Comet® offers an exciting and fun way to learn spelling, based on dictionary meanings, world facts, geography, science, history, health and animals. This expansion deck is designed for children ages 8 to 10 covering the same themes as the Family Edition of Comet.
Awards: A TDmonthly Classics Award for being an all-time favorite toy.
Awards: A TDmonthly Classics Award for being an all-time favorite children's product.
— As of 7/21/2011 this product had 5 out of 5 stars from 1 review on Amazon.com.
TRIVIATHON... fast-paced trivia for smart AND stupid people! Triviathon will have players singing, dancing, arm wrestling, cheering, cheating, and more as they compete in a game that puts each player's cognitive, physical, and social skills to the test, while they try to win a race moving at speeds of 0, 1, 2, or 3 spaces based on trivia questions they don't even have to know the answers to. Made in the USA, this game is designed for 2 to 12 players. Triviathon has received the following awards: Creative Child Magazine's 2009 Game of the Year; PTPA Media 2009; iParenting Media Award 2009; The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval 2009, NAPPA Honors 2009; and Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products 2009.
— "A trivia game that you can win without having to know the answers. Now some of us might agree that that is our kind of trivia game. Super fun and fast paced. A great choice for family game night. My own children are going to love this game!!" Jennifer Shuman, of 1SmartNoodle, told TDmonthly at Toy Fair 2010.
The Sports of All Sorts Kit optical illusion eye-hand challenges provide hours of independent, brain-powered, sit-down sports fun. Kids find and crayon morphed shapes on distorted coloring pages to make color appear in the right place in the sports cartoon reflections. They complete the morphed picture, create their own morphed drawing, navigate a morphed maze, connect the dots, predict a reflection, and more. The activities help develop logic and perception skills, flex problem-solving mental muscles, exercise fine motor control, test spatial intelligence, and spark imagination and creativity. The kit contains 32 coloring page activities ("Soccer" is shown), two mirror-perfect Morph-O-Scopes (easy assembly), 16 non-toxic crayons, a Sports Kit Enrichment Guide to maximize learning, and instructions in English, Spanish and French — all in a portable "desk" convenient for travel. The activities engage boys and girls, kids, tweens, teens and adults, as they have universal, cross-cultural appeal. The Sports of All Sorts Kit is made in the USA and meets or exceeds all U.S. safety standards. It's the second Morph-O-Scopes Kit offered by OOZ & OZ, whose Circus Kit earned 19 national educational toy awards.
The Sports of All Sorts Kit has received the following awards and honors: 2009 Dr. Toy Best Vacation Children's Products, a "Recommended" endorsement from the National Association for Gifted Children, 2009 The Toy Man Editors Choice Award, 2009 The Toy Man Award of Excellence, and 2009 The Toy Man Seal of Approval. "No other products on the market use OOZ & OZ's exclusive technology or have earned as many toy honors," Myrna Hoffman, managing director and chief morphologist of OOZ & OZ, told TDmonthly. Launch date: December 13, 2008.
Endango™ is an environmental board game that teaches kids how to go green. With a unique game strategy, it links children's behaviors to their indirect environmental consequence – the fate of endangered animals. When playing the game, each player is responsible for three endangered animals in an environment. The points players earn as they navigate the human track affect the fate of the endangered animals in their environment. Positive points for "green behavior and knowledge" help save the animals; negative points for "less environmentally friendly behaviors" move the animals toward extinction. This product received a 2009 Parents' Choice Recommended Award.
TykeLight GloMate by MOBI Technologies, Inc.
TykeLight GloMate by MOBI features an easy-to-clean surface that is soft to the touch, durable and impact resistant. The all-white GloMate, once illuminated, can turn a constant blue, green or pink; or rainbow-mode cycles between all three colors. Thanks to the built-in NmH rechargeable batteries and low-voltage charging base, TykeLight GloMate can provide up to 10 hours of constant light when fully charged. It turns on automatically when removed from the base, and the LED lights do not give off heat, so it's cool to the touch. "Gentle Sleep" mode automatically dims and shuts off the light after 15 minutes. "The GloMate is not just a nightlight, but [also] a portable buddy for kids [that] is great for traveling and the perfect answer to 'Can you leave the light on?'" Dan Grody, publicist at Tellem Worldwide on behalf of MOBI, told TDmonthly. "It provides the perfect ambiance for nighttime feedings and it uses very little energy, lasting through the day or night on a single charge." This item received a 2008 Greatest Products iParenting Media Award. Launch date: October 2008.
Jishaku by RSV PRODUCTIONS INC.
This portable strategy game is similar to chess or checkers, but with a twist — the magnetic stones with unmarked north and south poles can jump out of their position at any point during the game, giving players a whole new element of challenge. "Jishaku" is the Japanese term for "magnet." The game received a 2008 National Parenting Center Seal of Approval, an iParenting Media Award, a Major Fun Award and a Mr. Dad Seal of Approval. Launch date: June 3, 2008.
— Tutoring Toy in Salt Lake City sells about 20 per month of this game, Buyer Casey Sartain told TDmonthly in fall 2009.
Comet® Bible Edition offers an exciting and fun way to learn spelling and amazing facts about characters, angels, events and scripture. This particular version features questions and multiple choice answers such as "Who announced the birth of Jesus to the shepherds?" and "The spirit of God is described as descending like this." DOVE sparrow eagle raven. Multiple choice answers and an element of risk ensure everyone has a chance to win. Comet® has received awards from The Toy Man Online and Creative Child Magazine. "Spelling is very important, and far too few games offer this concept. Critical skill development is crucial, important and necessary to develop good educational performance," Creator Sandy Evans of Active Minds Inc. told TDmonthly. Launch date: Fall 2008.
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Oasis Coils & Coatings (OCC), one of the largest HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) coil and heat pipe manufacturing companies in the UAE, said it has signed a distribution agreement with Ostberg, a Swedish manufacturer of energy-efficient ventilation products.
Under the terms of the agreement, OCC will employ its sales, marketing and commercial expertise to distribute Ostberg's Heat Recovery Wheels in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Established in 1971, Ostberg is credited as one of the inventors of the circular duct fans. The Swedish firm has four manufacturing facilities across the globe, including one in India, which will produce the units for the GCC market.
As per the deal, OCC will supply Ostberg's rotary heat exchanger, which comes in five different well heights various media, 40 standard sizes, competitive pricing and short delivery time.
The AHRI and Eurovent-certified wheels can be customised as well in any diameter for better optimisation and greater client satisfaction.
On the deal, Ostberg CEO Peter Jakobsson said: "We are happy to venture into this agreement with OCC as it has the infrastructure, reputation and a complementary product portfolio to enable Ostberg to earn its rightful place as a market leader."
"Besides, our companies shared commitment to innovation and manufacturing excellence made for the perfect match," he stated.
Roshan Roy, the global sales manager, OCC, said: "The GCC market is becoming more and more focused on energy efficiency and indoor air quality. We are convinced the quality, robustness and energy-efficiency of Ostberg product range will boost the performance of a wide range of HVAC applications."
In the UAE since 2005, OCC, a member of the Al Shirawi Group of Companies, is one of the largest HVAC coil manufacturing and coating companies in the Gulf region.
It is also the exclusive distributor of heat pipe technology (HPT) and FreshAire UV germicidal lamps in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait.


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OFFERDAHL PROVES HE'S FEELING FINE
RAJ CHAUDHARI, Special to the Sun-SentinelSUN-SENTINEL
It took a couple of plays, but John Offerdahl managed a smile.
After 2 1/2 months of rehabilitation from a bicep injury, the Dolphins' inside linebacker started his first game of the regular season in Miami's 35-24 victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday. And Offerdahl felt good.
"After the first couple of plays, I knew it wouldn't be painful to play," he said.
"I felt as healthy as I ever felt."
Offerdahl looked as healthy as he felt. His nine tackles led the team.
"We expect that out of John," linebacker coach Chuck Studley said.
"We need him out on that field, not only because of his physical ability, but because of his leadership."
Offerdahl had injured his bicep in the team's first exhibition game Aug. 16.
"It took a lot of rehab," Offerdahl said. "I really worked hard at it, and I got a lot of help from other people."
And those "other people" are glad he's back.
"Offerdahl looks like he's back into it," coach Don Shula said.
"It's good to have him back."
"John's an explosive hitter," said defensive coordinator Tom Olivadotti.
"He made some big plays on the run, and he just did a real nice job for us."
Safety Glenn Blackwood agreed.
"I saw John make some big hits and some big plays," Blackwood said.
"John's going to be a good player no matter what. He's simply a great athlete."
Offerdahl was happy with his play but remained objective.
"I made some tackles and did some things I was happy with," he said. "I virtually forgot about the injury.
"All through the game, I felt I played at a certain level. Not a superb level -- it didn't improve from the start of the game to the end -- but I know that I can improve upon that level each week."

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Q: Let $(a_n)$ be a convergent sequence of positive real numbers. Why is the limit nonnegative? Let $(a_n)$ be a convergent sequence of positive real numbers. Why is the limit nonnegative?
My try: For all $\epsilon >0$ there is a $N\in \mathbb{N}$ such that $|a_n-L|<\epsilon$ for all $n\ge N$.  And we know $0< a_n$ for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$, particularly $0<a_n$ for all $n\ge N$. Maybe by contradiction: suppose that $L<0$, then $L<0<a_n$ for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$, particularly for all $n\ge N$. Then $0<-L<a_n-L$ for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$, particularly for all $n\ge N$. It follows: for all $\epsilon >0$, there is a $N\in \mathbb{N}$ such that $0<|-L|=-L<|a_n-L|<\epsilon$ for all $n\ge N$, which can't be true.
Is my proof ok?

A: Your proof is a bit confused at the end. But it seems that you would conclude $0<|L|<\epsilon$ for every $\epsilon>0$ and you can a get a contradiction by choosing $\epsilon = |L|/2$.
I propose you nevertheless the following formulation:
Suppose by contradiction that $a_n\geq 0$ for every $n$, $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty} a_n=L$ and $L<0$.
Let $\epsilon = |L|/2>0$, by definition of the limit, there exists $N$ such that $|a_n-L|<\epsilon= |L|/2$ for every $n\geq N$. In particular, this implies that
$$a_N-L<|L|/2=-L/2 \implies a_N<L-L/2=L/2 <0.$$
A contradiction to $a_n\geq 0$ for every $n$.

A: Here is a proof that I believe is more succinct than all of the above.
Suppose $\lim a_n = a <0$ .
Let $\epsilon=-a>0$ .
By hypothesis, there exists an $n$ large enough such that $\left|a_n-a\right|<\epsilon =-a$
$\Rightarrow a_n-a<-a $
$\Rightarrow a_n <0$
Contradiction.

A: If the limit were negative, say $\ell<0$, there would be at least be a term of the sequence (in fact, infinitely many terms) smaller than $\ell/2$, and thus this term would be negative, which is impossible.

A: Using your notation, if $n\ge N$ then $|a_n-L|<\epsilon$. This absolute-value inequality if equivalent to the inequalities $a_n-\epsilon< L < a_n+\epsilon$. In particular (use only the left-hand inequality and take $n=N$),
$$
-\epsilon<a_N-\epsilon<L,
$$
Summarizing: $-\epsilon <L$ for each $\epsilon>0$.  This implies that $0\le L$.

A: Let $l < 0$ be the limit of $(a_{n})$. Then there is no $n \geq 1$ such that $|l-a_{n}| < |l|$, a contradiction.

A: See, you  have $$L\lt 0\lt a_{n} \ ,\ \ for\ \ all\ \ n\in N\ $$ Now,take  $\epsilon={{|L|}\over {2}}$. Look  at  the  $\epsilon$-nbd  of  $L$. This  has  no  positive  number at  all in  it, let  alone  the  elements  of  the  sequence  $\{a_{n}\}$.  So  this  contradicts  the  fact  that  $L$  is  the  limit  point  of  the  sequence  $\{a_{n}\}$.
Hence  $L$  must  be  non-negative.

A: If $a_n>0$ for all $n$, then $\liminf_{n\to\infty} a_n \geqslant 0$, for if not, there would exist an $n$ such that $\inf_{k\geqslant n}a_k<0$. But the $\inf$ of a set of positive numbers cannot be negative, so $\liminf_{n\to\infty} a_n\geqslant0$, and because $a_n$ is convergent, $$\lim_{n\to\infty}a_n=\liminf_{n\to\infty} a_n \geqslant 0.$$

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Spread all the positivity you have: Iqra Aziz
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Pakistani actress Iqra Aziz opened up about cyberbullying and mental health in her latest post on Instagram.
The 21-year-old who rose to fame through the hit drama Suno Chanda penned a lengthy note on Instagram regarding mental health and about being cyberbullied.
"It takes a few words to humiliate someone to the core, few words to fat shame someone, few words to thrust down their throat that they aren't good enough for the world, few words to spread negativity and insecurities," Aziz wrote on Instagram.
She added, "It take a few words to bring a smile on someone's face, it would take a few words to save someone's life, it would take a few words to make someone feel beautiful, it would take a few words to spread all the positivity you have."
It takes a few words to humiliate someone to the core, few words to fat shame someone, few words to thrust down their throat that they aren't good enough for the world, few words to spread negativity and insecurities. . . . It take a few words to bring a smile on someone's face, it would take a few words to save someone's life, it would take a few words to make someone feel beautiful, it would take a few words to spread all the positivity you have. . . These are some of my thoughts after reading all the criticism/negative comments on twitter, instagram and facebook. These are the most used apps, this is social media, it has so much POWER of it's own and that means you have the power to make someone's day or make them forcefully admit by bullying them that it wouldn't make a difference if they weren't around. 300 million people around the world have depression, according to World Health Organisation- March 21' 2019 . . Why Make Them Feel Bad, When We Have The Power To Make Them Feel Good⁉
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The actor further said, "These are some of my thoughts after reading all the criticism/negative comments on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. These are the most used apps, this is social media, it has so much POWER of its own and that means you have the power to make someone's day or make them forcefully admit by bullying them that it wouldn't make a difference if they weren't around,"
She added, "300 million people around the world have depression, according to World Health Organisation - March 21' 2019."
"Why Make Them Feel Bad, When We Have The Power To Make Them Feel Good?" Aziz added
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Supporting Turkish presence and affirming continuity of the revolution | Residents demonstrate in several areas in Idlib province
Idlib Province- Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
SOHR eyewitnesses say that popular demonstrations took place today in Idlib city and the towns of Kalli and Harbnoosh in northern Idlib province. The demonstrators affirmed the continuity of the Syrian revolution until its goals are achieved, chanting slogans in support of the Turkish forces' presence in the province.
On September 11, Syrian Observatory activists monitored tens of residents gathering in front of the Turkish observation post in Al-Mastumah town in the south of Idlib city. The demonstrators have demanded the Turkish forces fulfill their promises concerning the expulsion of regime forces from the areas they captured recently, so that the displaced people can return to their villages and towns.
SOHR sources have just reported that people of Idlib city participated in a demonstration in Al-Sa'a square under the slogan "The Revolution has never died". The demonstrators confirmed the continuity of the "Syrian Revolution" until achieving its goals manifested in the toppling of the Syrian regime and the release of detainees in regime prisons.
The demonstrators also stressed on the rights of displaced people to return to their homes throughout Syria. Moreover, a similar demonstration took place in Sarmada city near Iskenderun region border in northern Idlib.
'28 Dead' as IS, Govt Forces Clash in Syria's Raqqa
Syria Drone Strike Kills Top Tunisian Jihadist Sayyaf al-Tunsi


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Work Smarter// November 16, 2017
This is how boredom can make you brilliant
We need monotony to be great.
The Ladders
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By Monica Torres
In a world where entertainment is just a smartphone away, you're constantly connected and you never have to be bored. There will always be some new app to tap through, a social media post to like, or a notification to read. But a new book is arguing that we lose key moments for creativity, reflection, and growth when we don't let our minds space out and wander away from technology.
Manoush Zomorodi, the host and managing editor of WNYC's Note to Self podcast, is arguing in her new book "Bored and Brilliant," that we need monotony to be great. She uses her own life as an example, noting that the last great idea she had to host a podcast came when she was bored and "pushing that damn stroller" in the early months of motherhood.
Talking to neuroscientists, Zomorodi learned that there's a scientific reason why her brain was most creative when she was bored. When we're bored and doing humdrum administrative tasks, our body goes into autopilot mode and that's where our brain's synapses start firing in new ways.
"I learned that in the default mode is when we connect disparate ideas, we solve some of our most nagging problems, and we do something called 'autobiographical planning.' This is when we look back at our lives, we take note of the big moments, we create a personal narrative, and then we set goals and we figure out what steps we need to take to reach them," she said in her TED talk on the topic.
But in a modern, connected workplace, idle time is seen as counterintuitive and multitasking hustling is prized. You can always be writing more emails, clicking open more tabs, and attending more meetings. But that line of thinking goes against science.
In her book, Zomorodi cites neuroscientists who have found that the more we switch our attention, the higher our stress levels go. Worse, the game of attention is rigged against us as our brains compete with engineers, whose success is measured by how much attention we spend on their devices.
"On one side is a human being who's just trying to get on with her prefrontal cortex, which is a million years old and in charge of regulating attention. That's up against a thousand engineers on the other side of the screen, whose daily job is to break that and keep you scrolling on the infinite feed," ex-Google designer Tristan Harris told Zomorodi in her book.
Boredom is where the best ideas are born
Zomorodi's findings are backed by other studies on the value of daydreaming and boredom. When University of Central Lancashire psychologists forced a group of participants to complete the mind-numbing task of copying numbers out of the phone book, those 15 minutes of monotony paid off in a later creative experiment. It was the bored group that figured out the most uses for a polystyrene cup, not the group that got to do the creative task right away.
"Boredom at work has always been seen as something to be eliminated, but perhaps we should be embracing it in order to enhance our creativity," the researchers concluded.
So if you want to get more creative, you need to embrace the mind-wandering opportunities boring tasks give you.
Get creative while you sleep
If you want to carry this practice into your sleep, try keeping a dream diary. One study found that people who kept dream diaries got more creative in the daytime, because remembering your weird, abstract subconscious helps you expand your definition of what's possible.
Proverbs warn against the dangers of idle minds, but what these new case studies show is that boredom is not always the sign of a lazy mind.
At their best, those moments of idle solitude can be the foundation for building new connections in your brain — and one of these connections could even be the start of a great new idea.
Originally published at www.theladders.com
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Time Well Spent// July 10, 2017
Why You Shouldn't Disappear Into Your Smartphone While Traveling
by Kim Anenberg Cavallo
Why being bored increases your well-being.
by Frank A Cusimano
Get Bored and Enjoy a Daydream …
by Patti Clark


What strikes me in hindsight is that some of the most important decisions we made were the choices of where and how to spend our money in particular with regards to accommodation. When we booked our hotels we considered how much time each day we anticipated staying there. There's no point staying on the most luxurious 5 star hotel if you're going to be out exploring all day is there? Of course it's lovely to come back to comfort and pazaz but frankly, after the amount of walking we do, by the end of the day I could sleep on a bed made of bricks.
So this trip, when we were in the cities we went low key with a bog-standard bed and a basic breakfast. When we were in Pho Quoc, with the intention of lounging all day everyday, we went all out 5 star, the biggest bed you've ever seen (seriously, they were wider than they were long) more breakfast options than you could get your head around and a pool and private beach to die for.
I was lying next to the pool the other day when it occurred to me that without really thinking about it, we spent our money in the right places. The relaxing part of our holiday was made extra special by the staffs impeccable attention to detail and the beautiful standard, and the other hotels didn't really matter because we were never in them. And it got me thinking - Is this not similar to everything in life? If you learn where and how to spend the money on quality and when it's not necessary you get to have a wonderful balance.
If you take a wardrobe of clothes for instance, I imagine there's very few people who buy ALL there clothes from one place. You shop around, something's are worth the compromise of quality and others aren't. From Primark to Harrods we all have different opinions of what is acceptable to pay for what items. The key seems to be understanding what is important to us as individuals. A unique and personal decisions to each of us - What budget basics we want, what 'special' clothes we desire and when we require quality.
Shoes are probably the best example as we all wear them. We all know what it's like to wear uncomfortable shoes (to squeeze your feet into to heels that make your toes bleed... But they match your outfit so well). For me, I'm more likely to buy cheaper stilettos from new look for one weddin - to suffer for that one day so that they match my outfit and then get really good Chelsea boots for day to day (literally day in, day out - I wear them to dinner, to tesco, to the fabric shop) so I want them to last and be comfortable where as I'm only a 'stilettos on occasions' kinda gal. Don't get me wrong I have some beautiful, quality, staple heels that are comfortable classics, ideal for a meeting or dinner, but when it comes to the finishing touches on a wedding outfit I'm looking for coordination over comfort!
But why is that? Well, as you may know I spend a lot of time processing each piece carefully by hand, after it's been knitted. This time consuming element required for each product is intricate and delicate work - a balancing act to find the perfect degree of bonding the fibres (to help with durability) whilst keeping its delicious softness. Its basically the finish and quality control of every item. It's a crucial part of each product, which increases the time spent on each one and therefore has a knock on effect on the price, however it really is the all important 'Q word'. A luxury item isn't just any item with an expensive price tag, it's something that is special, it's great quality and yes, it may seem a bit more extravagant and expensive compared to a BHS blanket but all these elements make it worth the extra money.
Learning when to splash the cash is a personal decision for each of us as individuals. I find it so brilliant that what's important to me may not be important to you - it's great because we are all different so we all value things differently it's what makes us unique. You need to figure out what's important to you, when do you require quality? When is it ok to go for the basics and when do you want something special? Personally I love buying beautiful items for our home. Special statement pieces - lamps, vases, blankets, bedding. It's those little luxuries that last and make an ordinary tho g special and that's what I love - it's no wonder I do what I do!
On that cosy note I will leave you! Thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings!


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Radio Stanvaste is een radio-omroep uit Rotterdam die oorspronkelijk in 1998 werd opgericht. Uitzendingen zijn via de kabel en gericht op migranten. Stanvaste is Sranantongo (Surinaams) voor volhoudend.

De zender werd oorspronkelijk op 27 augustus 1998 opgericht als Stichting Stanvaste Jongeren en Migranten Omroep Nederland. De stichting ging in 2004 failliet en Radio Stanvaste maakte hierna een doorstart.

In 2011 zou de zender een van de ketikotifestivals in de stad organiseren. De beveiliging zou echter niet op tijd geregeld zijn en daarnaast ontstond er in de week voor het festival ruzie over de financiën. Het festival werd daardoor afgelast waardoor er een grote schadepost ontstond. De stichting verhuisde vervolgens voor veel geld naar een ander pand en kwam in financiële problemen. Begin september 2013 sprak de rechter het faillissement uit.

In augustus 2013 maakten vrijwilligers een herstart onder de naam Stichting Jongeren en Migranten Omroep (st JMO), met uitzendingen via het internet. De formele oprichting vond op 1 september plaats. De programma's werden in een nieuwe setting op basis van de oude radioprogrammering geproduceerd. Het doel is onveranderd het informeren en activeren van migranten gebleven.

Nederlandse radiozender
Nederlands-Surinaamse betrekkingen

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General Hospital fans can finally see Rick Springfield stripped down — just not in the way you think. The singer and former Port Charles resident is launching his "Stripped Down" solo tour. Watch Springfield announce his the project after the jump and visit RickSpringfield.com for ticket information.
Rick Springfield - Stripped Down Tour from Rick Springfield on Vimeo.
Rick Springfield on Oprah Today!


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See & Do - Film: Atlanta Underground Film Festival August 20 2008
Wed., Aug. 20
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Atlanta Underground Film Festival 2008
By Cinque Hicks	Wednesday August 20, 2008 12:04 am EDT
Bad lip-synching! Toy spaceships on strings! Bras made out of seashells! Witness these and many other pilfered moments of high camp in Mike Davis' feature film Sex Galaxy at the ATLANTA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, beginning Wed., AUG., 20. Davis assembled Sex Galaxy from more than 40 public-domain film clips and calls his film a "100 percent recycled movie." Far from alone, Galaxy joins 18 other alternative features and dozens of genre-busting shorts for the five-day festival taking place in venues throughout Atlanta. Other feature films include Tokyo Cowboys, about foreign desperados in Japan, and What Are We Doing Here?, a bracing look at how aid to Africa has backfired. Animation gets a room of its own with the Animation Attack! program. Through Aug. 24. $6-$35. See website for dates, times and locations. auff.org.


In our Christian life we sing songs of worship, we may attend church, pay our tithes, read our Bibles, but do we really know what it means to adore God? He recently told me that He is calling the called higher and it requires greater intimacy with Him.
Let's look at what true adoration is and how we can respond to His call. This message was given in West Point, CA 12-16-2017. Just click on this link.


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Q: Difficulty using Put on a FloatBuffer I'm removing some native C code from an Android app which used a memcpy to copy an array of floats into a FloatBuffer (because an old device I had was very slow at this).
My current code looks like this:
mfVertexBuffer.position(0);
mfColourBuffer.position(0);
mfSizeBuffer.position(0);
mfVertexBuffer.put(fvertices, 0, nCount*2);
mfColourBuffer.put(fcolours, 0, nCount*4);
mfSizeBuffer.put(fsizes, 0, nCount);

I've looked at the state of mfVertexBuffer and it looks like it's behaving; .position gets incremented sensibly, and the contents of the underlying buffer seem sensible.  However, nothing is being rendered onscreen (by a later process).
I rewrote the above - changing nothing else in my app whatsoever - to the following:
int vs=0;
int vd=0;
int cs=0;
int cd=0;
int ss=0;
int sd=0;
for (int i = 0; i < nCount; i++) {
   mfVertexBuffer.put(vd++, fvertices[vs++]);
   mfVertexBuffer.put(vd++, fvertices[vs++]);
   mfColourBuffer.put(cd++, fcolours[cs++]);
   mfColourBuffer.put(cd++, fcolours[cs++]);
   mfColourBuffer.put(cd++, fcolours[cs++]);
   mfColourBuffer.put(cd++, fcolours[cs++]);
   mfSizeBuffer.put(sd++, fsizes[ss++]);
}

And it works perfectly.  I don't understand this at all. How do the two pieces of code differ?
The FloatBuffers are set up like this:
mfVertexBuffer = miscHelpers.getFloatBuffer(4 * NUMBER_OF_PARTICLES * 2);
mfColourBuffer = miscHelpers.getFloatBuffer(4 * NUMBER_OF_PARTICLES * 4);
mfSizeBuffer = miscHelpers.getFloatBuffer(4 * NUMBER_OF_PARTICLES);

public static FloatBuffer getFloatBuffer(int size) {
   FloatBuffer fbRet;
   ByteBuffer myBB = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(size);
   myBB.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
   fbRet = myBB.asFloatBuffer();
   return fbRet;
}

fvertices etc are simple arrays of floats, the values of which do not change.
count is the number of particles to plot this round.
NUMBER_OF_PARTICLES is a compile time limit on the maximum number of particles which can be created, and is always more than or equal to count, so the first (non-working) code is doing more work, but behaves the same if I set NUMBER_OF_PARTICLES to the same value as count.
I'm using OpenGL 1.1, Android API 17 on a Galaxy S3 running 4.2.2 (Cyanogenmod 10.1.3).

A: When you pass a buffer to an OpenGL function, it will start reading at the current position.
The first form of put() you are using, where you pass in the whole array at once, increases the position by the number of floats written. The second form with the put(int index, float f) signature does not update the position, according to the documentation.
When using the first variation, you need to reset the position to the start after filling the buffer. There are a few calls you can choose from to do this:
buffer.position(0);
buffer.rewind();
buffer.flip();

flip() is the one most people seem to use, but the other options will work as well in your use case.


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To keep the economy from a further growth slowdown, the Fed must inject more dollar liquidity into the global economy. Immediately.
The next Fed rate cut cannot wait until September. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell should call an emergency meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and cut rates in the next few days. Waiting another month will only prolong economic uncertainty. We need the Fed for once to be proactive.
All of the financial data of the last week — the strengthening of the dollar, the super-low 1.75 percent interest rate on 10-year Treasuries, the inversion of the yield curve, the drop in the 5-year TIPS spread to 1.3 percent, and the big fall in commodity prices (except gold) — are screaming out the same SOS message to the Fed: There is a dangerous and worsening global dollar shortage.
Our friends at The Wall Street Journal are calling the recent market sell-off the "Navarro Recession" — a deserved poke at the pro-tariff policies of White House Economic Adviser Peter Navarro. Donald Trump has embraced that strategy.
Yes, the escalation of the trade and tariff war is hurting growth and triggered this latest crisis. Alas, there is nothing the Fed can do about the trade stalemate. But what the Fed can reverse is the dollar liquidity crisis.
On this issue, President Trump has been consistently right over the past year. And Fed Chairman Powell has been tragically wrong, wrong, wrong.
The Fed's job is to supply the world with the dollars that the global markets are screaming for. (The Fed's tight money policy hasn't just hurt growth in the United States, but in much of the rest of the world as well because the dollar is the global currency.)
The Fed should cut the federal funds rate by 50 basis points. It should also cut the Fed's "Interest on Excess Reserves" (IOER) interest rate by a full percentage point, from 2.10 percent to 1.10 percent. The IOER is the equivalent of a one-day T-bill, and a cut of this magnitude is needed to make the yield curve positive. Lowering the IOER will jump start bank lending, as the bribe to lenders for sitting on money is reduced.
The Federal Open Market Committee should also announce that it will follow the advice of Judy Shelton, whom the president has advanced as a candidate for the Fed's Board of Governors, and that it will be phasing the IOER out completely. We recommend that they further reduce the IOER rate by 2 basis points per trading day until it is back to zero.
It's time for the Fed to finally admit that the IOER — paying banks to sit on money rather than allowing it to circulate — has always been a bad idea. The Fed's commencement of paying interest on bank reserves on Oct. 9, 2008, contributed to the financial crisis. And, with all due respect to the learned PhDs at the Fed, we don't need another one of those right now.
The case for this emergency rate cut is supported by the very data the Fed says it is driven by. When the Federal Open Market Committee began its meeting on July 30, the markets were telling them (via the TIPS spread) that they expected personal consumption expenditure inflation (PCE) over the next 5 years to average 1.28 percent (1.58 percent CPI inflation equates to 1.28 percent PCE inflation), far below the Fed's announced target of 2.00 percent, a target that the Fed has not been able to hit for more than a few months since they announced it 7.5 years ago.
Then, expected 5-year PCE inflation plunged to 1.09 percent on Aug. 5, showing that the Fed's timid rate cut left them dangerously "behind the curve."
Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury rate, plunged from an already-anemic 2.06 percent on July 30 to a frightening 1.73 percent on August 6. By way of comparison, in 1999, when real GDP growth was 4.75 percent, 10-year Treasury yields averaged 5.65 percent.
Most telling of all is the plunge in commodity prices, a good lead indicator of where overall prices are headed. During the summer of 2018, when real GDP growth hit 3.5 percent, the commodity price index (CRB) — a combined measure of price changes in commodities ranging from oil to wheat to timber — stood at 202. That index plunged to 168 on Aug. 7 – a 15 percent deflation.
This has pushed the U.S. economy into a danger zone, and it is a blaring alarm that the Fed must inject money immediately, and by a lot.
Interestingly enough, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down by 1,352 points (4.9 percent) on Aug. 7 from the all-time high it reached on July 15, the decline mainly paralleled the fall in commodity prices. Stabilizing the value of the dollar at an appropriate value would help prevent these wild stock market fluctuations.
The fear of a trade war and a global growth slowdown has caused a flight to safety by investors and that has meant a rush to buy gold and dollars. When the demand for dollars surges, but the supply remains constant, commodity prices and interest rates fall.
If the world wants more dollars, the Fed must supply them. When commodities rise back to the level where they were a year ago, the Fed can stop cutting rates. We are more than a little troubled by declarations by some Fed members that real growth in America of 2 percent is not possible without higher rates of inflation. This is "secular stagnation" nonsense.
We find it amazing that our businessman-president has more monetary street smarts than the combined wisdom of the several hundred economists at the Fed, many of whom boast Ivy League PhDs. Yes, the Fed should remain politically independent, but when the president is right, the Fed should listen to him.
• Stephen Moore, a columnist for The Washington Times, is an economic consultant with Freedom Works and served as a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump. Louis Woodhill is a venture capitalist based in Houston, Texas.
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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding his vote in favor of legislation to avert a national rail shutdown in addition to his vote to provide rail workers with seven days of paid sick leave:
"Shutting down our nation's railways would have drastic consequences for our communities – jeopardizing supply chains that stock our grocery store shelves, ensure clean drinking water for our residents, deliver gasoline to the pumps, and provide power to our cities and towns – in addition to wreaking havoc on the commutes of thousands of Marylanders. That's why today, I voted in favor of the bipartisan legislation to prevent such a shutdown.
"Let me be clear: our rail workforce is critical to keeping our country moving – what's at stake today highlights just that. It's outrageous that rail companies are refusing to provide their workers the sick leave they deserve – no one should be fired for taking time off when they're ill. Our country cannot take these workers for granted, and providing them – and all Americans – with paid sick leave is imperative. I voted in favor of the measure to extend paid sick leave for our railroad workers, and I was deeply disappointed that it did not pass. I will continue fighting to strengthen worker protections, provide guaranteed paid sick leave for all, and support the workers who drive our nation forward."
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They have very persistent marketing via phone calls and won't leave me alone. They continually call me and put me on hold before answering. I blocked their numbers so they began calling me from 'private number' to bypass my block. I've asked them to stop and they say they'll never stop calling me until i deposit because they say i'm "interested" (even though i say i'm clearly not).
Started playing along with them for a laugh now after around call number 20, why not? Turns out they are very snake-like. Tell me that i need to buy one bitcoin right now to make £2k a month. Classic junk marketing with lots of lies and they use high pressure tactics to attempt to get you to fill in a deposit on their website whilst on the phone with them.
I'll start recording their calls and publishing them on YouTube i think. I hope they are not taking in a lot of vulnerable people with this, but i suspect they are.
Great thread. Love the title.
You should publish the phone numbers they use so that a web search will bring victims here. When I get junk calls I tend to google the number and not the name.
Good trick for nuisance callers is to answer the phone then place next to your radio/TV until they exit their end...really confuses them as well as costly!
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Q: Getting Sheet name in office.js in office addins I am trying to get SheetName from office 365 addin built using VS.
following is the code.
var ctx = new Excel.RequestContext();
        workbook = ctx.workbook;
        var Sheet = workbook.worksheets.getActiveWorksheet();
        Sheet.load("name");
        var name;
        ctx.sync().then(function () {
            name = Sheet.name;
        });

but i am not able to hit inside the ctx.sync().then function.
please explain if i am missing some thing.
Also is it possible to load a excel file in existing workbook using for above example.
by loading a file i mean lets say i receive a excel file from a service which i need to show on the current workbook. like in excel client addin we can load a excel file in application

A: Here are a few recommendations:

*

*Use Excel.run instead of manually creating the request context. (Amongst other things, this will help with error handling.)

*Be sure that you're including error handling as well (without proper error handling logic, things may silently fail without any indication that something is failing).

*Be sure to include return before the context.sync() (i.e., return context.sync();).

Here's a code snippet that implements these recommendations, in the context of your scenario:
function getActiveWorksheet() {
    Excel.run(function (context) {
        var sheet = context.workbook.worksheets.getActiveWorksheet();
        sheet.load("name");
        return context.sync()
            .then(function () {
                console.log("The active worksheet is " + sheet.name);
            });
    })
        .catch(function (error) {
            console.log(error.debugInfo);
        });
}

Regarding your final question ("Also is it possible to load a excel file in existing workbook using for above example.") -- I'm not clear on what you're asking here. Can you please update your question with more information about what you're wanting to achieve?


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KT Irfan becomes first Indian from athletics to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
National record holder KT Irfan Sunday became the first Indian from athletics to qualify for the next year's Olympics while finishing fourth in the 20 km event of the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan.
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National record holder KT Irfan Sunday became the first Indian from athletics to qualify for the next year's Olympics while finishing fourth in the 20 km event of the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan.
The 29-year-old Irfan clocked 1 hour 20 minutes and 57 seconds to better the Tokyo Olympics qualification standard of 1 hour 21 minutes. The Olympics qualification period for race walk events and marathon race has begun from January 1 this year and will run till May 31, 2020. The Olympics qualification period for all other athletics events will start from May 1 this year and will run till June 29, 2020.
No other Indian from athletics has so far qualified for Tokyo Olympics. Irfan, who has a personal best as well as national record of 1:20:21 which he did during his 10th place finish in 2012 Olympics, also qualified for this year's World Championships (September 27-October 6) in Doha, Qatar as he bettered the qualifying mark of 1:22:30.
The Kerala race walker had won the 20 km event in the National Open Race Walk Championships in Chennai last month with a time of 1:26:18. He was one of the two Indian athletes who were expelled from the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games for not adhering to the 'no needle policy' of the Games. He was disqualified in the 20 km race walk event of the 2018 Asian Games after receiving his third warning for "loss of contact".
Japan's Toshikazu Yamanishi won the 20 km race walk event with an impressive time of 1:17:15 while Kazakhstan's Georgiy Sheiko and Korea's Byeongkwang Choe were second and third in 1:20:21 and 1:20:40 respectively.
The Asian and World record in men's 20 km race walk stands in the name of Japanese Yusuke Suzuki who clocked 1:16:36 in the 2015 edition of the same championships in Nomi.
Two other Indians, Devinder Singh and Ganapathi Krishnan also qualified for the World Championships as they clocked 1:21:22 and 1:22:12 respectively. They had finished second and fifth in the Chennai National Race Walk Championships with timings of 1:26:19 and 1:26:43.
In the women's 20 km race walk event, Soumya Baby finished fourth with a timing of 1:36:08, well outside Olympics qualifying standard of 1:31:00 and World Championships qualifying standard of 1:33:30.
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A traveling to the magical Switzerland is the dream of many travelers from all over the world. There is everything for the adventurer: majestic mountains, blue lakes, stunning castles.
The road from Geneva Airport to Vevey takes just over an hour by car, and at this hour you will enjoy the stunningly beautiful views of Lake Geneva, surrounded by the Alps, not believing your eyes after the gray routine. Also, thanks to a convenient transport interchange, the town can be reached by train in the daytime.
If you arrive in the evening, the Riviera will meet you with warm amazing sunset, and you will not be able to put aside the phone because it is simply impossible to do there. Every moment you think about taking your phone and shooting everything around you in order to capture the next moment forever. This beauty is so addictive that you constantly try to remember this moment with your eyes and not to miss a thing.
Every Saturday on the main square Vevey everybody is welcome to cheer up their measured life, participating in the fair as a seller or a buyer. Getting up early in the morning, charging all the necessary equipment and having a hearty breakfast, go to conquer the Swiss. The atmosphere of the city will set you on the right way of unusually calm Switzerland spirit.
Like the fairs, Swiss farms are something special. Here everything is based on trust to each other and respect for someone else's work. You may be surprised, but you will not find a single seller on the farm. You take the goods you need, weigh them and put the money in the box at the exit. And it works here. You trust them, they trust you. There is no cheating. The first-time coming tourists feel only sincere surprise (the first couple of days) from such honesty and sincerity at every turn.
It is important to draw attention to Lake Geneva. Every tourist who arrives there will notice this incredible water surface, separating the coasts of Switzerland and France when just looking out the window of the porthole. Even a person who doesn't like to swim will feel the desire to plunge into this blue water. But what is surprising, you will see not so many Swiss in the water, even on the hottest day. Local people consider it unhygienic to swim in the lake together with an incredible number of swans (which every self-respecting tourist must feed) and pets, escaping from the heat. Apparently, in connection with this, you will not find free equipped beaches, and on the coastal zone of the paid beach, there are swimming pools for children and adults.
For a note, the water in the lake is incredibly clean and pleasant, and in the pool water is too warm for hot summer weather, and is good only if you swim in it on a frosty winter day.
It is possible to talk for hours about the local weather. A warm summer day here can turn into a rainy evening. And this is an incredible sight. In the sky, violent colors wake up: the blue color is replaced by violet, pink and peach. And you understand that in the evening you will have a cup of tea and unforgettable views of the stormy lake. And next morning you wake up from the sunlight, coming through the window, and have a breakfast, go eagerly to explore the streets of the many villages in the district. After all, each house is simultaneously similar and different from each other.
You can spend many days, studying Switzerland on the internet, as well as explore the corners of its soul – the mountains, but it would be better for you to put it on his list of the nearest travels and enjoy these emotions on your own. Thanks to our friends from Yesdates.com for providing this article.


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The Catcher Was a Spy is a movie starring Paul Rudd, Pierfrancesco Favino, and Tom Wilkinson. A former major league baseball player, Moe Berg, goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.
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Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020 05:07
I've seen a lot of War movies over the years. But this one is my favorite. The acting is superb, the direction is brilliant. The story is very strong. You have to understand that this is a real war story, not just a war movie. I've read many war movies and I can tell that the director, the writer, the editor, and all the other actors have done their best. It's a shame that this movie has been bombed by the critics. I can't wait for the DVD.
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Thursday, 17 Dec 2020 07:54
I have seen this movie twice now and it still blows my mind. The main character is a little boy with a very strong bond with his cat and the cat is one of the most amazing animals I have ever seen. It is a true story and the movie is a must see. The casting is superb and the cast is wonderful. The story is so powerful and the whole movie is so real. It will make you feel that you are there in the trenches of World War II. It will make you think about your own war experiences and the reasons why people hate the war and the things they are fighting for. It will make you think about the character of Tommy Lee Jones and how he managed to get such a great role in this movie. The film will make you want to watch it again and again. It is a must see.
This is one of the most moving movies I've seen in a long time. It is well done, the actors are great and the plot is very well thought out. The movie is about a young German boy who is sent to the concentration camp of Auschwitz. He is a Jew and has a Jewish mother. He is the only Jew in the camp and is separated from his mother. He is forced to work for the Nazis. He is used for the men in the camp and is killed when the Nazis come to take him to the gas chamber. He is brought back to the camp by his Jewish mother and the movie is about how he is reunited with his mother. The movie is very well made. The movie is not about the Holocaust, it is about a boy who was separated from his mother and had to work in the camp for his own survival. The movie is very realistic and the acting is very good. The movie is a must see for all people who are concerned about the Holocaust.
Diana Fowler
This movie is one of my top 5. I have seen this movie many times and every time I watch it I can't help but feel a sense of pride. I watched this movie with my husband and he liked it very much as well. It is a true story. We have watched it over and over again and I don't think we have ever been so moved by a movie. We both felt so much for the characters and the way they were portrayed. I feel this movie was so powerful. The scenes in this movie were very emotional. I could feel the pain the characters were going through and I could feel how the world would be if the Nazis were to win. The acting was amazing. I never thought that Chris Cooper could be so great in this movie. I think he was so good in this movie that it was hard for me to believe he was so good in the movie "The Truman Show". This movie is so powerful and you will have to watch it many times to get the full effect. I am so glad I saw this movie and I hope you will too.
Ann W.
Tuesday, 10 Nov 2020 13:16
A great film. I found myself caring about the characters, and rooting for the team to win. The cinematography is incredible, and the soundtrack is so fitting. I really felt like I was in the movie, and that the movie was about the characters, not the war itself. It really makes you feel like you are there. I'm so glad this movie was made, and that it was nominated for Best Picture. It deserves it, and deserves to be seen by a larger audience. It is definitely a film that should be seen by anyone interested in World War II, or World War II history. I can't recommend this movie highly enough. It is a movie that I will watch again and again, and it is a film that I will recommend to my friends.
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Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020 05:28
I think this film is a true representation of the horrors of war. The cinematography is beautiful. The actors are so natural. I loved the way they portrayed the characters. I also loved the music. The score is haunting, and a must have for anyone who loves the great war movies. It is a perfect blend of classical and modern music. I think this is the best war movie I have ever seen. It is a very sad story, and is not for children, or those who are easily offended. I think everyone should see this movie. It is a must see.
I just saw this film and I have to say I found it to be a very good film. In the context of the story it is very moving and it is in fact a very very true story. There is a lot of history involved with this film, and I was surprised by how many details there are in this film, such as the amount of time it took for the planes to crash, the lives of the people that survived and the physical impact of the crash on the survivors. All of the details that I had noticed in the previous film were true to this film. The acting was good, and I would recommend this film to anyone who liked the previous film.
Wednesday, 23 Sep 2020 06:09
I am an avowed pacifist. As a result, I have difficulty watching war films. That is why I am more than familiar with the acting abilities of Julianne Moore and Robert Redford. However, I cannot say that either of these men have impressed me in their acting ability in this film. The reason is simple. The portrayal of Churchill and the Soviets as being both intelligent and calculating - not only did they not act like that but they were also unable to do so. A more intelligent and calculating Stalin could not have behaved as Churchill and Redford portray him. While the acting was not outstanding, I found the plot of this film to be too thin. This is a film that focuses on the personalities of the characters and not their actions. It is not an outstanding war film, but a good one.
This is an excellent film about the events surrounding the deaths of 6 Americans in the Korean War. I believe it is the first film I've ever seen that portrays the Japanese in such a way that the viewer has to question their own perceptions of the Japanese and the way they treated their enemies. It is also the first film I've seen that shows the U.S. Government's culpability in the deaths of American soldiers. If you have never seen it, do so.
A friend and I are British, so I can relate to this movie, as I've heard people say it's "exactly like the way I saw the war", as the movie makes the viewer feel like he/she is actually there. The best scenes are when the protagonist tells his "cousin" that he's a "spy" and he looks at him and says "I thought you were a Nazi!" It's a very good movie, and if you like war movies, you should see this.
Saturday, 22 Aug 2020 10:57
This is the best movie I have seen all year. I really do not understand how people can hate this movie. It's a great movie and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves movies. It's so good, I would recommend it to anybody. But I also recommend it to anybody who is looking for a great movie to watch. The movie is based on a true story of a young American named Michael Ruppert, who was sent to fight in WW II. In 1943, he came back to his home town of Philadelphia and made a friend named Roy Scheider, who became his idol. When he came home, he was trying to become an artist and become a real artist, but his fame and money was not enough to sustain him. So he tried to work in a store that was owned by Roy Scheider. But he failed at that, and when he got sick, he just stopped doing anything, so his wife said that he was dead. But he was actually alive and was now a man who had just been on the beach and eating his last meal. He was a legend in his town, and he would have been the greatest American hero, but it was not to be. He died a year later, but his story still lives on. This is a very emotional movie, and it does a great job showing the power of hope. I think that this movie is a must see. It's a great movie, and I give it an 8/10.
Aaron H.
Sunday, 09 Aug 2020 11:58
Director Fred Schoenherr's Catcher was a well-deserved Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film and a possible Best Director for Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson, who also directed the last great work by Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life), will forever be associated with films like this one. The atmosphere of the film is very realistic and the characters are very likable. The performances are great by the whole cast, particularly Tom Hanks and Jude Law. In addition, Hanks is especially well cast as the troubled, highly moral young man. The supporting cast is also great. On the whole, a great film, and I urge everyone to see it.
Wednesday, 05 Aug 2020 07:34
The Catcher Was a Spy, is a British film about a young boy who had to fight against the Nazis during WWII. The boy, Tommy Robinson, has a history of being a prisoner of war. He was captured at the age of 8 and spent the rest of his life in prison. In a film made in 1976, he tries to find out the story of his life. In the film, Tommy finds that the boy's father was a Nazi who was never brought to trial for war crimes. Tommy also finds that he is not the only son of a Nazi to have fought for his country. In the end, Tommy does not want to become a criminal. The film was directed by Michael Apted and produced by Sidney Scott and Stanley Kubrick. It is a good movie. The acting is great. The film is very well done. The cast was great. Also, the film is based on a true story. The film is a little confusing. It is a little slow. However, it is a great movie.
Janice Bryant
Monday, 03 Aug 2020 05:14
Paul Greengrass is a director who has made some very interesting films in the past, but this film really impressed me. The story, which is told in flashback, takes place in the late 1940's and early 1950's, and focuses on the life of one man and the struggles he faced in being a journalist. The film is extremely well-made, especially the film's cinematography. The film is full of amazing shots, especially during the early scenes, but the way it was shot made the film seem so much more realistic. The movie also has a strong emotional component, and the movie is very well-done. The acting in this film was very well done, and the acting from Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks, and others was great. The film's tone was also very interesting, and the film gave a lot of insight into the differences between the times of the 1940's and the 1950's. Overall, I think this is a very good film, but it's not for everyone.
Joseph R.
One of the best films I have ever seen, simply because of the detail. The realism is unmatched. A tale about war and its consequences, its horrors, its beauty, and the silent suffering of soldiers. This film has one of the greatest casts ever. The cast is absolutely amazing. Christopher Plummer, Jeremy Northam, Ben Kingsley, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Harris, Ian Hart, and Martin Landau are all excellent in their roles. The music is amazing, the cinematography is perfect, and the story is an all around masterpiece. I give this film an 8/10. It's a perfect film, and it should be seen.
Daniel G.
I've never seen the original version, so I can't compare the two. However, I will say that this movie is a very good representation of the truth. The fact that the film is about a man who knew his whole life he was a spy and that he used that knowledge to serve his country is interesting and makes the movie very interesting. The fact that the movie does not give a definitive answer as to whether he was a spy or not is also interesting. All in all, I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone who likes movies that deal with a spy's life. If you like this movie, you might also like one of my other movies, "The Fugitive", which is about a man who was falsely accused of a crime and was never found. I would also like to add that this movie was really good, it was interesting and it had a good story line.
Julia B.
This movie is not as violent as I thought it would be. I was a little bit disappointed that the story line didn't follow the book's story line. But I thought the acting was fantastic, the characters were very well developed and believable. I can't wait to see this movie again, I think it's a great story, and the casting is perfect. If you haven't seen it, please go rent it. It's a great movie.
William C.
In terms of accuracy, I think it is the best war movie ever made. I'm not sure about some of the stuff you get in the book (such as that the Russians really did shoot down a US plane and the Germans were simply fooled by it) but I do think that the film has some great character study and I do think it is a great film for people who want to know more about the war. I like it a lot, and recommend it to all. As a bit of historical trivia, the actual story of the shooting down of the plane, while not completely accurate, was the real reason for the movie's title. The writer and director didn't want the movie to be "another War Movies" so they used that title. I don't think they'd want to name it "American war movie". It's definitely not like any of the other war movies. It's more of a Hollywood movie that is about WWII. It's a little "Lincoln" like and not so good. But the movie is well worth seeing and is still very good. The acting is great and the dialogue is quite good. I think it's a really good film.
Olivia Bishop
I first saw this film when I was 8 years old and I still love it. This film is a true classic. The cinematography is so detailed and the music is so romantic. It was truly inspirational to me when I was watching it. The whole film is one long dance scene that lasts almost a minute. It was so fun to watch and you can really feel the emotion in this film. I've seen this film a few times and I'm still mesmerized by the music. I don't want to say anything about the movie but I just want to tell people that this is one of the best movies I've ever seen. I hope people who have not seen this movie can give it a chance because I guarantee you'll love it.
When I saw this film I was impressed by the fine acting, particularly from Dennis Quaid, and the direction. I thought the story was a little thin but the presentation was also very good. The soundtrack and sound effects were excellent, the location in the West is spectacular, and the acting was very well done. I would have liked to have seen more of the East, but I guess it was meant to be a war film.
There are many other examples of movies that have been deemed more than just "art" and "film" by critics and audiences alike. It's a nice movie, and it deserves to be seen, but it is not a masterpiece. The writing and directing were not quite up to par, and some of the performances were not up to par, but this movie is an impressive achievement. It's very entertaining, and if you don't watch it expecting to be totally swept away, you might have a good time watching it.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit Arizona District Court Hart et al v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Filing 33
Hart et al v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ORDER adopting 30 Report and Recommendations; denying 14 plas' Motion for Summary Judgment; granting 24 dft's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment; claims against dft dismissed w/ prejudice; Clk Crt to enter jgm and close file. Signed by Judge Cindy K Jorgenson on 12/16/09.(KMF, )
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Report and Recommendation On August 12, 2008, Plaintiffs submitted a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Defendant's response to the request was delayed because the agent assigned to Plaintiffs' FOIA request was out of the office for personal health issues and the care of a dependent IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) ) HEATH AND HUMAN SERVICES ) ) Defendant. ) SALLY HART and CENTER FOR MEDICARE ADVOCACY, INC., No. CR 09-076-TUC-CKJ ORDER On July 31, 2009, Magistrate Judge Jennifer C. Guerin issued a Report and Recommendation [Doc. # 30] in which she recommended denying Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. # 14], granting Defendant's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. # 24], and dismissing with prejudice the claims alleged against Defendant. The magistrate judge advised the parties that they had ten days to serve and file any written objections to the Report and Recommendation. Plaintiffs filed an objection and requested oral argument. The Defendant filed a response. The Court declines to schedule this matter for oral argument and adopts the recommendation of the magistrate judge. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 family member. Defendant was unable to reassign the request to another staff member due to the limited number of FOIA personnel in the office. On October 30, 2008, Plaintiffs wrote to CMS, appealing the Defendant's failure to acknowledge the FOIA claim. CMS wrote to Plaintiffs to acknowledge the receipt of the FOIA request on February 17, 2009. Prior to receiving Defendant's acknowledgment of the FOIA request, Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit on February 6, 2009. Plaintiffs' notice of the lawsuit arrived at Defendant's office in Washington, D.C. on February 17, 2009, and CMS received actual notice on February 18, 2009 at its office in Baltimore, M.D. Defendant has provided all the documents requested. The magistrate judge found that Plaintiffs' claims were moot because the Defendant has already provided the documents requested under the FOIA. The magistrate judge further found that Plaintiffs were not entitled to attorney fees because (1) Plaintiffs had not obtained a judicial order granting relief and (2) Defendant did not voluntarily change its position as a result of Plaintiffs' complaint. Objections to the Report and Recommendation Plaintiffs objected to the Report and Recommendation and assert that Plaintiffs' action is not moot because there is plausible evidence that Defendant has a pattern and practice of failing to respond timely to FOIA requests and that Plaintiffs meet the statutory test for an award of attorney fees. Discussion 1. Plaintiffs' action is moot because the agency has discharged its duty under the FOIA. The FOIA requires a response within 20 days of a request. 5 U.S.C. � 552(a)(6)(A)(i). It is undisputed that Defendant failed to respond to Plaintiffs' request within 20 days. However, an action to compel the production of documents under the FOIA is mooted, and appropriately dismissed, when the agency in control of the requested documents delivers them to the plaintiff. See Beech v. C.I.R., 190 F.Supp.2d 1183 (D. Ariz. 2001), aff'd -2- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 in Beech v. C.I.R., 37 Fed.Appx. 324 (9th Cir. 2002). It is undisputed that Defendant has provided Plaintiffs with all the requested documents under the FOIA. The magistrate judge found that because Defendant has discharged its duty under the FOIA, Plaintiffs' action is moot. Plaintiffs, however, claim that their action is not moot because there is plausible evidence that Defendant has a pattern and practice of failing to respond timely to FOIA requests. The magistrate judge agreed that an agency's pattern and practice may be held to violate the FOIA when it fails to exercise "due diligence" under � 552(a)(6)(C). Mayock v. Nelson, 938 F.2d 1006, 1007 (9th Cir. 1991). Plaintiffs, however, have not presented sufficient evidence of a pattern of delayed responses. CMS receives more requests than any other component of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). CMS received 37,587 new FOIA requests in fiscal year 2007 and processed 36,822. CMS then received 43,792 new requests in fiscal year 2008 (the year of Plaintiffs' FOIA request) and processed 41,260 requests. Additionally, CMS uses a "firstin, first-out" approach to handle FOIA requests. The Court agrees with the magistrate judge that Defendant's "first in, first out" practice does not amount to a factual showing that Defendant continually violates the FOIA requirements. Further, as stated by the magistrate judge, "a `first-in, first-out' approach to handling FOIA requests was approved by the Ninth Circuit in Exner v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 542 F.2d 1121, 1123 (9th Cir. 1976)." Report and Recommendation, p. 8, n. 4. The Court also considers the facts set forth in Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. v. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 577 F.Supp.2d 221, 242 (D.D.C. 2008), and the data submitted by the parties (e.g., 2006 improvement plan; HHS Fiscal Year 2008 Freedom of Information Annual Report). Although Plaintiffs argue that the data shows that the backlog has increased, the data also establishes that number of FOIA requests has also increased. Most significantly, the data also indicates that CMS increased the number of responses processed. The Court agrees with the magistrate judge that a pattern and practice -3- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 of delayed responses warranting a determination of a FOIA violation has not been established. This circuit has recognized that due diligence under the FOIA may require an agency with a "first-in, first-out" practice to give priority to requesters with an exceptional need. Mayock, 938 at 1008. In Mayock v. Nelson, the Ninth Circuit remanded the case to the district court to determine whether the Plaintiff had shown an exceptional need. Id. There, the plaintiff was an immigration attorney whose clients were often deported before he received FOIA documents necessary for immigration proceedings. Id. at 1007. Plaintiffs in this case have not asserted that they are entitled to priority in Defendant's "first-in, first-out" system due to some exceptional need, such as the imminent harm faced by deportees in Mayock. Because Plaintiffs do not claim or show an exceptional need, Defendant has not violated the FOIA's due diligence standard by failing to afford Plaintiffs priority in the "firstin, first-out" system. 2. Plaintiffs are not eligible for attorney fees because there is insufficient evidence to support a claim that Defendant materially changed its position as a result of pending litigation. In order to obtain an award of attorney fees under the FOIA, the plaintiff must demonstrate both eligibility and entitlement to the award. Long v. I.R.S., 932 F.2d 1309, 1313 (9th Cir. 1991). Because this Court finds that Plaintiffs are not eligible for an award of attorney fees, it need not address the issue of entitlement. Plaintiffs are eligible for attorney fees when they substantially prevail by obtaining relief through either (1) a judicial order, enforceable written agreement, or consent decree; or (2) "a voluntary or unilateral change in position by the agency." 5 U.S.C. � 552 (a)(4)(E). As Plaintiffs have not received a judicial order, enforceable written agreement, or consent decree, they are only entitled to attorney fees if the agency made a voluntary or unilateral change in its position as a result of pending litigation. Plaintiffs claim that, because the DHHS received notice of the suit before it acknowledged Plaintiff's FOIA request, the -4- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 voluntary or unilateral change in position requirement is met. Plaintiffs object to the findings in the Report and Recommendation because it would create a high burden of proving a defendant's actual motive for supplying documents. This Court finds these arguments unpersuasive and adopts the holding in the Report and Recommendation. The OPEN Government Act of 2007 made several amendments to the Freedom of Information Act. One of these changes made plaintiffs eligible for attorney fees if the agency makes a voluntary or unilateral change in position. 5 U.S.C. � 552 (a)(4)(E). Prior to the passage of this amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected this "catalyst theory" in Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources, 532 U.S. 598, 605 (2001).1 Under the holding in Buckhannon, parties substantially prevailed only if they received a favorable judgment on the merits or a courtordered consent decree. Id. at 604. As long as agencies changed position before a court order was entered, they were not required to pay attorney fees. Prior to Buckhannon, this circuit addressed the catalyst theory in Church of Scientology of Cal. v. U.S. Postal Service, 700 F.2d 486, 489 (9th Cir. 1982). Because the OPEN Government Act of 2007 revived the catalyst theory, the analysis in Church of Scientology is instructive in the present case. There, the Church of Scientology of California (the Church) filed a FOIA request with the United States Postal Service (USPS) for information relating to the activities and operations of the Church and its founder. Id. at 488. The USPS produced certain documents but denied others, claiming they were exempt from disclosure. Id. The Church filed suit to compel disclosure of the withheld documents and, One of the reasons for passing the OPEN Government Act of 2007 was to allow a plaintiff to be eligible for attorney fees when "he or she files a lawsuit to obtain records from the Government and the Government releases those records before the court orders them to do so." 153 Cong. Rec. S15704, 2007 WL 4364208, December 14, 2007. Thus, a plaintiff may now be eligible for attorney fees upon a showing that the lawsuit was reasonably necessary and that the litigation substantially caused the release of the requested records. Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Bureau of Land Mgmt., 562 F.Supp.2d 159, 172 (D.D.C. 2008). This is what is known as the "catalyst theory." -51 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 after several appeals, the district court held that the undisclosed material was properly withheld. Id. at 489. The district court also denied the Church's request for attorney fees. Id. In holding that the case should be remanded to the district court, the Ninth Circuit reasoned that there was a factual dispute as to whether the documents had been released as a result of the litigation. Id. at 490. It is the district court's responsibility to determine whether "a causal nexus exists between the action and the surrender of information." Id. at 489. A plaintiff may be eligible for an award of attorney fees upon a showing "that: (1) the filing of the action could reasonably have been regarded as necessary to obtain the information; and (2) the filing of the action had a substantial causative effect on the delivery of the information." Id. A suit may be considered reasonably necessary where the plaintiff has a compelling need to bring the lawsuit. Id. at 490. In Exner v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had failed to turn over information about the plaintiff's relationship with organized crime figures. 443 F.Supp. 1349, 1353 (S.D. Cal. 1978). The district court found that this information, which was leaked, exposed the plaintiff to serious danger, and that the lawsuit was necessary to obtain the information as quickly as possible. Id. Also, the court found that the action had a substantial causative effect on the release of the requested documents because the suit resulted in the immediate production of the documents. Id. Conversely, the Eight Circuit upheld a denial of attorney fees in Gitner v. I.R.S. because the lawsuit was not reasonably necessary to the production of documents, nor did it have a substantial causative effect on their release. 648 F.2d 469, 471 (8th Cir. 1981); see also Church of Scientology, 700 F.2d at 491. There, the IRS was unable to locate requested information and was in the process of conducting a special search when the plaintiff filed suit. Id. The IRS found and released some of the documents after the plaintiff filed suit, but the court held that this alone was not enough to infer that the suit had a substantial causative effect on the production of the requested material. Id. A lawsuit does not have a substantial -6- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 causative effect on the production of material when "an unavoidable delay accompanied by due diligence in the administrative processes, rather than the threat of an adverse court order, was the actual reason for the agency's failure to respond to a request." Church of Scientology, 700 F.2d at 491 (citing Cox v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 601 F.2d 1, 6 (D.C. Cir. 1979)). The present case is more like Gitner than Exner. Here, the FOIA office filed an untimely response to Plaintiffs' request due to an administrative delay rather than in response to pending litigation. Due to personal health care issues and the need to care for a dependent family member, the FOIA specialist assigned to Plaintiffs' request was out of the office for the latter part of 2008. This caused an unavoidable administrative delay. Additionally, Defendant sent a response to Plaintiffs' request on February 17, 2009, one day before the office received actual notice of this lawsuit. While Defendant was served with notice in its Washington, D.C. office on February 17, it is undisputed that the FOIA office responsible for the claim did not have notice of the suit before sending the response.2 Because the response was sent before the office had actual notice of the lawsuit, this action cannot be considered to have had a substantial causative effect on the production of material. The delay in the response to Plaintiffs' claim was the result of an administrative delay and Plaintiffs have failed to show that their lawsuit had a substantial causative effect on the production of the material. The CMS FOIA Group in the Baltimore Central Office did not become aware of the lawsuit until February 18, 2009. See Defendant's Separate Statement of Facts, Ex. 1 � 6. Further, the office did not know of the litigation when the request was referred for searches on February 17, 2009. Id. Additionally, Plaintiffs claim that Defendant was served with notice in Arizona eight days before the response was sent. However, summons and complaints against Defendant are required to be sent to the General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201. 45 C.F.R. � 4.1. Service did not arrive at this location under February 17, 2009. -7- 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The Report and Recommendation [Doc. # 30] is ADOPTED. Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. # 14] is DENIED. Defendant's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. # 24] is GRANTED. The claims against Defendant are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment and shall then close its file in this matter. 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10+ Portuguese Cheeses you have to try before you die
Portugal makes any cheese lover's dreams come true. One can find amazing portuguese cheeses throughout the country – from north to south, and let's not forget the islands. So today we've decided to share 10+ portuguese cheeses that you have to try before you die. We invite you to take one of our Porto Food Tours if you want to sample some of these items from one of the best Queijarias (cheese shops) in town.
Everything is fine when you have cheese and wine
Just like wine, every region in Portugal has its own cheese. And just as portuguese wines have protected designation of origin labels, so do portuguese cheeses. In fact, we had a look and there are 10+ portuguese cheeses with PDO designations (PDO stands for Protected Designation of Origin). This label ensures that these slow-food products are produced within the demarcated area and according to old artisanal prescriptions. Stick around, we'll tell you more about our favorite portuguese cheeses.
Famous portuguese cheeses
What is a good portuguese cheese? How many different cheeses are there? Are there any vegetarian cheeses in portuguese gastronomy? We put together a list of 10+ national cheeses, including the portuguese cheese names and tips on how to eat them. Authenticity: guaranteed!
1. Serra da Estrela cheese
Serra da Estrela cheese is one of Portugal's oldest and most traditional products. It is produced in the mountains that are located in the beautiful region of Serra da Estrela. The milk used comes from sheep, but not any sheep – they must be raised in that region in order for the Serra da Estrela cheese to receive the PDO classification. Let's (literally) dig in!
Portuguese cheese name: Queijo Serra da Estrela;
Cheese type: Sheep's milk cheese (creamy, buttery and very smelly);
Region: Serra da Estrela, in the central region of Portugal;
How to eat Serra da Estrela cheese: It depends on who you ask. In the north of the country, people make a hole in the top of the shell and take some of it with a spoon. It is a spreadable cheese. Serra da Estrela locals simply slice it and eat it (rind and all);
Vegetarian: Yes;
Curiosities: In 2014, the Serra da Estrela cheese was added to the Ark of Taste, a living catalog of delicious and distinctive foods facing extinction. This catalog is maintained by the global Slow Food movement.
2. Azeitão cheese
Azeitão cheese is also on the list of portuguese creamy cheeses, produced from pure raw sheep's milk in Azeitão, a village less than one hour from Lisbon.
Photo: www.visitlisboa.com
Portuguese cheese name: Queijo de Azeitão;
Cheese type: Sheep's milk cheese (creamy as Serra da Estrela cheese, but milder in flavor);
Region: Azeitão, located in the south-west of Portugal;
How to eat Azeitão cheese: Make a hole in the top of the shell, grab a spoon and enjoy. Goes hand-in-hand with toast;
Curiosities: Azeitão cheese is a good option for vegetarians because it uses thistle flower instead of rennet.
3. Transmontano Goat Cheese
Transmontano Goat cheese comes from the northern region of the country (Trás-os-Montes) – hence the name. It is a hard white cheese made from goat milk and it's so delicious that we're drooling already.
Portuguese cheese name: Queijo de Cabra Transmontano;
Cheese type: Goat's milk cheese (hard with a light peppery touch);
Region: Northeastern corner of the country;
How to eat Transmontano Goat Cheese: Cut it into thin slices; it goes very well with berry jam;
Vegetarian: No;
Curiosities: The longer it ages, the spicier it gets.
4. Évora Cheese
Merino is a type of sheep breed that graze freely in the pastures of the Évora region. Its milk originates the amazing Évore cheese. It comes as no surprise: happy sheep offer, in turn, amazing cheeses. It's often used to flavor a salad, because of its high salt content.
Photo: www.visitalentejo.pt
Portuguese cheese name: Queijo de Évora;
Cheese type: Sheep's milk cheese (semi-hard cheese, slightly sour and salty);
Region: Southern Portuguese region of Alentejo;
How to eat Évora cheese: It's a staple in the couvert served in restaurants in the area, as a little amuse bouche alongside some tangy olives and typical sourdough bread;
Curiosities: You can eat the whole cheese, including the rind.
5. Nisa cheese
Nisa cheese is made in the northern part of the Alentejo region. It's a semi-hard cheese made from raw sheep's milk, often used in the preparation of quiches.
Portuguese cheese name: Queijo de Nisa;
Cheese type: Sheep's milk cheese (semi-hard cheese wih a sweet taste and a slight hint of walnuts);
Region: Alentejo;
How to eat Nisa cheese: We are no doctors but we know that adding this cheese to anything makes it an anti-depressant;
Vegetarian: Yes (it uses thistle flower instead of rennet);
Curiosities: Back in 2008, the Wine Spectator magazine listed Nisa cheese as one of the 100 best cheeses in the world.
6. S. Jorge cheese
It's the Portuguese Parmeggiano. Also known as Island cheese (Queijo da Ilha), S. Jorge cheese comes from the beautiful island of São Jorge in the Azores – hence the name. This portuguese cheese is made (exclusively) of unpasteurized cow's milk.
Photo: www.visitazores.com
Portuguese cheese name: Queijo S. Jorge;
Cheese type: Cow's milk cheese (semi-hard and slightly spicy);
Region: Azores islands;
How to eat S. Jorge cheese: Best flavor enhancer! We love to shred it over pasta;
Curiosities: S. Jorge cheese production began around 500 years ago (in the factory above).
7. Pico cheese
Round, flat, with a very intense aroma, Pico cheese has been produced exclusively on the island of Pico in the portuguese Azores. Pico cheese is made of cow's milk with the addition of goat's milk.
Portuguese cheese name: Queijo do Pico;
Cheese type: A blend of cow and goat's milk cheese (salty, with a strong smell, but softer than São Jorge cheese);
How to eat Pico cheese: As starter or for dessert, you can't go wrong with Pico cheese;
Curiosities: This recipe has passed down from generation to generation since the end of the 18th century.
8. Serpa cheese
Another award-winning cheese from Alentejo. Serpa cheese is produced in the district of Beja, in eastern Portugal. Serpa cheesemakers brush the rind of Serpa cheese with olive oil and paprika which gives it a spicy flavor.
Portuguese cheese name: Queijo Serpa;
Cheese type: Sheep's milk cheese (smelly, with a hint of Portuguese paprika);
How to eat Serpa cheese: Serve it with some Alentejo bread;
Curiosities: This cheese can range from creamy (amanteigado) to hard (duro) depending on the age.
9. Rabaçal cheese
Rabaçal combines sheep and goat's milk (two-thirds sheep milk to one third goat milk). The original recipe comes from a small village located near Coimbra.
Photo: www.centerofportugal.com
Portuguese cheese name: Queijo Rabaçal;
Cheese type: A blend of goat and sheep's milk cheese (semi-hard texture and a smooth flavour);
Region: Rabaçal, center of Portugal;
How to eat Rabaçal cheese: drizzled with some honey;
Curiosities: The texture can vary from semi-hard to hard, depending on the curation process.
10. Terrincho cheese
If mild is how you like it, then you have to try Terrincho Cheese. This semi-hard cheese uses milk of Churra da Terra Quente breed of sheep, which graze on the grasslands of Terra Quente in the municipalities of Bragança.
Portuguese cheese name: Queijo Terrincho;
Cheese type: Sheep's milk cheese (mild flavor and creamy consistency);
How to eat Terrincho cheese: Delicious whether eaten alone or paired;
Curiosities: For a more intense flavour, look for Terrincho Velho.
11. Tolosa cheese
Everyone should have a block of Tolosa cheese somewhere in the fridge. It's a mature cheese that combines milk from goat and sheep in the proportions of 20 to 80%, 40 to 60%, and 60 to 40%. That's why is called "mestiço". The flavor is reasonably strong, clean, and spicy. The aroma is pleasant and very distinctive.
Portuguese cheese name: Queijo mestiço de Tolosa;
Cheese type: A blend of goat and sheep's milk cheese (strong and spicy);
How to eat Tolosa cheese: Cut it in slices and enjoy;
Curiosities: This cheese-making process began between 1901 and 1905.
Where can I buy portuguese cheeses
Many Portuguese cheeses are not pasteurized and, for this reason, are hardly found outside of Portugal. That's why cheese lovers should add Porto and Portugal to their must-visit destinations list. However, you can test your luck at one of these Portuguese food markets around the world.
PS: Here are a few portuguese words that will come in handy when picking the portuguese cheese that suits you best.
Cheese – Queijo
Sheep – Ovelha
Goat – Cabra
Cow – Vaca
Fresh – Fresco
Cured/Aged – Curado
Smooth flavor – Sabor Suave
Strong flavor – Sabor Forte
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