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University of Michigan ceases use of cats in Survival Flight training
The University of Michigan has stopped its controversial use of live cats during Survival Flight training exercises.
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The U-M Health System now uses robotic simulators in place of live cats. The switch, made after the last cat was used in July, came after more than 18 months of heated criticism from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and other animal rights activists who contend that using cats is unethical.
That criticism included a picket in February and a petition in May that included 100,000 signatures and called for U-M to stop using live animals in training for its Survival Flight program, an emergency air transport service.
"Simulators have reached the point where we can actually make substitutions," said Brian Fowlkes, U-M's executive director for animal care and use. Fowlkes said UMHS refrained from using simulators until hospital officials felt the technology was fully developed and tested.
Cats and pigs are used in Survival Flight training to simulate procedures done on infants. The cats were used for their windpipes and airways and the pigs are largely used for their lungs.
Fowlkes said the switch to simulators was not influenced by push back from animal rights activists.
"You're always looking at the situation to determine what's going on," Fowlkes explained. "It wasn't a direct response to the PETA activities. ... We made the switch based on the evolution of the simulators."
Justin Goodman, associate director of laboratory investigations at PETA, said simulators have long been in the "medical mainstream" and are adequate for the Survival Flight training. He believes PETA's persistence in protesting animal use in the training had a larger influence on the switch than U-M officials are willing to admit.
"This was a change that they've been fighting tooth and nail," he said.
In September 2010, UMHS claimed there was "no substitute" to using live animals in Survival Flight training.
"Despite the availability of simulators and other teaching aids, the unique environment in which Survival Flight nurses work requires these procedures to be performed using live tissue," UMHS said in a statement then.
From 2002 to 2011, UMHS used 23 live cats in its Survival Flight training. Sixteen cats were adopted, while seven were euthanized.
Recently, PETA obtained documents through Michigan's Freedom of Information Act that revealed U-M had euthanized two of the three cats it used in Survival Flight training in 2010.
That's in contrast to a UMHS official claiming no Survival Flight cats were euthanized in a letter to the editor published in the Michigan Daily.
Fowlkes said the letter contained a mistake due to a "miscommunication" within UMHS. He said UMHS was updated with correct information in August when the mistake was discovered.
"We obviously clarified it on the website subsequently," he said.
With the cats removed from training, UMHS spends about 1.5 hours of the 160-hour Survival Flight training using live animals.
UMHS has no plans to stop using live pigs, which are used to train for procedures dealing with the lungs. Fowlkes said simulator technology is still developing and being tested.
Goodman said simulator technology is advanced enough to replace the use of live pigs. He said the university's medical school used simulators to train students on the same procedure.
"They teach trauma surgeons the skills using the simulator and then they're using a pig to teach the same skills to nurses," Goodman said. "It just doesn't make sense."
The difference, UMHS contends, is that physicians participate in a lengthier and more comprehensive training.
"The important thing is that the development of methodology has to be tested and verified so we know that it's working and would be suitable for the training," Fowlkes said.
Kellie Woodhouse covers higher education for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com or 734-623-4602 and follow her on twitter.
Fri, Dec 16, 2011 : 6:23 p.m.
I question the training of this or any procedure on animals. Two people that I know very well are permanently injured from having a tracheal tube forced down their throats. One person lost his voice because vocal cords were damaged and is forced to use hand signals, and the other person now has to drink liquids for the remainder of her life! And this was done at U of M. Therefore, it seems to me that practicing this procedure on cats or other animals defeats the purpose of what these medical people are doing to patients. Its very scary that you could go into the UofM ER and go home so damaged. What are these medical people thinking when performing this procedure?
Wed, Dec 14, 2011 : 3:14 a.m.
I notice that Ms. Woodhouse is the higher education reporter. I wonder if she is disappointed that this little story about cats is getting more attention then probably any other U of M educational story that she has written?
Fat Bill
Wed, Dec 14, 2011 : 1:01 a.m.
I'm with Belboz, I'm going to contemplate the fate of the pigs over a big ol' Dimo's BLT...
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:58 p.m.
The people have spoken. They have been heard. I learned on humans. Nuff said.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:48 p.m.
Dear Ms. Woodhouse, I feel like the emphasis on PETA (which understandably evokes much adverse emotion in people) clouds the real issue here. A lot of individuals and groups were against this. I think a big objection to UofM's course was the use of shelter pets. Universities can choose to buy animals specifically bred for research. Probably the lesser of two sad situations in light of the stress a former pet must experience vs. an animal who has known a sterile environment. Although the animal model can produce controversial results, and I personally trust the simulator more, at least there are far less variables with a non-former pet. Is there a reason why Pound Seizure (info: http://www.pcrm.org/search/?cid=524 , http://www.voiceless-mi.org/pound-seizure-2/) wasn't specifically mentioned? There needs to be more reporting on Class B Dealers, Bunchers, and the problems their "business" creates. The practice can affect our community, and on the most basic level by promoting the stealing of pets from backyards. I adopted my cat, slated for sale the next business day to a Michigan Class B Dealer, and she's been one of the very best parts of my life for the last 10 years. Thank you.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:47 p.m.
Thanks to the University of Michigan for ending the use of cats in these training exercises. Thanks to PETA for educating the university on better, humane practices. It's a good day for cats!!
Jamie Riddle
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 10:20 p.m.
Now go collect all of your stray cat friends and have a cat party.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:29 p.m.
This is an amazing victory for the animals! Bravo to the wonderful folks at PETA who work everyday to fight for the voiceless victims of so many forms of cruel abuse perpetrated by humans. Cruelty is still cruelty even when it happens behind closed laboratory doors under the guise of "science" or "research." Thank you for continuing to fight the tireless battle to save innocent animals from miserable fates at the hands of cruel vivisectors.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:29 p.m.
As a Michigan alum, I'm relieved that the University stopped digging in it's heels and turned the corner to the 21st century. Using simulators is the best thing for humans as well as being the right thing to do by cats. Now, let's get going on replacing the use of pigs, Michigan. Hats off to PETA...good work.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:26 p.m.
Would you rather your Survival Flight crew be expertly trained on how to intubate a person or expertly trained on how to intubate a cat? The simulators will save human and animal lives. Thanks to the U-M students and PETA, who got this atrocity stopped. You have saved many lives.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:50 p.m.
Right on.
Gracie Friedrich
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:19 p.m.
I'm pretty amused by many of the comments on this article. It seems pretty clear that the University of Michigan was quite behind the times in its use of animals for this particular course. So, if we're only interested in what's best for the trainees, we should be celebrating this decision. Meanwhile, if we're concerned about the welfare of cats (which I would guess -- kidding aside -- most people are), then we should be happy with the decision. Now, I've have had the opportunity to meet some pigs on a friend's farm, and I have to say, they're pretty intelligent and interesting creatures. If there are alternatives to using pigs for this training--and it sounds like there are--the university should be using them!
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:16 p.m.
PETA has done what the UM refused to do -- surveyed the literature and come to a scientifically-based conclusion, namely that cats are not needed for intubation training nor are pigs needed for chest tube insertion/draining training. To claim that animals are necessary would be to go AGAINST the medical mainstream, since more than 95% of medical schools in the U.S. do NOT use animals in their curricula. This is clearly a case of the UM clinging to outdated pedagogy and changing posture only when PETA outed their lies that cats are "adopted" out. Bravo to PETA on helping UM advance their medical training training to be on par with the rest of civilized medicine.
Bobbie Mullins
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:13 p.m.
It seems to me that a simulator based on human anatomy would be a far superior training tool to a cat or a pig and that the university was refusing to switch simply because "that's the way we've always done it." Inertia can be a dangerous--and cruel--thing. Thank you, PETA, for dragging U-M kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 11:11 p.m.
Our tax dollars at waste?
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:12 p.m.
Thanks to PETA! As is evident here, those who support vivisection will not hesitate to lie about it.
Wed, Dec 14, 2011 : 1:52 a.m.
No one said anything about supporting vivisection here, except you, in an effort to bolster your argument.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:04 p.m.
This is great news. Thank you, PETA, for pushing U of M to do the right thing by switching to advanced simulators for this training. This decision will ensure that students get the up-to-date instruction they need to save lives without torturing and killing cats. It's a win-win move.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 4:16 p.m.
The PETA people should volunteer to have this training done on them, if they are so worried about a pig or cat.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 4 p.m.
I'm too busy cooking a burger, walking around in my leather coat, using my animal tested cologne, while invading the natural habitat of the earth to understand the point of not using a cat to help make life safer for my kids.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 3:46 p.m.
I am disappointed with the U giving in to bullies like PETA.
Ron Granger
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 2:45 p.m.
Toonces will not be flying the helicopter. Too bad.
Taylor Hulyk
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 2:22 p.m.
To all those people who keep saying, "do whatever it takes to train these flight crews," how about we use your pets...or better yet...even you? A little different perspective, huh? Also, animals that are taken to the Humane Society of Huron Valley are taken in and adopted...there is no timeline.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 4:57 p.m.
I agree JMO... the original poster seems very emotional about this one...I believe a bit mis-guided...but definately emotional.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 2:41 p.m.
It's a fact that many people have come through life thinking that animals can't feel pain or suffering. To some, they are just dumb animals and don't matter. Serial killers often feel that way to an extreme. It is obvious that other Universities gave up the practice of using live animals long ago.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 2:37 p.m.
If there were no other animals available and it was necessary that some animals be used in such a way in order that human children have a better chance at survival, then yes, I would sadly give them one of my pets. As to your comment about using one of us, it clearly demonstrates a failure of logic; human life is not equal on value to cats or pigs. Sorry, but its true. PETA has a ridiculous manifesto in which they state a pig is a rat is a cat is a dog is a boy. The holes in that logic are so large as to be not worth refuting. Animals should be treated with respect in all cases including life flight use, but lets not confuse them with people.
Berda Green
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 2:19 p.m.
wowwwwwwwww didnt know that bout the u of m they got secrets omg omg
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 2:16 p.m.
"Let them eat ribs"
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 2:16 p.m.
I am a bit curious where they get their cats from through. If they get them from the humane society and they were going to be put down anyway, then I'm OK with that. Their lives in a way went to save others. However, if the U is buying them from some mail-order catalog and these cats were bred specifically to be killed, that is a bit more upsetting. I'm almost sure the pigs are, and I'm sure they also have to be babies, so that is a bit upsetting.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:58 p.m.
@Andrew, one more link (via peta, sorry), but interesting info: http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2011/12/08/university-lab-kills-cats-lies-about-it.aspx
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:55 p.m.
@Andrew - They bought at least some of them from a Class B Dealer, who practices something called Pound Seizure. It really isn't as simple as their lives went to save other lives, when you know how these Dealers operate (lots of abuse & neglect violations for instance). If you're interested: http://www.voiceless-mi.org/pound-seizure-2/ http://www.pcrm.org/search/?cid=524 The most notorious B Dealer I've heard about, CC Baird: http://www.lcanimal.org/index.php/investigations/investigations-in-the-field/class-b-dealer-cc-baird
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 3:55 p.m.
Should have read what I read that they were doing to dogs out in this one college. Some prestigious one at best, taking dogs and well........we won't go there. They stopped that after a few petitions went out. Kind of gross actually what they did do.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 2:09 p.m.
I Love People that Eat Tasty Animals (PETA). What happens to the pigs? Do they roast them at Graduation?
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 3:54 p.m.
Lungs not included.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 2:32 p.m.
Budget cuts everywhere, so probably yes. ;-)
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 1:45 p.m.
How about asking for humans to volunteer in place of the cats? Start with the peta supporters. Let's see how altruistic they really are.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 1:40 p.m.
"U-M's executive director for animal care and use"??? How much does that job pay???
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 1:43 p.m.
Well, he should be looking for a new job. No animals...no job one would assume.
Wolf's Bane
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 1:06 p.m.
About TIME!!!!!!!!
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 12:33 p.m.
Oh yes, we all know how much more important animals are than humans, get real. Let's not forget about PETA, (what a joke) who opposes the no kill movement, and euthanizes an estimated 85% of the animals it takes in (from Wikipedia). Who's more credible here, PETA and their hypocrisy, or the worlds top notch research doctors/scientists? I'll side with those who've saved my life on at least two occasions thank you very much!!!!
Daniel Soebbing
Wed, Dec 14, 2011 : 4:52 p.m.
The only link that is used for citation for that 85% statistic in that wikipedia article links to a 2008 Newsweek article, which doesn't cite any source for that number. The Newsweek article does include a quote from a PETA spokesperson explaining why they oppose no kill shelters. PETA claims that no kill shelters are only able to achieve their no kill status by turning away a lot of animals that will have a low adoption rate. "... we would rather offer these animals a painless death than have them tortured, starved or sold for research." Doesn't sound like hypocrisy to me.
Jim Osborn
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 12:24 p.m.
I can't imagine my cat going on a helicopter ride, he freaks out bad enough in a car to the vet. All joking aside, What is important is what is best for the training of these flight crews.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 4:12 p.m.
Hahaha! Jim I was thinking the same thing...those critters have sharp teeth and nasty claws...my cat would do a number on those poor EMT's! They'd be able to practice first aid on each other. He's called a Maine Coon Cat for a reason...LOL!!!
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 3:53 p.m.
I'm not a cat, but after the last plane ride I had from LAX? I'd be freaking out too. I am glad they do movies otherwise I be totally drunk.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 1:10 p.m.
Sometimes one has to be cruel to be kind. A cat freaking out on the way to the vet or training using an animal to save a human life. I'm siding with the U of M and defer to their expertise which I consider more credible than what PETA has to offer in medical training techniques.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 12:24 p.m.
hey how about the art commission instead!
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 10:28 p.m.
Oh. Please.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 12:17 p.m.
Seems that PETA was right then. UM took a hard stance that live animals were essential to training. Now, all of a sudden, that isn't the case anymore. Either advancement in robotics over a period of under 12 months has been spectacular or the UM was being disingenuous all along. I'm more likely to believe the latter.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 10:53 p.m.
"If PETA was right about the cats, it probably is right about the pigs too" Oh that's the logic you use? Probably? So lets see hmm. Since the prosecutor was right about a case he is probably right about all cases. Interesting logic!
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 2:07 p.m.
Yes, eyeheart, I read the article. My point, that went entirely over your head, isn't that they stopped using all animals, my point was about their excuses the first time this story came out not long ago. At that time, no way no how could they use simulators--yet suddenly, after taking a look at things the UM decided that what was such an absolute need for cats suddenly could be done by simulators. This was only a few months back. I can't believe there was a sudden breakthrough in simulator technology in that short time period. Rather, someone got off his rear and looked at some of those options a little more closely, perhaps after a fire was lit underneath it. As for pigs: "Goodman said simulator technology is advanced enough to replace the use of live pigs. He said the university's medical school used simulators to train students on the same procedure." If PETA was right about the cats, it probably is right about the pigs too and UM remains disingenuous about the need for pigs. Whatever you may think about PETA, the issue isn't them, it is the UM and how it can be so adamant and inflexible one day and suddenly change the next. I won't be surprised that the pigs will soon be replaced too seeing as how they are using them in the med school already.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 1:43 p.m.
... or UM decided to take the high road.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 1:41 p.m.
Did you read the article? It appears they still use pigs.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : noon
"Recently, PETA obtained documents through Michigan's Freedom of Information Act that revealed U-M had euthanized two of the three cats it used in Survival Flight training in 2010. That's in contrast to a UMHS official claiming no Survival Flight cats were euthanized in a letter to the editor published in the Michigan Daily." Obviously, they can't be trusted to tell the truth about any of this. They will continue to torture the pigs until they are good and ready to quit.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:19 p.m.
"Obviously, they can't be trusted to tell the truth about any of this" As if PETA can be trusted! LOL!
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 5:41 p.m.
yep caught that on my re-read. Still doesnt change the way PETA works however.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 3:51 p.m.
I'd like to know what PETA is going to do about the monkeys that they still use for experiments on. They are there and are still being used.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 2:37 p.m.
jjc - you didn't read the article, obviously because then U of M backtracked and said this... "Fowlkes said the letter contained a mistake due to a "miscommunication" within UMHS. He said UMHS was updated with correct information in August when the mistake was discovered."
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 12:49 p.m.
oooooorrrrr PETA is distorting/fabricating the "truth. Totally would not put it past PETA to fabricate something like this to further their agenda. PETA has less to lose from there reputation by lying than U of M does. Im with A2commments, if U of M needs to use cats, pigs or anyother animal to ensure that their flight crews are properly trained, then so be it.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 11:59 a.m.
I want my Survival Flight crew expertly trained. If that requires that they use live pigs or cats, then they should use them. How many of these cats would have been euthanized anyway if they had not been used? The Humane Society euthanizes animals every day. PETA should focus their energy on getting people to sterilize their pets and let the medical experts do what is necessary to save human lives, which they obviously do with the utmost regard for all lives.
Daniel Soebbing
Wed, Dec 14, 2011 : 5:36 p.m.
It doesn't matter if the animals would have gone on to be euthanized. The point is that using these animals to practice invasive emergency surgical techniques is tantamount to torture (even if it is for a good cause). There is no reason to cause animals undue suffering if there is a better alternative.
Wed, Dec 14, 2011 : 1:23 p.m.
More budget cutbacks. If we can't afford to pay pigs and cats to fly the helicopters, how do they think they can afford robots? And no cat I ever knew could fly straight, anyway. In the Army, most of 'em didn't make it past ground crew.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:18 p.m.
@LucyP Wake up! What else is he going to say now? We would be better off with live cats but were going to use simulators? I think not!
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 7:07 p.m.
It simply isn't necessary to use animals for these trainings. The article even quotes a U of M official saying so: "Simulators have reached the point where we can actually make substitutions," said Brian Fowlkes, U-M's executive director for animal care and use.
Silly Sally
Tue, Dec 13, 2011 : 12:54 p.m.
Its too bad that UM fall prey to political correctness and stops using live animals, if this is what is best to save himan life.


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My apologies for the lack of new posts recently. My brother and SIL have welcomed a precious little bundle of joy into their family a bit earlier than expected. And so while my sweet little niece grows under the care of nurses and her parents, my mom and I are hanging out with her two older (and I should also mention super cute) brothers.
New posts will be on their way once we arrive back in PA. Until then scroll the archives for some inspiration :)
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States' Rights Do Have a Price
From Homeland Stupidity - it seems States' Rights can be had, for a price:
So the only objection left now is paying for the federal government's intrusion into states' rights. How much are our states' rights going for these days? There is no real consensus, but studies range from claiming that the increased federal funding more than pays for its requirements to Rep. Rubén Hinojosa's (D-Texas) claim that there will be a $39 billion shortfall.
So the states will sell their rights for $39 billion. But will anything change?


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In 1991 the Terry Davis family met the Tony Gray family at a local church where they were both members. Due to a shared entrepreneurial spirit Terry and Tony decided to combine their talents to create their own heating and air conditioning company. With Terry's heating and air conditioning experience and Tony's background in business they believed they had what it took to create a successful business.
Terry brought 13 years of experience to the new business. He gained valuable residential and commercial experience by working for various heating and air conditioning companies as well as a local sheet metal union shop. During this time he took night courses at Pulaski Technical College in sheet metal.
Tony graduated from Ouachita Baptist University with a B.A. in Business Administration in 1983. After spending four years in the United States Army and then another four years in the Insurance field, Tony was ready to fulfill his strong desire to start his own company. In preparation for his new career, Tony took courses on service and troubleshooting heating and air conditioning equipment at Pulaski Technical College. Darlene (Terry's wife) and Pam (Tony's wife) helped them come up with their company name of "Chenal Heating and Air, Inc."
Chenal Heating and Air, Inc. was incorporated on March 26, 1992. From the beginning, Terry and Tony believed by being honest, hardworking, knowledgeable, providing quality installations and equipment, and doing their best to satisfy their customers, they would be successful. Currently Chenal Heating & Air, Inc. operates four divisions: Service, Residential Replacement, Residential New Construction, and Commercial. Chenal Heating and Air, Inc. currently employs twenty-one people and is more committed than ever on providing the best for their customers. Terry and Tony continue to be very involved in all aspects of the Company and personally see to it that all jobs are performed to their high standards. They believe they have the tools to do the best job of taking care of your comfort needs and they want you to be their satisfied customer.


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At Polygon Door our core competency is an understanding of creative thinking and its relation to technology; we know where ideas come from. Our strategy is to design uniquely creative technology kits, publications, and educational programs (including schools programs, and corporate innovation skills programs) that encourage creative play and individual expression – we plan to sell these globally at a profit.
Ideas aren't generated in a vacuum, expertise is hard to come by, the right parts and equipment take a long time to source and delivery is often unreliable. Our lab spaces will provide the front end for our manufacturing business by showing customers how to get the most out of our kits, by introducing them to new kits, by stocking the things they don't know they need, and by supporting active making in a shared space.
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By supporting creative making in our lab spaces via access to equipment and parts, expertise and community, we subvert and harness the threat normally posed to companies whose primary asset is Intellectual Property. Our business thrives on sharing information and distributing it widely – the more ideas travel, the more people will engage in creative making and the more customers we will be able to support in that activity.
Our customers are global. Increasingly people are turning to open source technology to realise ideas and solve problems that are local and the solutions to which will be a unique expression of their community. We can support and encourage this trend by providing access to material, expertise and a community of peers, while simultaneously harnessing the Intellectual Capital it produces.
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You have to give it to the Brits. They certainly know how to put on a show.
From a funeral to a wedding; from Masterpiece Theatre, to the most recent Diamond Jubilee, they are all riveting, fascinating, engrossing.
Gay people in particular are prone to be affected by them; we love all that Campiness and Circumstance. We eat it all up. So much so that we never stop and ask some simple and basic questions.
Why has the Queen remained so out of touch with modern society when it comes to LGBT people? Even our politicians are more outspoken on the subject.
Not once, in her 60-year reign, has she publicly acknowledged the existence of the LGBT community. She hides behind the old adagio that she is "above politics." Except when she is busy sabotaging a criminal court case to protect Charles' gay, over-eager valet.
When there are major tragedies involving the loss of life, the Queen always visits the site and the victims in hospitals but this did not happen when neo-Nazi, David Copeland, bombed the Admiral Duncan gay pub in Soho, London, in 1999, killing three people and wounding 70 others. Something that Princess Diana, for example, would have certainly done.
A few weeks ago, however, she had no problem in meeting and shaking hands with Martin McGuinness, a former provisional IRA commander, and now deputy first minister of Northern Ireland's Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government. The monarch and McGuinness met privately inside Belfast's riverside Lyric Theatre during a cross-community arts event featuring Northern Ireland musicians, poets and artists. Apparently, former terrorists deserve, and get, more respect than her law-abiding gay subjects.
Even when she announced government plans for gay law reform in her Queen's Speeches, she did not use the words lesbian or gay. Her silence sends a loud and clear message of exclusion that is hard to ignore. If she were still ruling India we would think that LGBT people are the British equivalent of the "untouchables."
And this is a country where, since 2005, same-sex couples are allowed to enter into civil partnership, a separate union that provides the legal consequences of marriage.
On Sept. 21, 2010, the Liberal Democrats, the junior member in the governing coalition, became the first major political party to formally endorse same-sex marriage, when the party's conference in Liverpool approved the policy motion "Equal Marriage in the United Kingdom."
In February 2011, the government expressed its intention to begin a consultation to allow both religious same-sex ceremonies and civil marriage for same-sex couples.
In September 2011, the government announced its intention to introduce same-sex civil marriage by the next general election.
Still, Elizabeth remained, and remains, silent. As head of state, the Queen is supposed to represent and embrace all British people, not just a few chosen ones.
As Head of the Church of England, she has also remained mum when the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, accused the government of failing to think through its plans to introduce same-sex marriage, adding that the legislation would undermine the Church's relationship with the nation.
Defenders of the monarchy point out that many royal staff are gay men. And the point is? Having gay men wait on the Queen only proves that she likes good-looking, well-mannered, well-groomed male servants. It's the old refrain sang by rich racists claiming that they can't be racist because they employ black staff or republican conservatives saying that some of their best friends are gay. It still does not make it right. Perhaps the Sex Pistols were not so far off the mark when they sang:
God save the queen
She ain't no human being
…our figurehead
Is not what she seems
God save the queen
The fascist regime
They made you a moron…
The song was about rebelling against British politics. A lot of young people felt alienated by the stifling rule of the old-fashioned royal monarchy. It expressed anger toward the establishment.
Thirty-five years later we ask: "How much longer will her LGBT community have to wait for a royal nod of inclusion"? The sad conclusion, even for an anglophile like me, is:
The Royal Family is homophobic – if not by intent, certainly by default.
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ODESSA -- St. Mary's scored single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to steal a 5-4 victory in the first game of the double header before The University of Texas of the Permian Basin bounced back to win the second 3-2.
UTPB is now 10-10 in Heartland Conference play as the Falcons come down the stretch of the 2011 baseball season.
In the first game, the Falcons out-hit St. Mary's 7-4 with Austin Wooldridge and Ryan Giacomini picking up two hits each. Wooldridge picked up the biggest hit of the game in his first at-bat as he homered over the left field fence driving in Travis Wilcox which was part of a four-run inning.
In the second game, Ryan Escarcega shut the door on the Rattlers as he pitched the final 1.1 innings in relief for starter Connor Lewis. Escarcega sat down all four batters he faced, including two by strikeout. Lewis tossed 7.2 innings where he gave up two runs off nine hits while striking out three in the win.
UTPB moved to 15-19 on the year, while St. Mary's fell to 29-8 on the season and 18-3 in league play. The teams will play the final game of the series tomorrow at noon at Roden Field.
ODESSA -- The University of Texas of the Permian Baseball softball team knew it needed to win all three games of a series with Panhandle State University. Unfortunately, after winning the first game 6-1, Panhandle State won the second 5-3 making the Falcons chances of earning a berth into the Heartland Conference much more difficult.
UTPB now needs to win the third game of the series tomorrow as well as two games against league-leader Texas A&M International next weekend and hope Panhandle State can steal a game from Newman in the final series of the year.
Lee grad Desiree Valero kept the Aggie bats at bay giving up just four hits while the rest of the team picked up nine hits including an RBI double in the second inning by Cene Padilla. UTPB struck for two runs in the second after Chelsey Morgan drove in Erica Rangel.
The Falcons made it 3-0 in the third when Rangel, who went 2-for-2 in the game singled through the right side to plate Chelsey Cernoch, who reached on a two-out single down the left line. UTPB tacked on one more in the fourth and two more in the sixth for its 15th win of the season and third in conference play.
The two teams will play two more games today, beginning at noon with one of those contests counting in the conference standings.
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Groveport in Franklin County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Groveport Veterans' Park
Dedicated to the honor of all the men and women who have faithfully and honorably served their country.
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"....and here we joined to honor these men and women who are the foundation of our freedom."
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Erected by Village of Groveport.
Location. 39° 51.116′ N, 82° 53.313′ W. Marker is in Groveport, Ohio, in Franklin County. Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 421 Main Street, Groveport OH 43125, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Groveport United Methodist Church (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Groveport Log House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Historic Groveport (approx. 0.3 miles away); John Rarey and "Cruiser" (approx. 0.4 miles away); Groveport World War II Memorial The Ohio Military Hall of Fame Monument (approx. half a mile away); 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Ohio and Erie Canal in Groveport / Scioto Valley Interurban (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Groveport.
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Actually, yesterday was my birthday, but I only get a chance to write about it today. There's not much of a fanfare during my birthday. I got a cold, so my nose has either been stuffy or runny most of the time for the past 5 days or so. I got a phone call from my niece, an e-card from my friend, and a couple other phonecalls from my friends. I didn't have a celebration, instead I was going to a job fair and a company presentation. How's that for fun? Oh, in case you haven't noticed, I am still in the middle of job-hunting process which is entering its 2.5-month period. So if any of you has a good lead, don't hesitate to plug me in.
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Frankie Muniz is guilty of driving under the influence -- of a cell phone conversation!
As of yesterday, it is illegal in California to drive and talk on a cell phone without a hands-free device -- a law that Frankie is clearly breaking.
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I don't know if other people have as much difficulty getting plans accomplished on a time frame as I do – I hope so. It would be nice to know I'm not alone in this. Another week didn't go as planned so my blog hasn't been moved yet and my other web site is not ready either.
Our work computer was in for service, and what I thought would take a day or two took a little more than a week, then I got new software that I'm having some trouble figuring out. It's always something around here.
Seriously though; I have no idea how people get organized and stay that way. I always have great intentions and then something comes up that throws me for a loop (or two).
I'm hoping to have both things done sometime next week....fingers crossed!
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No matter the method you choose, crushing peanuts is easier if you freeze them first.
Place peanuts on one half of a long piece of wax paper; fold the other half over the peanuts. Roll a rolling pin back and forth over the peanuts to crush them; apply pressure just until you feel the nuts giving way beneath the pin. You also may use the rolling pin to strike rather than roll over the nuts. Alternatively, use a meat tenderizer or a mallet to crush the peanuts. You also may try crushing peanuts inside a heavy duty sealed plastic bag. Another method is to use a large mortar and pestle to crush peanuts -- or the blade of a large chef's knife or cleaver to chop peanuts into small pieces, much as if you were mincing them.
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I love this yarn, it's an ecological wool from the company Manifatture Sesia, an amazing company from the lovely wool area that is northern Piedmont.
The yarn is 50% virgin wool and 50% alpaca, with black and white threads twisted together for an interesting gray heathered look. It's soft and looks slightly rustic.
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Following the news that Newt Gingrich asked for an "open marriage" with his second wife when she found out he had been carrying on an
Dan Savage on the State of the GOP Race
He's right about this. Times have indeed changed: "Increasingly LGBT people are empowered, not ashamed," he said. "They're attacking us, and we're confronting them. We're
Porno Pete Wants Dan Savage To Take Down Spreadingsantorum.com
I'm not speaking for Dan, but I have a feeling the answers are "Hahaha," and "No." Here is what Porno Pete has to say. I
Dan Savage Needs Your Vote
Andrew Sullivan has opened polling for his year end awards, one of which is the "Moore award," given to some liberal who says something completely
Porno Pete Excited About New Hate Video From Molotov Mitchell
It's been a while since we've posted a video from Molotov Mitchell of WorldNetDaily. He's a sad attempt at right-wing humor and "biting" commentary, which
Dan Savage Gives Herman Cain Opportunity To Win Argument
Herman Cain says being gay is a choice. Dan says, y'know, prove it, in the way that only Dan can. It's a little risque, so
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Herman Cain with CNN's Piers Morgan (h/t: Rex Wockner) On issues from evolution to climate change, the members of the GOP presidential class of 2012
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text: Kalubai Mandhar Devi Temple Paush Purnima Festival By Abhilash Rajendran Friday, January 06, 2017 Kalubai Mandhar Temple is located at Mandradev in Satara District in Maharashtra and is dedicated to Kaleshwari Devi. In 2019, Kalubai Mandhar Temple Paush Purnima Festival is on January 21. On the full moon day in Paush month (January – February), a major festival takes place here and is attended by thousands of devotees. Kaleshwari Devi is an incarnation of Goddess Shakti and is a hugely popular deity in this region of Maharashtra. Kalubai Mandhar Temple is located atop a mountain – 1200 m high. On Paush Purnima more than 200,000 people gather at the temple. Devotees offer green colored saree to Kaleshwari Devi on the day. Kalubai Mandhar Temple is about 18 km from Wai and 120 km south of Mumbai. Related Yamai Devi Yatra in Satara Share Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email Other Apps Labels Hindu Rituals Hindu Temples Paush Month Labels: Hindu Rituals Hindu Temples Paush Month Share Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email Other Apps


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Published on Jun 25, 2017
Search movie times nearby and preview the trailers before you choose, all through the power of voice control.
Echo Show review- Alexa gets visual
Published on Jun 29, 2017
With the Echo Show Amazon is showing off their upgraded with video personal assistant. Adding a touchscreen to the Echo makes it so easy to setup. And in addition to "play me a song" you can keep it in the kitchen your by your bed and tell it "show me a movie" (this is especially nice in the kitchen). The Echo Show has a camera that lets you make video calls to other other Echo Show owners with a simple voice command. I see lots of Millennials buying these for themselves and their parents.


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I find it interesting how some kinds of math work pretty much the same regardless of the number of dimensions. For instance vector and matrix code hardly changes when you move between two, three, or higher dimensions. You just alter the number of components in each vector, then proceed to apply the same computations the same way as before.
Newtonian physics tends to be implemented using vectors and matrices, which explains why it is so easy to apply the same "realistic" style physics to both 2D and 3D games.
Thought for the day: physicists suspect that what we perceive as 3D reality might in fact have many more dimensions. So what if we are all actually NPCs in a retro arcade game being played by an eleven dimensional teenager in his equivalent of MAME? At this very moment his friend could be saying something like "man, this takes me back. Remember when arcades were still popular? I miss the simplicity of gameplay back when everything was just 3D or 4D. And check out the size of those pixels! Crazy how we used to think that looked good, before everything went HD, with those giant blocky Planck units and no antialiasing!"
But I digress.
Vector math has the useful property that we can take a complex 3D problem, visualize and solve it in 2D, then apply our 2D solution back to the original 3D task. We do this all the time, often without consciously noticing the simplification.
But there are other kinds of math that do not generalize from 2D to higher dimensions!
In school, I spent much time solving problems that involved right angled triangles, the angles created by such triangles, the trigonometry that can be derived from these angles, etc. My math education was dominated by this Euclidean approach, where my first reflex was always to sketch the problem on paper, then do math that invariably involved angles.
Trouble is, this way of thinking is not so useful in 3D. There is no obvious 3D equivalent of a right angled triangle. Solutions that depend on angles and trigonometry work well in 2D, but are tricky and sometimes impossible to apply in 3D.
Here be dragons for programmers who are learning 3D. Naturally enough, most people want to keep using the math they learned in school, and which has served them well in previous 2D games. Don't do it! When there are more than two dimensions, angles are not your friend, and trigonometry should be avoided. Vectors, matrices, and their buddy the dot product will serve you better, thanks to their ability to work the same way with any number of dimensions.


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The new Managing Director of Capital Express Assurance Limited, Mrs. Bola Odukale has revealed a repackaged education insurance policy that would ensure unveiled education for children till university level.
Speaking with reporters in Lagos, Mrs Odukale said the Education Assurance Plan was designed to guarantee the education of the child named in the policy up to university level subject to the sum assured.
According to her, the plan pays the sum assured in the event of the death of the breadwinner during the policy term and creates immediate estate sufficient to guarantee payment of school fees of the named child adding that this will forestall the abrupt stoppage of the child's education.
She said if the breadwinner suffers critical illness, permanent disability due to accident or sickness or death, the policy will ensure that the child's education is not halted.
While explaining some of the key features of the policy, she noted that the parent or breadwinner decides at inception of the policy, the estimated amount required to finance the future education of the child, after which the estimated amount will represent the sum that will be assured under the policy.
Odukale said: "The breadwinner can arrange to be paying his premium annually or in installments over a maximum period of five years
"The policy has flexible benefit administration options that suit payment of school fees. One child can also be substituted for another during commencement of benefit or benefit payable to the insured's estate."
She noted that education is relevant to the society and that it remains a permanent legacy parents or guardians could bequethe to their children to ensure their future.


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Science and Innovation Fund (Costa Rica): Call for Bids 2015/2016
The call for bids for the Science and Innovation Fund is now open.
1. Introduction to Science and Innovation Network
Science and Innovation plays an important role in encouraging prosperity and growth through the United Kingdom's Science and Innovation Network (SIN). The UK has the most productive research base amongst the G7 (Group of Seven) and other leading research nations. The UK accounts for 3.2% of global expenditure on research and development despite having less than 1% of the world's population and produces:
- 6.4% of global journal articles;
- 11.6% citations; and
- 15.8% of the world's most highly cited articles.
Research and knowledge is increasingly developed and transferred through international co-operation. This co-operation provides opportunities to:
- work with the best in the world;
- exchange students and researchers; and
- gain access to large scale international facilities.
It encourages new ideas and new opportunities for innovation in support of growth. International co-operation in science and innovation is also vital for meeting global policy challenges such as:
- climate change;
- energy security; and
- pandemic disease.
The Science and Innovation Fund
The Science and Innovation Fund aims to promote Costa Rica's economic development and welfare through science, research and innovation capacity building, fostering opportunities for wider research collaboration and trade with the UK and strengthen bilateral relations:
- Analysis of existing S&I capacity (technical and policy) and formulation of strategies for its development;
- Mobility grants;
- Secondments to UK of public officials and staff from higher education or research institutions working on S&I policy, or vice versa;
- Joint research projects;
- Exchange visits: exchange of PhD students, post-doctoral researchers or visiting fellows;
- Wider activities to strengthen links, for example holding symposia, workshops, seminars, meetings;
- Broader scientific capacity building – supporting the ability to both support and make proper use of research and other outputs of science and engineering allowing them to make maximum impact i.e. building capacity for innovation and economic growth; and
- Research capacity building – assisting to undertake and disseminate scientific research.
Under the Science and Innovation Network, the British Embassy in Costa Rica has been awarded £1,000,000 to spend during the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Typical projects should range in value from £25,000 to £120,000 and the fund is aimed at working with organisations from the government (both national and sub-national), civil societies, international organisations and the private sector. For any potential bidders who are thinking about bidding for a project of over £120,000, please contact Denise Lewis in the British Embassy in San Jose.
All expenditures must qualify as ODA. Official Development Assistance (ODA) is a term created by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to measure aid. ODA should be undertaken by the official sector (official agencies, including state and local governments, or their executive agencies) and has promotion of economic development and welfare as the main objective.
For more information on how HMG supports Science & Innovation, you can access the Autumn Statement 2014.
2. How to bid: General Guidance on Project Proposals
General Guidance Notes
- The Costa Rica Science and Innovation Fund looks for practical and high-impact interventions that will lead to a real and timely difference to decision making. Proposals must clearly be a catalyst to transformational changes in public policy and practice in Costa Rica and/or Costa Rica's behaviour in global fora.
- The fund aims for flexible, strategic approach for this fund which encourages the sharing of best practice and promoting the replication of projects where appropriate.
- Impact of the projects will be measured through: a) Sustainability; b) ODA-eligibility; and c) Link to the UK.
All bids will be expected to try to establish some form of link to the UK, which will ideally (though not necessarily) lead to a science or innovation based project extending beyond the lifetime of the project. Preference will be given to bids which have thought about how to link to the UK - either a British organisation(s), individuals, companies or academic institutions/representatives in the UK, in Costa Rica or visiting Costa Rica from the UK. The British Embassy in San Jose may be able to offer limited support in helping to find a suitable academic partner in the UK, but we would like to see an initial project concept bid in the first instance.
Please note that all projects must be completed by 31 March 2016.
Bidding Process
The bidding process is in two stages: a concept bid and full bid stage.
Concept Bid
- Concept bids should be submitted with a clear evidence of support from Host Government/Costa Rican institution, supporting letter, and evidence of cash, or in-kind support. Costa Rica institutions should show a clear link with a British institution.
- Only bids approved through the concept stage will be considered for full bids. Implementers will be advised if a concept bid has been accepted and called to present a full bid.
- The project proposal in the concept bid form should be submitted in English with the title "Costa Rica Science and Innovation Fund 2015: XXX name of the implementer", to email@example.com. Deadline to submit concept bids is 31 May 2015.
Full Bid
Those bids agreed by the Board at the Concept stage will be invited to submit a full bid. The project proposal in the bid form (including an Activity Based Budget) should be submitted in English with the title "Costa Rica Science and Innovation Fund 2015: XXX name of the implementer", to firstname.lastname@example.com. Deadline for submission is 14 June 2015.
More information and documents
The FCO will sign a standard grant contract with all successful bidders. The terms of the contract and standard grant agreement are not negotiable. The Grant Contract form and other documents can be found here: Grant Contract Short Formand Services and Goods Contract .
Please read all guidance and ensure that project proposals are designed and submitted in accordance with it. Proposals that do not meet the criteria and guidance will be rejected. The following documents are:
a) Project Concept Bid
b) Proposal Form
c) How to complete concept bid
d) Activity Based Budget
|Timeline 2015-2016
|15 May 2015
|Announce request for submission of Concept Bids
|31 May 2015
|Deadline for Implementers to submit Concept Bids
|04 June 2015
|Post Board Meeting
|05 June 2015
|Post notification to Implementers announcing results of Concept Bids
|14 June 2015
|Deadline for Implementers to submit Full Bids (including a final Activity Based Budget)
|19 June 2015
|Post notification to Implementers announcing results of bidding round
|29 June 2015
|Contracts and financial arrangements completed
|06 July 2015
|Planned Start of Projects
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All eyes will be on British Prime Minister David Cameron at Friday's European leaders' summit, as the U.K. struggles to define its place in the European Union (EU).
But despite disagreement over who will become the next head of the EU -- the European Commission president -- Cameron could leave the meeting with only minor political wounds, according to some analysts.
The U.K's relationship with the 28-nation bloc has been frosty over the past year and a half. In January 2013, Cameron promised an "in-out" referendum on EU membership, and since then has clashed with European leaders on a range of issues, including banking union and the president of the European Commission.
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Britain is opposed to appointing frontrunner Jean-Claude Juncker to one of the EU's top jobs. Described as "Federalist" by Cameron, Juncker's pro-EU stance stands in contrast to Britain's.


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balmain homme belt, stylestalker knits
i've been obsessed with this balmain homme F/W10 collection like it aint no thing and i've made it my personal mission over the last year to get that gold belt. fast forward countless hours stalking on ebay and a seller in russia and i finally got me some. oh happy day


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You may remember that recently while I was at BBJam Europe I got to sit down with the developer of Neatly - a BlackBerry 10 Twitter app. A nice update has just rolled out (version 188.8.131.52) which brings a whole host of improvements and fixes, most interestingly a new UI layout for the home screen - with a notification indicator. Notifications in the BlackBerry Hub are still restricted by Twitter themselves but the Neatly team are hoping to get the thumbs up from them in the near future.
New features in version 22.214.171.124 include:
- Pocket and Instapaper integration - You can add From Tweet view
- "99 new tweets' fix
- New notification indicator when minimized
- More auto-refresh intervals
- Sharing Tweets from Tweet view
- Copy Tweets from Tweet view
- New home screen
- New profile view
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People who haven't been to Mumbai often wonder what it is like. Some notions and presumptions often noticed are concerned with drug-lords, mafia, swanky cars and film stars. Three years back when I first reached the city, I too had some pre conceived notions. I thought that I would have to pay hafta to the local goons, that if I roamed the streets at night, the drug mafia would catch me and use me for drug trade, that I would have to wait for hours in traffic due to a cavalcade of some film star. None happened.
My first breeze of the city was a full blast of hot July weather at the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus. The first thing that I noticed was that everyone was in a hurry. I couldn't understand why everyone except me was in such a frantic frenzy. Even the beggars were begging faster that they do in Delhi or Kolkata or Chennai. I was also amazed of the fact that I was not harassed by gundas or drug dealers or the police. In fact a nice but loud police officer helped me get a cab. I asked the cabbie, as one would do in other metros, "Goregaon tak ka kitna?", and he answered to my utter disbelief "Meter se jitna hoga". I managed to get a good place to stay in two days and started venturing out at night, shedding all my fears.
Slowly as I assimilated the culture of the city, I understood why Mumbai is what it is. In spite of some political parties goofing around with people's minds and some idiots trying to terrorize the aam aadmi, Mumbai knows that from the beginning of the day till the end of the day, not a single second is worth wasting. That is why Mumbai swarms with people "running" in every direction, working and making money.
When you see a city where people don't care whether it is flooding or it is scorching hot;
When you see a city where people don't care whether madmen are shooting around or blasting off trains;
When you see a city where people don't care whether politicians are practicing dirty tactics or trying to disrupt normal life;
When you see a city where no one, from the rich and influential to the police, from the politicians to even the mafia dares to come in the way of people going for work;
When you see a city where the chant of Ganpati Bappa Moraya mingles rhythmically with the sounds of laughter and the buzz of work;
When you see a city where people toil hard not for petty issues, but for prosperity………
Be absolutely sure that you guessed it right; that city is the financial capital of India, that city is where dreams come true, that city is Mumbai…..


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I start with a pot and 1L of milk (usually one bag of whole milk), and most of the time I add some milk powder (1/4 cup or more, optional), which results in firmer yogurt. Whisk thoroughly, then heat:
Heat that up to 180ºF and either let it start cooling immediately or hold it at that temperature for a little while, say twenty minutes. Some recipes seem to feel this helps convert the milk proteins to make them suitable for yogurt, although I don't find it makes a huge difference.
Let it cool down to 115ºF. Take a ladle-full out, mix in one of these:
- a package of yogurt bacterial culture
- a few tablespoons of commercial yogurt with active culture
- a few tablespoons of your previous batch of homemade yogurt
I usually start with the bacterial culture, do three or four batches in a row using one batch of yogurt to start the next, and then go back to the commercial culture. Some recipes recommend that you avoid using your own culture too many times in a row in case you end up accidentally culturing something else along the way, something that you don't want to be eating in quantity. I'm not convinced that's totally necessary, but commercial cultures aren't terribly expensive, so I don't mind going this route.
Whisk the mixture thoroughly, then return it to the pot and whisk the mixture into the milk thoroughly, then distribute into jars:
This is a reasonable time to add a little sugar, honey, maple, vanilla, if you like. Don't go overboard, you can always add more sweetener later if you like. Put the jars in the dehydrator at 115ºF for four hours to let the culture do its work:
Check on them, if they don't seem firm enough, or you decide you want a very tangy yogurt, you can let it sit another couple of hours in the dehydrator. It won't be at its firmest yet, and there may be some whey at the top. That's ok:
Cap and chill the cans in the fridge, for a while, perhaps overnight. It'll firm up further, as well as cool down:
At this point it's at it's firmest, and is "set" yogurt. If you want to mix in some additional sweetener here you can. If there's whey, you can pour it off or stir it in. If you mix it at this stage it becomes "stirred" yogurt, which many people prefer:
If you want, you can put your yogurt in a cheesecloth or coffee filter overnight to drain some of the whey out, at which point it will become Greek-style yogurt.
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教學經驗: Hello, ¡Hola, 안녕 My name is Vida Christina and I have 8+ years experience teaching English. After receiving my TEFL certification in 2011, I moved and lived in Seoul, South Korea for two years to teach ESL. In 2015, I moved to Madrid, Spain to continue teaching English for 1 year. Currently, I live and work in Washington, DC in higher education. I have tutored and mentored students across college campuses and elementary schools in different parts of the world. My range of subjects include free conversation, interview skills, resume guidance, business English, and help in general grammar,
It's been an incredible and amazing adventure and I hope to inspire and help others like you!
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I stumbled upon this recipe the other day and had to try it. I love chocolate chip cookies of all kinds, but I haven't seen a whole wheat recipe before. So, for you (and mostly for me) I decided to try it. And I'm glad I did. I adjusted it a bit from the recipe on Butteredup, I made my cookies smaller and just used semi-sweet chips (cause I'm lazy), but I was super happy with the result.
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Seen on Butteredup adapted from Good to the Grain by Kim Boyce via Orangette
3 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ teaspoon sea salt
1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes
1 cup lightly packed dark brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 semi-sweet chocolate chips
1. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, and whisk to blend.
2. Put the butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. With the mixer on low speed, mix just until the butter and sugars are blended, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture to the bowl, and blend on low speed until the flour is just incorporated. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add the chocolate, and mix on low speed until evenly combined. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl, and then use your hands to turn and gently massage the dough, making sure all the flour is absorbed. Chill dough for at least 12 hours.
3. Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven, and preheat to 350°F. Grease or line two baking sheets with parchment or silpats.
4. Scoop cookie dough onto cookie sheet. (I used a medium cookie scoop to get the size I wanted).
5. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes until somewhat cracked and browned.


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Verizon Expands HIPAA-Enabled Footprint, Portfolio of Data Center and Cloud Services
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – To help enable the healthcare industry to meet the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requirements for safeguarding electronic protected health information, Verizon is expanding its Healthcare Enabled Services to five additional data centers and offering a broader range of cloud and data center infrastructure services.
To read the full announcement, visit http://www.verizonenterprise.com/news/2014/05/healthcare-enabled-services-expanded-hipaa.
Verizon Enterprise Solutions creates global connections that generate growth, drive business innovation and move society forward. With industry-specific solutions and a full range of global wholesale offerings provided over the company's secure mobility, cloud, strategic networking and advanced communications platforms, Verizon Enterprise Solutions helps open new opportunities around the world for innovation, investment and business transformation.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with more than 103 million retail connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries. A Dow 30 company with more than $120 billion in 2013 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 176,900. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.


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Assistance for European Wine producers and international envy
700€ per hectare and 0,15€ per litre of wine, this is the assistance for European Wine producers that the rest of the world looks at with envy,without considering the off-set
By Donatella Cinelli Colombini
It is well known that abroad the assistance for European wine producers and farmers is looked upon with suspect, as if they were a disturbance to competition but in a dishonest way. And wine is one of the products to be questioned.
A few years ago, to be able to export, all wineries were forced to send to China a declaration stating what contributions had received. It all ended when Europe accepted the commercialization of Chinese solar panels.
The last episode of this saga is the article "How Much Government Assistance Do European Wine Producers Receive?"published by the Journal of Wine Economics by Kym Anderson from the School of Economics in the Adelaide University and by Hans G. Jensen of the Institute of Food and Resource Economics from the Copenhagen University.
These two academics have estimated the European aids to be an average of 700€ per hectare and 0,15€ per litre of wine so roughly a nominal tax rate of about 20%of costs.
An enormous amount 2,341 billion per year, of which France alone gets about one third of the total (830 million Euro), Italy and Spain about a fifth each 570 the first and 405 the second) while all the other nations are under 100 million Euro.
If we go and see these total we realize that the vineyards with most contributions per hectare are the Austrian ones .They get 2.400 € so more than double everyone else. After this initial help the aid per hectolitre of wine is superior in Austria with respect to every other European nation: 370€. In this list we find Slovakia in second position then Slovenia, Check republic, Portugal, France and Bulgaria all above the European average of 145€, while we in Italy are below with 140€.


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Parents in Polk County, Florida are hopping mad this month after the local school district did iris scans on their kids without their permission. Wait, let me repeat that. A school district did iris scans on some 750 kids.
Ahem, Big Brother? He has arrived. And he's trying to collect some pretty detailed biometric information on CHILDREN!
Forget, for just a moment, the whole kerfuffle over whether parents in Polk had a chance to give permission for this pilot program. Permission is almost beside the point ... I want to know why would school districts need to do iris scans on kids anyway?
Are they storing gold bars in schools these days?
Weapons of mass destruction?
With identification of kids coming down to something so personal, you'd think so ...
The folks down in Polk, where this whole "iris scans on kids" scandal has blown up, say they were going to use the biometrics to keep track of kids on district school buses. Kid steps up, gets his (or her) eyes scanned, and it records that they've boarded. Considering the number of "kid on wrong bus" stories we see in the news, I can see why districts are trying new things.
But there are plenty of options between depending on kids to remember what bus to go on and the Orwellian collection of personal data from our children.
Once schools start allowing companies in to scan a kid's eyes, the potential for that information to be misused is great. Who knows what will be done with it ... or whose hands it could end up in.
Our kids have plenty of time to end up in the "system" when they're older.
The schools can keep their scanners out of my kid's eyes, thank you very much.
Would you allow your child's school to do an iris scan or is that going too far?
Image via Peter Sheik/Flickr


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50% off Blackhouse, Grill on the Market, a relaunched steakhouse/grill in Farringdon
Calling all carnivores – Blackhouse, Grill on the Market, Farringdon, has opened its doors again with a fresh new look, new juicy cuts of meat – think 15-year-old English Galician, beer-fed Wagyu and an Australian fillet – and a hefty 'Book of Beef'.
Celebrate the relaunch with an incredible 50% off lunch and dinner from Monday 22nd May until Sunday 28th May.
Want to know what to expect for starters? Bites such as piri piri calamari with saffron mayonnaise; beer battered Cumbrae oysters with jalapeño and tartare sauce; and St. Louis bone in rib with a sticky orange and honey glaze crackling.
For the steak, you can guarantee premium cuts – 15-year-old English Galician, beer-fed Wagyu and an Australian fillet – sit alongside quality classics, including an Argentinian ribeye and Scotch sirloin. All beef is aged for at least 28-days to ensure the upmost tenderness and flavour in each bite.
Booking is a must and can be done HERE
Blackhouse, Grill on the Market
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The night at Tufts didn't reassure me of Harvard's social superiority, or make me lament not going to a fun school. It reminded me that at college, any college, we do a lot of stupid things
Sixteen trailers sat in two rows among the fruit trees of a Logan, Utah orchard. It was 1936, 75 years ago.
One August night every year, around 10 p.m., my dad slammed shut the trunk of our silver station wagon, which ...
Sometimes the Saturday night Mt. Auburn rat race grows tiresome. Or maybe you're blacklisted from that rat race. Either way, ...
Located in the somewhat unknown Fort Point neighborhood of Boston's waterfront, Drink is well worth the trek, but don't come ...
On a recent Sunday morning, I awoke from a brief sleep on the dank carpet of Quincy and stumbled into ...
In the spirit of the Winter Games, FM presents the events of the Harvard Olympics.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Clubbing in Uruguay seemed reminiscent of a sweaty, high-school basement rave. I strolled in with my group
SANTIAGO, Chile – "Waiting at bus stops alone at night on the street may be seen as inviting problems." As
SANTIAGO, Chile —After 13 hours of flying to Santiago (complete with rowdy representatives from Wal-Mart and the equally vociferous and
FlyBy donned our Sunday best every day last week while heading to each house's spring formal. Our guide to the
Take the envelope, Patrick," my blockmate urged me. As if still frozen from the previous night's chilly River Run, I
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Harvard's leading lady, Drew Gilpin Faust, answered 20 questions about her new book, "This Republic of Suffering: Death and the


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Super Stylish Sims Rooms
I can totally relate to the creator of these digital rooms — the first time I played The Sims in early 2000, the part of the gameplay that totally got me hooked was the complete freedom to design and decorate your virtual home. For an interiors addict, it was the ultimate digital sandbox, full of fun and possibilities.
Now, back then, the furniture, flooring and finishes choices were pretty much limited to what came shipped with the game, before the multitudes of user generated content were available. Today, the sky is the limit.
I ran across these amazing digital rooms created by a long time Sims user — one who I'd say definitely deserves some kind of special designation as "Digital Decorator Extraordinare" or something along those lines. The level of detail in these rooms is unbelievable and the concept is so interesting – when freed from all constraints having to do with room size, budget and usability issues, what does your dream room look like?
Selena Macintosh published her ultra creative Sims rooms at Persephone Magazine – enjoy the samples above and check lots out more: The Sims Made Me a Great Decorator | Persephone Magazine


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Agreement Reached Between Union and Grain Companies, Sugar Not As Popular
- There has been a tentative agreement in the 18-month dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Northwest Grain Companies.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee released a statement yesterday and said, "United Grain Company has been notified that state grain inspectors will resume inspections immediately. This is outstanding news for grain growers across Washington, for our grain customers overseas, and for the hundreds of ILWU workers who will now be back on the job."
- A sugar industry analyst suggests Millenials are eating less sugar than older generations.
Analyst Todd Hale made those comments during the American Sugar Alliance's annual International Sweetener Symposium last week.
Described as those born between 1977 and 1994, Millenials will outnumber the baby boomer generation by 10 million people in 2020. Hale notes Millenials spend only $18 per year on sugar and sugar substitutes, compared to Baby Boomers spending $24.