Beefeater redefines the enjoyment of gin with the launch of Burrough's Reserve. Distilled in a small historic copper still from the 19th century, the spirit is then uniquely rested in Jean de Lillet oak barrels. A very fine aperitif, Jean de Lillet is only created in exceptional vintage years, making its barrels the optimum resting place for an ultra-Premium gin.
Produced following the original Beefeater recipe, refined by the founder of Beefeater James Burrough in the 1860s, Burrough's Reserve is distilled by hand using James Burrough's original copper "Still Number 12". With a capacity of only 268L, Still Number 12 produces such small batches that each bottle of Burrough's Reserve displays its batch and bottle number on the label.
Burrough's Reserve is a permanent addition to Beefeater's lineup, but will only be produced in limited quantities throughout the year. We have it now in Fairview Heights.
"Highland Park Loki, a 15 year old limited edition single malt bottled at 48.7% abv, comes housed in the same unique and award winning wooden frame as Thor, echoing the fearsome contours of a traditional Viking long ship.
Loki is the second in The Valhalla Collection of four unique whiskies from Highland Park, taking inspiration from the legendary Nordic gods of old and continues the ground-breaking achievement of creating Thor – a 16 year old malt actually designed around the personality traits of an individual. The Orkney whisky maker has now created a unique flavour profile for its follow up. While unquestionably Highland Park, this time it mirrors the unpredictable, shape-shifting LOKI character and as with the trickster god of fire himself, all is not as it seems.
"Thor was the first of its kind, a true quality malt built around an individual's personality. This proved massively successful and it sold out globally. LOKI will continue to take Highland Park and The Valhalla Collection into new territory.
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Kissing Cousins is Journeyman's Featherbone Bourbon finished in a Wyncroft Winery 1996 cabernet sauvignon barrel. This limited small batch has all the character of their bourbon with deep earthy notes from the wine barrel. Also released is the first batch of Journeyman's Barrel Aged Bilberry Black Hearts Gin. This gin has complex flavors from the white oak barrel that are similar to aged whiskeys.
Our Manchester store only has a limited amount of either on hand, so when they're gone, they're gone.


The super stylish Miller Ventil8 polo shirt has receive the tour treatment from Golfposer with an embroidered Galvin Green logo now featured at the chest. The Ventil8 fabrication offers superior moisture wicking comfort for performance in all conditions, whilst the soft and flexible handle has a pique finish for a quality feel. The Miller golf shirt is our top pick of the latest 2017 range thanks to the fashionable contrast accents at the collar and iconic tour branding at the left chest.


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Litany est le quatrième album studio du groupe de Death metal polonais Vader. L'album est sorti le  sous le label Metal Blade Records.

Composition

 Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek - chant, guitare
 Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz - guitar
 Shambo - basse
 Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski - batterie

Liste des morceaux

 Wings - 3:11
 The One Made of Dreams - 1:49
 Xeper - 4:01
 Litany - 3:01
 Cold Demons - 3:11
 The Calling - 3:10
 North - 1:36
 Forwards to Die!!! - 1:38
 A World of Hurt - 1:52
 The World Made Flesh - 2:48
 The Final Massacre - 4:32

Album de Vader
Album publié par Metal Blade Records
Album musical sorti en 2000

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public class EventJournalConfigReadOnly extends EventJournalConfig {
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    @Override
    public EventJournalConfig setCapacity(int capacity) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This config is read-only");
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    @Override
    public EventJournalConfig setTimeToLiveSeconds(int timeToLiveSeconds) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This config is read-only");
    }

    @Override
    public EventJournalConfig setEnabled(boolean enabled) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This config is read-only");
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}

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Ship-based sonar would help, but ship-based instruments have mapped only about 10 percent of the ocean floor so far. We really do know more about the surface of the moon than the total ocean floor.


Oops! I missed a deadline! Between day job and blogging, my body is throwing alarms at me to rest. I have to admit it that blogging is tough love. I know most of us are battling this war of maintaining work life balance. We always forget to take care of ourselves in our busy schedules. To make things smoother, I decided to show up today with a daily schedule printable.
One of my new year resolutions is to practice self care and get my work streamlined without burning me out. I am trying both paper planning and digital planning for this to work. I will be sharing my digital planning methods too. We all want some organization and less stress in our lives. Don't we?
I decided to show up this week again, to show you what is digital planning and whether it worked for me or not. Till that time, continue to use my printable inserts for paper planning. Feel free to leave a comment if you want any customised inserts.
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I rejoined the San Diego guild, with the goal of studying with Pat Blair in March (lead White House calligrapher).
Colorful Counterspaces: I'll play with more variations along this line. The squirrel is a modified version of one I saw in Sachiko Umoto's book, let's draw cute animals. I modified the cheeks to be more puffy like our pet, Suzy's cheeks, which are always stuffed with as much as she can possibly hold. My version also reflects the fact that a squirrel has claws for climbing and digging, not fingers--maybe squirrels in Japan have those? :-) Here again is a link to our videos of sweet Suzy: http://www.youtube.com/krisandden .
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I don't "do" macabre, although it's a goal of mine to master shading with pen-and-ink--Mark does such a fantastic job with that! So, Mark will receive a thank-you from me with an envelope design that's the opposite of his--light and airy. These leaves were cut and scored from Fun Foam. I now need to make some in the shape of the amber gum leaves on the lawn in my yard.
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Later, after doing this sketch, I created a larger color-pencil version. I like this one better. I think the larger version is a little to lanky.


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The US Must Press China for Concrete Human Rights Gains before Xi's State Visit
September 1, 2015 Comments Off on The US Must Press China for Concrete Human Rights Gains before Xi's State Visit
(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders – September 1, 2015) – Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States on September 24-25 comes at a time when his government is staging a ferocious crackdown against human rights lawyers. China's overall human rights conditions have deteriorated since Xi took power in 2013. Xi has presided over the detentions and imprisonment of numerous civil society leaders, human rights activists, lawyers, and NGO workers, and overseen one of the most repressive periods in the post-Mao era for ethnic and religious minorities. Under Xi's leadership, the government has pushed through new laws, draft legislation, and legal amendments that would legitimize political, religious, and ethnic repression and further curtail civil liberties.
Before Xi's visit, the Obama administration has a high-level opportunity—and perhaps its last one—to put human rights firmly at the top of its agenda and exert some real pressure on the Chinese government to end its systematic rights abuses. Making China respect basic human rights and rule of law is critical to ensuring that China honors any commitments it might make to cooperate on issues of climate change, cyber-security, regional security, or currency manipulation. President Obama and Xi's two previous summits—in California and Beijing—and the US-China Human Rights Dialogue (held in 2013 and 2015) have been accompanied by a rapidly worsening human rights situation. The bilateral dialogues may have ended with strong public statements by the US on China's human rights problems, but, without substantive pressure, no improvements have come about as a result of these meetings.
The highly choreographed and symbolic gestures of a state visit only benefit Xi. The visit would boost his much-needed political legitimacy at home, while Chinese state media will censor any statement from Obama critical of China's human rights. The visit also will send the wrong signals to China's embattled human rights communities and persecuted ethnic and religious groups. They have paid a heavy toll under Xi for their efforts to strive for social justice, rule of law, freedom, equal respect, and dignity. China's human rights defenders and victims of rights abuses are in urgent need of a strong show of moral support from democratic nations and human rights stakeholders around the world.
In interviews conducted by CHRD last week, dozens of activists and lawyers in China told us that they believe Xi's US visit should not proceed as scheduled unless the Chinese government meets certain preconditions, including releasing the detained lawyers, who have been held for nearly two months, and granting amnesty to a significant number of prisoners of conscience.
"This is an opportunity for the US government to show its support for human rights and rule of law [in China]," one lawyer said. "The US should call on Xi to immediately release all detained lawyers and human rights defenders, immediately halt the intense suppression of NGOs, stop religious persecution, and end repressive policies towards ethnic Tibetans, Uyghurs, and other minority groups."
Another lawyer added: "The US should send a clear signal to China and cancel the summit unless there are improvements to the human rights situation."
"If the White House lays out the red carpet for President Xi, it sends a clear message to China's human rights activists that our journey will only become increasingly more arduous," another lawyer told CHRD.
"The whole world can see that Xi's record on human rights is getting worse," said one activist, "and the Obama administration shouldn't turn a blind eye to what's happening."
"Without substantial improvement before the visit, it will hurt Chinese civil society, and harm America's image and strategic interests," another activist said.
"We'll be sorely disappointed if the Obama administration doesn't exert significant pressure on Xi. The Chinese government's persecution of civil society actors is full of blood and tears, with so many families torn apart," said another lawyer.
In social media platforms used for discussions among rights lawyers and activists, many have posted similar messages that largely support these views and sentiments.
Since Xi assumed the presidency in March 2013, he has rolled out one crackdown after another:
The 2013 crackdown on civil society activists calling for government transparency and anti-corruption measures, leading to the imprisonment of New Citizen's Movement founder Xu Zhiyong (许志永) and 27 others;
The continued repressive policies against ethnic Tibetans, implementing measures such as sending Han officials to reside in temples, forcing resettlement of herders, criminalizing religious rites for those who protested through self-immolations, and collectively punishing entire villages for self-immolations;
The ramped up restrictions in Xinjiang, including treating ethnic Uyghurs as terrorists after violent incidents in Kunming and Beijing, and the banning of religious attire (beards and veils), fasting during Ramadan, and admittance to mosques to anyone under the age of 18, as well as the life sentence given to professor Ilham Tohti (伊力哈木.土赫提), a moderate critic;
The crackdown in the spring and summer of 2014 on Chinese citizens commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre;
The crackdown in the fall of 2014 against mainland Chinese citizens who showed support for the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong;
The closure of several NGOs working on disability and health rights, women's and LGBT rights, anti-discrimination issues, and shutting down a think tank working on tax reform and social justice issues. Several staff members of these organizations have been detained and are facing imminent trial, and others still face criminal charges after being released on bail, such as the Five Feminists.
The current crackdown on human rights lawyers and their supporters. Since the second week of July, police have targeted more than 300 human rights lawyers and activists through detentions, summons for interrogation, and intimidation. Twenty-three lawyers and activists remain in criminal detention or have disappeared into police custody, as police and judicial authorities have broken China's own laws. Separate incidents of violent assault against lawyers appear to be on the rise, with four such incidents reported over three months in 2015.
The demolition of buildings and crosses of both official and underground Christian churches in eastern China, particularly in Zhejiang Province, and new directives that require official churches to establish a Communist Party office.
Since Xi's presidency began in March 2013, CHRD has documented more than 1,800 cases of arbitrary detention and torture of human rights defenders, not counting ethnic minorities and members of persecuted faith groups who have also been subjected to mistreatment.
Under Xi Jinping's rule, torture remains endemic in Chinese detention centers and prisons. Despite legislation introduced before Xi came into power to make it easier to exclude evidence acquired from torture, authorities have not taken concrete steps to end impunity for torturers. Measures to prevent torture, like access to legal counsel or notifying families of detainees' whereabouts, have been systematically deprived, and lawyers have been increasingly targeted for challenging such abuses. Though the government under Xi formally abolished Re-Education Though Labor (RTL), the thousands of victims of the abusive system have never been compensated and several female victims of the notorious Masanjia camp have been jailed for seeking justice. Four individuals involved in "sensitive" cases are known to have died in detention in the past two years, including activist Cao Shunli (曹顺利), Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and at least two other Tibetans. There has been no independent investigation into their deaths.
One particular form of torture that is of urgent concern is the Xi government's retaliation against human rights defenders by depriving medical treatment in custody. Dozens of detainees and prisoners of conscience with serious health problems or suffering from the effects of torture have been systematically denied adequate treatment and requests for bail or parole on humanitarian grounds. Those who need urgent medical treatment include veteran journalist Gao Yu (高瑜), who was handed a seven-year prison sentence in April 2015, and rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强), who has now spent 15 months in pre-trial detention.
In addition, changes in the country's laws have raised particularly serious concerns. Under Xi Jinping's leadership, China has enacted a new National Security Law, adopted amendments to the Criminal Law, and introduced several draft laws—the Counter-Terrorism Act, the Overseas NGO Management Law, and the Internet Security Law. All of these pieces of legislation are attempts to legitimize ongoing restrictions on speech, religion, and escalating suppression on civil society. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has criticized the National Security Law, saying it "leaves the door wide open" for more restrictions on human rights and civil society. These moves run counter to a recent resolution by the UN Human Rights Council, where China holds a membership seat, that call on Member States to stop targeting civil society in the name of counter-terrorism, NGO management, and national security (UN HRC 27/31).
President Obama must pressure Xi Jinping's government to make concrete improvements to China's human rights situation before Xi's state visit. (image: Flickr/White House)
The Obama administration can still leave a legacy for having taken a strong position against the Xi government for its abysmal human rights record, even though its first clear pronouncement suggested a different stance. In 2009, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters that the topic of human rights should not interfere with economic, climate, or security concerns in high-level talks with Chinese leaders during her trip to China. President Obama has publicly stated his belief in the principles of universal human rights—as he congratulated his Nobel Peace Prize Laureate successor, Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), and more recently during his 2014 state visit to China. However, Obama has yet to live up to a vow, made in his 2009 inaugural speech, that he would only extend a hand to corrupt regimes silencing dissent if they unclench their fists.
Between now and the scheduled Xi visit, there is a brief window of opportunity for the Obama administration to use the leverage of a state visit to press for several concrete and substantive gains on human rights:
Release all human rights lawyers detained for exercising their professional independence and basic human rights;
Release detained or imprisoned human rights defenders held for peaceful expression of their political views, religious or ethnic/cultural beliefs, or for peaceful assembly and association, especially those who suffer from poor health or are in urgent need of medical attention;
Extend unconditional invitations to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, the Working Group on Involuntary and Enforced Disappearance, and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to visit China, including meeting with the families of Cao Shunli and Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, and to conduct independent investigations into their deaths in custody.
Lift travel restrictions on American and international journalists and diplomats, allowing them to visit Tibet and Xinjiang, enjoying the same freedom of movement that Chinese journalists and diplomats enjoy in the US.
Renee Xia, International Director (Mandarin, English), +1 240 374 8937, reneexia@chrdnet.com, Follow on Twitter: @ReneeXiaCHRD
Victor Clemens, Research Coordinator (English), +1 209 643 0539, victorclemens@chrdnet.com, Follow on Twitter: @VictorClemens
Frances Eve, Researcher (English), +852 6695 4083, franceseve@chrdnet.com, Follow on Twitter: @FrancesEveCHRD
Wendy Lin, Hong Kong Coordinator (Mandarin, Cantonese, English), +852 6932 1274, wendylin@chrdnet.com, Follow on Twitter: @WendyLinCHRD
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Fort Smith police investigate convenience store robbery
Max Bryan Times Record mbryan@swtimes.com
Fort Smith police are investigating a robbery on Saturday evening at Park Mini Mart, 3601 Park Ave.
According to the incident report, a Park Mini Mart employee told Fort Smith police officer Luis Gomez that he had been robbed at gunpoint around 7:15 p.m. Saturday at the business. He said that person who appeared to be a black male juvenile walked into the store wearing dark clothing and a bandanna that covered his face, pointed a handgun at him and told him to open the register.
The employee said that the thief grabbed all the money after he opened the cash register. He said that the thief knocked the register onto the floor while he took the money and left with about $1,000 in cash, the report states.
The employee said he tried to chase down the robber, who was fleeing west on foot on Park Avenue. He said the robber was dropping cash on the road as he fled, the report states.
The employee was unable to pull up video footage of the robbery because did not know how to work the camera. He also said he had put his fingerprints on all the cash the robber had dropped when he went back to pick it up, the report states.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Fort Smith Police Department at (479) 709-5100 or Crime Stoppers at 78-CRIME.


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// <copyright file="MainForm.cs" company="Tethys">
//   Copyright (C) 1998-2021 T. Graf
// </copyright>
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
// either express or implied.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

namespace RecentFileListDemo
{
    using System;
    using System.IO;
    using System.Windows.Forms;

    using Tethys.Forms;

    /// <summary>
    /// Application main form.
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainForm : Form
    {
        #region PRIVATE PROPERTIES
        /// <summary>
        /// The most recent file list class.
        /// </summary>
        private RecentFileList mtfl;
        #endregion // PRIVATE PROPERTIES

        //// ------------------------------------------------------------------

        #region CONSTRUCTION
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MainForm"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public MainForm()
        {
            this.InitializeComponent();
        } // MainForm()
        #endregion // CONSTRUCTION

        //// ------------------------------------------------------------------

        #region UI HANDLING
        /// <summary>
        /// Handles the Load event of the MainForm control.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="EventArgs"/> instance containing the
        /// event data.</param>
        private void MainFormLoad(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var regEntry = "Software\\Tethys\\" + Application.ProductName
                                                + "\\Recent File List";
            this.mtfl = new RecentFileList(regEntry, "File", 6, 30);
            this.mtfl.Click += this.MenuFileMruClick;
            this.mtfl.ReadList();
            this.mtfl.UpdateMenu(this.menuFileMru);
        } // MainFormLoad()

        /// <summary>
        /// Handles the FormClosing event of the MainForm control.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="FormClosingEventArgs"/> instance
        /// containing the event data.</param>
        private void MainFormFormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                // write MRU file list
                this.mtfl.WriteList();
            }
            catch
            {
                // Log.Error("Error storing application configuration", ex);
            } // catch
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Handles the Click event of the menuFileOpen control.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="EventArgs"/> instance containing
        /// the event data.</param>
        private void MenuFileOpenClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();
            openFileDialog.CheckFileExists = true;
            openFileDialog.CheckPathExists = true;
            openFileDialog.InitialDirectory = ".";
            // ReSharper disable LocalizableElement
            openFileDialog.Filter = "All Files (*.*)|*.*";
            // ReSharper restore LocalizableElement
            openFileDialog.FilterIndex = 1;

            var result = openFileDialog.ShowDialog(this);
            if (result != DialogResult.OK)
            {
                // aborted by user
                return;
            } // if

            this.NewMdiChild(openFileDialog.FileName);
        } // MenuFileOpenClick()

        /// <summary>
        /// Handles the Click event of the menuFileSave control.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="EventArgs"/> instance containing
        /// the event data.</param>
        private void MenuFileSaveClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var child = (MdiChildForm)this.ActiveMdiChild;
            if (child != null)
            {
                // save the child data ...

                // add to MRU list
                this.mtfl.Add(child.Text);
                this.mtfl.UpdateMenu(this.menuFileMru);
            } // if
        } // MenuFileSaveClick()

        /// <summary>
        /// Handles the Click event of the menuFileClose control.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="EventArgs"/> instance containing
        /// the event data.</param>
        private void MenuFileCloseClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var child = (MdiChildForm)this.ActiveMdiChild;
            if (child != null)
            {
                // add to MRU list
                this.mtfl.Add(child.Text);
                this.mtfl.UpdateMenu(this.menuFileMru);

                child.Close();
            } // if
        } // MenuFileCloseClick()

        /// <summary>
        /// Handles the Click event of the menuFileExit control.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="EventArgs"/> instance containing
        /// the event data.</param>
        private void MenuFileExitClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Application.Exit();
        } // MenuFileExitClick()

        /// <summary>
        /// The function is the handler for the most recently used (MRU) menu
        /// entries.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">Originator of this event.</param>
        /// <param name="e">The EventArgs that contains the event data.</param>
        private void MenuFileMruClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var tsmi = sender as ToolStripMenuItem;
            if (tsmi == null)
            {
                return;
            } // if

            // save and close any open documents
            this.MenuFileCloseClick(this, EventArgs.Empty);

            if (!File.Exists(tsmi.Text))
            {
                // remove from MRU list
                this.mtfl.Remove(tsmi.Text);
                this.mtfl.UpdateMenu(this.menuFileMru);

                // ReSharper disable LocalizableElement
                MessageBox.Show(
                    "File not found",
                    Application.ProductName,
                    MessageBoxButtons.OK,
                    MessageBoxIcon.Stop);
                return;
            } // if

            this.NewMdiChild(tsmi.Text);
        } // MenuFileMruClick()
        #endregion // UI HANDLING

        //// ------------------------------------------------------------------

        #region PRIVATE METHODS
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new MDI child.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="filename">The filename.</param>
        private void NewMdiChild(string filename)
        {
            var newChild = new MdiChildForm(filename);

            // Set the Parent Form of the Child window.
            newChild.MdiParent = this;
            newChild.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;

            // display the new form.
            newChild.Show();
        } // NewMdiChild()
        #endregion // PRIVATE METHODS
    } // MainForm
} // RecentFileListDemo


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Kuerti doubles up, masterfully, with two concertos at Kravis in Palm Beach
Anton Kuerti performed piano concertos of Mozart and Beethoven Tuesday night at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.
One of the highlights of recent South Florida music seasons has been Anton Kuerti's continuing cycle of the complete sonatas and solo piano works of Beethoven for Miami's Friends of Chamber Music.
Kuerti returned as concerto soloist on Tuesday night with the New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra for the Kravis Center's Regional Arts Concert Series in West Palm Beach. Traversing early works in the genre by Mozart and Beethoven, he was no less a paragon of technical fluency, insightful musicianship and refined artistry.
The Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major (Jeunehomme) is the last of Mozart's Salzburg concertos and already displays the mastery of his later essays in the genre. Occasionally giving cues and nodding his head to the orchestra players from the piano, Kuerti brought crystalline transparency and airy lightness to the opening Allegro. He assayed the beautiful Andantino with Beethovenesque gravity, the dialogue between soloist and orchestra rendered with exceptional clarity and definition. In a fast, breezy romp through the final Rondo, Kuerti's perfect articulation and brio were a constant delight, yet the grace of the contrasting minuet was finely chiseled and conveyed with burnished elegance. The precise, spot-on horns and tight ensemble contributed to an exceptionally felicitous collaboration.
The work of the twenty-four year old Beethoven, the Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat Major is actually the first of his keyboard concertos, the date of publication having changed the numbering. Kuerti's judicious rubato and mastery of the keyboard spanning octaves established authority from the outset. His poetic reading of the Adagio seemed to fall somewhere between Mozart and Chopin, at once dreamy and majestic. The final Rondo was crisp and fleet, Kuerti bringing rhythmic verve to the melodies. Playing with lithe brightness, the orchestra was a full partner rather than mere accompaniment. Veteran artist manager Melvin Kaplan was the excellent principal oboe.
There were more than a smattering of empty seats in the Kravis's Dreyfoos Concert Hall and Kuerti received only tepid applause at his first entrance. While he may lack the glamour and Hollywood style marketing of a Lang Lang or Joshua Bell, he is a superb musician and great Beethoven interpreter. The audience eventually responded enthusiastically, awarding him a standing ovation and bravos at the concert's conclusion.
The nineteen-member, conductorless orchestra opened the program with Haydn's Symphony No. 6 in D Major (Le Matin). Like the better known Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, this ensemble displays impressive unison playing skills and focused corporate sonority. Unlike the sometimes coolly generic Orpheus performances, this group exhibits considerable stylistic flair and musical sensitivity.
From the suave tones of the strings in the opening sunburst, the players' rendering of Haydn's morning symphony was robust and sturdy with a wide range of subtly varied dynamics. In the stately second movement, concertmaster Emily Popham Gillins' agility and supple, understated virtuosity turned the solo violin concertante passages into concerto=like prominence. The sly wit of the Minuet was finely pointed and the jaunty finale was wonderfully airborne, Jennifer Grim's pure-toned flute offset by brusque, emphatic string interjections.
The Regional Arts Concert Series continues 2 p.m. Sunday with the Tokyo String Quartet playing works by Mozart, Kodaly and Brahms. 800-572-8471; kravis.org.
Wed Jan 9, 2013


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Kerry Patterson is a prolific writer who has coauthored numerous articles and award-winning training programs. Kerry taught at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management and then cofounded Interact Performance Systems, where he worked for ten years as vice president of research and development. Kerry is a founder of VitalSmarts, an innovator in corporate training and leadership development. He is the author of four New York Times bestselling business books: Change Anything, Crucial Conversations, Crucial Accountability, and Influencer. He's also the author of The Gray Fedora, a compilation of stories from Kerry's own life experiences. Kerry has completed doctoral work at Stanford University. He is a recipient of the Mentor of the Year Award and the 2004 William G. Dyer Distinguished Alumni Award from Brigham Young University.
ABOUT VITALSMARTS:
An innovator in corporate training and leadership development, VitalSmarts combines three decades of original research with 50 years of the best social science thinking to help leaders and organizations achieve new levels of performance. Specifically, we focus on human behavior -- the underlying written and unwritten rules that shape what employees do every day and create the cultural operating system upon which an organization functions. Our work within the halls of some of the world's top organizations has led us to identify four skill sets present in successful companies. When used in combination, these high-leverage skills create healthy corporate cultures that spur flawless execution and consistent innovation. These skill sets are taught in our award-winning training programs and New York Times bestselling books of the same titles: Crucial Conversations, Crucial Accountability, Influencer, and Change Anything.
VitalSmarts has trained more than one million people worldwide and helped more than 300 of the Fortune 500 realize significant results using this proven method for driving rapid, sustainable and measurable change in behaviors. VitalSmarts has been ranked by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest-growing companies in America for eight consecutive years. www.vitalsmarts.com
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Joseph Grenny is an acclaimed keynote speaker and consultant who has designed and implemented major corporate change initiatives for the past 20 years. He is also a cofounder of Unitus, a nonprofit organization that helps the world's poor achieve economic self-reliance.
David Maxfield is a leading researcher and frequent conference speaker on topics ranging from dialogue skills to performance improvement. He did doctoral work in psychology at Stanford University, where he studied personality theory and interpersonal-skill development.
Ron McMillan is a sought-after speaker and consultant. He cofounded the Covey Leadership Center, where he served as vice president of research and development. He has worked with leaders ranging from first-level managers to corporate executives on topics such as leadership and team development.
Al Switzler is a renowned consultant and speaker who has directed training and management initiatives with dozens of Fortune 500 companies worldwide. He is on the faculty of the Executive Development Center at the University of Michigan.
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Would you trust randomly selected citizens to be the source of insight for drafting foreign policy? Shauna Sylvester is leading a large independent project called Canada's World, that will do just that.
There is no shortage of articles about how social networking sites like MySpace and FaceBook can be used to support grassroots and progressive campaigns and professional networking sites like Linkedin and XING can help you get connected in your sector, but what about the networking sites specifically created to support social and environmental causes?
Worldchanging has been covering this trend on an ongoing basis (see for instance, Idealist, Be Green, David Weinberger on Social Software), but there are enough new sites connecting people, organizations, and projects, that it seemed time for a round-up.
In this article, we examine some leading networking sites with an aim (and capacity) to succeed in helping people achieve real change in the world.
With 7.7 million members, Care2 is a green consumers' haven and social networking space. It has a wide range of features, including petitions, groups, blogs, e-cards, eco-shopping, click2donate, even online dating. The content focus is healthy, green, and ethical lifestyles, with an emphasis on animal rights. The discussion groups are popular, and the collaborative C2NN news portal is an impressive example of media democracy. Is it a vegetarian natural food store? Is it a revolutionary conference on the verge of coalescing an international movement for peace and sustainability? An interesting mix, and with this many members, a mix worth watching.
Idealist.org is a multilingual international directory that lists over 126,000 members profiles and 70,700 organizations, helping to connect people with the right skills to opportunities at progressive organizations. That said, Canadian job seekers are better served by listings on charityvillage.com. The social networking is limited to creating a profile, sending messages to other members and using the brand new groups function, but it could be enough to connect the right people together to help nonprofits achieve their funders' goals.
TakingITGlobal is a Canadian-born international community site with over 162,000 "young people interested in making a difference". Note there is no user age limit and there are many users over 30. The fully multi-lingual site site provides excellent opportunities to share opinions, ideas, projects and experiences, through art, articles, discussions and newly added podcasts. Beyond connecting wired young change-makers, and informing them with educational resources, TIG lists over 1,600 financial opportunities in the form of awards, contests, grants, and scholarships. A similar US-focused youth site is DoSomething.org, which encourages community projects.
New this summer is Razoo, a tagging-based community site where user can create, subscribe to, and interlink user defined causes, acts, goals, and discussion groups. With a membership of over 18,000 users making friends, taking actions together, and co-inspiring each other, this site could have the right ingredients to become an important tool for facilitating collaborative actions for achieving goals of change. Change.org is a similar user generated actions site but includes the linking of US politicians and Nonprofits who accept donations. A similar but less popular site USA only site (2people) has been discussed on Worldchanging before.
WiserEarth is another new site aiming to aid to build a community for positive change. Though it does not emphasize concrete actions the way Razoo.org does, or have the work opportunity listings of Idealist, it does provide an incredible listing of over 107,000 organizations around the world, and useful wikipages. With 5100 members after 5 months, if it gains a critical mass of active users, it has the right ingredients to become an important place to be.
The Orion Grassroots Network – a network not of people, but of organizations.
User generated green campaigns in the UK, via Greenvoice. The groups seem quite sparse and the most money raised for any campaign was 310 UK pounds. Its not clear how new the site is but the site founders have only been members for 5 months. Not a lot of uptake yet, but an interesting model.
The TEDsters and friends of TED have their own social networking (must be logged in to see users). No user blogs or groups, but a detailed profile and email link.
Change Everything – A VanCity sponsored project, focused on BC. People blog about about personal actions they are taking to support positive change. Not much detail in the profiles or other features. An interesting model.
Helpalot is "a social charity site that helps you find projects you can trust." A 2006 school project from a Dutch grad student. It has yet to gain enough membership to make much impact, but this another kind of connecting for which there is clearly a need.
Finally, in a class by itself, we find Igloo.org. Created by the Ontario based Centre for International Governance Innovation, Igloo.org is a networking and resource site for professionals who work on global issues and government policy. English speaking academics, consultants and bureaucrats meet here to share insights and citations on governance. The high profile institutions that act as content and community partners have seeded the membership with many Canadians and set the professionalism bar very high. Igloo is an ideal place to host a governance discussion forum, post your policy wonk blog, find reputable research papers, and search for potential collaborators to inform your public affairs related project.
Hopefully by now you're springing from your seat to tell us about the social networking sites for social change we've missed. We'd love to hear success stories in this space, what you're using, what's working. Please drop a comment below and share any new and promising spaces you know and love, how they work, and why.


Thunder Lotus's debut title was one of giants and gods, bringing North mythology to hand-drawn life in Jotun (2015). It was a title about scale, your shieldmaiden Thora often small against the sprawling landscapes, colossal architecture, and raging behemoths. Each enemy felled felt like a titanic victory, a true David-versus-Goliath moment born from your own skills and tenacity.
Now, the studio's sophomore effort, Sundered, promises to transplants those incredible odds from the land of Yggdrasil and Jomugandr to a world of gothic horror and otherworldly evil. It's due out in 2017 and, to mark the announcement, we have been bestowed a trailer.
Caverns of flesh and gristle. Gnarled architecture and looming statues. The world of Sundered is deep within a subterranean hell, where eldritch monstrosities lurk and a warrior can easily be forever lost in shifting tunnels. While the detailed and smoothly-animated hand-drawn aesthetic remains, Sundered has eschewed its predecessor's isometric camera and different realms in favor of side-scrolling traversal through a procedurally-generated interconnected map.
Much like Jotun, your greatest foes will tower over your wandering warrior, beasts armed with metal limbs that unleash projectiles and beams of hellfire. But a more insidious threat roams in Sundered's procedural tunnels, tentacled creatures that swarm upon the player in unpredictable patterns that encourage you to explore cautiously and react on the fly.
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Leslie Gardner, center, receives the newly renamed Dan Fagas Award from Tom Salter, left, and Dan Fagas, right. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Kim)
No more free chili dogs — beloved Culver City High School counselor retires
Brandon KimJune 15, 2019
For students who need to talk to him, Culver City High School counselor Daniel Fagas can be often found sitting in his office — a small, cramped room filled with the smiling photographs of past students and, most noticeably, the presence of a man widely regarded as legendary by his peers.
There may be a smile involved, or a few words of encouragement to get the conversation going. But always, as his fellow staff members frequently describe, he'd meet you with a positive attitude that's almost certainly contagious.
"I've never heard him once be negative," said Tom Salter, athletics director and a good friend of Fagas. "He always sees good things. He always sees the good in people. He's such a positive role model."
By his own admission, Dan Fagas loves to interact with students. It's a quality that has both endeared him to the students he's responsible for counseling — those with the last names Cuadra through Ibarronda — and transformed him into one of the most beloved staff members on campus.
"I always love helping students with their academics and extracurriculars. The best part of my job is helping students, especially seniors when they need to graduate," Fagas said.
And the hardest part?
"Seeing all of the students," Fagas said. "I always try to see each student at least once. I try to quickly establish a relationship with them to make them feel comfortable."
Fagas' efforts to connect with his students have certainly paid off, sophomore Lucas Fite said.
"He was always helpful whenever I needed him," said Fite. "He always made time for his students, even when he was not supposed to be working. He was also never demanding about what classes I wanted to take — he wanted kids to enjoy their high school years."
Even for students who don't have him as a counselor, Fagas' name is ubiquitous — most will probably know him as the voice that interrupts the daily bulletin with an offer to buy chili dogs for anyone who attends the sports game that day. Of course, this offer is never serious, he says.
"The school doesn't actually serve chili dogs," laughs Fagas when reminded of his offer. "That's why I do it."
Still, it's a fun demonstration of his love for students — and staff members, too, have their favorite stories about the man. Salter's favorite is about the Athlete of the Year banquet, held annually for the best student-athletes of the sports season.
The banquet features an award known formerly as the Staff Member of the Year award, given to the staff member who went to the most games and did the most to support the school's athletes — in other words, the staff member who does exactly what Dan Fagas has done throughout his tenure as counselor. By the time Fagas won his fifth straight award, Salter said, the choice was final: they'd rename the award after him.
Fagas has a particular appreciation for student-athletes, which explains his penchant for winning the eponymous award.
"Dan always travels to all the games," said Coach Salter. "Once he went to Glendale for a boys water polo game, and then immediately drove all the way to Temecula for the girls volleyball playoffs."
The drive from Culver City to Glendale is 45 minutes. From Glendale to Temecula? Two hours.
All in a day's work for Fagas, it seems.
"It's not easy being a student athlete," he said. "I admire them."
Part of this respect for athletes may stem from Fagas' former occupation as a coach for the girls' tennis, boys' basketball, and football programs at the La Cañada, Esperanza, and Mater Dei high schools, respectively. This dedication towards students spans more than just athletics, however — it's evident in every aspect of his work.
Said Salter: "He never took, he always gave — every day, he was at work. He was always about his students. He always showed support."
Fagas only shrugs. "My main job is to help everybody."
Incidentally, Fagas also used to work as a St. Louis rat inspector, bartender, and adult beverage salesman at different points during his life – though as evident from his later career choice, he never seemed to be happy working such jobs.
Instead, Fagas is happiest right where he's been for almost the past decade — working with students in Culver City High School. And with his retirement upcoming at the end of this school year, it's the process of working with these students that he says he'll miss most.
"I'll planning on coming back often and attending athletic events," Fagas said. "The hardest part about leaving: I am always positive that I will miss students."
His departure likely won't come as a shock to many — by his own admission, at age 71, Fagas is ready to retire and is looking forward to simply enjoying life with his family. That doesn't mean he'll stop thinking about his students, however. Nor will it mean that his presence won't be missed.
In fact, there's one last piece of advice that Fagas would like to give, both to his students and everyone attending Culver City High School.
"The first college class I took was September 1966. I graduated January 1996," admitted Fagas. "It took me 30 years to get my college degree — so pursue your dreams relentlessly. Be true to yourself. Work hard. Never give up."
Culver City High School will certainly take these words to heart.
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As of October 2018, Tradecorp and AlgaEnergy coordinate the working group that represents Spanish companies in the European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC). Task Force Spain is in charge of representing EBIC before the authorities and associations in Spain. This working group also analyzes and works towards an agreement for the most relevant issues that are dealt with in other EBIC committees and Task Forces, in order to adopt a common position for all Spanish companies before the General Secretariat of EBIC.
"We assume the Secretariat of EBIC's working group 'Task Force Spain' with pride and responsibility, as it is a crucial moment for the development of a clear and unified European Fertilizer market, and specifically crucial for the biostimulants. We have the mission of supporting the development of this regulatory precedent that is already a reference worldwide, and we expect to fulfil our objective", adds Estefanía Hinarejos, AlgaEnergy's Regulatory Affairs Manager.
The European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC) was founded in 2011, with Tradecorp being one of its founding members. Since its creation, it has grown, and currently encompasses 56 members. The group's objective is to promote the biostimulant sector's role within Europe in order to help advance sustainable agriculture, and to lobby for an adequate regulation for biostimulants within the framework of the new European regulation on fertilizers.


Once you have bought a good kitchen machine, it is a good idea to invest in some accessories for it. Mulighederne er almost endless og du kan få helt nye options without emptying your bank account. If you have chosen a kitchen machine with a powerful engine, you will not experience any trouble, no matter if you want to make homemade minced meat or crush ice for drinks.
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Investigative Journalism In The Digital Age
By Will Michaels,
Laura Lee, Frank Stasio
Published March 10, 2016 at 12:53 PM EST
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The cohort of investigative reporters is shrinking, but many argue that their work is more important now than ever.
In an era where many consumers get their news from Twitter feeds and Facebook posts, how do complex stories of corruption, crime and power get told? And what are the challenges facing today's shrinking cohort of investigative reporters?
Host Frank Stasio talks with four reporters doing investigative work. He is joined first by WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii to talk about the latest campaign finance numbers from the state gubernatorial race. Then Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Stefanie Ilgenfritz discusses her series, "Medicare Unmasked." News and Observer investigative reporters Joe Neff and Mandy Locke talk about the ethical and financial challenges of investigative work. Neff discusses his work documenting the exoneration of Howard Dudley. And Carolina Public Press managing editor Frank Taylor talks about his work on a complex crime case in western North Carolina. Taylor and Ilgenfritz will participate in Digging Deep, a program about investigative journalism next Wednesday and Thursday, sponsored by Carolina Public Press.
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The International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) exists to promote effective policy making and good governance through better interaction between Parliaments, Governments and other stakeholders in society.
The Centre's primary focus is the empowerment of Human Capital through Capacity Building. To this effect, the Centre organises a range of Training Programmes, Conferences and Policy Discussions to address current public policy issues on the International Stage, in the European Union and the UK. These provide a forum for policy discussion, debate, networking and sharing of best practices.
The International Centre for Parliamentary Studies is delighted to inform you that the Professional Certificate in Human Rights will take place in London from 22 - 26 February 2016.
PICUM, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, is a network of individuals and organisations working to ensure social justice and human rights for undocumented migrants. Grounded in principles of social justice, anti-racism and equality, PICUM works to ensure that all migrants are entitled to a dignified standard of living and respect. Bringing together the experiences and expertise of its members, PICUM generates and coordinates a humane and informed response to undocumented migrants' realities and provides a platform to engage policy makers and the general public in the full realisation of their rights.
Based in Brussels, the PICUM secretariat leads the network's advocacy, awareness raising, and research activities. Unlike its members working on the frontline, PICUM's secretariat does not provide direct assistance to undocumented migrants but works to build a strong civil society network to support each other and challenge discriminatory policies and practices.
PICUM is looking for a trainee for the period from 1 March 2016 - 31 August 2016. The candidate will play an important role in PICUM's daily work, mainly assisting with administrative tasks, event organisation and membership related activities. The work experience will provide an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with the different facets of operating a transnational NGO network, and promoting social and policy change in the area of human rights for undocumented migrants.
The European University Institute (EUI) in Florence is a renowned institute that offers young researchers the unique opportunity to carry out their doctoral research in an international and outstanding scientific context with a European focus on Social Sciences: History and Civilization, Law, Economics, Political and Social Sciences.
For the academic year 2016-2017, Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) will finance two EUI fellowships for Flemish PhD students and will conduct the first evaluation round. The EUI is responsible for the final selection of the candidates.
Conditions, regulations and application procedure can be found on the FWO website.
EuroMed Rights seeks to develop and strengthen partnerships between NGOs in the EuroMed region, advocate for human rights values and develop capacities in this regard. EuroMed Rights is looking to recruit a bright and enthusiastic intern to assist the Brussels office in its advocacy-related work.
The internship will start on Monday 1 February 2016 for a period of 6 months.
The intern will assist with the Coalition's campaign in Europe with a specific focus on the European Union, United Nations Office in Geneva, Balkan countries, Turkey, and Central Asia.
The University of Antwerp Law Faculty's Law and Development Research Group will be running a post-graduate programme on 'Sustainable Development and Human Rights Law' (SUSTLAW). SUSTLAW aims to offer a comprehensive teaching programme based on the research lines of the University of Antwerp Law and Development Research Group.


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Sheep Raising the Baa of Intelligence
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Think you pull the wool over a sheep's eye? It turns out that sheep are just not as stupid as we previously thought, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge.
Lone sheep raise the bar of animal intelligence
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Although sheep are thought of not being that intelligent, do not over look our woolly friends. Sheep are actually so smart that they can actually make executive decisions, and have relatively long memories as they remember their friends for at least 2 human years. According to University of Cambrdige Scientists, they can also remember faces – whether it be human or sheep – and can also recall faces whilst looking at photographs.
Monkeys are considered an intelligent species. However according to their study, sheep can actually pass psychological tests that monkeys would fail. Dr Laura Avanzo and Dr Jennifer Morton were studying neurodegeneration, focusing on Huntingdon's disease. This disease is an inherited neuro-disorder that leads to dementia and nerve damage.
These Scientists actually just stumbled onto their findings by accident. As part of their neurodegeneration research, they studed a new breed of sheep that was genetically lmodified. These sheep each carried a defective gene that causes Huntingdon's disease in humans. They also needed to study normal sheep as a control in order to properly compare and contrast their finding with the genetically-modified sheep.
Dr Avanzo and Dr Morton subjected 7 female domesticated sheep to a series of tests which are normally carried out on humans suffering from Huntingdon's disease. What they found truly amazed them.
The researchers placed pairs of different coloured buckets in front of them – and only one of the buckets contained food at any one time. Tey then switched the food from bucket to bucket, and also alternated the colours and eventually even the shapes of these food buckets.
The sheep learned to recognise different colour patterns.Their behaviour changed according to the pattern that they looked at. In addition, based on various shapes placed in front of them, the sheep altered their behaviour.
The Scientists say that only humans and other primates would find these responses easy. Large animals generally struggle with these sorts of tests.
According to New Scientist, in order to successfully complete these tasks, they have to use their prefrontal cortex. This part of the brain is larger in humans compared to other animal species.
For decades, animal behavioural specialists have focused their attention to monkeys for testing. Dr Avanzo and Dr Morton believed that sheep, like humans, behave differently when in a flock compared to while they are alone.
Dr Morton said, "Sheep live in a flock, and in a flock they're rather silly. When you work with them as individuals, they behave very differently."
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Ex BBnaija Contestant, Nina just served Haters another meal.
Nina who was romantically involved with Miracle in the house has decided to go private with her relationship with him but always at one point give doubters what to talk about concerning her relationship with Miracle.
Today, she posted her Instagram story, pictures of her henna hands and she shocked the internet as she got Miracle's name customized on it.
Nina has pplayed deaf to people views on her relationship with Miracle, they believe Nina alone does the Flaunting.


I've updated my "branch of many seasons" for December. I decided to display my collection of Feliz Navidad ornaments, which was started by my friend, Peggy, the other Spanish teacher at my first teaching job, one each Christmas during the years we taught together. It was a clever gift, I've always thought.
The cool branch came from the Noska Homestead (thank you!). You can see the naked branch in my Thanksgiving post. It is quite unique. Lots of people have asked me where I got it. Gabe and Greta, you could start a Tree/Branch business!


Sometimes food seems too pretty to eat. This would be one of those times. The sculpted scoops of pink perfection are just so... cute! Of course, not eating it would be a mistake of epic proportions. Think strawberry cheesecake in ice cream form. Oh, you want a spoon now?
It's sticky hot outside. The sun scorches your shoulders, and sweat clings to you in places you didn't even think you could sweat. Every step becomes slower, and every stretch of shade feels like a distant mirage. Finally, home. You pop open an ice cream container. A boozy sweet scent and cool air waft to your nostrils. Your spoon sinks in like a finger in a peanut butter jar. First, the sharpness of dark chocolate hits your tongue, followed by a bite of Baileys and rum. Finally, the banana—mellow and sweet. The kicker: It's actually kind of healthy.
That's right, this recipe has no sugar or heavy cream. Just milk, chocolate, banana, Baileys, and rum.
Remember push-up pops? My brother and I used to eat the Flintstone Push-Ups at the pool every summer. This has to be the most brilliant way to eat ice cream, because there are no spoons or bowls required. Just push it up. Now imagine if you could enjoy mango frozen yogurt in push-up pop form. Genius, right?


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