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Brussels might be one of my most favorite things to cook for my family. Why you ask?? Well, it's because they love them.. they're always the first things to be eaten, and they typically all fight over the last one. How do I possibly get my family to eat brussels in the first place?? Well, it's because I make sure that each brussels sprout is browned and seasoned, removing any bitter cabbage flavor and imparting a delicious roasted flavor in each and ever bite. Believe me, if you are one who has written off brussels as a dinner side option, it's time to rethink and give them another try. There are several different directions you can take this recipe, so feel free to get creative and play around with it a little!
First, you want to prep the sprouts. Rip off the outer green leaves, cut in half lengthwise, and trim the bottom stem. Next, bring a small amount of water to boil in a large oven proof pan (we're conserving pans here, people..) Add the brussels to the boiling water, making sure that the cut sides are submerged. Blanch the sprouts for approximately 2 minutes and then shock them by placing them in a bowl of ice water. Then place the brussels cut side down on paper towels to dry (you want to get them as dry as possible so that the brown correctly). Dump the cooking water and place the pan back on the burner over med high heat. coat the bottom of the pan with olive oil. This might also be an ideal time to use any conserved bacon fat you might have laying around, which would add a wonderful bacon flavor and smokiness to your food. When the oil or fat is almost smoking, add the brussels cut side down to the pan and season with salt and pepper. Let them brown in the pan for approximately 5 minutes, or until the cut sides begin to brown. Once brown, place the pan in a preheated 450° oven and roast for about 10 minutes. About halfway through cooking, toss the sprouts around and add a little extra oil if the pan looks like it is getting too dry.
Once the brussels are nice and browned, carefully remove the pan from the oven (remember it's been in a 450° oven, I cannot tell you how many burned fingers I have gotten by forgetting how hot the pan is!). At this point, my preference is to squeeze a little lemon on top, add a dab of butter and season with salt and pepper, and some herbs, really whatever you have on hand. I usually prefer either thyme or rosemary. You can either serve as is, or you can choose to serve the sprouts on top of a sauce. I have found that I really enjoy Stonewall kitchen's lemon herb aioli. If you want to really put in a little extra effort, ABC Kitchen's Roasted Brussels with mustard vinaigrette is absolutely delicious.
When selecting your brussels, look for a nice green head, with leaves that are tight and compact. The smaller heads also tend to be more flavorful than larger ones, but make sure to pick brussels that are all similar in size so that they all cook evenly. Brussels sprouts also really versatile and can be used in a number of different ways other than roasting. They stand up very well to strong flavors such as: vinegar, mustard, bacon, pine nuts, blue cheese, brown sugar, and pepper. They're in season from fall to winter, so they are a perfect side dish option for holiday get togethers! Try these out at your next dinner party. I guarantee that someone will ask you for the recipe
- ¼ cup salt, plus more to taste
- 2 cups Brussels sprouts, prepped and halved (see above)
- 1-2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- ½ tsp thyme, rosemary or other herbs, finely minced
- 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Blanch the Brussels sprouts by bringing a small amount of water to a rapid boil. Add salt. Boil Brussels sprouts in small batches, approximately 1-2 minutes per batch (depending on size). Sprouts should be slightly tender but not fully cooked. Shock in ice water to stop the cooking and dry completely on towels.
- Heat olive oil in an oven-proof saute pan over medium high heat. Add the sprouts, cut side down and season with salt to taste. Cook until slightly brown on bottom.
- Place in the oven and roast 10 minutes, or until dark brown (but not burnt) stirring occasionally. Remove from the oven, add butter and herbs, and season with more salt and pepper. Finish with a squeeze of lemon.
- If using a sauce, spoon onto a serving platter and then top with the sprouts.
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The United States blocks Iran from participating in the ITER project
The Science magazine wrote in a report that the Iran nuclear deal was meant to usher in a new era of science cooperation between the Islamic republic and other parties to the landmark agreement, which deters the country from pursuing nuclear weapons in exchange for sanctions relief. But nearly 2 years after implementation began, few projects are underway. And Science has learned that the United States has frozen Iran out of a collaboration that the deal expressly brokered: ITER, the multibillion-dollar fusion experiment in France. Keep Reading

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"Rules are made to be broken" has always seemed an odd adage, though I have broken my share of rules--usually unintentionally but, still, my share have been broken. I think perhaps it has been a matter of the "why " of rule breaking. The intent determines the quality of the breaking and, when it comes to fiber arts and quilting, the creative intent makes all the difference; breaking rules just for the sake of breaking them seems unnecessarily disrespectful of the artists and craftsmen who have come before us and established the rules--though that establishment was likely as unintentional as my breaking!
Sometimes I break rules unintentionally, conjuring unexpected creative opportunities. At least,I allow them to be creative opportunities after I have explored some colorful turns of phrase. After making mistakes I learned to figure out what I could do to work the happy accident into a new design, instead of "fixing a mistake." I didn't always approach it this way, especially in quilting (in which I have the most experience) and I have unfinished projects to prove it! Over the years I have seen and heard quilters who are desperately seeking just a bit more of a particular fabric to finish a quilt. I will grant you that there are times when you don't want to explore new design opportunities but most of the time my quilts have benefited from stepping back when I make a mistake, looking at the design, and then looking at it again from another angle (sometimes literally). I have learned to not make the suggestion to other quilters, though, unless I know them well; I have gotten horrified looks from some when I have suggested substituting another fabric from their stash. It is what our foremothers would have done, out of necessity; think of all the antique and vintage quilts we cherish for just those qualities that we sometimes reject in modern times. They are those bits of fabric or design that cause us to wonder what happened so the quilter did that. Quilts (and, I think fiber creations as well) are all about stories, and these accidental designs tell such interesting stories!
Sometimes we break rules with a specific intent to come up with something new and different, trying out the "what if?" possibilities. In this case I think it might be better if we do this after we know some very basic rules, for the sake of some structural integrity, if nothing else. Judith Mackenzie, a marvelous spinner and fiber artist, tells of a teacher she had who allowed students a certain number of happy accidents and after that they had better be able to tell her why they were doing what they were doing differently. I adore looking at "what if," and given all the wonderful new ideas and techniques that fellow quilters and fiber artists are coming up with, it's not an uncommon activity.(I'm constantly amazed and admiring of people who have developed techniques that, even when shown how to do them, seem inconceivable--how did they come up with these things?)
Over the past few days I have immersed myself in a gluttony of how-to videos, because I have a great deal to learn and learning is one of my favorite things. Watching them in such rapid succession has made it apparent that experts have different rules about the same things, and they are sometimes in direct conflict. What one expert explains as a "must" another expert will say, "What a waste of time!"
Granted, this can be a confusing thing for beginners in a craft if they aren't experienced enough to know head from tails. The key is to try them out for ourselves and find out what works best for us, personally. That takes time and practice, and as a person with a very short attention span who wants to know how to do something and wants to do it well NOW that can seem a daunting prospect. But happy accidents along the way make the practice a joy. Any art that has hard and fast rules, with artists who always follow them, will not advance or stay truly alive and thrive, or tell a good story.
Breaking rules--what fun!! I'm all for it. I don't do New Year's resolutions but if I did, I would make one to break some rules in quilting, spinning, weaving, and any other fiber-y activities I undertake.
The videos:
I am enrolled in a many Craftsy classes about quilting; the videos I've been watching the past few days have been about spinning and weaving because I'm still very much a beginner in those areas. They are all available from Intervweave and yes, I have bought a lot of videos--these aren't all of them--but mostly over a period of 2 or 3 years; I just revisit them:
How I Spin, Rita Buchanan
The Gentle Art of Plying, Judith Mackenzie
A Spinner's Toolbox, Judith Mackenzie
Weave a Good Rug, Tom Knisely
Loom Owner's Companion, Tom Knisely
Spin Art, Jacey Boggs
Spin to Weave, Sarah Lamb
In Praise of Simple Cloth, Rita Buchanan
From Wool to Waulking, Norman Kennedy (Mr. Kennedy has some great stories and memories of spinning and weaving over 60 years, beginning as a young man in Scotland)


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"I'm Not Scared of Anything at All" is sung by Pa Gorg in Episode 316: The Battle of Leaking Roof after he has sheepishly descended from the Gorgs' Castle rooftop. His courage restored, Pa sings that there is nothing to be afraid about. During the song, Ma Gorg and Junior seem skeptical of Pa's new found courage until the end of the song.


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SANFORD – Back and forth, back and forth.
Like a caged lion, Andrew Pineo paced the end line of Memorial Gym. A senior wrestler from Skowhegan High, he started pacing about 30 minutes before his 195-pound semifinal match against Cony's Nic Benner, a match Pineo would win 8-0.
His concentration, his determination, were evident from the moment he slipped out of his sweats.
"This is my passion," he said of wrestling. "This is what I love."
And he feels like he's been slammed to the mat.
The 15-member executive board of the International Olympic Committee recommended in a secret ballot last Tuesday that wrestling be dropped from the Olympics beginning in 2020. It has not released the vote nor the reasons for the decision.
While the final decision won't be made until September, it is unlikely to change. And that, said Pineo and just about everyone else at the packed Class A wrestling championships here Saturday, is a mistake.
"I would tell them that they've taken away something big from little kids," said Pineo when asked what he would tell the IOC. "They've taken away a passion, something that someone has worked for their entire life, and that's not right."
Wrestling, to many in Maine, is synonymous with the Olympic Games. It dates back to the ancient Greeks, and was one of the sports in the inaugural modern Olympics in 1896.
Last summer, 344 athletes from 28 nations competed in wrestling in the London Olympics.
"I don't know what they're thinking," said Al Kirk, head wrestling coach at Deering High in Portland for 35 years. "It is not a politically sound move for them to do this. It's the oldest sport, dating back to the Romans and Greeks. Almost all the countries around the world have it."
Few believe the decision will affect high school wrestling, which, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations, is the sixth-most popular high school sport among boys (272,149 participants). More than 8,200 girls now compete across the nation.
In the U.S., high school and college wrestlers compete in a style known as folkstyle, which is different from the freestyle and Greco-Roman styles used in the Olympics. There is more of an emphasis on wrestling on your feet in freestyle and Greco-Roman, and the scoring for takedowns is a bit different.
But the techniques for takedowns are easily transferable from folkstyle to the others.
The biggest impact will be on the exposure young wrestlers get to the sport. Olympic wrestling provided the ultimate competition for its participants. It is the only time the sport receives any television exposure.
Tyler Davidson of Marshwood won the state title at 120 pounds Saturday, to become only the 16th wrestler to win four Maine state titles. He will attend the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, R.I., next year. His wrestling ability had a big hand in getting him in.
People who love wrestling will continue to wrestle, he said. Others may have second thoughts.
"I think this is going to impact people's views on wrestling," he said. "If it's an Olympic sport then it's a legitimate sport. Where they're taking it out, I think it undermines wrestling.
"It's just crazy, some of the sports they're keeping."
Iain Whitis, a senior at Chev- erus, became the school's first wrestling state champion, at 120 pounds, last year.
"I love everything about wrestling," he said after his 126-pound semifinal victory Saturday. "Wrestling is unbiased. As long as you're an athlete and you work hard and you practice hard, you're going to be good."
He was shocked at the decision. "Olympics and wrestling are engraved in my mind," he said. "I think it impacts the sport at every level in every country. It draws from all over the world."
Matt Rix, the coach at Marshwood, says the sport will survive, but that the decision will leave young men and women without a goal. He also runs a summer camp that specializes in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.
"One of the things that we've always promoted," he said, "was if you want to put the time in, wrestling will take you as far as you want to go. If the Olympics are your goal, we have avenues to push you in the right direction to get you there."
Rix' daughter, Deanna Betterman, said the IOC picked the wrong sport to eliminate.
"They're in for a fight," she said in a phone interview from Colorado Springs. "I think everyone's going to come together and make plans to fight this.
"A lot of those European countries, wrestling is like our football and basketball. It's a national sport."
The 25-year-old Betterman, who made headlines when she competed against boys as Deanna Rix at Marshwood and nearly won a state title, said wrestling gave her something to reach for.
"(Female wrestling) was added to the Olympics in 2004," she said. "It became my goal. If they hadn't added it, I probably wouldn't have wrestled after high school."
Now she fears a new generation of wrestlers will have nothing to dream for. "There will be no Olympic dream," she said.
Terry Devereaux, the Maine director of USA Wrestling, added, "An Olympic gold medal still is the ultimate goal for a lot of wrestlers who compete at the collegiate level. While they could still compete in the world championships, nothing has the prestige of an Olympic gold medal."
Betterman, who is now coaching a middle school wrestling team, could not compete in the London Games because she was pregnant. She and Joe Betterman, who finished second in the 2012 60-kilogram Olympic Trials, now have a 5-month old son, Mason.
She hopes to compete in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as does her husband, who is in the Army. He was also looking forward to competing in 2020, then retiring to become a coach for the Army.
"It really is heartbreaking," she said of the decision. "You work your whole life for something, then to drop it, it's devastating. Joe and I had talked about Mason some day competing in the Olympics. Now?"
And that's why they hope that the decision will be reversed.
"What sport is more Olympic?" asked Tony Napolitano, the coach at Portland. "It's just a real shame."
Staff Writer Mike Lowe can be contacted at 791-6422 or at:
Twitter: MikeLowePPH
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Last Sunday, my daughter finally ventured out of the protected lake cove we usually kayak around. We were up on Stockton Lake, here in Missouri, and circumnavigated the largest island on the lake. It was directly across from the launch ramp and adjacent to the deep quarry that they pulled stone from in order to dam the Sac River. My friend Dean accompanied us on his inflatable kayak.
Proud of her for venturing out of her comfort zone. She may me outgrowing her paddle, though. I may have to make her a new one this winter or figure out a way to ferrule on an extension in the middle.


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Orange Phone Advisor
Phone Advisor is an in-store self-service tablet app for Orange retail shops across Europe and Africa. Customers answer some questions about their lifestyle, phone usage and preferences and the algorithm returns the best phones for them based on their tastes and preferences. Our work involved pairing with the Phone Advisor product manager to define product strategy and included several iterations of sketching, wireframing, and clickable prototypes tested with Orange's international user panel for feedback.


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Within an Action method, you'll sometimes realize that the processing you need is in some other Action method, often in the same controller. ASP.NET MVC provides a couple of ways of transferring control from one Action method to another one, but, sometimes, the simplest solution is just to call the other method. In those cases, it's worthwhile to remember that when you call the View method in ASP.NET MVC, you're not actually processing a View. The View method merely creates a ViewResult object that, when you return it to ASP.NET MVC, causes ASP.NET MVC to find the View and process it.
In a recent project, many of my controller methods ended by redisplaying the initial page. I had already created a View that did that: It was the first View that's displayed by the controller (I called the Action method that delivered the View FirstDisplay). That method looked like this:
Public Function FirstDisplay (id As Integer?) As ActionResult
...code to load the result object with the data to display...
Return View("DisplayItem", result)
End Function
In my other methods, I could just call FirstDisplay to redisplay the page. FirstDisplay would return the ViewResult object with the correct data, so I just had to return the results of FirstDisplay to get the page I wanted:
Public Function Update (id As Integer?) As ActionResult
...code required by the action method...
Return FirstDisplay(id)
End Function
See? Recycling is good.
Posted by Peter Vogel on 07/15/2015 at 10:55 PM0 comments
$("input").change(function ()
That will catch your textboxes, checkboxes, and any other input item defined with an input element. If you also want to catch changes in other elements, you can selectively add additional jQuery statements. This statement will catch changes made from dropdown lists (defined with select elements):
$("select").change(function ()
You can do what you want in your flagChanges function, but here's a version that shoves some bolded text inside another element with an id of ChangeTextDiv (based on the name, probably a div element):
function flagChanges()
$("#ChangeLabelDiv").html("<b>unsaved changes in page</b>");
You'll need to remember to clear that element whenever you let the user save their changes. That's what this line of jQuery does:
Posted by Peter Vogel on 07/07/2015 at 11:19 AM0 comments
In previous columns, I've discussed options in assembling your View from a set of partial Views. However, in all of those examples, I've been assembling a View on the server in response to a request from the client.
The cool thing is that you can also return partial Views to Ajax calls. Here's a getJson call to a ASP.MVC Controller's Action method that expects to get back a set of HTML that it inserts into a page's div element:
data: InfoAndData,
datatype: "text/plain",
type: "POST",
url: 'MyController/MyAction',
cache: false,
success: function (data) {
The Action method, accepts the data from the Ajax call in the same way as it does any other request but uses the PartialView method to trigger processing of the partial View and have the resulting HTML sent to the client:
Public Function MyAction(InfoAndData As InfoClass) As ActionResult
... code to retrieve data based on values in InfoAndData ...
... load results ...
Return PartialView("MyView", results)
End Function
There are lots of things to like about this approach -- having your HTML generated in a View is consistent with the way that the rest of your HTML is created. You also have access to all of Razor's tools for creating HTML (including localization). Finally, of course, your client-side code is reduced because you don't have to write the code to insert each data item into the page.
But there are at least two things to dislike: The payload being returned (HTML + data) is almost certainly going to be larger than the equivalent JSON object holding just the relevant data. The cycles required to generate the HTML may or may not be equivalent to cycles required to insert the data/set up the HTML on the client.
However, the server-side cycles are on a shared resource while the client-side cycles are on the user's computer. Using server-side cycles makes your application less scalable (personally, I feel that the user's computer should be regarded as free, unlimited resource that should be exploited mercilessly).
For me, I like using partial Views enough (and regard the costs of sending partial views as sufficiently low) that I frequently use this technique.
Posted by Peter Vogel on 06/30/2015 at 10:32 AM0 comments
While everyone using the .NET Framework creates Classes, not many developers create Structures. For those of you who are creating Structures, Visual Basic 14 has some good news for you: You can now give your structure a constructor that doesn't accept parameters (a default constructor). Formerly any constructor you added to a Structure had to accept at least one parameter.
Here's an example of a Structure with a default parameter:
Structure ProcessData
Private ErrorCount As Integer
Sub New()
ErrorCount = -1
End Sub
End Structure
If you want to have your default constructor actually execute, however, you must use the New keyword. This code will call the constructor and set ErrorCount to -1:
Dim pd As New ProcessData
This code will not:
Dim pd As ProcessData
and it will still run. Nifty, right?
Posted by Peter Vogel on 06/18/2015 at 10:21 AM0 comments
Years and years ago, I talked about how interfaces and inheritance were tools for making different objects look alike. Using interfaces and inheritance this way allows you to process a heterogeneous group of objects using a single variable.
In that column, I also pointed out that you sometimes needed to determine what the underlying class was for a group of objects that all looked alike to you. The TypeOf keyword is primary tool you have for determining what class an object "really" is.
However, if you were doing a negative test with TypeOf, you had to write some pretty unreadable code. This example tries to determine if the object pointed to by the cust variable is "really" a PremiumCustomer:
If Not TypeOf cust Is PremiumCustomer Then
Visual Basic 14 now lets you use the IsNot keyword with TypeOf so that you can write this more readable version:
If TypeOf sender IsNot Button Then
Visual Basic just gets better and better.
Posted by Peter Vogel on 06/11/2015 at 10:35 AM0 comments
I'm not a big fan of commenting code, which means that when I feel the need to add a comment it's because I feel that the comment is critical to the code's future. As a result, I want any comments I add to have maximum impact/usefulness.
In Visual Basic, however, I can only put comments before or after the statements that I want to comment. This is especially limiting in LINQ queries, which I often break up over multiple lines, putting each LINQ clause on a different line. This means that a comment on the line before the LINQ query may be explaining something three or four lines farther down the screen.
With Visual Basic 14, I can finally put my comments where I want them: In-line with the part of the LINQ query I want to explain. This example uses a comment to explain a Where clause:
Dim PremCusts = From c In db.Customers
Where c.Id % 2 = 0 'Premium customers have an even numbered id
Select c
You can also use in-line comments when you break up a statement over multiple lines using implicit line continuation.
Posted by Peter Vogel on 06/09/2015 at 8:31 AM0 comments
In Visual Basic 14, can now have read-only auto-implemented properties: Just add the ReadOnly keyword to the Property declaration. Here's an example:
Class Customer
Public ReadOnly Property Id As String
You can set the property by name from within your class' constructors. This example sets my Customer's Id property:
Sub New(Id As String)
Me.Id = Id
End Sub
From elsewhere in your class, you can not set the property's value using the property's name. This code won't work anywhere outside of the class' constructor:
Me.Id = Id
However, you can access the backing field for the property and set the property's value through that. The backing field will have the same name as the property with an underscore prefixed to the property name.
This example updates my read-only Id property through its backing field:
_Id = "Fred"
On a related note: If you have an interface that specifies that a property is read-only, in Visual Basic 14 you don't have to honor that restriction when you implement the interface in a class. The interface that specifies a ReadOnly property will be happy with either a read-only or a read-write implementation in the class that implements the interface.
Posted by Peter Vogel on 05/29/2015 at 11:01 AM0 comments
Let me start with the most trivial change that's also the one you'll use the most: Right now, you type in a line of code, get a squiggly line under something indicating that you've got an error, fix the error … and then arrow off the line to see if the squiggle goes away. In Visual Studio 2015 with Visual Basic 14, you won't have to move off the line to have the squiggle go away: It will just go away.
The change you'll like best: You can view the results of a Lambda expression in Debug mode instead of getting that stupid "Evaluation of lambda expressions in this debugger" message.
Well, maybe you'll like this best: Shorter error messages in the Error List window. The Error List window, instead of showing variable names with all of their namespace prefixes, will now just use the base variable name. Your error messages might actually now fit in the Error List window.
The most important change that you should use more: Refactoring. Out of the box, C# developers have always had more refactoring support (encapsulating fields, for example) than Visual Basic developers. Now Visual Basic 14 developers get parity: select some code, right-click and select Quick Actions. A light bulb menu appears with all (and only) appropriate refactorings you can apply to the selected code.
The one you won't need very often but will really like when you do use it: Shared Projects. You can use a project's resources (source code, images, and the like) in other multiple projects.
And, finally, the one that will save you the most time: Your Visual Basic code should compile in half the time. Half. The. Time.
Posted by Peter Vogel on 05/20/2015 at 1:44 PM0 comments
Both Visual Basic 14 and C# 6.0, developers get the NameOf operator/keyword. It doesn't do much: It returns the name of the variable or member passed to it. This means I can write properties that integrate with the INotifyPropertyChanged event with code like this:
Public Property CompanyName() As String
Return Me.companyNameValue
End Get
Me.companyNameValue = value
End Set
End Property
This isn't going to make my applications run faster or anything useful like that. But it's going to eliminate a whole bunch of hardcoded strings in my applications that included the name of some program element. Now, instead of a string whose content the compiler couldn't validate, I can use NameOf and let the compiler check the parameter I pass.
Posted by Peter Vogel on 05/13/2015 at 9:59 AM0 comments
I love the String object's Format method. It's an unusual application where I'm not using it to build messages. (Long ago and far away, I used to use it to assemble SQL statements.) Typical code looks like this:
Me.txtErrorMessage.Text =
String.Format("You must be in {0} status to update {1}.", statusLevel, operationTarget)
In Visual Basic 14, with string interpolation, the code gets much simpler: I just put the variable name in the curly braces where I used to put the numerical place holders. The Visual Basic 14 version looks like this:
Me.txtErrorMessage.Text =
String.Format("You must be in {statusLevel} status to update {operationTarget}.")
Here's another string-related feature: multiline literals. In Visual Basic 14, you can split string literals over many lines without having to use the concatenation operator:
Message = "This is an unnecessarily "
"long string that stretches "
"over three lines with using &."
Next time, some more new favorites.
Posted by Peter Vogel on 05/12/2015 at 10:12 AM0 comments
I don't know how many times I've written this code like this:
if (stringVariable != null)
int x = stringVariable.Length;
In Visual Basic I'd write this:
If stringVariable IsNot Nothing then
Dim x as Integer
x = stringVariable.Length
End If
I test the string for null/nothing because if I try to get the Length of a variable set to null/Nothing ... well, I don't get the string's Length (null values don't have lengths). Instead, I get an exception.
To simplify this block of code, both C# 6.0 and Visual Basic 14 add a new operator that you can tack onto the end of a string (or other values): the question mark (?). If the string that the operator is added to is null then the expression returns null and no further processing happens.
This means that I could rewrite my previous code like this:
int x = stringVariable?.Length;
If stringVariable is set to null or Nothing, processing ends at the ? mark and no attempt is made to retrieve the Length value ... which means no exception is raised.
However, my code still isn't right because, after all, the expression with the ? operator has to return something. If my string is null then the ? operator will return null ... and my code has to handle that. The solution is to use a nullable data type to catch the result of my expression. For my example, the final code looks like this:
Dim x As Integer? = stringVariable?.Length
Two other items: First, you can use the ? operator with types other than strings. Second, if you think the ? operator is useful, consider looking at the string object's IsNullOrWhiteSpace method.
Posted by Peter Vogel on 05/04/2015 at 11:05 AM0 comments
Visual Basic developers can put conditions on a catch block in a try...catch to control which catch block is executed when an error occurs.
With C# 6.0, C# developers can now do the same by adding a if test to the catch statement. This example checks the error message associated with the Exception object's InnerException to decide which catch block to execute:
catch (Exception ex) if (ex.InnerException.Message == "Parameter Error")
...error handling code...
catch (Exception ex) if (ex.InnerException.Message == "Math Error")
...error handling code...
How VBish is that?
Posted by Peter Vogel on 04/23/2015 at 2:19 PM0 comments
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Libya has deported more than 200 African migrants to their countries of origin.
The latest act comes as the war-torn country struggles with curbing illegal migration across its borders.
Mainly African nationals, the migrants use Libya hoping to reach various destinations in Europe.
More than 16,000 people have made the crossing from North Africa to Italy in the first three months of 2016.
The number of new arrivals is expected to climb further.
"We are deporting 204 migrants of various African nationalities including Mali, Niger, from Gambia, Eritrea and Ivory Coast," said Hosni Jumaa Ayyad, a spokesperson for Libya's illegal migration task force.
"Of course the deportations are done in cooperation with their embassies in Tripoli," he added.
The deportation came as the United Nations refugee agency announced the possible drowning of up to 500 migrants in the Mediterranean last week.
Hundreds of thousands of migrants have reached Italy in recent years looking for a better life in the West.
"I came here in search of money," Omar, one of the migrants being deported on Wednesday, said.
Libya has become a major route for traffickers taking advantage of the chaos to transport people to Europe.
It is believed that Libya is facing the worst migration crisis in Africa since World War Two.


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So we went back to the vet today to get Leo's anal glands checked, he had an infection and has had 2 weeks of antibiotics. The good news is all is now clear and he doesnt need them "Washed out" under anaestetic like before
Im so relieved.
The vet we saw was wonderful. We had a really good chat about the general health of the cavalier. She's very knowledgable about the issues with this breed.
She said it would be a devastating shame if the health issues are not sorted out as in her opinion the cavalier is one of the only breeds for people who simply want a loving well tempered companion Excellent for families with small children and the elderly alike.
The really good news is she has a 10 year old cavi on her books who is still heart murmour free, and really healthy. She really hopes this is a growing trend and seemed quite positive there is hope for the future.


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As widely reported in the media, Columbian government troops this past week-end crossed their border a mile or two into Ecuador without that country's advance permission, chasing a band of Columbian rebel members of the leftest Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC). The rebel leader, Raul Reyes, was killed. Although the Columbian government subsequently issued a formal apology to Ecuador's government, military forces of both Ecuador and Venezuela are being mobilized along their borders with Columbia and there is apparently serious talk of military conflicts, inflaming the entire region.
This matter is important to Americans because the U. S. has strong strategic interests in Latin America and is a major political and financial supporter of the Columbian government, in large part to help them control the huge drug trafficking and terrorist activities in Columbia of powerful groups like FARC. It's also important because the leftist, opportunistic, anti-American president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is using this relatively minor incident to rail against "U. S. imperialism" and unnecessarily heightening political tensions through most of South America.
Of course, it would have been much preferable for the Columbian government to have consulted in advance with Ecuador and gotten the government's blessing for the incursion. There may or may not have been adequate time to do that. However, the mobilization by Ecuador and, especially, Venezuela, and the talk of potential military conflicts are clearly unwarranted and stupid. Venezuela was not involved in the incursion and Chavez, not surprisingly, is simply trying to take advantage of another opportunity to gain political influence at the expense of the U. S., similar to Iran's Ahmadinejad in Iraq and other countries in the Middle East.
That said, this incident reinforces my feelings, I believe shared by many others, that our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and understandable involvement with Israel in dealing with the problematic Palestinian situation, have led us to pay insufficient attention to our interests in Latin America. It is very unlikely there will be any meaningful foreign policy changes in the ten or so remaining months of the Bush Administration. However, our next President and Secretary of State should make a comprehensive fresh review of our relationships with our Latin American neighbors a foreign policy priority. With respect to Columbia, that review ought to include looking seriously at our strategy for dealing with drug traffickers and the seemingly unsustainable and unwarranted size of our financial support to the government and its armed forces.
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She is weak but HE is strong.
The long road to healing is beginning.
I am thankful for her little ones...
what a reason to get up in the morning!
I left in the barn last fall.
I'am glad your husband is well !! and i hope your daughter is better soon !!!
Beautiful done pictures............blessings from me Ria
Beautifully done!! And I love the sepia tones to your photo share.
My New Doll -my Show n Tell. I would really enjoy your company if you can drop by to visit me. Hope you're having a terrific Friday!!!
Love the beauty of what you have created from your life. It is very touching and sweet.
So glad your DH's heart is strong.
May your dear daughter regain strength and feel God's love and healing flowing through and surrounding her.
Have a lovely weekend ~ FlowerLady
It's really beautiful! Love all the details.
Greetz Renny
SO precious. I am catching up on past blogs, and seeing you have had a hard time recently even as I was being stretched too. Saying prayers for all your concerns this morning. God truly is our strength when we are too weak to handle everything on our own. What a power source to draw from to keep on going. YES!! Amen.It is comforting to this woman to know HE has promised HE will not let us go through MORE than we can handle.
PTL hugs to you this Friday...
Rene, what a beautiful display of memories you have put together. I love that you joined it all together in a birdcage. Good news about your husband. Time will heal your daughter. Have a nice and restful weekend. Kim
hi rene,
you must have been married in the 80's. always & forever was one song we had sung at our wedding ('82).
love the birdcage cloche and the white treasures inside bee..a..u..ti..ful!
judi ;)
Beautiful! I especially love the photo with the Bible!
So great to hear your hubby did okay at his appointment. Praying the *fix* goes just as well.
Be blessed by His grace,
As always lovely..
It's lovely and so much thought and care went into it. I also have a pearl 25th anniversary ring! And my husband--atrial fib---so many guys seem to have that as they get older. But he's doing well.
I'll keep your husband in prayer, we want him back to 100%!
And what a gorgeous, so very special vignette you've created there. It speaks volumes to the love and bond you share.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Glad the road has turned and things are looking up for you! Your lovely pictures are a great way to say thanks!! Enjoy your weekend!!
Hoping your daughte gets her strength back soon. Your display is lovely....I love the idea of the collection....
Absolutely gorgeous and such a beautiful post.
Hallo, Sweden here....
I must tell you, that I love your virtual & image blog!! Amazing mix of pic's & so much inspiration!
Regards from Agneta
Gorgeous and the sepia tone photos set it all off so well!
Pretty Blog, glad I found you and will be back!
I love LOVE! your Love Vignette. :)
What a sweet vignette. So meaningful to you and just beautiful. Very heartfelt.
Dear Rene`,
Thank you for sharing your beautiful heartfelt words and photos! I love the vignette you created and the lovely meaning behind each and every item! I will continue to pray for your husband and daughter. Enjoy fixing up the furniture. Have a lovely weekend! Love, Paula
Dear Rene, thank you for this lovely inspiring post. God bless you all.
Sending you hugs......and I'll be sending up prayers for your husband and your daughter....
Loved your pretties.
oh my goodness this is breathtaking, i am so happy to find you...if you have a chance stop by I am giving away a free pretty teapot
Hugs, Hugs, Hugs,
Beautiful beautiful !
I am so happy to hear that your husband is doing well and pray for continued healing for your daughter ~
Lots of hugs
Know you daughter is glad to be home and so good to hear about your hubby!
Beautiful photos as usual! I am going to have to do something cute with my birdhouse like you showed!
Beautiful soothing vignette to wake up to each morning. "Blessings to begin you day" is what I thought when I read this post. Lovely way to begin a day. That is good news that your husband can have the problem fixed and that all in all his heart is in good shape. Keeping your daughter in my prayers for physical and emotional healing each day. I know from my own daughter's experience, one day she can seem so good, then the next day I would receive a tearful phone call. Healing is a process and it always helps when He is part of it.
God bless you and your family.
Beautiful!!! All of it!!! Hugzzz...Tiina...
What a great vignette! I love things that are special rather than just "bought"! -- yours is special.
Hope you daughter is better soon.
Oh my, what a beautiful collection in which each hold a special memory. Your photos are stunning. I have just spent some time going through your archives and you have such wonderful collections. Thanks for your sweet note on our venetian wedding.
Very pretty. I love sepia toned pictures.
Rene, you are so gorgeous!How beautiful to have a vinigrette that was put together with so much love and sentiment to it...you have such a beautiful romantic soul and I love it!! You are so inspiring you should write a book, you truly should.
I'm so glad to hear your sweetheart has a strong heart and I pray the Lord strength be your daughters, may God bless you and keep you all in good health.
Thank you, Rene, for inspiring me :)


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New technologies in dredging and the potential to use dredge spoils as fertilizer will be the focus of an upcoming presentation sponsored by Tisbury Waterways Inc. (TWI) and the Martha's Vineyard Commission (MVC). The program begins at 5 pm, Thursday, October 3, at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven.
Major developments in dredging methods offer the ability to accelerate the process and also reduce the impact of sludge deposited on the banks of ponds and ocean shorelines, TWI board member Harriet Barrow told The Times in a phone conversation.
"This could be a wonderful discovery for everyone Island-wide," Ms. Barrow said. "This particular presentation should appeal to a lot of people on a lot of levels — town officials, environmentalists, farmers — anyone who is interested in protecting and revitalizing our ponds."
One of the methods utilizes a belt press, a machine that squeezes water out of the sludge as it is dredged, leaving only solid "cakes." As a result, the system eliminates the need for a large area near the dredging operation to accommodate thousands of cubic yards of wet sediment, Ms. Barrow explained.
Another new method uses geotubes, which are coated inside with polymers that bind sludge particles. Sludge is pumped into the tubes, which trap the organic carbons. Clean water then seeps out through a mesh filter back into the water body.
The dredge spoils from projects that use the belt press and geotubes may be used as fertilizer, provided the results of water and sludge testing reveal no pollutants. Ms. Barrow said TWI hopes one of the new methods may be used when Tashmoo Pond is dredged.


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We're excited that our major building project is to commence at the end of this term. This will see a large portion of our older main building demolished to make way for a new and exciting building which will stretch diagonally across the front of our school block. This new building will include a new administration centre, a large multipurpose room which will include space for our OSHC Program, as well as a number of classrooms, and a general learning space to be dedicated to science.
In the meantime, there have been many updates to our grounds to improve the facilities we provide to our students. We have had a retaining wall built around our junior playground to keep our soft fall in, and to provide seating. Our basketball and netball courts were resurfaced late last year in a vibrant blue, and we have plans to have our oval re-sprigged over the summer period! It's all happening at Roslyn Primary School!
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A Note from the Universe
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On Monday, I opened my mailbox in the morning to receive this note from the universe:
When in a hurry, Mara, step #1 for changing the entire world, is falling in love with it as it already is.
Same for changing yourself.
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The Universe
And best of all, Mara, with this approach, there is no step 2.
Because when you love the world exactly the way it is, and yourself for exactly who you are, everything else falls in to place.


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I've been really interested in getting one of all the bronzer, blush and highlighting palettes that's been released lately as it would be super convenient for travel. Imagine then how excited I was when I saw that this was getting released with not only those three products, but also eyeshadows included!
Everything about this palette is just perfect. It's small in size, but still sturdy and none of the pans are awkwardly small. It's got a huge mirror that covers the entire inside of the lid, again perfect for when you travel and perhaps the light in the bathroom isn't ideal for makeup application. You get three eyeshadows, one bronzer, two blushes and a highlighter. The products are numbered from 1-7 making it super easy even for a makeup newbie.
The shades are all very light and everything suits my pale skin perfectly. If you have darker skin or a bit of a tan I don't know if this will show up on you. Sabrina, who writes the blog thebeautylookbook, wrote in her review that it barely showed up on her. Fear not though, I've heard whispers that a similar palette with darker colours will be released. Unconfirmed whispers, but still, there's hope.
The only product in here that I don't absolutely love is the number 1 eyeshadow colour in brighten. It's the top left pale pink shade. I've read a lot of other people absolutely love it, but for me it doesn't do much. I've been using the highlighter shade for my inner corner highlight, and find I don't have much use for the pink shade at all. Other than that the rest I love. The eyeshadows are a perfect pale champagne colour for a light wash all over the lid, and the matte brown colour is perfect to use as a crease colour. I've already made quite a dent in the champagne colour and I've only had this for a few weeks!
The blushes are amazing. My favourite is the number 5 top one. I've been using this everyday since getting the palette. I know I'm supposed to use that all over, and then put the number 6 as a "pop" of colour on the apples of my cheeks, but I don't do that everyday. I do love the effect it gives though, and I am definitely interested in trying some of her blushes after being so impressed with the two in here.
The bronzer is a very nice colour, light enough for my pale skin. I don't love it as much as my all-time favourite bronzer - Terra by Tom Ford, but it's still a very nice bronzer. The highlighter is perfect. While I never ended up getting Charlotte Tilbury's infamous Filmstar Bronze & Glow palette due to the highlighter being a bit too golden for my complexion, this one is perfect. It adds the perfect amount of sheen that is still daytime and office appropriate, and while it's light it's not a stark white that I won't be able to wear when I get a slight summer tan as well.
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David is structuring two home barista classes to be taught by Vivace barista, Brad Langdale right in our Brix shop, (532 Broadway Ave E.). Each course will be approximately 2.5 hours in length, heavily hands-on, and will be offered Wednesday evenings beginning at 6pm.
Home baristi will train on the Breville Dual Boiler espresso machine and the Baratza Sette grinder. (Equipment used by David in his own home for the past year. See my blog for reviews on this equipment).
Course One-Espresso Extraction
On-demand grinding, distribution and dosing, ristretto concept and tasting, setting the grind for optimal flavor, and setting up your machine.
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Next year should be a pivotal one for the gaming industry, with all three of the hardware heavy-hitters unveiling their much-hyped new consoles and gearing up to duke it out for market dominance once again. This next generation of gaming systems will herald a new era of on-line and mobile connectivity, and it's predicted to spur the industry to a record total market value of US$35 billion by 2008, according to a recent report by market analyst Juniper Research.
In this generation, Sony is the clear leader in the console war, with the PS2 cornering most of the market. With that kind of dominance going into the race, the next incarnations of Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube will have to work hard to cut in on Sony's action. Juniper game specialist Keri Allan predicts the competition will be fierce in 2005 and into 2006, though at this point all three manufacturers remain tight-lipped about the features and selling points of their new consoles.
Sony took its first steps in the direction of convergence when it unveiled the PSX in Japan last December. Expected to hit North American shelves later this year, the system combines the capabilities of a PlayStation 2 with a TV tuner, DVD recorder and 120 gigabyte hard disk. When Sony unveils the PS3 in 2005, it may offer different levels of convergence at varying price points.
On-line gaming should also have a huge impact on the market, with Juniper estimating that as many as 28 million consumers will be regular users by 2008. U.S. retail sales of on-line-compatible console video games exceeded US$1 billion in 2003, a 167% increase over 2002, according to industry tracker The NPD Group. Adding credibility to Juniper's long-term growth forecast, research results from NPD's consumer panel reveal that more than half of on-line console gamers are under the age of 17 – young enough to drive the market for several years to come. Sports games currently dominate the on-line gaming arena with a 51% market share, followed by first-person shooter games (22%).
Juniper also pegs connectivity between different types of platforms as a key growth area for the next five years, with consumers buying single titles designed to play across handheld and console systems. This is already proving true: The top-selling game in February 2004, according to NPD, was Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, a GameCube title that connects to the Game Boy Advance.
New handheld consoles are also poised to flood the market, with Sony planning to release its PSP in early 2005, and smaller companies like Tapwave (with Zodiac) and Gamepark (with GP32) creating PDA/game system combos. Next-generation handheld hardware revenues are forecast to reach US$25 billion by 2008, and Allan predicts that GBA will maintain its iron grip on the lion's share of the market. But backed by Sony's technology, marketing muscle and connectivity to the PS2, the PSP will likely take the biggest bite out of Nintendo's monopoly.
With Nokia's phone-cum-gaming device N-Gage leading the way, mobile phone gaming should make some serious gains in the near future. Over the next five years, more handset manufacturers are likely to bring out game-friendly phones, and downloadable games – of both the simple-text and media-rich variety – should become more popular. While the demand for games on phones is growing, it's been viewed as simply an extra function until now. Gaming companies are eager to jump in, but Allan says they are waiting for a less fragmented market in which standards and uniform technologies are in place.
Naturally, as hardware becomes more advanced, gamers will expect that sophistication to be mirrored in the software market. And while they're happy to see increased pixels on the screen, they're also looking for realistic animation and physics, as well as near photo-realistic rendering. Allan predicts that better middleware technology for character animation will soon result in more life-like game avatars.


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The Wyoming "Blue Books," a comprehensive guide to the state's history from pre-territorial days to 2007, is offered to the public from the offices of the Wyoming State Archives.
These comprehensive guides to Wyoming history and government are essential reference books for federal, state, county and city government offices, school libraries, personal libraries, businesses and industries.
Included in the volumes are historical timelines, biographies of elected officials, election results, legislation, historical articles, information on government agencies, historical photographs and much more.
Individual copies of volumes I through V are available for $25 each. The complete five-volume set can be purchased for $75. The set can also be purchased on CDs for $35. All prices include shipping and handling.
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KRRC Flood December 2007. Over 10.5″ of rain in less that 24 hours and the County has a blocked culvert! Click on photo's for larger image. (And I thought we were done with work parties...
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Family Wellness First - 030Cervical Cancer VaccineHere we go again:Experimental and Investigational, Non- Evidenced Based Medicine-Again!It has become obvious that parents need to be the watchdog for their own families' health care. Numerous products created by the pharmaceutical machine pass into the medical "health system" are accepted as safe and then years later we see the effects of these trials on our health and well-being. The new HPV vaccine and its hasty marketing is just another new drug that warrants caution.
Controversial New Bill Would Require All Girls Under 13 to Receive Cervical Cancer Vaccination.Read more: http://www.mo-info.com/wordpress/?p=335President of the National Vaccine Information Center, Barbara Loe Fisher has this to say:
State legislators in Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Michigan, West Virginia, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Kentucky, New Hampshire, California and other states have simultaneously introduced bills to require pre-adolescent girls to be injected with three doses of HPV vaccine to prevent a sexually transmitted infection that has no symptoms and is naturally cleared from the body by most women. In a small number of sexually active girls and women, who do not get regular pap smears, HPV infection becomes persistent and develops into cervical cancer.Drug company lobbyists have joined with federal and state public health officials to persuade legislators to pass laws barring girls from attending elementary school unless they get the HPV vaccine. Some of the proposed state mandates would allow parents to exercise philosophical, conscientious or religious belief exemptions and others would not.In the U.S., there has been a 74 percent decline in cervical cancer cases since 1955 because of routine pap smears. The approximately 3500 annual cervical cancer deaths in women over 40 represents about 1 percent of all cancer deaths in American women. However, in Asia, Africa and in other underdeveloped countries, where pap smears are not routine, HPV is associated with much more cervical cancer.If most states adopt the HPV vaccine "no shots, no school" mandate, it will mean that girls as young as nine will be forced to take a vaccine for a disease that, unlike polio or measles, cannot be transmitted in the school setting. The mandate will raise the numbers of doses of vaccine the CDC directs American girls to get by adolescence to 56 doses of 17 vaccines. There are no studies evaluating the long term safety of this policy within a genetically diverse population.The National Vaccine Information Center issued a press release on June 27, 2006 questioning the methodology of clinical trials used by Merck to prove the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, safe to give to girls as young as nine (www.nvic.org). The FDA allowed Merck to use a potentially reactive aluminum containing placebo and more than 85 percent of both Gardasil and placebo recipients in the trial reported one or more adverse events within 15 days of vaccination, including headache, fever, reactive and rheumatoid arthritis, myalgia, asthma, and other health problems. Fewer than 1200 girls under age 16 received Gardasil in the trials and were only followed up for 18 months. It is not known how long immunity will last.More from the NVIC Hotline here:"Legislation mandating the HPV vaccine for pre-adolescent schoolgirls is pending in the District, Maryland and Virginia. Those who advocate it are quick to note that parents can opt out of the program. But few can say exactly how many bureaucratic hoops a parent will have to jump through to do that. Besides, why should the onus be on the parents to figure out how not to be in a government-mandated program? In New Hampshire, parents opt in -- and the burden is on the government to show how the vaccine can benefit their children....So are New Hampshire residents somehow smarter and better able to develop effective public health programs? Are they more concerned about their children than the rest of us? Hardly. What they have that we do not is the right attitude. They take their state motto seriously: "Live Free or Die," while too many of us are content to live and die as slaves." - Courtland Milloy, Washington Post"Medical ethics require that patients have autonomy in their medical decisions, with informed consent. They have a right to know what they have, what the prognosis is, what the proposed treatment is, what the alternatives are, and what the possible side effects are prior to any treatment. Indeed, a patient has a right to say no, even if by refusing treatment they might die. I as a medical professional cannot overrule their decisions. Here we are talking about forcing a person to undergo mandatory drug therapy (vaccination), when they have no disease, under the presumption that they might get a disease based on future poor behavior. This is medically unethical.....Questions remain. As the [HPV] vaccine may not be effective in the long term, will booster shots at $120 be required? What type of world is it when a large company basically can forcibly take money from our pockets?" - Joseph Desoto, Ph.D., Charleston Daily MailBarbara Loe Fisher Commentary:Congratulations to two brave Americans, who have spoken up publicly for the informed consent ethic, which includes the right of parents to make informed, voluntary vaccination choices for their children. Each undoubtedly knew how much criticism and pressure might come as a consequence, but must have chosen to speak out, nevertheless, as a matter of conscience. They and all those who stand up for truth and freedom, despite the personal or professional risk, are following in the footsteps of those who came to America to escape persecution for their beliefs and fought to create a democracy that protects minorities from exploitation by the powerful.As we are all witnessing, proposed HPV vaccine mandates are rolling through many state legislatures at warp speed. State and federal health officials (who are supposed to be legally prohibited from playing politics) and drug company lobbyists are in state Capitols pressuring politicians to make every little girl in America get injected with three doses of HPV vaccine before becoming sexually active or be denied the right to attend school. They are voting to mandate a vaccine for a disease which cannot be transmitted in school and which will cost the parents, the states and the nation billions to prevent a cancer, which can be almost 100 percent prevented through either abstinence, condom use or annual pap smears.Citizens in every state, who want to be free to make vaccine choices in the future, should pick up the phone, get to a fax machine, send an email or get in the car and go visit their state representatives and senators and make their voices heard. There is only one mechanism in a democracy for getting vaccine laws passed, which support the right to voluntary, informed consent: vote for politicians who will vote for freedom or vote them out in the next election.No forced vaccination. Not in America.Visit the NVIC here: http://www.909shot.com/
Proposed Childhood Cervical Cancer Vaccine Mandate: Bad Policy, Questionable ScienceBy Dawn Richardson and Rebecca RexTwo concerning bills filed in the Texas Legislature this session propose requiring the vaccination of 6th grade girls against the sexually transmitted virus HPV as a condition of attending school. Infection with the HPV virus is one of several risk factors associated with the development of cervical cancer. Not only is a mandate bad policy, the science is questionable.While nobody would deny that cancer is a horrible disease, we have to be careful to not let the marketing of the fear of cancer by drug companies push us into blind acceptance without pulling back the covers and taking a closer look at the facts.First of all, there is no proof that the HPV vaccine will prevent cervical cancer. 90% of women who contract the HPV virus clear it on their own. For these women, the vaccine offers NO benefit and only exposes them to risks. The incubation period for the virus is 20 years and the average age of women diagnosed with cervical cancer is 50 years old, but the vaccine was only tested for 4 years in 16-26 year olds. Considering that the vaccine manufacturer admits the duration of immunity from the vaccine is unknown, no claims to proof of cervical cancer prevention should be made. Read the complete article here, on page 3: http://www.texaseagle.org/torch/NewTorch/2-2007Torch.pdf
To read more on the "experimental and investigational" nature of modern medicine, visit: http://www.icpa4kids.org/wellness/0011.htm and http://www.icpa4kids.org/wellness/0012.htmOur next issue of Pathways: Issue #13 will have another great article on Vaccines. Coming from an immunological point of view, this article will offer parents the physiological science to make decisions from. Issue #13 will be mailed March 21, 2007 You can subscribe to Pathways here: http://www.icpa4kids.org/research/participate.htmMany Blessings,Jeanne Ohm DCICPA, Executive Coordinatorwww.icpa4kids.org
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Implementation of GST from July 1 is touted to be the most significant tax reform since independence. We all get carried away by platitudes without realising its real effect or impact. In recent weeks I have met a dozen people who form the senior management in the BFSI industry and the GST has come into conversation with some very interesting views. All of them were lauding the move, which got me a bit worried. My worry was not about why they were lauding the move, it was about the fact that none of them was willing to get into the details of how the move will impact their business.
Now that the GST rates are out, there is plenty of amusement around what will get expensive and what will get cheap. It is as if people will take more baths or use more hair oil, because the tax rates will make them cheaper. Tax arbitrage has existed in India since time immemorial and several unorganised businesses and traders have thrived on this differential. I had a friend who bought his car in Haryana, while he was from Punjab, just because it was cheaper and he could save on the money. The rise of indirect taxes in India has been well documented and is something that many among the common people have not really factored in.
The indirect taxes on several products actually constitute up to 25-30 per cent of the cost—the GST aims to streamline this and end the arbitrariness, and bring equality in prices across the country. However, one has not factored in the impact, because like several other things the real impact will be felt over time. While, everyone has been singing paeans of the demonetisation—the man on the street who faced the problems is still grappling with how it has made some of his financial transactions difficult. Several small eateries have shut, and many people in the unorganised sectors have lost jobs.
Get set for a tight situation
The unorganised sector of the economy has existed for decades and in several segments it supports the main economy. Several economists have time and again highlighted the advantages of such co-existence. Let me try illustrating this with an example – the advent of several car models has killed the car repair industry. Today, even for the smallest of dents or damage, one has to go to the company-owned garage or some place big. So, what could have been mended by a small repair shop is no more reaching this labour market, car parts now are replaced and rarely repaired. The few mechanics that function independently will soon be out of jobs, because the GST would mean they would have to come into a system, which treats them at par with the big garage owners.
The price differential on which they could offer their services will no more be competitive. You could extend this example to several players in the FMCG and small time traders. Imagine paying a huge sum for an AC installation, which today is packaged as part of the AC purchase once the full implementation of GST will come into play. The combined impact of demonetisation, cashless and GST will take a few years to settle in before one realises what was gained and what was lost.
I have heard several learned men explain the virtues of bringing everything under the organised sector and how it will propel the economy and growth. They have gone to arrive at theories on how inflation will go down with all these changes. I do not doubt their wisdom, but what scares me is how none of them sees some obvious blind spots. For instance, the cost of compliance for almost every business has gone up and will further go up. It will also make several businesses unviable to get into because of these costs.
The preparedness of states and all those who will be impacted by GST is shaky to say the least. I fear a situation which is common every monsoon season—the state government will blame the municipality for not being prepared and causing water logging. The municipality on the other hand passing the buck to a contractor and claiming their heroic efforts in keeping the city moving despite the rains. If all of them do their jobs – travelling during the monsoon will not be a pain and the civic bodies will also save several people from hospital visits on count of dengue and malaria.
I hope the GST implementation does not result in a situation like the municipality in monsoons or the suffering that the common man has to endure in the rains. Let us all brace ourselves for some interesting times in the coming months.


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The market in Chichicastenango was all that you might expect of a Mayan market. The night before and morning of market day (Thursdays & Sundays), people from outlying villages come into town walking with heavy loads strapped to their foreheads with mecapals, or balanced atop their heads. Some arrive by "chicken bus", or standing in the back of Toyota pickups, or walking miles on foot. They then set up plastic tarps, and ger-rigged booths for their wares, encompassing not only the square but the surrounding streets for 2-3 blocks in every direction. Their wares were a mixture of what tourists would want: belts, shawls, hand woven table cloths and runners, pillows, shirts, skirts, and lots of embroidery. There were also masks, Mayan "antiques", knives, dolls, and curios. In addition, the majority of the market catered to the local people with farm produce: lemons, corn, peanuts, live chickens and turkeys, as well as plastic buckets, rope, machetes, cook ware, wood burning stoves, and butchered but unrefrigerated meat. There was a man giving a demonstration of a local cure, showing diagrams of internal organs, and feeding water to a live turtle. He waved off my photography, as a clearly didn't want to cater to anyone but the locals.
There are 12 million people in Guatemala, of which 8 million are children, and only 1 million make enough money and are literate enough to file a tax return. There are 22 indigenous languages, and one in five people cannot speak Spanish. The primary language in the Highlands, where I was, is K'iche. I read a report, published in 2001, which said that 6 million people live in poverty, and among the Maya three of every four are impoverished, with a 70% illiteracy rat4e. Poverty in this part of the world means they live on less then $2 per day.
Helen Keller described life as "a grand adventure or nothing at all". This blog is about my own grand adventures over more than seven decades. I could tell you about my family, friends and loves; or my experience with loss, death, divorce, betrayal, and other life tragedies. But life remains a grand adventure, and its those experiences I'll pass along to you. LIVE LARGE & LONG!


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Monday, February 25, 2013
Addicted to CAS and Oldie Moldie Monday
Oldie Moldie Monday - time to show some love for your old supplies. The paper used in my cards for today's post are from Basic Grey - a 6 x 6 pad - one of my many 6 x 6 pads. You know you must have them all. My goal is to use this one up so I will keep working on it - come back next Monday I will probably have more cards made from the same pad.
These three cards are all masculine cards. Addicted to CAS's weekly challenge is "raining men." To make a masculine card.
Now a couple more cards from the same pad - these cards will all go in my next Operation Write Home box - the one that is being packed and sent out today. I hope. I seem to have a pear thing going this box - who knew I had that much paper with pears on it. Luckily I have this cute sentiment from Unity Stamps.
Everyone enjoy your Monday.
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4 comments:
- Linda said...
Awesome group of cards! The colors on the last two are gorgeous. TFS!!!
- February 25, 2013 at 7:25 AM
- Lynn said...
These are all terrific! The card with the slanted strips is a huge hit here. It got me very inspired and I have 10 bases and 3 cards finished so far. I also did some stamping directly onto the card which I never do cuz I am a chicken! I'll get them posted real soon. Thanks for the inspiration!
- February 25, 2013 at 11:14 AM
- Kylie said...
All your cards are fabulous!!!! Just perfect! Thanks so much for playing along at ATCAS! xx
- February 27, 2013 at 7:10 AM
Fantastic cards well done to you. Thanks for taking the time to share with us at Addicted to CAS and good luck.
- March 8, 2013 at 8:40 AM
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I'm really enjoying making these blocks, very addictive! Here's what has worked for me so far -
Love the free form style, but I found precision matters especially when using plain fabrics. My joining seam lines stood out a bit... maybe the plain fabric is too much contrast? maybe I'm not as precise as I could be? Pressing helped, and using two prints was great!
It's more pleasing to my eye if there is some connection between the two prints in each block, like one little bit of colour repeated. After making a few blocks, I'm
And it's definitely time for me to be a bit braver, and make those lengthwise slices just a bit wonkier!


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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The second Saturday in November, speculation about Arkansas' next coach is as much a part of a Razorback football game as Tyler Wilson's passes.
The usual suspects were bandied about and dismissed during the drive from the airport to Williams-Brice Stadium and the same names were dispatched with equal swiftness when a different group gathered for vittles an hour before kickoff.
In the postgame on Saturday, even South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier mentioned that the Razorbacks do not know who their coach is going to be next year.
Considering the games to be played and the possibility of competition in the marketplace, the idea that athletic director Jeff Long has identified his man is far-fetched. But, Pete Roussel of CoachingSearch.com stirred the pot on Friday when he said that TCU's Gary Patterson had emerged as the leading candidate.
Every time Patterson's name comes up, I recall TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte calling Patterson "our iconic figure" and the report that Patterson's handshake was responsible for much of the money promised for $100 million-plus renovation of Amon Carter Stadium.
"He can be anyone he wants to be here," Del Conte said. "When you think about it, Alabama is still the house that Bear (Bryant) built."
Money is unlikely to move Patterson and it's easy to recruit the talent-rich Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex when the school is in the area.
If Tommy Tuberville was a legitimate candidate, the online ability of his sideline confrontation with his offensive coordinator during Texas Tech's game hurt his chances, particularly in light of the verbal abuse that former coach Bobby Petrino dished out to the players.
Resolution of Long's search will not occur until after the season ends against LSU on Nov. 23. Meanwhile, Arkansas is 4-6 after a 38-20 loss to South Carolina that was not surprising and only that close because of a TD with 39 seconds to play.
For the third time this year, it was clear that Arkansas is inferior to the Southeastern Conference's upper echelon.
Without Marcus Lattimore, there was an idea that South Carolina that might struggle on offense. Instead, most anytime the Gamecocks needed a big play, Arkansas' accommodating defense would lose track of a receiver and make it easy for Connor Shaw. With the score tied at 7, Davyon McKinney was burned by Bruce Ellington for 36 yards. A Jared Green roughing the passer penalty on the same play moved the ball to the Arkansas 14. On third down, Shaw scored from the 10 on a quarterback draw.
At 14-10, on fourth-and-5 from the Arkansas 42, Will Hines got caught looking at Shaw and Ellington scored easily, even though the pass was slow to arrive. The touchdown with 90 seconds to play in the half was particularly important because South Carolina received to start the second half and immediately knocked out three first downs and 52 yards for a field goal and a 14-point lead.
South Carolina's fourth TD interrupted a barrage of yellow flags. After back-to-back personal fouls against the Gamecocks, Cobi Hamlton stopped on a route to the outside and D.J. Swearinger had an easy interception. At the end of his 69-yard touchdown play, Swearinger heaved the ball into the stands — an act that cost him 15 yards but was enthusiastically applauded when replayed on the video board.
While it mattered, Arkansas was inept inside the South Carolina 10 — once because Dennis Johnson lost a fumble, once because Akeem Auguste made a picture-perfect play on a pass to Hamilton, and once because South Carolina played impeccable defense on three straight plays.
Other than wondering how Arkansas will respond in its final two games, the biggest question on the field was why Wlson was still pitching with the Razorbacks trailing by 25 and the clock under six minutes. At that point, Wilson threw his second interception. With 3:01 to play, he was back again for more.
Harry King is sports columnist for Stephens Media's Arkansas News Bureau. His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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"You live closer to the Sun, your heart is warmer, your blood flows and fills your body with heat, while I'm waiting for a new era of spring, for our planet.
I am in captivity for thousands of years, unable to move. Bring from your spacecraft solar mirrors, and send the concentrated light from our sun, the sun is also of us, only far, in this cave inward, and the heat will break the ice, which making me a prisoner. "
The voice went on with crystalline tone: "As a token of my appreciation I will reveal all the secrets of the planet Mars, as you call it. Unimaginable treasures i will show you, and offer you to sit on the council of the nobles of this planet.
Come and help me, "he asked with a crystalline voice, which started to freeze again. Soon I heard no more nothing, but his gaze seemed even asking me the same.
What he did not know, was that I arrived not on a ship on Mars, but in my dreams, such as remote-viewer, without technology, just in my travels out of my body.
It was impossible for me to break the ice sheet, which covered the King to alleviate their state of immobility. The night on earth was ending, and I had to return to my body, and I had to leave the King.
Maybe some other time I can visit him again. With the hope of someday directing a robot with laser capacity in order to defrost him I returned to my body, and I woke up.
That was days before the satellite Curiosity landed near the King. The fate of the Mars Rover "Curiosity" was not to discover life and explore Mars, but to free the King, and I had the responsibility to change the path of the robot to approaching and to enter, and that he will use his laser casually for an analysis of a rock with a layer of ice.
The heat of the laser beam will be enough to break the layer and the King could go, but that no one knows yet.
Curiosity was sent of fate or divine manipulation?
The king of the ice, someday he will tell us everything. This day will come.
We have to have a little more patience, but this day will come soon.
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AREA 1: 2600 block of Prospect Avenue: A man reported that an electric sprayer, drill hammer and Makita saw were stolen from his 2004 Chevy van overnight on Nov. 1. A handle had been broken off a rear door.
2600 block of Foothill Boulevard: A Foster's Donuts clerk called 911 at around 7 p.m. on Nov. 4 following a confrontation with two young men who walked out of the store without paying for a can of Arizona iced tea and an Aloe Vera drink, though the Aloe Vera drinker changed his mind and returned the stolen beverage. Deputies stopped the suspect's vehicle and found what are believed to be ecstasy pills. A 17-year-old who appeared to be under the influence and provided false identification was arrested after becoming belligerent during a field sobriety test, and a 21-year-old was also booked on suspicion of drug possession.
Waltonia Drive and Park Place: A deputy on patrol Nov. 4 followed, and then pulled over, a 21-year-old Glendale resident driving a 1997 Mercedes S550 after he made an illegal U-turn on Verdugo Boulevard. The car smelled of marijuana but a search turned up only an illegal spring-loaded switchblade knife, which the man said he had purchased from a liquor store in Azusa. The deputy confiscated the knife but sent the driver on his way.


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Club Website members are invited to take part in a live Football Foundation web TV show on the grassroots game in England. Live here from 10.15am on Friday 11 May.
With the domestic football season coming to an end and Euro 2012 fast approaching, football is once again gripping the nation.
And while Roy Hodgson and his squad will carry England's hopes to the Finals in Poland and the Ukraine, a ground-breaking report has been published showing a burgeoning grassroots football scene in England.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Report - the first of its kind - shows the true impact of the Foundation's 12 years of investment in state-of-the-art facilities, with football participation figures continuing to rise across the country at its sites.
The FA's Head of Elite Development Gareth Southgate and Football Foundation Chief Executive Paul Thorogood will be discussing the report, the importance of grassroots football and what it means for the future of the game in in England in a live web TV chat.
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