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Ramz: Does His debut EP Blockbuster Make Fans Go 'Barking' Mad?
Posted by Adam Richmond | May 25, 2019 | Music | 0
Ramz just released his debut EP but will the other songs in his EP match the success of Barking and Family Tree?
Ramz starts his debut EP, Blockbuster, with a classic Ramz melody that replicates the feel-good summer vibe that was in Barking. Sunday is a chill song that you can imagine blasting in the car this summer. The EP then switches to two songs that Ramz fans will know very well, Family Tree and Hold You Down. There's not much to say about these songs except they give the Ramz harmony drip with some rap sprinkled in as well. In this EP, I did wish Ramz had some more features but it is understandable that he doesn't with his first EP.
He's tried to stick to his roots and his biggest songs including Barking, which also features in the EP, has no artists featuring and we already know how big of a song it was last year. It shows that a year into him being a household name in the UK rap scene that he doesn't need a big artist on the track with him for the song to bang. The only song in Blockbuster that does have an artist featuring is Don't You Play With Me. It is by far my favourite song on Blockbuster. It hypes me up whilst listening to the EP in full and avoids the dip in energy that happens in some albums or EPs. LD is a great choice of artist to collaborate with and their voices compliment each other well in the track. It looks like Ramz has finally got a song where a moshpit might happen when he performs. This energy flows well into the next song, Barking, which of course, everyone knows. It's a banger that everyone can vibe to whether that's when it first came out last year or in the next few months.
Next up on Blockbuster is You're Mine. Mnelia stands out in the track and her voice works well with the beat that Crumz produced. The song starts off chill with Mnelia then Ramz comes in with the rap which is nice as it switches it up from the normal Ramz melody. Dial Tone has a summery chorus and my favourite ending in Blockbuster. The ending of Dial Tone works well with the start of the last song in the EP, Praise You. The song is my least favourite on the EP but that does not mean it is not a great song. He set himself a high barrier with this EP which I think he has matched. Blockbuster is not the best EP of all time but it was never going to be.
As his first big piece of music, it's impressive. This showcases what Ramz is capable of and he will only improve from this first EP. Blockbuster is a chill, feel-good EP and has no bad vibes, just good energy.
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CBC News reports, Controversial pension changes approved in legislature vote:
The Alward government's controversial pension reform has been passed into law.
The bill got final approval from the Legislature late Wednesday, passing 33-9 in a vote along party lines.
The new shared-risk system will see civil servants and retirees take on more risk for the pension fund's performance.
Current employees will see pension plan contributions increase at the start of the new year, with an average increase of $1,200 a year. Retirees could see cost-of-living increases curtailed if the markets perform poorly in the future, although Higgs says that risk is small.
Under the present system, only the government is at risk if there is a downturn in the markets. With the changes, the risk is shared between government, employees and retirees.
Higgs has been pushing the pension reforms through for two years, arguing that with retirees living longer, the pool of pension money may not be enough to cover their benefits under the current system.
"We have much more demands on this plan than it ever was designed to fund," said Higgs. "That is the reality.
"So in order to fix it, you have to structurally change it. We're confident in what we're putting forward and we're confident it will withstand any legal challenge."
Retirees argue the change amounts to breaking a contract and have hired pension rights lawyer Ari Kaplan of Ontario and threatened to sue the province over the changes.
The New Brunswick Pension Coalition has also vowed to defeat the Progressive Conservative government at the polls next September if the changes go through.
Liberal Leader Brian Gallant argued again yesterday for more time to debate the change.
"This will be seen as one of, if not the, most important pieces of legislation his government will put forth in its mandate," said Gallant.
But after two raucous years of debate inside and outside the legislature about the changes, the government pressed forward.
"Mr. Speaker there comes a time when you have to fish or cut bait," said Higgs.
The bill will be signed into law before Christmas and takes effect on New Year's Day.
I covered New Brunswick's pension reforms a couple of weeks ago and was largely sympathetic to these proposals, especially after I read Jim Leech and Jacquie McNish's book, The Third Rail.
But last week I saw Bernard Dussault, Canada's former Chief Actuary, at a pension conference in Ottawa where we discussed if Canada is on the right path. Bernard wasn't impressed with the reforms in New Brunswick and I don't think he was particularly impressed with Jim Leech's new book either.
So what's got Canada's former Chief Actuary up in arms? Bernard's main qualm is that he thinks the new reforms shift more costs to employees and restricts the growth of their retirement benefits:
According to government information about the plan, employees will have to increase their own contributions to the pension plan by 30 per cent or more starting next spring, even though benefits they can accumulate will be less generous.
"What the government calls risk sharing is more risk dumping," said Bernard Dussault, former chief actuary of the Canada Pension Plan, who has been assisting New Brunswick retirees with their fight.
I asked Bernard to expand on this and he was kind enough to provide his insights below. Please note these are his personal views (the email is bilingual but main points are outlined in English):
Tel que convenu je te fournis ci-bas ici le plus d'informations possible sur mes opinions personnelles et publiques (non confidentielles) concernant les enjeux du monde des pensions au Canada, et en particulier celui du système de pensions à risques partagés proposé du (et bientôt en vigueur au) Nouveau Brunswick.
Le 7 mai 2013 j'ai fait à Charlottetown la présentation ci-jointe à la Conférence du IFEBP. Porter une attention particulière aux pages (slides) 9 et 10 qui indiquent comment les régimes à prestations déterminées devraient (et auraient toujours dû) parer aux effets des fluctuations du marché sur la santé (soundness) financères des régimes de retraite.
Le lien http://www.ifebp.org/inforequest/0164303.pdf donne accès à l'article paru dans le numéro de septembre 2013 du IFEBP Newsletter (cet article paraphrase ma présentation du 7 mai). Le lien http://www.pensioncoalitionnb.ca/regional-meetings donne accès à la conférence de presse que le Front Commun des membres du régime de pension de la fonction publique du NB a donnée à Fredericton le 20 novembre.
Le discours que j'ai donné à cette conférence se résume à ceci:
A- The Common Front of active and retired members of the NB Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) understands that the PSPP current debt of about $1 billion identified in the April 1, 2012 actuarial report is a major issue for the NB government as well as for all NB taxpayers, and accordingly deserves to be addressed diligently in an appropriate manner.
B- The Common Front considers that the Shared Risk Pension Plan (SRPP) that is proposed by the NB government through Bill C-11 tabled November 19, 2013 in replacement of the NB PSPP is not an appropriate solution thereof because:
although not properly identified and designed in Bill C-11, the proposed increase in PSPP members' contribution rates and the proposed increase from 60 to 65 in the age at which PSPP members become entitled to a normal (unreduced) retirement pension, respectively, are the only areas of remedies that are relevant to the unfavourable financial findings identified in the April 1, 2012 actuarial report on the PSPP;
it is unfair, as it does make pension indexation, both active and pensioned members, dependent upon the ongoing financial experience of the PSSA through the use of inappropriate actuarial and accounting mechanisms that properly account for indexation in the contributions and assets of the PSPP but not at all in its liabilities;
it fails to show the proportion of the PSPP cost that will be shared by active PSSA members; and
it is too complex, which was publicly acknowledged by the Minister of Finance, as he did himself publicly stated that he does not fully understand it, and as its implementation, management and day to day administration would be an overly expensive and intricate endeavour.
C- The Common Front accordingly recommends that the financing and benefit changes envisioned by Bill C‑11 be repealed and replaced exclusively by the following two ones, which should well address in a relevant and consistent manner the unfavourable financial findings, identified in the April 1, 2012 actuarial report on the PSPP, by:
reducing its cost;
optimizing the reduction in the volatility of the PSPP contribution rate from year to year;
eliminating any surplus ownership issue; and
optimizing intra and inter-generational equity.
1. In respect of future accruing pensionable service, the age at which PSPP members become entitled to a normal (unreduced) retirement pension remains 60 for any member born in or before 1950 but is increased by 2 months for each year by which the calendar of birth exceeds 1950. Therefore, the entitlement age would for example be increased to 61 for members born in 1956, 62 if born in 1962, 63 if born on 1968, 64 if born in 1974, 65 if born in 1980 and 70 if born in 2010, and so on.
2. The PSPP normal cost, i.e. the contribution rate expressed as a percentage of salary and determined on a realistic ongoing (as opposed to solvency) valuation basis, would be shared equally by its members and its sponsor, i.e. the total normal contribution rate would be split equally, i.e. on a 50%/50% basis, between the plan sponsor and the active members. Likewise, any emerging surplus or deficit identified in any of the actuarial reports on the PSPP, including the report as at April 1, 2012, would be amortized over 15 years through a decrease or an increase, respectively, in the normal contribution rate, still split equally between active members and the plan sponsor.
As I indicated to you at the Westin conference in Ottawa, the reason why plan sponsor "adore" the conditional indexation provision, modeled after the Dutch Pension System, is not that it reduces pension costs (essentially, it does not reduce them) but rather that it perversely causes the elimination from the pension liabilities the portion pertaining to the cost of indexation, which portion normally ranges from about 20% to 30%.
In this connection, the liabilities under the NB PSSA as per the actuarial report as at April 1, 2012 amount to about $6 billion while the assets are about $5 billion, for a debt of about $1. Coincidentally, conditional indexation would essentially remove that $1 debt from the NB balance sheet.
I thank Bernard Dussault for sharing these important insights with my readers. Bernard is a leading expert in pension policy and in my opinion, he's the best actuary in the country. He really understands the intricacies of pension policy and unions should have consulted with him first before accepting these reforms (his email is bdussault@rogers.com).
It's quite disconcerting seeing public sector workers and pensioners getting squeezed while Wall Street profits off of excessive fees it charges public plans, effectively giving it a license to steal. Chris Tobe, author of Kentucky Fried Pensions and founder of Stable Value Consultants, went over the 2 big myths about Illinois pension reform which I covered in my last comment and shared this with me:
Government retirees are definitely being forced to pay for pension fund problems caused by bad investments and Wall Street fees. The Detroit Bankruptcy judge locked in that possibility for Detroit employees yesterday and thousands of others around the country. It is well documented with FBI and SEC investigations that there were bad investments and excessive fees in the hundreds of millions in Detroit and now it looks like the retirees will bear the brunt of this corruption.
In a 106 page report on Rhode Island, former SEC attorney Ted Siedle documented that the excessive fees and bad investments directly hurt pensioners, because their Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA's) are only allowed with a funding ratio of over 80%. Excessive fees and bad investments lower funding ratios so these COLA triggers are a definite way that pensioners will lose billions to Wall Street excessive fees and corruption. Ironically COLA triggers are being pushed by the Arnold Foundation/Pew Studies in over a dozen states (which were paid for by former hedge fund owner and Enron trader John Arnold).
Keep all this in mind as New Brunswick and Illinois pension reforms are being rammed through. The fat cats on Wall Street are loving it but public sector workers and retirees are right to be concerned.
Below, Susan Rowland, Chair of the Pension Task Force for the Province of New Brunswick, discusses the why reforms were needed. But as New Brunswick moves forward with sweeping pension reform, considerable opposition to pension reforms remains and I now think some unions fumbled badly on this file. They still have a chance to address the issues Bernard Dussault raises above but the courts will have to decide the fate of New Brunswick's public pension plan.

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i'm doing a project about greek mythology and i wanted to now about the greek language and alphabet?
The παρατατικός (past continuous) emphasizes on the duration or on the repetition of an action in the past. That's why it is usually combined with words or expressions which show duration or repetition.
ex: "Εχθές διάβαζα όλο το απόγευμα"= Yesterday I was studding all evening. We emphasize on the duration.
"Πέρυσι ξυπνούσα κάθε πρωί στις 6.00."= Last year I used to wake at 6.00 every morning. Here we emphasize on the repetition.
Ο Αόριστος (simple past) just refers to an action that happened in the past or used to happen, but without any emphasis to duration or repetition.
ex: "Εχθές διάβασα τα μαθήματά μου και μετά πήγα βόλτα"= Yesterday I did my homework and afterwards I went out.
Αόριστος: "Πέρυσι δούλεψα πολύ σκληρά." = Last year I worked very hard. Here the emphasis is more on the quality of work (hard).
Παρατατικός: "Πέρυσι δούλευα πολύ σκληρά." = Last year I was working very hard. Here we emphasize more on the fact that this was happening every day last year (duration and repetition).


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Microsoft Responds to Sun's Momentum in ASP Certification
By Wilson Mattos
Leveraging the Brand in the ASP Arena
Getting Focused On the Customer
The Microsoft Gold Plan
Bringing credibility to the ASP arena as the concept moves from business model to delivery channel, Microsoft's Gold Certified Partner Program for Hosting and Application Certification challenges the lead Sun Microsystems has built with its year-old SunTone effort.
Once at the center of all personal computing, Microsoft now finds itself in the position of having to reinvent itself in the midst of the Internet's continued growth. The fact that a single vendor can no longer dominate all aspects of e-business to the magnitude Microsoft dominated the PC desktop makes for a diverse series of applications and innovation. Microsoft's contributions to the growth of the industry are significant, as are their moves into the Internet arena (and specifically ASPs). In a sense, Microsoft is going about what it has excelled at all along: bringing innovation and customer-centered technologies to the market.
Microsoft announced in March that ManagedOps.com, Inc., Qwest Communications International, Inc., and Usinternetworking, Inc. (USi) are the first ASPs to achieve its Gold Certified Partner Program for Hosting and Application Services certification. Microsoft is providing these certifications to drive credibility for its ASP efforts, to recognize the significant resources each company has invested in gaining domain expertise in Microsoft Exchange 2000 and Microsoft Commerce Server 2000, and to recognize those who exhibit the capability to scale with an application-hosting architecture. These announcements actually mark the culmination of the ASP Certification Program launch in July 2000 at the Fusion 2000 Developer's Conference.
The extensive success of Sun's SunTone Program and its ASP initiatives has solidly made Solaris a preferred operating system in many ASP development environments. The Gold Certified Partner Program for Hosting and Application Services certification from Microsoft couldn't have been better timed because Sun's momentum has been unchallenged for more than a year in this area. The competition between Microsoft and Sun in ensuring robustness, reliability, and minimum performance standards will provide the greatest benefits to the ASP customers who choose between companies that are either SunTone-certified, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program for Hosting and Application Services-certified, or both.
Microsoft has had a dual-role approach to the ASP market—as a supplier of applications and infrastructure software to ASP partners, and as a provider of hosted services to small businesses through its bCentral portal. The extent to which Microsoft itself will offer ASP services through its bCentral portal is up for debate, which was intensified by the Great Plains acquisition. With the strong traction that Microsoft is accomplishing in the small business marketplace with bCentral, it's predictable that the Great Plains applications, already well tested on the ASP model, will be offered over bCentral within months. Look for Microsoft to be even more aggressive in its ASP plans going forward. Microsoft is expecting between a half dozen to a dozen companies to enroll in its ASP certification program by the end of the year. SunTone's success is being driven by the industry's need for true metrics of scalability with regard to hosted applications. It's entirely expected in the Sun-specific areas of the industry to see an increased focus on the IForce Initiative within Sun as well.
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From Remnant To Riches: What The Quest For Premium Inventory Means For The Industry
Roger Williams	7 years
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Roger Williams is the CMO of Maxifier.
The recent flurry of ad-tech acquisition deals clearly demonstrates that the industry is shifting its focus to developing solutions that support premium inventory. While all the attention has traditionally been around solving for RTB and the programmatic trading of low-value, non-guaranteed inventory, things are changing.
Today, it's about going where the money is, and that means bringing equilibrium with the shift to premium. There's a huge opportunity right now to take non-digital spend into digital, with the right technology to support brand advertising on premium inventory.
And just what is at stake? Advertisers will spend nearly $600 billion globally this year, and only $170.5 billion of that in digital (eMarketer). The majority will be brand-focused; the real opportunity is tapping into this spend.
In digital, brands are in search of safe, brand-friendly environments where they're associated with other high-quality brands, not simply direct-response advertisers; premium inventory provides exactly this for them.
Sweetening the pot are larger, impactful and more visually attractive ad formats (think IAB Rising Stars) — which are now available — and the emergence of the sorts of metrics that brands find appealing. Measurement has long been a thorn in the industry's side, with brands forced to accept the same metrics used for reporting by direct-response marketers. We've known for several years that CTR (click-thru rate) is entirely the wrong metric for digital, yet it has continued to dominate what's offered to brands.
We now have more meaningful metrics designed to appeal to brands: in-view rate and in-view time; universal interaction rate; interaction times, etc.
That quality environment and experience is increasingly winning brand spend over from non-digital, yet the industry is still missing out on opportunities in a few key areas. Nielsen's research in conjunction with the CMO Council last year revealed significantly more brand campaigns were being run than traditional direct-response campaigns, and uncovered an increase in spend on branding. However, increasing purchasing efficiency was a key factor highlighted in the report that would persuade them to move budget to digital.
Now that the right environments and measurements exist for brands, the technology is getting there as well. The importance of supporting premium inventory with improved workflows, and making the purchase of it quicker and more efficient, are now being realized. An emerging way to make buying digital easier — and remove complexities — is to tackle the growing desire for fewer vendors, integrations and user interfaces. Advertisers want the ability to purchase quickly and easily, for both non-guaranteed and guaranteed inventory, and we now increasingly have the technology to apply programmatic trading to premium inventory.
Rubicon scooped up several companies at the end of last year, enhancing their ability to deal in premium direct. AppNexus has also made a host of acquisitions in areas such as viewability, ad serving and, most recently, forecasting.
Adobe, Oracle, Facebook, AppNexus and other major players are building out their tech stacks to appeal to all elements of the advertising food chain, but it's no longer about premium versus remnant inventory at all. Rather, the focus now is on bringing them together to increase overall yields for the publisher.
Sure, there are questions about whether a reputation as a player in the remnant space might hinder a tech company's ability to move into premium. Will premium publishers see you as someone who can help, or is that historical low-value focus going to be a hindrance? That remains to be seen, but what we are seeing now are a host of big players making their moves, laying the groundwork for the rest of the industry to follow suit.
In Europe, premium publishers are joining forces for increased reach, scale and control. The Pangaea Alliance has CNN International, The Guardian, Financial Times, Reuters and The Economist providing access to their respective inventories, as well. The AOP (Association of Online Publishers) premium publisher alliance, for example, brings together TIME, Telegraph Media Group, Haymarket Media Group and more. By partnering, they're able to offer greater scale (which can be challenging in European markets), more engaging, larger, advanced ad formats, access to a premium audience and, of course, a quality environment — everything that appeals to brands.
Clearly, strategic partnerships, collaboration and acquisition are the way forward. The ad-tech industry shakeout will continue throughout 2015, as the emphasis on making premium buying and selling as simple and automated as possible grows. The result? Increasingly, solutions that begin to solve for the specific needs of brands.


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On February 27 Haley McAveney broke the school indoor track record in the 1600m State Meet of Champions. Many might see McAveney's bright, vibrant smile around school, but she's a track phenom at setting milestones. McAveney stands at four feet eleven inches with the heart of a lion.
This isn't the first time McAveney has set record breaking numbers her senior season. McAveney has run the 1600m throughout her four years with NMHS. Her hard work paid off when she broke the 1600m for the first time with a time of 5:41.14. McAveney smashed her milestone with the time of 5:34.4 this past weekend.
When asked how she felt breaking the record and if she thought she would break the record twice, McAveney answered, "Breaking the record was so rewarding, because of how hard I've worked this season. I did think I could break the record twice, and actually, that was what I had wanted to do at the Meet of Champions. I'm so glad I did it, and I hope to continue to cut time off my mile."
She stated, "Breaking the mile record has been my goal since freshman year, and I honestly wasn't sure I was going to be able to do it. So finally reaching that point in my track career was amazing."
McAveney also responded to who she would give high praise for her achievements, she said, "My coaches, Mr. Kelly and Mr. Hartney, who not only trained me, but gave me the confidence to work hard and push myself."
Haley is an outstanding student athlete, and will be breaking milestones in spring track this season. She is hoping to run in college for the next four years.
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It Takes a Village in This City to Train and Support Unemployed Fathers: A Dedicated Leader, Her Staff, and Virtual Volunteers are Doing It!
There are as many ways to volunteer in Trenton as there are interests and needs. Take parenting, for example, or, more specifically, fatherhood. Fathers, like all of us, need support and assistance too.
When my mother died of cancer when I was seven years old, my maternal aunts and my father raised my older sister, my younger brother and me. My dad, still in his thirties, and one of very few young widowers at my choir recitals, held down a full time government job, worked overtime, and took on a part time job as well, to pay the mortgage and other bills, and to pay our relatives to take care of us during the week, picking us up on the weekends. Needless to say, years later, he also died too young. An all but impossible task back then, before time and society made the reality of single fatherhood—"The Courtship of Eddie's Father", "Family Affair", and "My Three Sons" notwithstanding—a welcome, familiar staple of series TV.
I was thinking of this a few years ago when I picked up a "Dress 2 Impress" flyer from a UIH exhibit table at a community fair sponsored by a university in downtown Trenton. As a volunteer manager, I was there to recruit more volunteers to my program. So was UIH Family Partners. Formerly known as the Union Industrial Home for Children, the oldest child welfare agency in New Jersey, (and now rebranded as The Father Center of NJ), was accepting "gently used" suits and mens' business wear for job seekers in their training program. Donating ready-to-wear business attire is an excellent introduction to volunteerism. Years before, I had initiated several business clothing drives for organizations that serve unemployed women.
Recently, I had the privilege of interviewing Ms. Karen Andrade-Mims, Executive Director of The Father Center of NJ, our state's longest serving nonprofit. A distinguished recipient of the YWCA's Tribute to Women Awards in 2015, with a Masters degree in Public Administration from Rutgers University, and an active volunteer through Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, Ms. Andrade-Mims, a board member of UIH Family Partners, rose from Interim Executive Director to Executive Director of the organization in 2008.
With its mission of "empowering New Jersey's men, fathers, and families to achieve self-sufficiency", Ms Andrade-Mims said that The Father Center of NJ "(meets the participants) where they are. With an 80% record of success, 35-40% of participants are able to get jobs at least five dollars above minimum wage. Many earn certificates (of) employment in food handling, Microsoft Office, and OSHA certification. (Others) have gotten jobs at companies in the area, like 1911 Smokehouse, and larger companies like Amazon, and with businesses that don't reject those with a criminal history."
The "Dress to Impress" staff provides interview practice, and takes a professional headshot of each job seeker for them to post on their LinkedIn profile and online job search sites. Free computer literacy instruction is also available.
Support for participants is key. The "Bridge to Success" component offers small group support to fathers. Some participants may also need referrals to other programs for drug treatment. Every June, the "Platinum Dads" celebration and fundraiser "honors men who demonstrate exemplary fatherhood through a commitment to their families and communities."
On Saturday June 19, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., the organization will hold its 16th Annual Platinum Dads Awards Celebration, where men will be honored, in the presence of family and friends, as Platinum Dads, and one man will become the Legacy of Fatherhood awardee.
"Even during the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic when in-person volunteering was on pause, The Father Center of NJ was able to pivot, by moving its training online. Some volunteers worked remotely with HR, marketing and other administrative support," said Ms Andrade-Mims.
An innovative, proactive leader, Karen Andrade-Mims is considering the possibility of virtual expansion to other counties throughout New Jersey, (TFP currently serves Mercer and Burlington counties), or national OSHA certification for jobs outside of New Jersey.
"It's important for me to serve others, no matter what they're facing", she says.
Why would she choose the Human Services profession and service to other Trentonians, and inspire others to serve as well? I thought, looking over my notes next to my cell phone.
"It's gratifying", she said, a smile in her voice.
Karen Carson
The Father Center
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Pact of the League of Arab States
Cairo, 22 March 1945
The League of Arab States shall be composed of the: independent Arab States that have signed this Pact.
Every independent Arab State shall have the right to adhere to the League. Should it desire to adhere, it shall present an application to this effect which shall be filed with the permanent General Secretariat and submitted to the Council at its first meeting following the presentation of the application.
The purpose of the League is to draw closer the relations between member States and co-ordinate their political activities with the aim of realizing a close collaboration between them, to safeguard their independence and sovereignty, and to consider in a general way the affairs and interests of the Arab countries.
It also has among its purposes a close co-operation of the member States with due regard to the structure of each of these States and the conditions prevailing therein, in the following matters:
(a) Economic and financial matters, including trade, customs, currency, agriculture and industry;
(b) (communications, including railways, roads, aviation, navigation, and posts and telegraphs;
(c) Cultural matters;
(d) Matters connected with nationality, passports, visas, execution of judgments and extradition;
(e) Social welfare matters;
(f) Health matters.
The League shall have a Council composed of the representatives of the member States. Each State shall have one vote, regardless of the number of its representatives.
The Council shall be entrusted with the function of realizing the purpose of the League and of supervising the execution of the agreements concluded between the member States on matters referred to in the preceding article or on other matters.
It shall also have the function of determining the means whereby the League will collaborate with the international organizations which may be created in the future to guarantee peace and security and organize economic and social relations.
A special Committee shall be formed for each of the categories enumerated in article 2, on which the member States shall be represented. These Committees shall be entrusted with establishing the basis and scope of co-operation in the form of draft agreements which shall be submitted to the Council for its consideration preparatory to their being submitted to the States referred to.
Delegates representing the other Arab countries may participate in these Committees as members. The Council shall determine the circumstances in which the participation of these representatives shall be allowed as well as the basis of the representation.
The recourse to force for the settlement of disputes between two or more member States shall not be allowed. Should there arise among them a dispute that does not involve the independence of a State, its sovereignty or its territorial integrity, and should the two contending parties apply to the Council for the settlement of this dispute, the decision of the Council shall then be effective and obligatory.
In this case, the States among whom the dispute has arisen shall not participate in the deliberations and decisions of the Council.
The Council shall mediate in a dispute which may lead to war between two member States or between a member State and another State in order to conciliate them
The decisions relating to arbitration and mediation shall be taken by a majority vote.
In case of aggression or threat of aggression by a State against a member State, the State attacked or threatened with attack may request an immediate meeting of the Council.
The Council shall determine the necessary measures to repel this aggression. Its decision shall be taken unanimously. If the aggression is committed by a member State the vote of that State will not be counted in determining unanimity.
If the aggression is committed in such a way as to render the Government of the State attacked unable to communicate with the Council, the representative of that State in the Council may request the Council to convene for the purpose set forth in the preceding paragraph. If the representative is unable to communicate with the Council, it shall be the right of any member State to request a meeting of the Council.
The decisions of the Council taken by a unanimous vote shall be binding on all the member States of the League; those that are reached by a majority vote shall bind only those that accept them.
In both cases the decisions of the Council shall be executed in each State in accordance with the fundamental structure of that State.
Every member State of the League shall respect the form of government obtaining in the other States of the League, and shall recognize the form of government obtaining as one of the rights of those States, and shall pledge itself not to take any action tending to change that form.
The States of the Arab League that are desirous of establishing among themselves closer collaboration and stronger bonds than those provided for in the present Pact, may conclude among themselves whatever agreements they wish for this purpose.
The treaties and agreements already concluded or that may be concluded in the future between a member State and any other State shall not be binding on the other members.
The permanent seat of the League of Arab States shall be Cairo. The Council of the League may meet at any other place it designates.
The Council of the League shall meet in ordinary session twice a year, during the months of March and October. It shall meet in extraordinary session at the request of two member States whenever the need arises.
The League shall have a permanent General Secretariat, composed of a Secretary-General, Assistant Secretaries and an adequate number of officials.
The Secretary-General shall be appointed by the Council upon the vote of two-thirds of the States of the League. The Assistant Secretaries and the principal officials shall be appointed by the Secretary-General with the approval of the Council.
The Council shall establish an internal organization for the General Secretariat as well as the conditions of service of the officials.
The Secretary-General shall have the rank of Ambassador; and the Assistant Secretaries the rank of Ministers Plenipotentiary.
The first Secretary-General of the League is designated in an annex to the present Pact.
The Secretary-General shall prepare the draft of the budget of the League and submit it for approval to the Council before the beginning of each fiscal year.
The Council shall determine the share of each of the States of the League in the expenses. It shall be allowed to revise the share if necessary.
The members of the Council of the League, the members of its Committees and such of its officials as shall be designated in the internal organization, shall enjoy, in the exercise of their duties, diplomatic privileges and immunities.
The premises occupied by the institutions of the League shall be inviolable.
The council shall meet the first time at the invitation of the Head of the Egyptian Government. Later meetings shall be convoked by the Secretary-General.
In each ordinary session the representatives of the States of the League shall assume the chairmanship of the Council in rotation.
Except for the cases provided for in the present Pact, a majority shall suffice for decisions by the Council effective in the following matters:
(a) Matters concerning the officials.
(b) The approval of the budget of the League.
(c) The internal organization of the Council, the Committees and the General Secretariat. .
(d) The termination of the sessions.
The member States of the League shall file with the General Secretariat copies of all treaties and agreements which they have concluded or will conclude with any other State, whether a member of the League or otherwise.
If one of the member States intends to withdraw from the League, the Council shall be informed of its intention one year before the withdrawal takes effect
The Council of the League may consider any State that is not fulfilling the obligations resulting from this Pact as excluded from the League, by a decision taken by a unanimous vote of all the States except the State referred to.
The present Pact may be amended with the approval of two-thirds of the members of the League in particular for the purpose of strengthening the ties between them, of creating an Arab Court of Justice, and of regulating the relations of the League with the international organizations that may be created in the future to guarantee security and peace
No decision shall be taken as regards an amendment except in the session following that in which it is proposed.
Any State that does not approve an amendment may withdraw from the League when the amendment becomes effective, without being bound by the provisions of the preceding article.
The present Pact and its annexes shall be ratified in accordance with the fundamental form of government in each of the contracting States.
The instruments of ratification shall be filed with the General Secretariat and the present Pact shall become binding on the States that ratify in fifteen days after the Secretary-General receives instruments of ratification from four States.
The present Pact has been drawn up in the Arabic language in Cairo and dated 8 Rabi al Thani 1364 (March 22, 1945), in a single text which shall be deposited with the General Secretariat.
A certified copy shall be sent to each of the States of the League.
ANNEX ON PALESTINE
At the end of the last Great War, Palestine, together with the other Arab States, was separated from the Ottoman Empire. She became independent, not belonging to any other State.
The Treaty of Lausanne proclaimed that her fate should be decided by the parties concerned in Palestine.
Even though Palestine was not able to control her own destiny, it was on the basis of the recognition of her independence that the Covenant of the League of Nations determined a system of government for her.
Her existence and her independence among the nations can, therefore, no more be questioned de jure than the independence of any of the other Arab States.
Even though the outward signs of this independence have remained veiled as a result of force majeure, it is not fitting that this should be an obstacle to the participation of Palestine in the work of the League.
Therefore, the States signatory to the Pact of the Arab League consider that in view of Palestine's special circumstances, the Council of the League should designate an Arab delegate from Palestine to participate in its work until this country enjoys actual independence.
Source: American Foreign Policy 1950-1955 Basic Documents, Volume 1. Washington, DC : Government Printing Office, 1957.
Arab League
Institutional Policy-Program
Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
III. Late Mandate
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Le château de Ferrette est un château fort médiéval situé à Ferrette, Haut-Rhin (Grand Est).

Historique
C'est sur un piton rocheux qui culmine à  d'altitude, surplombant la ville de Ferrette, que , fils de , comte de Montbéliard, fit bâtir le château de Ferrette, vraisemblablement construit sur les fondations d'une tour d'observation romaine. Chef-lieu du comté de Ferrette sa première mention est datée de 1144 comme résidence principale des comtes de Ferrette mais il semble exister en tant que tel depuis 1040.

En 1103 Frédéric de Montbéliard, hérite, de son père des terres d'Alsace supérieure, et s'installe dans le château vers 1125. Devenu Frédéric de Ferrette il fonde le comté de Ferrette qui sera l'une des plus puissantes seigneuries de Haute-Alsace durant le Moyen Âge tant et si bien que de 1105 à la fin du , le comté de Ferrette est pratiquement un État souverain. Axé à l'origine sur le Sundgau occidental, le comté s'étendit déplaçant progressivement son centre vers Altkirch puis Thann. Il meurt vers l'année 1168. Son fils Louis lui succède mais décède lors d'une croisade à laquelle il prit part en 1189.

Le petit-fils de Louis, Frédéric II prend la relève. Il fera fructifier ses terres au point de susciter la convoitise de l'évêque de Bâle avec qui il aura de nombreux conflits. Il sera assassiné en 1233, officiellement par son fils  qui sera accusé de parricide et excommunié. Son autre fils, Ulrich prend le pouvoir et vend son domaine, le château et la ville de Ferrette, à l'évêque de Bâle en 1271 devenant ainsi son vassal comme le seront son fils Thiébaut et son petit-fils .

Ce n'est que six siècles plus tard que l'on découvrira un parchemin contenant l'aveu, par lequel , avoue l'assassinat de son père. Ce parchemin s'avèrera être un faux. Voici ce qu'en dit l'historienne Gabrielle Claerr-Stamm : « l'historien Auguste Quiquerez fabriqua au , une fausse confession par laquelle , frère de Louis le Féroce, s'accusait du meurtre de son père ! Il fallut plus d'un siècle et la perspicacité de l'historien Christian Wilsdorf pour dévoiler la supercherie » (Si Ferrette m'était « comté »).

À la mort d', le , sa fille Jeanne de Ferrette hérite du comté de Ferrette. Elle épouse l'archiduc Albert de Habsbourg qui intègre ainsi le comté de Ferrette à l'Autriche qui le fera gérer par des administrateurs nommés par les Empereurs et son histoire se confond avec l'Autriche antérieure.

Vers 1446 le château est rénové, reconstruit en 1488 et agrandi en 1552 puis de nouveau modifié, par les archiducs d'Autriche, entre 1571 et 1615, afin de l'adapter aux armes à feu.

En 1469, à la suite du traité de Saint-Omer, Ferrette est cédé par Sigismond d'Autriche à Charles le Téméraire qui y établit Pierre de Hagenbach comme gouverneur.

Donné en bailliage aux seigneurs Reich de Reichenstein en 1504, qui y règnent en despotes, le château passe aux mains d'une famille de banquiers ; les Fugger d'Augsbourg, de 1540 à 1567, qui font construire un rempart reliant le château-haut au château-bas et est transformé en garnison. Il est habillé de fortifications et complété de profond fossés, ce qui s'appelle alors le château inférieur est flanqué de tours demi-rondes.

Ceci ne pourra pas l'empêcher de tomber entre les mains d'une troupe de soldats suédois du Rheingrave Erlach, en 1632, durant la guerre de Trente Ans, malgré sa défense assurée par Jean Adam de Ferrette. Deux ans plus tard, les paysans en révolte chassent la garnison suédoise du château qui revient immédiatement avec des renforts. Ils prennent le village, le pille, le saccage, pourchassent les habitants puis détruisent les fortifications. Le château supérieur quant à lui subit de gros dommages.

En 1635, c'est au tour des troupes françaises d'attaquer le château. Une fois pris il est en partie brûlé et détruit. Seule la partie basse sera restaurée.

Le , par les traités de Westphalie et de Münster qui mettent fin à la guerre de Trente Ans, les terres et seigneuries des Habsbourg, en Alsace, passent aux mains du roi de France.

En 1651, Jean Adam de Ferrette cède ses droits de propriété à son fils Philippe Jacques de Ferrette qui épouse Marie-Anne de Schoenau.

En 1659,  donne plusieurs seigneuries à son premier ministre Mazarin dont celle de Ferrette. Le château devient peu-à-peu comme ruine. Mazarin l'offre, ensuite, à sa nièce dont le mari prend les titres de duc de Mazarin et comte de Ferrette. Ces titres seront transmis à ses héritiers qui existent toujours en la personne du prince de Monaco qui porte toujours le titre de comte de Ferrette.

En 1671 le fils ainé de Philippe Jacques de Ferrette, Jean-Joseph de Ferrette, hérite du château.

En 1721, Maire-Anne de Ferrette épouse de Jean-Jacques Nicolas Reich de Reichenstein en devient héritière à la mort de son père, Jean-Joseph. Par la suite, elle vend le château à la branche Ferrette-Carspach. François Antoine de Ferrette-Carspach fait démolir le château haut totalement en ruine. En 1777, la seigneurie passe aux mains d' prince de Monaco qui devient propriétaire du domaine de Ferrette par son mariage avec Louise d'Aumont, héritière de Mazarin. L'actuel prince de Monaco en est toujours comte.

Le , lors de la « Grande Peur », le château-bas est pillé et incendié par des paysans révoltés venant de la vallée de Saint Amarin. Il est, dès lors, totalement abandonné et sert de carrière de pierre.

Dans son roman, Anne de Geierstein, écrit en 1829, Walter Scott fait figurer le château de Ferrette et les méfaits de Pierre de Hagenbach, qui fut décapité pour ses nombreuses exactions.

En 1838, le château est vendu à Jean Zuber, riche industriel et fabricant de papier peint à Rixheim, qui est classé monument historique en 1842.

En 1862, le château était possession de la famille Zuber de Rixheim.

Classé monument historique depuis 1930, les ruines du château sont entretenues et consolidées avec l'aide financière de la ville de Ferrette, du département du Haut-Rhin et des Services des Bâtiments de France.

Le château a été vendu à un particulier en 2011.

Le château en 1600
Un moine de Lucelle y décrit deux entrées, trois cours et trois maisons. En 1600, le château possède trois bâtiments :
 lOberschloss ou château supérieur, creusé en partie dans le roc celui-ci compte six salles chauffées par un poêle et onze chambres, une cave à l'entrée, une cuisine et une étuve. Deux escaliers permettent son accès à cheval ou en chariot. Cet édifice est séparé de la tour du puits par une petite cour. Il correspond à l'ancien château des comtes de Ferrette et son accès depuis le nouveau château se faisait par une rampe depuis la grande cour. cette partie du château possède un puits de  de profondeur et une chapelle dédiée à la vierge Sainte-Catherine ;
 la maison du bailli possède elle quatre salles, sept chambres, deux cuisines, une écurie pour y loger trois chevaux, une cave et même une chambre de bains ; elle possède aussi des greniers pour y loger  de grains ; un bastion avec deux cachots était prévu pour défendre ce bâtiment ;
 la Maison des chevaliers, n'a qu'une salle et une chambre mais surtout des greniers capables de contenir  de grains.

Un mur avec des tours et des bastions prévus pour se tenir une attaque ponctuelle, entoure le château.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Charles Goutzwiller, Le Comté de Ferrette, (1868). Réédité par M. G. Micberth, Monographies des villes et villages de France : Ferrette et ses environs, Res Universis, Paris, 1990.
 Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin, Éditions Flohic, 1998.

Articles connexes
 Liste des châteaux du Haut-Rhin
 Liste des monuments historiques du Haut-Rhin
 Liste des châteaux du Sundgau

Liens externes

Ferrette
Monument historique dans le Haut-Rhin
Monument historique classé en 1930
Ferrette


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I have a problem with ng-repeat and filter data.
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Now, when i use filter, it doesnt work well, becouse when i filter last element, and click on it, index is 0 and application show me more data about first element.
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Home » Magazine » Books » Reviews	» Review » Edge Of Optimism
Edge Of Optimism
A grand vision marred by a limited, ethnocentric approach
Srivatsa Krishna	11 December 1996
Srivatsa Krishna	December 11, 1996 00:00 IST Edge Of Optimism
The Good Society:The Humane Agenda
By J.K.Galbraith
Sinclair Steveson-IBH Rs:393;Pages:152
A few years ago, John Kenneth Galbraith, one of the most celebrated intellectuals of this century, wrote a perceptive piece in the centenary issue of the Economic Journal, which he called Economics in the Century Ahead. His vision for the discipline as also for the world economy was one of cautious optimism, nay, one of realistic optimism. Moving a few steps ahead, Galbraith has now produced a work in which he expatiates on the arguments he had proffered earlier and thereby draws up the vision of a good society.
In parts the book is absolutely riveting, especially the ones in which the author discusses in great detail the anatomy of a good society and goes on to analyse the numerous social defi-ciencies and the viscera of human con-flicts within society. Galbraith rightly concedes that we are living in an Age of Practical Judgement wherein a lot of socially acceptable and indeed socially nutritious deeds are often left undone because they are considered politically impractical—in other words, a euphemism for protecting a socially adverse interest. As ideology and doctrinaire thinking retreat, practical judgement must continue to intervene in order to preserve not just social decency but also perhaps democracy itself. At this point, Galbraith elaborates: "With economic development, social action and regulation become more important even as socialism in the classical sense becomes irrelevant."
The principal problem with Galbraith's book is that it is acutely ethnocentric and as such suffers from an overdose of optimism. Good society, says Galbraith, can be defined as one in which every member, regardless of gender, race or ethnic origin, should have access to a rewarding life. Further, the good society must articulate its aspirations through the power of the ballot. But sadly, in much of the developing world, which Galbraith barely touches upon, those institutions which form a part of the routine habit of prosperous democracies are not merely conspicuous by their absence but sometimes they are even tyrannical to those very citizens whom they have vowed to serve. In other words, as Galbraith rightly argues in the latter half of the book, democracy must be made more inclusive. The problem is not with the prescription, but with the cure itself and with the physician who administers it. Most of the developing world, caught as it is in the tweezer grip of multiple crises, is severely handicapped, for it is unable to find the perfect physician for this onerous task. And it is here that their democracies and quasi-democracies fail, for they are unable to produce self-sustaining corrective mechanisms which can stand above the all-pervasive morass and go about the act of being the economic and social ringmaster. It is precisely here that the image of Galbraith's good society appears dull and uninspiring.
The book, however, provides some valuable insights into the large bureaucracy syndrome. Galbraith argues that such a syndrome is inherent in every good society and has two basic flaws, each of which has a life of shadowed recognition. "The first and most evidently adverse tendency of organisation, large organisation in particular, is that discipline is substituted for thought."
Indeed, while discipline is unarguably important for the pursuit of the common goal of any organisation, it can only be poor substitute for creative thought. Most large organisations suffer because of the lack of coherent vision and leadership, which is largely because creative thought has been slowly throttled. The other major flaw, reveals the book, is that of bureaucratic statis, which is an inescapable fact of both public and private organisations—"a comfortable and disciplined culture resting often on past success takes the place of innovation and change". Bureaucracies are notoriously status-quoist by nature, but this is largely because of the habitat they occupy. The nature of political dynamics and the resultant vector of decisions, the constant, almost intrusive attention of the media, the peculiar type of accountability and performance appraisal that he is subjected to, and the numerous Byzantine laws and regulations which bind him—all these make the pace of the friendly neighbourhood bureaucrat slow, cautious, sometimes even dysfunctional. The real point to be noted is that no corporate would be able to produce astonishing balance sheets if put in a similar work environment
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import android.widget.EditText;
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import net.lacolaco.smileessence.preference.AppPreferenceHelper;
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    }
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Add your milk to your veggie and chicken broth mix and bring to a boil, stir in your seasonings.
Once at a boil reduce heat and add your gnocchi, spinach and chicken simmering until heated through and thickened.
This gnocchi soup recipe can literally be whipped up in less than 30 minutes which makes it the IDEAL weeknight dinner. It is easily able to be doubled with no trouble at all.
To make a thicker soup mix together mix together 1 Tbs cornstarch and 1 Tbs cold water and stir until thickened.
We aren't the biggest fans of celery, but you can add 1 cup chopped celery when you add your other vegetables.
We like to use mini gnocchi which we find at Walmart, but regular sized gnocchi is fine as well.
You don't need to pre-boil your gnocchi, you can cook it in the liquid instead.
I do not recommend freezing this soup, thawing it will make it separate and become watery.
So if you want a perfect easy dinner recipe this Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup recipe is the way to go. Everyone raves about it (just check out the reviews) and pretty much the whole family loves it!
Want a trust copycat recipe that everyone will love? This Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup is easy, flavorful and completely addicting.
You can add celery to this recipe if desired, juts add about 1 cup chopped. If your soup is too thin for your liking add 1Tbs cornstarch mixed with 1Tbs cold water and stir into your soup until thickened.
Thanks for commenting! This is an awesome soup. Ricotta sounds yummy with it!
Delicious! I am all about some copy cat Olive Garden recipes! 🙂 I will be making this as soon as the weather cools off a bit. The heat index right now, at 9am is 103. 🙁 Too hot for this! Happy anniversary!!
Thank you for stopping by! Wow that's too hot for me, we are still in the upper 70's lower 80's so I can stand my oven still! Thank you for the anniversary wish!
We don't have an Olive Garden here but this recipe looks delicious! I'll have to give it a go!
Yummy! I love Olive Garden and I love good soup recipes! It's win-win! 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing at #HomeMattersParty. Hope you come back and share again.
I love this soup, it is a great recipe. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great day!
WOW, I am so excited to see and copy this recipe. It is my husband's favorite at Olive Garden. I will definitely make this. Thank you sooooo much.
The ingredients say to add milk but the directions say heavy cream.
Thanks for pointing that out Sue. I recently updated my recipe and it is milk, I have since changed that in the directions.
This soup sounds so good, but did I miss. Something – is the chicken cooked?
It is! Sorry about the confusion, I'll add cooked in my ingredients instead of just shredded! Thanks for pointing that out.
The last paragraph is confusing. It repeats the previous 3 but I'm not sure whether I'm adding the milk or the chicken broth? Or is this another pan?
Hi Alicia, no something went wrong with my recipe app and I'm trying to get it edited for you.
I have this cooking right now. It looks and smells great!
Hi I had a question about the gnocchi 🙂 I think something went wrong (or maybe it was just the brand I bought). It tastes noticeably like baking soda (or something similarly sour)! We ended up having to pick the gnocchi out of our servings. Is there something I might have done wrong? If so is there a way to salvage it?
Hi Emily, that is really odd. I've never had that happen or ever tasted sour. It could be the brand of gnocchi you purchased. That would be the only thing I can think of, maybe they coated their gnocchi in baking soda or something when they rolled it. You could possibly remove the gnocchi from the soup with a slotted spoon and rinse, but other than that I'm not exactly sure how to salvage them. I'd it's edible without it then maybe just take it out? I usually get my gnocchi from Walmart.
Hi there! Greetings from central California. Thank you for this wonderful recipe. This soup is my go to when we go to Olive Garden. I really don't like anything besides their soup, salad, and breadsticks, haha. I doubled the recipe and it is perfect for my family of 6. They gobbled it up!
I'm so happy you all liked my version!! It's my fave soup from there too and I can never get enough!
This was soooooo delish! It turned out perfect my first try.
Can you use a bag of frozen spinach instead?? If so do you just add and cook until tender?
Hi Brittney, you sure can use a frozen bag of spinach. I've done it many times in a pinch!
Maybe I missed it but how many servings does the recipe make?
This makes about 4-6 servings.
What is the prep/total time in making it?
Hi Heather, it takes about 30-45 mins total. You can cut down the time by using a rotisserie chicken as well and just shredding that up saving time on cooking the chicken yourself.
Yes. I don't boil separately. Last ingredient. Done in two minutes or less.
I live in the Southest… we have Olive Garden here and I love this soup! However, I am having trouble finding potato gnocchi in grocery stores. I know I don't want to try and make my own…where do you find yours?
Hi Lynn, sorry it took me a bit to respond! I find my gnocchi at Walmart in the pasta aisle!
I live in the Southeast also. Wal-Mart now carries gnocchi in a box in the pasta isle. I use it all the time. I just omit the seasoning pack it has in it. Also, while shopping at The Dollar Tree the other day, I noticed they also had some plain potato gnocchi in the food isle. I haven't tried it yet. Hope this helps.
Do you know if this freezes well?
Cream soups aren't the best to freeze as they will become thick. If you defrost gently on the stove and add milk or cream while doing so you should be fine.
I love to buy a chicken in the meat department, uncooked. I then put it in a large pot, season cover with water and onion and fresh garlic. I then bring it to a boil and then turn it down until it is barely bubbling. I cook it until it is cooked. Take it out and let it cool so I can handle it. While I am waiting I strain the broth and put it in 1 to 2 cup containers. Freeze it and I have the best chicken stalk ever. I break down the chicken so I have shredded chicken that I can use in different meals. I freeze it. Now I break the chicken bones and cover them and cook until I have another batch of broth. I have 12 frozen contIners out of the first batch and about 5 or6 out of the second batch. Best broth ever. I transfer the frozen broth into freezer bags. It takes up less space. Saves me a lot of money. Living on SS is a chalange. I am an 82 yr old widow.
It's cold and snowing and I'm about to make your copy cat soup. So excited, thanks.
Hi Susan! I use Gia Russa gnocchi found in the pasta aisle usually on the top shelf. Yes warming up is always nice. Being from MN myself this soup is a winter MUST!
Yummy! I add a little less chicken broth so it's not so runny and is just a single container (4 1/2 C or so). We also have to add parmesan cheese on top.
How long do you think this can stay in the refrigerator and still be edible? Love, love, love this soup!
Hi Ginny, I would say no more than 2 days to be safe!
I am not a fan of Olive Garden, being Italian and taught how to cook from birth we don't go there. But this looked tempting so I gave it a shot. Its pretty friggin good homemade!!! I changed to Tortilini and added Carrots since I had them and LOVE this!!!
I'm making this soup right now! Love the recipe!!! I cooked the chicken separate and shredded it in my kitchen aid. I'm gonna try cooking the gnocchi inside the soup…we shall see how this turns out!!! My tummy is so excited!!!
Just found "Gnocchi" in the pasta isle at Public's. I had looked everywhere! Soup is so good!
Does anyone have the macros for this by chance?
Just curious how much salt and pepper you added to make this? I know in the recipe it says "for taste" but just wondering if you found a good amount that you add, thanks!
Absolutely love this soup so definitely plan to try it soon!! I did have a question though, do you have directions to do it in a crockpot? I would love to have it for dinner but with all the kids activities plus my meetings most dinners end up being from the crockpot. Thank you!!
Can this recipe be frozen?
THIS WAS SOOOO GOOD!! I substituted evaporated milk for fresh milk and used 3/4c flour. My next door neighbor sent me a text that dinner smelled great and came over for a bowl on this chilly 40 degree TN fall night 😍 Thank you for the share. Will definitely make this again.
Yay, I'm so happy you and your neighbor like this!
The Gnocchi I have has garlic flavoring. Do you think that would taste okay?
I don't see any problem with having flavored gnocchi, more garlic the merrier.
Do you think this can be cooked in a crockpot? I love makng soup in the crockpot on weeknights.
Made this a couple of nights ago….loved your recipe!!! Came out just as good as the one at Olive Garden!!
Making this for supper tonight, my husband ADORES the chicken gnocchi soup at Olive Garden, so I'm quite excited for this!
I made this the other night with a couple unintentional tweaks. I had bought some gnocchi a while back and when I went to make this soup it had a funky smell so I left it out. Next when I was going to add the milk I realized we were out (life with 3 kids) so I used heavy cream instead. It made a delicious kind of cream of chicken soup. We had it with hot buttered rolls for a light evening meal.
Delicious! Made as directed except used half & half in place of milk, also added sautéed celery with other veggies. Rich, creamy and very tasty, hubby and I loved it. Will make again. Thanks!
Yay! So happy you liked it. And making subs to your liking is always encouraging!
This soup was so delicious. I am in love! So glad I found your recipe, thank you! I substituted 1 cup of milk for heavy cream and it turned out lovely. Paired with some home made breadsticks, this soup was amazing!
Thanks so much Jenny!! We love love love this soup and cannot get enough of it! So happy you liked it!
This recipe is fabulous though!! Everyone that has tried it is obsessed (including me!!) I've been keeping the ingredients on hand (and really, I eat most of the ingredients on a regular basis) this winter! Thanks for coming up with this improved version of OG's soup!
I'm so so so happy you love this as much we we do! We are the same when keeping the ingredients on hand, we can't resist!
Has anyone tried this in an instapot?
Thats awesome Debbie!! We can't get enough of it, super simple and so tasty! A go-to recipe for sure!
This soup was phenomenal! Thanks for the great recipe!!
A family favourite!! So creamy and just like the real thing!
Chicken and gnocchi soup is my absolute favorite soup! I've been dying to try making it at home, I'll have to give your recipe a try!
Just wondering how much this makes? I have four people in my household, my husband a teenage boy who eats a lot and a toddler I just want to make sure I have enough ingredients for us all to eat. Thank you!
I made this a while back and it was delicious however I cooked my gnocchi according to the package directions. I still found it to be somewhere firm. I know when I'm at Olive Garden it's very soft did I do something wrong?
It really depends on the type of gnocchi. A lot of store bought gnocchi is a little firmer on texture. I wish I knew olive gardens secret to their fluffy gnocchi. You could just try boiling it longer to make it tender or just test some alternative brands.
I really love this soup. Although I have not been to Olive Garden to try theirs, &!would probably be disappointed.
I have made a couple of alterations for me. I use Gluten free flour, & add at the end a little Port or Cherry to the soup. Talking about delicious! My family can't get enough of it, whether it's winter or summer.
This soup is really a year round recipe! We hate having to wait til the winter to enjoy any soup so we make this all the time for sure! So happy you were able to adapt it to fit your flavors!
Loved this recipe! I have never cooked gnocchi before. It will definetly be a family favorite! Thank you for sharing a wonderful,easy and delicious recipe.
Awe, thank you so much! We ADORE this recipe so much!
So easy and comforting for a date night in.
Mmmmm! I love the Olive Garden! This looks so good!
I love this soup from Olive Garden. Thanks for the copycat recipe. Totally pinning!
This is definitely a big bowl of comfort food! Just makes you warm from the inside out. Glad I can make it at home now!
Get out!? I need to try this recipe. It sounds so delicious!!
Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?
It should keep 1-2 days in the refrigerator.
Anyone ever tried this gluten free?
Love this soup. I used 1/2 cup of flour and 1 cup milk and 1 cup heavy cream. The soup was nice and creamy.
So happy you made it work for you! We adore this soup and now that you commented on it I'm super craving it again!
Better than the actural at the resturant. Love this and prepare it often using a rotissarie chicken from the market. Sooooo yummy.
Making this soup tonight!! My husband and I are so excited!! He just told me he hopes it's not better than olive gardens because that's the only reason he goes to Olive Garden!! Thank you for sharing this recipe!!
Thank you, Thank you, it was a total hit with my boys. Made a pot last night and it was gone.
Thats always good to hear. My boys adore this and we cant stop making it, one of our favorites!
This is a solid recipe! All the components are there and the proportions are good, with room to adjust to taste. I would recommend this recipe for sure.
I made this today and OMG!!!! So good!!! My family ate it up!!! Great for a rainy day!!!
I just made this for dinner and it was soooo yummy but I had a problem with the butter sitting on top of the soup. Any suggestions?
That will usually happen with soups like this unfortunately, you could substitute the butter for oil and just use oil instead that might help!
Yay!! It's our favorite! And we love our Dutch oven so much. One of my favorite pans ever.
Have you done this in a slow cooker? I'm planning on making it tomorrow, I am SO excited. I'm going to make some copycat breadsticks too. I love Pinterest. Can't wait to try!
I haven't but other people have and they said it worked out great.
This soup is amazing and I really love that it doesn't use heavy cream or half and half! I add a cup of celery to the veggie mix and usually end up doubling the flour to make it extra thick. Everyone I've made this for says it's delicious and they always want the recipe! Thank you!
Thats so great to hear! And I love that you are able to doctor it up to your liking too!
Just made this and had a cup to try. Love it!!! Next time I think I will decrease the broth to 4-5 cups and use kale. It was just what I needed on this very chilly day in Texas.
How do you cook the chicken?


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I'll be there, payments been sent now and Travelodge booked next door!
Hoping to make it this year but haven't voted as not sure I could get the time off. I'll wait, see what games decided on then try and get the time.
After last years dull, boring night, I may as well come in the hope this one will be better... Yes, I'm in. Marylebone travelodge is currently £49 for the night. At a flexible rate so if anyone finds better nearby can always cancel.
I was worried after that catch, Lynch 4 attempts from a few yards out... The interception celebration was something else, you really missed out if you weren't there!
I travelled home after the game once a few years ago. After a couple of hours wait at a freezing Paddington I decided it was a stupid idea and now always book a room! My room was a present this year so I'm in the travelodge across the road Anyone else getting nervous yet?
I'll be there. Now to look for a reasonably priced hotel £74 is a bit much for the travelodge next door, one at Euston has rooms for £49. Haven't been able to do better than that nearby yet.
Hmm only have 3 days of holiday left for this year, I'll see if I can get Friday-Tuesday off. Depends entirely on who else has booked time already at work. I will make a RT one year! Just thought, managers away this week and I'm away next so probably won't know until the 9th-10th.
As a place to watch the game Warren, better or worse? Leahy I don't know the arrangements for this year but you usually have to pay in advance for these, SB&G gets very busy on SB night. Cost last year was around £30, including food.
"sometimes" ? (doing well so far this season though!) Will be well over by December.
Definitely would go to a Bruins game, if the RTs in September then Red Sox it is.


The North Shore Hotel was believed to have been built c. 1850 1 and was located just east of 247th Street (Lot 75 of Map No. 223 of the village of Marathon) on the Flushing & North Hempstead Turnpike (now Northern Boulevard).
The photographs at right and the large one below show the hotel at three different time periods. They are identified by the names that the business went by at the various times.
Flushing Journal 12/13/1890: Drunken vagrant laborer on the North Hempstead Turnpike brought to the North Shore Hotel where he slept in a horse stall.
Flushing Evening Journal 11/6/1897: Proprietors Livingston and Wright report hotel is popular with young people for parties. Henry Snell is having the hotel upgraded with new plumbing and steam heat.
Flushing Daily Times 7/11/1903: Douglaston Hose Company No. 1 celebrates its founding at the hotel now known as Evan's Hotel.
Flushing Daily Times 10/19/1904 & 11/5/1904: Republican rally takes place at Evan's Hotel.
Flushing Journal 6/10/1905: Evan's Hotel filled with summer boarders.
Flushing Daily Times 10/23/1905: Protest meeting concerning proposed school site.
Flushing Daily Times 2/3/1909: Douglaston Civic Association meeting.
Flushing Daily Times 6/17/1909: Dinner given in honor of Norris Mason who worked on a fundraiser for Blessed Sacrament Church in Bayside. Denis O'Leary was toastmaster.
Flushing Evening Journal 1/8/1910: Douglaston Civic Association holds meeting.
Flushing Daily Times 6/13/1910: Civic association meeting again.
The Douglaston Inn was closed when prohibition came. It stood idle for some time and was finally taken down in the 1930s 3, most likely during the widening of Northern Boulevard at that time.


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St. Andrew's United Church affirms LGBTQ2 acceptance
The news means that the church has completed its journey to become one of many within the United Church of Canada that are officially positive to LGBTQ2 individuals as well as other marginalized peoples within the overall region.
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Published on: May 3, 2019 | Last Updated: May 3, 2019 4:21 PM EDT
Rev. Bill Doyle, minister of St. Andrew's United Church in Spruce Grove, speaks April 28 during the congregation's ceremony to officially become an affirming and welcoming church for the LGBTQ2 community and other minorities. Photo by Evan J. Pretzer Reporter/Examiner
St. Andrew's United Church now officially accepts the LGBTQ2 community.
The Spruce Grove congregation made the announcement during April 28 services. The news means that the church has completed its journey to become one of many within the United Church of Canada that are officially positive to LGBTQ2 individuals as well as other marginalized peoples within the overall region.
According to member Connie Archer, it was not an easy decision to come to.
"There definitely was resistance and concern," she said. "More than a dozen people opposed the congregation exploring what it means to be affirming. Many have come around, but some are in the minority still and we accept their opinions."
No one opposed to the decision would comment for this story. The website for Affirm United – which works to get churches within the United Church of Canada system to declare themselves welcoming – says any affirming ministry is fully accepting of all sexual orientations and gender identities and they back this with action. Before the recent announcement, the church had already been doing so.
They gave space to Jody Tucker as she was launching the Spruce Grove Gay-Straight Alliance and looking for a place to host meetings a little over a year ago. Tucker uses their basement free of charge and expressed her love for those within the church for the kindness and compassion they have shown her and her kids.
"I will never forget the moment I walked through those [church] doors," Tucker wrote in a statement. "I was so scared … not knowing if I would be welcomed, but our GSA was not only welcomed, we were given a home. We are always together."
Polling shows a majority of Canadians accept same-sex marriage and are largely tolerant of LGBTQ2 minorities. However, a 2015 poll from Toronto's Forum Research found as much as 33 per cent of people in Alberta still held conservative views on gay issues. For Archer, the best way to change this is through education.
"The results of the last [provincial] election show there is a great need to advocate for all marginalized people in society," she said. "We will be planning some activities for the fall to learn about various marginalized people in our community and how to advocate for them."
Now-retired minister Curtis Tufts, who was the leader on much of the process at the church to date, agreed with Archer and likened the news to a child's graduation.
"This is like ending Grade 6," Tufts said. "People felt we were already welcoming, but you have to push past that complacency. We needed to be more active and intentional in reaching out to the LGBTQ2 community. There are always more steps to go."
epretzer@postmedia.com
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As much as I have hated metro type meatgrinders I have to say that this is one of the more enjoyable temporary modes I had to do in BFV.
They are called Anti Personnel mines, not Slightly Tickling mines Their purpose is to injure or kill, not be a useless gadget choice so people who rush without looking wont die.