat until the butter and chocolate melt, then remove from heat and stir together until smooth.
Carefully fold the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture, without combining completely. Gently fold the flour mixture in and then fold in the chocolate chips, all the while using smooth, slow strokes so as not to overwork the batter. If the mixture seems really runny, place in the fridge for 5 minutes to let it thicken up. If it is thick enough to make little globs, dish it out by the teaspoonful to make small cookies on the prepared baking sheet. These cookies are very rich, so you don't need to make them very big.
Bake for 8-9 minutes, until puffed and cracked. Cool on a wire rack before serving.
*If you are uncool like me and don't own an espresso maker, you can brew your coffee and then pour it back into the water compartment of your coffee maker and brew it again to make it stronger like an espresso.


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Shorts - Milk and Honey. Acid Wash Denim Shirt - Subtitled. Curtis Blue Wedges - Diavolina. Bracelet - Gifted. Rings - Markets + La Dama.
On a very HAWT saturday I wore this ensemble to beat the heat. Unfortunately by 4pm it became incredibly cold hence the blue tint photos - thanks to the cloudy sky. AT LEAST IT MATCHES WHAT I WORE! But god did I freeze.
Anyhooo this has got to be my favourite outfit for this summer. The shorts are so damn colourful and nut-so, it makes you hallucinate if you stare long enough... kidding. And to match my crazy shorts are these EPIC cobalt blue wedges. So as you can see for this summer, blue is gonna be hitting my wardrobe hard! So winter was burgundy. Summer is cobalt blue. OH I love 2011 - it's the year of colours! Do not worry as you have seen from other posts I will be experimenting with many many many other colours but blue is by far my favourite. Enjoy!
Oh one more thing. Did you see the mesh bracelet with little turquoise rocks weaved into it? It was a present from my BF's AUNT! She made it! It's a beauty. So my blue outfit is complete... haha it will be worn plenty this summer!
Hope everyone is enjoying the new summer sun! :) I know I am!
p.s. The dog in the background is called Prince. He is the most gorgeous dog out! He belongs to the bf hahah :). He loves to be photographed too :).


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Various enantiomerically pure 2-acylaziridines were prepared efficiently from the corresponding aziridine-2-carboxylate via Weinreb's amide and the subsequent treatment of organometallic compounds. The carbonyl group of those 2-acylaziridines was stereoselectively reduced by NaBH4 in the presence of ZnCl2 to give erythro-1,2-amino alcohols with high diastereoselectivities and chemical yields. Using this methodology, we prepared (1R,2S)-N-Boc-norephedrine 5, N-Boc-safingol 8, N-Boc-D-erythro-sphinganine 9, and N-Boc-spisulosine 10 in high yields.


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Archiver: It was the occasion of our 7th online birthday on September the 3rd and we did nothing to celebrate!
Dusty; That's not true... I've never seen you so drun...:
Archiver: ...(hastily) I meant an online celebration that our dear readers could enjoy.
Dusty: Birthday Bonanza time.
Archiver: Indeed. And maybe that plan that shows how close the Peedie Sea used to be to Broad Street?
Dusty: What else?
And thus, dear readers you find both Dusty and myself clad in our white vests, bandanas and blue jeans alternating between straddling the archive front desk to treat the customers to our best Bruce Springsteen 'guitar faces' and gently crooning to them Julio Eglasias-style as they (quite irritably, actually) get on with their work. Happy birthday 'The Boss!' Happy Birthday Julio!
Later on, we hope to put the fear of God into them by making spooky noises in the attic or leaping out of the map chests at them (in honour of birthday girl, Most Haunted's Yvette Fielding) and then reading them a lovely, calming story to soothe their poor nerves in the manner of Floella Benjamin who will also be celebrating today.
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Just some small progress here:
I still have not stripped the paint from the fellow on the left, but the others are getting a little attention, including the Boschenburg troops in the background (although it is hard to tell).
And, a comparison pic. The basket on the right is another from Darkson Designs, Beast of the Apocalypse. I had originally thought that this miniature would work as a gudgeon, but I have reconsidered that and it will now join the legion of monsters while I search for a better construct. Please note the the two baskets in the above pic are not nearly done; hopefully they will look better when they are finished.
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Growing up, as I did, in the industrial Midlands of England in the 1940s/1950s, we were surrounded by the filth of chimneys, belching out all manner of foul emissions. This often caused terrible smog, bringing cars and buses to a standstill as it was impossible to see further than a hand in front of you. Domestic fires added to this through the coal and coke that was burnt.
This atmosphere, of course, was the cause of many health problems for lots of families. I suffered terribly from bronchitis for most of the year and had to wear something called "Thermogene". This came in a roll of pink material like cotton wool, which was pinned inside Liberty Bodices and vests, to keep my chest warm and help banish winter ailments. Research on the actual ingredients of the material have proved fruitless, but whatever it was, it worked!
We also had to have daily doses of Cod Liver Oil, provided free by the Health Department, as well as orange juice. The cod liver oil was ghastly and almost made me choke, but if I managed to keep it down I was rewarded with the orange juice!
Another therapy I had to undergo was sun ray treatment, which took place in a large room in a local clinic. In the centre of the room was a huge lamp and we had to stand facing the lamp, wearing just our knickers and a pair of goggles, for about fifteen minutes. I remember feeling very warm. This course of treatment lasted for no more than four sessions. At least it was one way of getting time off from school!!
It's also a well-known fact that children in the 1950s were often under-nourished due to food shortages, rationing or just hardship. We always seemed to have plenty to eat and I looked forward to our Sunday roast. Having bought all the necessary ingredients the previous day whilst out shopping, Mum would set about roasting the beef joint in her tiny gas oven.
When it was finished she would drain off the juices and leave it to set; this made the most delicious dripping which we would spread on toast. (Oh, my mouth is watering at the very thought!!)
On the top of the cooker she had three gas jets and these would be used for the various saucepans of vegetables. I found a picture of one almost identical, except that this picture is of a doll's cooker!!. At least it will give an idea of the kind of equipment housewives had at their disposal in the 1940s.
So, to continue – we always had a sweet (or pudding as we called it) and my favourite was bananas and custard. During the war bananas were unavailable and so, when they were finally to be had again, they were something new to us. It was a special treat to have a banana. How we take things for granted these days, with such wonderful fruits from all over the world available in the supermarkets all year round.
Sunday tea usually comprised fish paste sandwiches, a fruit cake or ring of buns and a dish of peaches in syrup. We weren't allowed to have the fruit until we'd eaten at least one half slice of bread and butter. This was probably to make it go further, as one tin of peaches would have to suffice for the whole family of five.
Incidentally, Monday's evening meal consisted of minced meat left over (or put aside specially) from the Sunday joint, made into a shepherd's pie. Pastry left from making that would be used to make an apple pie for pudding, probably lasting two days at least. (No fridges then, either!!). Very little food was wasted in those days!!
But, throughout all those days of hardship and shortages, I know that my parents did their best for us kids, no matter what. We always had warm clothes and even treats of comics (albeit second-hand ones from the market) and oftentimes Mum would pass her dish over to one of us saying that she'd had enough to eat. We never realised that probably there wasn't enough to go round, so Mum or Dad would forego their own food for us.
These days, 63 years on, I live in a comfortable, warm home and to do my weekly shopping I just jump into the car and drive (less than a mile!) into Asda's car park. I haven't yet succumbed to home deliveries though!!
In the 1950s shops were certainly not open as long then as they are now. Opening times were usually 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. five days a week and on one of those five days all the shops in the town closed for half a day. There were no businesses open on Sundays back then. I often wonder what my Dad would think of my life these days compared to what he knew just before he died in 1972. So much has changed in the past 41 years.
Sometimes I think it's moving too quickly. One day a new gadget appears on the shelves and within days it's superseded by something bigger or better. When I was young a tablet was something you took when you were ill, an eye pad was something you put over an injured eye and a mobile was something that was suspended over a baby's cot. Times have certainly changed since then, but much as I remember being very happy when I was young, I certainly wouldn't wish to go back and live like that again. I like my comforts too much!!
And yet, you know, whatever happens in our lives, whether it be good or bad, is part of God's plan for us. If we choose to follow Jesus and give our lives to Him, then we shall understand why all these things happen to us. Sometimes we might think of going somewhere or doing something but for some reason it just doesn't happen. That's God working in our lives, probably because what we wanted to do wouldn't be good for us.
Jeremiah chapter 29 verse 11: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Romans chapter 8 verse 28: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."


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Pleasantly surprised when I ordered a lesser brand version of the ever popular Mr and Mrs Italy Jackets with the inner fur lining.
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Wouldn't it be nice to stay in your warm bed for a while on Sunday morning? Your body craves something sweet, but the blankets are much too comfortable to disturb – you really don't feel like getting dressed, but getting up and padding to the coffee maker is definitely an option. Who needs Starbuck$ anyway? (sorry Tina! LOL) If you have a grinder and some coffee from The Coffee Fool (They have the BEST.COFFEE.EVER. Just try ONE bag – I promise you, you'll be hopelessly hooked), you are set…but are you? You need something to eat with that wonderful cuppa java. Hmmm…rummage around your cabinets…some stale italian bread…ugh no….cereal? ick…a moldy English Muffin? ummm don't think so…a box of puff pastry in the freezer? check. Brown sugar? check. Nuts? check (you can take that any way you desire) butter? check. Hmmm…I think we have the makings for some awesomely good Sticky Buns. I promise you. très facile. molto facile. muy fácil. Meget let. 아주 쉬운. I don't care what language you speak…any way you say it, these are SIMPLE. And…they're good. yummy good. (before I get off on another language tangent, I think I'll stop)
You need a box of puff pastry. Please do NOT get phyllo dough. It doesn't work. When I first saw these made on the "Barefoot Contessa", I SWORE I heard her say "you can use puff pastry, or phyllo dough". I can't think of any way I may have misheard "phyllo dough" – maybe she said "for the show" or "don't you know"? Perhaps she had a wee bit too much wine (I kid, I kid!), or maybe I just needed to clean my ears out. I bought phyllo dough. When I took it out, I thought to myself "gee, this isn't going to work, this is MUCH too flaky – and maybe I better just fold it up and stick it back in the freezer" but I didn't. That was my mistake. I didn't trust what I know…I trusted what I thought I heard Ina say, because I LOVE her as a chef, and SHE SAID IT SO IT MUST BE TRUE – (didn't some type of parental unit ever tell you "don't believe everything you hear" as a kid?) So, I made them, and laughed when I got these semi-gooey topped, dry, flaky, things-that-belong-in-the-trash. Most cooks will not share their errors with you, because they don't want you to think they can make any. Do you ever see Bobby Flay or Emeril saying "Man..you should see how I goofed THIS recipe up the first time I made it!" No, you don't. And I don't think that Gordon Ramsey would EVER admit he was human :-P. I have no such compunctions, because I look at all mistakes as learning experiences. I let my kids know I am human, I let you guys know I am human, and that just makes it all the better. Maybe if we all admitted we were human, we'd be a tad more tolerant of each other…Heads of state saying "Oh, you know, I really overreacted when I said we'd nuke the hell out of you – sorry!" instead of sending 20 diplomats to try and avoid a nuclear meltdown…
The second time I made these, I used puff pastry and they were yummy. They got the hubby seal of approval! I changed the recipe up a bit (sorry Ina, but I think you'd understand, being a chef and all) to make it a tad easier than it already was…And guess what? You get to use your estimating expertise!!! Don't be intimidated, I know you can do it!
I am going to give you the recipe with choc chips and coconut, because I LOVE the combo with the pecans and cinnamon. If you are one of those rare people that can't handle chocolate on Sunday morning, feel free to omit it. In fact, I want you to make the sticky bun of your dreams with this recipe, and post your successes here. We can all learn from each other! 🙂 Don't feel obligated to use exact amounts either – if you LOVE chips – add more! If you don't like coconut – don't use it…you get the picture 🙂
Here is what you need: (printable recipe here )
Choconut Sticky Buns (makes 12, but I usually halve the recipe)
- 12 tablespoons of butter at room temperature (take it out right before you go to bed – unless you sleep for 12 hours, then that's not such a good idea, but – it has to be soft) reserve 2 tbs of this for the filling
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed (this means pack it down gently into the measuring cup)
- 3/4 cup of chopped pecans
- 1 package of puff pastry sheets. (not phyllo, not the cups…you want sheets)
for the filling:
- 2 tbs of butter (Do a guesstimation – and leave about 2 tbs of butter/sugar mixture in the bowl – see above)
- 1 cup of light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 3-4 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
- 1 cup chopped pecans, 1/2 cup choc chips, 1/2 cup coconut (more or less)
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Get out a 12 cup muffin tin
In a glass bowl ("why a glass bowl?" you say…I reply "because you are going to melt the leftovers") Mix the butter and brown sugar with a tablespoon – you know, the kind you eat soup with.
Now, take a slightly rounded tea spoon(I use a teaspoon from my silverware drawer, not the measuring kind for this step) and plop some into each muffin cup. Leave about 2 tbs in the bowl. If you used too much, take a little out…if you used too little, add some more – Then sprinkle the 3/4 cup of pecans on top of the butter/sugar mixture. Again, if you want less, don't use it all… (you should have LESS than what is pictured – I made this twice, and this is from the first time – waaaay too much buttah, sorry Ina- I adjusted the recipe accordingly, so the amount I have in the recipe is correct)
Now, put out a piece of wax paper on the counter, and gently unroll 1 roll of puff pastry with the folds going from LEFT to RIGHT (that's vertically). Melt that leftover butter/sugar mixture you have sitting in the glass bowl, and brush the entire sheet of puff pastry with it. (You should have some left for the other sheet). Now, making sure you leave a 1 inch border ("Why is that?" you ask, and I reply "Because the filling will move when you roll it up, and the borders allow for that movement") sprinkle the sheet with 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of pecans, 1/4 cup of coconut, and 1/4 cup of chips. Feel free to eliminate some of those ingredients, or add others, depending on your whims. I would just not recommend dill pickles. Sprinkle the surface with cinnamon. (I don't measure, I just shake it evenly over the surface.) Now, fold over the one edge closest to you and start rolling. It should look something like this:
Roll up the puff pastry jelly-roll style, trying to keep it tight as you do. Trim 1/2 inch off of each end, then divide the roll into six even pieces. (I find the easiest way to do this, is to make a mark in the center, then divide each half into three equal pieces MUCH easier)Now, place each piece spiral side UP into a muffin cup, and press it down slightly like so: Repeat this whole process again for the second sheet of puff pastry. Bake for 30 minutes, or until golden brown on top and firm to the touch. Wait only a minute or two, and dump the tin out onto either a piece of wax paper or parchment paper (MUCH easier to clean up, trust me.) and VOILA! you have awesomely good, ooey gooey sticky buns 🙂
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Yesterday I got up with great intentions of doing housework but the sun was splitting the skies which tends to be a rare thing here in Dublin, so I moment and headed out. We went for a drive around Dublin which was really nice and great quality time with hubby and our little dog. It was really warm around tea time and so we headed out again, this time to Donabte, to a beach we used to walk on years ago. It was so lovely and here's a pic of it
Sunday being another glorious day, we headed for the hills....well the mountains. What amazing scenery we have on our doorstep. Some really beautiful views, even if there where some sheer drops to the side that made me very very nervous.


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PARIS, Jan 23 (Reuters) - French waste and water group Suez revised down its 2017 earnings target on Tuesday due to additional costs in Spain and decisions to close two services contracts in Morocco and India.
The company said its EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) would fall 2 percent to 1.28 billion euros ($1.57 billion) in 2017 versus its previous target for slight organic growth. "EBIT was impacted in the fourth-quarter by 45 million euros of specific expenses," the company said.
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Buying an Xbox One S between now and New Years can net you some free stuff! Microsoft is running a promotion currently that will give additional items to consumers who purchase their console at different retailers. Here's a breakdown of what you can get where according to their website...
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Currently, the Xbox One S is priced at $299 and each gift averages around a $50 value. If you're planning on buying one before the year ends, be sure to check out the deals of the place you're purchasing from!