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It’s easy to agonize about the state of one’s life and how much better things would be if one could just “get it together.” Clean up the mess of life and keep it neat and tidy. But “getting your life together” isn’t easy. There are times when such a feat may not even seem possible.
We humans have a nasty habit of building up this searing image of success that in no way resembles our real lives and serves only to burn us when we contemplate how unattainable it is. It is completely out of reach. We imagine our future selves having a real job, someone dependable to love, a clean and decent place to live, and on top of all of that, time to enjoy it.
Take me for instance. Currently, I have a job that’s going nowhere and barely pays the bills, and nobody to love (at least, nobody worth it, or willing to love me back). I live in my parents’ detached garage with two cats and a dog, a sink that is perpetually full of dirty dishes no matter how often I wash them, and a hamper full of dirty clothes, no matter how many times I clean them. Work has become a parasite that consumes most of my life, and when I do stumble across some free time, I don’t know how to use it. The tiniest to-dos and errands just destroy me. Out of food? Guess I won’t eat. Out of gas? Guess I won’t drive. My room’s a mess? Why bother cleaning? And I’m sucked into this vicious cycle of despising everything and seeing no point in doing anything.
It takes patience, time and practice, so don’t expect overnight results, but it is possible to break this cycle and “get your life together,” so to speak. You just need to adjust your definition of success. The distance between us and our goals looms larger when we bundle all our goals together into one far and distant target that we’re sure to miss. The trick is to see each individual achievement as success.
Be reasonable with yourself. Be realistic about your demands and expectations of yourself. Give yourself some credit for the things you’re doing right. Don’t look at life so black and white. Everybody knows that saying, “Is the glass half empty, or half full?” Ultimately, it’s both, it’s just a matter of perspective. Look at your life from different angles. Instead of listing all the things you don’t have, try listing all the things you do have. I have a job, and although I don’t have “Mr. Right”, I do have my independence, and although I’m living with my parents, I do have a roof over my head and a bed to sleep on. I have goals I haven’t reached, but there’s no shame in having dreams and aspirations.
“Getting your life together” takes a lifetime, maybe more, so give yourself some time and give yourself some credit. The longer we wallow in our helplessness and desperation, the more impossible it seems to get your life together. Your life is a glass that’s halfway full and halfway empty, so be thankful for what you have, and use the things you don’t have as incentive. Just because you’re not an overnight success, that doesn’t mean that you’re a failure. Life isn’t so black and white. It’s full of gray. Embrace it. “Having it together” is an illusion anyway. By the time you have all the things you’re lacking now, you’ll have a whole new list of things you still don’t have. It’s a never-ending cycle, so enjoy the ride.
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Google‘s newest pair of Pixel smartphones have been hit with issues since their launch, but one of the weirder ones was the bootloader unlock option being disabled on some unlocked Pixel 2 units. Thankfully, it looks like the issue has been fixed on Google’s end.
The problem was that some people who bought the Pixel 2 directly from Google said the OEM unlocking option within settings was grayed out. This was a bit weird to see, since that option is usually grayed out for Verizon models, and enough people had this problem to warrant its own page on Google’s Issue Tracker.
This is one of the more notable quirks because some folks turn to Pixel phones not only for the straight-from-Google experience, but the relative ease of use when tinkering with ROMs and kernels. This is helped along by bootloader unlocking, since it facilitates the process of putting those ROMs and kernels on your device. That is made significantly harder with a locked bootloader, which is what some essentially Pixel 2 owners had with their unlocked devices.
Thankfully, Google says the issue is now fixed, with affected owners advised to factory reset their devices and connect to the internet during startup. Once they do that, they should see the OEM unlocking option no longer grayed out in settings. Keep in mind that the issue seemingly affected the smaller Pixel 2, not the Pixel 2 XL.
Folks have reported that the issue disappeared once their factory reset their devices, and Google considers the issue done with, since it was marked as fixed on the Issue Tracker page. If you have encountered this quirk on your Pixel 2, let us know in the comments if a factory reset solved the issue.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


text: Tippmann Industrial Products, Inc. has introduced the Propane Hamer, what it states is the first propane-powered post hammer. It is useful for driving a range of posts, rebar, etc., up to 3.5 inches in diameter. Propane is cost effective and time efficient and allows the user to operate the unit and drive several hundred posts on a single 14 oz. propane tank. When the tank runs out, you simply throw away the tank and put in a new one. The Propane Hammer weighs under 45 pounds, and is completely self contained allowing users the freedom to work in remote areas. There is no need for air compressors or hydraulic units or any other type of external power source, allowing this unit to be easily operated by one person.

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The FINANCIAL -- One year after President Barack Obama introduced the Computer Science for All initiative, the White House on December 5 announced new actions in support of computer science education and to kick off Computer Science Education Week. Monday’s disclosure included several Intel Corporation investments.
Intel has been long committed to diversifying the pipeline of available technical talent as part of its $300 million Diversity in Technology initiative. Intel’s investments are designed to increase the accessibility of computer science (CS) education to women as well as Native American high school and university students, in addition to creating a data-based approach to developing successful CS programs, according to Intel.


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Guild records are held in the Warwickshire County Records Office, Cape Road, Warwick and can be examined during opening hours, which are 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Tuesday to Thursday, 9.00 am – 5.00 pm Friday and 9.00 am – 12.30 pm Saturday. Main records comprising minute books, membership records and annual reports 1910 to present day will be found under reference DR1289. Peal books from 1950 to 2003 are under reference DR1301. More recently have been added the bell maintenance inspection, restoration and augmentation papers of the late Harry Windsor together with documents, press cuttings and audio CD relating to the Guild Centenary year 2007. All of these are under reference DR1382.
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Warning! According to the harmonised classification and labelling (CLP00) approved by the European Union, this substance is very toxic to aquatic life, is very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects and may cause an allergic skin reaction.
This substance has not been registered under the REACH Regulation, therefore as yet ECHA has no usable data available about this substance from registered dossiers.

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Concorso Italiano is the world’s largest luxury and exotic Italian Car show. This is truly a multi-faceted luxury lifestyle event celebrating all things Italian; fashion, food, wine, art, and products.
Concorso Italiano, famous for the diverse and significant collection of exhibited Italian cars, is centered on as many as 1,000 Italian & exotic automobiles, Italian motorcycles. Those that attend also enjoy the Concorso Italiano Fashion Show, musical performances, and on-stage interviews with legendary automotive collectors and industry designers.
Our VIP experience is the choice for our distinguished guests.
Exceptional food, high fashion, and high performance vehicles. These are just some of the influential highlights to come out of Italy, but why not come experience all of them in the most lavish way possible? Come and join us in CI Club, as we surround you with many different aspects of the Italian lifestyle! Start your day off as you get a sneak peak of the gorgeous cars, all while you enjoy a freshly made hot breakfast, prepared for you by Gino’s Fine Italian Restaurant.
In CI Club, we want to give you the best VIP experience possible; from VIP parking for your vehicle to all day access to CI Club, we aim to make your day one you will certainly not forget! Sit back, relax, and enjoy our premium Esser wine selection, or perhaps our Signature cocktail, as you dine on a tantalizing lunch of expertly cooked tri-tip, and perfectly tender chicken breast, paired with a quinoa salad, savory mashed potatoes, and perfectly sautéed vegetables sure to excite your palate! End your day with receiving a gift bag, which includes this year’s Concorso Italiano magazine, as well as commemorative gift chosen by our President personally to top it off!
AL FRESCO LUNCH DOES NOT INCLUDE ADMISSION TO CONCORSO ITALIANO.
Delicious Lunch catered by Gino's Authentic Italian Family Restaurant, includes authentic Caesar Salad, Antipasto tray, Choice of hearty meat or abundant vegetarian Lasagna, authentic Italian Bread, dessert and your choice of 2 beverages including Award Winning wines by Esser Wines, or soft drinks.
Seating times are 11:00 and 12:30 and are limited.

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If not treated properly, plantar warts can exacerbate and become debilitating. If you would like medical assistance regarding plantar wart treatment, please see podiatrist Dr. Michael H. Wynn, DPM of Foot Care Associates of Texas. Dr. Wynn will assist you with all of your foot and ankle concerns and provide you with quality treatment.
Compared to drugstore inserts, orthotics tend to have many more advantages; people should consider the following five benefits to ankle foot orthotics. Customized orthotics are designed professionally to ensure they personally fit the user. Any specific modifications or changes needed can also be included in a patient’s orthotics design. Orthotics are especially useful in relieving pain not only in the foot, but in the knees and back as well. Custom orthotics can be designed to support the spine and eventually realign it. Lesser foot conditions, such as bunions, can also be managed with the use of orthotics.
If you are having discomfort in your feet and would like to try orthotics, contact Dr. Michael H. Wynn, DPM of Foot Care Associates of Texas. Dr. Wynn will treat your foot and ankle needs.

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7 movies and series starring Benjamin Bratt.
In this overview you will find all Netflix movies and series starring Benjamin Bratt. Netflix's content is updated with many new movies and series every week. Therefore, you should check this list regularly to see if there are any new movies starring your favourite actor!
In an alternate universe where Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman deal out justice with brutal force, a shadowy enemy frames them for a grisly crime.
FBI agent Gracie Hart needs a serious makeover before going undercover as a Miss United States beauty pageant contestant to catch a terrorist.
Inventor Flint Lockwood battles mutant food beasts created by his notorious machine, including shrimpanzees, tacodiles and jellyfish sandwiches.

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I provide another instructions to install Gnuplot 4.4.0 compiling it yourself on Mac OS X.
There are some possibilities to install Gnuplot on Mac OS X, none of them is “official”, since the Gnuplot project doesn’t provide binaries for Mac OS X. It’s actually quite easy to configure and compile Gnuplot (i.e. ./configure; make; make install), but some terminals are not built due to missing dependencies and this makes Gnuplot less powerful.
There is a very convenient possibility to remote access folders on computers via ssh: sshfs. On Mac OS X there is also a possiblity to use sshfs and this is a short introduction how to do that.
Puh, that’s a long title. I’m working on Mac OS X and use Virtualbox to run Windows XP as a guest operating system. Virtualbox runs exceptionally well and it’s even free. But the keyboard mapping is problematic since Windows XP assumes a standard PC keyboard. The layout of the Apple keyboards is different, so if you are not a Windows guy, you’ll have troubles to find the backslash ‘\’ or ‘@’. I was looking for a solution for a long time now, but didn’t find anything until now. Stefan Bohm actually published a solution for the same problem if you run parallels. He provided a new keyboard layout for installation (the layout is called ‘Parallels Keyboard Map’) as well a registry hack so that the ‘alt’ keys work as expected.
The installation of a NTFS driver on Mac OS X for read and write access is actually covered on many websites, so I just write this entry to summarize the installation process and to write about my experience with the driver.


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Migration is difficult in general. But when you actually experience the journey for yourself it feels even more difficult. Here below is my experience of the journey.
We were told [by the smugglers] that we would only use cars to travel from Ethiopia to Sudan. But we ended up walking for about thirteen hours. Not only that, we also encountered bandits. The first bandits we met were at the Ethiopian border, and they were Ethiopians. They threatened us and took our money and mobile phones, while the smugglers left us and ran. Since we were many in number we threw stones at the bandits, and they soon left.
After traveling a while, we again encountered bandits— this time from Sudan. They were the worst. They threatened us with knives and sticks, and took all our money and belongings. We [men and women] were physically searched, even in our private parts.
When we later asked [friends] about their journey, it turned out ours had been better. We heard that on their journey [the bandits] had even raped women and sent them back to Ethiopia.
As we left Sudan and entered into Libya we were searched [by border control]. Then our truck broke down, and we were squeezed into other trucks where two refugees fainted because there wasn’t enough space. But thank God no one died. Our friends told us there were some who had died on their trip.
The most difficult part of the journey was when we were traveling inside Libya, headed for Tripoli. We were in a container and there wasn’t enough space. One of the drivers started threatening us with a gun because we had crosses and were Christians. Even though he wasn’t driving the car I was in, he came and threatened everyone wearing crosses. In fact, he burned one of the refugees who had a cross tattoo on his hand. He even threatened to take them to ISIS.
Hunger, beatings, and getting squeezed into a small place were relatively easy problems that we faced. Others have been exposed to severe torture, kidnappings, or have even been asked to pay for their journey again. Some get caught by ISIS.
So I would like my [friends] to know that there are such problems. When you say the word “problem,” or “challenge,” it might not seem that bad, but in reality it is difficult. Even the sea journey isn’t easy. It’s more accurate to say we traveled in boats rather than ships. There were some boats that sank.
ዛንታ ፈይሰል – ብጽምዋን ጭንቀትን ዝሳቐ መንእሰይ!


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These week news have referred to the condemn to a two and a half years prison for a person accused of a crime of disclosure of secrets with the aggravating circumstance of kinship. The accused had spied her wife (ex wife) mobile phone to gather evidence of her affair in order to bring it to a divorce proceeding. The judgment issued by Criminal Court 4 of Girona. Currently, (October 2015) the decision is appealed.
According to the investigations, the convicted introduced the password to the mobile downloading an email and its attachment, consisting of a photograph of his wife with a man and other application files (Line). All that without her consent.
Following the information, the judgment states "it is not certified that the defendant did diffusion or transfer of such messages to third parties and has not been proven that the defendant performed acts with the intention to impair the integrity or cause fear to the plaintiff". In addition, "there was an eavesdropping or merely a fleeting glimpse of private content, but has made the defendant with adequate material support for content acquisition." The condemned alleged that the phone was for family use and therefore he knew the passwords. This is one of the reasons for the appeal used by the defense lawyer, arguing that the right to privacy requires at least a certain protection measures not taken by woman.
The judgment has generated controversy throughout Spain due to the proliferation of applications that facilitate tracking profiles chats and social networks between spouses or domestic partners.
According to Supreme Court Judge Mr. Miguel Colmenero Menéndez de Luarca. "you cannot say, in general terms, that pick up the phone of a person and look at the Whatsapp is a crime. There must be a purpose. There are socially accepted behaviors of people who share the contents of your emails that would not enter into the typical behavior of the crime. But this changes when the outcome seeks to discover another one´s secrets and, due to this, privacy is affected. ".
What does the Criminal Code says regarding the crime of disclosure of secrets?. In article 197.1 : "Whoever that discover the secrets or violate the privacy of another one without his consent, seizes his papers, letters, e-mails or any other documents or personal effects, its telecommunications, intercepts or uses tricks technical listening, transmission, recording or reproduction of sound or image, or other communication signal, shall be punished with imprisonment of one to four years and a fine of twelve to twenty four months.". An aggravating provides: " when the facts were committed by a spouse or person who is or has been connected to it by an analogous relationship." .
As in all Criminal Law matters, we must determine first which is the legally protected interest. In this case, individual privacy. This leads us to define the concept of "secret", which exceeds the mere knowledge available to only few people. It must be closely linked to privacy, which is what is protected. In accordance, the judgment of the Supreme Court of 10 June 2011 (among others) that says: "The idea of secrecy in the art 197.1º Criminal Code is conceptually inseparable from intimacy: the own reserved sphere against the action and knowledge of others”. In this judgment, the Supreme Court referred to a university professor who acceded to emails from other teachers without permission. The defendant wanted information related to performances of the job, although private but not intimate. And even if he occasionally invaded a sphere of privacy of a message, such action would not be framed within the crime because, on top of the objective element (invasion of privacy) a subjective element is required which is the "intention", meaning the action executed in order to invade the intimacy of the other.
Judgment of Madrid High Court of 12 November 2012 12/11/2012 states, "just grabbing the papers or letters, consumes the crime, as long as those actions are aimed to discover the secrets or infringe privacy of others.". The resolution considers, on one hand, that the mere seizure is sufficient to consummate the crime and, on the other hand says that this action should be directed to disclosure the secrets and infringement of privacy.
The most important in these cases is the invasion of the private sphere and the intention to cross that private area.

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How Can You Get the New Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certification?
The lines are certainly blurred when it comes to nurse practitioners practicing in specialty areas. Family nurse practitioners, for example, have a broad medical background, and are trained to treat patients of all ages. This foundational knowledge prepares FNPs to work in a variety of settings, even those outside of primary care. Such grey lines create professional confusion, and questions about scope of practice guidelines.
To address the confusion about nurse practitioner specialty designations and practice settings, nurse practitioner programs and organizations are pushing to create education and certification structures with clear specialty designations.
One specialty in need of such clarification is that of emergency medicine. The emergency department is the grounds where primary and acute care meet. Many patients presenting to the ED have low acuity health problems, easily falling within the scope of training of family nurse practitioners. Other patients are acutely ill, with diagnoses and treatment plans falling within the realm of acute care.
In most emergency departments, practicality wins in making the decision whether to employ family or acute care nurse practitioners. Because emergency departments treat children, the scope of practice for NPs working in the ED setting must include caring for pediatric patients. Unlike family nurse practitioners, acute care nurse practitioners cannot treat children. So, facilities hire FNPs to work in the emergency department, or NPs with a dual family/acute care certification.
Taking a step toward clarifying this confusion, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) recently announced a plan to offer an emergency nurse practitioner certification. The exam is geared toward family nurse practitioners working in the emergency department setting. While an emergency nurse practitioner certification is not a requirement for FNPs working in the ED, the offering of such a certification seems the first step towards mandating this specialty specific certification.
The NP must have completed an approved emergency fellowship program.
Nurse practitioners obtaining the new emergency NP certification must renew their certification every five years.
The emergency nurse practitioner certification will be made available to FNPs in early 2017 and is a credential for nurse practitioners working in the emergency department to consider. While the certification is not currently required, is is indicative of the push towards more structured requirements for NPs practicing in specialty settings.
Will you get your emergency NP certification?
Are urgent care nurses certified who are FNPs able to take the exam since both ER and Urgent Care are similar?
Very true! The emergency NP certification is not required at this time by state boards of nursing to work in the emergency department setting.
Individual employers may vary when it comes to this requirement, although almost none will require it until the certification becomes more common.
Would the emergency NP certification be of value for someone wanting to go into Urgent Care?
I have not yet heard of any study materials. Since the exam is new, there are few, if any, resources available. Check out the ENP certification website for practice test questions as the exam release nears to help guide your studying.
I believe that the certification is only open to FNPs, or to dually certified FNP/ACNPs at this time.
Will the Emergency Certification only be for FNP or can ACNPs partake in the certification!
I'll be graduating with my ENP this December and will be the first cohort from my school to take the Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certification exam. I was just wondering if you had heard of any study materials (books, etc) or courses that they might be coming out with to help prepare for the exam? Thanks!


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The National Labor Relations Board recently reversed 50 years of precedent on the issue of whether an employer’s obligation in a collective bargaining agreement to deduct union dues from employees’ wages continues after the expiration of the CBA. With its 3-1 decision in WKYC-TV, Gannet Co., Inc., the Board majority concluded that a dues-checkoff provision is a mandatory subject of bargaining and no longer falls within the narrow category of clauses that expire with the contract. An employer therefore violates the duty to bargain in good faith under Section 8(a)(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) if it unilaterally discontinues deducting dues under a union dues-checkoff provision in an expired collective bargaining agreement before the parties either reach a new agreement or a valid bargaining impasse. Recognizing the injustice of penalizing employers who have long relied on such longstanding precedent, the Board declined to apply its holding to pending cases and only will apply its holding prospectively.
The Board majority began its analysis by stating the policy underlying the requirement for employers to bargain changes to mandatory subjects and concluded that allowing an employer to discontinue dues-checkoff contravened this policy. Next, it contrasted a dues-checkoff provision with contract clauses that do not survive expiration of the contract, such as arbitration, no-strike, and management rights clauses. While the clauses that do not survive expiration of the contract all involved the surrender of rights in exchange for the stability of the labor contract, the Board majority viewed dues-checkoff as “simply a matter of administrative convenience to the union and employees” and no different from other voluntary checkoff agreements.
The majority then focused on the only provision of federal labor law that deals directly with dues-checkoff, Section 302(c) of the Taft-Hartley Act, and concluded that Congress contemplated a dues-checkoff arrangement that could continue beyond the expiration of the contract because there is language in the NLRA that specifies the conditions under which an employee can revoke his dues-checkoff authorization.
In reaching its decision, the Board majority addressed the prior precedent established by the Board’s 1962 decision in Bethlehem Steel. The majority criticized the rationale from Bethlehem Steel for ignoring Section 302(c) of the Taft-Hartley Act and conflating the mandate of Section 8(a)(3) of the NLRA which prohibits an employer from continuing a union security clause after the expiration of a contract, with an employer’s obligations regarding dues-check off. In Bethlehem Steel, the Board had concluded that dues-checkoff and union security clauses should be treated similarly because dues-checkoff clauses merely “implemented” union security clauses. As the Board majority in WKYC-TV pointed out, however, union security and dues-checkoff clauses are not inseparable because many “right-to-work” states prohibit union security clauses, yet employers in such states still often agree to dues-checkoff provisions.
Finally, the Board majority in WKYC-TV emphasized the difference between the compulsory nature of union security clauses and the voluntary nature of dues-checkoff. The Board majority rejected the argument that an employer who discontinued dues-checkoff after an agreement was protecting employees, pointing out that employees are free to revoke their authorization for dues-checkoff if they so choose once a contract expires.
Although it is a substantial departure from long-standing precedent, the Board’s reversal of Bethlehem Steel was not entirely unexpected. The Ninth Circuit recently refused to enforce the Board’s decision in Hacienda Resort Hotel & Casino, which applied the Bethlehem Steel doctrine. The Ninth Circuit’s claim that the Board was unable to provide a reasoned analysis to support the rule from Bethlehem Steel appears to have been a motivating factor for the Board majority’s decision in WKYC-TV.
The take-away for employers is fairly straightforward: if your contract includes a dues-checkoff clause, then dues-checkoff becomes part of the status quo after the expiration of the contract and must be continued until changed through mutual agreement with the union, or as part of the lawful implementation of a last, best and final offer upon after reaching a valid impasse. As noted by Board Member Hayes in his dissent, however, it is highly unlikely that a union will agree to eliminate a dues-checkoff provision. Thus, if an employer wishes to eliminate dues-checkoff after the contract expires, it should include a proposal to do so in its last, best, and final offer. As a result, the employer must decide whether to include a very unpopular proposal in its last, best, and final offer or face the possibility of collecting funds from employees that may be used to finance economic action against the employer.
Board Member Hayes also criticized the majority for eliminating “a legitimate economic weapon” that has been part of the collective bargaining dynamic for the past 50 years. He observed that, while employees are free to revoke authorization after the contract expires: “It is unlikely that employees will recall the revocation language in their authorizations, and less likely still that they will understand that their obligation to pay dues as a condition of employment terminated as a matter of law once the contract expired.” As Board Member Hayes also points out, employers likely cannot educate employees of these rights absent direct inquiry from the employees.
As a final note, the Board majority took pains to expressly distinguish dues-checkoff from arbitration clauses and other provisions that have traditionally expired with the collective-bargaining agreement. It is therefore unlikely that the Board will extend its decision in WKYC-TV to subjects beyond dues-checkoff. This recent decision does, however, change the landscape of bargaining a successor collective-bargaining agreement. Employers interested in discussing the impacts of this decision or any other issues they may be facing should not hesitate to contact us.
UPDATE: As this alert was going to print today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that President Obama’s recess appointments of three Members to the NLRB were unconstitutional. This decision questions the validity of all decisions issued by the current Board, including its decision in WKYC-TV. Ultimately, the issue regarding the recess appointments will probably be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court. We will be providing a more in-depth analysis of the D.C. Circuit’s decision and its potential impacts in an additional Bullard Alert on Monday, January 28. Please stay tuned.


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There are hundreds, if not thousands of books on divorce and custody issues currently available. A comparative few of them are actually worth the cover price, in our opinion. Many are filled with "fluff" or out-dated advice, some promote strategies that will actually work against you, and some are just too shallow, not covering a subject thoroughly enough to be useful. The books listed here have been carefully picked and should not disappoint.
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Finally, if you have a book you feel would be worth including in this list, please contact us and let us know the title so we can review it. We'll be glad to add it to the list so that others may benefit from it. Our funds are limited, and we can't buy every book suggested, so if you're done with the book, how about sending it to us? You can send us books or other material at SPARC, P.O. Box 82764, Kenmore WA 98028-0764.
Fathers' Rights: hard-hitting and fair advice for every father involved in a custody dispute, by Jeffrey Leving.
The Father's Emergency Guide to Divorce-Custody Battle, by Robert Seidenberg.
The Child Custody Book: How to protect your children and win your case, by Judge James W. Stewart.
From Courtship to Courtroom: What divorce law is doing to marriage, by Jed Abraham.
Divorce & Child Custody (Ask a Lawyer), by Steven Strauss.
Child Custody: legal decisions & family outcomes, by Craig Everett.
Mediating Divorce: A client's workbook, by Marilyn McNight & Stephen Erickson.
Custody for Fathers: A Practical Guide Through the Combat Zone of a Brutal Custody Battle, by Carleen Brennan and Michael Brennan.
Child Custody Made Simple: Understanding the Law of Child Custody and Child Support, by Webster Watnik.
Families with Divorce: Fathers & mothers in "the system", by Douglas O'Brien.
Where's Daddy? The mythologies behind custody-access-support, by "K.C.".
Men on Divorce: The other side of the story, by Penny Kaganoff & Susan Spano.
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25 year landmark study, by Judith Wallerstein, Julia Lewis, Sandra Blakeslee.
Divorced Dads: Shattering the Myths, by Sanford Braver.
Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining: America's Toughest Family Court Judge Speaks Out, by Judy Sheindlin (Judge Judy).
The Divorced Dad Dilemma, by Gerald S. Mayer.
The Best Interests of the Child: The least detrimental alternative, by Joseph Goldstein, Albert Solnit, Sonja Goldstein and Anna Freud.
Divorce Casualties: Protecting Your Children from Parental Alienation, by Douglas Darnall.
Rebuilding: When your relationship ends, by Bruce Fisher & Robert Alberti.
Child Custody: Building Parenting Agreements That Work (3rd Ed), by Mimi E. Lyster.
Getting Apart Together: The couple's guide to a fair divorce or separation, by Martin A Kranitz.
Divorced Fathers: Reconstructing a quality of life, by Thomas Oakland.
Mom's House, Dad's House: Making two homes for your child., by Isolina Ricci.
Parenting After Divorce: A guide to resolving conflicts and meeting your children's needs, by Philip Stahl.
101 Instructions for Surviving Your Divorce, by Barbara Walton.
50 Ways to Love Your Leaver: Getting on with your life after the breakup, by Dwight Webb.


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Actually, the threefold repetition reflects human communication more than we may realize. And if we understand the meaning of this change, the extra 2.5 seconds will be well worth our while!
The opening words of the Gloria echo the hymns of praise sung by the angels over the fields of Bethlehem on that first Christmas night: “Glory to God in the highest…” So the Gloria is somewhat like a Christmas song. Why do we singing a Christmas song at Mass? Because the mystery of Christmas is, in a sense, made present at every Eucharist. Just as the Son of God was made manifest to the world some 2,000 years ago, so he is made present sacramentally on our altars at the consecration at every Mass. Thus, it is fitting that welcome Jesus with words of praise that echo how the angels heralded Christ’s coming in Bethlehem.
One noticeable change in the new translation of the Gloria involves Jesus being addressed as the “Only Begotten Son.” We have been saying that Jesus was the “only Son of the Father,” but the new translation more closely follows the theological language used in the early Church to highlight how Jesus is uniquely God’s Son, sharing in the same divine nature as the Father. This also reflects the biblical language in John’s Gospel, which uses similar wording to describe Jesus’ singular relationship with the Father. While all believers are called to a special relationship with God as his sons and daughters through grace (see John 1:12; 1 John 3:1), Jesus alone is the eternal, divine Son by nature. He is the “only begotten Son” of the Father (see John 1:14, 18; 3:16, 18).


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I’m in the same boat, though I do remember seeing something that suggested it was possible. I wasn’t able to get the QuickTime plugin that comes in the macam package to work properly. Sorry I don’t have any links, I’m away from my computer right now. I’ll take second look this weekend sometime and get back to you.
Use touchlib for mac and the PS3 Eye Cam. Cerupcat hasnt officially even released the tbeta that works for the PS3 Eye on Windows, but has posted a thread as you’ve probably seen to help get the bugs out, which there are some.
Hi. I’m actualy using PS3 Eye with Mac. To use it, download macam (http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/downloads.html) and drag ‘macam.component’ into ‘drag component into here’ folder. Then you will be able to use PS3 Eye with tbeta (maybe you will need to configure tbeta to do so. Sometimes, by default, it uses the iSight camera).
That’s what I was referring to when I was talking about a Quicktime plugin: the component. I installed the component bundle as instructed, but that didn’t enable the PS3 Eye as an option in tbeta. Spherik, are you using a special version of macam? Did you have to do any special configuring specific to the eye?
Along the tread there are various macam versions.
Well im pleased to here it works… I have tbeta, and macam. I have found ‘macam.component’… however I can not fine ‘drag component into here’ folder… where abouts can I find this folder???
I have found ‘macam.component’… however I can not fine ‘drag component into here’ folder… where abouts can I find this folder???
Hey, durr, thanks for ur help. However unfortunately it is not allowing me to use my ps3 cam, with any other program but MACam. Spent sevral hours moving files for folder to folder, insuring I have the right liabry. Does any one know of another program, what allows me to use tbeta, with the PS3 eye??? Any ideas?
I’m still having trouble with this also. I have placed the macam.component in /Library/QuickTime, but it still doesn’t show up as an option in “Sources” in tbeta. Any thoughts? Is there more configuring that needs to be done? I have also downloaded “HackTVCarbon,” and the PS3 Eye doesn’t show up as an option there either.
Now, you sould be able to choose PS3Eye in tbeta.
Maybe a permissions problem? Open a terminal (I know there’s another way to do it, but it’s my first mac, and sometimes i use it as a Linux/Unix), “cd /Library/QuickTime/” , “ls -l” .
If thats the correct way to enter it, ‘cd /Library/QuickTime/’ works, but the second part doesnt ‘is -l’. Sorry I’m a fish out of water here. any ideas?
in your post, you’ve write “is -l”. You have to write “ls -l” (LS -L lowercase).
thanks, durr, and spherik… ok it doesn’t seem to be a permission problem. I put the results below, in case any one could see anything of importance.


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As you get older: Messaging!
As you get older, technology seems to move faster and become more difficult. Couple that with the slight memory failure that seems to start once you hit forty and things are on a downward spiral.
Saving telephone numbers into your mobile phone should be a simple enough task, unless like me you are easily confused. I have this quirk about not having two people of the same name in my phone, it always leads to me sending the right message to the wrong person. To avoid this, one person will have their proper name and the other will have a nickname. Problem solved…….or not!
One of my friends has been off for a couple of weeks now after having a minor op. To abbreviate and to save anyone any embarrassment, lets just say a horticulturist was visiting the general area her lady garden.
It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the office what with the girls being off, and tonight I finally remembered to text my friend and ask her how she was doing. In an attempt to make her laugh I sent the following message, “Hey Tootise, how’s your toush, hope you are well.” I was rather pleased with my wit.
I saw her come online and read the message, but then go offline again without sending a reply. That’s weird I think, saying hmmmm repeatedly and scratching my head, that was bound to make her laugh. I checked again, no reply, and then it dawned on me, I had sent the message to the wrong person. Both friends have the same name, but one was in my phone as a nickname!
I hastily sent an explanation text and another to my other friend telling her about my faux pas, thankfully I have understanding friends!
I’ve been laughing at myself ever since!
LOL…oh no…I am a phone number geek. I immediately connect the number with the person. Now serving 1112223344? Cmon up Henry.
Understanding friends are the best kind.
Lol I’ve just started sending texts to the wrong people because I’m usually only texting with my wife, so if I text with anyone else the next time I go to text the wife I usually send it to the other one by mistake.
I know, it’s always been harmless so far but I so egg embarrassed because I think the tone is a little different than I like to use with others.
Really? Reading it now I think I had an autocorrect malfunction !
Oh right! Ha ha I’m still curious how that happened though!


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How Do Prolonged Crime Sprees Affect Communities?
Events like the recent series of package bombings in Austin, Texas, and in Phoenix, when an unknown person was shooting at cars on the Interstate 10, can have the community on edge for weeks at a time.
Former business executive and former congressional candidate Christine Jones; and former legislative leader Chad Campbell, senior vice president at Strategies 360, talked about news this week.
The phrase "Men are from Mars, women are from Venus" might sound a bit out of date in today’s world. But a new study suggests our brains actually do function differently.
How Much Tech Risk Should Be Taken In The Name Of Progress?
In addition to technological and safety questions, the recent fatal accident involving an autonomous Uber vehicle has raised some moral and ethical concerns as well.
Scottsdale Fashion Square is undergoing a renovation, and as part of that, has announced two new stores that’ll be opening later this year: Morphe and UNTUCKit.
TGen in Phoenix has opened its doors to current and retired National Football League players to provide samples — including blood and saliva.
An Arizona bill that would drastically change the laws around parental rights and frozen embryos is awaiting Gov. Ducey’s signature.
Arizona’s three public universities unveiled tuition and fee proposals for the 2018-19 school year.
Major League Baseball opens the 2018 season Thursday with a full slate of games. Dale Scott was a major league umpire for more than three decades before retiring at the end of last season. The Show's Steve Goldstein caught up with him during spring training to get his unique perspective on baseball.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people working in agriculture — farmers, ranchers, fishers and lumber harvesters — die by suicide at a rate higher than any other occupation. The Show's Lauren Gilger spoke with Debbie Weingarten, who spent the last several years covering the suicide crisis among America’s farmers.

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Native to tropical Western Africa consumption of ackee fruit takes place mainly in Jamaica and is a staple of Jamaican cuisine, their national fruit and the key component of their national dish - Ackee and Saltfish.
Ackee is related to the lychee and produces a pear-shaped fruit. Green unripened fruit can lead to poisoning. When ripe, the fruit bursts open to reveal a bright orange/yellow flesh with the consistency of lightly scrambled egg.
Saltfish is dried and salted cod.
It is important and to read the name of this national dish - Ackee and Saltfish. This is not fish with fruit, but fruit and fish. Ackee and fish should be balanced as equal quantities.
This dish takes some preparation - 24 hours, to be exact, or thereabouts.
First, soak the fish in water, pouring out and replacing a few times. After that, boil the fish for about half an hour and then set aside to cool.
Cooling is important since we're going to be shredding the flesh off the skin which turns gelatinous and can be lava hot!
Flake the flesh off the skin and set aside.
Drain a can of ackees and set aside.
Slice some streaky bacon into small slices around half a centimetre, cube some red or green pepper, dice some tomatoes and spring onions (scallions, in Jamaican), and rough chop some flat leaf parsley and some thyme.
Finally, finely slice one Scotch Bonnet pepper for a likkle tikkle.
Making the dish is simply a case of putting those ingredients into a frying pan ... in the right order.
Start out with frying off the bacon to release some of its fat content. Once coloured and the fat has rendered out, toss in the fish and sautee until warm.
Add the scallions and fry for a few more minutes, tossing through the fish and bacon.
Add the peppers, tomato, chilli and thyme. Warm through, tossing through thoroughly.
Finally, add the ackees and parsley, gently tossing through to ensure all the ingredients are well mixed while retaining the structure of the delicate fruit and aromatics of the herbs.
Serve out onto a plate and enjoy.
Traditionally, Ackee and Saltfish would be eaten with some plantain, breadfruit, yam, fried dumplings or hard dough bread. Making it paleo, I like strong green vegetables alongside - kale or tenderstem broccoli are great. If you're looking for more carbohydrate, rice might be something you are happy with and makes a good accompaniment.
Certainly, a bottle of Guinness, Dragon Stout or Red Stripe is a must!
Classic British, possibly Colonial Cypriot; a simple dish of cauliflower and béchamel sauce.
Trim the florets from a cauliflower and select the tender leaves from the inside.
Steam the florets until soft, drain off and arrange in an oven-proof dish.
Make up a cheese sauce with milk and cream - this will give the slightly thicker sauce, negating the need for flour. Add in the cheese and this will thicken right up. Cheddar is ideal. Just a touch of nutmeg, too.
Breadcrumbs are often used to provide a final crunch, sprinkled over the top - we can deploy a primal weapon here: bacon!
Sprinkle just a little more cheese over the top and then a good handful of fried bacon pieces. Streaky bacon is best here as the fat content really crisps up and the saltiness works so well with the sauce and soft cauliflower.
Place in a pre-heated oven set to 175C for 20 minutes, or so, until the cheese topping has melted fully and the sauce warmed through.
Cauliflower Cheese is a great dish on its own or as an accompaniment, often as part of the traditional Sunday Roast.
Of course, if dairy is out of your paleo diet then just enjoy a bowl of clean steamed cauliflower with some spice and bacon bits!
First, steam or boil some tenderstem broccoli and place on a plate.
Drop a good knob of pastured butter into a frying pan and just after it has melted, pour in the eggs.
Fold the eggs periodically to produce a nice texture and keep lifting off the heat so as not to over cook. The eggs want to be "just done", not dry.
Just before the eggs have fully cooked, drop a little heavy cream into the egg mixture and just fold it gently using the residual heat in the pan to finish the cooking. Optionally, add in a little sea salt at this stage, too.
Spoon over the broccoli. Garnish with a grind of freshly milled black pepper.
Similar to my Scandinavian inspired fish breakfast, this is the porky cousin - sausage, bacon and mushroom!
Combined with some pickled vegetables - sauerkraut, gherkin and beetroot, and a soured cream and mustard drizzle, topped with a poached egg, this is a deep, tasty break fast with a good pack of probiotics.
Sauerkraut is a superb source of probiotics in the paleo diet; yoghurt, another, although not all paleo people partake of dairy, some do, but only fermented dairy. Sauerkraut provides a wide spectrum of probiotics which will boost the beneficial bacteria in your gut.
Dairy is contentious within the paleosphere, but I am perfectly happy with its inclusion. Soured cream has a good fat profile and the fermentation goes a long way to making it paleo-friendly. I like to use soured cream to make up a nice drizzling sauce with lemon, mustard and a little oil.
Get some sausages frying off. Collect any fats that render out for later.
Fry off some chopped slices of streaky bacon. Bacon should be outdoor reared and naturally fed - the fatter the better for streaky bacon, which will render its own fat out.
Once a little fat is evident in the pan, toss in some slices of mushroom and cook them through.
Meanwhile make up a poaching liquor from hot water and distilled malt vinegar. Crack the egg into a ramekin and drop into the lightly bubbling water after gently swirling.
Cut the sausages on a jaunty angle and add to the bacon and mushroom pan.
Slice up a gherkin, or two, a few small tomatoes and toss into the pan along with the sausages, bacon and mushrooms.
Drop a generous portion of sauerkraut into the pan and cook through until the liquid has evaporated.
Slice up some strong lettuce leaves and arrange on a plate.
Serve out the hot food onto the plate and lay some cubes of pickled beetroot around.
Take a couple of tablespoons of soured cream into a bowl, add a teaspoon of English mustard and a good squeeze of lemon juice. Stir together and then whisk in a drizzle of oil - extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil are fantastic!
Drizzle over the plate, retrieve the egg, dry it off and lay it on the top, cutting the yolk and twisting a little sea salt over.
... a whirlpool of flavour and a great way to start the day! Enjoy!
Beef olives are a novel way to enjoy a cheap roasting joint.
Silverside beef can be sliced into thin slices and wrapped around sausage meat. Flavour with a few herbs and some black pepper ... simple and delicious!
First, procure a good Silverside joint from your butcher; one which long slices can be taken from. Also, ask for some sausage meat - this should be pork, and as close to 100% meat as possible.
Once home, put the sausage meat in the fridge and leave the beef joint out.
Uncooked, slice the joint into slices a few millimetres thick and lay on a board.
You can make up a herb butter by blending herbs, salt and butter together and spreading over the beef beforehand. Strong herbs, full flavoured or heavily scented are ideal: parsley, sage or thyme.
Take a handful of sausage meat and form it into a sausage shape, placing it on the slice of beef.
Roll the beef around the sausage and secure with cocktail sticks if you fancy, otherwise just use the weight of the wrap to hold it in place.
Grind some freshly milled black pepper over the olives and place them in a pre-heated oven set to 180C for 20 minutes. This is enough time to cook the sausage meat through without turning the beef to rubber! Do baste the olives as they cook in the juice.
When ready to eat, remove the olives from the oven and let the sit for a few minutes while you prepare your vegetables.
Something simple, like tenderstem or purple sprouting broccoli is superb! Steam the vegetables and plate up.
Slice the olive on a Chef's angle to reveal the stuffing and lay over the vegetables.
Originating in eighteenth century Britain, Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit is a dish made with a savoury sauce of melted cheese and various other ingredients and served hot over toast.
While debate continues in the paleosphere around the inclusion of dairy in the diet, I endorse the inclusion! Toast is something I cannot, so we're going to keep it paleo.
Recipes vary tremendously, but the staples remain the same - cheese, milk, flour and mustard often feature. This is an easy one to make by simply increasing the cheese and using cream rather than milk and flour.
For the cheese, we're going to use Caerphilly.
Caerphilly is a hard white cheese from Wales, the town of Caerphilly no less. Made from cow's milk and with a fat content of around 50%, this cheese has a pleasant sour tang and crumbly texture.
Take a Portobello mushroom and remove the stalk. This is the toast!
Splash a little Worcestershire Sauce over the mushroom and place it in a pre-heated oven set to 200C for 10 minutes. By the time it is ready to remove, it should be soft ... but not completely lost its structure.
Take a saucepan and crumble some Caerphilly in, pouring over some double cream.
Place the saucepan on the hob and warm through without burning or sticking the mixture to the bottom of the pan.
Once melted and thick, add some English mustard. Mustard is yellow and comes in jars labelled Colman's. It's that simple - if it doesn't say Colman's on the label, it's not proper English mustard! Half a teaspoon is fine. One teaspoon for the more adventurous!
Assemble the dish by placing the cooked mushroom on a plate, having removed any excess liquid that has formed. Pour over the rarebit and grind a twist of fresh black pepper over the top.
Romanescu? Yes, that curious vegetable that is both cauliflower and broccoli; a fractal plant with as curious a conflux of flavour.
Trim off all the raggy green off the stalks and slice them very fine.
Gently fry the stalk slices in pastured butter, topping up with some bouillon and simmering for a few minutes until really soft.
Pour the solids into a receptacle and blend to a fine paste, adding the liquid to soften things up and bring the total consistency to a thick soup. While blending, add a drizzle of avocado oil to emulsify into the soup giving a really creamy texture.
Squeeze a splash of lemon into the hot liquor and serve in cappuccino cups.
My local farm shop sells off the trimmings and tail ends of their deli meats in packages at such a price it is impossible not to walk past!
I regularly get a packet of cooked ham, turkey or beef which are delicious over salad leaves as a starter to a main meal, but better as a midnight hunt and gather in the fridge.
Some cooked ham is a perfect partner to eggs.
What better than to accompany with a good punch of pickled cabbage - sauerkraut!
Form a good helping of sauerkraut in the middle of a plate - use a forming ring if you need, although just a good helping encouraged into a round with a fork or spoon is perfect.
Lay some cooked ham over the sauerkraut.
Griddle or fry off a couple of spears of asparagus for dipping in the egg.
Fry off an egg in a little pastured butter, sunny side up is best. Use a small pan or a forming ring in a larger pan.
Gently slide the fried egg onto the top of the stack and gently place the asparagus spears on the very top.
Savoy cabbage is a no-brainer - pack full of great vitamins, a really good chew and a damn good flavour to put with a heavy stew of meat and vegetables.
Drop in ten or fifteen good dollops of tomato puree into the dish and if the lamb was lean, place a good spoonful of fat in the middle of the dish - lard, tallow or bacon grease is all good.
Make up a beef stock and add some minced garlic before pouring over the dish which should just cover it. Loosen the tomato puree into the sauce.
Lid on ... oven set to 180C for an hour and then drop the heat to 120C for a couple more hours.
While my local Russian Restaurant serves this with creamy mashed potatoes on the side, serving over strong green vegetables such as thick cabbage or tenderstem broccoli is superb. Topped with a good helping of sauerkraut and you have a perfect paleo meal!
To the Brits, this would be Corned Beef Hash ... but as is so often, we are a common people with our friends over the water in the States, divided by a common language; and, corned beef for them is not the same as corned beef to us.
I'll go with the term Bully Beef for the title.
Get all your ingredients together on a chopping board. You can use whatever you like, but go for tastes and mouth-feel combinations that will be real comfort food. Being a stop-gap meal, this is pretty much whatever you have available.
In this instance, I went for corned beef, chorizo, onion, peeled plum tomatoes, carrot, yellow courgette, large asparagus spears, artichoke palms, a mushroom and a number of flavourings - garlic, capers, chopped pickled chillis, extra paprika, jalapeno chilli flakes, smoked sea salt and freshly milled black pepper. Finally, some chopped parsley.
The principle of cooking is simple - cook the ingredients which need the most cooking first and the ones which will release the most aroma in last.
I started out my just frying off the chorizo chunks in a little olive oil, flipping over so that both sides were well cooked and would be nice and crisp. I should mention that I like to remove the shin from my chorizo before cooking and like the picante type: spicy.
Next, I added the onions and sautéed them off for a few minutes until soft.
Add the can of peeled plum tomatoes and mash them down a little, adding in about half a can of water.
Drop in any crunchy vegetables that need a little boiling - the carrots were added at this point and the pan boiled down until the liquid had reduced and the carrots became softer.
Cube up the corned beef and add it to the mix now, gently ... that's gently turning it so as not to lose much of the structure of the cubes. Corned beef is already cooked and so we just need it to warm through without descending into a slop of meat and over-cooked vegetables.
Add in all the other softer vegetables and flavour ingredients. Turn then through the dish gently and allow 5-10 minutes of gentle cooking to warm everything through.
At the last minute, add in chopped parsley.
Serve into wide bowls and accompany with some communal guacamole and lettuce leaves.
Bacon and eggs make a perfect marriage! I know ... I've said that before, but there is something so wonderful about salty, fatty bacon (I like streaky bacon from the belly) grilled and put together with butter laced fried eggs.
Fast food, for on the go ... a simple snack to wolf down and get on with your day, the Bacon and Egg Butty is a "to go" food.
Being paleo, the bread is a non-starter - we're not going to do that, but we can get very close by simply frying up some eggs.
Get your bacon grilling, frying, griddling or however it is you like it.
Take a smallish base frying pan - 9" in diameter is fine. Drop a little lard or tallow in there to get the magic started and crack a couple of eggs in ensuring that they meet and run into each other. Crack them next to each other and add in a third if need be - you're after a base of eggs.
Once you think they're done on the underside, either flip over or put under the grill for a few minutes until the whites have gone opaque.
Slide the eggs out onto a plate and load up with bacon on one side. Flip the other half over.
Voila! Bacon and Egg Butty!
Consume rapidly and noisily, and get about your day!
Bacon and eggs are a perfect marriage! Throw a little spice into that marriage and you have sheer heaven!
You will need a baking tray for baking buns, cup cakes, or whatever you call them; failing that, some ovenproof ramekins will do fine. If you buy large eggs you need a deep tray or some silicone bun cases.
Fry off some strips of bacon - you need a couple of rashers per helping. I like streaky bacon, which is salty and full of delicious fat.
Cook the bacon so that it has just started to colour, but does not become stiff. Form the bacon into rounds in the tray as soon as they are out of the pan. Keep blowing your fingertips!
I am happy to eat fermented dairy and so a thin slice of feta cheese in the base of each helping and more to top gives a tangy and creamy flavour. Feel free to leave this out if you don't eat dairy.
Crack an egg into each round of bacon, garnish with some herbs, a grind of freshly milled black pepper and give each helping a good splash of Tabasco.
Place into an over pre-heated to 200C for 10-15 minutes, until the whites have cooked. Err on the lower side for a just running yolk.
Serve out with a little side-salad, some pickled vegetables and maybe a few slices of avocado. Perfect breakfast!
Ramekins are a better idea if you want to pad out the dish, maybe with some smoked haddock and make a starter, or entrée, out of one large egg.
Another "what to do with cauliflower stalks" idea.
Cauliflower stalks are too good to waste and if simple simmering and a good glob of pistou does not float your boat, how about another way of using them?
Top and tail the stalks and chop them into thin slices, boiling for a few minutes in a pan with bouillon, or just sea salt.
You could add onions, leek, garlic or other flavours, but straight-up cauliflower stalks works well.
Once softened, transfer to a suitable receptacle for blending - I drain off the stalks and add in the liquid later.
Hand blend the stalks until they're a good pulp and then add in a glug of avocado oil. This will emulsify into the vegetables and give it a really creamy texture. You could use extra virgin olive oil, but avocado oil has the right mouth feel for this soup.
Once the oil has emulsified into the mix, gradually pour in the liquid and keep blending. The end result should be a really fine blend - pass through a sieve if you're really proper about getting this as smooth as possible.
Pop the soup back onto the hob just to keep warm while you sauté some scallops.
Sautéing is simply a case of softening some butter or your favourite fat in a frying pan, dropping the scallops in and giving them a couple of minutes on each side before flipping them a few times in the remaining fat.
Pour out the soup into a wide bowl, garnish with parsley and drop three or four scallops into the middle of the bowl.
Simple, easy and damn tasty!
Brisket is my favourite cut of beef.
From the front of the beast between its front legs, brisket is the superficial and deep pectorals from the cow and since cows do not have collar bones, this muscle holds most of the weight of the animal. Truly, a worked meat and one which is so rich in flavour.
When cooking brisket, cook too much - it is a cheap cut and one which makes so many great leftover meals.
Sliced thin, we're going to make up some simple wraps.
Using long cos lettuce leaves, butter them with something flavoursome - mustard or horseradish are good.
Lay out some slices of cucumber, boiled egg, maybe tomato, that kind of salad ingredients.
Top with a generous but not overwhelming amount of thinly sliced brisket.
Tidy up into a manageable wrap, hold in one hand and get it crammed in your mouth!


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For many people, reaching the end of the divorce process provides a sense of relief. However, while your divorce itself may be final, there could also be some aspects of your family law case that might potentially be reopened at some point in the future. When the circumstances warrant a new arrangement, either party to a divorce can seek a modification.
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There are two basic types of divorce modifications: those that both parties have already agreed to, and those in which one party is seeking a medication over the objection of the other party. If you and your former spouse have reached a settlement on a proposed modification, New York family courts will generally, but not always, go along with the proposed arrangement. However, if there is not an agreement, things can become complicated.
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Where is the money in startups these days? Here is a hint: Look at the student-led startup teams finding favor on college campuses during investor competition season. At the Super Bowl of such competitions, held last May at the McCombs School of Business, nothing was trending faster than clean energy.
We tracked the path of the most successful clean energy startup team of 2013 to identify three essential moves that help clean energy projects find investor support.
Panos Adamopoulos has 11 years of consulting and strategy development experience in Hong Kong and China, but last May his attentions were focused on a team of judges sitting in a ballroom at the Global Venture Labs Investment Competition in Austin. He had reason to feel confident; his pitch team had already won the top clean energy prizes at Rice, Berkeley, and Greenville Tech, and they were about to win one more.
Adamopoulos, Devin Bedwell, and Stevan Slusher, all students in the Master of Science in Technology Commercialization program at McCombs, teamed up to launch Seismos, a company that promises to free up previously unreachable oil reserves while lowering carbon dioxide loss during production.
Seismos added one more notch to their belt that day, with a win of the Wells Fargo Clean Energy prize, bringing their earnings to $45,000 cash and about $100,000 in incubation and consulting services.
Clean energy is broader than just alternative energy resources such as solar or wind. Given the continued importance of traditional energy (oil, gas, and coal still play a huge role in meeting energy demands) innovations that reduce the cost or environmental impact of producing traditional fuels are magnets for investor attention.
Moving beyond prototype testing with well-established oil field trials is the next credibility-building step for Seismos, along with adding deeper domain experience to their startup team.
Warren sees an increasing embrace of the triple bottom line (people, planet, profit) among energy companies as they adopt a more sustainable operating philosophy for future resource development.
He is careful to say that startup pitches cannot appeal only to feel-good altruism. Investors want to believe they are doing something ethical and world changing, but there must be financial incentives to move forward.
“Clean energy is a hot topic right now, but innovators and entrepreneurs shouldn’t get cocky,” Warren says.

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(d) Through the use of data or computer software that is accessed at a nonschool-related location, activity, function, or program or through the use of technology or an electronic device that is not owned, leased, or used by a school district or school, if the bullying substantially interferes with or limits the victim's ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by a school or substantially disrupts the education process or orderly operation of a school. This paragraph does not require a school to staff or monitor any nonschool-related activity, function, or program.
(b) “Cyberbullying” means bullying through the use of technology or any electronic communication, which includes, but is not limited to, any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic system, photoelectronic system, or photooptical system, including, but not limited to, electronic mail, Internet communications, instant messages, or facsimile communications. Cyberbullying includes the creation of a webpage or weblog in which the creator assumes the identity of another person, or the knowing impersonation of another person as the author of posted content or messages, if the creation or impersonation creates any of the conditions enumerated in the definition of bullying. Cyberbullying also includes the distribution by electronic means of a communication to more than one person or the posting of material on an electronic medium that may be accessed by one or more persons, if the distribution or posting creates any of the conditions enumerated in the definition of bullying.
(d) “Within the scope of a public K-12 educational institution” means, regardless of ownership, any computer, computer system, or computer network that is physically located on school property or at a school-related or school-sponsored program or activity.
(e) Definitions in s. 815.03 and the definition in s. 784.048(1)(d) relating to stalking are applicable to this section.
(a) A statement prohibiting bullying and harassment.
(b) A definition of bullying and a definition of harassment that include the definitions listed in this section.
(c) A description of the type of behavior expected from each student and employee of a public K-12 educational institution.
(d) The consequences for a student or employee of a public K-12 educational institution who commits an act of bullying or harassment.
(e) The consequences for a student or employee of a public K-12 educational institution who is found to have wrongfully and intentionally accused another of an act of bullying or harassment.
(f) A procedure for receiving reports of an alleged act of bullying or harassment, including provisions that permit a person to anonymously report such an act. However, this paragraph does not permit formal disciplinary action to be based solely on an anonymous report.
(g) A procedure for the prompt investigation of a report of bullying or harassment and the persons responsible for the investigation. The investigation of a reported act of bullying or harassment is deemed to be a school-related activity and begins with a report of such an act. Incidents that require a reasonable investigation when reported to appropriate school authorities shall include alleged incidents of bullying or harassment allegedly committed against a child while the child is en route to school aboard a school bus or at a school bus stop.
(h) A process to investigate whether a reported act of bullying or harassment is within the scope of the district school system and, if not, a process for referral of such an act to the appropriate jurisdiction. Computers without web-filtering software or computers with web-filtering software that is disabled shall be used when complaints of cyberbullying are investigated.
(i) A procedure for providing immediate notification to the parents of a victim of bullying or harassment and the parents of the perpetrator of an act of bullying or harassment, as well as notification to all local agencies where criminal charges may be pursued against the perpetrator.
(j) A procedure to refer victims and perpetrators of bullying or harassment for counseling.
(k) A procedure for including incidents of bullying or harassment in the school's report of data concerning school safety and discipline required under s. 1006.09(6) . The report must include each incident of bullying or harassment and the resulting consequences, including discipline and referrals. The report must include in a separate section each alleged incident of bullying or harassment that does not meet the criteria of a prohibited act under this section with recommendations regarding such incidents. The Department of Education shall aggregate information contained in the reports.
(l) A list of programs authorized by the school district that provide instruction to students, parents, teachers, school administrators, counseling staff, and school volunteers on identifying, preventing, and responding to bullying or harassment, including instruction on recognizing behaviors that lead to bullying and harassment and taking appropriate preventive action based on those observations.
(m) A procedure for regularly reporting to a victim's parents the actions taken to protect the victim.
(n) A procedure for publicizing the policy, which must include its publication in the code of student conduct required under s. 1006.07(2) and in all employee handbooks.
(5) A school employee, school volunteer, student, or parent who promptly reports in good faith an act of bullying or harassment to the appropriate school official designated in the school district's policy and who makes this report in compliance with the procedures set forth in the policy is immune from a cause of action for damages arising out of the reporting itself or any failure to remedy the reported incident.
(6)(a) The physical location or time of access of a computer-related incident cannot be raised as a defense in any disciplinary action initiated under this section.
(b) This section does not apply to any person who uses data or computer software that is accessed through a computer, computer system, or computer network when acting within the scope of his or her lawful employment or investigating a violation of this section in accordance with school district policy.
(7) Distribution of safe schools funds provided to a school district shall be contingent upon and payable to the school district upon the school district's compliance with all reporting procedures contained in this section.
(8) On or before January 1 of each year, the Commissioner of Education shall report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the implementation of this section. The report shall include data collected pursuant to paragraph (4)(k).
(9) Nothing in this section shall be construed to abridge the rights of students or school employees that are protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.