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We are passionate about this statement. We are a proud team that continually learns, teaches and refines. We genuinely care and respect our guests.
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Chef-Owner Curtis Stone is a chef, restaurateur, author, media personality and businessman. Originally from Australia, Curtis was classically trained in Europe as protégé to Michelin-starred London chef Marco Pierre White. In February 2014, Curtis opened his first solo restaurant, Maude, in Beverly Hills. Named after his grandmother, Maude Restaurant has garnered rave reviews and accolades as an international culinary destination from James Beard Foundation (2015 Best New Restaurant semifinalist), TIME/Travel & Leisure (lists Maude as one of the best new restaurants in the world), Eater LA (2014's Restaurant of the Year), LA Weekly (2014's Best New Restaurant followed by 2015 Best Restaurant in Los Angeles), LA Magazine (4 out of 4 stars), Angeleno and more.
Luke Stone
Luke Stone, Managing Owner of Gwen Butcher Shop & Restaurant in Los Angeles, California, is a successful Australian entrepreneur in retail and hospitality as owner of Strathmore Flowers - one of the leading floral businesses in Melbourne, Australia. With the opening of Gwen, in partnership with his chef-brother, Curtis Stone, Luke is excited to add 'restaurateur' to his resume. Born and raised in Melbourne, Luke while pursuing an Accounting Degree bought Strathmore Flowers, in 1999 and focused his sights on growing its corporate clients. In 2008, the company expanded to a custom-built property to accommodate its growth. Luke recently relocated to California with his wife and three children to partner with his brother Curtis on Gwen - a vision the two brothers have shared for more than a decade.
Ben Aviram
Ben Aviram serves as Director of Restaurant Operations for both Maude and Gwen, overseeing all staffing, operations and the beverage programs. He first discovered his love for wine while at The Culinary Institute of America, and immediately after graduating went on to help launch the wine internship ("vinternship") program at The French Laundry, Thomas Keller's highly esteemed French restaurant in Napa Valley. His work on the program led to a full-time position as a TFL Sommelier, a position he held for three years. Next, Aviram was a Sommelier at the famed Alinea in Chicago — the three Michelin starred fine dining restaurant from Grant Achatz. After four years at Alinea, Aviram joined the opening team at Maude, serving as the General Manager and Beverage Director.
Gareth Evans
Most recently Executive Chef at Stone's first restaurant, Maude, Chef Gareth Evans has cooked at some of the most prestigious fine dining restaurants in the world. After starting his career in London at Gordon Ramsay and Marcus Wareing's Savoy Hotel under Head Chef Josh Emmet, Evans moved to Paris to cook with Joël Robuchon. He became the Chef de Partie at Joël Robuchon's La Table, and helped Robuchon's famed restaurant advance from one Michelin star to two stars. He then worked with Robuchon to open L Atelier de Joël Robuchon, where he served as Sous Chef. In 2007, he moved to the U.S to cook at one of the country's most notable restaurants, Thomas Keller's Per Se in NYC, where he worked under the talented Jonathan Benno before heading West to join the opening team at Maude.
Juan Rendon
Coming from Maude where he served as Sous Chef, Chef Juan Rendon is now Gwen's Chef de Cuisine. Before joining Chef Curtis Stone's opening team at Maude, Rendon spent seven years at Victoria & Albert's, Walt Disney World's most prestigious restaurant and AAA Five Diamond Award winner. It was here that Rendon fell in love with fine dining, and cooking extremely high quality food with fantastic produce. He then went on to become Sous Chef at Chef Norman Van Aken's highly acclaimed restaurant at Ritz Carlton, Orlando — Normans. Before moving to Los Angeles to open Maude, he lived in Orlando, Florida, which he moved to from his home country of Colombia.
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Fahara is a level 3 diploma certified Sommelier with the International Sommelier Guild. She continually works on expanding her knowledge and has worked in wine retail, distribution and service in both Los Angeles and Chicago. Most recent Sommelier for Bombet Hospitality Group in Los Angeles, CA, as well as holding Sommelier position at the famed Alinea in Chicago. She also ran her own consulting business for private cellar management and events. Fahara's childhood summers, spent in the Chilean Wine Country were the inspiration and foundation of her passion and love for all things wine.

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Today I am sharing a card for Jane's Doodles. I am on a roll with my Christmas card making, which is a good thing :)
For this card I used Vintage Christmas along with a sentiment from THIS set and the tiny present from THIS set. I love this snowman, he is my favourite image from the set.
Bye for now :)


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Three real-life sisters sharing their kids' antics, milestones and adventures through this crazy journey called motherhood. Find out more »
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I don't want to stepping on any of Vicky's toes over there at Craft Apparent but I did have this awesome thing I whipped up that I wanted to share.
We decided to take a road trip today. As in, we decided last night that I would take the boys on a road trip today. Fresh with antibiotics for sinus infections and ruptured ear drums, what better time to set out on the road than when everyone is on the mend?
The last time we road-tripped, I noticed one thing. Anyone who did not have a pillow that he liked was more likely to wake up repeatedly as his head fell forward onto his chest. No matter how many times I would prop up a pillow, heads would roll off. It was then that I decided to make travel pillows. Someone actually recommended I buy those ones that are shaped like a frog trying to strangle you but at $15.99 a pop, I was pretty sure I could do better.
First off I found fleece that was 60% off at the fabric store. I bought a half yard. Hello, $2.75. I bought a bag of Fluff for $1.99 and I knew I had plenty of thread at home. I went home and made an elaborate pattern. Okay, really I just eyeballed it.
People. You are only limited in this project by your own level of anal retentativeness.
I cut the pieces out (I didn't even pin them, oops) and then I sewed around the edges.
I left a hole at the bottom to add the stuffing. Once that was done, I threw it back on the sewing machine and sewed it close. You good people would close it with a needle and thread. I'll bet though that you wouldn't be done in 20 minutes with 3 of these cute little travel pillows.
Here's to better sleeping...
Really, he likes it. I don't feel bad in the least.
Everywhere you go, the story is the same. Funding for this program or that program at school has been cut, because the money just isn't there. In the old days, funding cuts meant the disappearance of programs that taught our kids a foreign language or how to play the tuba or the thrill of check mate.
Not anymore.
Funding cuts today mean that thousands of teachers will not have a job in the fall. Thousands of teachers will have to find another job to pay the bills.
We cannot make the funding for teachers miraculously appear, but we can certainly do our part to show our teachers that they matter to our community, that they matter to us, and that they matter to our children.
The Supersisters have decided to host a Supersisters Great Day of Gratitude. On May 5, 2010, Supersisters everywhere will join together to show their children's teachers that we are so thankful for the investment they have made in our families and in our communities. What can you do?
We are only limited by our imaginations. Moms in Alabama will spend the morning in the resource room of their elementary school. They'll run copies or cut out construction paper animals that the second grade teacher needs to have but just doesn't have the time or help to get it done.
Moms in Ohio will stand in the preschool pick up line, so that the teachers can have a day off from this dreaded duty. Moms in Virginia will bring armfuls of fresh flowers to decorate the teacher's lounge and baskets of fresh muffins for a wonderful morning snack.
Children everywhere will cut out homemade cards and write their words of thanks to the teachers who took the time to value their accomplishments and to cheer them on to even the smallest victory.
We would love for you to be a part of the Supersisters Great Day of Gratitude on May 5. So make a plan, grab a badge and tell us in the comments what great ideas you have for showing our teachers how much they mean to us. With your help we can make this a truly Great Day of Gratitude!!
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Blogger Supa Dupa Fresh had an opportunity to preview Sesame Street's special which premieres tonight at 8:00 p.m. In addition to her fabulous review of the special at her blog, Fresh Widow, Supa agreed to talk to us a little more about how she and her daughter dealt with the grief of losing her husband to terminal cancer in 2006.
Your blog recounts stories of your journey as a young widow and mother. It is, dare I say, irreverent at times. You actually printed up widow cards which you described as "not as useful as a 'get out of jail free' card, more powerful than a hall pass." By virtue of being a mother, we are all open to everyone's opinions and judgment. I can only imagine how magnified that is when you are overwhelmed with grief. Did you find acceptance or judgment in how your grief was perceived by others?
You say irreverent -- thank you! -- but I think, even stronger, contempt is a really common response for folks who are widowed because our experience seems, to most people, just inconceivable. Of course, I got rude looks from others when my kid was having a fit in the checkout line... so I'd just say, "Her father just died," and boy did that change the mood in the room. It doesn't occur to anyone that you could be widowed with a 2-year-old, that there could be an explanation for my inability to cope with a grocery store. I liked being able to force compassion in public in this way. So the widow card is both a handy excuse (when I was doing badly, I needed every excuse I could get) AND a tool to turn people's minds around.
In general, people who've lived through a major loss reserve an even higher level of contempt for those who judge how we grieve, but that's a whole nother topic. Let's just say that if you think there's a right way to grieve -- or a schedule -- you haven't been there. Consider yourself lucky and keep your thoughts to yourself if you want to retain your friendship.
On the other hand, I can be just as catty as anyone if I don't approve of what another Mom is doing. I suppose I'm less likely because I've practiced all the laziest techniques and cut all the corners already -- so there are fewer parenting shortcuts left for me to criticize...
In a way it's a relief to not make some tiny detail into a source of stress, like, silicone or rubber pacifier, or OMG, none at all? Even in the depths of my grief and disability, I knew that caring about little junk like that was out of my life forever. It's been four years and I'm remarried, and glad to say I spend a lot less time on keeping a clean house or selecting consumer goods than I ever did before.
At 2, she would have understood the basics, that Jesse's father died too, and that people were talking in a friendly way about it. Like now, I would have hugged her and listened closely to her questions. But two year olds don't understand permanence, and no matter how well it's stated or presented to them, the idea simply can't sink in. The validation of seeing another kid who's lost a parent (even if they are a Muppet) would have been good for her, and she would have caught other bits, the concrete parts, like the memory box with the light-up bow tie in it. She'd see all these different families sharing stories and pictures of the loved one.
Kids' grief is interesting, we all know how kids watch a show over and over again: sure, Cinderella has a cute dress, but part of it is that as your child grows, she learns something new each time. My daughter and I would likely have watched this show over and over again (as we watched everything), and as she entered the stages where is learning rapidly, at about 3 and a half, she'd have started to ask different questions. As she began to understand what it means to not come back, she'd start to "get" some of the other conversations in the show.
I think our experience would have been almost the way it was, only with this show as another, very focused topic. But I am unusual in that I sought out and received expert advice and reassurance about my grieving child. I knew what her limits were and learned to listen to her really well. (I blog about this a lot. She taught me many things about loss!)
Most widowed parents don't get this information and reassurance, either from school, peers, family, or church so this show is really, really valuable. People are really, really scared of talking to kids about death. Adults magnify everything. Children observe, and are 100% honest. Your goal in talking to them is to keep them that way and not project your own needs! The book, "How to talk so kids will listen, and how to listen so kids will talk," based on the work of Dr. Haim Ginott, is probably the best guide to low-pressure, child-led communication and I encourage all parents -- and all people involved in stressful communication -- to read it and keep it close.
Many communities have terrific resources for grieving kids, but people don't know how unique kids' needs are -- or even that they need special support, especially if they appear to be developing normally. But kids really do need more information about these programs such as grief camps, in-school programs, and counseling. I encourage folks to reach out to counselors, school system experts, non-profits and community organizations to find appropriate help for their kids. It's never too late: kids benefit even ten years later and a lot of programs are even free.
One in twenty kids will lose a parent by age 15 -- families like yours will come out of the woodwork if you look, and you'll feel less alone. A recent study showed that the effects of parental loss affect children through adulthood, but it's never too late to talk and listen.
These conversations are really vital and I think people will be surprised, once they start to talk, at how easy and fun it can be to share this stuff with a child. It's not all heavy and dark. It's just real.
Is there a "right" time for children to see this special? (right after a loss, years after a loss, somewhere in between?)
For kids, this show is appropriate at any time. It's important to remember it's just a first step, but you can learn a lot about what your kids need from listening to them. It's also good viewing for other family and community members, and families of your child. Most people think widowed people are cocooned by our families and close friends and "don't want to bother (them)." But actually, we often have big differences with those people, who may also be grieving and are often judgmental. In our contempt, we break a lot of ties, or they get broken for us. An "end" is a very large turning point and changes everything. Emotions run high. A surviving parent is doing double duty WHILE severely impaired AND tackling paperwork that you wouldn't believe. Many families face bankruptcy after a loss. It is BIG STUFF and there's no time for the niceties of thank you notes or the norms of polite society, sometimes. And we know our kids come first.
Because of these massive disruptions, a neighbor, a cousin, a classmate you weren't very close to may turn out to be your family's superhero or your new best friend. That's why I *encourage* everyone to learn more about grief and get more comfortable with grieving people. It isn't contagious!
If you could give one piece of unsolicited advice to another widow or widower about helping their children deal with the loss of a parent, knowing now what you didn't know then, what would it be?
Meet some peers -- online or in person -- they will help you realize you're not alone, you're not crazy, and serve as evidence that others have survived.
According to Supa, "loss is something you get through -- not over. "Closure" is so Hollywood. Some of us may turn lucky enough to use what we've been through as a springboard for revelation, renewal, or reinvention." Thanks so much for sharing just a small part of your journey. We are glad you are a Supersister!
For more resources on families dealing with grief, PBS Parents provides a place for you to share your story, tips on how to open the dialogue with your children and caring cards to use as a family to find strength together.
"When Families Grieve" premieres on PBS tonight, Wednesday April 14, at 8 p.m. EST and runs for one hour. Check your local listings. It's appropriate for all ages, even grown-ups.
My neighbor would have been mortified to see all the bare feet in my back yard yesterday. The woman is afraid of nothing other than copperheads. We have a LOT of copperhead snakes in our neighborhood. People tell stories of year-long recoveries from snake bites the way those people who get Lyme disease talk about recovery.
You go to the local zoo and there is the CAUTION: POISONOUS sign overhead. Ethan says, "Enough with the poisonous copperheads already. We KNOW they are poisonous." Nathan pipes up with "I KNOW they are red. Stop telling me that."
The neighbor graciously reminds us that the huge pile of sticks over there? Great place for baby copperheads to hide out. She's right. And she's not even trying to tell me in a way that know-it-all-ish. She just doesn't want to have to do babysitting duty for the ER visit that is related to a snake bite in lieu of the usual stitches run. She's not exaggerating either. Last year I killed two copperheads on the front walk. Nate called out to warn me about the one but then he lost it because he saw a daddy long legger.
He was freaking out. Losing it.
K: Nate, what's wrong? Are you okay?
Nathan: MOM!!! I was telling yout there is a copperhead but then I saw a 'PIDER. A 'PIDER!!!!
K: Nathan, please move away from that snake.
Nathan: I CAN'T (wailing and pointing to the harmless spider between him and the door).
I snatched him up and put him in the house. There was no use trying to reason with the child about a poisonous snake at his feet when clearly the harmless spider had emotionally crippled him. I went back outside and beheaded the snake with a shovel (which is as fun as it sounds). Nate jumped over the spider and came to stand beside the writhing body of the now headless snake.
Nathan: MOM!!! You have to kill the spider.
I didn't. I have a LOT of atoning to do in my lifetime for the amount of legs I have pulled off of spiders in my childhood so I'm just going to leave well enough alone. We have snakes to cause concern. They are far more interesting.
I know that other than cleaning out my entire back yard of all yard debris, the next best way to stay safe is for everyone to wear shoes. But the wearing of shoes is a losing battle in my house. I started to chew everyone out today about safety since 4 out of 5 family members had shoes strewn across the lawn rather than on their feet when someone brought it to my attention that I wasn't wearing shoes. It's kind of awkward to be the parent who tries to pitch the "parents are allowed to do things kids aren't allowed to do" when really you are just a big fat hypocrite.
My children don't buy the hypocrisy. It was worth a try though.
You would think from this picture that I could also take a little time to be worried about the wooden stakes, the leftover piece of sharp gutter cover, the potting soil around his mouth or even the plastic cup that is most likely a #3. But I don't want to get ahead of myself...
He's at that age. You know the one. One, actually. The age where you turn your head for just a second and all of the contents of your lower cabinets are in a pile on the kitchen floor. Someone forgets to close the bathroom door and you either hear the splashing that sounds like a 200-pound man doing a cannon ball into a pool or worse, you find all manner of objects floating in the toilet because they just wouldn't flush.
When Ethan was this age, we put on a toilet lock. Sure he was able to figure out how to undo the latch when he was 14 months old. It made us feel better for a little while, so that's all that matters. Now we just regulate the door being closed. Or I regulate the door being closed. If I can make it a day without finding a baby trying to swim in the toilet, it's a good day.
Then there is the laundry. Just the other day I walked around the corner to find the baby flinging neatly folded clothing over his head as fast as he could. When he saw me coming, he stepped up his speed and laughed with glee. I snapped at him and gave him my meanest look. He gave me a great belly laugh and moved even faster. I lunged for the basket and put it out of his reach. He sighed and toddled around the corner to see if one of his brothers had forgotten to close the bathroom door.
There is a gate at the bottom of the stairs and a gate at the top of the stairs. Cut off from taking his show on the road to a different floor of the house, the baby (can I still call him that?) now tries to get his brothers to open the front door or back door for him so he can escape. I hear him yelling to Ethan and banging on the front door. Ethan patiently explains to him that we all have to go out together if we are going to go out. Mason moves on to to trying to convince Nathan to open a door. Nathan just bowls him over and suddenly they are rolling on the floor.
Nathan has forgotten the purpose of their conversation but Mason has the mind of a steel trap. He climbs out from under the pinning and smacks on the door with his hand. Nate shrugs his shoulders and leaves.
The baby wanders off again to check the bathroom door. You just never know.


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This post is just a bunch of random pictures taken over the last week or so . . . but they all have to do with sleep.
When we were at the cottage a few weeks ago, the kids thought it would be fun to switch roommates for the week. So Victoria and Austin shared a room and Samara and Denver shared a room. Denver slept on the bottom bunk and Samara slept on a single bed in the same room. We shoved a dresser in between the two beds to prevent them from falling out. On the first night, everyone was tuckered right out and fell asleep really quickly. When Mike and I went to bed, we checked on the kids and this is what we found in Samara and Denver's room:
We didn't even hear her come out of her bed and into Denver's. Isn't it so precious how they're snuggled right up together? It was too cute not to take a picture!
The other night when we asked Denver to go get ready for bed, I heard him calling me a few minutes later. When I went to tuck him, he was waiting ever so patiently for me. I love the pose!
The other night Austin was away at a sleepover and so Denver was alone in his bedroom. He really missed his roommate! Their beds are just mattresses on the floor right now as we're doing renos. Instead of sleeping on his own mattress, I found that he had crawled all the way over onto Austin's mattress.
Victoria called me to come and see something the other morning. She had Frodo all tucked in for a nap . . . in her bed!
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We proudly call our fixer upper in Bridgeport, CT home. It's where our cats are, afterall.
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We want to take pictures of you in moments like these. When you're at your best selves. When you're most comfortable. When you've got your feet up on the coffee table, having a tickle fight, and falling more in love.
In short, we named our business after our tattoos: a colorful beet and black and gray blossoms. Our photography style mixes the essence of these tattoos. Our images are vibrant and soft, delicate and earthy, masculine and feminine. Here are the stories behind them.
From Alex: The Beet
The beet tattoo came from an experience I had back in Burlington, VT when a friend and I went to a farmers market to pick up dinner ingredients. I was more a "steak and potatoes" kind of eater back then, but I was pushed beyond my comfort zone when we ended up with beets on the menu that night. They. Were. Incredible. It completely changed my perspective on food and on life. I nearly instantly became more creative, more willing to try new things. Incredible to think eating something could have such a profound effect, yet beets remain as a constant reminder that going beyond your comfort zone is a good idea.
From Cassie: The Blossom
My magnolia blossom tattoo was inspired by a spiritual experience while I attended college at James Madison University. During a time of uncertainty and questioning, I walked under a flowering tree on campus and right on cue, the petals rained down all over me. They covered my hair and got lost in my backpack. I was filled with an overall peace that felt like a personal love letter from God. Ever since, flowering trees in spring remind me of Jesus' affectionate love for me.


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October 2, 2015 | by Kelly Lopez
In the global fight against breast cancer, City of Hope scientists and doctors are on the forefront, conducting research that will ultimately result in less invasive and more effective treatments for women worldwide.
Some of their most promising work includes research on halting the spread of breast cancer, identifying disparities in treatment and survival among specific groups of women, use of gene expression to prevent cancer, and reprogramming normal cells to fight the disease.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month offers an ideal opportunity to learn more about their research – and the improved options and better future it portends. For some women, the future is already here, with innovations such as immunotherapy and the ability to identify specific biomarkers that signal cancer risks.
Among City of Hope's research into potential new therapies and prevention strategies:
Identifying risks and disparities in Latina women
Jeffrey Weitzel, M.D., director of the Division of Clinical Cancer Genetics, is investigating disparities in cancer incidence among Latina women, including the role of BRCA gene mutations, which increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancers.
Already, his research has produced an alarming statistic: In the group he studied, nearly one-third of the women with ovarian cancer had a BRCA mutation. Compared to the prevalence in non-Latinas, the percentage was higher than expected, and it's an indication that genetic cancer risk assessment is needed in the Latina population, Weitzel said.
Weitzel recently published a paper about this in Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society.
Now, with support from the Avon Foundation and from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Weitzel is working with the National Cancer Institute of Mexico City, the University of Guadalajara and Tec Salud in Monterrey to help develop cancer risk counseling services for this population.
"Mexican women with a BRCA mutation would benefit from increased breast cancer screening and the removal of the tubes and ovaries after completion of childbearing, which is known to reduce the risk of both ovarian and breast cancers," he said. "This single procedure could significantly save lives."
Weitzel is also collaborating with Susan Neuhausen, Ph.D., The Morris & Horowitz Families Professor in Cancer Etiology & Outcomes Research, to identify additional genetic mutations that may lead to breast cancer in Latinas. These women are typically underrepresented in research studies.
In one study, Neuhausen and Weitzel identified what's called a founder mutation — meaning it's observed with high frequency in a particular population — for the PALB2 gene, a breast cancer susceptibility gene.
Neuhausen recently received a five-year, $4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to expand this research. "We're trying to discover additional breast cancer predisposition genes for risk assessment and precision medicine," she said.
Developing innovative treatments
Joanne Mortimer, M.D., director of the Women's Cancers Program, is working on a new way of identifying which breast cancer patients might respond better to specific treatments.
Using a novel PET imaging agent, 64Cu-DOTA trastuzumab, developed at City of Hope, Mortimer and her colleagues use PET scans to highlight areas of the body with HER2 positive cancer cells.
This approach improves therapy by identifying whether a woman should be treated with HER2-specific treatments — as well as where the cancer has spread, information that biopsies from a single site can't provide.
New methods of fighting breast tumors
Molecular oncology researchers focus on cancer-associated activity in a cell's nucleus. One especially prominent factor in many breast and ovarian cancers is the BRCA1 tumor suppressor, which prevents cells from properly repairing breaks in chromosomal DNA. That, in turn, encourages the accumulation of even more cancer-causing mutations.
But Jeremy Stark, Ph.D., associate professor of the Department of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, is finding that biologically speaking, two wrongs can make a right. In a study published recently in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Stark found that inactivating factors in a signaling pathway called 53BP1/RNF168 could block lethal failure in DNA repair caused by mutations in the BRCA1 gene.
This discovery could lead to more effective drug regimens for women with BRCA1 mutations.
Searching for a family history of breast cancer
Many patients with breast cancer have a family history of the disease. This is known as hereditary breast cancer, which is mainly caused by mutations of BRCA 1 and 2 genes.
Looking into this history requires detective-like inquisitiveness and a passion for finding the causes of disease. Xiaochun Yu, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, has this unique skill set. He is a lead authority in cell mutations that may make chemotherapy more effective.
Yu has discovered that carriers of BRCA 1 and 2 mutations often develop breast cancer at a very young age, and that hereditary breast cancer is often resistant to conventional therapy. His research focuses on how these mutations initiate familial breast cancer, as well as potential therapeutic approaches to halt cancer development.
Research has recently shown that certain inhibitors selectively suppress BRCA1 tumors, and Yu has found different efficacy of inhibitors for tumor cells with different BRCA mutations.
Ultimately, this work may lead to selectively using specific inhibitors for patients with certain BRCA mutations.
Research Revolutionizes Treatment
These research projects are but some of the avenues of inquiry currently being pursued by City of Hope's researchers and physicians.
"These advancements drive a new level of compassionate care for women," Mortimer said. "City of Hope is creating less invasive, more effective therapies that are revolutionizing patient care."


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Growing up, our family always took vacations every year. Usually more than one. But they always seemed to be to the same places -
Toronto, Canada; I have been to this city countless times growing up as it was roughly a 6 hour car ride away and my parents really loved the city. At one point I recall even my parents talking about moving there. The city was very safe and my parents would let us wander, sometimes by ourselves.
Then we would do the Disney World and also Disney Land vacations in the mix. There were many other vacations - The Carolinas and New England were favorites for our parents to take us to too. As I got older I craved to go on bigger vacations, but my mom was/is afraid to fly (getting her to California was never an easy feat). I wanted to see the world and have big dreams of adventures.
One of my biggest regrets was passing up a 3 week long trip to Ireland with my grandmother and sister. My grandmother used to go every year to visit family and friends. When she asked us to go with her, I put my boyfriend at the time ahead of a trip of a lifetime. (we actually broke up during that 3 week time too! boys!) I had told my grandmother I would go with her the following year but she fell ill and that was her last trip to Ireland.
I have begun saving up for travels. The mister and I (when we have been on vacations) usually tend to go up to the rocky beaches of Maine. But I've set my goals higher.
Check out this article with 52 places to go in 2014. While my savings is piddly at this time, I intend to visit a great deal of these places in my lifetime.
Are there any specific places you have you heart set on to visit? The first place on my list will be Donaghadee, Ireland.


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Recycle your empty fish food container and put it to good use! From one hobby to another!
Also on: http://www.instructables.com/member/c0ffeepowder/
Materials needed:
- empty fish food container
- stiff wires
- 4 self-tapping screws
- 4 washers
- 4 alligator clips
- cut the container into two
- twist 2 or more wires together and connect the two alligator clips at each end
- screw them onto the cut container!
- use metal alligator clips as this is for soldering! metallic ones grip onto the electrical components better and act as a heat sink as well, minimising the risk of you frying them if while applying solder heat.
- no need to drill any holes prior to screwing the wires onto the container! you just need to use abit of force intially
- you might wana add a magnifying glass or a fume extracter too! (hopefully i will make them too!)


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By David Madden
CHESTER, Pa. (CBS) — The ongoing problems in the Chester Upland School District (see related stories) are the subject of a pair of community meetings today in Chester.
Parents were getting a chance to vent, even as politicians were seeking both short- and long-term answers.
Pennsylvania state senator Dominic Pileggi got an earful this morning from constituents, many of whom begged him to sign a pledge not to support another state takeover of the district.
He wouldn't agree to that, insisting that no option be taken off the table.
Some parents claim they are being kept in the dark by people on all sides pursuing personal agendas.
"We don't know what's going on," said parent Dennis Martinelli. "Everything is a secret meeting over there, a secret meeting over here. 'Let's have a meeting at the church.' No — forget all these organizations. Our parents need to know what's going on with our children."
Meanwhile, the state House Appropriations Committee held a hearing to examine how Chester Upland got into its current financial mess, amid word that other urban districts across the Commonwealth, from Erie to Allentown, could soon be in similar trouble.
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I have been having all these ideas of things that I want to make, but do not have enough time or looms to make everything that I am thinking of. I have decided that once I sell 3 hats on etsy I am going to buy myself a fancy loom. I haven't decided yet which brand to go with. If anyone that reads my blog and has any suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment with the loom that they like.
A week or so ago I signed up for a craft show. I have a great collection of hats already made, but I wanted to have some new things made. I came up with a penguin hat. I looked on-line to see if there was already a pattern that I could follow. Nothing was out there for knitting on looms, but there were a couple of ones for needle knitting. I was unable to use the pattern though, so I came up with my own design. I had to make it in a few parts. I needed a white belly and an orange nose. I added white buttons for the eyes.
I think he is cute. I am pretty happy with the way he turned out. I made the white belly part first to make sure that I would be able to get the shape that I was wanting. I made the first one too big, so I think I will make an adult version of the penguin hat.
I had the looms out again today and worked on another hat. I made a hat using lace stitches and it came out really nice. It is very different from anything else that I've made. I am hoping that I get a chance tomorrow to post a blog with pictures.


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Welcome to EmpowHER.
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What is the oldest flamingo?
According to the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, fossils of flamingos most similar to modern day forms have been identified to 30 million years ago. Fossils of more primitive species have been identified to be an estimated 50 million years old. See the link below for more information.
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What is a flamingo?
A flamingo is a long legged pink feathered wading bird of Africa.It has a large down turned beak for sifting shallow lakes for shellfish etc which maintains the pink plumage. …The broad pink wingshave black wing tips. There was also an aircraft of the 1930s called the De Havilland(UK) Flamingo. It was a four engined airliner and could carry 20odd passengers.
Do Flamingos live with other Flamingos?
yes they live with other flamingos which is called a 'couple'.
Are flamingos herbivores?
No, because they eat small fish. shrimp, algae, and other small creatures found in shallow water. Flamingos are omnivores.
Why is a flamingo called a flamingo?
It is called a flamingo because it comes from a Latin word called Phoenicopterus ruper , that means pink colored organism.
Can a flamingo fight with another flamingo?
no it can not
How tall does a flamingo get?
They can stand up to 5 feet tall
What is flamingo in Italian?
Are there Flamingos in Egypt?
Yes, the Greater Flamingo is found in Egypt in great numbers. The best place to see them in Egypt is Lake Qaran where numbers of Flamingos are up to 1000.
Are flamingos reptiles?
No flamingos belong to the bird family and not the reptile family as they have wings.
How does a flamingo see?
With its eyes.
Where are the flamingos in Florida?
you find them in theme parks or in Miami usually
What can eat a flamingo?
Flamingos choose regions that have little food for other animals and avoid having many natural predators. They can be the target of large birds that move from place to place. …Grown flamingos are not the target but the chicks are vulnerable and the parents must protect them and kept them close by.
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Can flamingos be rainbow?
Yes, they can, if they eat shrimp that have special dye in them...
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What can flamingos do?
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Hello, please allow me to introduce myself.
I am PC 9082 Hayley Howard. I am a Police Officer in Norfolk Constabulary and have been since 1996. Over my career I have worked in urban and rural locations. I have been a Safer Schools Officer since 2010 working at Thetford Academy, before moving to City Academy 2012. It is a role that I enjoy immensely. The help and support I can give to the students and staff makes this role a very worthwhile and fulfilling job.
So why have Police Officers in schools? Please don't be concerned, this is a good thing.
A safer schools partnership is a formal agreement between a school and the police to work together in order to keep young people safe, reduce crime and the fear of crime, and to improve behaviour in schools and local communities.
I work closely with the heads of years for the children. My focus is to provide support and assistance to resolve issues impacting on attendance, behaviour and the safeguarding of young people; and to inform and equip all young people to manage risk and keep themselves safe.
Should such a situation occur which affects a child at the academy, then I may become involved if it is deemed appropriate. My involvement rarely amounts to, or warrants an official police investigation. Usually, it amounts to us working with staff to fully understand the cause of the problem. I may then work with the school, parents and child to ensure that appropriate intervention and support is put in place to resolve underlying issues. Often I help children to understand all the potential consequences of their actions or the situations they find themselves in. Additionally, if a student, for whatever reason, has dealings with or contact with our policing colleagues outside the school environment, I will follow that encounter up in school to ensure that the young person is ok, they understand what has occurred, and are appropriately supported.
The Academy and Norfolk Police have signed a protocol that we will work together and share information when appropriate. I aim to positively engage and to support all young people on a daily basis so that young people will see beyond the uniform and get to see the Police in a wholly positive light. I am involved in assemblies and in lesson inputs, delivering key messages in relation to internet safety, healthy relationships, crime, anti-social behaviour, young driver education and others. At school, I have an opportunity to intervene early, to keep children safe and to reduce the risks they may encounter on their journey towards adulthood.
The list below, although not exhaustive, best describes what I aim to achieve in City Academy Norwich.
- The safety of pupils; staff; school site and surrounding area.
- Help for young people to deal with situations that may put them at risk of becoming victims of crime, bullying or intimidation, and to provide support to those who do.
- Focused enforcement to demonstrate; that those who do offend cannot do so without facing consequences.
- Early identification, support, and where necessary challenge of pupils involved in or at risk of offending.
- Improved standards of pupil behaviour and attendance; and less need for exclusions.
- More positive relations between young people and the police, and between young people and the wider community.
- Effective approaches to issues beyond the school site that negatively impact on pupil safety and behaviour.
- Safer Schools Partnerships (SSP) help to keep pupils safe, reduce the risk of young people getting drawn into crime or anti-social or extremist behaviour, improve the safety of the school site and surrounding area.
- They build positive relationships between pupils and the police, promote shared values and improve community relations generally within the school and wider community.
- Though an SSP, pupils who engage in anti-social behaviour or crime can be dealt with quickly and appropriately to prevent unnecessary criminalisation. Additionally, pupils who feel threatened by such behaviour or crime can be supported. However , where behaviour fails to improve, or the behaviour is very serious, than tougher enforcement measures may need to be used.
- An SSP is a positive way for schools to demonstrate their commitment to promoting a safe climate of learning and to preventing crime
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After failing to attend the first two English classes in April, I've gone today to my Intermediate 2 English class in Escuela Oficial de Idiomas of Santander. The class had already strarted the Unit 7, Education last week. This unit has three lessons with the following grammar, vocabulary and "can do" objectives:
Lesson 7.1 Learning from experience
Grammar: subject and object questions
Vocabulary: education
Can do: describe a learning experience
Lesson 7.2 Great Teachers
Grammar: used to/would
Vocabulary: teachers
Can do: describe a teacher from your past
Lesson 7.3 It's never too late
Grammar: modals of ability, past and present
Vocabulary: old age
Can do: talk about abilities in the past and present
I guess they did the first three exercises of the Lead-in section last week (more on that later) Today we started with the Vocabulary exercise of Lesson 7.1:
3 Complete the phrases and expressions with the words and phrases from the box.
(here is a box :))
steep – by doing – heart – fast – perfect – strict – deep – up – bring
(end of the box)
1) a ___fast___ learner.
2) a ___strict__ teacher.
3) Practice makes ___perfect___.
4) It's a ___steep___ learning curve.
Ways of learning
5) learning by ___heart___. (to memorize)
6) learn ___be doing___. (to learn from experience, as apprentice for example)
7) pick (something) ___up___. (to learn without effort)
Ways of teaching
8) throw someone in at the ___deep___ end. (to teach by brute force)
9) ___bring___ someone up to (do something) (to teach by explanation)
NOTE: Exercises 1 and 2 of the Listening section have been done last week.
Then we practice in pairs question/response, the "Can do" and "Grammar" of lesson 7.1, by doing the following exercise:
5 Think about a good (or bad) learning experience you have had.
(NOTE: The teacher asked us to think of a bad/good learning experience and then put questions bellow to our in-front-of-us partner; I thought of my peculiar English learning experience by hearing short wave radio stations with my old vintage and almost forgotten radio)
a Make questions from the prompts below.
1 What/learning? Why?
– What were you learning? Why?
2 Why/experience/good/bad?
– Why was the experience good/bad?
3 How/you/learn?
– How did you learn it?
4 Learn/in a group/on your own?
– Did you learn in a group or on your own?
5 Easy/difficult to learn?
– Was it (then) easy or difficult to learn?
6 How/you/make progress?
– How did you make progress?
7 You/learn/useful techniques?
– Did you learn useful techniques at the end?
bAnswer the questions. Take notes.
1 I decided to learn English on my own, because I had an old vintage radio in which I heard short wave radio stations from many countries and they spoke in a foreign language that I knew it was English most of the time and I didn't understand a word! It became a good experience.
2 Because I managed to learn English almost on my own and felt the pleasure of learning something step by step by myself and most of all being able to understand what other people in other countries thought and talked about!
3 I started to hear short wave radio stations that I found almost by chance moving carefully the dial. At first most of the radio stations had a very noisy reception which made even more difficult to understand a word. But soon I learnt that at night the reception were better and I fixed some very interesting radio stations like Voice of America or BBC World which had special programs to learn English!
4 I learned on my own.
5 At first it was very difficult to learn anything because of the poor reception of the transmissions and my scarce knowledge of English.
6 I was able to record some of the radio programs y replay them many times until I understood more or less the meaning of the sentences of words the speaker said. Then a friend of my mother was an English teacher and some weekends I went to hers with my recordings and she help me to understand the most difficult sentences and words. But that resource was the last chance to understand the recordings. Most of the time I managed to decode all the messages in real time!
7 Of course! Once I found out that there were a language to represent phonetically the English words. And in English dictionaries, the words were written also in that language. So I learned to transcribe the words I heard in the radio to those letters and then I tried to find out a similar word in the dictionary. I learned a lot of useful word with that technique!


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Friday, May 23, 2008
Blog not properly displayed in Firefox
I had not realized about this fact, but when Eduardo Legatti asked me what happened with the left navigation bar it was when I entered as a regular non authenticated user, I saw something happened with my Blog Archive and my Topics menus, those were gone. Eduardo told me he uses also Firefox.
In my personal opinion my default choice is Firefox, just like 24% of the blog users, not Internet Explorer, unless due to VPN restrictions or bank access requirement. I have tried to change my layout, and unsuccessfully it behaves the same. So the workaround in the mean time is to click on the item menu or use Internet Explorer :(
Some people have reported differences between firefox and internet explorer [Resolving Browser Display Discrepancies Between IE and Firefox].
... After a couple of hours after publishing this post the left navigation bar is back again, it looks like there was some issue wiht the cache. I have removed the cache from firefox, but I am not sure this was the actual solution.
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- Aman Sharma said...
I am not sure.Neither I use Firefox as for me its very slow and eats my RAM like I eat chocolats nor IE(no reason ).I user opera and I didn't find any issues with the navigation bar.I didnt check at that time when Legatti had issues but I never faced any issues myself.
Thought will give you feedback about user of Opera too;-).
- May 24, 2008, 1:22:00 PM
- Eduardo Legatti said...
Great! Currenlty, it is working perfectly in Firefox. Let's see what will happen for now on ...
- May 24, 2008, 5:47:00 PM
- Hector Rivera Madrid said...
Thank you very much guys! There it appear to be some differences between browsers, which doesn't happen to be too much surprising. Opera is a browser I have not tried, but I should give it a chance. I am very used to Mozilla, since this happened to be the browser less prone to viruses and malware. I try as much as possible to avoid using Internet Explorer. I have seen several strange behaviors when using IE7 and EM DB Control, so this, among other bad experiences, have made me choose another browser different from the MS Option.
- May 25, 2008, 12:53:00 AM
- Aman Sharma said...
Opera IMO is very nice browser with lots of features.Yet its not supported by many sites :-(.Also EM is not supported for this browser.But it is advertised as "world's fastest browser" and as per my experience, I do see it very fast as comparable to IE or Mozilla.Worth a try atleast :-).
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HTC confirms Ice Cream Sandwich for 16 phones, HTC users delighted
So a bit back we wrote that HTC had announced that a few models would be getting Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich and it seems today HTC has expanded that list officially to 16 phones so hooray for those of you who will get the upgrade. To be honest, we're actually surprised to see so many phones on the list considering some of them are starting to show their.. maturity. Either way, this is a great move by HTC to keep their user base happy and excited with fresh upgrades. Still the issue remains in that ICS came out exactly 5 months ago, and HTC have only just announced their lineup but we can hope they've been working hard these last 5 months to make sure that they'll be getting their icy cool upgrade soon. Either way, the list is as follows:
- DROID Incredible 2 by HTC
- HTC Amaze 4G
- HTC Desire S
- HTC Desire HD
- HTC EVO Design 4G
- HTC Incredible S
- HTC Sensation
- HTC Sensation XL
- HTC Sensation 4G
- HTC Sensation XE
- HTC Raider
- HTC Rezound
- HTC Rhyme
- HTC Thunderbolt
- HTC Vivid
Not a bad list if we say so ourselves.
"We are working closely with our carrier partners to nail down update schedules for our other smartphones and will have more to share very soon," HTC's Darren Krape noted in a blog post. That's a good thing considering there's a lot of testing to be done and phones such as the HTC Sensation and Sensation XE are already having their updates distributed to carriers for further testing and he Sensation 4G and Sensation XL expected to follow in the next few weeks. Do note that once HTC has finished and passed on their updates to carriers, it's up to the carrier's to decide on when you'll get it!
We hope other carriers such as Samsung and Motorola step up their game soon and get all their devices updated, or at least start making phones with ICS installed! It can't be this hard to put ICS on their latest models can it? Well we suppose it's hard to complain when we don't do any testing ourselves but we're just pointing out the obvious.
Either way, there's still no timelines for when you're getting it, but we can only hope before June so sit back and enjoy the last few weeks (to months) of Gingerbread, because after ICS you'll never look back.
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Facebook is calling on its 350 million-strong user base to review and update their privacy settings as it rolls out new tools to enable users to better control their information.
The new features, which launch today, include: the ability to control who sees what piece of content on a user's page, a Transition Tool and simplified privacy settings.
"Facebook is transforming the world's ability to control its information online by empowering more than 350 million people to personalize the audience for each piece of content they share," said Elliot Schrage, Vice President of Communications of Public Policy and Marketing at Facebook, in a statement. "We've always designed Facebook to enable people to control what information they share with whom -- it's the reason our service continues to attract such a broad and diverse group of users from around the world. We're proud of the latest evolution we're announcing today and we will continue to innovate to serve users' changing needs."
The more granular controls on content are coming via Facebook's new Publisher Privacy Control, which will enable users to select a privacy setting for every post they make at the time they create it. Facebook has also eliminated regional networks in favor of four basic control settings - friends, friends of friends, everyone and customized.
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The Transition Tool offers users a transparent process requiring people to review and update their privacy settings. It starts with a message explaining the changes in the settings and letting users either update or preserve the ones they have.
As users move through the Transition Tool, they'll be presented a -Learn More' link leading to Facebook's new Privacy Center, which explains Facebook's principles of user control and related features. Users new to Facebook will be offered a New User Guide with information about the privacy controls and will receive specific privacy education messages within important Facebook pages.
"One of our primary goals is to consistently improve Facebook and expand what our users can do through the site, and that includes providing them with new tools to help control their information," said Chris Cox, Vice President of Product Management at Facebook, in a statement. "The features we're announcing today aren't the end point, but are simply the latest step in our iterative process. Great suggestions helped us get here, and we look forward to the feedback that will help us develop the next innovation in privacy and user control."


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The Buzzards Yacht Club
The Buzzards Yacht Club was established as an Association in 1930 and incorporated in 1965. Its family members have enjoyed a rich history and tradition of sailing, racing and social events with like-minded people who love all that the Buzzards Bay area has to offer. The Buzzards has a small clubhouse on Wings Neck and holds One Design Senior Series and Cup Races for Herreshoff 12s, Bullseyes and Stuart Knockabouts and Junior Series Races for 420s, Widgeons, and Optimists. The Buzzards also hosts four weekend PHRF Races during the summer and helps run the weekday Old Sigh PHRF Race Series.
Members also enjoy other sailing events for boats of all shapes and sizes such as the Chowder Race, the Commodore's Cup, Big Boat Cruise, Ladies and Gentleman's Race, and the Fun Race/Picnic. The summer kicks off and closes with a clubhouse gathering on the 4th of July and Labor Day and members also gather for the mid-season Lobster/Chicken Bake.
The Buzzards is affiliated with the Buzzards Sailing School, an 8-week summer program that teaches sailing, seamanship and racing using Widgeons, Optimists and 420s.
You don't have to own a boat or have to race. The Buzzards is an informal, very affordable yacht club for people who share the love of the water and the joy of sailing. Information can be found at www.buzzardsyc.org.
We are excited about the upcoming 2017 summer season at the BYC! This summer's events will include weekend races (one-design and PHRF) and various other fun sailing events and social gatherings.
The BYC is committed to promoting junior sailing and racing and is excited to offer a new BYC Junior Membership for 12 to 21 year olds whose parents are not already members of the BYC. Junior membership includes:
- An invitation to age appropriate BYC events including the Chowder Race and the Fun Race
- Inclusion on crew lists for the PHRF and Senior Series races
- BYC Junior membership t-shirt
The cost is $25 per year. You can enroll through the registration page on the Buzzards Sailing School website, www.buzzardssailing.org. For current BYC members who are interested in the benefits of a Junior Membership, please contact the BYC directly.


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Was Trayvon Martin circling George Zimmerman's vehicle before the neighborhood watch volunteer and the unarmed teenager engaged in their now-infamous -- and tragic -- scuffle?
That is the assertion that Zimmerman has made numerous times to investigators, according to a new report in the Orlando Sentinel, citing a source familiar with the criminal investigation into Martin's slaying by Zimmerman in February at a gated community in Sanford, Fla.
According to the Sentinel, the source said Zimmerman told police he was so worried by Martin's behavior that he rolled up his windows to avoid trouble. The paper notes that Zimmerman did not give these details to the non-emergency police dispatcher he had called in order to report Martin as a suspicious character.
The paper's report, posted on its website Thursday, is one of numerous leaks from law enforcement sources that seem to offer outside observers a few puzzle pieces to work with as they follow the second-degree murder case, though it's still difficult to understand how the pieces fit together -- if at all.


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HARARE - Namibia Agriculture minister John Mutorwa has declared the Northern Communal Areas (NCA) Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) free after announcing that the Veterinary Services have cleared the first 1 000 tons consignment of Bone in Beef for export to Zimbabwe.
Mutorwa said the area is technically free of FMD after intensified animal disease surveillance by the Veterinary Services.
The Bone in Beef for export to Zimbabwe will mainly come from farmers currently involved in the communit-based Rangeland and Livestock Management in the NCA.
Zimbabwean ambassador to Namibia Chipo Zindoga said Zimbabwe has already issued permits for the exports to prevent unnecessary delays in exporting the beef.
This is the first time that Namibia exports Bone in Beef from the Northern Communal Areas (NCA) outside Namibia's borders.
South Africa is the NCA's only consistent market for boneless beef.
The Zimbabwean ambassador did not shy away from the fact that her country is experiencing sanctions and called on Namibia to export its beef to Zimbabwe.
The 1 000 tonnes quotas will not exceed 50 tonnes per month over a 20-month period.
The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry is leading a business delegation to Zimbabwe to explore trade and investment opportunities.
Mutorwa said that Namibia is working hard to have the NCA declared FMD free and to get international recognition in this regard.
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From being a bread basket of Africa to being a basket case of Africa. Another case of lost income and our balance of payments going the wrong way. what are those Zimbo farmers doing? Ranching goblins instead of cattle
VaMugabe, hakuna hudofo hunopfuura izvi. After 33 years? Luckily for you you are shameless.
am dump. speechless what next,will be importing human resources, minerals,water ,rivers and bridges,etc.god have mercy on your poor souls + this our once country of milk and honey.
Shame shame shame Zanu pf shame shame shame Gushungo
Maize from Zambia (eat now, pay later!), Beef from Namibia, everything else from S Africa & China- welcome to Mugabe's Republic of Nikuv.
The bogus zanu criminal so called war vets had an orgy braaiing. Stolen cattle on looted productive farms
It all started during the war! These guys got used to eating and getting clothed for free, their mentality is that they own everything in Zimbabwe except responsibility. Mugabe is probably the most stupid and pretentious person in Zimbabwe today. He is the ultimate evil. Not only does he use the CIO to kill people, he enjoys seeing people starve, die of preventable and curable diseases. If Mugabe had a conscience he would have stepped down a long time ago but he is the ultimate evil and his kind only leave through death. God help us, we are perishing, can you take this evil killer please.
Kusanyara!! Sanction rinorambidza mombe kufura here? Rinoita kuti sora risamera? Kana munhu asina zvekutaura ngaavhare muromo wake!
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Thank you for visiting our new website. Smith Point Seafood, Inc. and Cockrell's Creek Seafood & Deli specialize in a number of seafood delicacies. Please stop in and enjoy some of the Northern Neck's finest seafood. You can also call ahead to take some of the Chesapeake Bay's best steamed Blue Crab's and Local Seafood home to enjoy.
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Today was a comfort food day. With some butternut squash handy, it was an easy choice.
Ooooh, look what I found. I had forgotten the fresh sage I had left, but I'm definitely going to take advantage of my lucky find. I love the velvety feel of fresh sage and the aroma-mmmmm...
A little oil in a small saucepan, a 20 second fry, and VOILA-total deliciousness
Look-they're mating! WooHoo!!
Split the bean-the smell coming out of that bottle is heavenly. I could sit here all night sniffing
Obviously, I'm a very cheap date. Doesn't take much to make me deliriously happy..
Scrape out all the good stuff, then throw it all (seeds and pod) into a pot of simmering broth. Now, I might sometimes use chicken stock, but since I haven't gotten around to making any today, some boxed vegetable broth will work just fine. Like I said, I'm easy
Now comes the fun part. That's REAL butter people. No fake stuff in this house
Chopped onions. I sometimes can't believe how many onions we use. They go in everything. Anyway, Coat them with that lovely butter and cook till they're just starting to look a little toasty. Aren't they beautiful?
Now the rice. Now this isn't just any old rice. This is the rock star of rices (to any good Italian, anyway). This is Arborio. Or Canaroli. Either would work. Short-grained, plump, and cooks up creamy and rich. Coat with the butter and onions and cook for a few minutes till translucent. This is a good time to throw in a little salt and pepper. The transformation is beginning...
When the wine is absorbed, I start ladleing in a bit of that simmering broth-which, by the way, smells AMAZING. Now while this is simmering, and absorbing, and transforming, I hear you asking me WHY exactly I need comfort today. Well, here's the thing. One of my children, who shall remain nameless, (look at the header of this blog) and is my one and only daughter out of 6 children, is going to her first high school formal tonight. How wonderful, you say? Well, it WAS wonderful and exciting, and sweet UNTIL she casually mentioned "the boy". Now this "boy" is a new "boy". One we haven't met yet (we will tonight). The "boy" bought her ticket, and will be her official "date". The "boy" is 18. And drives a car. (which she will NOT be riding in) Her father is howling-"She is not dating a boy who's old enough to drive! NO dating till she's at least 16!" "Umm, honey, she'll be Sweet 16 in 3 weeks and SHE will be driving". Silence. Then "Are you insane? She's a baby!!" I really, really, really need comfort. My baby girl is growing up. And she's beautiful. And I'm scared. And sad. And excited. Pass the wine. Still waiting and ladleing. Browsing blogs and downloading her baby pictures. Notice the crutch back there? It's mine- I need comfort
Have to take this over the top. Plop in some butter and some fresh Parmesan. This is creamy goodness at it's best.
A little more pepper, some grated nutmeg...
Time to go find the baby book (and make a manicure appointment!)
Molto Buono!
Thank you so much for visiting today and allowing me to be a little emotional.
Have fun, Allie. We love you


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This image is made years back, with a analog Pentax on Kodak Gold 400 film.
They are digitally scanned and processed on a Mac.
I've pushed the blue's and green's sometimes to the extreme, just to produce a "artwork" like image.
The grain (or noise) you see in the images is the result of digital editing, the original slides are absolutely free of grain.
I hope you like my view of Ireland, a country we love very much.
All images Copyright © Bluebells-photo and cannot be used in any way without written permission.


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Daytime TV: 'Dr. Oz,' 'Dr. Phil' Winning in a Post-'Oprah' Market
The doctor-hosted talk shows have both benefited from the end of Winfrey's show.
When Oprah Winfrey ended her run as daytime TV's ratings queen in May, it was Dr. Oz who received most of the key time-period and station upgrades. However, based on the first few weeks of the new syndication season, it's Dr. Phil who has cured viewers' post-Oprah angst.
Thanks in part to premiere-week shows featuring Casey Anthony's parents, Dr. Phil ratings have rocketed to a 3.9, with a (metered market) 10 percent share of the viewing audience, according to Nielsen. That's a 56 percent jump from its opening week a year ago, doubling the ratings of its lead-in and nearly matching Winfrey's ratings a year ago. Even more impressive, Dr. Phil is tops among talk shows in the key afternoon demo (women 25-to-54).
PHOTOS: Oprah Through the Years
Judge Judy remains the highest-rated afternoon show with a 6.6 rating, up 53 percent from her first week last year. Dr. Oz was second, jumping 21 percent from its 2010 premiere week, while Ellen was up 10 percent (her best premiere week ever). Bringing up the rear is newcomer Anderson, from Warner Bros. Telepictures, which debuted with a (metered market) 1.2 rating and 4 percent share, though it jumped 25 percent in its second week.
VIDEOS: The 5 Best Clips From 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'
Katz Media's Bill Carroll notes that the Anderson Cooper talker is performing poorly in big cities, averaging only a 2 percent share in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago (where it is on relatively weak stations). But stations he surveyed are showing patience with the newsman turned lifestyle host. Says Carroll, "They know it will take time for him to find his voice and the right balance between what he is known for and what he is hoping to bring to the audience."


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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Easter Bunnies
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Angela, I love your cloche and your sweet Easter bunnies ;)ReplyDelete
The fabric is beautiful.....
Have a very happy easter ;)
So cute Angela!ReplyDelete
I LOVE anything nestled under a cloche!
Happy Easter and Spring Friend.
Everything here is absolutely gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Zo gaaf weer allemaal!! Ik zie dat jij ook besmet bent met het vogelvirus!!! Ik ben er weer helemaal weg van!!ReplyDelete
Veel liefs Sharon
Dearest Angela,ReplyDelete
Aha, you got Pottery Barn too?
Feels alike... Your bunnies are too cute and how you perform miracles with the one yard.
Lovely as usual.
Hugs and Happy Easter to you.
So cute. Happy Easter! ~di @ MusingsReplyDelete
Lucky you to have stopped into Pottery Barn, good find for your bunnies.ReplyDelete
I did not notice the bunnies on the fabric until you pointed it our, beautiful fabric indeed.
Have a wonderful weekend.


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That's not railroading, it's just the need in every kind of communication to create a coherent narrative. A DM decides where he starts to tell the story, but sandbox or not, he needs to frame what is happening to make it a consistent experience for the players. I read somewhere that playing it sandbox-style results in a picaresque narrative, but I'd argue that this is true for playing roleplaying games anyway (just going by the definition of the term picaresque novel and the nature of roleplaying games in general).
Truth is always a matter of perspective
In the end I came to believe that sandbox is an artificial construct and not very helpful at that. The same goes for the infamous railroad. I'd have to call disbelieve on both, as far as playing the game is concerned. They are legit when discussing how a DM prepares his game/setting/etc. (because it needs terms to describe different methods and all that), but when playing the game, narrative structure is always imperative. How to get to the point where the people start talking to each other in the game is either unimportant (in the game) or, in a worst case scenario, distracting.
There is no true railroad, because every DM needs to improvise just by using a language and interpreting the rules. There is no true sandbox, because a narrative structure will evolve from every game. Funny thing is, in a players perception there might not even be a difference.


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LAS VEGAS, Jun 30, 2011 — Full House Resorts (nyse amex us:FLL) today announced it has entered into a five-year lease agreement with Hyatt Equities L.L.C. for the Grand Lodge Casino at Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino in Incline Village, Nevada on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. The Company will pay a fixed monthly rent of $125,000 over the initial term of the lease.
In addition, the Company has entered in an agreement with HCC Corp., an affiliate of HGMI Gaming Inc., to acquire the operating assets and certain liabilities related to the Grand Lodge Casino for approximately $0.6 million, exclusive of operating cash and working capital. The Grand Lodge Casino features approximately 260 slot machines, 25 table games and a sports book, and is integrated into Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino. The Grand Lodge Casino had net revenue and EBITDAR of $12.5 million and $3.2 million, respectively, in 2010. These agreements are conditioned on approval by the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission.
"We are excited about this new opportunity to work with Hyatt and operate the Grand Lodge Casino as part of the world-class facility at beautiful Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino," said Andre Hilliou, Chief Executive Officer of Full House Resorts. "We do not expect there to be any disruptions to existing operations or customer programs and we are hopeful we can gain control of operations in early September after receiving approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission."
About Full House Resorts, Inc.
Full House owns, develops and manages gaming facilities. The Company has a management agreement with the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians for FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan with approximately 2,763 gaming devices, 67 table games and a 120-seat poker room. The FireKeepers Development Authority recently announced the development of a 242-room resort-style hotel including a special events center, a full service restaurant and an expanded bingo facility. For further information, go to www.FireKeepersCasino.com . In addition, Full House owns the Grand Victoria Casino and Resort in Rising Sun, Indiana. The Grand Victoria Riverboat Casino has 40,000 square feet of gaming space with almost 1,300 slot and video poker machines and 37 table games. The property includes a 201-room hotel with spa, pool, meeting space and a pavilion with five food and beverage outlets, including a fine dining restaurant, buffet, sports bar, quick service restaurant and coffee shop and a large, multi-purpose Grand Theater for concerts and performance events as well as meetings and conventions. The 300-acre grounds also contain an 18-hole Scottish links golf course with full-service clubhouse. The property is conveniently located within driving distance of Indianapolis, Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio and near Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky. For more information on the Grand Victoria, please visit www.grandvictoria.com . The Company also owns the Stockman's Casino in Fallon, Nevada which has 8,400 square feet of gaming space with approximately 260 gaming machines, four table games and a keno game. The casino has a bar, a fine dining restaurant and a coffee shop. For more information, please visit www.StockmansCasino.com . Full House receives a guaranteed fee, through termination of the agreement in August 2011, from the Harrington Raceway and Casino at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington, Delaware. Harrington Raceway and Casino has a total of approximately 1,800 gaming devices, 40 table games, 10 poker tables, a 450-seat buffet, a fine dining restaurant, a 50-seat diner, a sports book and an entertainment lounge. For more information, go to www.harringtonraceway.com .
The Company also recently announced a management agreement with the Pueblo of Pojoaque to manage the operations of the Buffalo Thunder Casino and Resort in Santa Fe, New Mexico along with the Pueblo's Cities of Gold and Sports Bar casino facilities. The Company will receive a base fee of $100,000 per month plus a success fee based on achieving certain financial targets. The Company's management and related agreements will be submitted to the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) and remain conditioned on their approval.
Further information about Full House Resorts can be viewed on its website at www.fullhouseresorts.com .


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Around Here Twenty-Nine: 07/15-07/21
Friday, July 22, 2016
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All your commentary on Violet...OH MY GOSH is that Thomas too! What in the world is up with this craziness? He was cracking us up/driving us crazy on vacation because he would BOLT to the water only to absolutely freak when we actually put him in. Shrieking, holding on for dear life, begging to get out...only to start the process all over again. Praying year 2 gives me some relief, hah!ReplyDelete
Tab, Your family-- gah! They're just all so beautiful! I loved every single picture. Mostly, I want to steal Violet. She's just SO adorable! That hair! Those eyes!ReplyDelete
I am so glad your family rallied while Brandon was gone and you got through it.
Also, I will now be on pins and needles waiting to hear what you're crossing your fingers for!!!
Hugs for days,


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Ian Lawless wins murder conviction compensation ruling
A man who spent eight years in jail for a murder he did not commit could get up to £500,000 in compensation after winning a High Court case.
Ian Lawless was jailed for life in 2002 for the murder of retired sea captain Alf Wilkins in Grimsby.
In 2009 his conviction was ruled unsafe after judges heard fresh evidence.
High Court judges ruled that a previous decision to refuse Mr Lawless compensation was legally flawed and must be reconsidered.
Four other people whose convictions had been quashed including Barry George, the man wrongly convicted of the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando, lost their bids for compensation.
'Need for attention'
Mr Lawless's solicitor Mark Newby said he was "absolutely delighted" with the ruling in his client's case.
He said the government would now have to reassess whether compensation should be awarded to Mr Lawless, taking the judges' ruling into account, and he expected that it would be.
Mr Newby said: "It's likely to still take a while for Mr Lawless but at least he now knows it will move in the right direction.
"There's an overall cap of £500,000 for the sort of length of time that Mr Lawless served. Certainly it would be more than £100,000 for an eight-year sentence."
The solicitor said Mr Lawless was "struggling with his life on the outside" and while a compensation payout would help provide for his future, it would "never make up" for the years he had lost.
Mr Wilkins' body was found in the kitchen of his smoke-damaged flat on Grimsby's Yarborough estate with his 12-year-old Alsatian dog Lucky lying nearby.
Mr Lawless was convicted of murder after making various "confessions" to third parties, including regulars in a pub and a taxi driver,
His conviction was later ruled unsafe after fresh medical evidence revealed he had a "pathological need for attention".
His freedom at the age of 47 followed a referral of his case to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, the independent body which investigates possible miscarriages of justice.


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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Home is…
Our pastor is currently presenting a sermon series based off the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32.) Drawing from his insight into the parable he came up with 3 definitions of home. Home is… where you can be, or find, … Continue reading
Baby G was with us for less than a week but we all loved him from the moment we brought him home. Bird and Jazz both cuddled him endlessly and when I looked for a chance to hold him Jazz … Continue reading
Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child
Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child Cathy Glass Oh my. A book that you don't want to read but you must. This is the true story of carer (foster parent) Cathy Glass and a foster child. This … Continue reading


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As I mentioned in my last Captain's Log, my sister Alyse came to visit us during this last week. I have so many pictures from her trip that I can't fit them all in this post, so I'm going to do three posts that will cover the last two weeks - one today, one tomorrow, and one on Sunday.
What the girls said this week
Ellie: "My ears look so wasky. This one looks wasky."
Ellie, after coloring on her face with yellow highlighter: "I look like a yellow lion!"
Then, roaring: "Take a picture of my rawr rawr!"
Alyse: "It's kind of amazing how - I don't even remember what I was going to say."
Jason: "Can I have one grape?"
Ellie: "Okay! But no."
Ellie: "Is this oatmeal?"
Jason: "Yeah, that's uncooked oatmeal."
Ellie: "I want to uncook the oatmeal."
What we did this week
So, since I'm splitting the pictures from the last two weeks up, the pictures in this post are all actually from last week before Alyse got here (and she flew in on Thursday, the 16th). I'll repeat last post's quick summary of the week these pictures are from (Oct 11 to the 16): "Jason had Saturday class on the 11th, we did a big grocery shopping trip and I made a bunch of new freezer meals for the next month, we had church on Sunday, Jason had class Monday, Tuesday, and then only half of Wednesday and then got Thursday and Friday off for Fall Break, I had my birthday on Tuesday, and my sister Alyse and her son Ezra flew in on Thursday."
My birthday was really good. The girls and I played outside a lot; it rained in the morning, which they loved, and then we played down in the grass later. Here they are playing in the rain on the deck:
|This picture's so blurry but I like it.
And then downstairs a while later:
|"Mom, take a picture of my two hands!"
Later Jason made some birthday cupcakes and they were delicious. :)
Oh yeah! I just remembered that on Saturday when we did our big grocery shopping trip, I left my wallet at the grocery store but didn't realize until Wednesday. Luckily, when I called the store, they had my wallet at customer service, safe and sound. Our neighbor Lacrecia was over when I called the store, and she was nice enough to drive me up to town to go get it.
Some other funny things: Ellie has been stacking her books against the wall lately, like this:
She's funny with her books. When we first moved into this house, she stuck them all under her bed and that's where she wanted them to stay. After a couple weeks, once we convinced her it was really hard to read the books when they were under her bed, she stuck them all under Zelda's crib. That only lasted a little while, and then for the last couple months we've been able to keep them on the bookshelf (except for when the girls pull them down, of course, which happens to some extent every day, and which is just fine). But now she's stacking them all against the wall (the stack got longer since I took this picture), and then standing on top of the stack and telling us she's climbing the "clock."
|The girls lying down together.
Something Zelda's been doing lately is sticking both hands above her head. She's got such a big head and such little arms that her hands only reach the top of her head, but she loves raising her hands and if we yell something like "Raise your hand if you're cute!" she'll immediately stick her hands into the air. Then sometimes she'll kind of feel her head/hair like, "Hmm, this is interesting."
Oh, and yesterday marked the first time Ellie stuck something up her nose. She and I were outside together, and I was pulling weeds by the mailbox. She was playing with the bushes for a long time, picking off the berry/seed things and putting them on an anthill. Then I noticed her breathing funny, and I looked at her and realized she was trying to get something out of her nose. She had shoved a berry thing up her right nostril. I couldn't get her to blow it out (she didn't understand my instructions), so I took her in to Jason and with his help she blew it out of her nose and was okay.
So that's all for this installment of "what we did the last two weeks!" Tune in tomorrow for the post that will cover all of Alyse's and Ezra's visit, which was sooo fun! I hope you have a great Saturday!


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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:53:40 +0900
Ruby Quiz <james / grayproductions.net> wrote:
> [Snipped Quiz Description]
The LetterWise algorithm seems quite natural. After reading the quiz description I wanted to implement a markov based model and it turns out thats more or less what letter wise is.
In my implementation each key has always the same letters mapped onto it. As with MultiTap multiple taps cycle through the available letters.
But with each keypress the letters mapped to a key are ordered descending by the probability that they will be typed now. Probabilities are learned from a corpus. The probabilities are defined to depend only on the n last entered letters. If the n last entered letters were not encountered in the text, a shorter prefix is used.
As training material I used all the english manpages on my system. So expect debian and linux to be quite easy to enter ;). I let the program learn probabilities for different prefix lengths, the dictionaries can be found on my website:
Additionally I implemented the standard multitap algorithm, from which my algorithm is derived.
As framework I used JEG2 input routines, but added something to make left, right backspace and delete work. So I don't expect it to work on windows.
The learning breaks down to:
prefix = []
while c = io.getc
if k = downcase[c]
node = (@roots[k] ||= MarkovNode.new)
prefix.each do | p |
node.popularity += 1
node = (node[p] ||= MarkovNode.new)
node.popularity += 1
prefix.pop while prefix.length >= @max_prefix
prefix.unshift k
Checking for the frequency is done like this:
def popularity(char, prefix)
node = @roots[char[0]]
pos = prefix.length - 1
while pos >= 0 and node.is_a?MarkovNode and node[prefix[pos]]
node = node[prefix[pos]]
pos -= 1
All the rest can be found at:
as always all code browsable in full color, or available as an archive.
best regards,


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Jammu & Kashmir Police Constable Latest Recruitment 2015
Jammu & Kashmir has released latest recruitment notification for the various recruitment posts of Police constables. The candidates who are interested in the given recruitment can get the whole detailed information regarding the recruitment, Check here.
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Assistant Superintendent Vickie Nissen Receives Monarch Award in 2017
CCSD59 would like to congratulate Vickie Nissen, District 59 Assistant Superintendent for Business Services/Chief School Business Official, on being selected to receive the prestigious Monarch Award.
The Illinois Association of School Business Officials (ABSO) Board has awarded Nissen the Illinois ASBO Monarch Award for 2017.
According to the Illinois ASBO website, "The Monarch Award is one of the highest honors that Illinois ASBO bestows upon its members. The award is not just a measure of extraordinary deeds or a lengthy career – it is a recognition of those school business officials who, throughout their career and lifetime, have demonstrated excellence in service to their school district, communities and their profession. This award is a celebration of the best school business management has to offer."
In addition to receiving an award and statewide trade news and media recognition, $1,000 will be presented in Nissen's name to CCSD59 to encourage and support student community service work.
Nissen, who started her CCSD59 career in the 15 – 16 school year, came to the district with with many years of experience in leadership positions in the Business Services field and is very appreciative of being selected for the award. "I feel extreme, extreme gratitude in being nominated for this award," she said. "I also feel very unworthy knowing all of great things that my colleagues do for their districts and communities."
She will receive the award on April 26, 2017, at ABSO's Annual Conference in Peoria, IL.
Dr. Art Fessler, Superintendent of CCSD59, said that although Nissen has only been with CCSD59 for a couple of years, it became apparent early that she has a sharp mind for building relationships, culture, and a deep understanding of business services. "I am proud to learn that Ms. Nissen has been honored as the recipient of the 2016-17 IASBO Monarch Award, but not surprised," he said. "I consider her to one of the best in the business from her high level of integrity to her deep understanding of the CSBO role and responsibilities, and she truly is an outstanding person and CSBO."


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by Oran B. Hesterman, PhD
Do you think the time is at hand for a systemic, sustainable change to the food system? Author Oran B. Hesterman, PhD, President and CEO of Fair Food Network offers solutions to changing what we eat as well as how our food is grown, packaged, delivered, marketed and sold. The book includes sections outlining the history of our current food system and his four key principles for redesigning it. The final section serves as a guide to collective action including questions to ask at farmers' markets, tools for starting buy-fresh/buy-local campaigns; advice for forming buyer's clubs that purchase food directly from farmers and fishermen, and advocacy information.


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[Listen] The Black Keys - "Everlasting Light" (The Mummers Remix)
After the whirlwind year that The Black Keys had with their sixth studio album Brothers sending them into the skull of most music loving types young and old it was only a matter of time before more and more remixes began to surface. Brighton based band The Mummers have thrown this out for the world to enjoy featuring some strings that sound like they belong in a Disney film sandwiched between the fuzzy guitar riff and raw drum track makes for a very pleasurable listen. Add to this Raissa Khan-Panni's lovely voice singing "Let me be your ever lasting light" over and over, this is a very nice adaptation of an already great track. Check it out for yourself below via ListenBeforeYouBuy.
The Black Keys - "Everlasting Light" (The Mummers Remix) by Some Kind of Awesome