I'll just start with sharing that this recipe is adapted from this Vegetarian Times Almond Feta and basically has the same ingredients. I had made the Almond Feta recipe once and it was just too time consuming. I had to go to different stores to find cheesecloth, then I had soak almonds for a day?? Come one. Do the blending and then drain for hours which I had trouble getting the cheesecloth layered and tied right. And THEN I had to bake it. No no no, not for this girl. I discovered I could get just as good of flavors but slightly different texture by skipping a lot of that nonsense. This is more of a spread, a delicious one. The big difference is by not draining it there is still more water in it, so I bake it at bit higher temperature and find that more of the water evaporates and leaves you with a nice dip or spread.And would make a good base for adding in other flavors so stayed tuned…I expect more versions of this.
Oh and I made this with Trader Joe's ingredients too!
Add almonds to a dish or container with 1 cup hot water and let soak 2-4 hours (if you don't have a high powered blender like a Vita Mix, then soak for 8 hours.
Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. Transfer almonds and water to blender with everything except the parsley – you don't want it to be green unless it's St. Patty's Day ;). Puree until smooth. Adding a little extra water if needed.
Transfer to a bowl and stir in parsley (you can reserve some for a garnish). Transfer to a lightly oiled small baking dish.
Baked for 30-40 minutes. Drizzle with olive and serve. I think this is best served warm right out of the oven.


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Transgender Health Care in the Current Climate: A Q&A with Robbie Goldstein, MD, PhD
Article Published on June 19, 2020
The Massachusetts General Hospital Transgender Health Program seeks to provide gender-affirming care across the hospital
Recent policy changes, the COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustice have all caused roadblocks for transgender patients receiving the support and care they need
Gender-affirming care is the best tool health care providers have in reducing the risk of suicide, violence and trauma for the transgender community
On Friday, June 12, 2020, the U.S. Department of Human Health Services finalized a rule on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, allowing providers to refuse care to patients who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, non-binary or queer, effectively removing nondiscrimination protections for patients in the LGBTQ community. Three days later, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling to expand employment discrimination protections for LGBTQ employees. The new policy and ruling also come amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests continuing around the country.
In this Q&A, Robbie Goldstein, MD, PhD, medical director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Transgender Health Program, discusses what all of this means for the LGBTQ community in Massachusetts and beyond, and how providers can create affirming spaces for transgender and nonbinary patients.
Q: How does this new policy change affect transgender health care?
Goldstein: I want to be both optimistic and realistic. Massachusetts has amazing laws on the books that protect people based on gender identity and sexual orientation in health care. And we have some of the best health care regulations. So, people living in Massachusetts and who have Massachusetts-based insurance should not see any change in their coverage or care independent of what happens with the ruling.
But, the realistic part is that many people we see at Mass General have insurance that is provided through different states, either because their employer is from a different state or they themselves live in a different state, and they're coming to Mass General for their care. It is for those individuals that we are most concerned. Someone who maybe gets their insurance through their employer in Oklahoma may have a harder time obtaining coverage for the gender-affirming care that we might provide.
It becomes our responsibility to advocate and fight for those people who may not be able to get care. That's where both local and national advocacy are going to be important. There's an argument to be made that we should be enacting a two-prong strategy of building up the laws in each state to protect folks no matter where they live, and then also trying to bring down the federal regulations that are denying care.
Q: How was transgender health care already being impacted by COVID-19
Goldstein: COVID-19 has been really challenging, especially for transgender folks. It has played out in many ways. Trans folks are no longer able to go to support groups and get out of the house to places where they feel affirmed. Some are struggling to get the medications that they were taking because they need injections in a health care setting, which we can't do because of the new restrictions. Many people have been on the road to surgery and those surgeries have been delayed or halted, and nothing's been rescheduled yet. There have been many roadblocks for trans and binary folks during the process of COVID, which made the isolation harder.
And then during this past month, this national awakening to the racial injustice and the need to change our system hit trans folks incredibly hard. Trans women of color experience violence at a higher rate than any other group in our country. There is no other group that experiences gun violence, police brutality and all of the things that we're talking about in this national Black Lives Matter conversation. As the country has begun to talk about racial injustice, the trans community has come out to say: "We are here. We are part of this conversation, and we are not just black women. We are not just trans women. We are a group that has all of this intersectionality and it is important for us to be there and to be a part of the conversation."
Q: What sorts of measures is Mass General taking to ensure the transgender community is getting access to the support they need?
Goldstein: The Transgender Health Program has always tried to meet patients where they are and affirm them for who they are. We very quickly turned to virtual visits and figured out ways that we could get people in for injections. And we've done everything we can to help people maintain a connection to health care during COVID. I think that we've done a little bit better in sort of managing some of the roadblocks by just being very present for our patients and making sure that we can answer them, respond to their questions, figure out the next best path that they can do what they were doing before.
We have really tried to build into our program a racial justice mission. We've tried to make our space gender-affirming, racially affirming and ethnically affirming for everyone who wants to walk in the door. In the most recent experience over the past few weeks, we have been trying to talk with our patients and make sure that they know we're here to talk through whatever's going on.
We're also showing our support for them by being out in the community. That means partnering with groups like the Trans Club of New England and First Event, which is the largest organization and conference for the transgender community in New England. We work with groups like the AIDS Action Committee, the Boston Living Center - Victory Programs and BAGLY to make sure that we're supporting people in the way that we have to. We are a part of this community and we are an affirming space for them.
Q: What does creating an affirming space within the hospital look like?
Goldstein: You can think about it in the physical space and making sure that there are affirming signs, rainbow ribbons and trans flags, that your forms are gender neutral and that you are prepared to ask people their name and pronouns. You can think about it as how health care providers act in the exam room. And are they ready to have a question or a conversation around gender identity and sexual orientation? You could think about it as openness to prescribing gender-affirming hormones or knowing how to get someone gender hormones. At its core, it's about being open to having the conversation around gender identity and recognizing that gender identity is something that we have to talk about separate from sex.
Q: What makes Mass General a leader in transgender health?
Goldstein: We came to this work later than many other institutions did, but we came to this work with the full support of hospital administration, clinicians across the hospital and the community. We did this right by investing in this work, making sure we were building not just a safe clinical space, but a safe hospital. And because of that, we have woven into the fabric of the institution the idea that trans people deserve a safe space to receive care just like everybody else.
The Transgender Health Program exists administratively within the Department of Medicine, but it is very much a multidisciplinary practice. We meet regularly with the Departments of Surgery, including the Division of Plastic Surgery, Urology and OB/GYN to make sure that we are coordinating surgical care. We have collaborations with MassGeneral Hospital for Children and are now seeing children and adolescents. We work with the Department of Psychiatry and their gender identity program to make sure that people have the support they need and mental health care. We work very closely with Social Work and Nursing and Patient Care Services to make sure the other floors of the hospital and departments have the support that they need. So this is very much a hospital-wide initiative.
We have also worked hard to expand across Mass General Brigham. We work with clinicians at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Cooley Dickinson and the other institutions across the system and across New England. We've built a collaboration called the New England Gender C.A.R.E. Consortium in an effort to advocate for our patients and to build a community so we can all work together.
Q: What advice do you have to physicians in treating transgender patients, especially in places with different regulations than in Massachusetts?
Goldstein: I would say to those who agree with us at Mass General, that gender-affirming care is health care, please continue to provide that care, to make your space affirming, to welcome your patients and to give them the tools they need to succeed.
To those people who don't agree with us and feel that gender-affirming care is not a requirement of being a health care provider, I would say look at the evidence and look at the data. Gender-affirming care is lifesaving care. It is the best tool we have to prevent suicide, violence and trauma against the transgender community. And we as health care providers should be in the business of using evidence and data to make people live a healthy life.
Q: All of this has happened within the month of June, which is traditionally Pride month. How does that fit into this context?
Goldstein: Pride allows us the opportunity to stop for a second, in normal years, and acknowledge the work that we do every single day. Pride month is not the only time of the year when this hospital or the Transgender Health Program or any of us does the work of caring for LGBTQ patients. It is, however, the moment when we get to reflect on how we do that work all year. That's really important because we are committed to the trans community year-round. We are committed to the broader LGBTQ community year-round. And we're going to continue to work for folks outside of June. But in June we get to stop for a second and recognize the work that is being done, the community that is stronger because of that work and all the people here at Mass General who do the work every single day to make this place better for LGBTQ folks.
Learn more about the Transgender Health Program at Mass General
Robert H. Goldstein, MD, PhD ›
Medical Director, Transgender Health Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
One-Quarter of American Undergraduate Students Have Contemplated Suicide
Concerned by results from a nationwide survey, a Massachusetts General Hospital psychiatrist and colleagues call for campuses to help mitigate student stress, with a special focus on transgender students and those who are racial/ethnic, gender or sexual minorities.
Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Suicide Risk, Transgender Health
Journal December 4, 2018
Gender Identity Conversion Efforts at Any Age Are Associated with Suicidality Among Transgender Adults
The first study of its kind shows that exposure to gender identity conversion efforts by a mental health professional or religious advisor is associated with suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and other adverse mental health outcomes in transgender adults.
Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Transgender Health
Journal January 30, 2020

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Houston Astros designated hitter Carlos Beltran was issued this bright orange throwback Astros batting helmet on June 24th, 2017, during the Astros game against the Seattle Mariners. Beltran went 1-2 in this game, walking twice as the Astros earned a 5-2 victory at Safeco Field, all from the left side of the plate. Beltran did not bat right-handed during the game. The Astros went on to win the 2017 World Series, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in a thrilling seven game World Series. After the series, Beltran announced his retirement, ending a 20-season career that many think should result in a plaque on the walls of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
This orange helmet is a throwback to the Astros 1977 uniforms. These are the same uniforms worn on the now-iconic Sports Illustrated cover from 2014 that predicted, correctly, that the Astros would win the 2017 Fall Classic. An Astros blue star with a white "H" logo is applied to the front of this helmet, and Beltran's number "15" is applied to the back of the helmet. This Rawlings helmet is a size 7 3/8, and features all of the helmet's original padding with a left ear flap used by right-handed batters. This item comes with a MLB Authenticated hologram (JC 362403), which authenticates use to the June 24th contest.
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The goal with all of our social media strategies here at RadicalReach is generating leads, conversions, and sales.
While we don't focus on likes or engagement quite as much, for some businesses getting likes is important for reaching a target audience.
Here are some tips from Shana on lead and like generation.


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Warco: The News Game was an unreleased first-person videogame created by now defunct Australian game studio Defiant Development in collaboration with ManiatyMedia and Arenamedia. The game is made to train journalists to work in war environments. In the game, players control a journalist filming and travelling through war zones.

Development
Australian journalist Tony Maniaty first conceived the idea for the game while watching his two sons playing the first-person shooter game Far Cry 2. Maniaty had previously done reporting in post-Soviet states and covered the murders of the Balibo Five in East Timor. He envisioned creating a videogame that would train journalists to work in war-torn regions. Maniaty brought his idea to Robert Connolly, a film-maker who had directed Balibo, a 2009 movie that tells the story of the five Australian journalists who were killed in the small town of Balibo in East Timor. With funding from Screen Australia and Screen NSW in the amount of , Maniaty and Connolly worked with video game designer Morgan Jaffit of Defiant Development, a Brisbane-based studio, to create a prototype of Warco.

The project was eventually cancelled, and never released to the public.

Reception
BBC News foreign correspondent Allan Little was troubled by the idea of blurring the gap between video games and actual war zones: "I think anything that encourages the view that you can understand real-life shooting wars better by playing a game has to be treated with caution". Maniaty noted that video games are used in other professions to train workers, and contested, "I would never say this game should replace proper hostile environment training but if we can save the lives of a few journalists it'll be worth it."

It was later described as "innovative and odd".

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Driven by the financial distress of many social security systems worldwide, national public pension funds (PPFs) have proliferated in recent years. Considering the fact that in 2007, they managed assets globally by more than four trillion and a half dollars, oversight of these pension schemes is utterly warranted. Since PPFs are ultimately financial intermediaries, strict regulation and close scrutiny of their stakeholders is desirable in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest between the owners and the managers of the funds, which are exacerbated in the case of pension funds administered by the public sector because of many reasons discussed in the paper. Governance standards should be equally rigorous as those applicable to private pension funds. Additionally, sound institutional structure is needed to keep under control undue political interference by promoting good practices of disclosure and accountability. According to several case studies, at present, national PPFs display heterogeneous standards in this regard. In light of their size and intrinsic governance shortcomings, there exists a pressing need for Guidelines of Good Practices for Public Pension Funds Governance that lays the grounds on which these particular institutional investors should be run to achieve their stated purposes. The current document provides Guidelines proposing as key areas of a PPF the maximization of the risk-adjusted net return on the reserves, collections of contributions, payments of benefits, compliance enforcement, and account management. In turn, an environment conducive to the accomplishment of these objectives must be grounded on three pillars: (i) Internal Governance Structure: a good internal governance structure is one that ensures that the Fund will be administered by a committed and professional governing body where decisions are made after careful deliberation and agreement between its members in accordance to the Fund's objectives and fully consistent with the long-term commitments made to plan members; (ii) Investment Policy: a good investment policy is one that clearly and explicitly sets forth in advance the short- and long-term asset allocation, its rationale in light of the Fund's goal, the risks involved, and the tools to be used to deal with deviations from such goal; and (iii) Transparency and Accountability: it is crucial that relevant and timely information be disclosed to all stakeholders so as to facilitate monitoring and oversight of Fund authorities and actions be taken to detect and punish opportunistic behaviors and bad performance. After listing the principles recommended for a good framework of governance, accountability and transparency, the document develops a Manual that complements the Guidelines with its technical rationale, some operational aspects and international experience as applicable.


Electronic versions of most theses and dissertations awarded by DePaul University since 2009 are archived here. Note that this section may not yet contain all masters theses completed after 2009; some may only be available in the individual degree-granting departments at the current time.
Search the DePaul University Library VUfind Catalog for print copies of theses and dissertations awarded before 2009.
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Australian Olympic weightlifter Tia-Clair Toomey explains  which equipment is a must to work out anywhere.
You don't need a lot of equipment to exercise — you can get a great workout with no equipment at all, and you only need to add a few pieces to build a fitness program worthy of a fully stocked gym.
But which pieces? Australian Olympic weightlifter and Reebok athlete Tia-Clair Toomey weighs in with some essential equipment suggestions (which she used at the Reebok Delta Gym that recently popped up on an inner-city Melbourne rooftop).
According to Toomey, these are one of the most underrated items in the gym because of the range of different exercises you can do with them — including weighted squats, weighted sit-ups, or combinations of movements.
"The best thing about the wall ball is versatility," says Toomey, who is ranked as the world's second fittest woman by the CrossFit Games. "It works not only lower body, but there are a lot of movements with the wall ball that can work upper body as well."
If you don't have a wall ball, she suggests buying a two-litre bottle of water to use as a weight instead.
"The kettlebell is the CrossFitter's weapon of choice," Toomey says.
That's because they're small but tremendously versatile, able to work out your whole body if you're confident incorporating advanced movements. And unlike dumbbells, that require you to invest in a range of weights, you can get away with using just kettlebell.
Toomey has an easy replacement if you don't want to buy actual kettlebells: "Try a bag of oranges or potatoes."
The height of your box jump is pretty much the metric CrossFitters judge themselves by, and you can have a box jump without a box.
"Boxes don't look like much, but they keep you honest in your workout," Toomey says. "It's really hard to cheat a rep on these!"
A box — or just a regular chair or equivalent piece of outdoor furniture — can be used for a range of exercises that goes far beyond jumps.
"You can perform movements at low and high intensity, one leg or two. Importantly, they build up leg power in no time."
"I know — sounds horrible to most people, but this can be your best friend," says Toomey.
The reason the skipping rope is such a valuable weapon is that it's so easily incorporated into your everyday exercise. It elevates the heart rate, and breaks up your workout without having to use weights.
Toomey recommends setting tiny milestones to stay committed to your skipping regimen: "When starting out aim for one minute of skipping, and slowly increase over time."
The equipment above is incredible gear, but nothing ultimately beats your own body.
"Body weight exercises are the best type of exercises," Toomey explains. That's both because they can be as low or high impact as you need, and because movements like squats, push-ups and the dreaded burpee can be done pretty much anywhere.
"The body is an amazing thing, so use it as much as you can!"


I wonder if https://xkcd.com/731/ was in any way an inspiration for Subnautica.
I keep getting 156,000. Where am I going wrong? 20 in node 1, 13 in node 2, 50 in node 3 and 12 in node 4. I can't figure out where we differ.
163,800 = 21*13*50*12, so I'm guessing they miscounted the first node.
I purchase 20 Ravens for myself, and a Bird of Paradise for Deva (or whomever it is behind the counter selling these drinks).
In celebration, I buy one Raven each for Sabrar, orangedragonfire, and myself. Because we've probably drank enough Birds of Paradise recently to be tired of them.
In that case, Gut Fauna was never eliminated. Unless [quote="Peaceful Whale"] meant to take it out instead of taking down Time Vulture. One of the two has not received a killing blow yet.
What's with the misplaced decrement indicator in the last two posts?
What, you don't know every comic by title?
Pic, because a picture is worth a thousand words, and 1000>227.
Rule 6) A "yard" is defined as 1.5 meters, and a "foot" as 0.5 meters.
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Some gastrointestinal conditions may be better treated if the doctors knew what really goes on inside the patient's stomach. However, placing sensors inside the stomach to monitor it isn't practical because the stomach is full of acid and it eventually discharges anything that drops into it. A team of researchers at MIT have now designed a novel ingestible, Jello-O-Like pill that, upon reaching the stomach, quickly balloons to the size of a ping-pong ball that is soft and squishy and is big enough to stay in the stomach for an extended period of time.
The embedded sensors in the pill continuously tracks the stomach's temperature for up to 30 days. If the pill needs to be removed from the stomach, the patient can drink a solution of calcium that makes the pill to quickly deflate to its original size and exit safely out of the body, reports MIT News.
The new devices are made of hydrogels, a gelatin-like substance, and sodium polyacrylate, a highly absorbent material. The design makes the pill softer, more biocompatible, and longer-lasting than current ingestible sensors, which either can only remain in the stomach for a few days, or are made from hard plastics or metals.
The researchers successfully integrated thermometers into the pills and tested in laboratory pigs. The smart pills were able to track the temperature inside the pig stomachs for a month at a time, and they exited with few problems.
Researchers envision someday the pill may safely deliver various sensors to the stomach to monitor, for example, pH levels, or signs of certain bacteria or viruses. Tiny cameras may also be embedded into the pills to image the progress of tumors or ulcers, over the course of several weeks. Zhao says the pill might also be used as a safer, more comfortable alternative to the gastric balloon diet, a form of diet control in which a balloon is threaded through a patient's esophagus and into the stomach, using an endoscope.


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Do today's veterans really have trouble getting jobs?
Dan Weissmann Mar 18, 2015
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases annual figures on employment for veterans every March. There's a familiar story that veterans from the post-9/11 era have had an especially hard time finding work. However, the numbers supporting that premise turn out to be elusive.
There is this striking graph from the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University:
This chart from Syracuse University shows that veterans ages 20-24 have higher unemployment rates than older veterans, and than the general population. But other data isn't broken out.
Courtesy:Syracuse University Institute for Veterans and Military Affairs
"If you look back to about ten years or so you start seeing a real spike," says Nicholas Armstrong, the Institute's research director. "A gap in terms of unemployment being higher for vets that are ages 20 to 24."
However, that's a small group — small enough that the gap isn't always statistically significant, according to Jim Walker, an economist who tracks veteran-employment numbers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. "That group, there's very few of them," he says. "It has a very high error rate."
The Syracuse chart also leaves out other numbers that seem like they would make a useful comparison, For instance: What about 25 year-old vets? What happens when those younger vets turn 25? Armstrong's group hasn't tracked those stats over time.
It's not that the data undercut the familiar narrative. Only that I haven't seen an analysis that demonstrates that story.
Neither has Kate Kidder, a researcher who looks at veterans issues at the Center for a New American Security. She says veterans groups, lobbying for resources, do push stories about out-of-work veterans.
"Individual stories are compelling," she says. "And it's also — a number of these folks were coming back as the economy was tanking."
New GI Bill lets veterans use education funds whenever they want
HUD voucher program funding has helped veterans at risk of homelessness
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About a boy named Ten. It follows his adventures while he's a student at an Altair academy training to be a pilot. By definition this is a sci-fi comic, but at its heart it's really just a story about how it is to grow up and find your place in the universe. Above all else, it's about love. The final chapters are text summaries with illustrations because the creator can no longer continue with a full-time comic.
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Q: Best Way To Read Logs Written By Zend\Log What is a best way to read and analyse logs written by Zend\Log? For example, this is what I have:
2013-04-24T11:00:08+00:00 INFO (6): {"foo":"bar"}
2013-04-24T13:02:53+00:00 INFO (6): {"hello":"world"}

I want an elegant way to iterate over logs like this:
$logger = new \Zend\Log\Logger();
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Wouldn't it be a good idea to also support Reader classes for Zend\Log, not just Writers?

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Home > Vocal > Vocal - Danish, Swedish, Scandinavian, Hungarian, German, etc. > Richard Tauber, Vol. I - 1919-1922 (2-Truesound Transfers 4011)
V2618. RICHARD TAUBER: Songs by Alfred Beines, Robert Schumann, Edvard Grieg, Eugen Hildach, Erik Meyer-Helmund, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Felix Weingartner & Maurice Rudolphe; Arias & Duets (w.Elisabeth Rethberg, Emmy Bettendorf & Benno Ziegler) from Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, Il Barbiere Di Siviglia, Fra Diavolo, Martha, Carmen, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Forza del Destino, Il Trovatore, I Gioielli della Madonna, Prodaná Nevesta, Evgenij Onëgin, Der Kuhreigen, Der Evangelimann, Der Rosenkavalier & Die Walküre. (Germany) 2-Truesound Transfers 4011, recorded 1919-1922. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.
"What none of the previous [Tauber] issues attempted is to include the whole acoustic corpus, with all known variant published 'takes' and surviving tests of unpublished items. This alone would make Chris Zwarg's enterprise unique. But it also scores on the quality of the restorations, which are not only accurately pitched but also have a tonal depth and solidity rarely found elsewhere."
- Daniel O'Hara, THE RECORD COLLECTOR, 2020
"Make no mistake, despite the amount of attention he paid to operetta and popular music (some of which was of dubious quality), Richard Tauber was one of the very finest lyric tenors of the 20th century. The superb transfers by Truesound of acoustical recordings...provide all the evidence necessary to include him in the pantheon of the truly great.
To begin with, Tauber's voice was an instrument of sweetness and beauty. In addition, and perhaps more importantly, he sang with imagination and authority. By authority I mean that as he was singing almost anything, the listener would feel that Tauber's way was the way the music should sound. Not that other singers at some other time couldn't convince you of something different, but as you hear Tauber shape an aria you believe that the composer intended it to be that way. J. B. Steane, in THE GRAND TRADITION, writes about Tauber's 'feeling for the lilt and joy of music', which is perfectly put....
On track after track, whatever the nature of the music, the man's obvious joy in the act of singing comes through everything he does. Tauber was a master of the mezza voce, able to go into and out of a half-voice phrase seamlessly, always maintaining the basic timbre of his voice....
Truesound is a German company run by Chris Zwarg, and their CDs are available from Norbeck, Peters & Ford (norpete.com). The quality of their transfers is superb - minimal filtering or compression, correct pitching, and for acoustical recordings a fullness of sound that might surprise you. No program notes are provided, but complete discographic information is contained on an insert....
I have always admired Tauber's singing without paying as much attention to him as he merits. This new set has given me enormous pleasure, and beyond that, it has forced me to reevaluate Tauber's art. The closest modern singer I can think of, one with a similar beauty of tone and musical intelligence, is Fritz Wunderlich. The comparison says it all."
"Possessing a unique timbre that combined sweetness with power and an ironclad technique that enabled him to sing an effective, poised Don Ottavio in Mozart's DON GIOVANNI at Covent Garden in 1947, after one of his lungs was fully incapacitated by the cancer that would take his life, Tauber was an extraordinary artist whose many recordings confirm that his charm and charisma were audible in every note that he sang. Sadly, though, even an artist such as Tauber falls victim to the erosive effects of time upon the reaches of musical legacies, Tauber is now but a name from history to many young artists and, to many others, not even that….It was for Tauber that Léhar composed 'Dein ist mein ganzes Herz' when he revised the score that was transformed into DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS for Berlin in 1929. Richard Tauber undoubtedly possessed one of the finest tenor voices of the 20th Century, and he gravitated to operetta not because his vocal capabilities were unsuited to grand opera but because his artistic soul found in operetta the opportunity to smile through music."
- Joseph Newsome, OPERA NEWS, 31 July, 2013
"Richard Tauber remains, for many, the quintessential Viennese operetta tenor. As well as a performer, he was a composer, his works displaying his understanding of the operetta and song genres. He was not the genius of a Lehar or Johann Strauss, Jr. He did not have a perfect voice; his Bs and Cs were labored and his habit of using falsetto to reach the rest of the upper range, while producing some ravishing results, could become mannered and overly applied. That said, his graceful charm of expression and lyrical warmth made him one of the most beloved singers of his time.
He made his opera début at the Chemnitz Neues Stadt-Theater in March, 1913, as Tamino in Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE. He was almost immediately given a five-year contract by the Dresden Opera where he became the established lyric tenor. As his career continued to develop throughout Germany, he was strongly associated with Mozart; when he appeared as Tamino, Mozart's opera was often jokingly renamed 'DIE TAUBERFLÖTE'. Astonishingly, however, his 1915 Berlin Opera début was as Bacchus in Richard Strauss' ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (a role that many heroic tenors find incredibly taxing), sung with 48 hours' notice and only one rehearsal! Tauber became known for his fast learning and musicianship, and was often called upon for such emergencies. He once took over as conductor for a tour with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
In the 1920s, he began to specialize in operetta and song, and became best known for those roles and for recitals, recordings, and film work. Lehár wrote the operettas PAGANINI, DER ZAREWITSCH, FRIEDERIKE and THE LAND OF SMILES with him in mind, and in each, made sure to include a showpiece (soon known as the 'Tauberlied') for his talents. In 1931, he made his debut in England at the Drury Lane Theater in Lehár's THE LAND OF SMILES, and he remained in England for fear of Nazi persecution (he was of Jewish extraction), becoming a naturalized citizen in 1940. Like most singers, his career was interrupted by the war, but he made his operatic farewell in 1947 as Don Ottavio in Mozart's DON GIOVANNI. Though already seriously ill with the lung cancer that was to kill him the next year, according to critics and documented by air check recordings, it would have been a creditable performance for a singer in the best of health.
Tauber owed much of his fame to his then-prodigious 725 recordings, rivaled only by the recorded output of John McCormack. Tauber's catalog unquestionably displays the most variety, including songs by Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin, arias and duets from Verdi's IL TROVATORE and AÏDA, Offenbach's THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, German lieder, and even the Neapolitan and Irish songs in which Caruso and McCormack were the main exponents. He also appeared in several movies, including a film of Leoncavallo's PAGLIACCI, Blossom Time, Heart's Desire, and Forbidden Music. Today, his operetta OLD CHELSEA (which he wrote to celebrate his naturalization as an English citizen) is still sometimes performed."
- Anne Feeney, allmusic.com
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Why Carbon Removal?
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Remove CO2 from the atmosphere?
Carbon Removal, also Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), is the process of capturing CO2 from the atmosphere and trapping it in carbon sinks. Some techniques are already being used on a small scale, while others are still in the early stages of development.
For a process or technology to be considered carbon removal, four conditions must be met:
CO2 is physically removed from the atmosphere.
the removed CO2 is permanently stored outside the atmosphere.
emissions generated during the process are included in the overall balance.
emissions generated during the process are less than the negative emissions produced.
Carbon Removal should not be confused with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) or Carbon Utilization (CCU). CCS refers to a process in which CO2 produced by the utilization of fossil resources is captured and trapped underground. CCU uses CO2 to make short-lived products such as plastics or synthetic fuel. Sooner or later, the CO2 ends up back in the atmosphere. Only Carbon Removal allows for permanent CO2-removals and thus contributes to decreasing CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.
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Emission reduction alone is not enough!
In order to meet global climate targets, the avoidance and reduction of emissions is a priority. However, the technologies needed for achieving this are not available in the medium term, so according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), large-scale removal of CO2 from the atmosphere is also necessary.
The magnitude of this removal is expected to be between 4.5 and 15 Gt of CO2 per year from 2030 until the end of the century. This is equivalent to about 15 to 50 percent of today's annual global anthropogenic CO2-emissions.
Regardless of whether the global community wants to limit global warming to 1.5 °C or 2 °C, the use of carbon removal technologies is inevitable.
1.5 °C Path
Necessary order of magnitude for carbon removal for emission paths of 1.5 and 2 °C (Data source: NGFS (Network for Greening the Financial System) Scenario Explorer. Model: REMIND-MAgPIE 1.7-3.0; provided by IIASA). The baseline scenario shows annual emissions under current technological and environmental conditions. To achieve the climate targets, we need a combination of avoided emissions and negative emissions.
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Which technologies can help?
Negative emission technologies (NETs) for biological, chemical, or physical removal of carbon differ in terms of the final reservoirs of CO2, the durability of storage outside the atmosphere, their cost structure, and their environmental and socio-economic side effects. The spectrum ranges from purely technological solutions such as direct air capture to nature-based techniques such as changed land use practices.
NETs can be differentiated according to various dimensions, for example, the CO2-removal process (nature-based removal, technological removal), the Earth system in which CO2-removal takes place (land or ocean), or the storage medium (geological reservoir, building materials, biomass, soil, sediments in oceans).
The technologies exhibit differences, sometimes significant ones, in their costs (from to) and potentials (from to), but also in their secondary impacts on ecosystems. Many of the carbon removal solutions have both positive and negative secondary effects. It is likely that a mix of technologies will prevail depending on local availability and socio-economic structures.
Afforestation and Reforestation
Soil Carbon Sequestration
BECCS
Enhanced Weathering
Ocean Alkalinisation
Ocean Fertilisation
Afforestation involves the planting of trees on previously unforested areas. Reforestation means resettling forests on former forest areas. Photosynthesis converts CO2 into biomass.
Potential and costs
3,6 Gt CO2/year until 2050, cumulative 80-260 Gt CO2 untill 2100
5-50 $/t CO2
+ Biodiversity, soil quality, flood and erosion control, local economy
– Land use competition, reversibility, saturation, monoculture plantations
When carbon is sequestered in the soil, CO2 is removed from the atmosphere as changes in land use (reduction of soil disturbances, changes in crop rotation or pasture use through grazing) increase the carbon content of the soil.
2-5 Gt CO2/year until 2050, cumulative 100 Gt CO2 until 2100
-20 – 100 $/tCO2
+ Soil quality and climate resilience, reduced use of fertilizers
– Reversibility and management practices, soil saturation, measurability
Biochar is obtained through thermal breakdown of organic material in the absence of oxygen (pyrolysis). When added to the soil, biochar increases the amount of carbon in the soil and improves soil fertility and other ecosystem properties.
0,5-5 Gt CO2/year until 2050, cumulative 100 Gt CO2 until 2100
30-120 $/t CO2
+ Soil quality, energy production
– Reversibility, measurability
BECCS stands for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage and describes a process in which energy is obtained from biomass in industrial processes and the resulting carbon dioxide is then separated and stored. The feasibility, scalability, and other environmental impacts depend heavily on whether biomass waste or biomass from dedicated BECCS plantations is used.
0,5-5 Gt CO2/year until 2050
+ Energy production
– Loss of biodiversity, land, water and fertilizer consumption
Technologies from the area of Direct Air Capture (DAC) include a series of chemical and mechanical processes in which CO2 is washed directly from the air and then pressed and stored in the ground.
0,5-5 Gt CO2/year in 2050
100-600 $/t CO2
+ high-purity CO2 for material use, permanence
– Energy consumption, requires suitable infrastructure and storage locations
With improved mineralization, also known as enhanced or accelerated weathering, the natural processes of rock weathering are used and accelerated to bind CO2 from the atmosphere in stable minerals. Certain rocks are ground and applied on the ground as a powder.
2-4 Gt CO2/year until 2050, cumulative 100-360 Gt CO2 until 2100
50 – 200 $/t CO2
+ Soil quality
– Environmental problems from mining, milling and transport, depending on the application, soil and groundwater pollution
Restoration or terrestrial peatlands and coastal wetlands and mangroves can sequester CO2 back into plants and sediments.
No reliable data on global potentials
+ Biodiversity and water quality, flood control and tourism
– Emissions of other natural greenhouse gases, saturation, reversibility, measurability.
Ocean alkalinization (or ocean liming) is the marine counterpart to enhanced weathering. The addition of alkalinity to marine areas (such as via Ca(OH)2) converts CO2 to stable carbonates and silicates and increases the local CO2 buffering capacity of the ocean.
1 Gt CO2/year until 2050, cumulative approx. 100 Gt CO2 until 2100
50 – 180 $/t CO2 (high uncertainty)
+ Counteracts ocean acidification
– Possible biogeochemical side effects on oceans, environmental problems from mining, milling, and transportation
Ocean fertilisation is based on the effect of biological production enhancement resulting from the selective addition of macro- or micronutrients to the upper ocean water. The resulting algae could sequester CO2 from the atmosphere, which is subsequently stored in the ocean sediment.
0,2 – 2 Gt CO2/year until 2050, cumulative up to 300 Gt CO2 until 2100 (high uncertainty)
– Unknown impact on marine biology and nutrient budget, Possible oxygen depletion in surface waters


Bainbridge Township is located south of Coloma/Watervliet in northeast Berrien County. It is essentially a scenic agricultural area featuring rolling hills and orchards. The attractive Township Hall sits at the corner of Territorial and Bainbridge Center Roads in the core of the township.
Bainbridge Township was named by Bainbridge, NY native Jehiel Enos in 1830. In 1833 the first settlers began arriving to the area. Among the first were the Bartholomew Sharrai family.
Highway M-140 runs north and south through the heart of the township making it well traveled by those traveling from Niles to Watervliet and South Haven.
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Garlic mustard greens sauteed and topped with shaved Romano cheese.
The first greens of spring are ready for the taking! Dandelions, garlic mustard, curly dock, horseradish leaves, and wild onions are green and growing. I'm trying to get a jump on the invasive garlic mustard in our yard, although I'm sure I'll never eradicate it completely. But I'll enjoy trying, as I lunch on a big plate of sauteed greens.
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These greens have a pretty pungent flavor and aroma, so if you are into mild greens, you might find these a bit too tasty for you. If you're like me, you'll toss in some horseradish leaves and greens from your Egyptian walking onions for even more flavor. Be sure you have correctly identified your wild greens as you forage to avoid getting sick. Take along a guide to edible wild plants if you're unsure.
Place bacon grease in large wok and turn heat to medium high. When grease is melted and hot, add all other ingredients at once. Sautee until greens are tender. Season with a dash of salt and pepper and top with a little shaved Ramano or Parmesan cheese.
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I love letting garden plants reseed themselves, too, Ron 🙂 Enjoy your kale!


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Veteran Spotlight: Denise Greenfield
From sunny Tampa, FL, to chilly Northern Norway to the deserts of the Middle East, Denise Greenfield has served her country in a variety of places as a Marine Corps Signals Intelligence Officer. Denise also has a varied educational background, with a degree from Virginia Tech in International Studies, a Master's Degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in Systems Engineering, and, most recently, a PhD in English Literature from the University of Southampton.
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"There is a very tactical element to the work I do on a daily basis, but there is also a strategic component in that we support the business needs and strategies of all segments of the bank through performance improvement and training intervention," explains Denise, "As a member of the Leadership Institute, I get the benefit of interacting with all areas of the bank on major projects and initiatives that impact a single line of business or in many cases, multiple/major business segment(s) within that line of business. It is very rewarding to see how our relationship with corporate training partners ensures that an overarching strategy, philosophy and values are continually being met."
Denise's background in the Marine Corps prepared her more than she thought it would for her new career. "I am part of a high-performing team, just as I was throughout my Marine Corps career, and the skills I developed in the military allowed me to jump right into a new career and hit the ground running," Denise says. She goes on to tell us that the research and analytical skills she gained in the intelligence field have proven very useful, just as have more general, but extremely important, leadership skills.
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We asked Denise what advice she has for hiring managers looking to recruit veterans. "I would (strongly) argue that military veterans possess a variety of valuable skills for which companies are actively searching: project management, leadership, complex problem solving, mission focus, accountability, discipline, teamwork, and performance in high-stress environments, to name but a few. These skills translate extremely well to fill the needs of corporate America," contends Denise.
Thank you, Denise, for sharing your transition experience, describing your career, and giving such great advice! Congratulations on your career. We are excited to see yet another veteran carving out a great civilian career and influencing change at her company.
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Just not sure I want a black bag now that spring is almost here….
This is a perfectly nice bag, but there are sooo many decent leather bags for sale out there, if I were forking over $400, I'd look for one that was originally like $800, on sale half price. Better bag, same money.
Also, I wish they'd line all bags in pale fabric. Black lining = I can't find things in there. Pale fabric = more light. Ok, it will get grubby, but no one sees in there but me. I once lost my temper and turned a bag inside out and used white fabric paint on the lining. Worked great.
Looks like wannabe Balenciaga, sorry.
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I've moved in the opposite direction! While I enjoy some fun, throw away bags for summer, I now spend more for more solidly constructed purses for work. They last longer while still looking good. I definitely think a handbag is almost like clothing and that it does enhance or detract from one's overall appearance.


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Home Industry News CH Bus lawsuit against ABC winding through the courts
June 29, 2017 | by	Hal Mattern |
SANTA ANA, Calif. – An 8-month-old lawsuit by CH Bus Sales accusing ABC Companies of defamation and unfair competition is slowly making its way through the courts and appears to be months away from a final ruling.
CH Bus, which distributes Turkish-made Temsa motorcoaches, filed the suit last fall against ABC and senior vice president Clint Guth alleging that Guth tried to steer a bus contract to his client by spreading false information implying that Temsa was funding the terrorist group ISIS.
Guth no longer works at ABC.
ABC filed a motion to have the suit dismissed, claiming the alleged "false information" was constitutionally protected free speech on a public issue.
The court denied ABC's motion earlier this year, and the company's appeal is pending before the California Court of Appeal, with a ruling expected this fall.
In denying the motion, the court also asked CH Bus Sales to submit an amended complaint including more detail to back up its claims that the alleged defamatory statements hurt the company, interfered with the bidding process and constituted unfair competition.
If ABC's appeal is rejected, the underlying defamation case could go to trial later this year or early next year.
The lawsuit, filed in Orange County, Calif., Superior Court, alleges that Guth sent an anonymous letter to the entertainment company Netflix, which had sought bids on a contract for commuter bus services in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Transdev Services Inc., a CH Bus client, teamed up with Compass Transportation Inc. to bid on the contract. If their bid was successful, the companies planned to purchase at least 13 Temsa buses from CH Bus.
According to the lawsuit, WeDriveU, Guth's client, also had bid on the Netflix contract and, if successful, planned to purchase buses from ABC.
When it appeared that Transdev/Compass was likely to win the contract, "ABC Bus Sales and Clint Guth schemed to smear the reputations of Temsa, Transdev and Compass in order to increase the likelihood of WeDriveU winning the Netflix contract," the lawsuit alleges.
"In furtherance of their scheme, in May 2016, Defendants ABC Bus Sales and Clint
Guth caused a package to be sent to Netflix with a non-existent return address," the lawsuit states. "In this package, Defendants ABC Bus Sales and Clint Guth made defamatory statements which falsely implied or represented, among other things, that Temsa was complicit in the funding of terrorist organization ISIS. Defendants ABC Bus Sales and Clint Guth also implied or represented that Temsa
supported attacks against Israeli citizens."
The defendants also "falsely implied or represented to Netflix that an officer at Transdev/Compass intended to unionize Netflix's employees," and told Netflix that if the companies won the bid, it would "result in Netflix receiving 'undue negative press'," the suit alleges.
Transdev/Compass ultimately won the Netflix contract.
In its motion to have the suit dismissed, ABC cited California's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) statute, which is designed to crack down on frivolous lawsuits attacking the constitutional right of free speech in connection with a public issue or an issue of public interest.
ABC doesn't deny that a package of information and a letter were delivered to Netflix. However, in its anti-SLAPP motion, ABC alleges that the information provided to Netflix consisted "entirely of political material that is protected by the First Amendment."
"Plaintiff's lawsuit is a blatant attempt to suppress and chill the exercise of free speech on matters of public concern, namely, activities of the government of Turkey and U.S.-Turkish political relations," the motion said.
The company said the package included articles about Turkey's ties to ISIS that had been published in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the Times of Israel and observer.com, "accompanied by brief commentary about the enclosed research material."
ABC said the information didn't say Temsa was complicit in the funding of ISIS or that it supported attacks against Israeli citizens, as the CH Bus suit alleges.
What the letter to Netflix did say was that the Sabanci family, which owns Temsa, has close personal and business ties with the family of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
According to the ABC motion, the letter stated, "The Sabanci & Erdogan families do not have the same moral compass or ideologies as those that ride commuter coaches in the bay area."
ABC also denied that Guth said Mike McLean, an officer at Transdev/Compass, intended to unionize Netflix employees. The letter only pointed out that McLean's father was involved with local unions, that the officer had a lot of former clients in the Bay Area, and that it would be "advantageous to Mike McLean for his customers to become unionized."
As to the lawsuit's claim that Guth told Netflix it could receive "undue negative press" if it purchased Temsa motorcoaches, ABC said the letter only pointed out that commuter transportation in the Bay Area was "a very visible hot button occasionally receiving undue negative press."
The letter was sent, ABC said, "with the public interest in mind."
ABC's motion also said that since Transdev/Compass won the contract, CH Bus didn't suffer any economic harm as a result of the information sent to Netflix. And, the motion said, because none of the information sent to Netflix named CH Bus Sales, the company has no standing to sue, even though it sells products for Temsa.
"It is well established that the seller of a product cannot bring a defamation action based on allegedly false statements made about the product or the product's manufacturer," ABC said in the motion.
Michael Haggerty, chairman and majority owner of CH Bus Sales, disputes that argument, saying, "Everybody in the industry in that area of northern California knows about this case."
Haggerty said the next time a high-tech company calls for bids for a shuttle contract, it could decide to stay away from Temsa "because they might be concerned that it wouldn't be patriotic to hire them." That would affect CH Bus, Transdev/Compass and Temsa, he said.
Haggerty said Temsa, which is a part owner of CH Bus, has since joined the lawsuit against ABC as a co-plaintiff.
An ABC executive declined to comment on the lawsuit except to say the company plans on "aggressively defending" itself.
ABC and CH Bus are scheduled to file briefings on the appeal over the next two months. If CH Bus prevails, the case could then go to a jury trial either later this year or in 2018.
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