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Dr. Aleksandra Dulic is an artist-scholar working at the intersection of interactive multimedia installation and live performance with research foci in cross-cultural media performance, interactive animation and computational poetics. She has received a number of awards for her short animated films and interactive media works. Her work is widely presented in exhibitions, festivals, conferences and television broadcasts across Europe, Asia and North America. These works include films, animated media performances, interactive computer installations and software tools for interactive animation. She is active as an artist, curator, writer, educator, teaching courses, presenting and publishing papers across North America, Australia, Europe and Asia.http://cct.ok.ubc.ca/people.html
Kenneth Newby is a media artist, composer-performer, educator, interaction designer, and audio producer whose creative practice explores the use of technology to enable media performances and installations that are rich in aural, visual and cultural nuances. His work is widely presented in exhibitions, concerts, festivals, and radio broadcasts throughout Canada, Asia, Europe, and the USA. These works include compositions of media performance, electro-acoustic and acoustic music; interactive computer systems for live performance and installation; software tools for composition of music and animation, new composition for Javanese and Balinese gamelan ensembles; interdisciplinary collaborations with composers and artists in various disciplines (film, video, dance, theatre, poetry, shadow play) and participation in improvisational ensembles.
His SSHRC funded Computational Poetics research project has resulted in the development of sophisticated media diffusion techniques that enable the creation of singular audiovisual installation works that explore the expressive potential of sculptural forms of multi-channel audio and visual images.
Kenneth's current art research involves interdisciplinary collaborations with several researchers in the creation of computationally based audiovisual installation works that represent complex images of multi-cultural identity. These works feature both situated, local sites while incorporating mobile communications technologies to allow the participation of individuals at a distance.
The Centre for Culture and Technology is an interdisciplinary institute that engages multiple forms of art, media and information technologies as vehicles for the exploration and expression of community, culture, and identity. A key role of the Centre is to advance research/creation processes and theoretical discourse in the dynamic field of culture and technology in order to address rapid changes in technologies themselves as well as their reflection of, and influence on our cultures and communities. Through this focus, the Centre fosters innovation in computer based multimedia technology and its associated art-making practices by building bridges between technology, community and culture. We are developing new approaches to digital technology by integrating the embodied intelligence of expressive arts and crafts with design processes in culturally appropriate forms. An integration of cultural performance with interactive media environments can draw from the long history of performative traditions that effectively address their place and communities.


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(ED:- For the Passover holiday it's traditional to cover working surfaces in the home. The Seder table represents the symbolic story of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. The Afikoman is part of a Matza which is hidden and the children must find it in order to negotiate a gift from the family)
By Jewish World 12.04.17 - http://tinyurl.com/mylgq7z
Ihab from Jerusalem decorated his bus with flowers and foil, commenting, 'I wanted to make my passengers happy so that we'll feel love for at least one day, in the hope that it'll stay forever.'
A Muslim bus driver in Jerusalem decided to craft a holiday surprise for his ultra-Orthodox passengers and transformed his vehicle into a "Passover bus" with aluminum foil, flowers, and even a miniature Seder table.
· Ihab drives his bus on the 77 line in Jerusalem, explained simply to Ynet, "I wanted to make my passengers happy so that we'll feel love for at least one day, in the hope that it'll stay forever."
The passengers of Line 77 were greeted with flowers and balloons and a whole bus interior covered with aluminum foil. In the center of the vehicle was an improvised Seder table, and one of the passengers even found the Afikoman, receiving dinner for two as a prize.
Ihab didn't really know how to render a bus (or anything else) kosher for Passover. "I don't really understand that, because I'm not from the Jewish sector," he said. "But a guy who works with me, Nadav Azariah, helped organize the 'Seder night'—he set the table and bought the groceries.
"I thought about what to do. I bought flowers, I bought balloons, I decorated the bus, and it was beautiful. People were happy. I was moved, and the passengers were touched."
This is not the first time that Ihab has delighted his Jewish passengers: "I also decorated the bus on Purim," he said with a smile.

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Logos Logistics has just passed its 15th year in business this October, and in these last 15 years, Logos has outgrown several offices, employed more and more staff, and most recently in 2012, partnered with a large freight company to offer the complete end to end package for machine moves!
Starting off in the dining room of one of the director's house, as small businesses often do, Logos very quickly began to make a name for itself in the Semiconductor Industry securing work with key names in the industry in Scotland, such as National Semiconductor (Texas Instruments), and Motorola (Freescale), customers that Logos still have today. In fact, in 15 years trading, Logos Logistics have never lost a customer, and this is all down to the quality of service that Logos provide, and the attitude that goes along with it of "doing whatever it takes to get the job done"!
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Adding a Service with rug if ZENworks already exists on a ZLM Server
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When attempting to add a service and register with a ZLM server you may get the following error message
ERROR: A service of type 'ZENworks' already exists on this client.
Once you get this message you are unable to add a service with rug.
The nice folks in Novell Support have created a script that lets you clear out the error from your system. This will save you a lot of steps -- so many thanks to NTS for this goodie.
Copy this script into your favorite editor and save as zlm_service_cleanup.sh or some other name if you prefer.
#!/bin/sh #zlm_services_cleanup.sh #This script will attempt to cleanup any Services related files that cause the following error message. #ERROR: A service of type 'ZENworks' already exists on this client #Once cleaned up you will need to add your service again with rug. See the comment section at the bottom of the script. /etc/init.d/novell-zmd stop function check_pid_file() { test -f /var/run/zmd.pid } if check_pid_file == 0; then echo -e "Killing ZENworks Management Daemon. \n" kill -9 `cat /var/run/zmd.pid` fi echo -e "Removing all Services related files. \n" rm /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/zmd/secret rm /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/zmd/deviceid rm /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/zmd/initial-service rm -rf /var/opt/novell/zenworks/cache/zmd/web/files/* rm -rf /var/opt/novell/zenworks/cache/zmd/web/info/* rm -rf /var/opt/novell/zenworks/cache/zmd/web/packages/* rm /var/opt/novell/zenworks/lib/zmd/services rm /var/opt/novell/zenworks/lib/zmd/subscriptions.xml rm /var/opt/novell/zenworks/lib/zmd/subscriptions /etc/init.d/novell-zmd start #Here is where we can add in our service add functionality to the script. #Uncomment the lines below and change the rug sa command to fit your environment. #Note: the Sleep is needed to ensure that the zmd daemon is fully started. #sleep 5 #/opt/novell/zenworks/bin/rug sa -k some-regkey https://zlm-server-hostname
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St. Robert's Bereavement MinistryWe believe that no one should grieve alone. Bereavement Ministry provides support to those who grieve the loss of a friend or family member. To this end, Bereavement Ministers are involved in peer to peer ministry and help organize memorial events (such as the All Souls' Mass and the Memorial Christmas Tree). Members of the Bereavement Ministry receive training and support. Find out more here.Archdiocese of Milwaukee Grief Support "The Common Ground of Grief" involves monthly presentations on various aspects of grief by Patrick Dean, Grief Counselor with Catholic Cemeteries. Presentations will be from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm and then repeated again in the evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Presentations are on the first Tuesday of the month and Support Group Meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. All sessions are held at San Camillo, 10200 W. Bluemound Road, Milwaukee, and are free of charge. For further information please visit Catholic Cemeteries or The Archdiocese of Milwaukee.St. Robert's Prayer NetworkThe members of the Prayer Network lift up intercessory prayers daily for those who have phoned in serious prayer needs. Members receive the requests once a week unless the need is more time sensitive. Prayer Network members may be compared to the four men who carried the paralytic to Jesus (Mark 2:1-12). We pray anonymously for others' petitions. One mass per month is prayed for the needs addressed by this Prayer Network. Click here to submit a prayer request.Pastoral Care of the SickIf you know of someone who is homebound or in a hospital or nursing home and would like to be anointed or have Communion brought to them, please contact the Parish Office at 414-332-1164.Resources for Funeral PlanningFuneral Planning SheetCatholic Charities Offers CounselingYou don't have to face any life issue alone. Catholic Charities has counselors available for individual and family needs. To contact a counselor in the Milwaukee area, please call 414-771-2881 or visit www.catholiccharitiesinfo.org.
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As the impresario behind the Ig Nobel Prizes, Marc Abrahams is skilled at sniffing out what seems to be silly science — but often, there's a practical point behind the seeming silliness.
Take Elena Bodnar's bra, for example. No, really. Take it. The bra that Bodnar invented can be converted into two filter masks in the event of a Chernobyl-style radiation leak or other emergency. That combination of laughability and practicality is what earned the Ukrainian physician an Ig Nobel Prize for Public Health in 2009.
Abrahams recounts Bodnar's achievement and many other Ig-worthy innovations in a newly published book, "This Is Improbable," and he'll be adding to the store on Thursday night during the2012 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University. The webcast gets under way at 7:15 p.m. ET. There'll be paper airplanes flying, Nobel laureates officiating, and opera singers premiering a work titled "The Intelligent Designer and the Universe."
You can expect this year's prizes to highlight improbable but not totally impractical scientific findings such as these nuggets from "This Is Improbable":
• Which ear is better for detecting when someone is telling a lie? If you can only afford to listen with one ear, make it the left one. A 1993 study published in the journal Neuropsychologia found that people did marginally better at discerning truth and lies when they heard it with the left ear only, as opposed to the right ear only. "It works, to the extent it works, only when a man does the lying," Abrahams writes.
• How can you keep your stamina up when singing at a karaoke bar? A 2003 studypublished in the Journal of Voice found that karaoke singers who kept themselves hydrated and took one-minute breaks between songs were able to keep singing for more than 100 minutes, as opposed to the 85-minute average for those who weren't allowed to have rest or rehydration. However, the scientists found that there was no difference in the quality of the singing.
• What's the best way to choose up sides for a basketball team? If team captains take alternate turns, the captain who chooses first gets an unfair advantage. It's fairer to go with an ABBABAAB pattern: Captain A makes choice No. 1, Captain B chooses No. 2 and 3, A chooses 4, B chooses 5, A chooses 6 and 7, B chooses 8. The same rule applies to pouring cups of coffee from a coffeepot, by the way. The research was published by the journal Complex Systems in 2003.
• Which restroom stall should I choose? This is one of the great unresolved questions of sanitation science, along with the perennial controversy over toilet-paper orientation. One study suggested that in a four-stall restroom, the stalls on the end are most used. A different study saw indications that there was more action in the middle stalls. "The traces of these intellectual expeditions, deposited over many years in layers upon the ground, form a sort of mental compost," Abrahams writes. "It sits, ripening, for future scholars to uncover."
Abrahams chuckled when I brought up the restroom-stall research during a telephone chat this week. "I think back to that study, and it really doesn't matter," he said. "There are lots of decisions in life you're asked to make every day where it doesn't matter. No matter what stall you choose, there's paper in all of 'em."
But in some cases, even Abrahams derives practical benefit from the strange studies that wind up on the Ig Nobel list. For example, Stanford University philosopher John Perry won the Literature Prize last year for his theory of structured procrastination. Simply put, if you're avoiding the No. 1 task on your to-do list, do task No. 2, 3 or 4 instead. It's even better if the unpleasant task on the top of your list is something you don't really need to do after all.
"When I read that, it really did change things for me," Abrahams said. "I adopted that as one of my personal guides every day. All day long, I'm cheating myself, happily."
The lesson is that seemingly silly science can change your life. That came through loud and clear in last week's Golden Goose Awards, which honored the folks behind the development of lasers, glow-in-the-dark proteins and coral-inspired bone grafts. All three of those innovations sprang from research projects that were at one time or another written off as frivolous or useless. Who knows? Maybe the same story will be told about Thursday night's Ig Nobel Prize winners.
"When anybody looks at any of these people and what they've done, however stunning the story is that you're seeing, that really is just the start of a much better and longer story," Abrahams said. "Unless that person got killed while doing it."


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Justice minister Wynter Kabimba's appetite for power recently got him into a seriously trouble with president Michael Sata when he (Kabimba) ordered police to search the law firm belonging to one of the president's close allies.
Sources at State House disclosed that shortly before Mr. Sata travelled to China, Kabimba and his cartel members Fred Mmembe and Mutembo Nchito called the Inspector General of the Police Stella Libongani and her deputy Solomon Jere and ordered them to search the law firm belonging to Kelvin Fube Bwalya popularly known as KBF.
Insiders said without knowing where the instructions were coming from, Libongani and Jere asked Lusaka province Commissioner to seal-off the law firm with a view to searched it and get some documents as ordered by Kabimba and his clique.
Sources said just when the operation was about to start, KBF was informed of the heavy police presence at his law firm, situated off Bwinjimfumu road in Roadspark, near the Post newspaper.
"It was at this point that Mr. Bwalya directly phoned president Sata inquiring on what was happening at his law firm. The president expressed ignorance and immediately called Libongani and Mr. Jere to find out what was happening at the friend's law firm," sources disclosed.
PF insiders said the IG was also shocked that the president was not aware of the operation that was commanded by someone (Kabimba) she thought was a close ally to the president and immediately withdrew her officers from the firm.
Sources said the president summoned both the IG and her deputy to State House to tell him who ordered the search at KBF's law firm or they will all be disciplined.
"The IG told the president that it was actually Mmembe, Kabimba and friends who commanded them that they wanted certain documents to do with the judiciary. But Mr. Sata also summoned Kabimba to State House to inquire on who told him to order the police to search KBF's law firm. It is like Kabimba also had no proper answers and only said he wanted documents belonging to the judiciary, Sources said.
According to sources, the president asked whether there was a complaint from the judiciary regarding missing documents to which Kabimba said he just wanted to check something.
Sources said on investigations, it was discovered that Kabimba and the clique wanted to get documents relating to the operations of the Kola Foundation, an organisation that is preparing the transfer of power within the PF as recommended by Muchinga Chiefs.
Insiders say Mr. Sata was very upset with the behaviour of Kabimba and his clique that has unsurped so much powers from him.
Sources said Kabimba, Mmembe and clique have amassed so much power that they sometimes summon senior government and presidential appointees including the Army Commander, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and other heads of law enforcement agencies to give them directives without the president knowing.
"There are so many schemes that these boys have been doing in the name of the president who has been very ineffective to the point where the general talk in the PF government is that the entire administration is run by an unelected clique from Bwinjimfumu Rd (Post newspaper offices). It is like the big man (Sata) had also given them too much powers and it is only now that some people are making him realise that they have destroyed his government," sources said.
Sources said the dilemma for the president now is that he doesn't know how much information these people have collected and able to unleash against his regime in order to blackmail him, so he fears to discipline them.


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Wish we had this kind of summer school when I was a kid! For this KAL, I wanted to challenge myself by attempting my first pair of toe-up socks. There were some frustrations right out of the gate with learning how to cast-on for the toe. I don't recommend trying out a new knitting technique while on the beach with the sun beating down on you. But the light bulb finally clicked on. Judy's Magic Cast-on is truly magical! I caught myself stopping to admire the neat looking toe all while knitting the first of the pair. The fun speckled yarn is two sisters big sky base in the Pippi's Freckles colorway. The contrasting toes & afterthought heels were knitted with some stroll brights (pickle juice, pucker, hot tamale & razzleberry) that were in the stash. For the stitch pattern, I went with the same one that I used in my bowknot tabi socks. It's interesting how this pattern looks slightly different knitted in the opposite direction. More butterfly-like. I'm glad that I gave toe-up socks a try even though it felt a little strange to be knitting everything in reverse. And most importantly, I love wearing my mismatched Pippi socks:


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Drawback Entries are Deemed Liquidated Despite Outstanding Underlying Entries, Court Says
A recent U.S. Court of International Trade ruling determined that automaker Ford is not responsible for returning duty drawback it received for materials imported in the 1990s and early 2000s. The CIT decision clarifies the proper interpretation of 19 USC 1504(a)(2)(C) and provides leverage for other importers that may have had drawback claims denied by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in violation of this provision.
Drawback is a refund of up to 99 percent of the duties paid upon importation of an article or material that was later exported, and its purpose is to encourage the domestic manufacture of articles for export. CBP's general practice is to defer the liquidation of drawback claims until either the liquidation of all underlying import entries has become final or the claimant has filed a waiver with a deposit of any additional duties owed, although there is no law requiring such a delay. In addition, prior to Dec. 3, 2004, the liquidation statute did not expressly address the deemed liquidation of drawback claims.
In 2004, "concerned that growing numbers of aging drawback claims were collecting dust at Customs" and could result in financial liability for importers, Congress enacted a law giving CBP one year to finalize all drawback claims filed by Dec. 4, 2004, and requiring CBP to liquidate future drawback claims within a specified period of time. Specifically, 19 USC 1504(a)(2)(C) states that an entry or claim for drawback that was filed before Dec. 4, 2004, and had not been liquidated as of Dec. 4, 2005, would be deemed liquidated at the amount asserted by the claimant at the time of the entry or claim. The 17 drawback claims at issue in this case were all filed before Dec. 3, 2004, and remained unliquidated as of Dec. 3, 2005, and Ford therefore argued that all 17 claims were deemed liquidated by operation of law.
CBP, however, held that subparagraph (C) does not apply to the drawback claims at issue because each of them had at least one underlying import entry that was unliquidated and not final as of Dec. 3, 2005. Instead, CBP argued, these 17 claims were subject to subparagraph (B), which specifies certain deposit, liquidation request and waiver requirements that Ford failed to meet. CBP therefore claimed that it was entitled to the return of drawback it determined, after the deemed liquidation deadline expired, was paid in error.
The CIT rejected CBP's position, pointing out that subparagraph (C) makes no mention of underlying import entries, let alone a requirement for their liquidation. "The interpretation that Customs and the government give subparagraph (C) thus could be sustained only if one were to conclude that Congress did not mean what it unambiguously and unequivocally said," the court wrote. As a result, the drawback entries at issue were deemed liquidated by operation of law and Ford is not required to return any of the associated drawback it received.


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Top Bar ApiRevolution has begun! Lets make some inexpensive Top Bar Hives and let them be pesticide free on their own natural comb! Che Guebee is a rebel bee fighting for the survival of the Biodiversity we all depend on and which is seriously endangered by deforestation and mono-crop agriculture! What kind of teaching have you got if you exclude nature?
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Have you started with the suppers? What size do you have on the hives? They look a bit bigger then the ones you build at Kretsloppshuset.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Canton, Ohio: The (He)Art of it All!written by thesarahshow on 2009-07-04 #places
Nestled in the heart of North East Ohio, just 50 miles south of the Mistake on the Lake, is the little football town that could...Canton, Ohio.6 6 Share Tweet
The Toledo Zoowritten by 0live on 2011-04-15 #places
Eager to enjoy the first beautiful day of spring, my coworker and lomo-friend Clairessa and I set out to spend some film at the Toledo Zoo!1 7 Share Tweet
Through A Plastic Lens - Photographs by Charlie Wagerswritten by charliewagers on 2010-11-22 #news
Through a Plastic Lens is a solo exhibition of Medium-Format photographs by Charlie Wagers. A month long art-show in Square Records Gallery, in Akron, Ohio.1 7 Share Tweet
An Analogue Adventure into Minor League Sports in the Midwest Part One: Mahoning Valley Scrappers Baseballwritten by 110isnotdead on 2012-09-11
Welcome to the first installment of my travels into the wacky world of Minor League sports. We begin, oddly enough, at the end of the Minor League Baseball season at Fan Appreciation Night with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers Single A baseball team.4 4 Share Tweet
Lake View Cemeterywritten by seanbryan on 2011-11-01 #places
I've been living in Cleveland far too long to not go see Lake View Cemetery. President Garfield, John D. Rockefeller, Harvey Pekar, and the namesake of practically every building in town are buried there. It's a beautiful fall walk through the woods.1 5 Share Tweet
An Analogue Adventure into Minor League Sports in the Midwest Part Two: Niles, Ohio - Rustbelt Legacywritten by 110isnotdead on 2012-09-19 #places
Welcome to the second installment of my journey to Minor League Sports Nirvana. This article will have more of a cultural bend. The little town of Niles, Ohio has lost much of its luster from being part of the Steel Valley to now being merely a stopover for turnpike drivers. There is more to be seen here though.2 3 Share Tweet
An Analogue Adventure into Minor League Sports in the Midwest Part Three: Time for Soccerwritten by 110isnotdead on 2012-09-28
Welcome back everyone to the 3rd riveting installment of my search for sporting bliss. I come to you today from Cub Cadet Field on the campus of Akron University in Akron, Ohio. This is home to the Akron Zips Men's Soccer team, arguably the best soccer team in the area and they showed it tonight as they faced the Bulls of South Florida University.3 Share Tweet
A Trip Back in Time at the Mansfield Carrousel Districtwritten by 110isnotdead on 2012-08-21 #places
Who doesn't like riding a carrousel? It was one of the most fun things to do when we were kids. Why does the fun need to end?2 2 Share Tweet
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, Ohiowritten by sthomas68 on 2010-08-05 #places
A whopping 265 acres of rolling hills, verdant greens, paved pet friendly nature trails, gardens, forests, and seven lakes help make up this wonderful outdoor paradise dedicated to modern art sculpture. Welcome to Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park!2 Share Tweet
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I have lived in Cincinnati, Ohio for my entire life. I have seen many things here, but there is always something new (or old) to discover in or around the city. I seldom venture into the downtown heart of my metropolis, but one day I decided to walk block after block while on foot with my LC-A. My friend and I had parked near a local pro shop after being disappointed with the film services and products they offered.1 1 Share Tweet


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Equate Alcohol Free Oral RinseReviewing: Equate Alcohol Free Oral Rinse | Rating:
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The first thing I like about Equate Mouthrinse is its more affordable since its the Walmartversion. The quality is just as good in my opinion. I don't get a burning sensation when rinseing since its alcohol free. Also it comes in a good size with it being a 1.5 litter bottle. The Overall Value of Equate Mouth Wash can't be beat. That is unless you have a coupon for another brand name mouthwash thats around the same size. Also another way to spot this product is the liquid is blue while the other Equate version containing Alcohol in the mouthrinse is orange.
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My teeth and gums just don't feel right unless I rinse my mouth out the night before with this product and then brush my teeth. My teeth seem to feel more sensitive to foods that have sugar in them the next day without using the Equate Mouthrinse nightly. Flossing my tooth on my left side in the very back and then using this mouthrinse really helps alleviate the pain of the wisdom tooth that needs to be taken out. This product also makes my gums feel better as a whole after flossing all my teeth.
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Well, one could hardly write a compilation of one's five favorite restaurants in Paris (having only just been there a week or so), now could one? However, since I am always interested in other people's recommendations for places to dine when I am planning a trip, I thought I'd share with you, Dear Reader, the five restaurants we enjoyed eating in the most during our all-too-short visit to the City of Light. Perhaps you might find your way to one of them on your next visit that fair city . . .
|The unobtrusive facade of André Allard
|The Lilliputian front dining room at Allard, a favorite of Pierre Bergé
|One enters Allard with a view right into the kitchen, where
its chefs are busily at work preparing the evening's meals
|The convivial main dining room at André Allard
41 Rue Saint-Andre des Arts
75006 Paris
+33 1 43 26 48 23
Restaurant Le Voltaire—Expensive, yummy comfort food for the well-heeled club set
|The golden glow of Le Voltaire's main dining room—the inner sanctum
|The front dining room at Le Voltaire
|Le Voltaire's fabulous frites
|Note line for cigarettes on the bill . . .
You can be sure, Dear Reader, that Le Voltaire will be on my short list of restaurants to return to when I next find myself in Paris.
Le Voltaire
27 Quai Voltaire
75007 Paris
+33 1 42 61 17 49
Le Grand Véfour—Superb haute cuisine served with flourish and all the trimmings in one of the most beautiful, historic rooms in the western world
|Le Grand Véfour—discretely tucked away
in the passages of the Palais Royal
|The sublimely beautiful main dining room at Le Grand Véfour
|Véfour's cheese trays—the most beautiful Reggie has ever seen!
(Goat' s milk cheeses on the left/cow's milk cheeses on the right)
|The restaurant's triumphal procession of presentation!
|Vefour's pretty Pâte des Fruits—
but one of the many sweets
served at the conclusion of our meal
Not only is the food at Le Grand Véfour splendid and what dreams are made of, but the level of service at the restaurant is equally awe-inspiring. Watching the maître d's, sommeliers, waiters, and waiters' assistants' highly-ordered ritual dance of presentation and service was like witnessing a grand corps de ballet in all its perfection. And yes, Dear Reader, the rooms truly are beautiful, and even more beautiful in person than photographs could ever capture.
Le Grand Véfour
17 Rue de Beaujeolais
Palais Royal
75001 Paris
+33 1 42 96 56 27
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I recently had someone ask, "What would be the MOST IMPORTANT few steps to take when looking at improving nutrition/health?" They knew they had a journey ahead, and they felt a little overwhelmed. So to simplify initial steps to take, I narrowed it down to two nutritional changes to make ASAP. You'll be amazed at how these simple changes will make big improvements in how you feel!
- ELIMINATE REFINED SUGAR. Just do it. Don't argue about it or justify why you think you need it. You don't! Your body just craves it because it's like a drug! Use maple sugar for baking if you must. Consider stevia or honey in your tea. But again, these are substitutes. Do you even need these?? How much can you do without? Lifechanging equation: Sugar = "poison".
NOTE: Per other posts, do NOT use artificial sweeteners. "Poison" as well!
- INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF NON-STARCHY VEGETABLES YOU EAT. Okay, you don't have to go overboard at first. But begin to introduce an extra serving of a non-starchy vegetable to your meal. Preferably GREEN ones at that! After some time, introduce another serving to your meal. The goal is that over time, you would be filling your plate with more of these delicious, lifesaving macronutrients, and less of junk. For now, just know that "macro" means large-scale and "nutrient" means a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life. I'll cover macronutrients in another post.
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- Artichoke
- Artichoke hearts
- Asparagus
- Baby corn
- Bamboo shoots
- Beans (green, wax, Italian)
- Bean sprouts
- Beets
- Brussels sprouts
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Algarve launches spa week promotion in October
Ten of the highest quality 5-star hotel spas in the Algarve are offering a special Spa Week promotion from 2nd – 9th October. The spas are offering a 50% discount on all their health and beauty treatments alongside special accommodation packages. This exceptional offer will be available to both local residents and visitors to the region and will take place annually for the next three years.
The Spa Week concept has already had huge success in the USA, England and Brazil. The hotels and resorts involved in the Algarve's Spa Week include the Lake Spa Resort, Hilton Vilamoura, Hotel Real Santa Eulália, Real Marina Olhão, Vila Vita Parc, Hotel Quinta do Lago, Crowne Plaza Vilamoura, Vila Monte Resort, Tivoli Marina Vilamoura and Tivoli Victoria. The participating hotels and resorts are hoping to position the Algarve as a quality spa destination by offering their luxurious and extensive spa facilities at a discounted rate to the public.
The hotel spas offer a wide range of treatments. The Hilton Vilamoura, for example, offers a 1-day rejuvenation programme or a range of 7-day packages such as 'youth revitalisation' and 'healthy weight loss'. They also provide treatments such as lymphatic drainage, Hawaiian showers and vichy massages. The Hotel Real Saint Eulália also has a marine capsule which is a combination of therapies which work on the hydro-massage concept to increase circulation and improve the lymph system.
Spa Week makes the perfect escape to the Algarve with an overnight stay or longer after a day of pampering in a luxury hotel will ensure guests wake up feeling rejuvenated and relaxed before returning to the hustle and bustle of everyday life! The Algarve region has much to offer between spa treatments, from the lush Monchique hills to the stunning coastline to the region's traditional architecture. If you want to extend your Spa Week experience with a round of golf, a boat trip, a nature trek or another activity, the Spa Week hotels and resorts will be more than happy to organise this for you!
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On election day, Energy Transfer Partners surreptitiously announced plans to move forward with the Dakota Access Pipeline. While the world was distracted by Trump's surprise victory, the company said they are "mobilizing horizontal drilling equipment" even though just about a week ago President Barack Obama said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was exploring a new route for the controversial pipeline.
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, their supporters, and their children have been protesting the oil pipeline for months, but Energy Transfer Partners appears to be deaf to their pleas. In defiance of President Obama's remark that the government could "determine whether or not this can be resolved in a way that I think is properly attentive to the traditions of the first Americans," Energy Transfer Partners appears to be scorning the voices of those Americans to move forward with the pipeline.
Related: Donald Trump has a yuge vested interested in the Dakota Access Pipeline
Last September, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Justice, and the U.S. Army said pipeline construction would be halted, requesting Energy Transfer Partners to "voluntarily pause all construction activity within 20 miles east or west of Lake Oahe." But in their statement announcing the pipeline will move forward Energy Transfer Partners said, "Dakota Access previously received a permit from the army corps with respect to the tunneling activities under Lake Oahe, and Dakota Access has all other regulatory approvals and land rights to complete the crossing of the Missouri river at Lake Oahe." The company said they'll commence the final phase of the Dakota Access Pipeline in two weeks.
North Dakota regulators recently filed a complaint because the oil company behind Dakota Access didn't disclose the presence of "Native American artifacts" in the pipeline's path. According to The Guardian, a United Nations group is also looking into claims pipeline protesters are being inhumanely jailed and of other human rights abuses.
Protesters expressed dismay at the nefarious news from Energy Transfer Partners. Eryn Wise of the Laguna Pueblo and Jicarilla Apache tribes told The Guardian, "Are indigenous people so invaluable that now that Dakota Access is to the water, does it not matter to anyone that people are going to start laying down their lives? I think that people need to seriously question the integrity of the work produced by DAPL right now, because they're rushing. Is it safe when they've been rushing like this?"
Cheryl Angel of the Sicangu Lakota tribe told The Guardian, "I'm in shock. I'm speechless. It's unconscionable and devastating. It's almost as though they have no soul."
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Hugo Chavez with Evo Morales of Bolivia Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela, has died. Hugely popular in his own country, he was controversial in the West, and hated by those in power in the US. Chavez – who famously called George W Bush a " …
Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela, has died. Hugely popular in his own country, he was controversial in the West, and hated by those in power in the US.
Chavez – who famously called George W Bush a "donkey" – was part of a wave of Latin American leaders who saw it as their role to complete the task of Simón Bolívar: to rid South America of imperialist control. Chavez and his ilk sent a strong message to Washington that Latin America is no longer their backyard: no more will US company be able to loot resources and repay people with death squads and disappearances.
Chavez used Venezuela's tremendous oil wealth to improve the condition of the poor, and to send a strong message to the rest of the world that it is possible to build a society that meets the aspirations of ordinary people.
Venezuela Solidarity Centre Secretary Dr Francisco Dominguez said:
"Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, President of Venezuela, died on March 5th at 4:25 hrs (local time) after a long and hard battle against cancer. He was 58 years old.
He led the progressive transformation of Venezuela by lifting millions of its citizens from poverty – standing against social exclusion, marginalisation and institutional repression – thereby restoring to them a long-overdue dignity.
Under President Chavez's leadership, his government's policies improved the life of ordinary Venezuelans as no other government had ever done in the history of that South American nation.
Chavez also played a leading role in the transformation of Latin America into a progressive continent, which in the 21st century is collectively affirming the sovereignty of the nation states that make it up, and where, in different ways and through nationally-specific routes, they have been attempting to build a better world.
Hugo Chavez will continue to symbolise, for decades to come, the aspirations of dignity, sovereignty, justice and a better life as fully empowered citizens, for people all around the world.
He showed that a better world could be constructed.
Our hearts go to his family, friends, comrades, the people of Venezuela, and the people of Latin America".
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Owen asked me to have a look at how The Inner World is holding up since the adventure game received a much-needed patch the other day. A good three months after its release, and nearly two since Iweighed in on the bug-ridden iOS port of Studio Fizbin's acclaimed PC adventure game, and I can now safely say that I've completed The Inner World, and that the game seems to be in a state where, well, it's actually possible to finish it at all. "Most likely" possible, that is.
Bear in mind this is device specific (I'm on a 3rd-gen iPad), and that while the game is certainly in a better state than when first released, it's still not bug free. I encountered a few more conversation-breaking hangups while working to reach the conclusion of this fine, fine tale, mostly when I made the innocent mistake of trying to activate something from the inventory while a character was talking. (Gods forbid!) Still, nothing that a quick reload—helped by The Inner World's generous auto-saves—couldn't fix.
Also bear in mind that this is, truly, an excellent game and story hampered primarily by technical issues. Our review reflected that, and it's worth noting that, two months later, I'm most chiefly miffed by the fact that I had to wait this long to meet characters like the schizophrenic tour guide still manning the royal estate that's full of petrified bodies, or the scores of same-faced, no-brained guards patrolling Asposia's cavernous underbelly. The Inner World is a beautifully flawed place given a frustratingly flawed port to iOS—though less so, now. The game's heavily discounted on the App Storeas of this writing.Via


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Louise is one of our Partners, and was admitted to the Supreme Court of Tasmania in 1987. Louise has worked continuously as a Barrister & Solicitor during this time.
Louise specialises in Family Law but also has extensive experience in a broad range of Commercial Law matters, Conveyancing, commercial transactions and mortgages. Louise is especially interested in the overlap between Family law and Commercial law. Louise's in-depth knowledge of both areas provides her with the ability to deal with complex matrimonial/de facto property matters.
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Louise is appointed to act as an Independent Children's Lawyer in the Family Court of Australia and as a Child Representative in the Magistrates Court. Louise has completed LEADR mediation training.
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Concrete lets the homeowners express themselves by incorporating a large palate of colors and unique features such as ground tops with exposed aggregates and semi-precious stones, edges or highlights, built in drain boards, sinks, trivets, chopping blocks, bowls and custom inlays. The creative possibilities for concrete are endless.
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SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Montenegro signed a deal on Tuesday to buy three helicopters made by Bell Helicopter, part of Textron Inc, in a drive by NATO's newest member to bolster its defenses.
The 30 million euro ($37 million) contract was negotiated through Canada's government-to-government contracting organization, the Canadian Commercial Corporation, and includes two Bell 412EPI helicopters and one Bell 412EP helicopter.
"Montenegro wants to improve the capabilities of its army," Defence Minister Predrag Boskovic said in a statement.
He said the helicopters would be used to support land and sea activities, search and rescue operations, medical evacuations and to patrol Montenegro's borders and territory.
One helicopter will be delivered to the small Adriatic nation in the first quarter of 2018 and the remaining two in the fourth quarter.
Montenegro joined NATO in June, despite opposition from Russia which is among top investors in the EU candidate country.
It has a population of 650,000 and a military of only 2,000, but is strategically positioned along the Adriatic coast and surrounded by NATO members or hopefuls, except Serbia which maintains military neutrality.
Montenegro's accession marked the first expansion of NATO into ex-Communist eastern Europe since its neighbors Albania and Croatia joined in 2009, and the first since relations between Russia and the West hit a post-Cold War low with the outbreak of war in Ukraine.
Another former Yugoslav Republic - Macedonia - is next in line to join NATO, but its bid is being blocked by Greece over a 25-year long dispute over the name Macedonia.
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text: Uttar Pradesh (UP) has a population of 199 million people, roughly the size of Pakistan and Brazil. It is the most populous province of India. Modern Humans have been in the area since 75-83 thousand years ago, with evidence of domesticated animals and agriculture for about 8000 years. UP was the heartland of the Mughal Empire. The founder Babur was a descendant of Genghis Khan, leading a Muslim Empire, with Persian Culture, of a predominantly Central Asian Turkish ruling class. At its height, the empire covered modern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India. The Maratha Empire followed, then they fell to the control of the British East India Company before becoming a British Colony. Currently part of the world's largest democracy, UP holds 80/545 seats of the lower house of the people (Lok Sabha) and 31/245 seats of the upper council of states (Rajya Sabha) of Indian Parliament. The lower house are representatives of directly elected member districts. The upper house is elected by members of the state legislatures via proportional representation - the number of seats depending on the size of population.


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Touring the gardens of other NPA members and sharing ideas with fellow gardeners is one of the favorite pastimes of NPA members, and a popular benefit of membership in our unique organization. We are fortunate that we have many members graciously willing to share their gardens with other members, which is what makes this program such a huge success each year.
About the gardens
We generally have anywhere from 70 to 100 gardens or more open each year, providing opportunities for garden tours almost every weekend, beginning in May and continuing into October. Most are private gardens not usually open to the public. They are located throughout Western Washington and occasionally into Eastern Washington as well.
Gardens of all styles and sizes are included, ranging from intimate urban retreats to sprawling country gardens. (Photo at right: Jacob and Teresa Kohn, Seattle) Any NPA member is welcome to open their garden to share with other members – whatever the style of garden, whether large or small, new or well established, sophisticated or eclectic.
Hosts find it to be a fun and rewarding experience to welcome fellow gardeners who appreciate the work that goes into making a garden and enjoy sharing ideas and commiserating over shared challenges.
If you would like information about opening your garden next year, please send an email to the Open Gardens team-- we would love to hear from you!
About the Open Gardens directory
The Open Gardens directory is given only to NPA members. It is mailed in April, and gardens open beginning in May. In the directory, each NPA garden is grouped into a suggested self-guided tour. Each listing includes the garden's description, along with driving directions, dates and hours it is open. The book features photographs of most of the gardens.
Be sure to look for your NPA membership card, which will be inside the front cover of the directory.
Check our Discount Offers for nurseries and garden-related businesses that offer a discount on purchases when you show your NPA card. The list is published in the back of your Open Gardens book.
Another important section of the directory is the NPA Business Spotlight, which showcases garden businesses owned by NPA members.
This is an overview of our 2016 garden tours and open days at destinations not usually open to the public. All details can be found in your 2016 NPA Open Gardens directory, which is available only to NPA members. Remember that, aside from the tours listed here, you can visit even more gardens: Check the "Gardens by Appointment" and "Self-Guided Tours" sections of your Open Gardens directory for details. And be sure to look in on our member nurseries in the areas you are touring.
6 & 7 Season Opener – Plant lust in Kitsap County.
7 Spring Beauty on a Lake – Enjoy a garden in full spring bloom in a wonderful lake setting.
7 South Sound Tour – Plant shopping in the south end.
12-14 Far Reaches Open – Start as early as Thursday and enjoy a day in Port Townsend.
14 South Sound: A Second Chance – An encore by south end nurseries.
14 & 15 May Flowers: Spring in Seattle – It'll be best to brown-bag it for this one, as you won't have time for lunch. EIGHT spring gardens await!
20 & 21, and 27 Windcliff Open
28 & 29 Four New in Kirkland and Bellevue – A tour of four gardens that are making their debut this year!
From left to right: Lael's Moon Garden, Rochester; Joan Eklof, Redmond; Rebecca Brenneman
and Laird Harris, Seattle
9 - 11 Far Reaches Open
10 & 11 Windcliff Open
11 Seattle Gardens: A Joint Venture – Start at Seattle's Mount Baker Neighborhood and end the day across town in West Seattle.
11 & 12 An Outing to Orting --- Enjoy two prime destinations in Orting.
11 & 12 Fab Four in June – Two tried-and-true and two new in the north end.
17 & 18 Windcliff Open
18 Enchanting Vashon – Need we say more?
19 Two Beauties: Magnolia and Queen Anne – Beauties indeed, don't miss them!
24 Windcliff Open
24 & 25 Sundquist: Frolicking Ferns & Flowering Friends – Enjoy Windcliff and Sundquist together on the 24th.
25 Urban Jewels – A super threesome in Seattle.
25 & 26 Along the Foothills – Four wonderful gardens from Redmond to Snoqualmie!
Left to right: Antique Rose Farm, Snohomish; Jacob and Teresa Kohn, Seattle, Mary and Whit
Carhart, Vashon
1 & 2 Windcliff Open
2 & 3 High Five! – Head up north to tour five great gardens, from Marysville to South Everett.
8 Windcliff Open
9 & 10 Triple Delight – Three gardens in Edmonds and Lynnwood await your visit!
9 & 10 In and Around Gig Harbor – A full day of touring: Seven summer gardens to enjoy, from Fox Island to Port Orchard. NOTE: This tour could easily be reversed by taking the Seattle-to-Bremerton ferry.
15 & 16 Windcliff Open
16 Fine Gardening: A South End Trio – Enjoy three wonderful destinations, one tried-and-true and two new gardens.
16 Winsome Whidbey: The July Tour – Experience Whidbey Island by way of six beautiful gardens.
21 - 23 Far Reaches Open
23 & 24 Eastside Treasures – Indeed, a treasury of three gardens you don't want to miss!
29 & 30 Windcliff Open
Left to right: Lucinda and Jerome Capers, Fox Island; Jeanne and Robin Cronce, Port Orchard;
Janice and Steve Tallman, Everett
4 - 6 Far Reaches Open
5 & 6 and 12 & 13 Windcliff Open
13 Two Beauties: An Encore – Two gardeners share their creations again – you don't want to miss these!
19 Windcliff Open
20 Winsome Whidbey: The August Tour – Summer heat with an island breeze: Visit Whidbey and tour three great gardens.
26 Windcliff Open
27 Capital Gardens: Six in South Sound – "Capital" gardens in every sense of the word – a full day's tour of six gardens, five of them new.
Left to right: Mary Fisher (Cultus Bay Nursery), Clinton; Wendy Lagozzino, Seattle; Annette Barca, Coupeville
2 & 3 and 9 Windcliff Open
10 & 11 Fall Splendor in Orting – Two not-to-miss gardens in their fall glory.
15 - 17 Far Reaches Open
16 & 17 Sundquist: Fall Gone Crazy!
23 & 30 Windcliff Open
October Open Garden
7 & 8 Windcliff Open – Closing our 2016 season: spectacular Windcliff.
Photos: Donna Bogumill and Tom Bond, Olympia
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Year 3
Prep 3 represents the start of Key Stage 2 and the children feel that they are making a significant step towards a more independent learning style.
We follow the National Curriculum: Maths and English are taught every day by the Form Teacher with Geography, History and RE timetabled each week. Specialist teachers provide enrichment in Science, French, Music, Art, ICT, PE and Sports team coaching. The children are very keen to explore these new subject areas and relish the opportunity to expand their knowledge. Representing the school in a sports team is a new opportunity with some friendly matches introduced at Under 8 level. A particular highlight is our Forest School programme which involves every Year 3 pupil spending regular afternoons exploring the woods, building shelters, finding mini-beasts, lighting (and putting out) fires and playing together.
Half-termly assessments are conducted in Maths and English writing, whilst reading and spelling ages are tested through the PIRA reading assessment and calculated in October and June. In the Autumn and Summer Terms we continue with NFER testing, reporting back to parents the National Curriculum levels and standardised scores achieved from these tests. Exams in Maths and English are taken in December, and in Maths and English (including a writing task) in May. The children begin to work on their NVR and VR skills during prep time as a step towards 11+ and other secondary school examinations.
Homework and Rewards
Reading books go home every evening to read and share with the family and we aim to hear each child read every day in school. Spellings are sent home every Friday and are differentiated according to ability along with alternating Maths or English comprehension homework. Spellings and times tables are also practised at school every morning as they are key building blocks to success through Prep 3.
We continue to earn stars for good work and behaviour which build towards Headmaster's Stars awards individually and are added to the four House totals each week. We also join the treat or outing for those who have made a difference (MAD) in manners, behaviour and work through each term. We look forward to Golden Time on Friday afternoons.
Prep 3 enjoy trips through the year and recently these have included the Prep 3 and 4 French trip to Boulogne, History outings to Hever castle, Rochester Cathedral and Castle, Canterbury Roman Museum and Lullingstone Roman Villa.
Prep 3 children present an assembly each term and have taken part in a combined Prep 3 and 4 musical. A majority of children will begin learning a musical instrument during this year and some will play in their first Informal Concert or House Entertainment so they are already developing confident performance skills and enjoying the experience of playing with Wind Band or Orchestra. This is a busy and exciting year of discovery!
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The direct detection of dark matter particles with mass below the GeV scale is hampered by soft nuclear recoil energies and finite detector thresholds. For a given maximum relative velocity, the kinematics of elastic dark matter nucleus scattering sets a principal limit on detectability. Chris Kouvaris (CP3-Origins) and Josef Pradler (HEPHY, Vienna) proposed to bypass the kinematic limitations by considering the inelastic channel of photon emission from bremsstrahlung in the nuclear recoil. Their proposed method allowed them to set the first limits on dark matter below 500 MeV in the plane of dark matter mass and cross section with nucleons. In situations where a dark-matter–electron coupling is suppressed, bremsstrahlung may constitute the only path to probe low-mass dark matter awaiting new detector technologies with lowered recoil energy thresholds.
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BNS Increases First Nickel Revolver
First Nickel announced it entered into agreements with its lenders to increase the amount available under existing credit facilities, including an increase in the principal amount of the revolving credit facility with The Bank of Nova Scotia from $15 million to $18 million and a corresponding increase to the standby letter of credit posted by Resource Capital Fund V from $7.5 million to $10.5 million.
The company also amended its credit facility with RCF V that backstops the RCF V letter of credit.
The increased financing will provide the company with liquidity to fund capital expenditures at the Lockerby Mine.
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I am excited to support WAMC as an underwriter. I am Cindy McMahon; an Associate Broker at Hunt Real Estate ERA and the leader of The Get CIndySOLD Team in the Greater Capital Region of New York. I cover a large geographic area in my day to day business and log over 30000 miles a year. That is a lot of radio time! Every day something I hear or learn about on WAMC enriches my mind, my life or my business!
My Real Estate career began in 2003 - I watched the market go crazy with multiple offers, inflated prices, "no-doc" loans and "drive by" appraisals. Then I watched it sink. The company I worked for went belly up. I stayed in and made it through and have consistently built market share over the last several years. I am proud to say I was part of housing's recovery in our area. My motto is: Exceptional Service. Remarkable Results. Get CindySold! www.getcindysold.com
The market I serve is broad: From Niskayuna to Southern Saratoga county, Latham, Colonie, Bethlehem and the city of Albany. I now live in Averill Park and really enjoy being a "country Realtor" too. I am well versed in all areas of Rensselaer county and both Southern Washington and Northern Columbia counties. It's a beautiful area with so much history and so many cultural opportunities! We are fortunate to be a quick drive to the City, the ocean and the wonderful Berkshires.
My goal is to always be striving to improve- Improve myself, my business and the services and benefits I offer to my clients. I have been designated a GRI (Graduate of Realtor Institute), CBR (Certified Buyers Representative), and most recently a SRES (Seniors Real Estate Specialist). Additionally, I offer staging services to my clients and professional photography.
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The new constitution departs from the historic confession Presbyterian faith. nFoG begins by saying: "The good news of the Gospel is that the triune God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - creates redeems, rules and transforms all things and all people." (F-1.01)
In Scripture and the Confessions, however, we read that while grace and salvation are available through Christ to all, not all are, in fact, redeemed. In our congregation we seek to be transforming lives into Christ. Our witness to this need is diminished if all are saved that there is no need for a life transformed by the sacrifice of Christ and the grace of God."
* The letter written, approved and signed by the Session was not even signed by the teaching elders.


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Even in an era of Madison Avenue Peruvian cuisine and $200 slow-cooked pork shoulders, there's something about a modern Jewish-American bistro that seems audacious. But that's exactly what Kutsher's Tribeca aims to be. Filled with white columns, green tiles, and spherical light fixturesan aesthetic one might call Midcentury Fancy Swimming Poolthe place is backed by Jeffrey Chodorow, the restaurant tycoon, and inspired by Kutsher's Country Club, the last great Borscht Belt resort. Its goal is to make Jewish cooking graceful; there's a borscht salad of beets and goat cheese accompanied by fingerling potatoes and artichokes, and airy knishes laced with house-cured pastrami. But the dish that will be the ultimate test of the restaurant's philosophy is one that appeared on trial menus only in a highly unorthodox fried version, until the chef, Mark Spangenthal, decided he had to serve the real thing. Nobody said no, he says. So I started my questa quest to refine gefilte fish.
Spangenthal knew what he was getting himself into: With gefilte fish, the diner arrives with well-honed complaints.It's a tan lump sitting in goo. A tan lump sitting in goo, he says. According to the Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, gefilte fish originated in medieval Europe as fish that were skinned, chopped, and stuffed into their own skins before cooking. It evolved into ovals of ground fish (usually some combination of pike, whitefish, and carp) served with jellied brothand, beginning in the mid-1900s, the jarred blobs and weirdly amniotic shelf-stable gels of the modern Passover pantry. Spangenthal saw an opportunity for redemption. First, he says, I came up with poaching it, as you would do a torchon of foie gras.
Choosing just the right ingredients took up the bulk of the development process, which took two months and involved more than twenty different gefilte-fish iterations. I liked whitefish the most, he says, so we started going toward that. But then it got bland and kind of listless. Eventually he zeroed in on halibut. It had the clean taste, the right texture, the right mouthfeelit had everything. Sugar? A bit. Matzo meal? Too heavy, so he folded in challah crumbs instead. Oil? That's the one secret, his choice of fat. To round out the dish, he added a puck of beet and horseradish tartare, a tangle of frisée and microgreens, and two smears (schmears?) of parsley sauce. The wild halibut sits front and center, pressed into pristine hunks.
The only recent predecessor to Kutsher's Tribeca that comes to mind, East Village global Jewish restaurant Octavia's Porch, opened about a year ago and closed six months later, interring its Red Lentil Soup, Challah Crouton. It is a fraught undertaking, dressing up a former peasant cuisine that seems resistant to upscalingits essence less in its flavors than its routines, the tan lumpiness of it all a metaphorical and perhaps somewhat literal social glue. (Matzo balls: tan lumps. Latkes: tan lumps. Knishes: lumpy tan fillings embedded in tan lumps.) At Kutsher's, on opening day, the halibut was cream-colored and smooth, with a clean, not at all fishy flavor complemented by carrots and onions. But devotees of gefilte fish may find something missing. Namely: Needs goo.


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Lee Iacocca, the son of Italian immigrants, rose spectacularly through the ranks of Ford Motor Company to become its president, only to be toppled eight years later in a power struggle with Henry Ford II. After being fired from Ford, however, he immediately went to Chrysler Corporation and led that company back from the brink of financial disaster by convincing the United States government to provide Chrysler with a $1.2 billion loan guarantee. Iacocca has been heralded as the epitome of an effective modern leader by the authors of a book about leaders.
He provided the leadership to transform a company from bankruptcy to success. He created a vision of success and mobilized large factions of key employees to align behind that vision. Almost exclusively because of Iacocca's leadership, by 1983 Chrysler made a pro6t, boosted employee morale, and helped employees generate a sense of meaning in their work. He empowered them. In Fact, we believe that Iacocca's high visibility symbolizes the missing element in management today his style of leadership is central to organizational successful. Because of his success in rescuing Chrysler and the highly visible role he played in restoring the Statue of Liberty, Iacocca became a media celebrity and an American folk hero. During the 1988 presidential campaign, many People urged him to run for the presidency. Public opinion polls confirmed his popularity and showed that he was a viable political candidate until he withdrew himself by saying, 'And if drafted, [shall not run.'2
Lee Iacocca is described as a big man with an imposing presence. He stands 6'1" and weighs 194 pounds. His facial features and personal mannerisms have led one author to describe him as a 'Florentine prince." A biography of Iacocca attributed his leadership ability to six character traits:
1.The ability to break away from rigid, stereotyped thinking and use upbeat, energetic approaches to problem solving.
2.His realism and courage.
3.His devotion to homework by being thorough, careful, and well informed.
4.His aggressive curiosity.
5.His uncommon capacity for personal growth.
6.His ability to surround himself with people possessing strong personality ties without being intimidated or threatened by them.4
In his autobiography, Iacocca describes three key elements that contributed significantly to his successful leadership. First, Iacocca believed that he was extraordinarily effective in motivating people because he knew them well, he expressed sincere appreciation for their contributions, and he provided a vision for them of where the company was going. Second, Iacocca developed a quarterly review system that focused the energies of his people on successful goal accomplishment. Every three months, Iacocca required his managers to submit specific written goals and objectives and then, in a face-to-face, MBO type interview, he required them to explain how they planned to achieve the goals. Finally, Iacocca believed in being decisive. Although he was a strong advocate of being well informed and gathering all the facts before making a decision, he also argued that if you waited until you had 100 percent of the facts, the opportunity would have passed. Although he liked to be fully informed, he was not afraid to go with his gut feeling and he did not rely on committee* decisions. Iacocca's definition of management by consensus was, "Consensus, is when we have a discussion. They tell me what they want, then I decide."
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From the Irish Times here >>>
Despite the recession, the abundance of doublespeak suggests the bulls**t industry is in good shape, writes LUCY KELLAWAY
EVERY YEAR around this time, I hand out awards for paradigm-shifting, best-in-class management guff. I had expected the 2009 Guff Awards to be a sorry affair, as the bulls**t industry has been suffering its worst slump since the Great Depression.
But as I went through my bulls**t cupboard, I was surprised and reassured by the quality of the material. Even in bad times, it seems, some managers can still push the envelope and go the extra mile. So, without more ado, I'm going to get on and hand out the prizes.
The first is for the best noun pretending to be a verb. This is always a fiercely contested category, but in 2009 there was a clear winner: Neil McMahon, an oil analyst, told the Wall Street Journal that Exxon "might be able to change the industry structure forever and gap away from competitors". McMahon has thus gapped away from competitors and scoops up the prize.
The next award is for the most grating use of the preposition "up". In previous years there have been some great entries here: to head up and to flag up. But this year's is more unusual. It comes from a persistent PR man who said in an unsolicited e-mail: "I wanted to circle up with you to make sure you had received my note below."
Curl up, I understand. Circle up, I don't.
In 2009, firing people was a popular activity, and the best new term for describing it goes to Air New Zealand, which announced it would "disestablish up to 100 long-haul cabin crew positions".
It was also a year in which people often didn't have any idea what was going on. The award for the best new way of saying "I haven't got a clue" goes to a pharmaceutical manager, who was heard to say: "I don't have a good optic on that at the moment."
It was not just bad things that managers found new words for. They could not even call good spades spades. This year I'm awarding a prize for unnecessary euphemism to Andrew Liveris, chief executive of Dow Chemical, when talking to analysts about various choices facing the company: "We have significant optionality," he said.
One of my favourite awards every year is for the mixed metaphor. Sebastian Coe, who has won gold medals in the past for running, now wins another for this line in his platitude-rich autobiography The Winning Mind: "There are times when there is a need to dig deep and find another gear – while never losing sight of the bigger picture." This three-way mixed metaphor so confuses the reader that it enables Coe to avoid saying anything at all.
The prize for best staff notice goes to Nokia in its staff car park in Peru. Over each parking space it says: "It is me who arrives here, early in the morning, hoping to change the world."
This shows how US evangelical corporate language travels to Finland and then to Peru and, as in Chinese whispers, what emerges at the end is like the original, only sillier.
The best company song this year is won hands down by Gazprom. A middle-aged Russian manager sings: "Don't bother trying, you'll never find a surer friend than Gazprom" – lyrics that manage to be both sinister and sentimental at the same time. It is all here: fur hats, key changes, deer running and cute kiddies peering into pipes. The effect is Borat, only more surreal. I urge you to watch it on YouTube.
The award for best job title had many entries, as ever, but is won by a young woman journalist student – whose name I'm not revealing – who doesn't actually have a job yet, and so has put on her business card: "Life explorer, multimedia storyteller, experience architect." If journalism were about telling it like it is, this would not be a good start; yet something tells me she may be a name to watch in 2010.
The most irritating sign-off for an e-mail was unquestionably "Hope that helps", though at the last minute the judges decided not to award it the prize. This goes instead to HTH, a nasty little abbreviation, against which "rgds" (my previous worst abbreviated sign off) starts to look gracious.
Finally, an award for the year's top cliche, which goes to "the elephant in the room". In the last year there has scarcely been a meeting room anywhere in which an elephant has not pitched up at some point. In leading newspapers and journals alone, last year 3,700 elephants were reported as being in rooms, while in 2000 the number was only 175. If one had to sum up 2009 in one sentence, it was the year in which elephants bred like rabbits. – Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010