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The Hon. John Eren MP – travel report, Singapore, September 2015
Minister Eren
Tourism and Major Events, Sport, Veterans
17 September to 21 September 2015
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(including date of departure and date of return)
5 (3 days in Singapore)
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Accompanied by spouse in an official capacity
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Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (DEDJTR)
$7,286.00*
Other expenses (includes surface travel and travel allowances)
Travel cost for minister and staff
$18,192.00*
*The above costs are not final and complete
Purpose of travel
By invitation, I travelled to Singapore from 17th to 21st September to meet with Formula One Group Chairman Bernie Ecclestone, and other senior executives, regarding the Formula One Australian Grand Prix. I capitalised on my time in Singapore by meeting with the Singapore Government and the private sector relating to my portfolios as Minister for Tourism and Major Events and Minister for Sport.
Singapore has undergone a major transformation in the past ten years to become a significant international destination. The city has been transformed and modernised by the addition of the Marina Bay Sands development, The Gardens by the Bay theme park, cruise ship terminal, the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix event, the Ferris Wheel and other attractions.
Tourism has been a strategic economic driver for Singapore over the past decade. The Singapore Tourism Board has engineered an impressive turnaround from what was once considered to be the financial business hub to a glamorous visitor destination in South East Asia.
Singapore is Victoria's fifth largest market in terms of visitor spend accounting for $258 million for the year ending June 2015. Singapore is also Victoria's sixth largest inbound visitor market with a total of 98,000 Singapore visitors to the State for the year ending June 2015.
The purpose of the trip was to meet with senior executives of Formula One Group, Singapore Airlines, the Singaporean government, tourism board and industry.
The Victorian Government has successfully negotiated the contract to hold the Formula One Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne until 2023. This trip presented an opportunity to meet Formula One Group management, on the ground, to discuss how we can work together to maximise outcomes for the Melbourne event.
I also met with international media to announce the extension of the contract and to promote Melbourne as a preferred visitor destination.
Acquisition of major events is an increasingly competitive global market. Establishing and maintaining relationships between governments and global rights holders is key to developing a successful program of major events.
I also held meetings with the following organisations:
Australian High Commissioner – Philip Green
Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre
Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry
Benefits of travel to the state of Victoria
Strengthened relationships with major events global rights holders.
Facilitated international media coverage promoting Melbourne as a preferred visitor destination.
Negotiated and advanced Victoria's interests with key international aviation partners.
Explored further partnerships with the Singapore Government on collaborative strategic marketing campaigns to benefit visitation to Victoria.
Investigated best practice for sporting and business events precincts and future infrastructure to support the sector in Victoria.
Investigated opportunities for the Victorian Government's new Singapore VGBO office.
The Formula One Group is a group of companies responsible for the promotion of the Formula One World Championship and exploitation of the sport's commercial rights. Bernie Ecclestone, a former Formula One team boss, has run the company since gaining control of the commercial rights. The Group is owned ultimately by Delta Topco, a Jersey–based company owned primarily by investment companies CVC Capital Partners, Waddell & Reed, and LBI Group, with the remaining ownership split between Bernie Ecclestone, other investment companies and company directors.
Over two days I met with senior executives of Formula One Group and CVC Capital Partners (principal shareholders) primarily around the future of the race in Melbourne, its standing in the Formula One race calendar (including timing), ways to improve our offering to fans and increase international visitation to the Melbourne race.
The Formula One race provides the only free-to-air sporting coverage of any major event staged in Melbourne; however, with the advancement of digital media and information sharing across the globe, new and innovative ways to promote our brand on a digital platform can be explored.
I participated in interviews with the following global media outlets to promote the Formula One Australian Grand Prix held in Melbourne and our broader offering of major events.
KYODO NEWS
ESPN / Autosport
Autosport China
Dieter Rencken – freelance
Singapore Airlines is Australia's second largest foreign carrier and is now in its 48th year of operating services to Australia. It is a key carrier of visitors from Asia -predominately China and increasingly India.
Singapore Airlines is a critical partner to Victoria with its current operation of four daily Melbourne-Singapore flights. For the year ended June 2015, Singapore Airlines' international seat capacity for Melbourne was 885,000.
I discussed with the airline the possibility of adding a fifth daily flight to Melbourne along with its Premium Economy product on the Melbourne service.
Singapore Airlines is the parent company of low cost carrier Scoot. Scoot recently accepted Tourism Victoria's offer of incentive funding to fly to Melbourne. The airline announced a 5 x weekly service commencing 1 November 2015. I discussed the possibility of this service moving to daily in 2016.
Discussions were productive and both parties agreed to continue discussions through the department on further opportunities to increase flights and seat capacity to Victoria.
In my capacity as Minister for Sport and Major Events, I visited the recently completed Singapore Sports Hub (opened in 2014) to explore best practice in global sporting infrastructure.
The Singapore Sports Hub is a world-class, integrated sports, entertainment and lifestyle hub delivering world-class sporting and entertainment events.
Established under a 25-year Public-Private Partnership agreement between Sport Singapore and Sports Hub, this project is one of the largest sporting infrastructure projects in the world today.
Singapore Sports Hub is the first arena in the world to combine world-class sporting infrastructure for football, athletics, rugby and cricket, with lifestyle and entertainment facilities available to the whole community.
The integrated hub also includes a retail mall, restaurants, skate park, lawn bowl green, climbing wall, beach volleyball court, hard courts, sports library and museum.
This piece of sporting infrastructure has received critical acclaim and is viewed as best practice for delivering elite sporting infrastructure alongside community sporting facilities, retail and tourist attractions.
Australian High Commissioner, Philip Green
Consistent with the Victorian Government's plan to grow the Victorian economy, I met with the Australian High Commissioner to discuss the opening of a Victorian Government Business Office and broader opportunities in Singapore to improve government to government relationships and new opportunities for Victoria businesses.
The Commissioner and I spoke at length about the success of the Singapore Government in re-inventing the city into a prime tourism destination, and the flow on effects to the economy.
The professional services industry continues to experience high growth, as does the innovation / start up industry.
The High Commissioner also pointed out the rise in Indian travellers, particularly to Singapore. Further discussions were encouraged between both the Victorian Government and Singapore Government.
Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism & Singapore Tourism Board
During this meeting, many discussions were had around Singapore's visitor economy and focus on tourism over the past decade. Revenue raising through government funding leveraging contributions from the private sector was instrumental in the delivery of Singapore's tourism strategy. Victoria can learn a lot from Singapore and its aggressive campaign to boost the visitor economy.
Prior to the campaign commencing in 2005, Singapore's tourism arrivals were sitting around 9 million annually. Within five years, these numbers jumped by 30% to 11.6 million in 2010. From 2010 to 2013 another 34% growth occurred to reach 15.6 million.
Rising visitation numbers into Singapore presents an opportunity to leverage off this growth with campaigns encouraging dispersal of these visitors from Singapore into Australia, and Victoria in particular.
Discussions were had around a collaborative approach through joint marketing campaigns and how this could result in greater outcomes for both Singapore and Victoria.
Next steps / follow up
Facilitate discussions between the department, Singapore Airlines and the Singapore Government's Department of Tourism, Trade and Industry regarding joint marketing initiatives to increase flow of visitors from India to Singapore through to Victoria.
Australian Grand Prix Corporation to continue to work with Formula One Group to further improve Melbourne's offering, increase international visitation and further explore Melbourne brand positioning through Formula One's digital platform.
Facilitate discussions between Sport and Recreation Victoria and the Singapore Sports Hub regarding best practice for sporting infrastructure.
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She presented an extensive exhibition of Grace Weir's film work at the Science Museum in 2007. This was the largest exhibition dedicated to a single artist at the museum. Prior to this Bridget's career has included running the Delfina Studio Trust from 1991-1995, working at Tate, London and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York. She has placed works in private and major public collections including the British Museum, Deutsche Bank, The Fleming Collection, Zabludowicz Collection, St. John's College, Oxford, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.
Bridget has an M.A. in Curating Contemporary Art from The Royal College of Art, London and a joint honours degree in History/History of Art from Bristol University.


How do I find fake Amazon reviews?
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This Dashcam has an average rating of 4.6 stars from Amazon customers and from Amazon's Choice. But is that the true story?
1; but I could not solve the problem either.
My friends were confused: "It had a five star Amazon rating!"
I pulled out my laptop and checked the product page. Sure enough: 37 five-star ratings. But this thing was undeniably a lemon. What the hell?
What is a fake review? Exactly what it sounds like: a review published by an employee of the company or someone else who has an interest in selling more products.
This is a serious problem, and in my capacity as The Cheapskate it is all the time – mostly with products sold by small or foreign companies.
One or two fakes: no big deal. Many of them: Now you have an artificially inflated product review. It's far too easy to look at a four- or five-star average and think, "OK, that must be good!" Few people will take the time to go into any review – or reviewer – to look for red flags.
Here's a great example: You're in the market for a GoPro style action camera. A true GoPro will cost you $ 200 to $ 400 in the US, but there are countless knockoffs as low as $ 40 to $ 50. But they can not possibly be that good, right? Well, they look like GoPros. They come with a lot of accessories. And here's the kicker: good scores from dozens or even hundreds of critics. Sold!
According to Fakepot, the Dashcam gets an "F". But, wait, it could be a perfectly decent product. It's just that a lot of the ratings did not reach the mark.
The problem is that tens or even hundreds of these reviews could be fake – or at least questionable. It's hard to know, but there are telltale signs. More on that below.
But should not Amazon do something about it? About a year ago, the company promised to initiate incentivized reviews which means in exchange for free or discounted products. In fact, I've seen fewer reviews with the embedded disclaimer – but that does not mean that the number of illegitimate reviews has decreased.
In fact, in my world, where I often write about lesser-known tech brands and products, not much has changed. Let's talk about the tools you can use to detect fake reviews and, just as importantly, how to interpret the results.
First comes Fakepspot, a free website that analyzes Amazon's product ratings to help you separate the wheat from the, well, fake. Just copy the link and paste it on the product page, then click Analyze.
The service also offers browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari that make it even easier: just click on the fakepot icon in your instant analysis toolbar. It's also available for Android and iOS, so you can use Fakepot on the go.
Fakepspot analyzes both reviews and reviewers looking for questionable spelling and grammar, reviewing the number of reviews, buying patterns, mismatched dates, and other telltale signs of activity. For example, a reviewer new to Amazon has just posted a review using many words like "great" and "amazing"? This review is almost certainly marked as "unreliable".
After the analysis is complete, Fakepspot offers a letter class based on the total number of reviews and how many were unreliable. And that's where things can get a bit confusing: If you look at one of the above cameras and get an "F" because 57 percent of reviews were marked as unreliable, you might be much less inclined to buy it.
Ah, but does that mean the product is bad? Not necessarily. More in the next section.
ReviewMeta gives the same product – or at least the same reviews for the same product – a passing class. Now I'm really confused!
Next up is ReviewMeta, which, according to developer Tommy Noonan, has a completely different approach. Although it is functionally similar – insert an Amazon link or use one of the browser extensions – ReviewMeet will just remove or reduce the weight of certain reviews and then leave you a customized rating.
In other words, instead of the stamp, which can be misleading, ReviewMeta shows you how high the Amazon average score would be if the questionable reviews did not exist.
Here's where it gets interesting: Often, Fakespot and ReviewMeta get very different conclusions about the ratings of a product. As shown in the examples above.
What can we do with it? If we can not always trust the ratings of Amazon customers, can we trust the ratings of these reviews?
It's a challenge to be sure. As Noonan told me, "It is impossible for someone to definitely determine if a review is" wrong "or" genuine. "Not even a human can do that, so it's impossible to really determine exactly how & # 39; Fakespot & # 39; or & # 39; ReviewMeta & # 39; is. "
Noonan says he designed ReviewMeta with this intention, and therefore he gives as much detail as possible about the reports. "The tool is not really meant to give you just a black and white answer," he says, "but more to show you all the data we possibly have, and then you can make your own decision."
And I think that's the key to take away here: Be aware that any Amazon rating could be artificially bloated, and use tools like Fakepot and ReviewMeta if you think you're not getting an accurate picture. At the same time, you should be aware that these analyzes also present accuracy issues and may not necessarily reflect the quality of the product itself.
The Vantrue T2 Dashcam shown in this story is a perfect example. It has an average rating of 4.6 stars from over 400 Amazon customers, indicating a rather extraordinary product. However, according to Fakepspot, you have to eliminate nearly 90 percent (!) Of these ratings because they are questionable in some way.
My advice: Take everything with a grain of salt. Do not believe everything you read. Use common sense. That's good advice, whether you're shopping at Amazon or watching the internet .
Have you ever had to deal with fake reviews? Have you ever bought something that knew well that the ratings were questionable? What was the result?
Originally posted on February 20, 2017.
Update, September 27, 2018: New information added.
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Do you have the Financial Fitness to Start a Health Club?
Let's not sugar coat it; America has an obesity problem. Heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and numerous other ailments have all been linked to this epidemic that affects 190 million Americans. Michelle Obama has even put it on the national agenda with her "Let's Move" campaign to encourage Americans to join a gym and get exercise.
For those who are prepared to take advantage of this trend, opening a gym is a great way for owners to make cash and help their members lose weight. Health clubs are a $14.1 billion industry, serving nearly 40 million members in the USA, and, according to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association, club memberships are projected to reach over 50 million by the end of 2011.
It is important to choose the right business model. There are two business models that most health clubs operate under: the national franchise and the individually owned gym.
Next, find a space that will allow you to provide all the services you plan to offer.
Figure out what equipment you need and where to buy it. One benefit of buying a franchise is that they will provide with proprietary equipment purchasing rights.
To receive a license you can contact your secretary of state to learn about health club licensing requirements. Knowing these requirements will help you prepare for the health inspector.
Research and purchase a health club surety bond because some states require them to protect the consumer from clubs reneging on membership fees that have already been paid for.


Outlining knowledge makes your data easier to view. Select the cells that you simply need to apply outline kinds to. In a pivot desk, you may wish to know what number of unique (distinct) clients positioned an order for an item, instead of what number of orders had been positioned. This function isn't obtainable in a traditional Excel pivot desk (see the workaround within the subsequent section). Nevertheless, if you have the PowerPivot add-in put in, you can use it to show a definite count for a area. Sometimes it's possible you'll not need to preserve subtotals in your worksheet, especially if you wish to reorganize information in several ways. If you no longer need to use subtotaling, you may need take away it from your worksheet.
To remove an overview, select the outlined cell range and then click the Information" tab in the Ribbon. Then, add the sector to the info space of the Excel pivot desk. We'll group cells for every quarter in an effort to improve our data visually and make it extra concise. Necessary: For those who remove a top level view whereas the element knowledge is hidden, the element rows or columns may stay hidden. To show the data, drag across the seen row numbers or column letters adjacent to the hidden rows and columns. On the Dwelling tab, in the Cells group, click Format, level to Hide & Unhide, and then click on Unhide Rows or Unhide Columns.
1. Make sure you choose the groups that you want to ungroup, do that by deciding on the rows or columns that are grouped. On the Data tab, in the Outline group, click the arrow beneath Group and click on Auto Define. 4) Design new Desk or Paste Vary. On the Data tab, in the Outline group, click the Define dialog field launcher. It's also possible to apply an auto define to an entire worksheet. Simply select any cell within the worksheet space. Then click on the drop-down Group" button in the Outline" group on the Information" tab within the Ribbon. Choose the Auto Define" command from the drop-down menu of decisions. The worksheet is automatically outlined, relying on the logical construction utilized to the worksheet. This can be a quick and straightforward option to define a complete worksheet.
Click the next degree to increase the detail. In our example, we'll choose stage 2, which contains each subtotal row but hides all different information from the worksheet. I will present you the 2 strategies that can be utilized to add comments to cells in Excel, one involves the right-click on menu and the opposite the Office Ribbon menu. Cover and Group in excel characteristic is useful when you will have really huge data that spans over too many rows and columns, and you want to get rid of some rows and columns and want to access only few of them. We'll use a pattern excel sheet for this.
If you wish to ungroup columns, choose the columns, and then on the Knowledge tab, in the Outline group, click on Ungroup. In the event you depart the Route choices unchecked, the summary rows will probably be at the high of grouped rows and to the left of grouped columns. Swap the course by selecting the option to maneuver to beneath or right. Select the rows with similar information by clicking and dragging on the rows numbers to the left of your information. Observe that your grouping sections must be contiguous. Control-clicking will not work.
You'll be able to define Excel knowledge so as to add an organizational quality to a long or vast worksheet. When you outline Excel knowledge, you group worksheet data into different ranges primarily based on column and row headings. Lower level information is associated with the headings within the rows or columns. To outline Excel knowledge, although, you could have a structured worksheet that might benefit from outlining. Normally, massive worksheets which have column and row headings, detail knowledge, and totals or subtotals can profit from outlining.
In Excel, to transpose some groups of rows to columns, you might want to create a unique checklist, and then extract all matched values of each group. From the task pane, drag the Date field to the Column Labels list, the Personnel subject to the Row Labels record, and the Sold area to the Values record. Determine F shows the ensuing pivot table, full with summary values. If we do the identical for rows 1 by way of 5 and rows 15 by way of 19, we see that when these rows are grouped and collapsed, the unique information is hidden from view making the vital cells more easily discovered. Discover that the three plus signs in the left hand gutter of the worksheet indicate that there are currently three collapsed groups of rows.
To break down an overview, click on the minus sign (-) in the gray define border over the columns or subsequent to the rows to break down. To remove an utilized auto define, click on the Information" tab within the Ribbon. Then click the drop-down Ungroup" button in the Define" button group. Then select the Clear Define" command from the button's drop-down menu. It will take away any outlining from your worksheet. If you want to extra quickly transpose teams of rows to columns, please try Kutools for Excel's Advanced Mix Rows utility.
Specify whether the summary rows are situated beneath or above the element rows. On the Information tab, in the Outline group, click the Outline dialog field launcher. Excel permits as much as 7 define ranges. Therefore the extent parameter needs to be in the vary zero <= stage <= 7. Seek advice from the info range you're summarizing by vary identify; do not use a cell deal with. A defined row of sales data grouped by geographical areas and months with a number of abstract and detail rows displayed. Be sure that each row of the information that you just wish to outline has a label within the first column, accommodates related info in every row, and the range has no blank rows or columns.
First, select and group rows from 2 to eleven. When you could have the primary group create two other groups (2-5 and 7-10). This shortcut will group chosen rows or chosen columns. Select whole rows or columns first before using. Write a macro that determines if the cell colour is pink. Then place an asterisk or different sortable value into an additional column. Kind that column, then collapse primarily based on that sort. Click on the Insert tab. Then, click PivotTable in the Tables group. In Excel 2003, select PivotTable and PivotChart Report from the Data menu to launch the wizard, click Subsequent twice, after which click on Finish. On this example, you won't need to vary any of the default settings.


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The man who finished 'Omaha the Cat Dancer' passes away, Frank Quitely finally gets that degree, and more.
Passings: James Vance, the author (with artist Dan Burr) of the graphic novels Kings in Disguise and On the Ropes, died on June 5 at the age of 64. Kings in Disguise was first published as a limited series by Kitchen Sink Press in 1988 and in 1989 won the Eisner and Harvey awards for Best New Series, and the first issue won the Eisner for Best Single Issue. W.W. Norton published a collected edition in 2006, with an introduction by Alan Moore. The sequel, On the Ropes, was published by Norton in 2013. Vance was married to Omaha the Cat Dancer writer Kate Worley from 1994 to 2004, and many years later he collaborated with Omaha artist Reed Waller to complete the story, which was left unfinished at Worley's death; it was published in 2013. Vance, who was also a playwright, talked about his work with Alex Dueben at CBR in 2013. His illness and death leaves his family in a difficult financial situation, so a GoFundMe has been set up to help.
Plus: 'Revolutionary Girl Utena' returns, Red Planet opens in Albuquerque, Melanie Gillman, Alex Segura, Harley Quinn and more.
The Wonder Woman movie has lots of people looking at the history of the character and how she has evolved over the years. The Fresh Toast has a great interview with Trina Robbins, the first woman to draw Wonder Woman and a pioneering underground comics artist and comics historian as well. She's a delightful person who has had a fascinating life, and this interview is a great way to start off your week.
Plus: profiles on 'Black' creator Kwanza Osajyefo and 'Top Ten' artist Gene Ha, the Ledger Awards shortlist, and Montreal's AstroBooks turns to crowdfunding to pay its tax bills.
The Warsaw (Poland) Comics Festival will lose three years' worth of city subsidies, totaling $44,500, because a comic ridiculing Polish nationalists was distributed at this year's event. Tomasz Lesniak and Rafal Skarzycki's Poland: The Champion of Poland, lampooned nationalists, racists and anti-Semites, and that didn't sit well with the local nationalists, who complained to the city council. The council released a statement saying, "After reviewing the comic we explicitly declare that we do not accept its content," and announced it would sanction the festival.
Plus news and updates on The Dark Knight III: The Master Race., comiXology's Valiant High, Marissa Moss, These Machines Are Winning and more.
Police in Phoenix, Arizona, arrested 31-year-old Matthew Sterling at Phoenix Comicon on Thursday after being alerted that he was posting photos of police officers from inside the convention center and talking about harming the police. He told police he was the Punisher and could tell which police officers were good and which were bad.
Yukito Kishiro's post-apocalyptic classic manga Gunnm returns to English audiences with a new translation by Kodansha Comics and Comixology Originals. Known as Battle Angel Alita to English audiences, it was first published as a serial in Shueisha's Business Jump magazine in the 1990s. This re-release is a digital exclusive through ComiXology Original and is free today for ComiXology Unlimited subscribers.
Battle Angel Alita tells the story of Alita, a female cyborg. Parts of her were found in a scrapyard and she was eventually assembled into a mercenary hunter-warrior with no memory and then as a player in the brutal sport of Motorball. Memories of life on Mars begin to return to her during combat.
Cartoonist Eleanor Davis was one of eight people arrested at a Georgia Board of Regents meeting on May 16 for protesting the board's policies with regard to undocumented immigrants. The University of Georgia does not allow undocumented immigrants to attend its five best schools and requires them to pay out-of-state tuition at the others. The protestors, described by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as "a mix of faith leaders and current and former University System of Georgia students," were taken to the Fulton County Jail. Davis's husband, Drew Weing, reported on his Facebook page that she had been released after the Georgia Civil Disobedience Fund paid her bail. Davis's newest book, You & a Bike & a Road, has just been published by Koyama Press, and Slate ran an excerpt on Tuesday—showing a man being arrested at the border.


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Rape and Adverbs
Elmore Leonard said: I have a character in one of my books tell how she used to write historical romances ''full of rape and adverbs.''
IS IT JULY YET?
I've just finished the latest two Guardian novels in two sleep deprived days and CANNOT WAIT for the next installment. Literally, I have sat down and calculated the days to July 6th.
There are a lot of days, people.
So I don't think I'm going to review the books, per se. That would be too hard a task for this lazy blogger. The one thing everyone will tell you about The Guardian series (lovers and detractors alike) is how very complex and detailed the plotting is, sometimes even convoluted and perplexing.
Instead I think I'll tell you what I like about the series overall and hope that if anyone hasn't given this talented, witty and imaginative author a go, they might now.
Mythic Arc and Scope
There's an immense scope to the series. We're talking Demons, Angels, Heaven, Hell. The fate of the world hanging in the balance. It's all very Epic. Whilst I think the series lost it's way a little in Demon Night, Brooks ratchets up the stakes to suitably apocalyptic levels in Demon Bound and Demon Forged, so that by the end of the latter I was as involved in the on-going story as the self-contained romance between the principal characters.
Similarly, Brook is as comfortable taking us into her magical realms (be it the heavenly Cealum or the hellish Chaos) as Regency England or the medieval world. As a reader, this keeps each story fresh and intriguing.
Oh, where to begin? The characterisation is crazy good. I think this might be what I love best about the entire series, how very beautifully Brook draws her characters, so that each is as distinct from the next, and unusually unique within the romance genre to boot. Characters like Colin and Savi and Alice and Irena are so wonderfully fresh to me, like brand new people I want to know better.
In Demon Bound, Alice Grey comes to life in an incredibly rich and detailed way, right down to her unsettling walk. I love how every little physical detail about her contributes to my understanding of her character. It's very impressive.
Despite all the action, multiple plotlines and insane amounts of adventure, Brook never stints on the romance, with her hero and heroine firmly front and centre of the action, their relationship and conflicts thoroughly explored. Brook is not a demure writer (thank God), but it's to her credit that the romance I liked best (in Demon Bound, between Jake and Alice) was also the most chaste. When a writer can do that, she's nailed it.
As a side note, the two weakest romances were Charlie and Drifter (Demon Night) and Irena and Alejandro (Demon Forged). The former just didn't work for me, but the latter… I think they were the victims of too much happening elsewhere. In future books, Brook will have to maintain a careful balance between her protagonists and the on-going story, which is getting more interesting.
According to her website, Brook says she has mapped the series into eight full -length novels, which is GOOD, because I really, really want to know how it ends. She also has a new series out this year, which is BAD because it means fewer and far between Guardian books…. Less selfishly, I'd be interested to try something different because I think Brook is talented and imaginative writer.
So what are you waiting for? Get thee to a bookshop!
Otherwise, feel free to discuss the burning issues of the day: can Deacon be redeemed? What's up with Taylor and Michael, was the conflict between Irena and Alejandro too flimsy? Will Becca get a book? Will Khavi??
Does anyone have an advanced copy of Demon Blood?
Sidebar: Although this was not a review by any stretch, the series overall merits an A
Posted by Meriam at 16:55
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Tumperkin said...
I have nothing really to say re your post but (i) I am glad you are back; (ii) I am glad you are reading something you enjoy. :-)
Meriam said...
Hello! Yes, I'm reading again. But I'm taking it easy - when something moves me to blog, I'll blog. No pressure.
By the way: I wasn't so keen on Up in the Air. Some good bits, and the ending left me thoughtful, but I wouldn't really recommend it!
And I can't wait to read your review of Lightening that Lingers. Tom and Sharon Curtis wrote one of my favourite books, Sunshine and Shadow.
Blimey. It's been so long since I did this, I don't even know if my tags will work!
Marsha said...
Thank you for posting this. It's inspired me to try again with the series - I so wanted to love, love, love it and the one time I tried I just couldn't make it work. This kind of adoration, though, deserves to be explored fully. I am resolved to Try Again. Thanks!
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Rabbi Solomon Maimon: In Memoriam
Rabbi Marc D. Angel is Founder and Director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.
(Rabbi Solomon Maimon passed away September 26, 2019. Several months ago, the Sephardic community of Seattle honored him on his 100th birthday; I had written words of tribute for that occasion...and I reprint these words here as a eulogy.)
Words of Tribute in Honor of Rabbi Solmon Maimon's 100th Birthday
From Rabbi Marc D. Angel
Shir haShirim asher LiShlomo: The Song of Songs of Solomon
Each of us is a composer; through our lives, we write a song. The song reflects who we are, what we value, who we love…everything we are.
There are three kinds of songs.
The first kind has a melody and words. It is an expression of how we interact with others, what we say and what we do.
Rabbi Solomon Maimon—(Uncle Solomon to me and to his many other nephews and nieces)—is composing a magnificent song. It is a song of strength, hope, courage, love of Torah, love of Israel. The Almighty has granted him rare talents of mind and heart. He has devoted a lifetime—and may he be blessed with additional years—to teaching Torah. No other rabbi gives sermons as Uncle Solomon has given. He is a natural story teller, he knows how to capture our attention, to make us think, to make us better human beings. He has brought generations of us closer to Torah and mitzvoth through the resonance of his voice, the wisdom of his words, and the integrity of his personality. He was a guiding force in the establishment of the Seattle Hebrew Day School. He was the pioneer in Sephardic camping. He personified a rabbi who devoted himself selflessly to his congregation and community—in a spirit that blended solemnity and joy.
Moshkheini aharekha narutsa—Draw me in, we will rush to follow you.
The second kind of song has a melody…but no words. It is too deep for words. This song contains our inner thoughts and feelings. It is a kind of song which is private, but that others can still hear even if they can't grasp its full meaning. Uncle Solomon began serving Sephardic Bikur Holim many years ago. As a young man, he was filled with ideas and ideals, hopes and aspirations. He worked tirelessly to bring his vision to life among his family and friends, his congregation and community. It is quite usual for rabbis to "burn out" with the passage of time. Although they rejoice in their successes, they grieve at their inevitable failures. The hopes and ideals of youth give way to somber realities. But while many rabbis are crushed by their setbacks, Rabbi Maimon has literally been an eternal light. Uncle Solomon's song—the one with melody but without words—is a song rejoicing in his many blessings. But we also can hear the sad tones, the losses of loved ones, the unfulfilled hopes and dreams. We sense the well of contentment…and of restlessness.
Ani yesheinah velibi er: I sleep, but my heart is awake.
The third kind of song has no melody and no words. It is a private song between our souls and our God. No human beings have access to our own deepest song.
Rabbi Moshe Almosnino, a great sage of 16th century Salonika, wrote a commentary on Shir haShirim. He suggested that King Solomon wrote this book at an advanced age. As a young man searching for truth, Solomon wrote Koheleth. As a more mature man who was king of Israel, he wrote Mishlei to provide moral guidance to his people. But then he reached his highest level when he composed Shir haShirim. In his other books, Solomon identified himself as a king, as the son of a great father. He wanted to impress his readers with his credentials. But he introduced his ultimate song, the Shir haShirim, only with his name—Shelomo, Solomon. He no longer needed to impress people or prove his worth to them; now it was just between him and God. His name, Shelomo, was enough; he didn't need any other credentials.
And now, Rabbi Maimon sings his own special Shir haShirim. He stands on his own merit, in the eyes of God and humans. He doesn't need to impress us or recount his achievements. His life speaks for itself. His Song of Solomon is a beautiful, powerful and mysterious song.
Uncle Solomon: the song of your life has been a source of inspiration to all of us. You have impacted on this community and have made truly remarkable achievements for Torah, for Judaism, for society at large. So many of us—and I include myself in this—would simply not be who we are had it not been for your influence.
I would like to add a word of tribute to the memory of Aunty Sarah. We lovingly remember her sincere piety, her graciousness as a hostess. Your living room on 26th Avenue was like an extension of our own home. You and Aunty Sarah—Cheryl, Abraham, Mordecai and Michael—were—and remain—foundation stones in our own lives. Though so many years and so many miles have separated us, in our hearts and souls we know that we are all part of the same song.
Haveirim makshivim lekoleikh hashmi-ini: Your friends wait to hear your voice…let me hear it.


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Former Pro Bowl Lions linebacker Wayne Walker dies
Justin Rogers, The Detroit News
Allen Park — For the second time in a week, the Detroit Lions lost a franchise legend. On Friday, longtime linebacker and placekicker Wayne Walker died. He was 80.
Only kicker Jason Hanson played more games for the Lions than Walker, who suited up in the Honolulu blue and silver 200 times during his 15-year career. He was named to three Pro Bowls and three All-Pro teams and was selected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Lions 75th Anniversary team in 2008.
"On behalf of my family and the Detroit Lions, I would like to extend our sincere condolences to Wayne's wife, Sylvia, and to his children, Steve, Doug and Kathy," Lions owner Martha Firestone Ford said in a statement released by the team. "Wayne was one of our finest players from the decade of the 1960s and will not only be remembered for his career accomplishments as a Lion, but also for his great success as a broadcaster after his playing days were over."
A fourth-round draft pick (No. 45 overall) in 1958, the Idaho native passed on an opportunity to pursue a professional baseball career to play football at the University of Idaho. He worked as a part-time sports anchor at WJBK-TV Channel 2. After retiring from the Lions, Walker became a popular sports broadcaster and color commentator in San Francisco. He retired from broadcasting in 1999.
Walker's teammate, Hall of Fame safety and punter Yale Lary, died last week.


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Welcome to Two Degrees, New Zealand's newest full-service telco.
Our story started back in the late 90s, as the New Zealand Government readied an auction of 3G rights. Led by Rangihao Everton a group of Maori visionaries realised the radio spectrum was taonga. Using the Treaty of Waitangi to challenge the auction, they gained the right to launch a 3G mobile network in 1999. And two years later, in 2001 a partnership with Tex Edwards gave birth to the idea of 2degrees.
Years of fighting regulations followed. At the same time we started building our own network in preparation for launch.
And then in 2009, 2degrees hit the New Zealand market, making an immediate impact. Overnight we halved the cost of mobile calls across the country, bringing competition and a better deal for all Kiwis.
In 2016 our founder Tex departed, after a stellar career serving as a senior executive, director and founding shareholder. But of course we kept moving forward.
Fast forward to 2019, with 2degrees backed by a unique and experienced blend of Kiwi and international investors. In March 2015 we acquired New Zealand's fourth largest ISP, and now deliver broadband and mobile across the country. And since our launch we've spent over $964m creating a network that covers 98.5% of the places Kiwis live and work.
Led by CEO Mark Aue, our management team have built and delivered mobile telecommunication networks and services around the world. And the entire 2degrees team continues to believe in our customers and this great country of New Zealand. We're always fighting for fair, and though it's not why we do it, we're chuffed we've been recognised along the way. We're especially proud of our Kiwi based customer service team. Their work has won many awards over the years.
Fighting for fair is in our DNA… and this is just the beginning. Whether it's slashing the costs of mobile services for Kiwis when we launched, delivering best in class broadband to the country, or launching ground breaking products like Carryover Data or our shared Pool Plans, 2degrees is here for the people of NZ.
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Parents Value Grades Over Kindness, Kids Say in New Study
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When your kid gets straight As, it's cause for a celebratory dinner out. When they win a baseball game, there are loud cheers from the bleachers. But when that same kid helps an elderly neighbor with yard work, is there any kind of fanfare?
Probably not. And that may be behind a new survey that finds 80 percent of youth say their parents care more about their achievements and happiness than about whether they are being kind.
"We are hyper-focused on our own kid's happiness," says Rick Weissbourd, who conducted the study at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. "I wasn't surprised that happiness was ranked the highest, but I was surprised that achievement was ranked so high."
To understand children's perception of what parents value, Weissbourd and his colleagues surveyed 10,000 children from 33 school districts. They asked the students to rank the importance of "caring for others," "achieving at a high level," or "being a happy person (feeling good most of the time)." They also rated how they believed their friends and parents perceive these values.
Students said that achievement was the most important value and thought their peers would agree. More importantly, students reported that their parents appreciated achievement much more than happiness or kindness. They were three times as likely to agree with the statement "My parents are prouder if I get good grades in my classes than if I'm a caring community member."
This means kids think much less about being nice than they do about getting an A on a test, winning a swim meet, or being best camper. Yet, all this focuson accomplishment doesn't lead to content kids.
"The achievement pressure can have a bunch of negative results," says Weissbourd. "I'm concerned that it makes kids less happy."
Weissbourd says living up to this standard causes stress and depression and can lead to bad behaviors, such as cheating. Studies have found that 50 percent of students admit to cheating and 75 percent say they have copied someone else's homework, possibly in an attempt to live up to expectations.
But, teaching children about caring can enrich their lives.
"I think that the irony is that when kids are caring and really able to tune in and take responsibility for other people, they are going to have better relationships," he says. "And those relationships are probably the most important aspect of happiness.
Carter Gaddis, a dad of two boys ages 8 and 6, who lives near Tampa Bay, Florida, says it's all about balancing reactions. He and his wife don't incentivize academic or athletic achievement, but they also don't make too big a deal out of their sons' acts of kindness or compassion.
"We say, 'Good job,' give them a hug or high five and move on. We do make our expectations clear, though. Homework is always the priority, then soccer or baseball practice," says Gaddis, who blogs at DadScribe. "I remind them every morning to 'be good, be nice, be you, be kind and have fun.' We've talked about what those things mean, and we give them quiet reminders if we see them crossing a line."
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Bristol business getting a Wriggle on to fill empty seats
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11:26am 27th Jun 2016
Wriggle founder Rob Hall
Technology is making it easier to start up a business, with thousands of ideas standing a better chance than ever of becoming viable ventures. We continue our look at 10 of the most promising UK start-ups with Wriggle.
From daily deals websites to exclusive social media offers, there's many ways to source customers for restaurants, bars and other food and drink venues using new technology.
Entering a fairly crowded marketplace can be daunting, but Bristol-based Wriggle is up to the challenge.
Founded in early 2014 by Rob Hall, Wriggle initially started life as a concept to help businesses in Bristol reduce food waste and quickly evolved into a platform to allow food and drink venues to tackle quiet times and fill empty seats.
Hall admits they've been very lucky with funding.
"We got our very first funding at idea stage from a fund in called Webstart Bristol," he says.
"I used that to build version one of our mobile app and get our first 1,000 customers, and with that traction raised £160,000.
"Thankfully funding just fell into place at the right time."
However, trying to raise additional investment has been more difficult.
"The challenge recently has been to raise follow-on investment at the £400,000 - £500,000 level. It's a tricky amount to raise.
"We've overcome it through a lot of legwork to meet angel investors and closing the round on crowdfunding platform Seedrs."
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Hall is now working to achieve the company's revenue goals – he wants to achieve turnover of at least £10m by 2019 which will support his strategy for the next stage of the business,
"If we achieve that turnover level, then we'll be an extremely attractive acquisition target for a number of large food and drink players, given the valuable data we gather on customers' last-moment purchasing behaviour," he says.
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This Google Form allows students to submit their work by uploading maps to a folder that links straight to your Google Drive. By requiring students to upload .mup files via a form like this one, you ensure that the latest possible time the map was modified was when it was submitted (i.e., students cannot continue to work on their maps after they complete the submission form). Google Forms will also generate a spreadsheet in your Drive where you can view and analyze any data you ask students to provide when they submit their work (e.g., how difficult they found the homework).
Using this submission system, you'll automatically get the .mup files in a folder in your Drive, so you can comment on the maps and then share them with the authors to return your feedback to them. If you (or one of your TAs) asks a student to revise their work in light of your feedback, just give the student edit privileges when you share their work back with them; then, when the student revises the submission, you'll be able to see the changes by just returning to the map in your drive. (Bookmark this link to display all of the maps in your Drive. Then, sort by 'last modified' to see which students have most recently revised their submissions in light of your feedback.
The problems at exercise.philmaps.com were produced in a UCRHSS-funded student-run project at Princeton University to create a library of argument analysis exercises. Many of these short exercises are drafts that have not been edited thoroughly; so before using them with students, please select questions which seem to work well to you.
This multiple choice problem server is not the final resting place of these passages; rather, I hope they will form the basis of a cool puzzle game based on visual argument analysis. If you're a talented coder (with drag and drop kung fu in spades), and you're interested in helping with this work, please get in touch with me at scullen at princeton dot edu!


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Q: RecyclerView.Adapter and GridLayoutManager with spanCount great than 4 continuously recreates ViewHolders I am working with GridLayoutManager and I have encountered unexpected RecyclerView's behaviour. If spanCount is greater than 4, the RecyclerView continuously recreates ViewHolders on scrolling.
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
       setContentView(R.layout.main_activity)

       val recyclerView = findViewById<RecyclerView>(R.id.recyclerView)
       recyclerView.layoutManager = GridLayoutManager(this, 7)
       recyclerView.adapter = Adapter()
   }

   private class Adapter : RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder>() {
       //continuously invokes while scrolling:
       override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
           val view:View = TextView(parent.context).apply {
               text = "Hello!"
           }
           return object : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(view) {}
       }

       override fun getItemCount(): Int = 3500

       override fun onBindViewHolder(viewHolder: RecyclerView.ViewHolder, position: Int) {}
   }

How to fix it and force RecyclerView.Adapter to reuse ViewHolders?

A: I reproduced your issue with this code (copy-pasteable, no resource files required):
class RecActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    lateinit var recyclerView: RecyclerView

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        recyclerView = RecyclerView(this)
        setContentView(recyclerView)
        recyclerView.layoutManager = GridLayoutManager(this, 7)
        recyclerView.adapter = Adapter()
    }

    inner class Adapter : RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder>() {
        var vhCount = 0
        override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
            val txtView = AppCompatTextView(this@RecActivity)
            txtView.tag = vhCount++.toString()
            txtView.gravity = Gravity.CENTER
            title = vhCount.toString()  // display # of created VHs in title
            return object : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(txtView){}
        }

        override fun getItemCount() = 3500

        override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: RecyclerView.ViewHolder, position: Int) {
            (holder.itemView as TextView).text = "$position (${holder.itemView.tag})"
        }
    }
}

The problem is there's not enough views to fill out entire rows in the RecycledViewPool. By default there's only 5 items per ViewType, so having wide rows of 7 force creation of more ViewHolders while scrolling. To fix this issue, simply increase size of your RecycledViewPool like so (in onCreate):
recyclerView.layoutManager = GridLayoutManager(this, 7)
recyclerView.adapter = Adapter()
// add line below: 0 is default itemViewType, 14 is two rows of items which should be enough
recyclerView.recycledViewPool.setMaxRecycledViews(0, 14)

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Q: Reledmac : customise the position of footnotes If it's possible, I would like to customise the position of critical and familiar footnotes in order to have the following layout in my apparatus :

*

*One serie of familiar footnotes (\footnoteA)

*The critical footnotes (\Afootnote, \Bfootnote ...)

*The other series of familiar footnotes (\footnoteB, \footnoteC ...)
Is there a way to make that ?
Regards,

A: The version 2.16.0 of reledmac, just send on CTAN, provides tools to customize the order.
The \fnpos command can have a syntax which defines customize order.
For your need, add the following code in your preamble:
\fnpos{%
  {A}{familiar},
  {A}{critical},%
  {B}{critical},%
  {C}{critical},%
  {D}{critical},%
  {E}{critical},%
  {B}{familiar},%
  {C}{familiar},%
  {D}{familiar},%
  {E}{familiar}%
}

Note that with this option, you must define explicitly all the position of the footnote.


These shims can be used to adjust the clearance of Ø4mm shaft. Contains ten pieces each of 0.1mm, 0.2mm, 0.3mm thickness.
I got these to run in my Tamiya TRF415MSXX, but they can be used on other chassis and for other RC applications - not just Tamiya cars! If you are serious about setting up your vehicle, it's very important to remove 'play' - the movement that you get sometimes in RC components. There doesn't seem much point spending time and money on setting up your RC vehicle, like a car if there is movement - especially in the area of the wheels. Shim packs like these, and the Tamiya 5mm Shim Set (part number 53587) are what anyone serious about RC buys to really get the best out of their vehicle. You get 30 shims in total in this pack - which will last for ages! I bought the Tamiya 5mm, 4mm and 3mm shim packs, rebuilt two cars completely with new shims and still have loads left in my pit box! When performing maintenace on your car you should always check that the shims have not been damaged or bent. Take a close look at the surface when you clean them up. ALWAYS replaced damaged shims!! A final tip when you are handling them - be very careful when you are fitting them not to bend them... they are VERY thin, precision made shims and although they are tough and strong it might be possible to bend one if you are not careful.


A partial implementation of TileProvider that only requires a URL that points to an image to be provided.
Note that this class requires that all the images have the same dimensions.
public static final Tile NO_TILE Stub tile that is used to indicate that no tile exists for a specific tile coordinate.
Returns the tile to be used for this tile coordinate.
Returns a URL that points to the image to be used for this tile.
The x coordinate of the tile. This will be in the range [0, 2zoom - 1] inclusive.
The y coordinate of the tile. This will be in the range [0, 2zoom - 1] inclusive.
The zoom level of the tile. This will be in the range [ GoogleMap.getMinZoomLevel, GoogleMap.getMaxZoomLevel] inclusive.
the Tile to be used for this tile coordinate. If you do not wish to provide a tile for this tile coordinate, return NO_TILE. If the tile could not be found at this point in time, return null and further requests might be made with an exponential backoff.
Returns a URL that points to the image to be used for this tile. If no image is found on the initial request, further requests will be made with an exponential backoff. If you do not wish to provide an image for this tile coordinate, return null.
URL a URL that points to the image to be used for this tile. If you do not wish to provide an image for this tile coordinate, return null.


The CVIU's new Top Cop Gwynne Pennell unveiled a new approach to commercial vehicle policing at the RTA seminar in St Arnaud in May.
She is intending to use data to plan where and when to deploy the energy and resources of CVIU; the biggest risks will attract the most resources in terms of time and / or manpower. The source of that data? Amongst others, crash statistics and the low achievers in the ORS ratings, when the public versions are published.
In addition to that, there is an assumption that the observation of one unsafe act may be a symptom of a low attitude towards safety. This may be a simple act such as failing to stop at a stop sign, but is that same driver distracted by talking on a cell phone, is he wearing a seatbelt? If a truck crashes on the Kaikoura coast, is this a one off incident, or the symptom of an issue with either that driver, or that company?
The concept of an attitude of safety is not new. Pre-employment ARM (Accident Risk Management) profiling aims to flush out those whose safety attitudes may not be a cost effective addition to your fleet.
The Operator Rating System (or Operator Safety Rating) similarly has its make up biased towards infringements and exceptions – those behaviours that will focus the attention of a patrolling officer. Your problem is now that with the advent of ORS, a quick driver is not just risking his own license (and your freight and reputation), he is also earning you a black mark against your TSL for your next ORS rating.
Now more than ever is the time to address those lingering concerns you have that your fleet could be performing a little better; a little safer and more professionally.
The peak for truck crashes is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday lunchtimes. If the CVIU do indeed get their requested access to highway patrol cars, this would be the time to expect to see them flagging down your drivers before they overcook the next corner.
What would be your priority, if your GPS data was translated into an easy to read picture of your travelling risks? Consider following the example of the CVIU; they have data at their disposal which is allowing them to make decisions about their priorities. So do you.


ENROLLMENT IS STILL ON-GOING FOR THE 2017 BAR EXAMS DESPITE STARTING IN APRIL 2017!!!
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Angeles University Foundation CHAN, Fenalon O.
Aquinas Unversity of Legaspi ZAMORA, Xavier Henry L.
Araullo University - PHINMA AQUINO, Mylene M.
Arellano University School of Law VITUG, Rex Napoleon O.
Ateneo de Manila - School of Law CADIZ, Danielle S.
Batangas State University ABELO, Shyrell Morena Marie C.
Bukidnon State University BAHIAN, Adriano, Jr. G.
Bulacan State University LEE, Eunice Faye S.
Central Philippine University DOLDUCO-CONSTANTINO, Ma. Cassie Jean D.
Centro Escolar University AMARO, Kristie Xyla R.
Christ The King College BACHAO, Ronil C.
Colegio De La Purisima Concepcion ARTILLERO, Sheila A.
COR Jesu College GESTUVEO, Camille Joy C.
DLSU College of Law AQUINO, Janna Preciosa B.
DLSU - FEU (MBA-JD) Consortium KUNG, Edward Kenneth A.
Dr. Vicente Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation PAJARES, Rafael Greggorre T.
Far Eastern University CASTRO, Jimmy Jerard A.
Isabela State University CORPUZ, Samuel S.
JH Cerilles State College SAIPUDIN, Shine Novel L.
Jose Rizal Memorial State University DE VERA, Ma. Cristina A.
Liceo De Cagayan University ARANETA, Pauline Mae P.
Lyceum of the Philippines University BERMEJO, Agatha Kristianne C.
Manila Law College FERRER, Maridel A.
Manuel Luis Quezon University CORPUZ, Sunshine R.
Medina College of Law PANGANDAMAN, JR., Palayogan P.
Mindanao State University ASTILLA, Ailene R.
Misamis University NAVAL, Lhem J.
Naval State University QUEIPO, Cherry Ann S.
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Palawan State University School of Law ABIS, Ariel A.
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila ESPERANZA, Gracein E.
Panpacific University North Philippines APILADO, Alona S.
Philippine Christian University ALINA-LLABADO, Jacqueline A.
Philippine Law School DASAL, Ryan R.
Philippines Foundation University SADJAIL, Al-zhain I.
Polytechnic University of the Philippines PRIETO, Maricar DG.
Saint Louis University GONZALES, JR., Jaime C.
Saint Mary's University CASTANEDA, Julie Rose G.
Saint Paul School of Business and Law MORATAL, Deanler B.
San Beda College - Manila CUEVAS, May Zyra V.
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Showcasing, as Chef Seth says, "the ROY G. BIVness" of the Southeast's summer vegetable harvest, this delicious raw roll gives you an opportunity to work your artistic talents in the creation of a gorgeous, and nutritious, meal. Enjoy a side of our version of a traditional peanut sauce made with Once Again Organic Sunflower Butter.
Read more about Once Again Nut Butters here.
Prepare your mise en place: Peel and grate beets; place in a small bowl and cover with cold water. Remove and discard squash ends; grate squash around the seed core (discard core). Halve pepper, remove stem and seeds, and thinly slice flesh lengthwise into strips. Remove tips from beans, then thinly slice beans at an angle. Remove green stems and discard; thinly slice leaves. Pick basil leaves and thinly slice.
Make the dressing: To the cider vinegar jar add 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon water, nutritional yeast, turmeric, mustard and 1/2 teaspoon PeachDish Salt. Cover tightly, and shake well to thoroughly combine.
Make the dipping sauce: In a small bowl combine sunflower butter and My Sweet Hottie sauce. Stir well to combine. Add remaining 2 tablespoons cold water, and stir well.
Fill a shallow bowl or dish (at least as wide as the rice paper wrappers) with cold water. Drain water off beets, and discard water. Working 1 at a time, submerge a rice paper in the water. When it is soft, remove from water and place on your work surface.
Choose the most colorful vegetable and arrange lengthwise in the bottom center of each wrapper. Top with about one-fourth of each vegetable, arranging each lengthwise in the center of the wrapper, and ending with pea greens. Drizzle vegetables with dressing, and top with a sprinkling of basil.
Roll the wrapper: Lift the bottom end over the vegetables, press and tuck. Fold sides over the vegetables and tuck. Roll and tuck vegetable-filled center of wrap away from you and over remaining wrapper, pressing and tucking as you go.
Repeat with remaining wraps and vegetables. Cut each wrap in half and arrange 4 halves on each plate. Serve with dipping sauce on the side. Enjoy!