[04:23.03]John:I wasnt in the same kind of trouble. I just forgot to bring myhomework.[04:29.69]Jack:I dont want to be like you. Youre lazy![04:34.73]John:And I dont want to be the same as you. Youre rude and silly.
[04:34.47]Girl:No,the man with the knife took the rings.[04:39.75]Policeman:What did you do when the car drove away?[04:45.20]Girl:I wrote down its number.[04:49.85]Policeman:Thank you.
[04:05.39]Pasty:And have you got something to clean the floor with?[04:09.76]Mrs Lee:Here you are Heres a cloth to wipe the shelves,[04:14.90]a brush to sweep the floor, and a box to put the rubbish in.
[04:04.32]Peter:Then weve got everything we need, havent we?[04:09.29]John:There is one thing missing,Mr Lan.[04:13.54]Mr Lan:What is it, John?[04:16.60]John:The cloth!
[04:21.54]Mother:Oh,very well, Patsy.Put on your red dress.[04:27.10]Patsy:Id rather wear my blue one,Mummy.[04:31.26]Mother:Oh,Patsy!You always want to do something different!
[03:38.51]Patsy:No,Miss Lan.[03:41.47]Miss Lan:How do I look?[03:44.52]Patsy:I dont know, Miss Lan.[03:48.68]Miss Lan:Write out 100 times: Miss Lan does not look like an owl.
[03:30.21]He was suddenly clean and handsome and wearing fine clothes.[03:38.36]Then the Devil turned to the two older princesses.[03:45.20]But you two must now work for me,he said.
[04:40.61]Susan:I read that months ago.Did you enjoy it?[04:45.68]Ann:Very much.Im going to return it now She takes the book to thelibrarian.[04:53.41]Ann:Im returning this book,Miss. I borrowed it three weeks ago.
[04:37.42]What about a pear?[04:41.08]Patsy:No,theyre too soft.Ill have a piece of pineapple.[04:47.03]Jane:Whats like?[04:50.80]Patsy:Its great.Its juicy enough and not too sour.
[04:18.53]Susan:What do you use to make its feet?[04:22.37]Annie:Chopsticks.[04:25.22]Susan:What do you use to make it move?[04:28.88]Annie:My fingers.
[04:49.49]Annie:Theyre made from paper clips.[04:53.43]Susan:How does he move?[04:56.59]Annie:Strings are tied to the joints. When they are pulled, the joints move.[05:02.65]Susan:Im going to make one,too.
[04:09.91]Annie:Not really.I couldnt find my chocolates,but then I remembered I atethem.[04:18.56]Mother:No one could steal chocolates from you,Annie.[04:23.24]Annie:Why not?[04:26.40]Mother:Because you always eat them so quickly!
[04:45.54]Peter:I can earn twenty dollars if I clean Dads car.[04:50.87]Tom:I havent got twenty dollars.[04:54.82]Peter:All right.Ill help you if you clean my shoes as well.[05:01.66]Tom:Its deal!
[03:37.97]The lion lay down at his feet.[03:44.42]Let the prisoner go free,the crowd shouted now.[03:50.77]He must be innocent. The lion has given us a sign.[03:58.03]The judge agreed,and set him free.


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Joseph J. ZilberSchool of Public Health
MPH Biostatistics
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Fatherly love: Improving babies' health by getting fathers more involved
March 15, 2019 Community Engagement, Faculty and Staff, In the News, People, Research, Zilber in the News, Zilber Spotlight
The important role fathers can play in reducing infant mortality rates and improving maternal and child health
By Kathy Quirk
UWM Research 2019
African-American babies in Milwaukee are three times more likely to die before their first birthday than white babies. It's a fact that's remained stubbornly resistant to change despite widespread community efforts.
The average infant mortality rate for black babies in Milwaukee from 2015-17 was 15.4, meaning that for every 1,000 live births, an average of 15.4 died before their first birthday. For white babies, the average rate for the same period was 5.1. Those numbers, provided by the City of Milwaukee Health Department, represent a slight worsening of the situation from the previous three-year rolling average. From 2014-16, the average African-American infant mortality rate was 13.7, and it stood at 5.0 for whites.
"All of the resources and all of the energy that have been invested in infant mortality, we should see those rates changing," says City of Milwaukee Health Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik, a UWM alum.
Emmanuel Ngui, an associate professor in community and behavioral health promotion in the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, is working to improve those numbers. He has focused his research on health inequalities and the role that social determinants of health, such as income and literacy, play in birth outcomes and child health and well-being.
Ngui says those social determinants – poverty, lack of jobs, discrimination/segregation, lack of access to health care – are underlying factors making it hard to move the needle on infant mortality rates. Within that context, though, he's focused much of his work on one particular piece of the effort – looking at the impact of African-American fathers on maternal and child health.
Ngui's recent work has involved three major studies. They include a pilot project on the involvement of African-American fathers in prenatal care as well as focus groups with African-American men exploring how to improve their pre- and postnatal family engagement. Also, Ngui was the principal investigator on the city's most recent comprehensive Fetal Infant Mortality Review, published in 2017, which examined the causes of premature deaths and made recommendations on ways to reduce them.
Kowalik praises Ngui for building a bridge between his university research and his community involvement. "Oftentimes, you'll see someone that is really, really good at community engagement, but they're not a practitioner or researcher," she says. "To find someone like Dr. Ngui that has both is very rare."
As a father himself, Ngui is acutely aware of men's evolving roles as parents.
"Looking back at my life and my own parents," he says, "the mother had the traditional role of taking care of the kids, and the father was very much the economic provider. But getting home and seeing how tired my wife was, I knew I was a father, and I had to play a supportive role rather than assume the traditional roles held by my parents."
So personally, he worked to become a more engaged father. Professionally, he has worked on a pilot project seeking to get fathers more involved in prenatal care by partnering with the Wheaton Franciscan-St. Joseph Women's Outpatient Center and The Parenting Network's CenteringPregnancy. The "Expecting Mom, Expecting Dads" project works with African-American couples to enhance the role of fathers during prenatal care and throughout pregnancy while also examining barriers to paternal engagement.
"I wanted to pilot a small study to try to address some of the issues that I expected fathers would face," Ngui says. Among the issues: whether fathers were willing to take time to participate in prenatal care, and if so, whether they'd be able to get time off work for it.
Fathers involved in the project attended prenatal classes and doctor's appointments with the mothers and received a list of educational resources on pregnancy. "They welcomed the opportunity to talk with and learn from other fathers," Ngui says. "They liked being part of the pregnancy and delivery process."
Although the pilot project eventually involved only four couples, Ngui says the birth outcomes were positive, with all babies born full-term weighing between 7 and 9 pounds. Premature babies are defined as those born before 37 weeks, and the World Health Organization defines low birth weight as 5.5 pounds or lower.
Increasing healthy African-American birth results, like those achieved in his pilot project, is Ngui's ultimate goal. And yet, as the principal investigator for Milwaukee's Fetal and Infant Mortality Review, Ngui knows the complex factors that contribute to the city's infant mortality rate.
The review, a collaborative project with the Milwaukee Health Department, compiled and examined information on stillbirths and infant deaths from 2012-15, then made recommendations to address the causes.
"Statistics are people with the tears washed away," Ngui and the health department's Karen Michalski wrote in the report's introduction, paraphrasing the proverbial saying. "It is easy to talk about 'mortality' or 'rates,' and lose sight that behind each statistic, each number, is a life and a family's story."
Results showed that major factors in African-American infant mortality rates were premature births and unsafe sleeping conditions. "The underlying reason for the increased rates of preterm births remain unclear," the report states. "However, research suggests that a combination of economic, social and environmental factors, including higher levels of chronic, toxic stress play a role."
Ngui says his work with fathers is an attempt to address that stress, and previous research has shown that fathers' involvement can often help ease mothers' stress.
He's conducted focus groups with almost 50 African-American fathers and fathers-to-be about the challenges they face in engaging with their children. Many said they never had the opportunity to participate in prenatal care because, even when they accompanied mothers to clinics and doctor's offices, they were excluded from the conversations.
Ngui believes interested fathers must be included from the beginning. That allows them to become a resource for their partner during pregnancy and help care for their children, especially in the case of a premature birth.
"For some men, especially with a preterm baby, they just don't even know how to hold it," Ngui says. "Some of them are big guys, but they have this very tiny baby who fits in the palm of their hand. They don't know how to parent such a small, premature baby, and also what to do to support a partner with such a small baby."
The focus groups also highlighted the challenges that many African-American fathers can face, such as a lack of jobs that pay enough to support their families or provide good housing. Other challenges include negative stereotypes about absentee or deadbeat fathers as well as high incarceration rates that can make it difficult to just stay in touch with their children.
"What struck me a little bit were the fathers who said they'd been incarcerated, and the only thing that kept them going was the picture of their children," Ngui says.
"They perceived that as engagement. At first, I thought, 'That's not really engagement,' but that constant thinking of children is what fathers do. It's just a tiny connection, but it's engagement at a different level."
Ngui says that funders of maternal and child programs are paying more attention to the role of fathers. It offers hope for expanding his work on prenatal care and fatherhood to include more locations and more fathers.
"My desire is to see whether we can scale it up," Ngui says. "There's growing interest in engaging fathers but very limited research out there showing the contribution of fathers to good outcomes."

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Egypt to open new museum in hopes of boosting tourism
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CAIRO — Jun 30, 2018, 9:09 AM ET
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WATCH Egypt builds $1 billion museum
Not too far from the Great Pyramids of Giza is the $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum.
The new museum will house 100,000 artifacts – from Egypt's prehistoric times to its Greek and Roman eras – making it the largest museum in the world dedicated to the heritage of a single civilization.
Almost 6,000 workers are involved in the construction of the museum on a daily basis, ahead of a scheduled soft opening in early 2019.
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The colossus of Pharaoh King Ramses II is seen at it's permanent display spot inside the Grand Egyptian Museum, in Giza, Egypt, April 26, 2018.
The GEM is part of a bigger complex that will include an exhibition space, movie theater and other educational, cultural and entertaining facilities that target tourists of all ages.
"The GEM is not only for the tourists coming to Egypt. [It also] addresses the young generations of Egyptians so they know about their cultural roots and to raise awareness about heritage among all different ages in Egypt," Tarek Tawfik, the museum's director general, recently told ABC News.
Egyptian construction workers excavate outside the entrance of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza during its construction June 10, 2018, with the 3,200-year-old colossal statue of King Ramses II seen in the background.
Tourism savior?
Museum officials hope it will help boost the country's tourism, which suffered as a result of political turmoil and militant attacks that have targeted tourists. Recent government statistics show that the industry is slowly recovering.
"All potentials for tourism boost have been provided," Tawfik said, explaining that a new charter airport will be opened a short distance away from GEM.
A restorer works on Old Egyptian artifacts in the Grand Egyptian Museum, April 26, 2018 in Giza Egypt.
(MORE: Great Pyramid's previously hidden 'void' hailed by some scientists, dismissed by Egyptian experts)
(MORE: Mysterious 'thermal anomalies' uncovered in pyramids)
According to Tawfik, more than 15,000 people will indirectly benefit from the museum's grand complex, which is prepared to welcome up to 10,000 visitors a day.
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A picture taken on June 10, 2018 shows a view of construction work undergoing at the site of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo, with the Pyramid of Menkaure seen in the background.
Tut's collection
One of the museum's highlights is the complete collection of Tutankhamun's tomb, which was discovered in 1922.
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The King Merneptah pillar is loaded onto a truck to be transferred to its permanent display area at the Atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, March 10, 2018.
Only 1,800 pieces of the collection have previously been on display, according to Tawflik. Now all 5,000 pieces will be available to view.
"Tutankhamun will be displayed in a totally new way that will reveal the man behind the gold mask," he said.
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Workers unload boxes containing pieces of the last chariot of Tutankhamun at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Giza, Egypt, May 5, 2018.
Inside the wooden artifacts lab, conservators are working on Tut's funerary beds and chariots that have not been restored for almost a century.
"The facilities and the environment provided at the GEM's lab do not exist anywhere else in Egypt," Mohamed Mostafa, one of the conservators, told ABC News.
A general view of the facade of the Grand Egyptian Museum, in Giza, Egypt, April 26, 2018.
"We are now catching up to international institutes" like the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he added.
A view of construction work undergoing at the site of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo, with the Pyramid of Khafre, also known as Chephren, seen in the background, June 10, 2018.
Egypt to open new museum near pyramids in hopes of boosting tourism


This study examines the factors affecting reuse intention of the car service company, Didi in China. This study uses exploratory and explanatory mixed method sequential designed by Creswell (2011). There are two rounds of interview in order to confirm independent variables prior to quantitative methodology. As a result, this study distributes 201 sets of questionnaires via Wenjuanxing (online survey) from September to October 2018. Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) has applied through Statistical Analysis System (SAS) license number 12400609. The study found that perceived quality and rebuild the trust will have an impact on the reuse intention. Particularly, rebuilding the trust plays the most important role in reuse intention. However, except all variables, the analysis of data shows that the passengers still strongly rely on Didi's services. Target sample focus only on Chinese in Jiangsu province, China. The findings are limited to financial concerned and time of research operation. Accordingly, Didi should seriously considered that rebuild the trust is crucial for reuse intention.


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Just wondering how many are still about ? Believe 200 found themselves in the famous Black and Gold livery. Any early photos would be nice, here's mine some 20 odd years ago.
Yep, I've got one (W reg). I may have a photo of it when my mate bought it 30 years ago but think I'll settle with posting one when I get it back on the road next week.
I got it from a shop down a back street in Brighton, who's name escapes me, but they always had one or two Guzzis in their showroom.
Probably Wesson's... before they moved to Hiram.
Blurry spell check again..." Horam"
I think I have one that's been repainted red,!
I bought Ray's black n gold.
Lovely it is too. Although it still needs a little TLC though.
That's a possible 5 so far. Keep em coming if we can.
I own the remnants of UNM197W, which had 186,000 miles on the clock when someone kindly set fire to it back in 1997. I'm assembling the bits for a rebuild. it started life as a black and gold bike, although it was white after it's early nineties rebuild.
I have one but it's now red and black and with a bikini fairing.
I have a Mk2 currently in boxes, reg number UNM something from 1981, think it was black and gold one as remember seeing black under the red had been painted, can't check now as sold off tank and sidepanels years ago. My mate has one, on the right in not very good pic here..
Igor, it lives . . .
Obviously there's a yard of slack in the (heavy) throttle & clutch, no brakes and the fuel pipe kinked so I got home on one cylinder but I'm sure these are just teething troubles!
Good job I'm not off to Le Mans on Tuesday. Oh, hang on . . .


Can you imagine a TRUTHFUL LASIK seminar?
Unfortunately, the satire of this piece strikes very close to the truth.
You won't be hearing me tell you about loss of contrast sensitivity (everything is sort of dimmer and less distinct) but there are experts out there who say that all patients have this after LASIK. I don't measure your contrast sensitivity so that I can pretend it's not an issue. Good luck finding things in dark drawers and closets. Also, your vision may be less 'crisp' after LASIK than before with your glasses. For life. We think this is from the higher order aberrations, but we like to keep this quiet, too. Shhhhhhhh.
Call us for an appointment!"


The year 2019 marks 400 years since the first documented arrival of Africans in the United States. In alignment with a national agenda to recognize the significance of this anniversary, Washington University in St. Louis will host a series of three events throughout the year.
The first, "Black Struggle, Resiliency, and Hope for the Future," takes places at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, in Graham Chapel. The event will feature Wesley Bell, St. Louis County prosecutor, along with performances by the Missouri AME Conference Choir, Better Family Life's K.Y.P.E. dance troupe and more.
The event leads off a campus commemoration trilogy titled "Blacks in America: 400 Years Plus," organized by Jack Kirkland, associate professor at the Brown School, who consults and writes on the African-American family and social and economic development. Kirkland was an activist and strategist in the civil rights movement and has since held a number of roles as a public servant and elected official.
"The goal of the series is to explore the various aspects of the black experience from historical and current perspectives," Kirkland said. "The 'plus' is a vital recognition that the 1619 documentation of some 20 or so Africans arriving off the coast of Virginia does not include the history of blacks in the Americas that dates much earlier.
"All three events will feature national speakers to garner interest and wide-spread appeal, as well as draw from local talent and leadership, for a robust and engaging program," he said. "The purpose of the series is to acknowledge the incredible history of struggle, resiliency, and contributions of blacks, and to reflect on black identity and progress in the next century.
"The series will serve as a time and space for fellowship, celebration and inspiration," he said.
Kirkland noted that the 400-year anniversary coincides with the fifth anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black youth who was shot and killed by a white police officer, which launched a movement in St. Louis and around the nation.
"Following the death of Michael Brown in August 2014, the city of Ferguson drew international attention and became a symbol of racial strife and inequity in the United States," Kirkland said. "The event catalyzed the region to get to the root of the wide-spread disparities facing St. Louis, particularly prevalent among African-Americans, and to map out a regional agenda for moving forward.
"Since then, St. Louis has served as an epicenter of the movement to advance black lives, and thus attention to the 400-year anniversary of blacks in America is most fitting for the region," he said.
"Four Hundred Years Forward: Freedom in the Next Century" is scheduled for Nov. 10, the month during which national elections are held.
All events are free and open to the public and will take place in Graham Chapel.
For more information and to RSVP, visit eventbrite.com/e/blacks-in-america-400-years-plus-tickets-54955336892. A Facebook event reminder is available at facebook.com/events/1192578780919172.


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I was looking through some food Blogs and I found Daily Bread Journal, which is a wonderful site. On this site Toni lists a recipe , Pork Chop with Lavender Butter, that sounded intriguing to me. I have never cooked with lavender, to tell the trough I had never tasted lavender either, so I decided to go for it. Of course like most food bloggers I am unable to follow a recipe so this one has my own twist to it.
10-16 oz of Pork scallopini, very thin cut pork loin.
Heat Pan (I used Cast Iron) to hot while you season the pork scallopini with salt and pepper and dredge in flour. Add oil to hot pan to about 1/4 inch and let it get hot and ripples form. lay floured pork into hot oil and brown on both sides. remove browned pork and place on plate and set aside. once all the pork is browned pour off all the oil from the pan.
Melt 1 1/2 TBS butter in pan, add onions and lavender. Saute until onion is toasted. Add wine and garlic, saute for another minute or more, till garlic is cooked. Add in the pork and for a few more minutes to heat the pork until heated through.
When I first found food blogs (last November) I was intrigued and wanted to know what the hoopla was all about so I started a blog and asked, why. However, one person answered the question why and deleted it before I ever saw it. After pondering and looking through other food blogs I just started posting on my blog and I have come to love it over the last few months. even though I love it I could never really say why.
Today I found a post on Nami Nami's blog that finally answered the why in food blogging. On her happy 2nd blogger birthday post she really hit home for me and I want to say Thank you for putting into words the essence of food blogging.
When ever we are going to go to friends for dinner my husband almost always asks me to make "that lemon tart" to take. Yes we all love Lemon Curd in our house but with 6 eggs and a whole stick of butter I try not to make if too often. Today we went to my friend Sharon's house for a BBQ and per my hubby's request I make lemon tart with an added kick, raspberry glaze.
roll out one pillsbury pie crust and press it into a 9" tart pan (or you can use a pie pan if that is what you have) prick the bottom of the pie shell with a fork (if you like you can put beans or pie weights into the shell now, but I don't). Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. (remove beans if used) set pie shell aside.
Put the eggs, sugar, and butter into a sauce pan and stir over med-low heat until sugar is dissolved. Add the lemon zest and juice and continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the lemon curd thickens slightly.
Pour the curd into the prepared pie shell and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the filling is just set. let cool.
for the raspberry glaze topping I halfed the berry glaze pie recipe and used raspberries and topped the tart with that.
How would you go about taking a nice picture of a fried green tomato? I took maybe 30 pictures and not one gave a beautiful representation of a fried green tomato. So, her is the picture I chose to used, for all its worth.
I found some nice firm green tomatoes at the market so I added fried green tomatoes to the menu.
I first washed to tomatoes and sliced them into maybe 1/4 to 1/3 inch slices. Too thin they turn to mush, to thick they burn before they are cooked.
I got 4 bowls and filled each with buttermilk, flour (with salt and pepper added), beaten eggs, and bread crumbs.
I then heated a cast iron frying pan up, added oil to about 1/4 inch deep. I then took a slice of tomato dipped it in buttermilk then flour then egg and lastly bread crumbs. I put the tomato into the hot oil (I knew the oil was right because it bubbled when I added the tomato) and repeated with more tomato slices until the pan was full and I turned the heat down a little to keep them from burning. Turn the tomatoes when they are a nice brown on one side and drain on paper towel when the are brown on all sides.
Season with a little more salt and enjoy.
My Husband is from Serbia so I often try to make dishes that he grew up with or at least something close to what he ate growing up. This week my attempt at Serbian fare is Stuffed Grape leaves. The kids would not even try them but my husband loved them and I thought they were very good as well, this is my first attempt at stuffed grape leaves after all.
1. Heat oil and add finely chopped onion, cook slowly to soften. Then add the meat and cook until browned. Add rice, chopped dill, salt and pepper, mix well and cook together for a few minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly, add egg and mix well.
2. Put a small spoonful of meat mixture on each grape leaf and roll into dolmas. Arrange them tightly in a pan; pour enough chicken stock (or water) to fill half way up the side of the dolmas. Cover and simmer over low heat for about 45 minutes, checking from time to time to be sure that the stock has not run dry.
3. melt butter in a sauce pan add flour and cook until light brown and nutty, add paprika pepper, and 1/2 cup stock and heat a few moments and add to dolmas, shack pan and add white wine and simmer for another 15 - 20 minutes or until rice is cooked through.
* if you don't have white wine chicken stock will work well.
Sift the flour, salt, and sugar into a large bowl. make a well in the center and add the egg, milk, and butter and let set for 10 minutes.
add a little butter to a hot pan and pour in about 2 T crepe batter and quickly tilt and rotate pan to cover the bottom in an even thin layer. cook for about 1 minute and turn and cook for another 30 seconds and remove. Continue until all the batter is gone.
Serve with a good jam or as above.
My Brother's Birthday is August 1st which happens to be during huckleberry season and he LOVED huckleberry pie and every year for his birthday our mom would make him huckleberry pie. My brother will be 30 this year and I plan to surprise him with the pie mom used to make for him when he was a kid.
In a sauce pan bring to boil 1st 5 ingredients, cook until very thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
Pour into cooked pie shell, chill.
About a year ago I made a recipe with fettuccini and bread crumbs and it was wonderful; however, I have know idea what recipe I made and I have been trying to figure it out ever since. This was good, but was not "the recipe"; however, it is worth a post.
In a large pot, bring to a boil 6 quarts of salted water. Cook pasta until al dente.
Meanwhile, in a medium-sized sauté pan, heat garlic in the oil until warm. Since the bread crumbs will cook quickly, you don't want to add them into a hot pan, otherwise they can burn. Add the breadcrumbs, walnuts and stir constantly. Season with salt and pepper. Sauté for about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
Drain pasta in a colander. Working quickly, add pasta to the sauté pan and stir to combine. Add Parmesan and mix thoroughly. Pour into large serving bowl and garnish with chopped parsley.
I had picked up some fava beans at the market because they looked good. I took the beans out of the pods, blanched them in boiling salted water for about 1 minute. Stopped the cooking with an ice bath. Peeled the beans out of the outer shell and added them to this dish with the parmesan cheese.
1. Cut Chicken into this slices, about the size of a quarter. place in a bowl and mix with egg white and cornstarch.
2. Cut the asparagus into 1.5 inch lengths, set aside.
3. combine the ginger, garlic, brown sugar, rice wine, and soy sauce in a bowl and set aside.
4. Heat oil in a preheated, hot, wok. Add the chicken and stir-fry over medium high heat for about one minute. Remove with a slotted spoon.
5. Add the asparagus and green onion, and stock to the wok and stir-fry for about 1 minute then add the chicken and the remaining ingredients. Stir-fry for about one more minute.
I think that this dish can easily be vegetarian by replacing the chicken with tofu, tempah, or mushrooms.
In 1952 my Grandfather and Grandmother were married. There first dinner together as a couple consisted of sardine sandwiches, Grandpa thought this was an interesting meal for their first night as husband a wife, but ok. The second night for dinner Grandma served sardine sandwiches. Grandpa thought ok my new wife is very good at watching her dollar, this is a nice thing as newly weds. On the third evening they were married, you guessed it, sardine sandwiches. Grandpa decided it was time to ask. Do you know how to cook? My Grandmother's answer was no, not at all. So my Grandfather bought my Grandmother her first cookbook, and that cookbook was Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking, with the caption: "A modern cook book, complete in every detail, brings the latest development in home economics into your kitchen for a simpler, better and richer life". My Grandmother did learn to cook from this cookbook and if I remember correctly, she wasn't half bad.
A few years my Grandfather gave me that cookbook and I treasure it more then any other cookbook I have. It has all the basics you need to be a home cook in 1952, from how to pluck a chicken, carve a deer, or make a pie crust. Today I am going to share a little excerpt from the cookbook.
When a Fruit pie is double or single crusted, lattice-covered or with a streusel top, the bottom should be as flaky as a top pie crust, tender and richly but not heavily browned. The fruit should no longer be raw, but should still retain its original form and have a natural lively flavor. There should be enough slightly thickened juice with a clear fruit color and flavor to keep the fruit moist and enough extra juice to flow slightly when the pie is cut. A thin, watery juice in a pie is difficult to eat, and both flavor and food value are lacking. Old-time good cooks rarely used any thickening in fruit or berry pies, but most of them used a little baking powder in the pastry. The addition of baking powder produced a thicker crust that was puffy and porous. The inside layers of such pastry absorbed some of the excess fruit juice, but the juice remaining was beautifully clear in color. The juice if these pies did flow some when the pieces were cut, and the wedges were not as neat appearing as they would have been if thickening had been used, but to folks who remember those pies, their eating quality has never been surpassed.
One of my favorite things about having this cookbook is that I know what some of the families favorite recipes were from how stained the pages are.
In a large bowl combine rolled oats and buttermilk and let soak for 15 minutes. Meanwhile stir together dry ingredients, add to oats and stir in egg and oil. cook on pan or griddle until golden on both sides. Serve with maple syrup or good jam.
Nutrition, 1 6" pancake: Cal. 129, fat 2.5 g, carbs 20.3, fiber 2 g , protein 1g.
stir, reduce over medium heat for about 20 minutes or until just thick.
mix reduced vinegar with fruit such as strawberries. Serve with Walnut Olive Oil Cake.
I started making this cake a few years ago from a recipe in one of my many cookbooks. Over the years it has evolved into what I am giving you here today.
1. Preheat Oven to 350. Lightly coat a 9" Spring form pan with olive oil.
2. Toast walnuts in the oven for about 10 minutes, cool slightly. Place walnuts in in food processor and process until they are the consistency of bread crumbs; In a bowl combine ground nuts, flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
3. Beat eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until frothy. Slowly add the sugar and beat until light, thick, and lemon color. Slowly add the walnut-flour mixture, beating continuously. Then, with mixer on low, add juice, zest, and oil and mix until just combined.
4. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 50-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Set pan on rack and cool. Remove cake from pan and place on serving platter.
Serve with fruit in a balsamic reduction.
Cooking in a parchment pouch is so easy yet I didn't try it until recently. I am not sure why I never tried it sooner, maybe the idea of trying to fold up all that stuff in paper and then putting it in a hot oven just sounded wrong. I finally tried it and it is a wonderful way to make fish that is moist and full of flavor with little work and easy cleanup.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut 2 pieces parchment paper into 12-inch squares; fold squares in half diagonally and cut into half heart shapes. Open parchment; place the orzo on one side of each heart, place fish fillet on top of orzo, season fish with salt and pepper, lay lemon slices out on fish along with the rest of the ingredients.


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HeroWork looking for its own heroes
To date, HeroWork has organized $1 million worth of non-profit renovations, but donations are needed to continue work
The HeroWork Society is searching for charities which need renovations in 2015.
To date, HeroWork has organized $1 million worth of non-profit renovations, including the Mustard Seed and Threshold Housing Society.
"HeroWork organizes modern-day versions of old-fashioned barn raisings, called Redial Community Renovations. These are fast-paced, leadership-driven renovations events that bring people, communities, and companies together to renew non-profit infrastructure," said Paul Latour, founder of HeroWork.
Before HeroWork can move forward with projects next year its needs to raise $50,000 with its first-ever Fund-a-Reno Campaign. HeroWork's ability to renovate charities in 2015 hinges on this campaign.
The campaign kicks off Saturday (Nov. 29) with HeroWork's special premiere of its documentary film, showcasing the society's last renovation for youth-at-risk centre. The premier is combined with dinner, music, and dancing.
On Dec. 1, HeroWork launches its first crowdfunding campaign.
Then on Dec 4 at 8 p.m. there will be a "by donation" airing of the documentary at the Oak Bay Gospel United Church. This is followed on Dec 5 by a concert at the Alex Goolden Hall called Thrill of Hope: an Night of Christmas Music. Put on by a collective of musicians from across the city, this concert has been coordinated through Worship Victoria.
For further information, please go online to herowork.com.
Gala helps support sustainability in southern Peru
Esquimalt Coach and Horses has colourful history


Holidays are magical with The Magic of Beauty-Caryl Baker Holiday 2013!
How could you NOT adore this holiday collection from Caryl Baker?
Let's get a little bit closer, shall we?
New limited edition nail lacquers are high pigment, high shine and perfect finish in one swipe! Available in 6 new shades (shade above is abracadbra). I couldn't capture this product's true beauty but it's a beautiful deep, rich color-which is right up my alley and on trend for fall heading into winter.
Caryl Baker ultimate lip liner is long-wearing AND waterproof. Creamy and soft, this pencil will glide easily over your lips and stay put! Available in 4 shades (shade above is Elixir).
Caryl Baker Metallic-Toned Eye liners contain intense pigment in a long wear formula with no smudging or smearing. Waterproof and hypo-allergenic for sensitive eyes.
I've talked about Caryl Baker lipsticks MANY Times in past posts/YouTube videos. This shade is Secret potion and is absolutely stunning.
A product I didn't expect to see-a bath treat from Bath Fairy. Looks good enough to eat, doesn't it? I don't recommend ingesting but I do recommend tossing this into your tub for your next bath!
This just may be the gift for the beauty in your life…..if I had to pick my 'stand-out' product from the collection, it would definitely be the face frosting!!!
Let me know your thoughts about this collection in the comments below!
Treat yourself (and your skin) with Holiday Lights from Caryl Baker Visage!
Caryl Baker Visage Welcome to Paradise Collection!
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The lip colour looks great. The cupcake looks like fun. Enjoy Meredith.
OMG, the lipstick an the blue eyeliner are PERFECT!!!!!! So gorgeous!
Appreciate the information about the eyeliner being hypoallergenic. I am limited to the products I can use on my eyes so it is good to know what else is available.
@Denyse this liner is awesome but haven't used it in my basket like I planned.


Do your find that critiquing someone else's query helps in writing your own?
QueryTracker Community > Queries and Agents > Query Help > Do your find that critiquing someone else's query helps in writing your own?
I have found that to be the case.
Sometimes I am then more able to see a similar weakness in my own. Or I might be inspired by the way someone very deftly managed to get the summary part done.
It is often more apparent, though, that some information can simply be cut out of someone else's query, while I still have trouble seeing what information could simply be left out of my own.
1) Seeing where the order of the presentation could be re-structured in a way that makes the story flow more coherently.
2) Seeing where there is too much wheel-spinning and redundancy of ideas, sentiments, or information. Sometimes addressing that can be done by a combination of cuts and re-arranging.
Re: Do your find that critiquing someone else's query helps in writing your own?
I agree. It is so desperately hard to be objective with one's own work, especially after agonizing over it for a prolonged period. By editing the work of others, I found it somehow "re-sets" my ability to look at my own work more objectively.
I know it sounds weird, but that's how it works for me.
I have found that critiquing other people's queries have defintiely help me come up with the formula I use to write queries now. Correcting and streamlining things just help you know what to write better, in a general sense, but when it comes down to actually writing it i generally suffer from "forest for the trees" mentality. I'm so far inside the story or my characters head I don't end up sharing things that the reader needs to know to uderstand the book, which is why everyone here at Querytracker if freaking awesome.
NOticing what other people are missing in their queries has helped me. But strangely, critiquing fifteen to twenty query letters while I had a fever was the turning point for me, when I actually felt like I knew what I was doing. It probably says something about the "genre" of query letters that I found it easier to work on them while slightly delirious.
I'm super new to this, but feel it would be very helpful in my own writing to critique other people's. The problem is, I'm doing PB's and it seems like there aren't many PB writers on these forums that are posting. I definitely don't feel 'good' enough yet to critique novels, but do enjoy reading what others have said and find that even that is helpful.
Of course! That's one reason I hang around here.
Critiquing other queries has definitely helped me too. With so many examples, it's great way to see what works and what doesn't. And keeping the proper formula in mind keeps me ready to write that next query of my own...someday.


Dr. Brown takes your call on New York City Mayor Bloomberg's war on large, sugary drinks, as well as the problem of obesity, then takes up the shocking congressional vote not to outlaw gender-based abortions, then the DC Comics announcing that the Green Lantern is gay.
Dr. Brown's Bottom Line: Remind your self: God is with you if you stand for Him and do what is right. What an awesome day for our light to shine in the midst of darkeness! Exalt Jesus!
Dr. Brown's Bottom Line: Let us remember that all those outside of the Lord are under the control, one way or the other, of The Evil One, which means the world is going to do worldly things, and sinners are going to sin. We are the ones called to shine and bring the answer to them.
When the size of a soft drink seems to be more harmful to a person than an abortion is to a baby, I think we can find reason for an increase in violence and any crazy thing.
These are very trying times as hypocrisy seems to reign as supreeme while we all wait for the manifestation of the sons of God by Jesus Christ.
People should be fleeing the worldly city and running toward the kingdom of heaven.
It's a lot easier to lose weight when what you eat is natural. I keep telling you about Rabbi Dr. Gabriel Cousens' "Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine" (featured in "Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes In 30 Days" – wherein the patients in the documentary are cured of diabetes in 30 days, some losing 25lbs in a month, some losing more)!! The book has 350 recipes in it made by professional chefs (so they know how to concoct tasty food, using dehydrators to make crunchy raw chips that are nutritious, mock breads, jams, essential oil delicacies, fermented foods, etc., etc., etc.,).
And if you drink green smoothies, your hair will turn black, again! (not that it matters, but it shows the health and stabilization greens bring to the system) – "Green For Life" by Boutenko.
BTW I don't sell any of these books; just want to help.


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There will never be a dull moment, one minute you'll be organising the directors' diary the next you'll be greeting high profile clients, as well as creating project briefs and coordinating people events. Acting as an ambassador on the directors' behalf you will act as a liaison point for the executive team.
This is a lovely position with a very diverse range of responsibilities. So if you are degree educated, friendly, out going and have high energy, this is the job for you!
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The custom cabinets for kitchen, even though they are considered as the most expensive option, are still a popular choice among homeowners for several reasons. Compared to pre-built or semi-custom cabinet options, the custom made cabinets allow homeowners to have a very specific design style in mind, especially if the kitchen space and configuration requires the custom design.
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Population and environmental change
Photo: Unsplash / Daryan Shamkhali
Date: September 23, 2021 - September 24, 2021
End date: September 24, 2021
Institution: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Event summary: This webinar aims to discuss the relation between the worlds population and environmental change.
The world's population has a documented huge impact on the natural environment, to the extent that human development is said to have given rise to a new geological era, the Anthropocene, where people influence their environment at a geological scale. Simultaneously, human population has exploded during the 20th century to its current level of 7.9 billion. On average, the human population is healthier, lives longer, and with a higher standard of living than in earlier centuries. This development has relied partly on the use of abundant natural resources and ecosystem services.
However, recent environmental degradation, including climate change, indicates that ecosystems are reaching critical thresholds and may not be able to provide the same level of support via goods and services as in the past. Speakers from different disciplines will present the latest advances on the interactions between human populations and the environment. The symposium will end with a panel discussion, where the panellists comment on and discuss the formal presentations.
Lori Hunter, University of Colorado, USA.
Leiwen Jiang, Shanghai University, China and Population Council, USA.
Eric Lambin, Stanford University, USA and University of Louvain, Belgium.
Wolfgang Lutz, University of Vienna, Austria.
Karen Seto, Yale University, USA.
Panellists
Gustaf Arrhenius, The Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden.
Wendy Broadgate, Future Earth, Sweden.
Line Gordon, Stockholm University, Sweden.
Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Learn more & register here


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Articles From Michael G. Cortina
Stepping Up May Need to Step Out By Michael G. Cortina Bench and Bar, September 2019 While it is very common for an attorney to "step up" for the attorney of record in a case, should this practice even exist?
Blown out of proportion By Michael G. Cortina Bench and Bar, May 2019 Crystal Lake Limited Partnership v. Baird & Warner Residential Sales, Inc. provides an interesting reminder regarding fee-shifting clauses and how courts should enforce them.
Judging judges By Michael G. Cortina Bench and Bar, July 2018 Trial experience is often seen as the measurement that matters the most in selecting judges, but other qualifications and experience should also be factored in when evaluating judicial candidates.
Returning to the fray after discharge By Michael G. Cortina Bench and Bar, January 2018 The "return to the fray" doctrine is a little-known theory that could result in harsh consequences for debtors that receive a discharge in bankruptcy, but choose to continue litigating post-discharge against creditors or other entities.
When defense is offense: Burdens of proof in mortgage foreclosure trials By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, August 2016 Despite the scant amount of published decisions on the topic, the only Illinois decisions pertaining to the proof required in mortgage foreclosure cases state that the mortgagee merely needs to offer the note and mortgage into evidence in order to prove its prima facie case.
Lawyers can benefit from judicial heuristics By Michael G. Cortina Bench and Bar, June 2016 A look at different cognitive shortcuts and how attorneys can use them to assist their clients.
Caught by recapture By Michael G. Cortina Real Estate Law, April 2016 Not only did the appellate court affirm the decision of the trial court, which found that recapture rights are not a part of real estate and cannot be terminated by foreclosure, it also affirmed the decision to award $179,000 in attorneys' fees to the appellee as the prevailing party in the litigation.
Wage rage: The argument for why confirmation is unnecessary to attach wages with a citation to discover assets after obtaining a judgment by confession By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, March 2015 What should happen if a judgment creditor issues a citation to discover assets to the debtor's employer and finds wages that could be used to satisfy the judgment? Does the creditor have to confirm the judgment by confession now that wages have been discovered?
Play it as it lies: Dealing with unlawful judgment by confession clauses By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, January 2015 In the game of golf, the ball should be played from where the player finds it without any improvement to the situation; the same should occur if a court finds itself dealing with parties to an unlawful confession of judgment clause, which is to leave the parties where it finds them. Play it as it lies.
"Good cause": A phrase in search of a definition By Michael G. Cortina Bench and Bar, July 2014 Until the IMFL is amended to include a definition of "good cause," mortgagors and mortgagees alike will be saddled with the burden of creating arguments as to why "good cause" exists and leave the decision to the discretion of the trial court judge.
"Good cause": A phrase in search of a definition By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, April 2014 Until the IMFL is amended to include a definition of "good cause," mortgagors and mortgagees alike will be saddled with the burden of creating arguments as to why "good cause" exists and leave the decision to the discretion of the trial court judge.
Marzano is overruled, and there was much rejoicing By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, April 2014 This article briefly reviews the decision of BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP v. Mitchell and how it overruled Marzano and held that a party's waiver of personal jurisdiction is prospective only and does not retroactively validate void orders entered by the circuit court without personal jurisdiction.
In rem is incomplete: Re-thinking a common foreclosure practice By Michael G. Cortina, Amber L. Michlig, & Stephen J. Butler Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, February 2013 This article argues that an in rem deficiency only applies in certain circumstances and concludes that if an in personam deficiency is sought in the complaint and not granted, the court leaves open the ability of the plaintiff to later sue the debtor again in order to obtain a personal judgment for the amount of the deficiency.
The nightmare scenario By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, August 2012 Rather than trying to "get one by" the judge and hope that s/he does not notice that we forgot something, we should strive to prove that we have done all that could possibly be required of us and that when we ask for relief from the court the judge will know that we are entitled to such relief.
The nightmare scenario By Michael G. Cortina Real Estate Law, August 2012 Rather than trying to "get one by" the judge and hope that s/he does not notice that we forgot something, we should strive to prove that we have done all that could possibly be required of us and that when we ask for relief from the court the judge will know that we are entitled to such relief.
The bucks start here: How national banks have payment priority over judgment creditors when processing collection efforts By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, February 2011 The Illinois Banking Act, which is relevant state law, does not apply to nationally chartered banks regarding the charging and collection of fees to the bank's customer's account because of federal law preemption.
The answer is in the minutes By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, December 2010 An explanation of the differences between a deed in lieu of foreclosure and a consent foreclosure, and why one is not always better than the other.
Trapping Peter to Save Paul: How Marzano creates a jurisdictional trap for defendants By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, January 2009 A brief review of GMB Financial, Inc. v. Marzano and a discussion of how the court dealt with jurisdictional matters and how unwary defendants may find themselves giving the court jurisdiction, even on void judgments, without even realizing it.
The importance of being thorough By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, November 2007 Banks are usually the first target for creditor's rights attorneys who are seeking to collect on a judgment.
Federal Grand Jury subpoenas: Forcing banks to work for free By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, August 2006 From time to time, banks will be served with a subpoena to produce documents for a federal grand jury investigation.
Chapter 9 Bankruptcy in Illinois: The obvious now has precedent By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, March 2006 Since the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994, there has been little question as to the lack of eligibility of municipalities in Illinois for relief under Chapter 9 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Not my job: The duty of third parties to assert exemptions on behalf of judgment debtors By Michael G. Cortina Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, July 2005 Attorneys for banks and other creditors often find themselves asked by their clients whether they, as third-party respondents to a collection proceeding, have a duty to assert exemptions on behalf of their customers.
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ICOBA PUCP: learn more about the health and life sciences research center of the leading university in Peru
The PUCP is committed to research through the Institute for Omic Sciences and Applied Biotechnology (ICOBA-PUCP). Learn more about this work through its new website.
Fiorella Palmieri
For several years, the PUCP has been conducting research in disciplines associated with the health and life sciences. In 2017, the Institute for Omic Sciences and Applied Technology (ICOBA-PUCP) was created to consolidate this approach. This is a research center where studies and technological developments take place for the pharmaceutical, biochemical, environmental and agro-industrial sectors, among other areas.
Click on the image to visit ICOBA-PUCP's website.
In order to present its research after four years of work, ICOBA launched its website. On this website, you can find 15 R&D projects, 20 academic publications and 4 defended theses that seek to provide new knowledge for technological innovation.
"We want to promote the work of ICOBA within the national and international scientific community," says Dr. Fanny Casado, director of the institute. The scientist highlights that its three laboratories have equipment for PUCP projects and research conducted in collaboration with other institutions. "We also work with companies that seek to enhance the biodiversity of Peru," she emphasizes.
For Dr. Alfredo Ibáñez, researcher and former director of ICOBA, one of the most important ongoing tasks is the transfer of knowledge to students of different disciplines.
We want to promote the work of ICOBA within the national and international scientific community".
Fanny Casado
Director of ICOBA
"ICOBA has the advantage of summoning researchers from the PUCP and foreign entities, since professors can use high-end equipment for their projects," says Ibáñez. Students can even develop projects to improve the technological capabilities of companies.
Therefore, for the scientist, it is important that professors involve students in their research. "For example, we have two students who learned to operate 90% of the equipment. This is how human capacity is created," he says.
Contribution to society
Since March 2020, ICOBA staff have been taking turns working in the laboratories in different shifts to find solutions tackling the pandemic. Some of these solutions are the development of low-cost mechanical ventilators, the data analysis tool from COVID-19 patients, and the disinfection of personal protective equipment to inactive SARS-CoV-2.
Likewise, ICOBA has twelve specialists in different areas. Thanks to these multiple disciplines, initiatives could be launched this year; such as, the chemical-ecological study of floral aromas and pollinating insects in Peruvian orchids, the development of biotraps for potential agricultural pests and the obtaining of bioproducts.
All these research works will be available to external researchers, entrepreneurs and the general public. If you need more information or contact its researchers, you can click here.
The specialists in the development of analytical methodologies of ICOBA allow us to develop advances with respect to our biodiversity."
Dr. Fiorella Cárdenas
ICOBA Researcher
ICOBA is a modern chemical analysis laboratory, it has highly qualified professionals, and it has a good work environment where trust and the exchange of ideas prevail."
Dr. Carlos Martel
MASI ventilators: PUCP researchers publish an article about this project in a journal by Elsevier
The PUCP Research Vice-president's Office strengthens international ties through its website in English
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Wittenberg Tennis Programs Back in Action
Torch Staff September 10, 2017 2 min read
This past Saturday, Wittenberg's David B. and Georgiana S. Albright Tennis Complex played host to both men's and women's tennis as the programs took on the thunder of Trine University.
The day started at noon with the women's team and head coach Tyler Johnston picking up the team's second victory of the season with a 7-2 win over the Trine Thunder.
The Tigers started things off by winning two of the three doubles matches before dominating the singles portion 5-1.
Doubles partners Sarah Gallup, '20, and Harunya Ravidran, '21, proved they are a force to be reckoned with as the pair picked up their second straight win in both of their doubles and singles matches.
Oliva Boland, '20, and Carli Milano, '19, also had their second straight win as partners, while Milano earned her first singles victory of the 2017 season.
"2-0 is a great feeling and starting the season out strong is a big momentum advantage," Gallup said. "I think we played great as a team; there were some exciting matches and its always fun to beat a team who we lost to last year."
Wittenberg's men's team then opened its season, but were unable to pull out the victory as the team lost 7-2. Despite the loss, the Tigers played well as the team picked up both of its victories during the doubles portion of the afternoon.
The Tigers started the day off hot, as the duo of Luke Minard, '19, and Martin Mora, '18, picked up their first victory of the season with a 8-2 win, while the pairing of Caleb Astwood, '19, and Kieren Thomas, '19, continued to build on the momentum with an 8-5 decision.
The women's team will be returning to action on Sept. 19 when the team travels to Otterbein to take on the Cardinals, while the men's program won't compete again until Jan. 21 against the University of Dayton.
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Hello lovelies, I love spring with all the flowers blooming and as I was in the garden playing around with Oscar I thought I would pick some flowers and pop them in a vase, but then I realised I didn't have any vases left so what did I do? I improvised, you can pretty much put flowers in anything that doesn't leak water of course. I had an empty coffee jar lying around and my fella's beer mug, that will do! My favorite flowers are tulips and I spotted some gorgeous red ones in the garden so got them first then I have these gorgeous pink flower bushes scattered around I have no idea what there called though maybe someone can tell me in the comments below aha?
I just feel that they make any room look more homely, done up and adds a bit of colour and a lovely scent, you could use empty wine bottles, beer bottles, tins, empty candle jars, glasses anything really! You could always decorate the jars and tins too to add a bit more jazz to it. Here is couple I did using the items I mentioned above.
This post was a little different to the norm, but who likes to keep everything the same and normal's boring! Plus I LOVE flowers and everything floral it just makes me happy.


The Ruby Yacht Redguard Tour makes its way to Houston with Milo, Sb the Moor and special guests Chisme & Dad Records!
The Green Horse for Rap continues the charge behind last years critical darling 'So the Flies Dont Come' which made year end best of lists over at Rolling Stone, Spin, Ghettoblaster, Boston Globe, Passionweiss and Dead End Hip Hop just to name a few.
And Sb the Moor has been generating a huge buzz out in LA for a little while now, his most recent release 'Maiden Voyage' recently dropped to much deserved praise.
Along for the Texas dates is San Antonio's best hip hop group Chisme and we also have HTX's own Dad Records dj'ing the night.


The last week's news sounds like the plot of Mel Brook's The Producers; in the musical/movie the main characters discover that, by producing a musical that will certainly become a flop, they will paradoxically bring in more money. I wonder if there is a terrorist group channelling the ideas of Mel Brooks (and not sure if that would be hilarious or horrifying).
Had the gentleman of the exploding shorts succeeded in his attempt, we would probably never have known what brought the plane down nor possibly where the man was from, etc. (though these groups are usually quick to shout out what they've 'accomplished'). However, what if the set goal was to fail outright? What if they never intended to destroy the plane?
If a plane is brought down it represents a certain financial loss and obviously a loss of life; though these groups seem intent to bring about the most loss of life possible, I would imagine their goals are more nuanced than that. We are essentially talking about a conflict of worldview; it's more practical to disrupt the norms of living than to kill large numbers of people (the former requires only a bit of leverage in the right place; the latter usually involves a great deal of effort and risk of exposure).
A few years ago, a man attempted to hide a bomb in his shoe and now, all around the world, travellers must remove footwear for inspection. This man succeeded far more in failure; the disruption he's caused is global rather than just one flight. Now because of the Underbomber, we are now told to arrive four hours early for flights rather than the accustomed two. How much economic and social disruption do these extra two hours represent? How much stress for people who are already stressed (and how much more surly will the already overworked TSA screeners become)?
I think we risk becoming completely subject to the failures of ideologues; but I suppose that is nothing new.


MEGHAN Markle's mum Doria is "taking nannying classes" with a parenting centre in the US, a royal source has claimed.
The 62-year-old is learning all about breastfeeding, basic baby care, CPR and first aid through LA's Cradle Company, a source told the Daily Star.
According to The Sun, rumours have been rife that Meghan, 37, is already pregnant with 33-year-old Prince Harry's baby.
Reports of Doria's newborn baby training come amid claims she's set to move to the UK to be closer to her daughter.
A source, who's based in LA, told the Daily Star that Doria has been taking newborn specialist classes with the Cradle Company.
"Two of the teachers, Brandi and Hannah, are training Doria at her home half an hour away to avoid attracting unwanted attention," the source said.
"Meghan wants to avoid hiring staff if possible once her first child arrives. The thought of having her mum move in with them and take on the role of baby nurse is the best possible solution to that. Even more so because it's something Doria has always wanted to do anyway. She already specialises in pre-natal yoga."


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Q: iphone sdk/mac - problem with sockets My program consists of 2 parts  - A server socket running on a different thread, and a client to test the server. I'm 99.9% sure that the server is correctly written (because I have tested it with a client socket), and all it does is returns "hello world" as a response. The server sits on port 3490.
Now what I tried to do is to call the server in the following way:
NSData *data = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:@"http://localhost:3490"]];
    NSString *msg = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    NSLog(msg);

But I get no response. I suspect that the problem is with the address http://localhost:3490
This problem appears on the iphone an on mac.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Alex
I have this problem on the iphone and on mac.

A: First, you almost certainly want to be using +[NSURL URLWithString:] instead of +[NSURL fileURLWithPath:].
Second, since -[NSData initWithContentsOfURL:] hides so much of what's going on to make the connection, you might consider switching to an NSURLConnection you manage yourself, at least temporarily. The delegate methods it uses will give you a lot more visibility to / control over the various stages of the process. (As well as not blocking the thread on which you're running this code.)

A: It is possible that localhost resolves to an IPv6 address. Try using http://127.0.0.1:3490/ instead first before turning to NSURLConnection.


jude at spirit cloth (i don't yet know how to connect you with the site unless blogger does it for me--we shall see!) has taken a word as her intention for the year, and i've seen other artists do so (aimee lee's fall show abundance) i'm thinking about this, too, and wondering if i can keep it down to one, and once kept, remember the blasted word. so that word is brewing.
no, the word itself isn't "brewing", my thoughts are brewing up what the word will be. clear as mud?


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Senate Confirms Friedman by 52-46 Vote
WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed the nomination of David Friedman for U.S. Ambassador to Israel by a near party-line vote (52-46) on Thursday afternoon. Almost all Senate Democrats voted against Friedman including fellow New Yorkers, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Only two Democrats, Bob Menendez (NJ) and Joe Manchin (WV), crossed party lines and voted with the Republicans to confirm the nomination.
Two Republicans, Sens. Rand Paul and Johnny Isakson, skipped the vote for unknown reasons. (UPDATE: Isakson is home recovering from back surgery).
"Mr. Friedman's smearing of my fellow Jews, many of whom are members of J Street, should be a disqualifier," Senator Al Franken from Minnesota said during a debate on the Senate floor.
Franken added that Friedman's hardline views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will further complicate efforts to revive the peace process and achieve a two state solution. "Confirming David Friedman as Ambassador to Israel will only serve to make that job more difficult, if not impossible," he asserted.
During his confirmation hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last month, Friedman expressed regret for his past partisan comments and noted that he would be "delighted" if Israelis and Palestinians were able to reach a two-state agreement while expressing skepticism towards Hamas' willingness to renounce terrorism. "I expressed skepticism about the two-state solution due to the Palestinians' refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state," he explained. "The two-state solution, if it can be achieved, will bring great benefits for Israelis and Palestinians."
Explaining his opposition to the New York Attorney, Senator Brian Schantz (D-HI) noted, "Our Ambassador to Israel should not be more involved in Israel's politics than our own."
Last week, former Senator Joseph Lieberman assured Democrats that Friedman will perform his duties satisfactorily even beyond expectations. "I want to assure you that David Friedman will perform as Ambassador way above expectations," Lieberman, who is a partner at the Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman law firm, said at a Yeshiva University symposium. "He will."
According to the former Democratic nominee for Vice President, the near party-line vote on Friedman's nomination was more about Trump, as most Democrats voted against all of the President's cabinet picks.


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Stir the pot
Stir the pot is an idiom with an uncertain origin. An idiom is a word, group of words, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from its literal definition. Often using descriptive imagery or metaphors, common idioms are words and phrases used in the English language in order to convey a concise idea, and are often spoken or are considered informal or conversational. British English idioms and American idioms can illustrate emotion more quickly than a phrase that has a literal meaning, even when the etymology or origin of the idiomatic expression is lost. An idiom is a metaphorical figure of speech, and it is understood that it is not a use of literal language. Figures of speech like an often-used metaphor have definitions and connotations to express ideas that go beyond the literal meaning of the words. Mastery of the turn of phrase of an idiom, which may use slang words or other parts of speech, is essential for the English learner. Many English as a Second Language students do not understand idiomatic expressions and idiomatic language such as in a blue moon, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, silver lining, back to the drawing board, barking up the wrong tree, kick the bucket, hit the nail on the head, face the music, under the weather, piece of cake, when pigs fly, and raining cats and dogs, because they attempt to translate them word for word, which yields only the literal meaning. English phrases that are idioms should not be taken literally. In addition to learning vocabulary and grammar, one must understand the phrasing of the figurative language of idiomatic phrases in order to know English like a native speaker; it is helpful to maintain a list of phrases, common expressions, and popular expressions to memorize that are used figuratively or idiomatically. We will examine the meaning of the idiom stir the pot, when it appeared, and some examples of its idiomatic usage in sentences.
To stir the pot means to make unnecessary trouble, to agitate, to provoke. Someone who will stir the pot will often cause squabbles between others involved in an endeavor. He may stir the pot to destroy a project, to cause the project to turn out in his favor, or simply because he enjoys making trouble. The expression stir the pot came into use sometime in the mid-twentieth century, and evokes the image of someone stirring a pot of stew. Related terms are stirs the pot, stirred the pot, stirring the pot, pot-stirrer.
Resident Kelly Couture said Selectman Alan Tibbetts is "trying to stir the pot" with his sign, which she called "divisive" and "borderline hate speech." (The Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel)
We are fortunate to be able to say, or write, whatever we think and can give our opinion anytime we want to, although sometimes it can stir the pot so much, it boils over. (The Moberly Monitor Index)
The cousin of the recently axed Alex Kompothecras has recently led a campaign against "Siesta Key" pot-stirrer Chloe Trautman for her use of a racial slur, which was caught on camera. (The International Business Times)


i got this as a late birthday present/christmas present. anyone use one of these before? anything i should be aware of, need to upgrade?
This professional quality airbrush compressor allows you to get as creative as you like! Constructed of durable anodized aluminum for easy and comfortable operation, this airbrush compressor is easy to clean and changing colors is a cinch. The airbrush kit works with lacquers, oil- and latex-based paints to create designs only limited by your imagination!
Have it. Don't like it. Air brush broke within a couple of uses. No idea why. Just wouldn't spray anymore. Cleaned it after every use which you have to. Of coarse I only used fascolor paint in it. So maybe other paints work better. It worked ok when it did. Compressor not adjustable. Thought about just carrying the compressor around to blow the cars off with but no place to carry it.
I have something similar, other brand.
3 things you need to worry about.
1) water geting into youre airbrush when using longer then 10 mins. The water trap just doesnt do it.
2) overheating when using it longer then 10 mins.
3) pulsation in air pressure because there is no vessel.
2) Mount a computer fan on top of the heatsink of the compressor, and another one to the black cooling the motor.
3) add a buffer in the line from the compressor to the airbrush. I used an old scuba diving tank an a T piece in the line. + a pressure regulator after the second water trap. This way you can set the pressure perfectly to what you want it to be.


Apple (school/education) theme pocket memo book includes one sticky (self-adhesive) note pad (standard 3" x 3" office size) and 5 pastel color flags, approx 20 sheets per pad and flags.
Features apple stock art design on cover.
Add your logo to complete the message.
Approximate Size: 3 1/4" x 3 3/8" x 1/8"
Imprint Area: W x H - Front (Flap Side) 2 1/4" x 3/4"


Victorians have taken to the alps in record numbers for the 2018 snow season.
The most recent snow statistics from the Alpine Resorts Co-ordinating Council show Victorians are making the most of the conditions, with visitor numbers more than 30 per cent higher than the 10-year average at Mount Baw Baw, Lake Mountain, Mount Stirling and Mount Buller.
As of August 19 (the most up-to-date count available), 672,769 people had visited the Victorian snow resorts, 45,842 higher than last year's record year.
The council's Alex Shilton said the dry weather that followed heavy snowfall can be thanked for the "excellent conditions".
"It's looking pretty rosy to be honest," Mr Shilton said.
Mr Shilton also expected more good snowfall for the extended season.
"Hotham has over two metres of snow. That's half a metre better than the last 10 years," he said.
Anita Coia from the Mount Hotham Resort Management Board said the board was pleased the resort's big crowds were benefiting towns and businesses in Gippsland.
She credited the numbers to a growing interest in snow sports in Victoria thanks to Australia's success at the Winter Olympics this year.
Mount Baw Baw is also having a "huge season".
"The snowfall was 70 centimetres last weekend – it's like we're in New Zealand with powder everywhere!" Mount Baw Baw visitor experience manager Sally Brook said.
Conditions at Lake Mountain were described as exceptional.
"The season has been the best for consistency for at least a couple of decades. We still have a great amount of snow available," Lake Mountain Resort assistant general manager Andrew Paul said.
All the resorts agree the best time to visit is mid-week or in September, when the season is near its end.


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Ludlow Bernard Laments
He was angry about playing on Christmas day
Yesterday, Harbour View's coach Ludlow Bernard was furious for his team having to meet Cavalier in their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) game on the functionary Christmas Day.
Bernard explained that the match was initially scheduled to be played on Boxing Day but ended up being played on December 26th which was the official Christmas Day. The holiday was moved forward to the 26th as the 25th happened to be a Sunday.
He further indicated that his staff members did not turn up for the match hence affecting his team's performance on Monday.
The CEO of the PFJL, Owen Hill, attended the match. He acknowledged and understood Bernard's lamentations but emphasized that they have been racing against time in trying to get the JPL fixtures back in line after the World Cup break.
During the Monday match, Orlando Russell gave Cavalier an early lead 19 minutes into the game. Barely four minutes after half-time, Dwayne Allen scored an own goal thus earning Harbour View a score. Harbour View's Nicholas Hamilton had the best opportunities to earn his team 3 points but failed to convert twice with only having to get past Jaedin White. Bernard commented that bad finishing brought about wasted opportunities that cost them the game.
On the other hand, Cavalier's coach Rudolph Speid, stated that his team didn't perform to their best abilities in the match.
The second match of yesterday's double-header saw Vere United and Arnett Gardens draw 1-1.
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