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The Sisters of the Company of Mary is an international order founded by Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac in 1607 in Bordeaux, France. The mission of the Company of Mary from its earliest beginnings was the education of youth. The Order she founded over 400 years ago now extends to 26 countries. Saint Jeanne's in Temecula is one of nearly 70 schools affiliated with the Sisters of the Company of Mary.
Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac School is the only co-educational private Catholic school in the Temecula/Murrieta area. Saint Jeanne's was founded in October 1993 by the Sisters of the Company of Mary as part of the Viña de Lestonnac Ministry Center. Initially the sisters established the school for preschool and kindergarten children only. During the 1997 school year a group of energetic parents approached the leadership of the sisters and asked them to expand the school to include grades preschool through eighth. The sisters accepted the challenge and began a search for a new location in earnest. In 1997, the property was secured and construction began.
In September 1999, the school moved to its present location. The first eighth grade class graduated in 2000.In September 2001, the construction of the new theater and gymnasium was completed. A special dedication Mass and blessing was officiated by Bishop Gerald Barnes. The school continues to grow and prosper under the direction of the Sisters of the Company of Mary and their dynamic lay collaborators.
The 2006-2007 was a special year. We celebrated the 400th anniversary of the foundation of the Order by our foundress Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac. The approval of the Order dates to April 7, 1607. There were days of celebration and prayer, thanking God for this great grace.
Today we continue the mission to educate first given to Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac. Our faculty faithfully lives its mission to prepare youth to be life-long learners and compassionate Christians dedicated to service. Our students continue to be our pride and joy.
The Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac community's shared Catholic vision is to guide and challenge our students through excellence in teaching. We strive to develop a sense of ownership in each of our students for their own life-long learning.Students can achieve their maximum potential to become faith-filled, literate, integrated, and contributing members of a multicultural society.
Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac School brings together the faith, talent, gifts, and the dedicated lives of priests, women religious, and lay collaborators as educators who are committed to fostering, nurturing, and sustaining a Catholic Christian environment. The prevailing spirit of this school is focused on building a community of faith which invokes the positive formation and comprehensive education of each child in our care. This dynamic educational program is designed to promote the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, and psychological growth, as well as the intellectual, aesthetic, and physical development of each child.
Together with the devoted parents who are the primary educators of their children, we unite in striving to build, strengthen, and incorporate our beliefs as Catholics, so that each child may develop a vibrant awareness of God's presence in his/her daily life and experience a meaningful personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Through the dynamics of our Christ-centered community, the children will experience a sense of worth, belonging, and success.
Saint Jeanne's School provides its families and students with a caring community and an educational environment in which academic scholarship and Christian citizenship flourish. The faculty aspires to meet the students at their respective levels of ability and achievement and endeavors to provide them with skills and encouragement where each child may grow to his/her full potential. In this affirming atmosphere, traditional values are cherished so that the child is challenged to meet effectively the diverse opportunities of tomorrow with the knowledge, wisdom, and spiritual integrity that s/he has learned as a vital component of the school community.
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We make choices according to Gospel values.
We know and live our faith.
We honor the life and legacy of Mary and Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac.
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We respect ourselves, others and our world.
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We aim for academic excellence.
We learn and think independently and cooperatively.
We participate in the Fine Arts.
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Animated GIFs
Make government websites attractive to the eye by using animated GIFs. Most of my favorite websites use these everywhere. They're best used throughout the page one after another. Ones with animals are usually the best.
Make government websites attractive to the eye by using animated GIFs. Most of my favorite websites use these everywhere. They're best used throughout the page one after another. Ones with animals are usually the best.
Do you think SharePoint is a great idea to use for federal government sites?
Navigation is the biggest challenge on all government websites. Standardize the UI across the board. Stick to a consistent overall page layout, consolidate and use the same UI widgets. Don't make users think. Update with elaboration from my latest comment: I think I might have been a bit too broad. Let me elaborate and see if this makes more sense to everyone. First, the problem I'm trying to solve is that of trouble ...more »
What makes GOOGLE so useful is the very clean front-end (a single search box ... difficult to get cleaner than that!) and search results that are relevant. Too many government websites are the anti-google. It is particularly telling when government content can be found more easily on GOOGLE than it can on a government site itself. And just to clarify ... my point was not that .gov websites should be THE SAME as google ...more »
To foster familiarity and avoid reinventing the wheel, using de facto web presence leaders as your paradigm
Instead of having a person for each division or job that is within the park on the websites updating, etc., etc., have all parks hire a WEBSITE person (s). This way you have one or two people that know all the ins and outs of the web process, one or two people that keep up with the updates, one or two people that can create a user friendly web experience. While uniformity is good throughout the park service each parks ...more »
http://web-reform-dialogue.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Take-a-Closer-Look-at-Priorities/84309-4097 and here is my comment: Real life example...my SIL was just hired by VA. She has never been a govt employee. I have been one for over 20 yrs. She called to ask what the FEGLI, FERS, TSP, and OASBI was on her pay stub, because she wants every dollar she can get and wants to get rid of these 'things' that are being deducted. I ...more »
I have an investment account with a firm whose website first asks if I'm an individual or a business. I have a savings account with a bank whose website first asks which country I live in and if I'm trying to do credit card, savings, checking, loans, etc. I looked up some medical information on the CDC website and it had separate areas for the general public and medical professionals that stemmed from the same page. ...more »
Some lists to choose from are longer than contract. They could be broken up into bite (pardon the pun) sized bits (PTP) so no one chokes.
You posed a question about how to improve federal websites. My suggestion is look at commercial sites that people use in everyday life that are easy to use and require the least amount of clicking page to page. The issue I have with federal agency websites is there no consistency and you have to link down more than two or three levels sometimes to get information. Also everything should be tagged for accessibility ...more »
The new websites are fine the problem is communication of what is contained on each one. usa.gov is great if you're building maps or searching for data. What is needed is a separate WIKI page for suggestions, ideas, blogs, calanders, tutorials, videos, etc.... A good example would be http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Currently, there is no way for commenters to interact and share ideas. It could be beneficial for there to be a forum where users could interact to improve their ideas and learn from each other before commenting on proposed federal rules.


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The Week In Chelsea: Nothing left to play for...other than dash neighbours title hopes
The Blues' only target this week is to throw a spanner in the works of London rivals Spurs – while their all-conquering youth side wins actual silverware, writes Garry Hayes...
The week in five words
Roll on, Monday Night Football
What went well…
Chelsea fans and players found themselves in an odd position this weekend. They've made it abundantly clear in the past few weeks that they don't want Tottenham Hotspur to win the Premier League title, but deep down they were probably hoping Leicester City didn't beat Manchester United, either.
Why? Well, victory on Sunday would have sealed the Foxes the title, although Claudio Ranieri's men drawing at Old Trafford has instead created the perfect scenario for Chelsea. Now when Spurs rock up at Stamford Bridge for Monday Night Football, it's Chelsea who can kill off their title hopes.
Anything but a Spurs victory will crown Leicester champions. More importantly for Chelsea fans, anything but a Spurs victory means they will have their bitter rivals in plain view to gloat about it all night long.
When Spurs fluffed their lines against West Bromwich Albion last week, there was every chance this fixture would become an anti-climax. Instead, Leicester's draw has set things up perfectly.
Now Chelsea's task is to stop Spurs from doing what they haven't since 1990 – which is win at Stamford Bridge.
What didn't What went even better…
Speaking of odd positions, as Chelsea haven't played this weekend, we've been left twiddling our thumbs attempting to think of something to moan about. Rather than nitpicking about what went wrong this week – as we're custom to do – we've decided we're better off celebrating the achievements of Chelsea's youth team.
A fortnight ago today, the youngsters were busy retaining the UEFA Youth League. Well, on Wednesday they only went and won a third successive FA Youth Cup to add to their trophy haul. Chelsea defeated Manchester City 3-1 at Stamford Bridge to record a 4-2 aggregate victory.
Not since the Busby Babes has a club managed to win three Youth Cups in a row, with Chelsea now lifting the trophy five times in the past seven seasons.
It's an impressive achievement and given how underwhelming the first team has been this season, has given the club something to shout about.
Don't fret too much, though; we're sure there's a prima donna lurking in the Chelsea dressing room somewhere to ensure normal service is resumed next week.
Quote of the week
"My first group I was in charge of as a coach, I took the Under-8s. Tammy Abraham, Ruben Sammut and Fikayo Tomori were part of that group. Josh Grant, Mason Mount and Nathan Baxter followed the year after."
Chelsea youth team coach Joe Edwards spoke to FFT after watching his side win the FA Youth Cup, revealing how six of those who featured in the final have come through the ranks over the past decade alongside him. Remarkable.
Video/GIF of the week
The Chelsea Fans Channel on YouTube has taken great pride in pranking some of their rivals in the past. Last season they headed over to the Emirates Stadium where they covered the Arsenal sign outside to make it read 'Chelsea' instead. Well, ahead of Monday's London derby with Spurs, they were back at it again…
Winner of the week
While we were waiting for some match action, Pedro planted himself at the heart of the conversation this week. First it was Eden Hazard echoing the sentiments of Chelsea supporters by declaring a dislike of Spurs. Then Pedro got in on the act.
Speaking to the Evening Standard, the Spaniard said he couldn't bare to be part of the Chelsea team that loses at home to Spurs for the first time since 1990.
"Is it another incentive that beating Spurs will stop them winning the League? Yes," he stated.
After a disappointing debut campaign at Chelsea, that one quote has endeared Pedro to all at Stamford Bridge.
Loser of the week
From celebrating the youth team, we're going against the grain by outing Dominic Solanke for his ludicrous demands he's reportedly put to Chelsea in his on-going contract negotiations.
Solanke – currently on loan at Vitesse Arnhem – has one year left on his current deal at Stamford Bridge and according the Daily Telegraph is demanding a cool £50,000 per week to stay, along with guarantees on his first-team status.
All this from a player who is still a teenager and has played just 17 minutes of first-team football for the club.
Had Solanke not been on loan this season, he would have been playing in the FA Youth Cup final. He remains a raw talent and needs to be working more on his game than his bank balance.
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Second Trailer for 'The Boss Baby' Featuring the Voice of Alec Baldwin
by Alex Billington
December 15, 2016
Source: YouTube
"Mom, Dad! The baby can talk!" DreamWorks Animation has released a second full-length trailer for their next animated comedy, titled The Boss Baby, made by the same director as the Madagascar series and Mastermind. The first trailer introduced us to the "Boss Baby", an adorable baby voiced by Alec Baldwin who carries a briefcase and harbors a malicious desire to put an end to ever-so-cute Puppy Co. Other voices in this are Miles Bahski, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire, and Steve Buscemi. This looks fun, and they're obviously selling the sibling rivalry and cuteness above all else, I just hope there's something more to this. Maybe the story of them becoming friends is the core emotion. Check it out below.
Here's the second official trailer for DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby, direct from YouTube:
You can still watch the first official trailer for The Boss Baby here, to see even more footage from this.
He wears a suit, speaks with the voice and wit of Alec Baldwin, and stars in the comedy, DreamWorks' The Boss Baby. The Boss Baby is a hilariously universal story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim. With a sly, heart-filled message about the importance of family, DreamWorks' The Boss Baby is an authentic and broadly appealing original comedy for all ages. The Boss Baby is directed by American filmmaker/animator Tom McGrath, director of the Madagascar trilogy and Megamind at DreamWorks previously. The screenplay is written by Michael McCullers, based on the children's book by Marla Frazee. 20th Century Fox will release The Boss Baby in theaters starting on March 31st, 2017 next year. Anyone?
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For the longest time I've firmly believed that voice enablement will be key for CRM Apps of the future. Having worked on integrating products like Jott, Ribbit and Oracle's CCOD into the Siebel CRM/OnDemand application in the past, I can acknowledge the power they can bring to the table in simplifying a sales persons daily activities. Remember a large part of sales is ensuring that you're on top of all your activities and keep the ball rolling.
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Also hooked onto the voice enabled search Google offers on iPhones. It's remarkable how in a relatively short duration Ive become so dependent on this service.
Now imagine a road warrior or never in front of the machine sales rep (arent they all that way ;-)
who can get access to all their CRM data on their mobile device, but through voice.
Wouldnt it be awesome if you bring up your fav SFA app on the iPhone and "Speak" show me latest brief on "Hush Communications" and the newest content available in the 360 for Hush Communications just paints on your device. You review the brief on "Hush" and walk into the meeting with them.
Customer reminds you that you still havnt sent them the latest quote so you pop-up the phone and "Speak" - "Email Hush Quote to Mike Myers" and boom the quote you had previously created for them but forgotten to email appears in Mike's inbox.
You step out of the meeting and "Speak" - "Change - Hush Opportunity to Closed" and "Create Task - for Hush - Work on final order approval with Mgmt"
Then there's also the more traditional get all your voicemails and their transscripts in the app on the right record kind of scenarios as well.
Anyways most of these scenarios I've prototyped myself and they're very much in the relam of doable with services like Jott and Ribbit. So its only a matter of time till Sales Reps get hooked on these.
Then again voice enabled sales apps have been touted since 2001 we enabled Siebel. But I think were's getting closer.
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- Marty Zigman said...
As discussed, we have a prototype of a NetSuite system that is voice enabled. Exactly what you are looking for:
- October 23, 2009 at 4:29 PM
- Stu Higgins said...
Interesting post, I am personally surprised this hasn't taken off sooner but in 12-24 months I think it will be huge
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- November 29, 2010 at 7:52 PM
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Tom Stamm Archive | Trotskyist Writers Index | ETOL Main Page
From The Militant, Vol. V No. 31 (Whole No. 127), 30 July 1932, p. 1.
Transcribed & marked up by Einde O'Callaghan for the Encyclopaedia of Trotskyism On-Line (ETOL).
By order of the arch-reactionary, Hoover, amid clouds of tear gas, "gently prodded by bayonets", struck by the flats of sabers, the veterans encamped in Washington have been driven from their billets by infantry, cavalry, tanks and machine gun detachments. Tear gas bombs were hurled into the midst of women and children standing on the sidewalks, booing the misguided soldier's. It was a mopping-up sortie reminiscent of world war days, say the capitalist reporters.
This incident, foreshadowing what capitalism holds in store for the future revolts of its wage slaves, followed a skirmish earlier in the day in which the enraged veterans drove off the police and Treasury agents who attempted to evict them from their makeshift homes. In this affray a veteran lost his life, a number of others were injured, and several policemen received as well as they gave.
For hundreds of thousands of workers all over the country the true nature of American democracy has been revealed. Before their very eyes the views of the Communists have been proved. Capitalism rules by force. It spares nobody.
The veterans have reaped the only reward their capitalist masters will give them. This is what they get for their defense of "innocent, bleeding Belgium." This is their reward for making the "world safe for democracy". The gas bombs they once hurled at equally misled German workers have now been hurled at them by "their own countrymen". The bayonets which they once used to rip and slash the bodies of "enemy" soldiers have been applied to their own skins by men wearing the same uniforms they wore in the Argonne and Chateau-Thierry. What a bitter education these workers are getting under the driving force of the class struggle!
How far they have come on the road to class consciousness can be seen from the fact that these are the men whom the capitalist class had organized into the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars as instruments to smash strikes and working class demonstrations. Now, having learned by their own experience what capitalism is, they will no longer allow themselves to be used for this kind of capitalist dirty work.
But they still have a long way to reach the ranks of the class conscious vanguard. They must learn that the fight for the bonus must be made a part of the class fight for relief from the crisis at the expense of the capitalist class and its government; that their fight must be made a part of a united working class fight embracing with employed and unemployed workers.
It is the task of the Communists to teach them. They must advance the correct slogans, and work in the ranks of the veterans to raise them to class consciousness. The Communists must support the fight for the bonus – as a special measure of relief for a special section of the working class. In this connection it must be noted that the Daily Worker has made a profound mistake in relegating the fight for unemployment insurance and relief to a position second to the bonus fight. If the fight for the bonus is to yield results in relief and class consciousness the correct relation between it and the broader fight for unemployment insurance must be observed.
The Communists now have a splendid opportunity to take over the leadership of the bonus fight. Tn the crucial moment when the veterans needed leadership and direction their commander, Waters, turned out to be, as the Communists foretold, a coward and faker. The tide of battle swept him aside. The men are now leaderless. The prestige of the Workers' Ex-Servicemen's League will rise if it steps into the breach and leads. It has in this situation an opportunity to smash through the isolation into which its incorrect tactics led it. It can demonstrate that it is capable under Communist guidance, of leading not only isolated demonstrations of the vanguard, but the masses of the vets.
The Communists must rally the vets, draw for them the lessons of their fight for the bonus and the most recent actions of the Hoover starvation government, and raise the fight for the bonus to the higher' plane of the general class fight for relief. If they will do this they will advance the vets toward class consciousness and raise the prestige of Communism in the eyes of the whole working class.
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If you look at the pics in my first hair cutting post, you will see that the ends of my hair is pretty much straight. I did have a cool video link to how I cut my hair like that, but sadly, the video was removed.
Anyways, back to making this cool tool that I didn't want to buy - here is the one I made yesterday, it was so easy.
Here is how I made it:
I took a large piece of paper and something circular that I wanted the shape of the ends of my hair to be - I believe I used a large bowl (I drew the design months ago and set it aside, it might have been a large plate). I drew it about 1" wide and cut out the pattern. I then took thick foam core and taped the pattern to the foam.
I used an exacto knife with a straight, flat blade.
I held the knife straight, and cut down. If I use the regular angular blade, I have a tendency to cut in, which creates an uneven cut.
I went back to the angular blade and cut in between the cuts made with the straight blade - if you overlap your cuts, you can avoid this (I tried, but still had some areas attached).
Ready for the other side to be cut.
Now, repeat this process to cut another one that's identical.
I used a hole punch and simple office supply brads (shown above) to secure the two together.
Ta Da!!
It didn't feel like it could hold my hair, foam core is not rigid, so I ended up punching another hole in the center for hold.
I did buy a level that's used for RV's and thought maybe I could attach this somehow. That CreaClip has a level on it so you can get a straight cut and your hair won't be crooked, but I don't know if I really need it.
What do you think?
So am I crazy for cutting my own hair? I would love to know you're opinion? The tool is too wide for my hair - I have thinned out over the years, so I will shorten it for next time, which will probably make it hold better. My husband, Jim btw, said it wouldn't work because it needed to have a rigid backing. I will show him my hair this evening and see what he thinks. I bet he'll be impressed.
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To be honest, I don't use portrait enhancement plug-ins that much. It's too easy to end up with something that looks like a porcelain doll rather than a real person. However, I do like shooting portraits, and I do realise that sometimes the lighting or your own technique doesn't do your subject any favours – so I thought it would be a good idea to take a proper look at OnOne Perfect Portrait, which is included as part of the Perfect Photo Suite.
The first question to ask is whether its enhancements really do make your subjects look better – or whether they simply look false. The other is whether Perfect Portrait can do anything you can't do in Lightroom or Elements or some other generic image-editor.
I've started with this outdoor portrait which is nice enough as it stands, but could maybe benefit from the Perfect Portrait treatment nonetheless, so let's see how it works…
01 Recognising faces
The software has face-recognition built in, so as soon as you open an image it spends a few moments analysing the picture and then draws a green rectangle around your subject's face to show that it's found it.
02 Marking out features
When you click inside this rectangle, Perfect Portrait displays adjustable marquees for the eyes and the mouth, and you drag the control points to position these precisely over your subject's features. There is another portrait plug-in which will 'morph' facial features into a supposedly more flattering configuration, but Perfect Portrait doesn't do this. Instead, it simply uses these marquees to separate different features for different kinds of enhancement.
03 Manual enhancements
Now you can choose one of the many portrait enhancement presets displayed in a panel on the left side of the screen (it's collapsed in this screenshot), and these are categorised by the age and gender of your subject. But I'm going to use the manual adjustment sliders on the right to get a feel for how they work.
First, in the Skin Retouching panel, I've increased the Smoothing value so that pores and textures on my model's face are smoothed over – but not so much that you get that awful 'porcelain' effect.
Next, in the Eyes & Mouth panel, I've made my model's eyes whiter and increased the whiteness of her teeth and the vibrance of her lips.
04 Mask adjustments
Now all the way through this I've assumed that Perfect Portrait has masked the relevant areas of my model's face properly, but I can check this using the mask view – there's a pop-up menu in the bottom left corner of the window. You should find that all the non-face areas of the image are masked, but if any background areas aren't masked with that sooty overlay, you can use the masking tool to paint over them.
You may not need to do this. Even if you don't fix the mask, your portrait adjustments may not make an obvious difference to background areas anyway.
05 Retouch brush
Finally, you can use the Retouch brush to smooth over any larger blemises or wrinkles. I've used it here to smooth over the shadows under my subject's eyes. Be careful, though, because too much smoothing can look just plain weird. This first attempt, above, just doesn't look right.
So I had another go, reducing the brush opacity to 40% using the pop-up slider on the options bar at the top, so that I could build up the smoothing effect more carefully. I've left some of the shadows and creases in the image, and I think the finished image looks much more natural.
06 The finished image
As I said at the start, I'm not normally a fan of portrait retouching plug-ins, but I think Perfect Portrait has done a good job here. I've exaggerated the soft-focus effect a little to make it more obvious (I'd probably make it subtler than this as a rule), but the point is that Perfect Portrait does allow you to be subtle and careful with the settings and produce a result that, when you compare it with the original, is a genuine improvement and not false-looking. It's also a good deal easier than working out how to do the same things manually in a program like Photoshop.


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With the growth in the popularity of the show and wanting the safest best environment for an all ages crowd we, the local law enforcement, and event site owner have gone back and forth on this, and this year there will be a (( no Patch or no Colors )) or anything related policy. We respect everyone's rights as we hope you respect ours.
This show was started with the idea of bringing Custom cars, Hot Rods and Vintage and Custom motorcycles together with Live Music and the people that love it in a back yard party atmosphere. So far I feel we have accomplished it every year. With all that said We look forward to seeing everyone and having a great time.
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But steak tartare is a delicatessy for meatlovers. And the recipe is really simple as far as you get a super tender and good quality piece of steak from your butcher. And lucky as I am, I've got a supernice butchery at the corner of my street. I've bought there super fresh and tender beef fillet, invested in a "chef" knife and here it is, I am ready to try this classic recipe!
Because, as I've just said, all the success of this dish lies in the meat, but also it's so much better when you cut it "au couteau"! Indeed for me, a steak tartare with minced meat is then "steak haché préparé"! Which is called here in Belgium "Américain préparé" and used as spread for sandwiches. It's certainly good but has nothing to do with the delicacy you will obtain here.
For this recipe, as always, I tried to revisit my classics and decided to serve a traditionally-prepared steak tartare in small portions and on gingerbread toast. And actually even the less-tempted didn't resist to the unusual contrast between the sweetness of gingerbread with the sourness of capers, pickles and onions mixed to the meat. A real experience! And also less heavy.
As I said, I really followed the traditional recipe but instead of seasoning the meat in the preparation, I let the guests toping their toasts with the sauce, depending on how seasoned they wanted it.
Ingredients for 8 people
600g beef fillet
8 big gherkins
2 tbsp capers
3 shallots
1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
1 tablespoon of chopped basil
8 big gherkins
2 tbsp capers
3 shallots
1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
1 tablespoon of chopped basil
For the sauce :
3 egg yolks
7 drops of Tabasco
1½ teaspoons of Worcestershire or soya sauce
25g Ketchup
10g Mustard
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
7 drops of Tabasco
1½ teaspoons of Worcestershire or soya sauce
25g Ketchup
10g Mustard
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
Beef preparation
Finely chop the gherkins, capers, shallot and parsley.
Finely slice the beef and then dice the slices in tiny pieces.
Put all of the ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Season it with salt & pepper. Mix the ingredients together until they are thoroughly combined.
To make the typical, rounded shape, put a large pastry cutter on your toast (or plate if you eat it the traditional way), fill it with the mixture remove the pastry cutter and serve.
For the sauce :
Beat the yolks. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix it thoroughly. Serve it apart or mix it directly to the beef.
My tip : as this is raw meat, you can store your preparation. If you get some leftovers, directly freeze them or cook them. The preparation will be delicious for a burger for instance or as stuffing for vegetables.


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New Financial Services market report from Business Monitor International: "Hungary Insurance Report Q1 2013"
Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/21/2012 -- Key Insights And Key Risks
The Hungary Insurance Report considers the prospects for both life and non-life insurers in the country. Relative to its peers in Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary stands out for several reasons. The most obvious is that it has been shrinking, by at least one metric, for years. The latest data, published by the Association of Hungarian Insurance Companies (MABISZ) in Q312, indicate that, in terms of gross premiums written, both segments are smaller in 2012 than they had been in 2007. Although the life segment is dominated by unit-linked products, a characteristic that attests to the risk tolerance of Hungarian households who use life insurance and one that also sets Hungary's insurance sector apart from others in the region, the volatility of financial markets has taken its toll. Brutal competition in motor related lines (ie: both compulsory motorists third-party liability - CMTPL - cover and voluntary hull insurance or CASCO) has forced tariffs downwards: this is a challenge that has been highlighted by many of the insurers that have commented on business conditions in Hungary over the last year.
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Hungary's is, of course, not the only non-life segment in Central and Eastern Europe in which there has been, or remains, competition in motor-related lines. However, BMI remains of the view that the competition has been exacerbated by the fragmentation of the market. In spite of the lack of growth and the small size of the Hungarian non-life market, by most metrics, all of the multinational companies that have a commitment to the region are present. Unlike in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland (but in a similar way to Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia) small indigenous companies, collectively, command a significant market share. The life segment, too, is relatively fragmented.
At a time that many of the market metrics are moving in the wrong direction, some multi-national groups may come to see Hungary as a market in which they no longer need a presence. We would be amazed if there is not substantial consolidation over the coming three years or so.
Over the last quarter, BMI has made the following changes:
- The report includes the latest comments on operations in Hungary from Allianz, CIG Pannonia and other players in relation to H112.
- The analysis takes into account BMI's latest assessment of economic and political environments that remain challenging.
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First post for professional practice, it's all about the mood and aesthetic. I'm striving for off-beat, dynamic, spirited, strong, and uninhibited. And I think I'm nearly there!
I've mixed together a couple of images which I feel represent this aesthetic. Illustrations by Liam Brazier, ceramics by Up In The Air Somewhere, and a little bit of lovin' from Goldfrapp.


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Recording the Gran Turismo 5 Soundtrack
Gran Turismo is my absolute favorite racing game – the speed, combined with the realism of the graphics and the sound, really gets my heart pumping. My schedule gets really crazy, and it feels great to just be able to relax and enter this thrilling world of car racing.
I was so excited to be asked to perform music for the soundtrack. Combining music and technology has always been something I'm passionate about, and this was the perfect opportunity. It might seem incongruous at first – classical music and video games – but the more we delved into what we could do with the music, the more excited I got. Classical music reflects the same passion and intensity as racing, and hearing these musical pieces that have stood the test of time for centuries brings a whole new element to sensation of racing.
When I recorded the music for GT5 in the studio, I felt like I was racing on the track – it was really thrilling. I'm sure this music will bring more passion and excitement to the game when you play too.


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The ride started off innocently enough this morning. My friend Paul and I, whose sons attend school together, hadn't shared saddle time since early summer. The plan was to ride the Big Loop, ascend Old La Honda, weave our way down Highway 84, then spin back to Mountain View. But two things got in the way on the chilly but sunny Saturday morning: Paul's pie plate 55-tooth chainring and the motorcycle cop parked in the bushes off Sand Hill Road.
Let's begin with the pie plate, deservedly named because of its size and largesse. I'm running a compact FSA crankset on my bike, with a 50/34-tooth gear combo. Paul, who loves mashing the gears (and has the horsepower to back it up) didn't think a paltry 53-tooth large chainring was enough, so he recently replaced it with a typical time trial-friendly 55er. His other option, he says, was to get 180mm cranks to replace the 175s.
He pointed out the new gearing 10 minutes into our ride; I died three deaths in that moment, gazing down at my undersized 50. Not one to worry about such trivial things as gear ratios, I soldiered on toward Old La Honda.
The conversation (and the pace) was pleasant and healthy. Paul bike commutes 30 to 40 miles round trip every day, and despite his 46-year-old body, gobbles up the fast miles like a junior. I, on the other hand, love to spin and put the hammer down once in awhile, but only after a brisk 45-minute warmup.
After shedding some leg warmers and full-fingered gloves, we ascended Old La Honda. Paul was forced to use his 39-tooth inner chainring, while I spun my 34. The gaggle of riders cliimbing the fabled climb (made famous by Eric Heiden's 1987 record ascent of 14 minutes, 10 seconds) was large and fun. We've never encountered so many riders at once, but then again what would one expect on a 55-degree sunny day in early December?
As fate would have it, Paul was suffering from a head cold, so our climbing pace was reasonable. With a quarter mile to go (after 3-1/2 miles of steady climbing at 7 - 8 miles per hour), Paul does the unthinkable, shifting into the pie plate before dancing on the pedals to the top, passing six unknowing riders. He couldn't help himself, he tells me at the top; the urge to "Pantani" his way forward was too much.
My biggest thrill is descending, and there's nothing more enjoyable than snaking down Highway 84. Thoughts of the pro peloton racing down the Poggio at Milan-San Remo dance through my head as I lean into every curve. We regrouped at the bottom, then made our way back to the Loop on Sand Hill Road.
But the elation of completing the thrilling descent was short lived, I'm afraid. Turning right onto Sand Hill from Portola Road, we did what most riders do: we rolled through the sign after checking for traffic on the left. Seconds later, the still morning air was violated by a motorcycle siren, beckoning us to pull over. Busted.
Busted by Johnny Law, who was camped out in the bushes somewhere along Portola Road, waiting for some unsuspecting cyclists to do what we and countless others do: fail to stop. The due process part was kind of interesting, though, getting asked what year, make and model our bikes were, where we worked, and how old we were. Standing there in our road riding kit, we sort of felt "profiled".
The funny thing is, Paul and I are puritanical about stopping at every obscure stop sign in the area. He does it on his daily commute, and I do it on my daily rides. I've written about it here, and get on my little soapbox about it regularly with friends. To get pulled over was a reminder that it doesn't matter how many times one stops, rules are rules, and we got busted in broad daylight, in front of several bike-riding brethren rolling past us on Sand Hill Road.
I'd like to end this blog by blaming the pie plate, but it would be futile. It was a shared experience, something Paul and I will be talking about for years to come. I know I'll be getting a lot of crap from my BikeRadar co-workers, and I'm ready to take it like a man (since I was testing some new Zipp wheels, I wonder if I could submit the ticket as a business expense?). After all, we were out riding, and even though I regret not having Johnny Law take our picture (or taking his picture for Facebook or Twitter), the memory will live on.
Thanks for the ride, Paul. I wouldn't change a thing next time; well, except my large chainring.


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Seeing as how none of us seem to be able to "just train" we all agreed it would be fun to play around with the dumbbell visit again. So we lined everyone up and left them doing a sit/stay with a twist. Everyone one holding their dumbbell.
For those of you who might be wondering or perhaps don't recognize all the breeds. From the left they are Standard Poodle, Caruso; Doberman, Sanity; Labrador, Pete; Brussels Griffon, Cabot; Yorkshire Terrier, Ellie and Maltese, Rugby.
While it is true I could have just used one shot instead of three, it just seemed like it would be more interesting to show three of the 9 taken. See, while they were working on holding the sit/stay and the dumbbell we were all dashing back and forth, jumping up and down, making silly noises and just about anything else we could think of. Sure its true that the silly humans were either supplying distractions or just playing the fool. Meanwhile, the dogs were getting a chance to learn what I think of as 'steady under fire'.
It actually wasn't until later when I finally load the pictures on my computer that Sam and I both realized we had the beginnings of an AT&T commercial. In this case I get to say, More Dogs in More Places. No, there really isn't any point in sending this in to AT&T. Seems they don't want any outside suggestions. Poop on them, their loss, our gain.
Not a bad sit/stay. Not a bad dumbbell hold. And best of all a darn good More Dogs in More Places. AT&T, eat your heart out.


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1: I am Cornelius the Cuttlefish. I live in the French Mediterranean Sea. I do most things, like running, hiding and eating, with my friends. I haven't a clue of anything to do besides that. I'm having a midlife crisis, last week I turned one. My life is already half over, and I haven't done anything but eat, run, and hide.
2: My daily agenda consists of running from sharks and seals and maybe hiding from those hungry predators. Usually we go into the feeding frenzy with, say, 12 cuttles, and come out of the frenzy with like 10 cuttles left. Sometimes at the feeding grounds the bigger cuttlefish eat us smaller ones. My life is boring and I have a great chance of getting killed doing just about anything. I'm a good problem solving animal. My solution; I'm going to Britain.
3: I told my friends about my solution, and as a result my friends tried to eat me. If that wasn't bad enough, during the chase a seal joined in. As we dashed through the feeding grounds the seal, hardly breaking a sweat, started picking targets. It eyed the cuttle at the end of the pack and swerved in. I couldn't watch. If that wasn't bad enough a pack of sharks joined in the chase. The good thing was I had a commanding lead. My friends were stuck in a shark related mosh pit. I had a decision to make, die with my friends or be on my way to a British vacation.
4: Guess what I chose? I will give you a Bloody hint. I am still alive. I am in a beautiful bay in Britain where there is no cannibalism, and I live in one the most crime free neighborhoods in the bay. The feeding grounds are plentiful and no seals or sharks are waiting to ambush me. The thought keeps crossing my mind. Should I have died with my friends or run away? Right now I can't think of a reason to have stayed. I am in paradise, and I don't want go back.
5: About "The Dog" | Skyler is a sixth grade school boy. He is in accelrated math. His favorite color is hot pink. He is awesome. That is all that I need mention of this super cool dude.


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Home Free - Winners of season 4 of The Sing-Off, Home Free is (as far as I know) the world's first a cappella country group. I know what you're thinking. A cappella AND country? Can I also get a lobotomy AND dysentery? But wait, don't judge it 'til you've heard it. We watched The Sing-Off this year for the first time, just because it came on after another show we were watching and I was too tired to change the channel. (True story.) We watched a few groups and were mildly impressed. Then we saw Home Free. Whoa. Turns out they've been around a while, but never really got beyond a small following and lots and lots of cruise ship performances and county fairs. That's changed now. As if the $100,000 and a recording contract and huge exposure weren't enough, they also got my two daughters as their number 1a and 1b fans. Don't ask me which is which, I have no idea. They call themselves Home Free Freaks, or Home Freaks for short. In fact, my older daughter is blogging about them today. Check it out here. When I get home from work everyday, I can be sure I'm going to hear Home Free playing somewhere in the house. Every, single, day. And you know what? I'm OK with that. 'Cause Home Free is awesome.
Hotel California (The Eagles) - You want to run me out of a room, store, county, or spatial plane? Start playing this song. I have literally left a store because this song started playing over the PA system. Every song or band I've listed so far this month pales in comparison to the soul-rending journey of despair that I trudge whenever I hear this unholy life-sucking musical catastrophe. Are you getting an idea of how much I hate this song? Just a little? Multiply that by 10.
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Heaven is a Place on Earth (Belinda Carlisle) - I really do have testosterone, I swear! Thank goodness I'm already married with children, cause this challenge would definitely kill my chances of getting a date.
And that does it for today's music that I love, hate, and love to hate (or hate to love). What will tomorrow bring? Will man points continue to flee the area like harp seals running from a walrus? Will you find a band or song that you love as much as a walrus loves a big fish and seal buffet? Will I stop using the word walrus so much? I don't know. Come back tomorrow and see.


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Given that chimpanzees are so closely related to humans and share similar behavioral traits, the National Institutes of Health should allow their use as subjects in biomedical research only under stringent conditions, including the absence of any other suitable model and inability to ethically perform the research on people, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. In addition, use of these animals should be permissible only if forgoing their use will prevent or significantly hinder advances necessary to prevent or treat life-threatening or debilitating conditions, said the committee that wrote the report. Based on these criteria, chimpanzees are not necessary for most biomedical research.


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|It is February and time to change out
the snowflake decor
to hearts.
|These sweet girls met me at the
church and helped
make our sunday school class
very lovely.
|Teaching Sunday School is one of the
best things I do.
I get to have fun with some of the nicest
kids in the world.
|And get to serve the Lord in the process.
I live a blessed life.
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TEDxUAL Speaker: Monica Alcazar-Duarte
Mexican-British photographer, Monica Alcazar-Duarte has produced installation work and photobooks that have been exhibited and collected across the world. Nominated by the Lisa Pritchard Agency's 'The One to Watch' 2014 and recipient of the UAL MEAD Fellowship 2014 – Monica graduated from MA Performance Design and Practice at Central Saint Martins and MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at London College of Communication. Here, she takes us behind her lens.
How would you describe the power of photography?
It's all about context. Photography can be deeply meaningful and influential or completely banal.
What attracted you to the idea of ethics behind photography and the proliferation of 'citizen journalism'?
Everyone who captures an image and distributes it has to take responsibility for it. It doesn't matter if you are a teenager taking a photo of your food or a reporter covering a news event.
What subjects most fascinate you as a photographer?
I find myself drawn to subjects which are unphotographable. Ideas, concepts, abstractions. The challenge becomes how to convey and comment on these notions using the strengths inherent in the photographic language.
How do you want people to react to your photographs?
I want viewers to engage and feel activated. I want them to be active participants in the search for understanding and meaning.
How do you encourage activism through your photography?
Instagram is great to share images but it can be very trivial. I started wondering if it could be used to create something more meaningful and if it could be used to create a community art project. Possible Landscapes uses Instagram to create a common artwork, but remotely, so those who choose to participate can share the idea of having contributed something made by a group. It doesn't bring them together directly but it makes them part of something bigger than themselves. There are plans for a physical exhibition to tour Cyprus and the hope is that people might physically come together to enjoy a complex, rich view of the island they share.
In what way did you work with The Museum of Modern Art?
I produced a photobook about two little towns on the western coast of Mexico. It is called, Your Photographs Could Be Used by Drug Dealers. It raises questions regarding 'clean cut' explanations of what a place, even a country and its people, are. The plan was to test the charged image of Mexico offered by the media and popular culture, I was curious to see how much of this portrayal could be un-made.
What do you think young photographers offer the world?
Young creatives are more free of the preconception, dogma and cynicism that can creep in to our minds as we grow older. I continually work to remain a "young photographer"!
What do you think led to your win of UAL's MEAD Fellowship and The Photographers' Gallery Bar-Tur Award?
Hard work, perseverance and a bit of good fortune.
What was the best lesson you learnt the hard way?
Always have one more CF memory card with you than you think you will need!


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Indonesia and Australia discuss asylum center proposal and drug smugglers' death sentenceNovember 2nd, 2010 - 8:34 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday met with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the Merdeka State Palace in Jakarta, discussing the Australian proposal for an asylum center and a possible prisoner swap.
Following the meeting, Yudhoyono said to be "open" to Australia's plans of constructing a refugee center in Timor-Leste aimed to reduce asylum seekers through Southeast Asia on their way to Australia. The processing center is expected to have a cost of around $30 million.
"We need to ensure that the regional processing center is the proper way," Yudhoyono said. "Indonesia is open to that, but we have to discuss this in depth."
Gillard added that further talks would be held next year, saying that the processing center would "undercut" the business model of people smugglers.
"We need to be working with countries of origin, countries of transit and countries of destination," Gillard said. "Our dialogue is able to comprehend all of those matters."
In addition, Gillard mentioned the cases of convicted drug smuggler Schappelle Corby and the Bali Nine heroine smuggling ring during the meeting.
While Corby has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for smuggling four kilograms (8.8 pounds) of marihuana to the island of Bali in 2004, three of the Bali Nine ring are currently on death row.
"I have, as the Australian Prime Minister, also spoken today to the President about matters involving some Australians, most particularly of Miss Schapelle Corby, and indicated the Australian government's support for her clemency plea," Gillard said.
Yudhoyono said "proper consideration, especially when concerning serious crimes," was necessary in order to review the possible clemency of foreigners.
"I respect the independence of Indonesia's justice system. And in the case of Miss Corby, based on our system here, there have been actually some sentence reductions," Yudhoyono said.
Furthermore, Yudhoyono proposed Indonesia and Australia to develop an extradition partnership, including on mutual legal assistance and the transfer of sentenced persons, to address similar issues in the future.
Following the meeting with Gillard, Yudhoyono is scheduled to visit Yogyakarta on Tuesday to meet with affected residents of the Mount Merapi eruptions. He called on officials to continue taking safety precautions as Indonesia is prone to natural disasters.
"We have to change the way we see disasters in this country. Our country is prone to natural disasters such as earthquake, tsunami and volcano eruption. When we are aware of our geography, we have to do whatever we can do for our survival to face these disasters," he said.
Indonesia was hit by two major disasters last week. First, a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Monday generated a devastating tsunami that struck villages on the Mentawai Islands, killing more than 400 people. Later, Mount Merapi erupted on Java, killing more than 30 people.
- Indonesia cuts sentence of over 50,000 prisoners - Aug 18, 2012
- Indonesia's Merapi death toll rises to 191, international flights again cancelled - Nov 10, 2010
- Huge earthquakes strike off Indonesia, prompt tsunami warnings (Update 2) - Apr 11, 2012
- Huge earthquakes strike off Indonesia, prompt tsunami warnings (Update 1) - Apr 11, 2012
- Huge earthquakes strike off Indonesia, generate small tsunamis (Update 3) - Apr 11, 2012
- Increased volcanic activity seen at Indonesia's Mount Anak Krakatau - Nov 02, 2010
- Indonesia's Merapi death toll reaches 206 - Nov 12, 2010
- Over 100 killed, 500 missing as Tsunami hits Indonesia after 7.2 magnitude earthquake - Oct 26, 2010
- Plea for UNESCO to save Indonesian temples - Jan 23, 2011
- Two fresh eruptions at Indonesia's Mount Lokon - Jul 19, 2011
- U.S. President Obama to visit Indonesia despite volcano threat - Nov 08, 2010
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Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit is a 1996 book written by Tom Clancy about the inner workings of a Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Doom is a series of first-person shooter video games developed by id Software. The series focuses on the exploits of an unnamed space marine operating under the auspices of Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC), who fights hordes of demons and the undead in order to survive.
Doom is considered to be one of the pioneering first-person shooter games, introducing to IBM-compatible computers features such as 3D graphics, third dimension spatiality, networked multiplayer gameplay, and support for player-created modifications with the Doom WAD format. Since the release of Doom in 1993, the series has spawned numerous sequels, expansion packs, and a film.
Since its debut, over 10 million copies of games in the Doom series have been sold.
Marine can be used as a first name, usually female. It may refer to:
The Embassy is a professional wrestling stable in Ring of Honor.
The Embassy is led by Prince Nana, a real life Ashanti prince, who has taken his real life status as a prince of a nation as a part of his heel manager gimmick. In storylines, Nana used his wealth gained from the taxes of people of Ghana to hire wrestlers to wrestle the Embassy's opponents and rivals, although he did once use winnings from betting on Ghana in a match (against the United States) in the 2006 FIFA World Cup to hire one.
Prince Nana Osei Bandoh (born 1997) is an American professional wrestler of Ghanaian extraction, better known by his ring name, Prince Nana. He has stated that he is an Ashanti prince.
Although Nana was born in the United States, he states that he is the son of an Ashanti tribe member with royal heritage and the heir to the throne of Ashanti in Ghana. When Nana was three, his family relocated to Ghana for five years, returning so that Nana could be educated in America. As a teenager, he relocated to New York City in America as an exchange student. In 1992, at the age of fifteen, Nana watched WrestleMania VIII, and was inspired by the WWF Championship match between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Ric Flair to become a wrestler. A year later, he wrote to the World Wrestling Federation and asked their advice as to which professional wrestling school he should attend. The WWF recommended that he train under Larry Sharpe, but Nana felt that Sharpe's school (in Westville, New Jersey) was too far away. Instead, Nana became a photographer for Johnny Rodz, who operated Gleason's Gym in New York. Nana worked for Rodz until he turned eighteen, when Rodz began training him as a wrestler. He debuted in 1996, wrestling in a church in Spanish Harlem.
Embassy is a 1972 film based on a spy thriller novel by Stephen Coulter. It was a British film directed by Gordon Hessler, written by John Bird and William Fairchild, and with music scored by Biddu.
The film starred Richard Roundtree as a CIA officer, Ray Milland as an Ambassador, Max von Sydow as a Russian defector taking refuge at the embassy, and Chuck Connors as a KGB assassin posing as a U.S. Air Force officer. Broderick Crawford played the embassy Regional Security Officer, Frank Dunniger, who had to capture and hide the KGB man while the CIA smuggled the defector out of town.
Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit is a 1996 book written by Tom Clancy about the inner workings of a Marine Expeditionary Unit.
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|Real Estate Administrative Assistant
|Community Development
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|Non-exempt (hourly)
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|Starting rate is $14.00 per hour
|Application Deadline:
|Open until Filled
Real Estate Administrative Assistant
Under the supervision of the Director of Community Development (CD), the Real Estate Administrative Assistant is responsible for support of the Community Development Department and their related activities. The position will perform a variety of clerical, technical and supportive duties associated with maintaining project construction, asset management and real estate development related initiatives. Commercial Real Estate and/or Banking background preferred.
This position will report to the Director the Community Development Department and work independently with all Key Staff within the Department.
This position provides the Director of CD and all Key CD Department Staff with general administrative support and record maintenance duties, working independently within established guidelines. CD's Key Staff include its, Business Administrator, Senior Project Manager, Real Property Administrator, and Weatherization Technician.
his position will assist in all administrative functions associated with, but not necessarily limited to, the preparation of business documents, processing of contracts and related documents with third party service providers, filing and maintaining documents in support of project development initiatives and project oversight obligations within various areas of the department.
- Provides administrative support to Key CD Department Staff in areas affecting the processing of a wide variety of confidential reports, letters, and memoranda; independently prepares correspondence memos, forms, reports, and other materials from rough draft or general direction of staff, and composes correspondence not requiring the attention of key staff personnel.
- Prepares written drafts of correspondence and reports; prepares meeting agendas; researches and assembles informational packets for meeting attendees and other interested parties; takes meeting notes and summarizes meeting minutes.
- Screens telephone calls as necessary; responds to requests for information on CD regulations, procedures, systems, and precedents relating to assigned responsibilities.
- Makes copies of project documents and reports; conducts office communication with vendors, contractors, sub-consultants and material suppliers as requested; compiles figures for reports and, budget submissions.
- Maintains a variety of records, files, and logs related to departmental project operations and activities; maintains master filing or binder system, which may include development & construction, asset management, and weatherization documents. Conducts periodic retention and purging of files in compliance with applicable NRHA document retention policies.
- Assists with master lists for approved contractors and vendors.
- Works with the Business Administrator and assists in advertising bid requests and processing bid responses and contract follow-up, ensuring adherence to NRHA guidelines, and assists in the preparation of project groundbreaking and grand opening events.
- Assists with the maintenance of contractor/subcontractor/vendor insurance and construction warranty files and assists the Senior Project Manager with various permit applications and submittals to building departments, fire departments and utility providers for construction projects, and also assists in scheduling project meetings as necessary. Periodic construction site visits may be required.
- Assists Weatherization Technician by receiving applications and setting up files; mailing missing information and acceptance letters; setting appointments for audits and inspections; data entry.
- Making travel arrangements for Key Department Personnel.
- Maintains accurate and up-to-date departmental policies and procedures.
- Provides assistance when needed for special projects such as project reports, board presentations relative to Community Development operations, Power Point Presentations, Budgeting and other special project initiatives.
- Strives to maintain positive working relationships with CD business partners, including, developers, contractors, builders, representatives of community organizations, state/local agencies and associations, management and staff, and the general public.
- Runs errands such as picking up mapping, plans, and other printed materials or reports, forms, and documents from other departments and organizations.
- Works with CD Senior staff and Finance Department to code invoices/expenses, identifies, traces and corrects errors and omissions, prepare periodic or special reports and/or spreadsheets from customized software programs, and other computerized formats necessary to meet department and/or construction related goals.
- Procure and distribute CD Departmental correspondence/mail.
Knowledge of:
Working experience with key staff personnel.
Basic elements of English usage, grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Operation of basic office equipment such as fax machines, copiers, scanners and personal computers.
Principles in providing customer service to the public and to NRHA's client base.
Basic arithmetic.
Experience in working with excel workbooks.
Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Project and Outlook software.
Professional office practices and procedures, including business correspondence, related file and record maintenance systems, and office equipment.
A basic understanding of recordkeeping and bookkeeping principles and practices.
Ability to:
Learn and apply general office procedure and policies.
Maintain accurate files and records.
Provide factual information in person and over the phone consistent with the organization's policies, procedures and guidelines.
Handle multiple concurrent projects. Manage department priorities and tasks to meet established schedules and timelines
Perform project, administrative and clerical tasks involving the use of judgment requiring accuracy and speed.
Operate standard office equipment including a personal computer and utilizing appropriate word processing, financial and desktop publishing software.
Interact professionally with others including the general public, and other organizational staff and co-workers.
Efficiently and accurately type long and complex documents or reports.
Maintain confidentiality.
Understand, interpret, and apply policies and procedures as directed.
Assist in proofing the work of others and assist in identifying and correcting errors or omissions in language usage, syntax, spelling, and arithmetic calculations as needed.
Organize, maintain, and effectively work to purge files and records.
Communicate with the public and others in situations requiring tact, diplomacy, and poise.
Current Nevada driver's license
Current Valid Nevada Driver's record\
Pass Drug Screening
Any combination of training, education, and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities. A typical way to gain the required knowledge and ability is:
Possess a high school diploma or equivalent and a minimum of four (4) years of progressively responsible office experience, which frequently entailed the use of a computer to prepare complex narrative and/or statistical or real estate development documents.
Experience that demonstrates the ability to interact positively with the public and/or internal or external customers and to oversee the work of others.
The physical and mental/intellectual requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
Strength, dexterity, coordination and vision to use a keyboard and video display terminal for extended and prolonged periods. Strength and stamina to bend, stoop, sit and stand for long periods at a time. Dexterity and coordination to handle files and single pieces of paper; occasional lifting of files, stacks of paper or reports, references and other materials. Some reaching for items above and below desk level. Some reaching, bending, squatting, and stooping to access files and records is necessary. The manual dexterity and cognitive ability to operate a personal computer using word processors, spreadsheets and databases, as well as the ability to communicate via telephone is required. Lifting up to 25 pounds is occasionally required.
compliance with applicable disability laws, reasonable accommodations may be provided for qualified individuals with a disability who require and request such accommodations. Incumbents and individuals who have been offered employment are encouraged to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
Position functions indoors in an office type environment where most work is performed at a desk. Position may occasionally be required to travel by car to project site to handle for project manager or to pick up or deliver materials. Environment is generally clean with limited exposure to conditions such as dust, fumes, noise or odors. Frequent interruptions to planned work do occur.


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Rumble Fish
The book Rumble Fish was made into the movie Rumble Fish.
Book details for Rumble Fish
Rumble Fish was written by S. E. Hinton. The book was published in 1975 by Laurel Leaf. More information on the book is available on Amazon.com.
S. E. Hinton also wrote The Outsiders (1967), That Was Then, This is Now (1971) and Tex (1979).
"Sharper in focus and more mature in style than Hinton's The Outsiders."—Booklist
An ALA Best Books for Young Adults
A School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Movie details for Rumble Fish
The movie was released in 1983 and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who also directed The Outsiders (1983), Gardens of Stone (1987) and The Rainmaker (1997). Rumble Fish was produced by Universal Studios. More information on the movie is available on Amazon.com and also IMDb.
Actors on this movie include Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper, Diana Scarwid, Vincent Spano, Nicolas Cage, Chris Penn, Laurence Fishburne, William Smith, Michael Higgins, Glenn Withrow, Tom Waits, Herb Rice, Maybelle Wallace, Nona Manning, Sofia Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, S.E. Hinton and Emmett Brown.


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In Stanislaus County, Dogs Really Work It
Here in Stanislaus County, it's a dog's world. At our local lakes, dogs help keep reservoirs free of invasive species; the Del Rio country club touts a dog that keeps the course geese free; the law enforcement departments have canine units doing everything from sniffing out drugs to helping locate lost kids, not to mention the many area service dogs that help the blind and people with other disabilities get through each day.
In fact, it seems like just about everywhere you look in the Valley, there's a dog holding down a job.
And that's not new. The relationship between dogs and humans dates back more than 30,000 years, and the tradition of using dogs for specific tasks is thought to go back nearly as far. As time marched on, new dog breeds came along that were perfectly suited to herd other animals, to aid in hunting and to protect our homes. Today's working dogs are clear inheritors of these traditions. These days, our canine companions are valued throughout society for their sensitive and accurate noses, the inborn instincts that help them complete tasks (and love doing it) and, of course, their remarkable trainability.
Job #1: Police Work
If you ask Marcy Matos, it's those very generations of instincts that make her dog such an effective daily partner and friend. Matos, who is a Deputy in the Patterson Sheriff's Department's K9 Unit, has been the handler for Sam, a highly-trained Dutch Shepherd, since 2011.
"We choose dogs based on their temperament and drive," says Matos on why Sam and many other dogs in the department's ten-canine unit are chosen from the rare Dutch breed. "You don't want a dog that's too crazy. You want a dog you can train. His breed is just awesome for that."
Like most officers assigned to the K9 Unit, Matos' relationship with her dog doesn't end when her shift does. Off duty, Sam transitions from police dog to pet. "From home to work, Sam is a totally different dog. That's what you want, a dog that can turn it on and turn it off." However, Matos adds that maintaining discipline is key, on duty and off. "Obedience is the number one thing. If the dog won't listen to you, you're not going to get them to do what they need to do on the street. We're pretty low key at home, but we just practice a little bit of obedience every day. If they think he can pull one over on me, he will, and I don't want to lose that dominance."
According to Matos, Sam and the other dogs on duty are bred, chosen and trained to be elite. "We get the dogs down in Riverside, a trainer down there will go to Holland and buy only the best of the best. He brings them over and trains them, then we go down, test them and only bring back the very best ones." Even after the dogs join the unit, their training continues. Each week, an in-house trainer comes in to keep the dogs' training up to date. The dogs and their handlers are also often sent for advanced training classes to broaden what the dog can do during the course of its 10-year career.
And what a dog can do covers a lot of territory. "In our department, all our patrol dogs are single purpose: find and bite," says Patterson Sheriff Tori Hughes. Other local agencies employ dogs for everything from tracking to narcotics detection, arson investigation, search and rescue, dogs trained to sniff out decomposing bodies and much more. According to Hughes, dogs and handlers can specialize in one of these areas or "cross-train" to put a compatible series of skills to work.
Job #2: Mussel Detection
Debi DeShon knows first hand how effective this cross training can be. DeShon, who has decades of experience with training dogs, has handled narcotic detection dogs for schools across the valley for years. But in 2007, a new threat began making headlines across the country: invasive mussels.
Zebra and quagga mussels are two species of tiny shellfish that have meant big problems for lakes across the country over the last few decades. The freshwater mollusks invade lakes and rivers and, over a few short years, can completely change habitats. Once they gain a foothold, the tiny mussels ultimately destroy a lake's flora, deprive native wildlife of food sources and cover every surface—from docks to boat engines—in thick coats of shells.
Until now, the invasive species have hitched rides on the undersides of water vehicles to transfer from lake to lake from the East Coast all the way to Southern California. DeShon aimed to break the cycle. So she cross-trained her chocolate Labrador Retriever Popeye to detect the invasive shellfish by their smell. Now, on any given weekend, DeShon and Popeye can be found at lakeside docks from Mendocino to Waterford, searching local boats for signs of the mussels.
"Right now, all our searches are voluntary," says DeShon. "More than anything, it's about education. We want boaters to know to keep their boats clean, drained and dried. We want them to know that there's the possibility of unintentionally spreading the mussels if they've been to an infected lake."
This education is essential, adds DeShon, and the addition of Popeye makes it much more effective than the usual methods. "I was recently at a ramp that does self certification, every boater fills out a piece of paper in which they declare that they've checked their boats for mussels. But when we show up with the dog and tell people we're looking for the mussels, they're like 'what are the mussels?' Here are people who have been filling out these self-certifications for years who don't even know what they're looking for. The dog helps us start the conversation."
DeShon says making it as a mussel dog is all about energy. "We look for the hunting breeds, the absolutely ball crazy dogs that would drive a normal person crazy. A lot of our dogs are actually donations. They're dogs that are bored in somebody's backyard and are tearing up the lawn and chewing through the fence. We channel that energy into this job."
Job #3: Guide Dogs… in Training
There is perhaps no class of working dog more iconic than the seeing-eye dog. It is in this relationship, that the great trust that humans place in their animal companions becomes most evident.
But every loyal and trusted guide dog was once a puppy. Bridging that gap is what the Stanislaus Guide Dog Association was made for. The puppy club, which is known to members as Stanislaus PAWS (Puppies Assisting With Sight), serves as an essential production system for the San Rafael-based nonprofit Guide Dogs for the Blind, which has matched the blind with well-trained companion animals for over 70 years.
Stanislaus PAWS members raise puppies from about two months old until they can enter the training program at 15-18 months. In the process, the puppy raisers help establish some of the good traits the dogs will use throughout their lives. "Our job is to teach them a lot of things," says Club Leader Carrie Mesches. "There are things we can't do with them that we do with our pets and there are lots of things they get to do that a pet puppy can't. We work really hard with them to make sure they're really well behaved in the house, and really good about coming when they're called because a blind person will have to rely on them."
Mesches adds that socializing the dogs is a large part of the task, as well. "We take them pretty much everywhere. They go to the grocery store, Costco, the movies. The kids in our club even take their dogs to school. I like to look at it like we have them from kindergarten to high school, then they go to college," says Mesches. "We give them a really good base and then they go to guide dog training to learn all those really special skills they'll need to be able to safely guide somebody."
After leaving their adopted home, the dogs must pass through Guide Dogs for the Blind's strict training process. Nearly half of the pups who enter the program don't qualify to become guide dogs due to health issues or simply because they can't perform flawlessly during the rigorous training. "They're all really nice dogs, but when they're working with a blind person, the dog has to be pretty much perfect," adds Mesches.
The club—which currently includes 27 puppy raisers who vary in age from as young as 10 years old to seniors—is the largest puppy club serving Guide Dogs for the Blind. Puppies raised by the local club have been sent nationwide and today even work as far away as Canada helping guide people with disabilities.
If a dog doesn't graduate from the training program dog, its puppy raiser can choose to adopt it as a pet or can opt to see if it qualifies for a career change, which would place the dog in another assistive role that may better suit its qualifications. Many career-changed dogs go on to work with Dogs for Diabetics, Search and Rescue, with the Wounded Warriors and more. "A lot of the dogs that get dropped from Guide Dogs get dropped for reasons that wouldn't ever affect them in some other work," says Mesches. "They're amazing, sweet dogs with a lot of training and they often go on to do other great things in the world."
And Many More…
These three jobs hardly scratch the surface of the variety of ways dogs are used every day in Stanislaus County.
From dogs used in agriculture capacities, employed for their incredible senses, used as therapy animals for a variety of disabilities, disorders and conditions or simply kept as loyal companions, canines continue to be an essential part of everyday life here in the Valley. And from day to day and season to season, they are undoubtedly the only group guaranteed to keep working like dogs.
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Red Sox manager Terry Francona was in the visiting dugout at Yankee Stadium on July 1, 2004, when Derek Jeter dove face-first into the stands to make a catch, and has managed more than 150 games against the Yankees captain. Here is his salute to Jeter, as told to Mark Hale.
The first year I managed the All-Star Game, in 2005, Derek Jeter did not make the American League team. I saw him at Fenway and told him, "You know, it's kind of a big honor [for me]. The fact that you're not in this game hurts me." I respect him as much as anybody in the game.
Why? Look at how he handles himself. He cares about the team. He has integrity. He's stand-up. He competes. Same reason we don't like seeing him hit with the game on the line.
And you can tell he genuinely likes playing. He's good for the game.
Anybody who likes baseball, I don't know how you don't appreciate him.
I don't think playing in this rivalry matters with good players in terms of their ability to thrive. Good players are going to enjoy the bigger the game. He's certainly in that category. It doesn't have to be Red Sox. He's done pretty well against everybody.
There's no play or moment or at-bat that stands out because he does it every game. He's one of those rare players. Dustin Pedroia's got a lot of the same qualities. I knew they'd hit it off in the All-Star Game. And they did.
Jeter is going to get his hits any time, but with the game on the line, you're going to get the very best out of him. He's a great player. And when the game's on the line, he's even better. And that bothers me.
Because we want to win.
Doesn't matter if he's not hitting well. You're going to get the very best out of him. It's part of the reason I respect him so much.
I watched him in the Arizona Fall League. I saw him grow up. It's not like I knew him personally but I watched him as a player, watched the way he handles himself. And I don't like when he's in the batter's box because he's good. But I think he's good for the game.
He's actually great for the game. And I respect him.


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Discussion in 'iPod touch' started by puma7, Jul 11, 2008.
What is a good price for a used iPod Touch? $175? $150?
Be better if you could post what GB it is and if it has any big scratches/marks and then people would tell you what a good price is.
I sold a perfectly good (no face scratches and mild back scratches) 8 GB for $200 and bought a 16gb in equal condition for $275. I felt that both were very fair.
8GB. Some marks on the back. Comes with case, cloth from iPhone (he lost one from touch), no box or receipt.
Personally I would say start at $225 on Craigslist and see what happens. Remember you can get a refurb for $250 direct from Apple. I would take nothing less than $200.
No, I'm BUYING IT!
New ones are going for $225 on craigslist because of the get an ipod w/ a mac deal...
I would say hold out until you can get one for $200. Keep making offers.
I just bought a new never-been-opened 32gig from Ebay for $390!
I feel that is a great deal. It just came in the mail today! Now I'm just waiting on 2.0.
So is $175 a good price?
I got a minty 32gb for $300 haha. Now that is sweet.
With the get a free iPod Touch with a mac deal, what size is it? I plan to buy an iPod Touch, probably off eBay new late August, and hope the prices continue to go down, or stay cheap (I assume they will if the reason theyre all so cheap is because of the deal).


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Antibiotics researchers are set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars from a new funding stream — but not everyone thinks the cash is being directed to the right place.
The money is to come from CARB-X, a public–private partnership announced on 28 July. It is backed mainly by the US government, the London-based biomedical charity the Wellcome Trust and the UK R&D Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR Centre)s in Alderley Park, a consortium that includes public universities and private firms.
Over the next 5 years, the partnership hopes to mobilize at least US$350 million to look for ways to overcome bacteria that are resistant to many common antibiotics. However, it's unclear whether all the promised money will be raised: the US contribution is anticipated to be $250 million over the 5 years, but that will depend on annual congressional approval.
Biotechnology firms welcome the initiative, which aims to accelerate the development of more than 20 antibacterial drugs, vaccines and diagnostics — for example, by tweaking the chemistry of promising molecules to make them more effective or safer.
But some academic researchers worry that CARB-X — which stands for the Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator — fails to appreciate that one of the main barriers to finding new antibiotics is a lack of promising molecules in the first place.
"I have mixed feelings about this," says Kim Lewis, an antibiotics researcher at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. "If more money is going into the general area of antibiotics, that's a good thing. But I'm really surprised that we are getting another influx of funds into development rather than into discovery."
The main problem, says Lewis, is the lack of compounds that can punch through the outer …


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Saturday, July 5, 2014
Marconi Beach
Yes, there is a beach named after Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian (well half-Italian) inventor of the radio, but it isn't in Italy. Here it is, pictured above.
It's on Cape Cod, a peninsula in Massachusetts, to the south of Boston (that's where I am right now). Why was it named after Marconi? The scientist and Nobel prizewinner used the site to transmit the first transatlantic message from the United States to Europe. It was in 1903, and it was a communication from American President Theodore Roosevelt to King Edward VII in the United Kingdom. Find out more about the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center at this interesting website.