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Eli worked for me as a co-op placement from University of Waterloo. He was responsible for automating our software packaging process and creating a benchmarking tool across multiple platforms ( Palm OS and Windows CE ). He completed all tasks on schedule and with great results.
Eli is a solid program manager with deep technical skills. In many of my projects in Bing, I depended on his feature team to deliver the underlying platform pieces. He made sure that his team always delivered on time and with top notch quality.
Eli cares deeply about his partner teams and is overall a great professional to work with.
I worked with Eli on a number of projects while we were both in Bing at Microsoft. He's a strong technical PM and made an excellent counterpart to several of my development leads on multiple key projects. His biggest strength is his ability to define user requirements for complex technology--where it is usually the case that the users do not understand the system well enough to know what they really need.
Eli is a go getter. Given a task, he owns it and works tenaciously to get it done. Eli has streamlined our teams execution by creating a set of tools to run scrum (we call it super scrum with Eli’s magic scrum sheet) more effectively. Eli is very personable and it helps him to create and maintain strong relationships with partner teams. This has allowed Eli to be on top of customer feedback. I wish him luck. He will do great in any situation.
Eli's been a wonder in organizing and tracking the work our group did. Despite coming in cold from the middle of the development effort, he still got up to speed, and became a necessary part of the planning and project management side.
He knows how to reduce developer randomization, as well as understanding developer issues.
I enjoyed working with him, and would happily do so again.
I worked remotely with Eli when he was PMing a new agile platform that my team wanted to use. Eli was a great evangelist for the platform and did everything he could to help us be successful by understanding our requirements even as they kept changing. Eli was an excellent partner who always went the extra mile.
Eli is passionate and easy to work with. He is a good team player who can stay level-headed even in heated discussions and follows up diligently on tasks assigned to him. Eli's particular strength lies in creating storyboards for visual tools and applications.
Eli’s key interpersonal strength is his ability to dig deep until he finds the person’s true motivation and values. Through those, he is able to create bridges between individuals who seem to start from opposite corners of the room. This desire to understand root causes and drive consensus through this deep analysis is a key strength that I value in Eli.
Eli did great work for Mechanical Turk. Even as an SDE his project management skills were apparent. I would definitely recommend Eli for his project management skills.
Eli is a hard working engineer who learns quickly and puts in extra effort to deliver on time.
Eli is one of the most meticilous and detail oriented PMs I have worked with. He is strong in driving the team towards execution on the shared goal, and works hard to make sure that partner scenarios are addressed and delivered beyong expectations. I have also seen him take on hard technical areas and ramp up quickly to become an effective owner. He would be top of my list to deliver a complex project end to end with quality, effectiveness and competence.


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As an experienced professional who has helped many Southeastern Massachusetts clients sell their homes, I know how to handle every aspect of the sales process – from strategically marketing and showcasing your home to making sure everything’s signed, sealed and delivered by the closing date. I am also an Accredited Staging Professional, so I can assist my clients in staging their homes prior to listing it which only helps in getting a higher price for your home.
The following articles are a great place to start.
Frustrated with the process? Don’t walk away!

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Most individuals prefer to have dogs in their homesteads since they provide the best company. They provide the best company when it comes to routine workouts like jogging in a park. They offer security solutions by alerting the owners of any unusual activity around their home. Quite a population in the world keep dogs at home.
It is the liability of an owner to feed the dog and ensure that it has friendly living conditions to prolong its life. This enterprise creates a platform where people can buy dog accessories and go ahead to make the pets life efficient by eliminating some of the challenges.
It is usually thrilling to ride a hoverboard and therefore your decision to buy on is not wrong. The challenge comes when choosing the most suitable one since they are available in different qualities. The fun is not the only reason why you should buy a hoverboard since it is beneficial in several ways. A hoverboard is one of the ways through which you can avoid the heavy traffic jams. Therefore, it is advisable that you employ certain important tips in the process of choosing the most suitable hoverboard. Here are some of the things that you should have in mind when choosing a hoverboard so that you can end up with the best.
There is little doubt that people these days are on a constant hunt to find a way to feel better about themselves. The truth is that our lives these days don’t really lend themselves to us feeling great. If you don’t get the chance to move around much during the day, this will be especially true. The truth is that you can pick and choose between all sorts of different ideas when it comes to making yourself feel a whole lot better overall.


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Eating dessert for breakfast and watching funny videos on the Internet.
The dessert is chocolate pudding and the video is the 1980 classic, Xanadu.
In the film, Olivia Newton John plays a goddess/muse who is sent to Earth to inspire a graphic designer. I’m not sure if he is meant to paint a really good album cover or open a nightclub. Ultimately he does both, but along the way he falls in love with his muse. Problem! Muses are not allowed to hook up with humans so it becomes a whole thing. The gods get super po’d at her.
But she can’t help it.
It’s Michael Beck, of Warriors fame! He spends most of the film awkwardly skating and dancing with his goddess girlfriend. Oh, did I mention that they spend a good deal of the film on roller skates? Well they do. And then Gene Kelly shows up. What?! It’s an odd choice for a comeback vehicle, but he plays the role with characteristic aplomb. Here he is leading a pack of roller skaters around the nightclub/roller rink. It’s the perfect kick off for one of the most bizarre musical numbers I’ve ever seen.
See for yourself (video below).
Crazy right? Those gangster mimes are off the hook.
But- so, about the chocolate pudding. I whipped up this recipe last night and let it chill overnight. The pudding comes together quickly in the blender. Unlike most pudding recipes, you can skip the part where you slave over a hot stove, stirring constantly. Honestly, this recipe could not be any easier.
This recipe for low carb chocolate pudding is easy to make and tasty to eat.
1. Combine cream, butter, almond mild and arrowroot powder in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until boiling. Boil for 1 minute until very thick.
2. In a blender, combine the chocolate, cocoa, and sweetener. Add the scalded milk mixture and blend until smooth.
3. Add the egg yolks and blend until smooth.
4. Chill for at least one hour before serving.
If you liked this chocolate pudding recipe, then you might like my recipes for Chocolate Mousse, Flan or Egg Custard.
This is one of my favorite recipes on your site. It’s really good.

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So your lesson for this week is somewhat of a continuation of last week, though its a little different. First lets discuss individuality in more depth than we did in the last post.
So how do you get to know and learn to love someone that is so very different from the person you thought you were marrying? I can tell you that the first and most important step is to accept that your spouse is a snowflake. No, I don't mean that they are literally a flake of snow, but that your spouse is an individual, completely and uniquely different from you or any other person who has ever lived. Try to identify these differences and seek to understand them.
This concept is of equal importance for both husbands and wives to learn and apply to their lives. Remember that your spouse had a life before you came into it, they were independent and took care of themselves. They had trials and conflict that they handled on their own and in their own unique way. So move over and let them do things in the way they are accustomed to doing them! As discussed in another article your spouse's way of doing things is not necessarily wrong, just different. Watch what they do and see if there is something you can learn from it.
Learn to accept and encourage your spouse's independence and self-reliance. You do not want a spouse that is entirely dependent on you. Sure, its nice to be needed and feel necessary but to be someone's primary reason for living gets exhausting and burdensome. You also will want to be able to take comfort in the fact that should something happen to you they will be able to survive without you. The last thing you need to deal with as you lay dying is being terrified of what will happen to your family when you're gone.
It also is a very exhausting life to be constantly trying to change your spouse. You must learn what is truly in your ability to control and be at peace with the things you cannot change. And I can tell you, though some may think my experience is limited, that you can only change yourself. You absolutely cannot change your spouse. Meaningful, life altering, lasting change can only come from within. Your words and actions may help persuade or encourage but nothing you do or say will have any good impact unless your spouse has a desire to make the changes themselves.
Church magazines: Why has your marriage been so happy for so long?
President Hinckley: The basis of a good marriage is mutual respect—respect for one another, a concern for the comfort and well-being of one another. That is the key. If a husband would think less of himself and more of his wife, we’d have happier homes throughout the Church and throughout the world.
Church magazines: Sister Hinckley, you have said that your husband “always let me do my own thing. He never insisted that I do anything his way, or any way, for that matter. From the very beginning he gave me space and let me fly.” How has he done that?
Sister Hinckley: He never tells me what to do. He just lets me go. He has made me feel like a real person. He has encouraged me to do whatever makes me happy. He doesn’t try to rule or dominate me.
Church magazines: President, you have said: “Some husbands regard it as their prerogative to compel their wives to fit their standards of what they think to be the ideal. It never works.” How have you avoided doing this with Sister Hinckley?
President Hinckley: I’ve tried to recognize my wife’s individuality, her personality, her desires, her background, her ambitions. Let her fly. Yes, let her fly! Let her develop her own talents. Let her do things her way. Get out of her way, and marvel at what she does.
Church magazines: What are some of the things she does that make you marvel?
Sister Hinckley (smiling): This will be hard for him.
President Hinckley: … She has run the house all these years. When our children were growing up, I was away much of the time on Church assignments. In the early days, when I had responsibility for the work in Asia, which I had for a long time, I would be gone for as long as two months at a time. We couldn’t telephone back and forth all the time in those days. She took care of everything. She ran the home. She ran everything and took care of the children.
We had a garden in our backyard. When I came home from one of my long assignments, I found that it had all been planted to lawn. She and the children had spaded up that backyard, sown lawn seed, and there was a beautiful lawn! The garden didn’t suffer, because we could plant another garden to the south of us. But that whole backyard became a beautiful patch of lawn.
That’s typical of the way she did things. She was independent and had a great eye for beauty.
So this week, continue to contemplate how you and your spouse are different, but observe your spouse whenever possible. Watch what they do, how they do it. Don't be afraid to ask them why they do things a certain way, this will help you understand them better. If you ordinarily are a bit controlling try to give your spouse more freedom to do things the way they prefer to do it... ie. If your wife is putting the cups in the bottom rack of the dishwasher, don't get on her about it, let it go, and perhaps ask her why she prefers to load the dishwasher that way. Do not correct the behavior unless someone or something will be hurt or damaged by the process. If your spouse has mentioned in times past that there is something they would like to do or have an interest in, think about ways you can encourage them to pursue it or ways in which you might be able to help them achieve their goal.


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HARRISON, Tenn.- The Bryan Lions hosted the AAC 2019 Spring Championship April 8-9 in Harrison, Tennessee where 12 AAC teams and 71 players participated at the 7137-yard Bear Trace at Harrison Bay. The event started off on a gloomy note as the weather called for rain. The players had to start in the unwanted conditions, but by mid-morning the rain cleared off and warmer temperatures prevailed leading to players improving throughout the day.
At the end of the first day the leaderboard was topped by Matt Smith of Truett McConnell University (Ga.) where he shot a 65. Truett McConnell ended the day as a team at 281 followed by Point University at 286. The Lions sat at eighth but well within striking distance of the top teams. The Lions had five players scoring in the 70s on Day 1 with junior, Andres Arteaga leading the way with a 74. Two strokes behind was sophomore, Kevin Knudsen who shot a 76 followed by sophomore Gareth Moody at 77, freshman, Peter Brown 78, and junior Zach Belvin fired a 79.
Going into the next day the Lions sat just three strokes from fifth place and looked to improve.
As Day 2 went on, the Lions were surprised by Milligan College (Tenn.) and Columbia International University (S.C.). Bryan as a team shot 321 compared to 305 Day 1 for a total team score of 626. Milligan shot 307, an eight-stroke improvement, landing them ahead of Bryan. Columbia International only shot three strokes worse, which was steady enough to move up to eighth.
The Lions individual leader ended up being Kevin Knudsen who shot 76 Day 1 and 75 Day 2 totaling 151. Kevin’s consistency tied him for 21st, an eight-spot improvement. Freshman Peter Brown also played very consistently with a score of 78 both days where he stayed at 38th. Andres Arteaga followed at 47 with a Day 2 score of 82. Three spots down Gareth Moody shot 82 for a total of 161. Teammates Zach Belvin and Parker Hill trailed, respectively.
Overall Truett McConnell won it all where they shot 570 with individual champion Matt Smith leading at 137. Teammate Dawson Day closely followed in third and shot 140. Point University ended with three players in the top-10.
Up next for the Bryan College golf team they travel to Adairsville, Georgia to wrap up the season at the NAIA Direct Qualifier Sunday through Tuesday, April 21-23.

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Hot on the heels of the critically acclaimed ETHERA comes another fabulous vocal Kontakt instrument the ETHERA SOUL EDITION which combines stunning Soul and Gospel vocal samples, incredible simplicity and a high degree of playability all packed into the same beautiful Kontakt interface for total ease-of use and ultimate sound manipulation.
Full Choir Oh & Uh with Crescendo.
Ethera Soul Edition requires the FULL version of Kontakt 5.6.0 or higher!
"Quiet Storm" influenced Neo Soul Construction Kits!
Ethera is great to add the background vocals and points of interest under a guitar or sax solos. Or during song transitions. I've only started with Ethera but it is already one of my favorites.


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Lets introduce a kid into Josh's mix.
Kia is no longer 'home-free' or whatever.
Update on the "new" Starline.
Band Of The Episode: Before Perils.
Josh is boycotting KMJ because Inga is just plain "vile".
So is voting yes on Measure G mean I'm voting for trash privatizing...or... no ...or?
*Flowing With Famous is also on iTunes and Stitcher for those that like listening options - just search 'em up and subscribe. A nice iTunes review would be hella appreciated. We're also on Twitter!


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Bright, fresh and sparkling following a £275,000 refurbishment last November. Large picture windows light every side of this big roadside pub on the A694 (Rowlands Gill). The leafy Derwent Valley is an inspirational backdrop from the rear dining areas while an impressive beer garden is simply begging for a sunny spell. The Red Kite (formerly The Golden Lion) is unashamedly food-led with three distinct dining areas, although an impressive six cask ale handpulls, keg beer and cider fonts march across the bar to cater for a couple of drinking and conversational areas. A banqueting-style room would suit large parties, while a smaller, more intimate section attracts couples and smaller groups.
The Red Kite soars on the fringe of some of Tyneside’s best walking and wildlife-spotting areas – The Derwent Walk Country Park – where frequent sightings of the birds the pub is named after, plus woodpeckers, foxes, roe deer and badgers attract visitors from all over the region.
The pub is under the same ownership as the award-winning Kings Arms in Sunderland; the Three Horseshoes, Leamside, Durham; the Royal George, Old Shotton, Durham, and The Courtyard at Washington Arts Centre, so quality in everything is assured.
Theakston Double Cross IPA (4.2% abv). Rich Tea biscuit base with subtle dry lemon and grapefruit overtones.
Theakston Dirty Tackle (4.0% abv) celebrates Six Nations rugby.
Thwaites Wainwright (4.1% abv). Delicate fruit flavours and subtle sweetness.
Jennings Cumberland Ale (4.0% abv) is a pale, delicate and aromatic best-seller.
Deuchars IPA (3.8% abv), the pale, hoppy perennial favourite.
A comprehensive menu with old favourite mains, burgers, grills and a selection for young ones, all made using fresh, locally sourced ingredients from scratch wherever possible. Good old steak and ale pie with chips and mushy peas (£8.75) is as comforting as it gets, while Hunter’s Pork (£10.95) – grilled pork loin is topped with barbecue sauce, bacon and mature Cheddar. Roast chicken with bacon and cabbage fry (£10.50) looks a winner all the way. Steak nights, Sunday lunches and Evening Specials are popular.
Where is it? The Red Kite, Spa Well Road, Winlaton Mill, Blaydon NE21 6RU.
The pub sits on the A694 Axwell Park, Blaydon/Rowlands Gill road, easily reached from the A1.

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Love the ‘Sold Out" dance.
I don’t have cable tv so the only thing I know about Nene Leaks is what I see on snippets on HSN. Her personality on HSN is fun. Reminds me of Queen Latifah who to me, embodies the most fun person on the planet! I know NENE has some viewers irritated with whatever show it is she’s on, but she doesn’t seem to be an irritating person while on HSN. I find her fun and enjoyable and clothing is unique. I wish I could wear them! I hesitate because of my age (58) and plus right now I’ve bought too much Marla Wynne!


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Looking to get stock from wholesale suppliers but not sure if they are legitimate? Follow these Due Diligence steps for sourcing wholesale suppliers. There are a lot of ways to research about your supplier, but here are a few simple steps which you can do to have an early judgment!
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Experience the wonders of camp.
Learn more about your job this summer.
Grow to be the best camp staff you can be!
Calling all camp staff! This training is FOR YOU — Camp4U — a fun and educational event like no other! Join us for an inspiring and fun day of hands-on learning for frontline and mid-level camp staff on Saturday, April 28th. Camp Twin Lakes (about 45 minutes east of Atlanta) will host an exciting day for camp counselors, activity instructors and youth development workers. Come learn best practices, gather games and activity resources to use with campers and network with other camp staff from all around the Southeast as you learn from the experts.

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REDDITCH sprinter Josh Pearson is continuing to impress as he makes his mark on the athletics scene at local and national level.
The St Augustine’s High School pupil propelled himself to the number one spot in the UK athletics rankings in his age group over 300m and held that position for six weeks, whilst he also has a top ten ranking over the 100m and 200m.
Last year at the English Schools’ Track and Field Championships, Pearson was competing a year under age in the under 15 category and he made the final, finishing eighth overall.
Since then, he has progressed well over the winter, competing at the Midland Indoor Championships where he won gold over 300m and also a creditable silver over 60m, which he did for useful speed work.
At the AAA National Indoor Championships he achieved a silver medal in a new personal best as he was narrowly beaten by young Welshman Ben Griffin.
Recently Pearson competed at the County Club Athletics Championships for Bromsgrove & Redditch AC where he won comfortably and he then went on to the County Schools’ Athletics Championships where he smashed the county record in a winning time of 36.6secs in the pouring rain.
This past weekend at the subsequent inter-counties Mason Trophy competition at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium he had to settle for second place in the junior boys’ 300m despite recording a fabulous personal best time of 36.33s. He now sits second in the UK rankings for that age group and distance.
However, Pearson was victorious in the junior boys’ 4x100m relay team as they qualified for the forthcoming English Schools’ Track and Field National Championships being held in Gateshead in a few weeks’ time, when he will also compete in the 300m.
His coach Paul Gripton said: “Josh always works extremely hard in training and deserves the success he gets this summer.


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Warren's Nick Hussey and his Erie Steelheads teammates had a busy weekend at the Mountaineer Cup Championship.
LEWIS CENTER, OH – Aidan Kelly pitched seven strong innings, but in the he won the game at the plate.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the eighth, the Cathedral Prep product drew a 5-pitch walk to force home Mason Bender (Fairview) for the winning run in the Erie Steelheads’ 4-3 comeback win over the Manchester A’s (North Canton, Ohio) in the first game of pool play at the Buckeye Elite Showcase 16U Tournament at Olentangy Orange High School on Thursday.
Warren’s Nick Hussey got the win in relief, pitching a scoreless top of the eighth with a strikeout and a walk.
With one out in the bottom of the inning, Bender and Warren’s Ryan Rafalski drew walks and, after a strikeout of Cody Smith by Robbie Akers, Cam Williamson (Harbor Creek) was hit by a pitch, bringing Kelly to the plate.
Kelly allowed seven hits and walked three without a strikeout, but he did keep the A’s hitters off balance.
Warren’s Ryan Rafalski (right) had a strong game for the Erie Steelheads in their 4-3 win over the Manchester A’s in the opening game in pool play in the Buckeye Elite 16U Showcase Tournament on Thursday.
The A’s struck for a pair of unearned runs in the first inning and starting pitcher , 6-3 lefty Cooper Davies (Chippewa H.S.), didn’t allow a hit in the first three innings.
That changed in the fourth, as Warren’s Mitch Grosch drew a leadoff walk, just the second baserunner of the game following a free pass to Rafalski in the second inning. Matt Shepard (McDowell) singled and Grosch advanced to third and ultimately scored on a sac fly by Bender to get the Steelheads on the board.
The Steelheads, who are now 18-4, tied the game in the fifth, as Kelly singled with one out and Hussey was brought in as a courtesy runner. Hussey advanced to second on a passed ball and scored on Jared Bielanin’s (McDowell) single.
The A’s, who boast a record of 28-6 this summer, re-took the lead in the top of the sixth on Shea Simmer’s (Manchester H.S) 2-out RBI single.
The Steelheads had a little 2-out magic of their own in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game. Cody Smith’s RBI single brought in Mason Bender, who drew a 1-out walk.
For the Warren products, Grosch was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored, while Rafalski was 0-for-1, drawing three walks. Hussey, in addition to being the winning pitcher, also scored a run while courtesy running for Kelly.
In addition to their offensive prowess, both Rafalski and Grosch have been playing outstanding defense at shortstop and third base respectively. Rafalski made a great play in the fourth inning, going deep in the hole, backhanding it and firing a strike to first, saving a run in the process.
Kelly had two hits, an RBI and a walk, while Shepard had two hits and Bender two walks, two runs scored and an RBI.
Simmer finished with three hits for the A’s.
Both teams are back at it today in Pool F action. The Steelheads get under way bright and early at 8 a.m. against the Pittsburgh Spikes, followed by a 10:30 a.m. contest against the Columbus Cobras. Both games are back at Olentangy Orange H.S.
The Cobras (17-9-2) edged the Spikes 9-8 on Thursday.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Warren’s Aidan Morrison (catcher) drew a pair of walks, scored a run and stole a base, while Austyn Cummings (DH) went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored as the Mid-Atlantic Red Sox opened the Pastime Tournament at the University of Pittsburgh with a 9-0 win over the Toronto Mets Blue on Thursday.
Uncommited prospect Tyler Russo tossed a five inning shutout, striking out seven, allowing four hits and walking two.
The Red Sox, now 14-5-2 this summer, did most of their damage in the fourth inning, scoring seven runs.
Jack Ryan (Walt Whitman) was 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored, while Tyler Martinez (Gilman) was 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored.
The Red Sox play two games on Friday, beginning at 1 p.m. against the Lake Erie Warhawks at Moon Area High School, followed by a 6 p.m. contest against West Hills baseball back on the Pitt campus at 6 p.m.


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SLFD is headed to the Passaic County Fire Academy with members of the Erskine Lakes Volunteer Fire Company this morning to train in the burn building. Ringwood Borough Fire Company #1 (Stonetown) has their blanket drive this weekend - be sure to support them at the intersection of Greenwood Lake Turnpike (Rt. 511) and Skyline Drive!
Ringwood Fire Departments were dispatched mutual aid into West Milford to assist at the scene of a working structure fire on Lakeshore Road. While en route, fire units were re-routed to standby at Greenwood Lake Fire Company #3. While standing by at Company #3, Ringwood units were dispatched to a second possible structure fire on Yorkshire Avenue. Ringwood units were shortly returned after the fire was confirmed to be from a pool heater and was already knocked down. Ringwood Fire units stood-by for approximately 2.5 hours.
It is with deep regret that the Skyline Lake Fire Department must announce the passing of 48-year Lifetime Firefighter Jack Micari.
We are now accepting applications for our Fall 2014 Craft and Vendor Show & Pet Adoption! Applications can be downloaded from our website at http://www.skylinelakefire.com/vault.
Please join us for our Indoor / Outdoor Craft and Vendor Show and Pet Adoption. Great Christmas and holiday gift ideas. We had such great feedback on our last spring show, that we are making a fall vendor and adoption event.
Large level lot, no admission and free parking. Please come out to support your volunteer fire department. Please "like" us and "share" on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/skylinelakefire. Please check back here frequently for updates and new information.

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Here are the meanings of the bids for three conventions used to overcall the enemy 1NT opener. Use the Rule of 8 to determine if the hand qualifies for the overcall.
When 2NT has no meaning in the system, the partnership can assign that bid a meaning.
When either system shows one suit and an unknown higher suit, responder who does have a fit with the known suit (3 cards or two cards with a high honor) must bid the next higher suit regardless of the holding in that suit.
Partner might have clubs and diamonds. You hope partner’s second suit is either hearts or spades.

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This week’s parasha, parashat Shemini, is one of two parshiyot (the other is Re’eh, Deuteronomy 14:3-21) that serve as the main sources for many of the laws of kashrut, specifically regarding those animals and creatures that may be eaten and those that are forbidden.
Leviticus 11:29 reads, וְזֶה לָכֶם הַטָּמֵא בַּשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל הָאָרֶץ , These are the contaminated things, among the teeming animals that teem upon the earth. Although some of these creatures are not clearly identified, they are generally translated as the weasel, the mouse, the “great lizard,” the gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard and the chameleon.
The Torah, in Leviticus 11:41, reiterates the prohibition. וְכָל הַשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל הָאָרֶץ שֶׁקֶץ הוּא, לֹא יֵאָכֵל , Every teeming creature that teems upon the ground–it is an abomination, it shall not be eaten. This includes snakes, scorpions, worms and other similar reptiles. Leviticus 11:42-44, includes the prohibition of insects that breed in filth or decay.
The biblical commentator R. Abraham Ibn Ezra who subscribes to the belief that “We are what we eat,” declares that one cannot have a pure, clean conscience with the knowledge that one’s own flesh is a product of a diet of insects, snakes and other vermin.
As science and technology have advanced, food specialists have alerted us to previously unknown contaminations in our food. The banning of DDT had a big impact on the numbers of bugs that are found in green vegetables and other farm plants. Advances in monitoring equipment have even found contaminants in our nation’s water supply, which may or may not affect our health. As a result of these discoveries, in the past fifteen or twenty years, an entire new industry has sprung up for the kosher consumer to ensure the availability of bug-free vegetables.
It is a bit ironic that the former Jewish settlements in Gaza, known as Gush Katif, were known for producing bug-free hydroponic vegetables of very high quality. Gush Katif products became staples in many observant Jewish homes, making life much easier for the kosher consumer, who no longer had to go through the rigorous process of carefully checking and cleaning vegetables.
However, in early 2004, reports appeared claiming that bugs were found on the leaves of the green vegetables coming from Gush Katif. An investigation was conducted and lo and behold, it was discovered that the vegetables themselves were perfectly clean, and that the process of rinsing the vegetables with New York City tap water was the source of the bug contamination.
Once the reports became known, the nation’s kashrut organizations, particularly the primary kashrut organization, the OU, confirmed that copepods, a tiny, almost microscopic, crustacean, were swimming in New York’s tap water.
New York City water was always known for its high quality, purity and excellent taste. In fact, New York City is one of the few major cities in the United States that is not required to filter its water because its sources are so pure. However, due to the lack of filtration, the New York City water contains copepods, which are harmless creatures that are even considered to be helpful for keeping the waters clean.
Copepods may be harmless, but they are a cause of great concern to observant Jews. The basic rule of kashrut is that if bugs are not visible to the naked eye they are not forbidden. Alas, these crustaceans are often just large enough to be seen with the naked eye and therefore are forbidden to be consumed. In fact, the rabbis say that eating a single bug may result in violating as many as eight Torah violations (many more than a bacon and cheese sandwich!).
Soon after the discovery of the copepods in the water system, religious Jews were advised to install water filters in their homes or to drink and cook with only bottled water.
Although installing the water filters was a rather expensive proposition and an inconvenience for our own family, having a hot water filter in the house proved to be a much appreciated convenience. Some would argue that the flavor of home-filtered New York tap water has an enhanced taste because it removes some of the chemical impurities and contaminants that are found in the unfiltered water.
It’s highly unlikely that many bugs in the New York water actually enter our household, especially those who live in high-rise buildings. These tiny, swimming creatures can’t really make it up to the third floor. Nevertheless, the fact that the Torah so frequently emphasizes the prohibition of eating these creepy crawling things gives observant Jews reason to pause to consider that perhaps the Torah knows something about the issues of health and cleanliness that even our most advanced scientists have yet to discover.
November 2004 was a big month in my professional career because I was quoted in The New York Times, not once, but twice in a single week. One article concerned a statue that had been recently dedicated in Central Park in memory of the founder of the New York Marathon, Fred Lebow. The second article was about those little creepy crawling things found in the New York waters, known as copepods.
Not a bad week for a Beginners rabbi.
Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, is observed this year on Wednesday night April 12th, and all day Thursday April 13th, 2018.
Tagged: -Kashrut and Copepods, 2018, 5778, banning of DDT, bug contamination, copepods, Gush Katif, Judaism, NYC water, prohibitions of insects, Rabbi Buchwald, Shemini, teeming animals, the laws of kashrut, water filters.


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I'm originally from Philly, but moved to South Carolina about 6 years ago.
Been grilling since the early 1980's, but recently discovered smoking, and other backyard cooking ideas. I have a small (New Braunfels) smoker with a side firebox.
I recently purchased a big single gas burner, and a big aluminum fry pot with a wire basket.
I also purchased an 18" Cantonese wok. I decided to try a store bought wok after reading about a Cowboy wok, or Discada. Now that I own a wok, I really want to make a Discada next.
I figure this new burner can also be used with my big stockpot to fry chickens whole 7 make big batches of soup.
Nice to find a new forum that i can pick up some more knowledge from, and make some new friends.
Well if you came here to find good eats, Brotha, you in the right place. We have a great knowledge base with all the members that we have here. Welcome, pull up a stool and have a beer.
Damn it who ate all the pretzels.
Welcome to the Forum Buckshot, good to have you here.
Hey Buckshot. Welcome. Sounds like you have it thought out on the burner. Comes in real handy to have some ample BTUs for fryng and boiling largish amounts. Smart thinking. Havent got into the Wok Disc thing too much but got an old cooking chum who can whip up breakfast for 20 without a problem when using his disc. Dont be no lurker.
Thanks for the welcome, much appreciated.
Not much for just lurking, but sometimes my E-time is limited.
I gotta say that I don't know how I ever lived without a wok.
I'm all about grilling & cooking breakfast on a griddle, but this wok is the bomb for frying with very little oil. You have to keep it moving pretty well, and somewhat small portions at a time.
The thing about the real wok, is it's deep and everything slides to the center.
The cowboy wok is shallow, and you cook in the center & keep stuff warm around the edges. I am trying to find a plow disc locally, but if not soon I may just buy on that has been completed already.
Yesterday I did two burns in the smoker.
We have been snacking on leftovers, plus the wife made a full turkey dinner tonight.
One more thing about the Cantonese wok.
It has a round bottom, so I needed a wok ring to support it.
Not finding a ring locally, I used a stainless steel mixing bowl I found at K-mart for 6 bucks.
A hole saw & some tin snips did all the work. This is visible in my avatar.
wok rings are readily available on line though, but I don't like to wait that long when I can make my own.
Welcome to the forum! There is a certain Vermin around here that frequently uses a a wok also with some spectacular results. I've got a turkey fryer which I have been thinking about using with my wok, this may motivate me. Keep on posting, we loooove pics!


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Spicy Sweet Potato Soup with a slice of sprouted bread is my new favorite Trim Healthy Mama-friendly E lunch!
The heat from the spices in this Indian-flavored soup work perfectly with the sweet potatoes, and the creamy addition of 0% Greek yogurt balances out the flavors while adding a great source of protein to your meal.
This soup will warm you from the inside out, and yet the heat level is completely adjustable to each person in your family! The more yogurt you swirl in, the milder the flavor and higher the protein content.
This Spicy Sweet Potato Soup keeps well in the fridge for days (so you can have easy E lunches all week long), and it freezes well, too.
If you have very small children, or really don’t care much for heat yourself, feel free to decrease the amount of curry powder in the recipe to 1 or 1 1/2 tablespoons instead.
Spicy Sweet Potato Soup is a deliciously sweet and spicy, creamy, high-protein THM E soup with an Indian twist! Perfect for dunking a slice of sprouted bread into!
In a large soup pot, heat coconut oil, onions together over medium heat until onions are soft. Add in garlic and cook for another 2 minutes. Add in curry, ginger, paprika, sweet potatoes, bell pepper, mineral salt and ground pepper. Stir. Add chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes, or until veggies are very soft. Puree until smooth in blender.
Return to pot to heat through before serving. Stir in a quarter to a half cup 0% fat Greek yogurt in each bowl immediately before serving.
I made this tonight- my husband has recently discovered his love of sweet potatoes. We absolutely loved it!! Even my 9 & 5 year old boys cleaned their bowls!! Only disappointing part was that after seconds, there’s not a whole lot leftover!! Great excise to make again asap!! 😉 Thank you for this yummy creation!!
Can you tell me about how much these 3 sweet potatoes might weigh? There is just no consistency in the size of sweet potatoes in my grocery store!
I make this Whole30 compliant by swapping the yogurt for Coconut cream. It tastes so good! My husband is a chef and he likes it this way, too!


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When using SPSSINC TRANS, you have a wider array of functions to compute on cases in SPSS. Within the local session, you can create your own python functions within a BEGIN PROGRAM and END PROGRAM block. In SPSSINC TRANS you pass in the values in the current dataset, but you can also create functions that use data in the local python environment as well. An example use case follows in which you create a network in the local python environment using SPSS data, and then calculate several network statistics on the nodes. Here is a simple hierarchical network dataset that signifies managers and subordinates in an agency.
DATA LIST FREE / Man Sub (2F1.0).
We can subsequently turn this into a NetworkX graph with the code below. Some of my prior SPSS examples using NetworkX had a bit more complicated code using loops and turning the SPSS dataset into the network object. But actually the way SPSS dumps the data in python (as a tuples nested within a list) is how the add_edges_from function expects it in NetworkX, so no looping required (and it automatically creates the nodes list from the edge data).
Note now that we have the graph object G in the local python environment for this particular SPSS session. We can then make our own functions that references G, but takes other inputs. Here I have examples for the geodesic distance between two nodes, closeness and degree centrality, and the average degree of the neighbors.
Here is the node list in a second SPSS dataset that we will calculate the mentioned statistics on. For large graphs, this is nice because you can select out a smaller subset of nodes and only worry about the calculations on that subset. For a crime analysis example, I may be monitoring a particular set of chronic offenders, and I want to calculate how close every arrested person within the month is to the set of chronic offenders.
DATA LIST FREE / Employ (F1.0).
Now we have all the necessary ingredients to calculate our network statistics on these nodes. Here are examples of using SPSSINC TRANS to calculate the network statistics in the local SPSS dataset.
The other day I read a few papers on a new algorithm for calculating centrality in networks. Below are the two papers describing the Laplacian Centrality metric. The first is for non-weighted networks, and the second for weighted networks.
Qi, X., Duval, R. D., Christensen, K., Fuller, E., Spahiu, A., Wu, Q., Wu, Y., Tang, W., and Zhang, C. (2013). Terrorist networks, network energy and node removal: A new measure of centrality based on laplacian energy. Social Networking, 02(01):19-31.
Qi, X., Fuller, E., Wu, Q., Wu, Y., and Zhang, C.-Q. (2012). Laplacian centrality: A new centrality measure for weighted networks. Information Sciences, 194:240-253. PDF Here.
The metric is fairly intuitive I think. The centrality parameter is a function of the local degree plus the degree’s of the neighbors (with different weights for each). I figured it would be a quick programming exercise (which means I spent way too long trying to implement it!). To follow is some code that replicates the measures for both weighted and non-weighted graphs, using the Python networkx library.
The weighted network is a bit more tricky though. I thought coding all of the two walks seemed a royal pain, so I developed a different algorithm that I believe is quicker. Here are three functions, but the last one is the one of interest, lap_cent_weighted. The options are similar to the unweighted version, with the exception that you can pass a weight attribute (which is by default named ‘weight’ in NetworkX graphs).
Where di are the degrees for all i nodes, and the second term is 2 times the sum of the weights squared. So when you take out a particular node, say ‘A’, the drop in the second term is easy, just iterate over the neighbors of ‘A’, and calculate 2*sum(waj^2), then subtract that from the second term in equation 1.
The first term is slightly more complex. First there is a decrease due to simply the degree of the removed node, da^2. There is also a decrease in the degree on the neighboring nodes as well, so you need to calculate their updated contribution. The necessary info. is available when you iterate over the neighbor list though, and if the original contribution is di^2, and the weight of wia, then the updated weight is -di^2 + (di - wia)^2. You can calculate this term at the same time you calculate the decrease in the weights in the second term.
I believe this algorithm is faster than the one originally written in the second paper. It should be something like O(n*a), where a is the average number of neighbors for the entire graph, and n are the number of nodes. Or in worst case a is the maximum number of neighbors any node has in the graph (which should be less than or equal to the max degree in a weighted graph).
Here is an example of using the functions with the small, toy example in the weighted network paper. Note that the lap_cent function ignores the weights.
If you want to see that the graph is the same as the graph in the weighted Qi paper, use below.
This is a task I’ve have to conduct under several guises in the past. Given a set of edges, reduce those edges into unique subgroups based on the transitive closure of those edges. That is, find a group in which all nodes can reach one another (via however many steps are necessary) but are completely separated from all other nodes.
Find cliques of offenders (that may resemble a gang) given a set of co-offenders in a police incident database.
Reduce a large set of items that appear together into smaller subsets. An example may be if you have a multiple response set with a very large number of possible choices. You may identify subgroups of items that occur together.
Given a set of linked near match names, reduce the database so all of those near match names share the same unique id.
For my dissertation I aggregate crime incidents to street midpoints and intersections. This creates some overlap or near overlap points (e.g. at T intersections). You might want to further aggregate points that are within a prespecified distance, but there may be multiple nodes all within a short distance. These create a string of networked locations that are probably not appropriate to simply aggregate – especially when they include a large number of locations.
One (typical) way to find the transitive closure is to represent your edges in a binary adjacency matrix and then take subsequent higher powers of that matrix until the diffusion ceases. This is difficult to impossible though with node lists of any substantial size. In this post what I will do is use the NetworkX python library, which contains a handy function named components.connected that solves this problem for me.
So first for illustration lets make a small edge list in SPSS.
DATA LIST FREE / A B.
Now using the functions described in this StackOverflow post, we will be able to turn a set of nested lists into a NetworkX object in python.
Now this python code 1) imports our edge list from the SPSS dataset and turn it into a networkx graph, 2) reduces the set of edges into connected components, 3) makes a new SPSS dataset where each row is a list of those subgraphs, and 4) makes a macro variable to identify the end variable name (for subsequent transformations).
Now we can take that subgroup dataset, named Int, reshape it so all of the nodes are in one column and has a second column identifying the subgraph to which it belongs, and then merge this info back to the edge dataset named Test.
/MAKE A FROM V1 TO !VEnd.
From here we can make some nice sociogram charts of our subgroups. SPSS’s layout.network is not very specific about the type of layout algorithm, but it does a good job here laying out a nice planar graph.
At the end of the post I have some more code to illustrate this with a slightly larger random network of 300 potential nodes and 100 random edges. Again SPSS does quite a nice job of laying out the graph, and the colors by group reinforce that our solution is correct.
My most recent use application for this had a set of 2,000+ plus edges and this code returned the solution instantaneously. Definitely a speed improvement over taking powers of a binary adjacency matrix in MATRIX code.
I wanted to make this network graph using small multiples by group, but I can’t figure out the correct code for the faceting (example commented out at the end of the code snippet). So if anyone has an example of making an SPSS graph with small multiples let me know.
*Similar graphs for larger network.
*Now merging groups back into original set.
*This small multiple faceting is not working.
*Error is Groupe & Groupn are not same faceting structure.

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Will Rogers once said that “The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf” and I worry that he was correct. During his confirmation hearing to become the Treasury Secretary, it was revealed that Tim Geithner failed to pay Medicare, Social Security, and payroll taxes for several years while he worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF). When asked by Senator John Kyl (R AZ) during the hearing about the (more than $40,000) “mistake,” which Geithner blamed on the tax software he was using, he replied, “it was very clear that this was an avoidable mistake… You’re right. I had many opportunities to see it.” But he didn’t, apparently, and that was that.
There are many problems here—one of which is the possibility of a double standard that allowed Geithner to get away with this entirely (I am not sure if this is the case or not). I suspect that if he had he been working for a domestic monetary agency, that is, the IRS, he would have faced heavy prosecution, fines, and almost certainly been fired. Also, as the future head of the Treasury, we might hope that he understands the tax code well enough to do his own taxes. Part of his defense, was, of course, that the code is too complex. Which is true, but in light of this, and his own errors, we might then hope he would be more aggressive about reforming the code, which he has not. The worst part of it, however, is the personal example he provided to the rest of the American taxpayers: do your taxes wrong, omit a few things, and if they catch you all you need is to pay it back — it’s basically okay.
I’m not calling for punishing Geithner (retribution isn’t necessarily helpful, not to mention it’s a little late), but as we draw closer to tax time, it’s worth recalling this incident and how it might affect the American public. In the research my colleagues and I have carried out on dishonesty, we’ve found repeatedly that people become more likely to lie and cheat after witnessing the dishonest behavior of others. In one of our experiments, we tested to see how participants would respond to a blatant act of dishonesty in their midst—would they think they too could cheat and get away with it, or would they perhaps straighten up and fly righter than ever? To find out, we gave participants 5 minutes to solve as many mathematical problems as possible (where they were instructed to find which two numbers out of 12 add up to 10).
In the control, where no cheating was allowed, the average student solved 7 problems, which gave them a pay off of $3.50 out of a maximum of $10 (if they solved all 20 problems). To see how witnessing and act of dishonesty would affect participants, we had one student—a confederate named David—stand up after only a minute and claim he’d solved all 20 matrices. The experimenter merely responded that in that case he could take his earnings and go. So how did the participants respond to this display when asked to self-report the number of matrices they solved? By cheating a whole lot: they claimed an average of 15 correct answers, more than twice the average score when cheating was not allowed.
Seeing someone cheat for their own benefit and then get away with it clearly has an impact on our moral behavior—loosening it to a substantial degree.
So, what does this experiment means for paying taxes? It means that the more we see politicians—the people who make our laws—fudge their taxes (which seems to happen continually), the more likely the rest of us are to adjust our understanding of what is right and wrong about paying our taxes, and do the same.
But there is hope. When we ran the same experiment with one slight difference, we found that dishonesty decreased dramatically. This time, instead of looking like all the other participants, who were students at Carnegie Mellon University, we had our confederate wear a sweatshirt that located him within a different social group. This time h was wearing a University of Pittsburgh sweatshirt (Carnegie Mellon’s neighboring and rival university). When the dishonest act was committed by a person from an out-group, we found that cheating decreased dramatically to the lowest level in all the experiments (participants claimed “only” 9 correct problems).
What this means is that if we think of ourselves and our politicians as being part of the same social group, we might follow their footsteps when we hear about another politician or celebrity who hasn’t paid taxes in years. On the other hand, if we don’t think that we belong to the same social group we might not feel more justified in our own moral indiscretions, and instead be extra careful not to be confused with this other, not so moral, social group.
So the moral of the story is: when you settle in to work on your taxes in the next few weeks, try not to think about the individuals who cheat on their taxes—and if you can’t avoid thinking about them, at least try to separate your own social group from theirs.
Go forth and be financially virtuous.
Dan Ariely is the James B Duke professor of Psychology and behavioral Economics at Duke University and the author of (the soon to be released) The Honest Truth About Dishonesty.

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Are you looking to engage the top divorce lawyer Singapore?
Not everyone thinks highly of divorce lawyers in Singapore. Recently, Ms Jocelyn Wong Jia Min wrote to the Straits Times forum page. She called family lawyers “driven by commercial interests” and alleged that “overcharging is common in the industry”. Wong went so far as to say that it is “not uncommon to hear of lawyers fomenting conflict between parties in divorce and other family-related proceedings- by encouraging their clients to distort and exaggerate events- preventing early settlements”. She said that there should be a cap on fees and suggested that lawyers should be incentivised towards encouraging their clients to attend counselling before filing for divorce.
Ms Wong’s letter led to strong rebut from several members of the family bar. For instance, the co-chairman of the Family Law Practice Committee of the Law Society said “it is unfair to tarnish the standing of family lawyers who provide valuable services that include advice on mediation, collaborative family practice and other tools to resolve familial issues”.
At Family Law Advocates, we charge a flat sum of $1,200 nett for uncontested, amicable divorces. The procedure is relatively straight forward and an experienced lawyer will probably take no more than 2 hours to complete the case.
In comparison, I recently handled a contested case involving custody issues. I had to read up more than 200 pages of text messages sent between parties, countless emails and go through evidence such as receipts and photographs. Preparing my client’s affidavit itself took more than 20 hours. My client was billed $4,500 nett. The sum includes disbursements, GST, filing fees and other miscellaneous expenses. My hourly rate was about the same as that of an undergraduate student tutor.
Financially, it makes a lot more sense for me to take on 4 uncontested cases, rather than 1 contested case. Why did I still take on the case then? Quite simply, the answer is to help. I seek to help my clients achieve a fair outcome, regardless of his/ her financial means.
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Want to switch to mixed feeding, but not sure how to go about it? Ohmymag brings you all the useful tips you need.
1. Advantages: Mixed feeding involves alternating between breastfeeding and bottle feeding: it's much more convenient than exclusive breastfeeding when you have to go back to work, especially since you can express and keep your milk in advance if you have to stay away (4 days in the refrigerator at 4° C, or up to 3 months in the freezer).
In addition, this technique allows the father to participate actively, including giving night feeds: a very good point, which reinforces the relationship between the father and the child while allowing the mother to take a little rest.
2. How to go about it: It is advisable to wait at least 4 to 6 weeks to start mixed feeding, until the lactation is well established and baby places their tongue to suckle. You can express your own milk, or use an age-appropriate infant formula.
In the beginning, it is better to alternate breast and bottle: it is necessary that the breasts are sufficiently stimulated so that the lactation continues. This alternation also limits the risks of clogging. Afterwards, you can combine several baby bottles, but it is better to keep 3 breast feeds per day if possible.
Another important point to know - baby drinks more milk and faster via bottle than breast. Care must be taken, otherwise baby may feel frustrated during breastfeeding: therefore opt for a slow flow bottle. Also hold baby in a semi-sitting position with one hand behind their neck to support them: the milk in the bottle will end up in a horizontal position, which will further reduce the flow.
At the beginning of the bottle, let baby take the teat by themself, and take breaks by removing it a little from time to time. This allows the baby to catch their breath and better perceive when they are no longer hungry.
3. The amount of milk per baby bottle: The amount of milk needed by your baby varies according to their age and weight. The best thing to do is to seek advice from your pediatrician.
However, it should be remembered that when using mixed feeding, baby bottles are usually more numerous but less full than for exclusive breastfeeding: this helps to keep baby to a good pace. For information, a baby aged 2 to 3 months may need a bottle of 120 to 150 ml every 3 hours.

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Radio Interview with Orest Ulan, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, January 4, 1975.
“42nd Semi-Annual Southeastern Prints-Drawing-Photography Competition,” Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
“The Silver Image Gallery Christmas Show: David Bayles, Marsha Burns, William Clift, Caroline Vaughan, Morley Baer, Ray Meuse, Oliver Gagliani and Reid Ozaki,” Tacoma, Washington.
“Images of Artists, A Mixed-Media Exhibition,” Somerhill Gallery, Durham, North Carolina.
“Andrea Modica, Debby Fleming Caffey and Caroline Vaughan,” The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina.
“Through Womens Eyes,” Orange County Womens Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
“Naltural Forms,” Caroline Vaughan and Wojtek Wojdynski, Through This Lens, February-March, Durham, NC.
“Penland School’s 26th Annual Auction,” August 12, 13, The Penland School, Penland, NC.


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What do you call an initiative that keeps 58,000 people off the unemployment rolls? Pretty damn successful! Yet, this news was relegated to the back pages, usurped by the implosion of Chris Christie’s congressional candidate in Western New York, the dalliances of the IMF chief, and Newt Gingrich’s insatiable appetite for expensive jewelry.
Despite the hand-wringing of the anti-government zealots, this week Chrysler Corporation repaid the government loans that kept them afloat and preserved jobs for those 58,000 employees. Sometimes big government works!
Those who say let the market forces determine the fate of corporations ignore the human cost of 58,000 unemployed. Had Chrysler been allowed to go belly-up, many of those employees would be collecting unemployment at taxpayer’s expense. But now, with the loans paid, and the Chrysler employees paying income taxes, the net impact to the taxpayer is positive. Had the anti-government partisans had their way, the impact on the Chrysler families due to lack of health care and the stress of making ends meet would have been incalculable.
The lesson here is that there are some things that can be done only by big government. Big government saved Chrysler because the banks would not. Big government built the interstate highway system because private industry could not. Big government put a man on the moon because the risks were too high for the aerospace industry.
Today, one of the most shameful aspects of American life is the lack of access to quality health care for all of our citizens. We have seen time and time again that this is something that market forces cannot perform adequately. While the Affordable Care Act is a step in the right direction, it is also a gift to insurance companies that will undoubtedly game the system to continue reaping obscene profits on the health of our citizens. Yet, the Republicans are striving to make things worse by reversing the progress of the last two years and by punishing half our population by restricting access to women’s health care. It’s time for “big government” to step in and implement the only sensible solution – Medicare for All. Market forces have given America one of the most cumbersome and inefficient health care funding systems, while the government’s Medicaid system has worked well over the years. It’s time for “big government” to give Americans the health insurance system they deserve.


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No matter what kind of loss, I am sure I can speak for most, it forces one to reflect and reevaluate life.
Loss changed everything for me. Everything as I knew it has changed. It is scary. I did not choose it but I am embarking on a new chapter in my life and doing my best to consciously create the best life for Kenny and I.
May 2 Feel it. Embrace it. Express it.
I am on the phone with Revenue Canada and they asked me what is your marital status? Simple question but not a simple answer. It would be the first time I would say the word widow. I cried. While I was on the phone coaching, Brian's work number popped up on my call display, it was not Brian and it would never be Brian again. I cried. I received an updated contact list of Kenny's classmates and the parents. Brian's name was removed. I cried.
As many of you know when you experience loss these moments are a frequent part of your day. In each of the above instances I was in the presence of other people and my first instinct was "don't cry, don't cry", but I made a commitment to myself, when I feel my grief, I won't don't deny it, I will feel it, embrace it and express it. I must. I know my well being and quality of my life depends on it. To express our true feelings in the moment takes courage and a level of vulnerability.
Whether you are angry, sad or bursting with joy, most of us are too concerned with what others will think to fully express ourselves. In the past I would have been worried about looking after the other person. Would they feel uncomfortable? Would there be an awkward moment of silence? Or would my feelings be denied? I have been worried about what others would think of me and I most definitely would not have crossed the professional line of letting my feelings be present in a coaching session.
Somehow my traumatic experience of loss has put all these worries aside. Being present with my inner feelings and expressing them In the moment is at the top of my priority list, it seems a deeper commitment to authenticity. If you have been one to stifle your feelings to keep the peace or unconsciously you continue to be the good little boy or girl who was told some version of children should be seen but not heard, let my journey of grief be a doorway for you to embrace your authentic self and take baby steps towards self empowerment. Feel it. Embrace it. Express it. Your well being and quality of life depends on it.
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The Win-Win Approach involves working together towards finding a solution that result in mutual satisfaction.
Negotiation is about finding an agreeable solution to a problem, not an excuse to undermine others, therefore, to avoid negotiation breaking down into argument, it is helpful to consciously separate the issues under dispute from the people involved.


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Hey guys! I have yet another Harunouta mani to share with you. As a certified cat lady, I knew I had to have this adorable cat themed plate the moment I laid eyes on it. With nearly infinite cat themed options this seemed like an obvious choice.
Like all Harunouta plates, the Harunouta Cat Plate L015 is perfectly etched and full of cute images. With forty cat themed images for 399JPY (about $3.53USD based on current exchange rates) that comes out to over ten images for $1. That's a steal!
With over forty images to choose from I had a difficult decision ahead... or so I thought. I was immediately drawn to the Pusheen images, so that helped narrow it down a bit. I'm slowly getting back into reading, so the Pusheen reading a book seemed perfect for the moment.
Use COUT300 for 300JPY off any full priced items from Harunouta. Just a little tip for those of you who don't speak/read Japanese, you can click on the Google Translate button at the top right of the page to translate the website into your native language.
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This recipe is slightly adapted from Dan of Food in my Beard’s Leftovers Pasta Salad, one of my favorite bloggers. (He actually has a book out called Stuffed: The Ultimate Comfort Food Cookbook that is really unique, just like his blog.) I came across his blog a long time ago while looking at recipes for making fresh pasta. I always thought I should wait to make fresh pasta until I had the perfect kitchen with tons of space and all the fancy gadgets. Then I saw Dan (actually Mandi) making pasta on a small coffee table, with pasta sheets drying all over the bed, and I realized that I needed to seize the day! No need to wait for a fancy kitchen! We made fresh pasta that very day. He is my adventurous food hero and I’m inspired by all the unusual flavor combinations he puts together.
The best way to describe this pasta salad is BRIGHT. There are a lot of taco pasta salads out there that use mayo or bottled dressings to bring it all together and this one doesn’t have any of that. You really get to taste the flavors of the fresh ingredients.
Either use leftover taco meat or brown 1 lb of ground beef, drain the oil, and add taco seasoning. Let this mixture cool completely. You REALLY need to wait for it to cool completely, otherwise the cheese and lettuce we are mixing it with will immediately melt and wilt. It’s also really important that you drain the beef before adding your seasonings. Cold oil looks and tastes terrible and you will ruin the salad.
By this time, your taco meat should be cool if you made it fresh. Add it to the other ingredients in the bowl. If you want to keep this low carb, you can stop right here and mix everything together. It is wicked good!
If not, proceed by boiling water and cooking your fusilli noodles.
Drain and rinse them under cold water until they are cool. I know Italian grandmothers everywhere are probably turning in their graves over that last statement about rinsing pasta, but it helps to cool the pasta down quickly so you can mix it with the other ingredients and get your grub on.
and give everything a nice mix.
On the second day, I warm it up slightly (about 30 seconds in the microwave) to take the chill on the beef down a notch. It’s super good with jalapeno tabasco. Or chipotle tabasco. Or both, lol (pictured below)!
Refreshing pasta salad with bright, Mexican flavors.
Either use leftover taco meat or brown 1 lb of ground beef, drain the oil, and add taco seasoning. Let this mixture cool completely.
In a large bowl, combine bell peppers, tomato, romaine lettuce, cheddar cheese, chunky salsa, scallion, cilantro, and sour cream.
Add your taco meat to the bowl.
Fill a large pot with water and cook your fusilli noodles.
Drain and rinse your noodles under cold water until they are cool.
Add the cooled pasta to the other ingredients in the bowl.
Squeeze a lime on top of the pasta.
What a fantastic summer dish! The colors are bold and rich. I could eat it right now for dinner. Please add this to the list of delicious meals you are going to prepare for us when we visit. Great presentation!
Wow I just saw this! Thanks so much for the kind words. The salad looks amazing!


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A study published by chemists working for the biopharmaceutical company Cephalon to develop a successor to the wakefulness-promoting agent (or eugeroic) modafinil reported that fluorenol was 39% more effective than modafinil at keeping mice awake over a 4-hour period. It is a weak dopamine reuptake inhibitor with an IC50 of 9 μM, notably 59% weaker than modafinil (IC50 = 3.70 μM) despite being a stronger wakefulness-promoting agent, potentially making it even less liable for addiction. It also showed no affinity for cytochrome P450 2C19, unlike modafinil. No human trials have yet been published as of 2015.
Dit interpreteer ik als nog meer wakefulness, nog minder upper gevoel (strak staan) en potentieel minder risico's met de lever. Klinkt interessant niet?
En er is geen enkel toxicologisch onderzoek gedaan, niet eens in muizen of ratten. Dus ik zou voorlopig even wachten met dit middel te nemen!

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Lizzy Hoyt is an award-winning Canadian vocalist and songwriter who also happens to rank among the top instrumentalists in the country. Her music has been recognized on both the national and international level. She won â€œBest Female Artistâ€� at the 8th International Acoustic Music Awards (a contest that saw over 11 000 applicants), was a 2011 Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee for Traditional Singer of the Year and has been named a finalist in both the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the USA Songwriting Competition.
Lizzyâ€™s video for Vimy Ridge, shot on-sight in France, has netted 7 international awards including a Award of Excellence in Filmmaking & Screenwriting at the 2013 Canada International Film Festival, a 2013 Diamond Award at the California Film Awards, three awards at the Womenâ€™s Independent Film Festival in LA, and two awards from the Edmonton International Film Festival. In February 2013, Lizzy was awarded the Queenâ€™s Diamond Jubilee Medal. She was nominated for her outstanding contribution to the commemoration of Canadian veterans through music.
Produced by Juno-award winner Jeremiah McDade, Lizzyâ€™s latest folk CD â€œHomeâ€� features her as a Canadian â€˜east-meets-westâ€™ performer who combines the energetic and rhythmic fiddling from the Maritimes with country-folk songs from the west.
With a reputation as a first-rate performer, Lizzyâ€™s shows feature a wide range of material from instrumentals and traditional Celtic songs, to her own Canadian-inspired songs and a few creative covers. Touring with a trio, she is a multi- instrumentalist playing the fiddle, guitar, mandolin and harp and shows a special aptitude for audience interaction. When you add to this some crowd-pleasing step-dancing, you really have the full package!


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Because yoga provides me a purification process from the inside out mind experience, while at the same time a sweaty and athletic health and wellness experience. The messages from teachers always land for me therefore I walk out of class feeling rejuvenated and inspired.
Come to my class to sweat, find your edge while falling in love with yourself again through alignment of the mind, body and breath.
Purple Rain, the lyrics and the music are amazing as well as the overall beat of this ballad. Prince never disappoints.
Too many confidantes and leaders in my life to only name one. I surround myself around incredibly talented people who lift me higher. Those who are trustworthy, insightful, real and authentic as well as have a passion for doing what they love bring out the best version of myself every single day.
A Maltese dog. They’re loving, loyal and a bit high maintenance at times because of the constant grooming it takes to make them beautiful and white. Once they’re clean and fluffy they exude confidence carrying themselves as if they’re a Great Dane.
Telepathy. I’d love to be able to communicate by reading each other’s minds. I could carry on secret conversations in public and no one would ever know.


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There are some (or more like, many) mornings where it’s everything we can do to will ourselves out of bed and grab a fistful of cereal or a crappy granola bar on our way out the door. It’s not like a gourmet breakfast is a realistic everyday goal. But that doesn’t mean we should settle for a sugar rush that will leave us sad and hungry just a half hour later. You’d be surprised how many healthy breakfast ideas require very little effort when put into practice.
1. Savory Oatmeal With an Egg.
There’s nothing like a banana at breakfast to keep those mid-morning cravings at bay. The yellow fruit—especially when they’re still a touch green—are one of the best sources of resistant starch, a healthy carbohydrate that keeps you feeling fuller longer.
“This is a quick and easy option for when you don’t have a lot of time,” says Sheth. Spread it on some toast (more on the best pick for bread later) or mix it into your Greek yogurt or oatmeal. A spoonful provides a perfect blend of protein, antioxidants, and heart-healthy fats. In fact, people who eat nuts every day are 29 percent less likely to die of heart disease and 11 percent less likely to die of cancer, according to a 30-year-long New England Journal of Medicine study.
“Berries are super foods because they’re so high in antioxidants without being high in calories,” Giovinazzo says. One cup of strawberries, for instance, contains your full recommended daily intake of vitamin C, along with high quantities of folic acid and fiber.Strawberries are good for your ticker, too. A 2013 study found that women were less likely to have a heart attack over an 18-year period if they ate more than three servings of strawberries or blueberries per week.
Coffee really does get your brain going, says White, noting that a blend of caffeine and antioxidants may be to thank. So strong are the anti-inflammatory compounds in coffee that research published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease found that when patients with memory problems drink three cups of coffee per day, they delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease by an average of two to four years. Basically, with that and all the other health benefits of coffee, you can feel better about your daily java habit.
This fuzzy little fruit has about 65 milligrams of vitamin C per serving—nearly as much as an orange. It’s also rich in potassium and copper and contains more fiber per ounce than a banana, which makes it a good aid to digestion.Kiwis are slightly tart. They’re delicious by themselves, but if you prefer a sweeter flavor, try mixing them with strawberries and bananas in a smoothie or fruit salad.


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Decatur Makers is a welcoming, family-friendly community of inquisitive, motivated people who work together in a safe environment to discover, understand, design and create interesting things.
Imagine wood shop, metal shop, computer lab, electronics shop, arts & crafts area, and more all under one roof, with tools ranging from soldering irons and drill presses to recycled art and 3D printers. Imagine a community of experts and novices of all ages learning how to build and fix things as well as just making cool stuff!
Meet Kevin, our new Makerspace Manager!


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If there’s one thing I know about this life, it’s that I don’t feel like I’m achieving anything unless I’m doing something. I will go out of my way to do as much as I can, all to please others. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I believe that it can have a negative effect on our God time.
When the chaos that is life is swirling around you, and you’re amidst deadlines, and bills, and worrying, and doing, and family, and work, and pleasing everybody, it’s only natural that somewhere along the way you are going to drop the bundle. Your free time is gone, your scheduled events are being eaten into, and those items we’ve given low priority are thrown over board so we can stay afloat.
And for me, and many others I assume, it’s our God time that takes a hit. Instead of giving him my first fruits (my best) I give Him what I can where I can, justifying that He’s God, He’ll be cool with it, and we’ll just pick up where I left off last time.
Only next time could be a week, or two, and then when I look at my dusty Bible and realise it’s been a while I get hit with a pang of guilt and realize I never meant it to get this bad.
In reality that makes me no better than Cain who virtually gave God the rotten leftover fruit from his harvest while his brother Able gave the first of his livestock and crops.
It makes me no better than Martha, who served and served and served when Jesus was in the house while Mary her sister sat at His feet and enjoyed his presence (Not that serving God is wrong, it’s a great thing!).
So what did I do about it? I prayed about it. I asked God to show me the things that I was doing that I didn’t need to, I asked him to help me make time for Him, for just sitting in awe in His presence. and I repented for putting other things before Him (making idols out of worldly things. Ever notice how we wear our busyness around like a badge of pride. “Oh I’m so busy.” “Me too.”).
That’s when it struck me. God doesn’t want us to DO more, He wants us to BE more. He doesn’t want us to live out our relationship with Him with acts of service, He wants to spend quality time with us.
Time is so precious, but so is the time spent on God.
I’m going to finish up right now. But first may I suggest, you close this browser, in fact shut down your computer. Stop what your doing, you can pick it all up again later and go and spend some quality time with God. We’ll still be here when we get back, and so will everything else!


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Guess the gender, names, weight and birth date correctly to be in to win your share of $5000!
Harry and Meghan's first is due any day now. Guess the details and you could win a massive $5000!


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Time Frames are Critical – We believe that investments should be allocated based on goals-based time-frames. Being forced to sell equities to generate cash-flow for spending needs at a market trough can have a significant negative impact to future income. Therefore, we recommend allocating a portion of your portfolio to stable asset classes (i.e. – fixed income) to support short-term spending needs. On the other end of the spectrum, having a significant allocation to stable asset classes for long-term spending needs can significantly hamper long-term compounding returns. We believe that by projecting cash-flow needs, we can better allocate your portfolio with a focus on both protecting your portfolio over the short-term and maximizing growth in your portfolio over the long-term.
Less Asset Classes can be More – We believe that each asset class in a portfolio should have a defined purpose. We are opposed to a portfolio filled with a hodge-podge of investments in the name of “diversification”. At a high level, the three primary functions of investments are protection, growth and diversification through non-correlated returns. We believe that, in general, bonds should provide downside protection, equities should provide growth and alternative investments should offer non-correlated performance. We believe that any additional asset class must offer a compelling and well-defined value to the portfolio. Otherwise, capital will be diverted from the more efficient asset classes depriving the portfolio of its optimal allocation.
Less Managers can be More – Again, we believe that each investment in a portfolio should have a defined purpose. We believe both passive strategies and active strategies can play an important role in portfolio construction. However, we believe that active managers should be used in moderation, should have a specific role and should complement the core strategies. Otherwise, with too many holdings, active managers get over-diversified and end up looking like a very expensive index fund. Core strategies should be the low-cost and tax-efficient diversifiers.
Tax-Efficiency is Key – Investors only get to keep their after-tax returns, so we are always cognizant of an investment’s tax efficiency. For example, we typically recommend and employ tax location by investing less tax-efficient assets in tax-sheltered portfolios. However, this can play havoc on withdrawal strategies unless managed correctly. We believe having a dynamic withdrawal strategy that combines tax location with proper ordering of portfolio withdrawals can add significant value over time.
Don’t Forget to Rebalance – We believe disciplined investing requires regular rebalancing. Rebalancing is a mechanical way to sell high and buy low. Studies continuously tout the benefits of rebalancing, but selling “winners” to buy more of the “losers” can be a difficult “pill to swallow” – both in rising and declining markets. Rebalancing can be the ultimate test of trusting one’s investment philosophy, but it also has the potential for the most long-term reward.
Anyone can have great returns when the markets are heading higher. We believe, however, disciplined investors who apply sound investment philosophies are more likely to have success over the long run where markets do what they do best – move up, down and sideways. Connect with us to learn more about what we can do for your portfolios.
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Turning back the clock and taking you back to your Primary School years to bring you Cardiff the Old School Sports Day stag do activity. Cardiff Schools Sports Day is perfect for groups wanting to relive their past glory! Dress up and have a giggle whilst having that inkling of competitiveness still within your group. All the classics are included, Egg & Spoon Race, Sack Race, Bean Bags on Heads, Space Hoppers.
Grab the glory playing in this challenging 2 night Cardiff school sports day stag weekend offering a local bar guide, school sports day activity and nightclub entry.


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Sure, we'll get to the dresses and skirts, but if wearing our jeans all Spring is wrong, we don't want to be right. They're our wardrobe heroes for a reason: they look good, fit great, and can be reinvented again and again with the switch of a top or swap of a heeled boot for a multi-strap sandal. And, if you need help in that department, the mixing and matching and reimagining of the denim looks you return to again and again (because, sure, that can get boring), we're here.
With an eye on the biggest street style trends, we've curated a lineup of 50+ outfits to guide your Spring denim style. Some include dresses (yes, worn right over pants!), some sneakers, or sleek blazers, but the choice is yours — however you decide to mix it up, you jean queen, you.


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ASICS and Kiko Kostadinov unite for their fourth collaborative project from the brand’s performance line, featuring an updated interpretation of the GEL-DELVA with a trio of new colors.
Initially presented in the brand’s AW18 presentation during London Fashion Week, the shoe is layered with a combination of FLYTEFOAM and DYNAMIC DUOMAX properties in the midsole, while the I.G.S. (Impact Guidance System) enables a smoother transition between step.
Combining the GEL-KAYANO 24’s heel counter with the GEL-FUJITRABUCO 7 upper, this hybrid offering is rendered in three new color palettes – Cool Mist/Forest Green, Murasaki/Performance Black, and Tai Chi Yellow/Taupe Grey.
The Kiko Kostadinov x ASICS GEL-DELVA is set to release on February 1st at select ASICS retailers.


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