Ippolito International is adding California asparagus from Coastal View Packing, Gonzales, Calif., as well as adding organic asparagus.
Ippolito also hired Alicia Blanco in a new full-time marketing position and Patrick Collins as vice president of agriculture operations at Ippolito's Salinas, Calif., office.
Blanco was the marketing manager for Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales. Collins was senior director of farming operations for Dole Fresh Vegetables, Monterey, Calif.
Organic asparagus is available in one-pound bunches and value-added pack sizes, according to the release.


People gather for many reasons: a political rally, a sporting event or a county fair.
These and other events have happened on the local level recently, but how many are shared between the community and the entire United States?
Millions of people across the country watched Monday's total solar eclipse, which was seen from Oregon to South Carolina. In most areas, though, people saw "only" a partial eclipse.
In Marquette, it was a 75 percent eclipse.
That was enough to attract hordes of people to Northern Michigan University's West Science Building where they looked at the eclipse through a telescope equipped with a solar filter and watched a live-streamed NASA event on a large screen.
Others stood on the lawn, watching the eclipse transpire through special glasses, or viewed an image projected through special Sunspotters or even just a colander.
The folks who had their own glasses were willing to share them with people who didn't, prompting an array of positive and amazed responses.
Little kids who didn't realize the significance of the moment also had fun making their own eclipse-related crafts or visiting the portable planetarium called Starlab.
It wasn't just a few diehard amateur astronomers that showed up either. A line of people waiting to look through the telescope went out the door, and most of them probably can't tell the difference between the constellations Perseus and Taurus.
Throughout town, people who had their own eclipse glasses witnessed the event as well, taking time out in their work day to look upward. How often does that happen?
Following the eclipse, people showed their enthusiasm via Facebook, uploading a plethora of photos and videos.
In some areas of totality, when the big moment came and the sky went dark — although not completely dark — cheers went up. In fact, a local amateur astronomer pointed out that such an observation is best experienced in a crowd.
That could be said for the eclipse in general, regardless of whether it was total or partial.
Considering the number of people who came to NMU's West Science Building, it also was a chance to learn and be enthusiastic about science, age notwithstanding.
With the national turmoil that's taken place lately, it's gratifying to see people converge in such an upbeat way.
It's too bad the next total solar eclipse visible over the continental United States won't be until April 8, 2024. In the meantime, the people who witnessed the Great American Eclipse of 2017 will have their memories.


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'The Post' Trailer: First Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Steven Spielberg Movie Collaboration
By The Movie God | @ | November 8th, 2017 at 10:00 am
20th Century Fox has released a trailer for The Post, which is the first movie that Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Steven Spielberg have worked on together.
The movie tells the story of the "Pentagon Papers," which were classified documents journalists from The Washington Post and The New York Times worked together to uncover and publish in 1971. The impressive cast also features Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford, Zach Woods, and even a Mr. Show with Bob and David reunion with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross.
You can read more about The Post and watch the trailer below.
Topics: Movies, News, Trailers
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Movie Review: The LEGO Ninjago Movie
By eelyajekiM | @ | September 22nd, 2017 at 9:00 am
Director: Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher, Bob Logan
Screenwriter: Bob Logan, Paul Fisher, William Wheeler, Tom Wheeler, Jared Stern, John Whittington
Cast: Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Fred Armisen, Abbi Jacobson, Olivia Munn, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Peña, Zach Woods, Jackie Chan
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Rated PG | 101 Minutes
The LEGO Movie franchise has proven that if you build it, they will come. Coming off of two widely successful films, The LEGO Movie and The LEGO Batman Movie, comes The LEGO Ninjago Movie – based off their Ninjago LEGO toyline. While the film is still set in the same LEGO world and has the same LEGO quirks – the self deprecating humor and pop culture nods – the film doesn't pack the same punch as its predecessors. Which is ironic, because this is the most action-packed LEGO movie of them all. It's filled with ninja action, mechs, and so much more. But a lackluster story that seems to be at odds with itself makes The LEGO Ninjago Movie the weakest of the three films. My full review below.
Topics: Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews, Spinoffs
Tags: Abbi Jacobson, Bob Logan, Charlie Bean, Dave Franco, Fred Armisen, jackie chan, Jared Stern, John Whittington, Justin Theroux, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Pena, Olivia Munn, Paul Fisher, The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Tom Wheeler, William Wheeler, Zach Woods
'The LEGO Ninjago Movie' Trailer: This Spinoff Has LEGO and Ninjas
By eelyajekiM | @ | February 8th, 2017 at 12:30 pm
Warner Bros. has just released the first trailer for The LEGO Ninjago Movie that features the voice talents of Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Jackie Chan, Olivia Munn, Fred Armisen, Abbi Jacobson, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Peña, and Zach Woods.
With The LEGO Batman Movie hitting theaters this weekend, now it seems like a perfect time to get our first look at newest spinoff. Check out the trailer along with a poster below.
Topics: Animated, Movies, News, Spinoffs, Trailers
Tags: Abbi Jacobson, Bob Logan, Chris Miller, Dan Lin, Dave Franco, Fred Armisen, Hilary Winston, jackie chan, Justin Theroux, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Pena, Olivia Munn, Paul Fisher, Phil Lord, Roy Lee, The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Zach Woods
'Silicon Valley' Cast Talks 'Game Of Thrones' (Videos)
By The Movie God | @ | April 16th, 2015 at 10:15 pm
During the build up to the recent season premieres of Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley, HBO released a series of short videos called "Chattin' Thrones," in which some of the cast members of the Mike Judge comedy, Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, and Zach Woods, discuss various characters and things that play an important role in the show based on George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" book series.
Topics discussed include Tyrion Lannister, dragons, The Hound, Sansa Stark, The Wall, Jon Snow, The Unsullied,the infamous Red Wedding, and season five predictions. You can watch all of the videos below.
Tags: Game of Thrones, HBO, Kumail Nanjiani, Silicon Valley, Thomas Middleditch, Zach Woods
Trailer For HBO's 'Silicon Valley' From 'Beavis and Butt-Head' Creator, 'Office Space' Director Mike Judge
By The Movie God | @ | February 25th, 2014 at 8:30 pm
In case you missed it, HBO released a trailer a couple of days back for Silicon Valley, the new show from Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill creator and Office Space and Idiocracy director Mike Judge.
The show is set during the high-tech gold rush of Silicon Valley, and stars Thomas Middleditch, TJ Miller, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Josh Brener, Christopher Evan Welch, and Amanda Crew.
Click on over to the other side to read a lengthier description and to watch the trailer.
Tags: Amanda Crew, Christopher Evan Welch, HBO, Josh Brener, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Mike Judge, Silicon Valley, Thomas Middleditch, TJ Miller, Zach Woods

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Private equity firms have been the topic du jour for some time now, with the current interest fueled by the increased public scrutiny flowing out of Mitt Romney's campaign for President. The Oracle of Omaha, Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) Warren Buffett, threw his own hat into the ring recently with an interview in Time Magazine where he bashes private equity firms for their exorbitant fees and for leaving some of the companies they buy ill prepared to move forward.
"I don't like what private equity firms do in terms of taking every dime they can and leveraging [companies] up so that they really aren't equipped, in some cases, for the future," said Buffett in the interview.
Buffett has long been known for making shrewd, long-term bets on fundamentally sound companies, so it may come as no surprise that private equity's strategy of buying up companies in hopes of revamping them for short-term profits doesn't sit well with Buffett. But Buffett also lambasts the private equity crowd for their fee structure, joining partner Charlie Munger in calling private equity firms The Two and Twenty Crowd in reference to the 2 percent management fees and 20 percent carried interest they charge.
The entire question of what role private equity plays in the economy has become muddled, that tends to be what happens when any subject enters the political arena. Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry certainly seem to think that Private Equity isn't helping America, but then it's hard to say whether or not they would have said the same thing prior to Mitt Romney becoming the front-runner in the Republican Primary. While many prominent voices, like Buffett, have expressed significant disdain towards private equity's practice of buying up companies and reshaping them into profitable entities, others have come to the defense of private equity.
Paul S. Levy, manager of the modestly-sized $4 billion fund JLL Partners which he co-founded in 1988, talked with Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times about the nature of his industry, insisting that while tough cuts are sometimes required, the overall goal of Private Equity is to improve companies.
"We want to build businesses," Mr. Levy told Sorkin. "Nobody wants to fire people. We want to retain all of the value-added, high-quality people that work at these companies. But it's like any other endeavor. If there are more people there to make the shoes than needed, you can't keep the people. It's not about wanting to get rid of people. It's about wanting to make the company operate on a size and scale that's commensurate with its opportunities and its revenues such that it can make profits and then build the business. It's as simple as that." He added that "Not everybody is perfect; we've had our mistakes as well, but I don't think there's a predatory attitude in doing these deals."
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Dave Davies is a guest host for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
In addition to his role at Fresh Air, Davies is a senior reporter for WHYY in Philadelphia. Prior to WHYY, he spent 19 years as a reporter and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, covering government and politics.
Before joining the Daily News in 1990, Davies was city hall bureau chief for KYW News Radio, Philadelphia's commercial all-news station. From 1982 to 1986, Davies was a reporter for WHYY covering local issues and filing reports for NPR. He also edited a community newspaper in Philadelphia and has worked as a teacher, a cab driver and a welder.
Davies is a graduate of the University of Texas.
Keith Hernandez On Baseball, 'Seinfeld' And Being His Own 'Worst Enemy'
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This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. Jim Bouton, the former big-league pitcher better known for his prose than his fastball, died Wednesday at his home in Massachusetts. He was 80.
Reporter Who Helped Expose Conditions At The Border Says Little Has Changed
By Dave Davies • Jul 11, 2019
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. Although President Trump was forced by the courts a year ago to end his administration's policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, recent reports from the border have described hundreds of children, teens and toddlers being held in squalid conditions at a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas.
Author Pulls Back The Iron Curtain On The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
By Dave Davies • Jul 2, 2019
TERRY GROSS, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. In the days following the 1986 explosion in the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, a military officer working to manage the response from an abandoned hotel nearby noticed a mysterious black carpet in the empty dining hall. When he got closer, he realized it was not a carpet; it was thousands of flies, alive but immobilized by the radiation in the air. That's one of the details you'll find in the book "Midnight In Chernobyl" by our guest, journalist Adam Higginbotham.
With An All-Female Crew, 'Maiden' Sailed Around The World And Into History
By Dave Davies • Jun 27, 2019
In the 1980s, Tracy Edwards dreamed of racing a sailboat around the world. But at the time, open ocean sailboat racing was a male-dominated sport. She was only able to sign on as a cook for an all-male team in the 1985-86 Whitbread Round the World Race, a grueling 33,000 mile endeavor.
Afterward, when she still wasn't able to crew, she decided to take matters into her own hands: "My mom always told me, 'If you don't like the way the world looks, change it,'" she says. "So I thought, OK, I will."
Hackers Demanding Ransoms Paralyze City Computer Systems In The U.S.
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and the Global Photgraphic Union (L190094).
For the efficient management of the 2018 Salon it has been granted Special Recognition by the Photographic Society of America (2019-309).
During the whole of its 40 years existance the salon has only ever had one Chairman:- JANE BLACK.
This has to be a unique achievment and unparalleled record of service. That this is also Jane's final year as Chairman makes this year's event just a little bit special.
In recognition of this she will be awarding a personal "CHAIRMAN'S 40th ANNIVERSARY MEDAL"
in each of the four Sections.
We would like to think all our friends will also celebrate this remarkable achievment by giving this year's salon a "bumper" entry. I can think of no finer way to say thank you to Jane than that, because your support, she is always able to remember this salon with pride.
We will award FIAP, PSA, GPU and NCPF medals, and will include awards for specific subjects in all Sections. We also produce a full colour catalogue, which is sent free of charge to all entrants.
For more information about our Salon, including Entry Conditions, Fees, Definitions and On-Line Entry (entry opens in May 2019), or to view the Results and Galleries from recent years' Salons please us the links on the left hand side panel..


CommSoft is more than a place where innovative products and services come to life, it's where careers in telecommunications are launched and developed. Our outstanding benefits, advancement opportunities, and access to management make CommSoft a home to some of the most intelligent and motivated employees in our industry.
CommSoft is always interested in reviewing qualified resumes. Please feel free to submit your resume and we will be sure to contact you should an opportunity arise that fits your background!
We attract and retain a phenomenal staff comprised of telecom, networking, programming, sales, and customers service experts. We do this by offering them the best opportunities for personal advancement and an outstanding benefits package.
Here is an outline of our benefit program. If you have any further questions, contact our Human Resources department directly. And check out our current employment opportunities.
CommSoft offers nationwide benefits coverage through Empire BlueCross.
Through National Telephone Cooperative Association (NTCA) with 100% premium paid by CommSoft.
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Through UnumProvident. Coverage equal to $50,000 or 1x salary. Opportunity to purchase additional term insurance coverage for employee and dependents.
Through UnumProvident with 100% premium paid by CommSoft.
Through Preferred Group Plans, Inc. You may use pre-tax dollars for unreimbursed medical expenses, dependent care, and/or medical insurance premium contribution.
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Reimbursement for undergraduate and graduate courses with a grade of "B" or better.
CommSoft has a long standing tradition of providing quality internship opportunities for the bright, technology minded students of today. Our goal is more than just providing a semester or two of learning. When possible, we opt to bring interns into CommSoft as full time employees upon graduation. If you are currently a student with an interest in building a software development, marketing or sales career with us, an internship could be the first step towards a productive career with our company!


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Cardioglossa occidentalis é uma espécie de anfíbio anuro da família Arthroleptidae. Não foi ainda avaliada pela Lista Vermelha do UICN. Está presente na Costa do Marfim, Gana, Guiné-Conacri, Libéria e Serra Leoa.

Ver também
Declínio das populações de anfíbios

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Arthroleptidae
Anfíbios de África
Anfíbios descritos em 2008

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Anthony Williams Is Crowned 'Project Runway All Stars' Champion
In his third appearance on the franchise, the show's "King of One-Liners" wins gold.
By Megan DiTrolio
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Anthony Williams is first and foremost a beauty queen. "I am a true pageant girl," says the 37-year-old designer from Atlanta. "I was a female impersonator in college [at the University of Alabama]—that's how I paid my way." Designing garments grew out of necessity: A dress he had commissioned for a competition flopped, so Williams took needle and thread into his own hands. "From that point on, I decided I would make gowns."
When his pageant career ended in 2006, Williams turned to another creative outlet: Project Runway season 7. Despite finishing fifth, a challenge win landed his blue oneshouldered dress on Heidi Klum for a cover of Marie Claire. The fan favorite returned for the first season of Project Runway All Stars in 2012 (he placed ninth), then came back this year for season 6; his evolution as a designer was evident. "Anthony had great energy on set and his designs were showstoppers," says Marie Claire editor-in-chief and All Stars mentor, Anne Fulenwider. "It was a true delight to watch his aesthetic evolve over time."
One of Williams' finale looks.
For his latest shot at stardom, Williams sought to capture the essence of timeless elegance. "Growing up, there was nothing more sophisticated than a black woman dressed up for church," he says. "There was a certain pride and confidence. I watched my mother go through a lot of situations with men and finances, but she never stopped being a lady. I learned at an early age that being a lady never goes out of style."
His muses, Rihanna and Audrey Hepburn, inspired the seven vintage-meets-eclectic looks in his finale collection, filled with hand-painted details, fitted silhouettes, and bare shoulders. Standout looks included a dress with a halter neckline and asymmetrical pleated-leather detailing, and a sculptural strapless top paired with tailored cigarette pants.
Precision tailoring helped nab the win.
Williams is the first male black winner in the show's history (it was also the first time all three finalists were men of color). "It's a right and a privilege to be an African-American designer in the United States of America," Williams says. "No matter how hard life is, you have a responsibility to show up. I have a responsibility to be a credit to the human race, my race as African-American, my gender, and my sexuality. I want my community to be proud of me."
This story appears in the May issue of Marie Claire, on newsstands April 24.
Megan DiTrolio Megan DiTrolio the the associate editor at Marie Claire where she covers books, culture, fashion and career.
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Per Pupil Spending in Utah: The Wrong Measure of Success
Josh Daniels
4th Jun '15
Each summer, local media outlets produce stories about the level of per pupil spending in Utah, pointing out that Utah comes in last place across the country in per-pupil funding. These stories aren't really news since Utah has been this way for years; perhaps the statistics are meant to scare Utahns into demanding that legislators allocate more of the taxation pie to the government education bureaucracy. If only it were that simple.
Utah is subject to some unique factors that yield relatively lower levels of available funds for education as compared to other states. Most notable are the larger families with more children. Other issues include the level of federal land ownership and lower income levels per pupil from which to draw. While the public education lobby, like any government bureaucracy, is diligent in advocating for its own growth, the issues underlying school finance in Utah are not remedied by simply throwing more tax dollars at them.
Few headlines about education spending point out the state's efficiency when you compare academic achievement per dollar spent. This blind focus on total dollars as a supposedly important metric ignores the most central issue for government schools: are the children learning?
At more than triple the per-pupil spending levels of Utah schools, the District of Columbia spending on education usually tops the list. However, you probably couldn't pay parents in Utah to send their kids to D.C. public schools. Does anybody claim that D.C. students perform three times better than Utah students? The reality is the opposite.
For example, take the ACT as one metric: in Utah 97% of seniors took the ACT compared to only 32% of seniors in D.C. We can safely assume that with such a broad sample in Utah the average scores will be watered down by many low performing students, while in D.C. most test takers are the higher performing college-bound students. So, it should surprise you that the average scores in D.C. are actually lower than those in Utah. Here is the comparison using the percentage of 2012 test takers considered college-ready in each subject as measured by the ACT benchmarks:
More Utah ACT test takers are considered college-ready in every subject than the likely top third of students in D.C. The data nationwide does not support the notion that increased spending drives increased academic achievement. Performance is impacted by a number of factors, with family and demographic factors among the most important. The Cato Institute looked at inflation-adjusted spending per pupil in the 50 states and compared it to academic achievement over the last 40 years, finding that there was no correlation between what states have spent on education and their measured educational outcomes. Instead, they found that in Utah, per-pupil spending has increased since 1972 by 60 percent on top of inflation. Meanwhile, over that same period, SAT scores have actually declined by as much as seven percent.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress provides another academic performance benchmark for public schools. The tests are administered to students in randomly selected samples in 4th and 8th grade and measure proficiency in English and Math. The most recent scores show Utah students scoring at the national average for Math proficiency and above the national average for reading proficiency. Meanwhile, D.C. public schools consistently rank at the bottom. While Utah and D.C. are two very different places, the principle at play is still true across the country—spending more is not a magic solution for increasing achievement.
There are a host of reasons why Utah spends less per pupil than other states and the most significant of them is not because the state lacks the political will power to spend more. This, however, is the implication of the repetitive media-fueled shaming that goes on in our state. The conventional wisdom is that if only the legislature could muster the political courage to spend more on education we could realize academic gains in the public education system. This is simply not true. In fact, one of the recent increases in public education spending came in 2013 when the legislature increased per-pupil spending by two percent but the funds didn't even make it to the classroom, as most of the money was already earmarked for needs in the state retirement system from recession-era losses and the effect of rising health care costs.
Based on recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics, Utah's use of its per pupil expenditures suggests a more prioritized spending model than many other states. With 64.3% of its per pupil expenditures spent on instruction, Utah ranks 6th nationally in the share of educational dollars spent on the most central function of public schools—instruction. Arizona and the District of Columbia are at the bottom, spending the smallest share of per-pupil dollars on instruction. Utah also ranks 4th nationally in lowest support services spending per pupil, behind Nebraska, New York, and Minnesota (again, the District of Columbia is at the bottom). Utah also ranks in the top quarter of the nation in lowest spending on overall administration costs. This deeper look at the data indicates that while Utah may spend nominally less than other states, its use of those dollars may be more efficient.
The largest driver of education funding is the personal state income tax, 100% of which is allocated to the government education system. Utah has the lowest personal income per student in the nation. Personal income levels have a significant impact on the levels of government spending, since such outlays are directly contingent on taxes collected from this income. The national average for personal income per student enrolled in public school was $250,543 in 2010, while the personal income in Utah was the lowest in the nation at $158,275. That puts Utah nearly 1.5 standard deviations below the mean.
This is partly because income levels in Utah are generally lower than many other places. After all, Utah is an affordable place to live and lower salaries stretch further than in other states. Also, Utah has the highest birth rate in the country and the most children per family in the nation, and thus the most students per capita. The way to increase per pupil spending is therefore to increase incomes, decrease students, impose new taxes (since 100% of the income tax is already used for government schools), or make significant changes to where money is spent. Calling for increased funding is as arbitrary as calling for less children—you can't get blood from a turnip.
Despite being last in personal income per pupil, Utah ranks 35th nationally in the share of personal income per pupil spent on education, with 4% spent. That puts Utah in the middle of the pack in the allocation of resources on education. However, assume that Utah were to step up its political commitment to education funding and increase taxes in order to capture 4.7% of personal income per pupil. This would place the state in the top quarter of states in resource allocation for education. However, the impact on per pupil funding would only raise the total figure to $7,439, leaving us second to last nationally in per pupil spending. We would only rise above neighboring Idaho but still fall behind Oklahoma and the rest of the country in per pupil funding. $650 million more dollars a year on education—a 15% increase to the state education budget for the target year wouldn't make much of a dent in our national ranking. Despite this, we still currently allocate nearly that much of our income taxes (half a billion annually) to higher education—money that in past generations was reserved exclusively for K-12 education.
Another indicator that seems to get people's attention is the level of teacher salaries. While we are last in overall per pupil spending we actually rank around 33rd in teacher salaries, after ranking 45th just three years ago. We do, however, rank low in administrative spending—a good thing for those concerned about the level of education bureaucracy.
While Utah's education system is not perfect, it seems much better than "last in the nation"—particularly for a state with less resources and more kids. As with all government programs, we should not measure success by how much we spend. Under that measure, the federal government would be the most successful government in history!
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Josh Daniels is a policy advisor for the Libertas Institute. He graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Brigham Young University and with a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. Previously, he worked for three years as an aide to US Congressman Pete Olson and served for eight years in the United States Marine Corps.
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Q: libxml2 with Android NDK I'm trying to run libxml2 from the Android NDK (for porting of various code from iPhone).
I've managed to get the basic code to compile and recognize the libxml header files but I can't use any method (I get undefined reference errors)
From what I've figured out it's because the NDK isn't really linking the libxml library - so all the headers from the .h files work but the methods aren't really there.
Anyone have success doing this in the past?
This is the current Android.mk file
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)

LOCAL_MODULE    := xpathParser
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := xpathParser.c

LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/include/libxml2

LOCAL_CFLAGS    := -Werror
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -ldl -llog
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := -llibxml2

include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)

And the C code:
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_com_mycompany_libxmltest_LibXMLTest_nativeInit(JNIEnv * env, jobject obj)
{
    xmlDocPtr doc;
    xmlXPathContextPtr xpathCtx;
    xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathObj;
    const char* filename;

#if defined(LIBXML_XPATH_ENABLED) && defined(LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED)
    LOGD("---- LIBXMLTEST ---- HAS LIBXML!  %d",XML_PARSE_RECOVER);

    /* THESE ARE ALL UNDEFINED REFERENCES WHEN COMPILED */
    xmlInitParser();
    xmlFreeDoc(doc);
    xmlLineNumbersDefault(1);
#else
        LOGD("---- LIBXMLTEST ---- CAN'T FIND LIBXML!");
#endif

}

A: LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES values do not need the '-l' prefix, this may be causing your issue. Use this instead:
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libxml2
# or /path/to/libxml2/lib/libxml2 for example

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TD Ameritrade Park Omaha is the home of the men's College World Series.
Beer and wine will be sold this year in general seating at the College World Series and Women's College World Series through a one-year pilot program, the Division I Board of Directors decided last week.
The Association will continue its relationships with the TEAM Coalition – Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management. TEAM is an alliance of professional and collegiate sports, entertainment facilities, concessionaires, stadium service providers, the beer industry, broadcasters, governmental traffic safety experts, and others working together to promote responsible drinking and positive fan behavior at sports and entertainment facilities.
The NCAA also has played a role in the development and provision of programs that address underage and abusive drinking, including the NCAA CHOICES alcohol education grant program, which has awarded more than $7.5 million to support programs at more than 290 member campuses.


Happy Friday GreenRope users! We hope that you had an awesome week and have cool stuff planned this weekend for Mother's Day! ;Have you gotten your mother a present yet? If you haven't, don't forget!
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Q: Python: library to handle localization for addressing/refering first/second/third person Is there some Python library, where you could have text to be localized according to its language rules? Mainly when referring to person?
Maybe something similar as num2words library?
For example, let say we have this source text in English.
Dear Jonas Jonaitis,
In English, its simple, because you don't need to change anything, whether you are using first person or third person.
But in Lithuanian language, for example, it is not correct and sounds weird.
So Gerb. Jonas Jonaitis would be incorrect.
Correct way would be Gerb. Jonas Jonaiti (Gerb. part would be handled by translation, but Jonas Jonaitis part is actually not translation as it is name of a person).
Basically, rule should know how to handle text when you refer in first person for example.


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Kindo – Tickets – Richmond Music Hall @ Capital Ale House – Richmond, VA – February 8th, 2020
Sat. February 8, 2020
Kindo (The Reign Of Kindo) has become one of the most unlikely phenomenons to infiltrate the modern music world. Almost ten years since their debut EP hit #5 on the Billboard Middle Atlantic Heatseekers chart in 2007, this band has only just begun to emerge from their decade-long journey from rags to... better rags with resumes. In an industry where big money and privilege can buy you radio play, TV appearances and audience, Kindo managed to rack up over 3 million views on youtube, over 2.5 Million Spotify plays, & Sell over 30,000 records across the globe, all without the help of any major label. It has become evident, theirs is the sort of sound that so many music lovers are eager to discover and enjoy.
The band has become prolific in recent days; writing and producing a brand new song every month since late 2016. These efforts are made possible by a continually impressive showing of support from their most devoted fans on Patreon. (Patreon.com/thereignofkindo) Patrons receive a brand new song each month, at least a year before it is compiled onto an album to be released in the marketplace. The best of the patreon songs made up their latest album 'Happy However After' released in April of 2018. This new body of work is a continued exploration of neo-soul, post-rock, R&B as well as the next chapter in the story of their unique blend of sounds.
It's worth noting that every Kindo track since 2006 has been produced in-house by the band, engineered & mixed by frontman, Joey Secchiaroli. This allows the band to create without compromise. The music is made solely with the band & it's fans in mind.
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The character has been around since 2002, often butting heads with Benson and it's that fact that's not sitting right with some fans.Viewer reaction to the new status is mixed."It closed the door on my 17 year love of this show.Benson seems to have everything else that she's ever wanted, including career achievements and motherhood. " As much as it is wanted, the notion seems highly unlikely that such a thing exists within the "Law & Order" franchise. After all, the family life was a feat unto itself for former partners Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Nick Amaro (Danny Pino). Tucker was also instrumental in running the operations when Benson was taken hostage in "Townhouse Incident." She named him somebody she trusted.Then At the end of "Collateral Damages," Benson and Tucker were looking for a place to drink, Benson looked into a bar, decided to move on and linked arms with Tucker.prescribed," @hensler_b tweeted."I legit squealed at my tv, my neighbor came to check on me!#TUCKSONISLIFE," @dustynutmeg13 said about her reaction to the reveal."I did not gasp; I cheered. " @lbergman2 tweeted."I was so against this and now I like it.
Olivia Benson's (Mariska Hargitay) absence on 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" happened within a blink of an eye, and for good reason.During the 15th season, Benson is promoted to Sergeant and appointed as acting commanding officer, in the wake of the retirement of both Sergeant John Munch (Richard Belzer) and Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek).During the 17th season, she is promoted to Lieutenant and becomes the squad's official commanding officer.is a fictional character on the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Mariska Hargitay.Benson holds the rank of Lieutenant and is the Commanding Officer of the Manhattan Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, which operates out of the 16th precinct.


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Marquette ends three-game slide
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Markus Howard poured on 30 points to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 93-72 win over the Georgetown Hoyas on Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum.
Howard, who came in averaging 27.1 points a game, was 10-of-16 from the field, including 5-of-10 from three-point range. Sacar Anim and Jamal Cain added 15 points each for Marquette (18-9, 8-7 Big East Conference).
Brendan Bailey had 10 points while Jayce Johnson grabbed 11 rebounds to go with nine points.
Jagan Mosely had 19 points and six rebounds for the Hoyas (15-13, 5-10).
The Golden Eagles captured both games in the regular season series from the Hoyas. Marquette pulled out a 84-80 win on Jan. 18th.
Marquette returns to action on Saturday, playing their final home game of the season, against Seton Hall.
Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Big East Conference, Brendan Bailey, Georgetown Hoyas, Jayce Johnson, Marcus Howard, Marquette, Sacar Anim
Morrow leaves Marquette basketball
The Marquette Golden Eagles will face Butler on Friday night without senior forward Ed Morrow.
Morrow has been on an indefinite leave for personal reasons since Jan. 15 and now has informed coach Steve Wojciechowski that he is leaving the program for good.
Morrow averaged 3.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 16 games for the Golden Eagles this season. But his playing time went down with the emergence of 7-foot graduate transfer Jayce Johnson.
Morrow transferred to Marquette after playing two seasons at Nebraska. He sat out the 2017-18 season because of transfer rules.
Last season, Morrow appeared in 33 games and averaged 5.6 points and 4.5 rebounds in 15 minutes per game.
Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Ed Morrow, Jayce Johnson, Marquette, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Steve Wojciechowski
Marquette lands power forward for 2020 recruiting class
July 25, 2019 By Bill Scott
The Marquette men's basketball team has landed their first player for their 2020 recruiting class.
Power forward Justin Lewis of Baltimore Polytechnic High School committed to the Golden Eagles on Wednesday. The 6'8, 225-pound Lewis ranks 74th in the 247 Sports composite rankings.
Lewis has helped guide Polytechnic to three straight Maryland state championships.
Marquette will have to replace Markus Howard, Ed Morrow Jr., Sacar Anim and grad transfer Jayce Johnson after next season.
Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Ed Morrow, Jayce Johnson, Justin Lewis, Markus Howard, Marquette Golden Eagles, Sacar Anim


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Stannard also notes that while not holding veto power over him, Spark did hold the power to confirm the title of "Authorized Biography" over the book depending upon how he treated his subject. Here's where the rumor comes in: Spark apparently did withhold the coveted designation of "authorized biography," and then she died. Her literary executrix then took over, also withholding the official imprimatur until she had scrupulously gone over every line of the book in order to "correct" the picture painted of her friend.
If any or all of these rumors are true, it shows in this biography. The text is mushy and imprecise, with many sentences directly contradicting the preceding one. It does indeed read like an account of a woman in which every word has been tinkered with in order to manipulate the subject just so. Parts of Spark's life (presumably the less flattering parts, of which I gather there are many) are scandalously glossed over while Stannard balances this out by spending too much time with dull literary interpretations of the writers peripheral to Spark's career. I don't normally blame the biographer for disliking the subject of his biography, but in this case there is a bit of blame to be meted out to Stannard. Who would write a biography under these circumstances, knowing that the result would be so intellectually dishonest?
Contemplator of God, party-going sybarite; unpretentious working girl, resplendent queen bee; generous friend, vengeful harpy; hard-nosed businesswoman, self-blinding paranoiac; lofty visionary, litigious terror—Dame Muriel Sarah Camberg Spark was all of these. Whether in Heaven, Hell, or (what seems likeliest after reading this sympathetic portrait) Purgatory, she has reason to be grateful to Martin Stannard for a continuously dramatic biography encompassing all sides of her contradictory nature. It is more likely, however, that Spark's immortal soul is in high dudgeon and talking to lawyers.
Her autobiography, "Curriculum Vitae," is a little masterwork of evasiveness and score-settling that reveals next to nothing about the woman who wrote it. Her version is nevertheless more fun to read than Stannard's, which is long, a little humorless and employs more stylistic infelicities than seems fitting for a book about a writer of Spark's natural grace and sureness. There are dangling constructions, clichéd metaphors she would never use (unwritten books are "washed away in a tsunami of change"; Spark is "rejuvenated as a blazing new talent in the literary firmament") and sentences like this one — about Jay Presson Allen, who adapted "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" for the stage — that combine weary metaphor with baffling indirection: "She perpetually set Muriel's teeth on edge but this was not the reason for Muriel spending large sums on dental surgery." Yet Stannard's book is thorough, judicious and insightful about Spark's fiction. Its only major fault, if this can be called one, is a tendency to overapologize for its subject.
In other words, Muriel Spark, who believed the worst about others, had the self-fulfilling knack of bringing out the worst in them, and it is to the credit of Martin Stannard that, in spite of his personal dealings with his subject and his complex indebtedness to her—Spark effectively handpicked her own biographer—he has produced a life story of splendid equanimity and sympathy.
Muriel Sarah Camberg arrived in the middle of the night (3 a.m., 1 February 1918) and immediately became her parents' princess.
In 1992 the Spark invited Martin Stannard to write her biography, offering interviews and full access to her papers. The result is this biography of the Scottish author.


Barack Obama's candidacy and his speech on race in America have brought America's original sin and subsequent racial issues back to the front of our collective conscience.
This is good and healthy for America. Too many white Americans (myself included) have little idea of what is going on in the African American community, while assuming that since we in the Civil Rights Era there is no more work to do.
In the very near future, my family will be moving to Cincinnati to plant a new church. Our desire is to begin a church that will specifically embody the gospel in its racial makeup. Is this possible? "No, it isn't," I have been told recently, because I'm white. A white person told me this. I also spoke with an African American pastor in Cincinnati, who told me "Yes, it is possible." His reasoning? Because I'm white.
How can my whiteness be a source of both credit and discredit to African Americans? This is just one example of the many inner struggles and complexities that the African American community faces. I cannot speak intelligently to these complexities because I'm just beginning to learn and listen. Any attempt to do so would further reveal my ignorance.
I have italicized key sections that I found interesting.
Cosby was born into a troubled home. He was raised by his mother because his father, who joined the Navy, abandoned the family when Cosby was a child. Speaking to me of his youth, Cosby said, "People told me I was bright, but nobody stayed on me. My mother was too busy trying to feed and clothe us." He was smart enough to be admitted to Central High School, a magnet school in Philadelphia, but transferred and then dropped out in 10th grade and followed his father into the service.
Interesting topic. A few things come to mind after reading the article and your thoughts.
1. I think a lot of African-American's beef with Cosby is not that he's saying these things, but who he's saying these things to and/ or who's hearing them. In other words, a lot of people don't like the fact that he's having an "in-house" conversation with "company" around. For instance, if I confront my wife with a problem that we're having and seek to resolve it privately, we may argue a bit, but it shouldn't be too big of a deal. On the other hand, if I confront my wife while we're sharing a meal with some friends or if I confront my wife in a way that others are going to hear it, I've only made problems worse. Some of what Cosby says is true, but he's airing black folks dirty laundry in front of white folks and only giving unfriendly whites ammo to justify whatever negative beliefs they already hold.
2. While many African-Americans may agree with Cosby in as far as he goes, he loses credibility because his message appears to only blame African-Americans for their problems and doesn't seem to take racism into account. Whether or not what is usually presented is his full message or only the juicy stuff is presented, I do not know. What is usually highlighted ends up looking like blaming the victim and the reduction of black folks wounds in this country as completely self inflicted. I believe some of what he says is true, but…it's only partially true. The author makes a good connection in identifying Garvey, Malcolm X and the N.O.I. as conservative (at least in some respects), and brings to mind the fact that the things Cosby is preaching have been preached by others who've been considered more radical. A big difference is that Garvey, Malcolm and others called on black folks to come to complete responsibility for the African-American situation because of their complete lack of faith in white institutions and possibly white people as a whole. So, the so-called radicals preach social conservatism and are considered "down" because they completely disregard white society and call for complete self determination for black people whereas Cosby preaches social conservatism, but is not only open to white society in general, but he preaches against black practices in front of whites. Many people see this as an unforgivable betrayal.
3. I don't know if it's possible "to begin a church that will specifically embody the gospel in its racial makeup," but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. I often debate with myself about modes of action that we can take along this line and I ultimately don't know if it can happen. I do believe that little things become big things and, though we may not bring about healing on a national level, we can promote healing in our spheres of influence. Being faithful over just personal relationships, even a few, can develop into something larger. To quote the great philosopher Chris Tucker, "you gotta crawl before you can walk." You're on the right track.
Perhaps I'm naive, but it seems that you're too pessimistic about the chances of seeing a genuinely reconciled church. We don't need to change the world (John Mayer). But I think that in a local community it can happen. I'm optimistic, because I am convinced that the gospel alone is powerful enough to heal these wounds.
Don't despair, my friend! We can't change others, but if we live the gospel in our own lives, there's hope.
I'd agree with you that I am pessimistic, but I misstated what I meant. I'm pessimistic mostly about seeing racial problems in this country fixed on a large scale, but I believe it's possible in a local body. I haven't seen it done, honestly, but as you implied, we can be part of seeing the problems change on a smaller scale by living our lives according to the Gospel.


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"Threshold Behavior of a Marine‐based Sector of the East Antarctic Ice " by Melissa A. Hansen, Sandra Passchier et al.
We investigate the stability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) on the Wilkes Land continental margin, Antarctica, utilizing a high‐resolution record of ice‐rafted debris (IRD) mass accumulation rates (MAR) from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site U1359. The relationship between orbital variations in the IRD record and climate drivers was evaluated to capture changes in the dynamics of a marine‐based ice sheet in response to early Pliocene warming. Three IRD MAR excursions were observed and confirmed via scanning electron microscope microtextural analysis of sand grains. Time series analysis of the IRD MAR reveals obliquity‐paced expansions of the ice sheet to the outer shelf prior to ~4.6 Ma. A decline in the obliquity and a transition into a dominant precession response of IRD MAR occur at ~4.6 Ma along with a decline in the amplitude of IRD MAR maxima to low background levels between ~4.0 and ~3.5 Ma. We speculate that as sea surface temperatures began to peak above 3°C during the early Pliocene climatic optimum, the ice shelves thinned, leading to a greater susceptibility to precession‐forced summer insolation and the onset of persistent retreat of a marine‐based portion of the EAIS.
Hansen, Melissa A.; Passchier, Sandra; Khim, Boo‐Keun; Song, Buhan; and Williams, Trevor, "Threshold Behavior of a Marine‐based Sector of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in Response to Early Pliocene Ocean Warming" (2015). Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 39.
Hansen, M. A., S. Passchier, B.‐K. Khim, B. Song, and T. Williams (2015), Threshold behavior of a marine‐based sector of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in response to early Pliocene ocean warming, Paleoceanography, 30, 789–801. doi: 10.1002/2014PA002704.


"In a call center, somebody's calling to talk to you. In social media, somebody is talking about you," says Paul Stockford, research director at the National Association of Call Centers.
Stockford says the industry has been growing in the U.S. since 2008, and more than half of contact centers here now have social media programs.
Kymberlaine Banks is a social media program manager with Telvista, which runs contact centers in Mexico, but also in Texas and Virginia. Her "small but mighty" stateside social media crew monitors the web for complaints.
She says social media representatives need more writing and problem-solving skills than people who answer phones. It's a different skill set because they also respond to positive comments.
"If someone says, 'I love you,' we say, 'We love you, too,'" Banks says.
General Motors brought back a number of customer service jobs from Argentina last year.
Just don't call them "call center" jobs. Now, the catch phrase is "customer engagement."


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Changing Hearts, Minds And Souls. STEM Education Can Launch A Transformation.
By Eileen Lauer	 Last updated Feb 16, 2021
Tacit racism is on no account restricted to the healthcare area.
"I am uneasy about man because we have no guarantee that when we train a man's mind, we will train his heart; no guarantee that when we increase a man's knowledge, we will increase his goodness." – Benjamin E. Mays, Civil Rights Leader, Former President Morehouse College
Throughout trendy societies, together with right here within the U.S., a dichotomy persists for a lot of between their hearts and minds. Intellect is the rational facet of our considering, a voice of motive. Heart is a illustration of our deep, core beliefs. Both affect our values, shaping who we're, and contributing to our acutely aware and unconscious biases.
Instinctively, we understand educated professionals to be smart people who imagine in equity, equality and that everybody deserves alternatives to succeed. Certainly, it's a shock every time the well-educated adhere to an antiquated hierarchy of human worth. This ill-conceived notion fuels racism whereas dictating that pores and skin colour, bodily traits and different traits decide whether or not somebody is inferior or superior.
As an achieved engineer and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skilled, I'm as naïve as anybody in believing that educated minds have hearts stuffed with goodness and devoid of hatred. Lately, I've been shocked once more, and once more.
Heart vs Mind. Heart versus mind. Concept of thoughts in opposition to love.
Tacit Acts of Racism
I've two sons, Myles and Mason, who play on the varsity basketball staff of their highschool, Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy in Westwego, a suburb of New Orleans. During a latest sport on the non-public St. Martin Episcopal School in Metairie, LA, an trade between some gamers on the ground brought on the referee to interrupt them up. In the stands, I leaped to my ft and screamed, "That's a Technical Ref!"
Dressed in medical scrubs, a white mother or father sitting throughout the aisle and one row down from me screamed, "They are playing like Animals!" I turned and requested, "What did you say?" She seemed me in my eyes, pulled down her masks and mentioned, "They are Animals"… She later claimed she mentioned, "They are playing like Animals" … I responded by mouthing an expletive.
Moments after the sport, I reported the incident to the St. Martin Athletic Director. The girl approached and insisted I misconstrued her phrases. I advised her that I had advised the AD precisely what she mentioned. She then repeated verbatim, "I mentioned… They are taking part in like animals." The AD claimed he was going to report it, however by no means even requested my title. Were any of them connecting their hearts to their minds, considering past their racial bias? I doubt it.
I wrote a letter to the Head of School of St. Martin, saying, "My son Myles is a senior and has 4.7 GPA, been on varsity for 6 years, studied AI and Machine Learning at MIT this past summer and has been accepted into some of the best colleges in the country. My sophomore, Mason, has never made a "B" in his life and they play basketball for the fun of it … not to hear the word "Animal" hurled at them from the stands …"
Every time I recall the incident, it pains me. In the second, I felt helpless, hopeless, powerless. To assume that somebody can be snug publicly evaluating youngsters taking part in basketball for a extremely rated STEM college to animals reminds us the extent of racism in our society. If a medical skilled seems to be down on these excessive reaching youngsters, what does she consider the Black sufferers she treats? It helps clarify why research discover that Blacks and Hispanics receive less painkilling medication than Whites at hospital emergency rooms when handled for a similar accidents, Black babies mortality rate is dramatically reduce when care for by a Black doctor.
It's additional proof of how conscious and unconscious bias impacts the everyday life of people of color, typically with devastating penalties.
A physician prepares to check a affected person at a drive-thru testing heart for coronavirus at Lehman College … [+] within the Bronx, New York City. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
The Tragic Story of Dr. Moore
In Indiana, Dr. Susan Moore, a Black doctor who filmed herself after being mistreated by one other physician and nurses, died from COVID problems after receiving lackluster care. The head of the hospital acknowledged his staff was intimidated by Dr. Moore as a result of she was a "knowledgeable patient." As a physician, she knew so much about her medical situation, however somewhat than being an asset it contributed to her dying as a result of she was Black.
We discover the tech industry is also steeped in racism. While there may be loads of brainpower, hearts want altering.
In December, Timnit Gebru, a co-leader of Google's Ethical AI Team, was fired after sending an e mail criticizing the corporate's remedy of minority workers and saying she felt "constantly dehumanized." Gebru is a distinguished artificial-intelligence laptop scientist who helped pioneer analysis into facial recognition software program's bias in opposition to individuals of colour.
There are too many of those incidents the place individuals ought to know higher, however their acutely aware or unconscious bias guides their phrases and actions.
Listening to others' expertise with racism is the easiest way to construct empathy.
As a instructor and promoter of STEM training, I imagine we will enhance empathy and create extra aware, delicate, emotionally clever STEM professionals by beginning whereas college students are younger, earlier than their values have been absolutely formed. It's not sufficient to develop simply their minds. We want to show greater than technical proficiency, twenty first century expertise and securing employment. We should give equal significance to their hearts and souls, to allow them to study to see, hear and perceive others, those that don't essentially appear to be them.
We should be sure that our college students develop the place it issues most, shaping STEM professionals throughout all careers and industries who're truthful, unbiased and open minded. We need our youngsters to be technically good, however our nation additionally wants them to open their hearts.
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Amy Schumer To Feminists Everywhere: You're In 'Good Hands With Me'
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(Peter Yang)
By Shannon Carlin, Radio.com
Amy Schumer seems to be everywhere this month, including the cover of Glamour.
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For her first cover—and there are multiple Amy covers, just FYI—Schumer is looking fierce and talking with her sister and Inside Amy Schumer writer Kim Caramele about her feminist icon status.
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"It was very unexpected. I don't try to be feminist. I just am. It's innately inside me," she told the mag. "I have no interest in trying to be the perfect feminist, but I do believe feminists are in good hands with me."
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We believe her from the looks of the cover shoot, which had her admitting, "I have three faces I can make, and I've done them all," not to mention "I love strangers touching me and taking pictures of me." That is until they start pulling that straightening iron just a little too hard.
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Cosmetic plastic surgery is becoming more popular then ever in popularity lately.
You have to be selfish about surgical treatment. Precisely what does you should never place the opinions of others ahead of your opinion above anyone else's. Altering your appearance is an important decision, even though it's a minor procedure. Do not get surgical treatment unless you're sure that it must be something you possess any doubts.
There are many face lift without surgery solutions that you may consider if you are worried about the complications involved in a facial surgery.
Before making the decision to have plastic surgery, check if there is another thing you could do to correct your problems. Some cosmetic surgery is protected, complications might still arise. Some common complaints, for example excess fat around your middle, for instance a medically prescribed diet to lose excess weight.
There are four items that need to do prior to going for plastic surgery. The first is the recovery after surgery. Another important topic is how to make avoiding infection and inflammation post-op.
Ask for a portfolio showing how past patients. Ask the questions you want strategies to, and appear to prior patients for his or her feedback. This can help you in deciding if that she or he is the best doctor for yourself.
Find out about the number of anesthesia you may be under. This inquiry is normally forgotten but it is essential to request for many different reasons. The amount of pain you will feel depends greatly how much anesthesia used can vary from the simple injection to fully sedating you.
Focus on the costs along with your surgeon to obtain pricing details. You need to visit an agreement with a payment deadline, and perhaps get a payment plan or financing when it comes to expensive procedures. It is essential that you reach a payment agreement before the jobs are done.
Determine whether your surgeon's license is updated. This can be easily carried out by calling your state's licensing agency. This is free and can provide confidence in being well informed in relation to the physician you've chosen.
Ask to view both before and after photos of patients. A trustworthy surgeon could even have the capacity to offer you photos of your patient who needed to return for tweaks if the initial surgery. In case the photos you're being shown don't show what you need, research prices for another surgeon.
You generally have to be completely hydrated all of the time. This is really the truth when you find yourself about to undergo an invasive as surgery.
Although you may be tempted to obtain cosmetic surgery in another country to economize, there are several benefits of finding a plastic surgeon near home. You may not want complications that make you get things fixed by a different surgeon.
What questions should you need to ask your surgeon? There are certainly several bits of information you prior to the actual procedure. You must also want to think about former patients the physician has performed surgery on. Ask him about the procedure, necessary medications and the way long it requires to recuperate.
Consider alternatives to plastic cosmetic surgery before deciding to get it. You might be able to find a solution to your trouble without resorting to surgery. You might be able to resolve problems when you go to a dermatologist, seeing a dermatologist or developing a better beauty regimen.
Hopefully you might be now better informed around the issues surrounding a determination to have cosmetic surgery. Teaching yourself will lessen the stress of selecting to possess surgical treatment. Weigh your alternatives carefully and pick the best procedure for you and the situation.


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Jorge Ramón Salinas Martínez (ur. 6 maja 1992 w Pirayú) – paragwajski piłkarz występujący na pozycji ofensywnego pomocnika w Guaireña F.C..

Sukcesy
Legia Warszawa;
 Mistrzostwo Polski (1x) – 2012/2013
 Puchar Polski (1x) – 2012/13

Kariera klubowa
Salinas jest wychowankiem drużyny 24 de Junio, której trenerem był jego ojciec. W późniejszym czasie przeszedł do Club Libertad, z siedzibą w stołecznym mieście Asunción, jednak nie zdołał zadebiutować w jego barwach w lidze i we wrześniu 2009 roku został zawodnikiem słowackiego drugoligowca - AS Trenčín. Szybko został podstawowym zawodnikiem drużyny, a w marcu 2010 roku udał się na czterodniowe testy do Chelsea, natomiast dwa miesiące później wziął udział w obozie przygotowawczym Ajaxu Amsterdam. W październiku 2011 roku był jeszcze testowany w SBV Vitesse, lecz nie znalazł zatrudnienia w żadnym z tych klubów. Po dwóch latach spędzonych w Trenčínie, pomógł zespołowi awansować do najwyższej klasy rozgrywkowej. W Corgoň Lidze zadebiutował 15 lipca 2011 roku w przegranym 1:3 spotkaniu ze Slovanem Bratysława, natomiast premierowego gola strzelił 23 listopada tego samego roku w zremisowanej konfrontacji z MŠK Žilina (3:3).

31 lipca 2012 roku Salinas na zasadzie wolnego transferu został zawodnikiem Legii Warszawa. Rozegrał dla niej 13 meczów na poziomie Ekstraklasy, 4 kwietnia 2013 r. rozwiązując umowę z "Wojskowymi".

Kariera reprezentacyjna
Swoje występy w kadrze narodowej Salinas rozpoczął od reprezentacji U-15. W 2009 roku, jako zawodnik reprezentacji Paragwaju do lat 17 został powołany na Młodzieżowe Mistrzostwa Ameryki Południowej, gdzie rozegrał trzy mecze i wpisał się na listę strzelców w wygranym spotkaniu z Peru. Jego drużyna nie zdołała jednak awansować do drugiej rundy turnieju i nie zakwalifikowała się ostatecznie na Mistrzostwa Świata U-17 w Nigerii.

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Urodzeni w 1992
Paragwajscy piłkarze
Piłkarze Club Libertad
Piłkarze AS Trenčín
Piłkarze Legii Warszawa
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Directed by Wong Kar Wai
Starring Chang Chen, Gong Li
Rated NR | Runtime 0 hours & 56 minutes
Like In the Mood for Love, The Hand is set in the hazy Hong Kong of the 1960s, but its characters couldn't be more different from the earlier film's restrained, haunted lovers. Originally conceived for the omnibus film Eros, the film—presented in this retrospective for the first time in its extended cut—tells the tale of Zhang (Chang Chen), a shy tailor's assistant enraptured by a mysterious client, Miss Hua (Gong Li). A hypnotic tale of obsession, repression, and class divisions, The Hand finds Wong Kar Wai continuing to transition from the frenetic, energized style of his earlier films into a register that is lush with romantic grandeur.
This will be presented as part of our Virtual Cinema series.


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Goals from Percy Tau and Khama Billiat handed Mamelodi Sundowns a 2-0 win over Chippa United in an Absa Premiership encounter at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Wednesday night.
The result ensures the Brazilians remain at the log summit with 46 points from 24 matches.
A slow start for the hosts allowed the visitors to enjoy more time on the ball and they had two corner kicks, but could not trouble Denis Onyango in the opening 10 minutes.
The Brazilians would start with their interchange of passes going forward and Sibusiso Vilakazi saw his well taken header not troubling Daniel Akpeyi in the 18th minute.
A minute later, the Chilli Boys penetrated the hosts, but Onyango read the danger and came out of his line to deny Linda Mntambo.
Mntambo nearly capitalised again when Wayne Arendse's back pass did not reach Onyango, once again the Ugandan read the danger and made a superb save in the 28th minute.
Although it was a scrappy affair after the half-hour mark, Tau capitalised on a defensive error following a dangerous pass into the box - the striker pounced making it 1-0 in the 36th minute.
Sundowns went into the tunnel leading Vladislav Heric's men.
However, Pitso Mosimane's charges emerged from the tunnel with more fluidity in their game and Tebogo Langerman made a good run on the left flank to set up Vilakazi, yet Akpeyi made a wonderful block in the 54th minute.
Sundowns were awarded a free kick on the edge of the area after Billiat was brought down by James Okwuosa, but the Zimbabwean's effort was swallowed by Akpeyi in the 67th minute.
With 16 minutes to go, substitute Mxolisi Macuphu came close to making an immediate impact when he unleashed a shot from range, but it sailed over Onyango's crossbar.
Chippa were torn apart with 10 minutes to play when Themba Zwane teed up Billiat, who was on a run into the penalty area before easily slotting home past the oncoming Akpeyi, 2-0.
The Port Elizabeth-based side continued to probe for a goal and Onyango produced a fine save in injury time to tip it over the crossbar.
However, the hosts held on to their lead and condemned the visitors to the 13th spot with 30 points from 25 league games.


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*Reception to follow screening, with a cash bar.
Free Event – Donations gratefully accepted for the Mel Johnson School Gardening Project.
Eleanor Woitowicz, and Bonnie Monias, both teachers at Mel Johnson School, in Wabowden, Northern Manitoba are literally breaking new ground in education and are growing a healthier community in the process. Over the past 4 years the teachers have established 58 small vegetable gardens right in their students' backyards.
This documentary film follows the teachers and their students for a season of seeding, planting, harvesting, preserving and ultimately celebration of the fruits of their labour at the school's annual community harvest display and feast.
A reception will follow the screening of the film, with a performance by the Mel Johnson School Fiddlers. Teachers & students will be in attendance.
Seating is limited. Please RSVP to kast12@mts.net before March 8th.


Page from my 100-Day Project Journal. Follow the project on Instagram @tammy_judd_jenny.
I have a roof over my head.
I have leftovers in the fridge that I can eat today.
In fact, most every day, I have plenty of food in the refrigerator.
I have fruit in the bowl.
I have fresh water and clean air.
I have a beautiful, loving husband who provides for us.
I have the Internet to keep me connected.
I have money in the bank.
I have sweet, crunchy carrots to snack on.
I have green grass in the front yard.
I have plants blooming and trees and bushes turning green.
I have a car to drive.
I have gas in the tank.
I have a scarf to warm my neck and shoes for me feet.
I have electricity for the stove, where I can cook my eggs, and for the heater, that keeps our house warm, and for the lights that chase away the nighttime darkness.
I have a house to live in and sleep in.
I live in a relatively free country, where warfare is not an everyday reality. Thank you, God!
My inner whisper said, "Live in a state of abundance," and I see it and I am grateful.
And, I send prayers and blessings to those less fortunate, and prayers of peace for humanity and for the world.
This entry was posted in Spiritual musings and tagged blessings, Gratitude, humanity, love, peace on April 28, 2017 by Tammy.


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Notes from the Attorneys of the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS Legal Hotline
Q. I received an offer from a cooperating agent, my seller-client has instructed me that he only wants to see offers after the first open house which is not until this weekend. The cooperating agent has informed me that this is in violation of the law relating to real estate brokerage as well as inconsistent with the REALTOR® Code of Ethics. What should I do?
A. If the seller has instructed you to hold all offers you may hold them. Code of Massachusetts Regulations 3.00(11) (d) requires all real estate licensees to present all offers "forthwith," however a listing broker should contact the seller as soon as he receives an offer. Standard of Practice, 1-6 of the REALTOR® Code of Ethics contains a similar provision. The seller may authorize the listing broker to wait to present all offers; however, the choice must be the seller's. It might be a good practice to ask the seller for those instructions in writing to provide to cooperating brokers so they may inform their customers and clients.
Q. I have had a "hot" listing with a difficult seller client and I just received a full price, no contingency (cash) offer. Is the seller required to accept it? If they do not accept the offer am I entitled to a commission?
A. By simply placing a house in the multiple listing service or an advertisement in the paper, the seller does not create a unilateral contract that requires him to sell his or her property for the asking price. A full price, cash offer, therefore, does not create a contract between the seller and prospective buyer. In a seller's market multiple full price offers can come in and the seller may wish to seek a higher price. If this is the case make sure your seller understands that if he is attempting to create a bidding war all prospective purchasers could abandon the property. For more information regarding multiple offers please see Presenting and Negotiating Multiple Offers in the 2005 edition of NAR's Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual.
It is unclear whether or not you are entitled to a commission simply because you secured a full price offer. Under MA law a listing broker is normally not entitled to a commission unless the property closes. A seller can agree to pay a commission through a written listing agreement where the broker finds a ready, willing and able buyer and due to the bad acts of the seller the transaction does not close.
Q: I have a buyer who wants to submit an offer before a scheduled open house tomorrow and the listing broker has said the seller only will review all offers after the open house. Can a listing broker hold all offers until the end of a weekend before presenting them? I think that the listing broker is hoping to get an in-house offer.
A: 254 Code of Massachusetts Regulations 3.00(11) (d) requires all real estate licensees to present all offers "forthwith." A listing broker should contact the seller as soon as he receives an offer. The seller may authorize the listing broker to wait until Sunday evening to present all offers; however, the choice must be the seller's.
Q. Can a listing broker hold all offers until the end of a weekend before presenting them? I think that the listing broker is hoping to get an in-house offer.
A. 254 Code of Massachusetts Regulations 3.00(11)(d) requires all real estate licensees to present all offers "forthwith." A listing broker should contact the seller as soon as he receives an offer. The seller may authorize the listing broker to wait until Sunday evening to present all offers; however, the choice must be the seller's.
Q. A buyer broker would like to submit an offer on one of our listings. We have asked her to give us the signed offer and told her we will present it forthwith as the law requires. She has informed us that she wants to be present when the offer is presented to our client and that, under the Realtor® Code of Ethics, we have an obligation to accommodate her request. Is she correct?
A. Not Exactly. The statement by the buyer broker that she is entitled to be present when you present the offer to the seller may very well be correct but it is the rules of your multiple listing service (MLS) and not the Realtor® Code of Ethics that would control in this situation. The NAR Code of Ethics has no reference to the right of cooperating brokers to be present when an offer is presented to the seller by the listing broker. Most MLSs, however, have adopted a rule from NAR's model rules for Multiple Listing Services that states that, absent written instructions from the seller to the contrary, the cooperating broker (subagent or buyer broker) has the right to be present when the offer is presented to the seller.
The model rule goes on further to state that, if such written instructions from the seller do exist, the cooperating broker is entitled to a copy of them. It seems to me that the clear intention of this proposed rule is to ensure that co-brokes get the chance to personally see the listing broker present their customer or client's offer to the seller. It does not mean that the co-brokes gets to "pitch" the offer themselves to the seller, nor does it mean that they are allowed to stay for a discussion of the offer by the listing broker and his client. Interestingly, there is also a model rule from NAR that has also been adopted by most MLSs that offers this same right to be present to listing brokers when seller makes a counter-offer to buyers. Realtors® with questions with regards to whether their particular MLS has adopted these provisions should review the service's rules. If a Realtor® does not belong to an MLS then no such obligations regarding offer presentation apply except for the state requirement that all offers be presented forthwith.
Q: Can a listing broker hold all offers until the end of a weekend before presenting them? I think that the listing broker is hoping to get an in-house offer.
A: 254 Code of Massachusetts Regulations 3.00(11)(d) requires all real estate licensees to present all offers "forthwith." A listing broker should contact the seller as soon as he receives an offer. The seller may authorize the listing broker to wait until Sunday evening to present all offers; however, the choice must be the seller's.
Q: Is it true that a consumer who signs an offer to buy a home has three days to change his mind even if a seller has accepted the offer?
A: No. M.G.L. c. 93, s. 48 allows a consumer three business days in which to cancel an agreement for the sale or lease of goods or services in excess of $25 which are used primarily for personal, family or household purposes if the contract was signed at a place other than the seller or lessor's office. For example, if a door-to-door salesperson convinces a consumer to sign a contract to have aluminum siding installed on his house, and the contract is signed at the consumer's dining room table, the consumer would have three business days in which to rescind or cancel the contract. However, this statute has not been held to apply to real estate transactions since real estate is not a "good." The reasoning behind the statute is that consumers who sign contracts in their homes are under higher pressure to do so than a person who signs a contract in a business office where he is free to leave.
Q. Must a seller accept a full-price cash offer? Does it make a difference if he verbally accepts the offer and then changes his mind and refuses to sign a written offer to purchase?
A. The answer to both questions is "no". In order for a contract for the sale of land in Massachusetts to be enforceable, it must comply with the statute of frauds (M.G.L. chapter 259 section 1). The statute of frauds states that no action shall be brought upon a contract for the sale of real property unless it is in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. By simply placing a house in the multiple listing service or an advertisement in the paper, the seller does not create a unilateral contract that requires him to sell his or her property for the asking price. Thus a cash offer for that amount does not create a contract between the seller and offeror. In addition, the verbal acceptance of that offer by the seller still falls short of the statute's requirement that the contract be in writing and signed by the seller. In the above case, the terms of the contract may be in the offer from the prospective buyer but, in the absence of a signature on the offer to purchase, there is no enforceable agreement.
Q. I am a buyer's agent. My buyer submitted an offer that stated that I was to be paid from the transaction. The seller signed the offer but crossed out this section. Can she do this?
A. Yes. Since the seller has deleted a key term of the buyer's offer, the seller has submitted a counteroffer. The buyer may accept the counteroffer or submit his own counter to the counteroffer. Make sure to warn the buyer before he accepts the seller's counteroffer, that he will still be obligated to pay your commission if this is what your contract requires.


Axiom EP800 Subwoofer wins Reviewer's Choice Award!
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The EP800 is definitely a monster subwoofer and not for the faint of heart! Fortunately Hanada was prepared with a large room and ready to really put it through its paces. ". . . if you have a large room and you''re in the market for a cost-no-object subwoofer, then give the Axiom Audio EP800 v3 a listen. It competes with subwoofers that cost several thousand dollars more, and might just save you a ton of money. And it will provide extremely deep and powerful bass that takes a back seat to no one."


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Robert Springer
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Vicksburg Community Center
Vicksburg, MI 49097
At the family's request memorial contributions are to be made to those listed below. Please forward payment directly to the memorial of your choice.
Vicksburg Historical Society
Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan
222 N. Kalamazoo Mall, Ste. 100
Below is the contact information for a florist recommended by the funeral home.
407 S. Grand St.
Schoolcraft, MI 49087
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With a journey that spanned more than 100 years, Robert Springer lived a rich and rewarding life filled with the people and experiences he loved. He was blessed to share nearly 70 years with his true love, and together they witnessed their family tree blossom to include numerous branches of loved ones who made him so very proud. A lifelong resident of the community he loved, Bob was the sort of person everyone seemed to know. A man of honor, courage, and selfless generosity, he was a true gift in the lives of many. Life will never be the same without Robert here, but he leaves behind a timeless legacy that his loved ones will proudly carry on in his footsteps.
More than a century has passed since the calendar neared the end of December in 1913. Unsafe working conditions were prevalent throughout the nation, and with a lack of child labor laws it was often this younger generation that felt the strain. Cars were a luxury only for the wealthy, and the daily struggles led to a middle class that was growing increasingly more discontent. It was as Vicksburg, Michigan, was deep in the hustle and bustle of the holidays that Karl and Donna (Smith) Springer were eagerly anticipating the birth of their new baby. The big day finally arrived on December 23rd when the baby boy they named Robert Karl drew his first breath. He was the younger of two children as he was raised in the family home alongside his older brother, Stanley Lewis. Robert's father worked hard to support his family as the first Vicksburg Post Office foot carrier while his mother worked at Lee Paper. Bob was a typical young boy who enjoyed things like watching movies at the Sun Theatre, hunting rabbits with his dog, Zip, and learning to swim, skate, and fish on Sunset Lake in Vicksburg. He attended local schools including Vicksburg High School where he was a member of the basketball team.
After graduating in 1932, Robert went on to Maher Business College. As a young man he was called to serve in the United States Army during the days of WWII in the early 1940s. Bob was part of the 717 Tank Battalion and was the company clerk. By the time he was discharged he had earned the rank of corporal.
New and exciting changes were in store for Bob when he met the woman of his dreams. Her name was Helen Douglas, and they were set up on a date by a mutual friend, Duane Rupert. Sparks flew, and Bob was particularly smitten with her red hair. She was an amazing singer who had been singing at the Rupert family's funeral home. Perhaps this is why Robert thought it would be a good idea that he and his buddies serenade Helen. Although she was a bit mortified by the experience, true love won in the end and they were married on April 30, 1939, back at Helen's family farm in Seaton, Illinois. The newlyweds took a short honeymoon to Niagara Falls and then returned to Vicksburg. Together they welcomed their two children Karla and Doug into their hearts and home.
Over the years, Robert was an awesome provider. He spent 35 years, literally and figuratively walking in his father's shoes working for the post office in Vicksburg. In order to provide, he also worked several other jobs such as at the local drug store and Maher Chevrolet. After retiring from the post office in 1970, Robert worked as the Brady Township treasurer as well as at the Rupert-Durham Funeral Home in Vicksburg (now known as Life Story Funeral Home).
Throughout his rich and rewarding life, Bob had so many experiences that enriched his journey. When he was younger he attended the Chicago World's Fair. Niagara Falls was always a special place, and he later traveled with good friends to California and to Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Robert loved deer hunting with his buddies in the Upper Peninsula, although it has been said that he spent more time cleaning and cooking than he actually did hunting! He also enjoyed meeting friends for breakfast and had a passion for all things automobile related. When relaxing, Bob loved a good Zane Grey book or watching Gunsmoke on television. He enjoyed quartet music, 40s swing, and other music from this generation. Bob was proud of his German heritage, and within his community he was a lifetime member of the American Legion and the VFW post in Vicksburg. Later in life it was a day to remember when Robert was featured with his name and photo on the Smucker's jar on the Today Show in celebration of his 103th birthday.
When reflecting on the life of Robert Springer, words such as honest, hardworking, neat, and meticulous come to mind, but perhaps the thing he will most be remembered for was his generous spirit. He was a sharp dresser who always did his best in everything he did. There was no greater gift in Bob's life than his family, and he savored every moment spent with his loved ones. As someone who always planned ahead, he approached everything with a "be prepared" attitude. Dearly loved, Robert will be forever missed.
Robert Karl Springer, of Vicksburg passed away on Saturday, December 24th, 2016. Robert is survived by his children: Karla Stubblefield; S. Douglas (Janet) Springer; three grandchildren: Diana Pomeroy, Kristin Springer and Kenneth Springer; one great granddaughter: Holli (Tristin) Inman; one great great granddaughter: Evelyn Inman. Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Helen; parents: Karl and Donna Springer; brother: Stanley Lewis Springer; son-in-law: Ola "Stubby" Stubblefield; two sister-in-laws: Marian Hunter and Lois Walters. A memorial gathering will be held at a later date. Please visit Bob's webpage at www.lifestorynet.com where you can read his life story, sign the guestbook, share a memory and/or photo. Those who wish may make contributions to the Vicksburg Historical Society and/or Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan. The family is being assisted by the Life Story Funeral Home, 409 S. Main, Vicksburg (269-649-1697).


It has been a quiet summer so far, relaxing at home, swimming in our water trough "pool", taking out of focus pictures, etc. My niece is visiting for six weeks and has been a great help around the house keeping the older girls entertained.
I have been trying to be careful to serve simple food since I know she is a little picky. I already have three other picky eaters so adding another is a challenge. I serve everything family style on big platters so she can take or leave whatever she would like. This was a meal that pleased everyone and was easy for Sunday. No last minute rushing, no sweating over the cooktop.
First the chicken is rinsed, brought to room temp, and patted dry. Then it is rubbed with kosher salt. I make a mix of softened butter, onion powder, parsley, pepper, and thyme, and rub that on the skin. It is baked at 350 on the convection roast setting for an hour and a half. Easy as can be, no real recipe needed. Whatever herbs and spices you have and your family likes will be fine. If you don't have a roasting pan, use a 9X13 casserole dish. If you don't have a convection oven, just keep checking the internal temp until it is 160 and the skin is browned.
I served it with a BLT salad (just a chopped salad with romaine, diced tomato, crumbled bacon, and ranch), corn on the cob from the garden, and French rolls since Matt will only eat roast chicken as a chicken sandwich.
The roll recipe comes from Bread Machine Magic. The recipe is called "Authentic French Bread", divided into rolls and baked for only 12 minutes.
It was a nice meal that could be prepared earlier in the day. All that had to be done at the last minute was the corn, which is just steamed for four minutes in hot water, and to toss the salad with ranch. Roast chicken is one of those things that looks impressive, but is a million times less work than a casserole or pasta dish. Perfect for a Sunday.


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