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Valley High Embraces Cannabis Culture Without The Stoner 'Tude
Homepage, Style, Wear It
March 19, 2018 by Natasha Swords
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Valley High is a lifestyle brand straight out of L.A. It's also straight out of the minds of cofounders and power-couple, Chanelle Laurence and Christian Ojeda. CannEpoch was struck when it happened upon Valley High because while it embraces the marijuana lifestyle, form and fit remain its main functions. Flattering lines and clean design with a little attitude have made this California culture clothing company different to pretty much everything else out there.
CannEpoch: Valley High is different to almost every other clothing line out there alluding to marijuana. Clearly, its style and line take priority although the theme is cannabis/hemp. The clothing is upscale and flattering. Why hasn't anyone else done this? It seems obvious, but only a few have?
Chanelle: My partner and I come from design backgrounds so it's important to us to create quality clothing that fits and clothing that will last throughout trends, as those come and go. I also think there are girls out there that like marijuana but don't want it so loudly on their clothing, so our clothes might appeal to them in the way that it's subtle but it's there.
CannEpoch: The dresses are flattering, form-hugging and tasteful — how do you arrive at those clean lines?
Chanelle: Most of the pieces we design are based on the trends and where they are going of course, but mostly we design based on if I, myself would wear them and what I'm into at the time. We design the style and fit so that they're flattering on everyone!
CannEpoch: What's the specific demographic for your clothing line?
Chanelle: Our demo is the girl that loves to have fun, take risks, express herself through her clothes and creates her own story. She's always up for an adventure and can hold her own.
CannEpoch: How did you arrive at the price points?
Chanelle: All of our clothes are made in L.A. so our price point really stems from that. It's based on the cost and also the margins we need to hit to keep going and giving you rad clothes.
CannEpoch: What's next for Valley High? Spring/summer line?
Chanelle: We have a couple of limited edition pieces that we're going to launch in the summer. There's only going to be a small run so make sure you're on our mailing list or following us on Instagram to catch the drop!
CannEpoch: What was your inspiration?
Chanelle: My husband and I always knew we wanted to create a clothing line together and everything fell into place around 2014. We both went to FIDM, he went for graphic design and I went for fashion design. We launched in 2015 with the intention of giving girls/women streetwear/street style clothing of their own so that they didn't have to raid their boyfriend's closet for rad clothes. They can simply go through their own to find that. We also wanted to give girls pieces that fit their bodies but also had a boyfriend fit so that the pieces aren't boxy like men's clothing. My husband has been a graphic designer in the streetwear/skate industry for 12 years, working for various companies from Freshjive to Kr3w so we wanted to bring his talent over to the women's side and pair it with my design of the silhouettes. We're constantly inspired by edgy, street style and tend to steer away from the trendy, mass-market pieces but try to appeal to everyone. Everyone is a valley girl in our eyes and the more we can add to our crew, the cooler it gets.
Natasha Swords
Natasha Swords has been a magazine publisher, editor and writer in the alcohol industry for over twenty years. Throughout her career, she has launched and published numerous magazine titles, and written thousands of articles read nationally and internationally. She is currently the publisher of CannEpoch Magazine, launched in February 2018.


As traveling traders and artisans, businesses lead us to travel much through the old countries.
We build our trade camp in thematically relevant historical environments. These can be museums, such as Haddeby (Haithabu) or Bork Vikingehavn (Ringkøbing Skjern museum in Danmark), private events with similarly-minded persons, for joint experiments and for knowledge exchange.
We also visit selected medieval markets and artistic artisan events where we present the results of our handicrafts.
The central feature of our trade camp is always the sense of community. So we cook, make handicrafts and celebrate the old way of life of the Vikings and Slavs.


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Q: C++: how to define class instance in structure. Class has parametrized constructor I have class C1:
class C1 : public Print {
public:
  C1(int p1, int p2, int p3);
};

I need to define an instance of this class inside structure S1:
struct S1{
   C1 c1;
};

But the compiler says:
note: 'S1::S1()' is implicitly deleted because the default definition would be ill-formed:...
error: no matching function for call to 'C1::C1() ...
candidate: C1::C1(int, int, int) note:   candidate expects 3 arguments, 0 provided
candidate: constexpr C1::C1(const C1&) class C1 : public Print { candidate expects 1 argument, 0 provided
When I compile this code:
Struct S1{
   C1 c1(1,1,1);
};

the compiler says:
error: expected identifier before numeric constant C1 c1(1,1,1);
error: expected ',' or '...' before numeric constant
I don't need to call the constructor of C1 class, i will call it later. I can not just delete this constructor in C1 code because it is a library.
It's OK when i define global variable:
C1 c1(1,1,1);

A: It looks like the compiler complains due to ambiguity between C1 c1(1, 1, 1) variable and declaration of function c1 returning C1 (in general, it has no way to tell what you've wanted in general). To avoid that, either use brace-init C1 c1{1, 1, 1} or =: C1 c1 = C1(1, 1, 1).
If you don't want to initialize it to C1(1, 1, 1) you can take the parameters in S1 constructor and pass them in init-list:
struct S1{
  S1(int p1, int p2, int p3): c1(p1, p2, p3) {};
  C1 c1;
};

A: Whenever you create an S1 object, C1 object is constructed using it only non-default constructor (c'tor).
In order for that to work, you shall do one of the following:

*

*Define a default c'tor for C1, OR

*Define a c'tor for S1, and call C1's c'tor in S1 c'tor's init list.

A:
I don't need to call the constructor of C1 class, i will call it later. I can not just delete this constructor in C1 code because it is a library.

Deferred initialization of a data member with no meaningful default constructor available is best achieve with std::optional;
#include <optional>

struct S1{
   std::optional<C1> c1;
};

This allows you to first construct S1 instances and then construct their c1 data members later on.
S1 s;

// ... do stuff with s ...

s.c1 = C1(1, 2, 3);

If you can't use C++17, consider a third-party optional implementation. Otherwise, go with a (smart) pointer.

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Old Mainlander, for You I Write by Huang Kechuan (Huang K'o-ch'uan)
Shi Xiaofeng, Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan Normal University
"Military veterans' literature" is a special category of writing that grew out of the Chinese Civil War, a struggle between Nationalist and Communist forces. When the Kuomintang (KMT) retreated to Taiwan in 1949, over one hundred and twenty thousand Mainland Chinese followed, among whom were some sixty thousand soldiers. Believing they would "Retake the Mainland" – as official dogma had it – these military men regarded Taiwan as a temporary stopping place, their drifters' fate tied to the narrative of an imaginary homeland. But times changed and government policies relegated these homeless veterans to society's lower echelons, where they led lonely lives, enduring fractured marriages, hard-pressed to earn a living.
In the literature of the time there are many portrayals of veterans' rootless lives, their exile and diaspora, their living conditions. Zhang Tuowu's essay collection Horses and Men is the best known such work, while Sang Duozai, Chen Lie, Hu Taili, Lin Wenyi, Ku Ling and other also penned related writings. Writing essays, fiction, poetry, and reportage, Huang Kequan has turned out a great deal of work on the lives of old Mainland soldiers, vowing to complete a "veterans'" trilogy, which would included Two Hundred Jokes, Drifting with the Wind, as yet unpublished, and The People with Painted Eyebrows, a poetry collection currently in the works.
"Old Mainlander, for You I Write" (1993) is a group portrayal of the veterans different from Huang's later works in which a single poem focuses on a single individual. The Chinese title phrase "old Mainlander" is lāu ōo-á – literally "old taro" – a Taiwanese (Holo) pejorative for low-ranking waisheng military men. 1
In the poem's first verse Huang Kequan brings out his feelings for the old Mainlanders: "Implicated with memory, humanity, and history." Born in 1950 on the battlefront island of Jinmen, Huang has a host of childhood memories of his interactions with the soldiers, the ordinary recollections a miniature of the era's history. Thus, the poet begins by describing some of the soldiers he knew – Big Foot, Chen, Sarge, the medical officer, Old Jin – gradually moving on to portrayals of veterans sitting quietly in the street, playing chess in the park, collecting recyclables, burning themselves alive in protest, working as greeters in amusement parks, or prowling streets and alleys, horny and looking for sex; Huang even depicts blind veterans, soldiers living alone, and soldiers selling stinky tofu, beating copper wire, selling candy and gum, or scavenging recyclable trash to earn a living – everywhere the poet looks he sees these men, impoverished and alone, on the margins of society.
After sketching out the old soldiers collective image, Huang writes "I've decided to write a poem for each of you." From here on the poet uses nonlinear imagery, poeticized sentence structures, and modernist techniques, touching on themes of diaspora, love, sex, and loneliness to reveal veterans' inner cries. Today, many of these troubled lives are still being lived out, "but times have slowly turned away," a source of deep pain for the poet.
"Guilt and regret" are an important source of emotion in the work. Although the author is weary of guilt's dark shadow, the concrete details he reveals in the poems are religious sentiments that take others' pain as one's own, the poetry especially moving its high degree of emotion and spirituality.
1In the postwar ear Taiwanese (benshengren) called themselves han-tsî (蕃薯), or "sweet potatoes," while Mainland soldiers (waishengren) were known as lāu ōo-á (老芋頭), or "old taros."
Huang Kequan (1952) is a native of Jinmen in China's Fujian Province. A graduate of Fu Jen Catholic University's Department of Chinese Literature, he has served as editor at Book Review-Booklist magazine. Huang has published under many pennames, primarily writing fiction and poetry, but also penning criticism and essays.
Huang Kequan's writes in an existentialist style, philosophically exploring the human condition. He exhibits profound empathy in his investigations, his work influenced by Western literary trends introduced into Taiwan in 1960s. In the mid-1970s Huang published critical writings on Huang Chunming and Yan Yuanshu, and penned a voluminous series of critiques of Qideng Sheng's work. In subsequent writings such as Dragonfly Philosopher (1985) and Glass-toothed Wolf (1986) he tended toward an introspective and slightly modernist style, the work combining criticism and creativity.
In the 1990s Huang turned his introspective gaze on society and history in The Too-human Town (1992) and Night Games (1994), two representative works. Military veterans became an important theme in his work. "Old Mainlander, for You I Write" was included in Chiuko Publishing Company's Best Essays of 1998. The poetry collection Two Hundred Jokes – Dedicated to the Veterans Who've Been Mocked by Fate (2006) focuses on individual veterans, giving witness to the lives of two hundred old soldiers exiled from their homelands.
Huang Kequan is not just a purely pragmatic writer; his works place life issues in a historical perspective, conducting deep analyses. Poet Luo Qingyu praised Huang: "With unparalleled philosophical sensitivity, subtle language and multifaceted experimental techniques, he creates bleak and gloomy – yet profoundly moving – mental imagery." Huang is a recipient of the Wu Chuo-liu Literary Award, the Ministry of Education Literary Creativity Award, the Liang Shih-ch'iu Literary Award, and the China Times Literature Award. Recent works include the novel Mirror Deep (2013), the essay collection An Island's Book – Jinmen's History, Culture, and Natural Environment (2014), and the poetry collection Huang Kequan's 66 Love Poems (2014)
Work(Chinese): 〈老芋仔,我為你寫下〉
Work(English): Old Mainlander, for You I Write
Post year: 1999
Anthology: Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series(《台灣文學英譯叢刊》)
Author: Huang Kechuan (Huang K'o-ch'uan)
Language: Traditional Chinese
Translation(s): English
Translator: Andrew C. Dawrant
Literary Genre: Prose
Publisher: Forum for the Study of World Literatures in Chinese, University of California, Santa Barbara
Publishing Date: 1999
Ordering information for original work(Link): http://www.books.com.tw/products/0010249413
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Ordering information for translation(Link): http://www.eastasian.ucsb.edu/taiwancenter/publications/ets
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Pharma Marketing Blog: Drug Ads & Coupons: Who's the Decider? The Patient, the Physician, or the FDA?
Drug Ads & Coupons: Who's the Decider? The Patient, the Physician, or the FDA?
(Comment 22) Two comments mentioned that the study does not assess how consumer perceptions of product risks and benefits are translated into a discussion with their health care provider. One comment stated that because these products can only be purchased after a discussion with a health care provider, the study be redesigned so that consumer perceptions are measured after a discussion with a health care provider.
(Response) We concur that this study does not address behaviors, such as how ad perceptions are translated into a discussion with a health care provider. As noted previously, one purpose of DTC advertising is to motivate consumers to engage in a discussion with their health care provider about health concerns. Another purpose, supported by research findings (Refs. 20 and 21), is to increase awareness of available treatments. DTC advertising does not exist solely in the confines of a doctor's office; rather, DTC advertising targets consumers outside of a doctor's office, with the goal of prompting consumers to ask their physicians about the product. In deciding whether or not to discuss a particular product with their health care provider, consumers presumably are engaging in some sort of judgment about the product being promoted. Therefore, clear communication of risks and benefits is needed for consumers before a consultation with a physician, and it is valid to measure these impressions.
Drug pushers hook the victim with freebes and low prices. Big Pharma is BIG evil!


This image is dopeasfuck.com. It's going into the all-time faves pile.
She is definitely one of the best artist I've seen of our era. And she's going onto my list of favorite artistes. I'm with out a doubt going to enjoy work for now on.


With cyber security skills in big demand, specialists with these skills are likely to scoop the highest pay rises among tech professionals of up to 7% this year, some 6,900% above the 0.1% national average of 2017.
According to The Robert Walters 2018 Salary Survey, developers and infrastructure specialists will be next in line, enjoying salary rises of 3%.
Cyber security specialists were already highly sought last year, in light of high profile data leaks and related cyber attacks, while developers have been in demand from companies to support digitalisation projects.
But with salary levels having already reached high levels, employers are being advised to consider other ways in which to attract and retain top talent.
For many IT professionals, while a high salary is important, there are other incentives which can attract them to a role, Iqbal added. In particular, flexibility is regarded as highly important, with many IT specialists looking to work for employers who are open to remote working and flexible hours.
"The nature of the projects they will be working on is also considered important to many IT professionals, as is the working culture of the organisation they are joining. Employers should consider highlighting these aspects of their organisation and the role itself when aiming to secure top calibre talent," he concluded.


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New Music Friday: Top picks for Nov. 8th
by Lindsay Dunn
Posted Nov 8, 2019 1:21 pm EST
Fridays are always a great day for music lovers as not only does it mark the last workday for many in the week but it's also the day where most artists release new music. Here is a look at some of the releases out the week of Nov. 8th
A Winter Sunrise
Winter is either coming or almost here in most of Canada but imagine yourself on the beach with a nice coconut filled beverage. Playing is the new singly by Alice Ivy who has released a new song that is sure to take you out of the winter blues. "When I started writing 'Sunrise' it was the middle of the Australian winter," explains Alice Ivy aka Annika Schmarsel. "I wanted to write something that reminded me of summer, especially in Melbourne, which for me is all about having park beers with my friends in Edinburgh Gardens or being on a rooftop listening to music."
George Michael Wants You To Get High?
It's been almost three years since George Michael passed away on Christmas Day. This week his label released his first posthumous song from his last recording sessions and it's called 'This Is How (We Want You To Get High).' This is the first new music from the late singer to be released since 2012. The song, written by Michael, talks about issues in society while still illuminating his wry sense of humour.
A Union of Country Thunder
They are one of the hottest country bands in the country. The Washboard Union started fans weekends off with a banging new hit 'Country Thunder.' "After walking out of this writing session, we all had this elated feeling like we had written something really special. When the three of us woke up the next morning singing it, we knew that was a pretty good sign that we were right," says The Washboard Union. "We love this song and hope our fans will love it too."
A Dusty Lime
You may not know the name Luke Lalonde quite yet but you will soon. The acclaimed indie-rock group Born Ruffians just shared the new video 'Dusty Lime' off of his sophomore solo album The Perpetual Optimist.
I love Christmas music and you can't talk about Christmas music without talking about Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. This week a series of fun animated videos for some of the most iconic Christmas songs were released and this song is just pure happiness.
New Music Friday


beon Entertainment has collaborated on the new Los Morancos show "x 40 +", with which they celebrated 40 years on stage. The tour began on Friday November 2 at Teatro Nuevo Apolo in Madrid, and visited several cities.
For this show we have been commissioned to design and coordinate the choreographies and select the dancers who were on stage in all the functions. It is the first time that the Morancos have a choreographer for their show.


Lucia di Lammermoor is of particular significance to The Royal Opera given that a previous staging (Zeffirelli's), revived often, was that which launched the international career of Joan Sutherland and enshrined many legendary interpretations of the principal roles.
Here now is the first revival of Katie Mitchell's 2016 staging which continues to intrigue and frustrate in equal measure. However, on this showing there are musical felicities aplenty to transcend some of the irritations of Mitchell's concept. Charles Castronovo reprises his fiery and passionate Edgardo that is full of descriptive nuance and superb vocalism. He runs the full range of ardent lover, idealistic heroism, angry irrational violence and desperate remorse with unerring directness. Despite the distractions of the final scene (that running tap and overflowing bath!) he brought the evening to a classy end. It's a great voice.
This revival has a new Lucia, and how! Lisette Oropesa was making her debut in the House. Hers is not the ample agile voice of a Sutherland, not the bright glassy dazzle of Gruberová, but is an instrument full of interesting dark colours and technical mastery put at the service of communication and the drama. Her first appearance was notable for the inflection and colouring of the text, as was evident by the sudden quiet in the auditorium. The 'mad scene' – here more a post-miscarriage hallucinatory nightmare – had exactly the same effect, almost painful to listen to and observe. She is a truthful actress.
Christopher Maltman's voice has increased in amplitude and heft of late, if at the expense of some dynamic subtlety and tonal focus, although Enrico's callous scheming side came through with point. The roles of Normanno and Alisa, here both more complicit in the intrigue than is usually the case, were admirably taken by Andrew Tortise and Rachael Lloyd respectively. Michele Pertusi's warm bass was heard to great effect as Raimondo, the more so in his announcement of Arturo's murder to the wedding guests. Konu Kim did what he could with the relatively thankless role of Arturo.
Great things going on in the pit as well – Michele Mariotti quickly gave note that his was going to be an interpretation of propulsion but also of statement. He really helped the singers deliver their narrative arias and was extremely careful to ensure the orchestra, on fine form, did not overwhelm, and it was a shame the passage after 'Chi mi frena' in the Act One finale was lost in continued clapping.
The split-scene idea, in Vicki Mortimer's often claustrophobic designs, is a clever idea but one that is overused by the end of the evening. A first-time viewer of Lucia should not need the dual narrative explanation in the programme to try and fathom out what is going on! Similarly, the continued wanderings of the ghostly apparitions of Lucia's dead mother and of a murdered girl outstay their welcome. What also irks is that the singers often have to contend with side-show theatre in the 'other room' whenever they have an aria or duet, almost to the extent you can see the distractions lining up in the wings: it's as if Mitchell does not trust the accomplished cast to keep the audience's attention, and there were moments where the audience started laughing at what should be chilling moments.
Aside other misconceptions there are some brilliant ideas. In particular, Act Two/scene one has a dramatic power and candour that is arresting, contrasting as it does Lucia's physical and emotional predicament: Mitchell ensures that any viewer will never again be able to view that section as they may have in the past.
Provocative theatre it undoubtedly is, though not always in a convincing way, and Oropesa and Castronovo should be heard live: they can easily and honourably bear comparison to those performers of distant memory and legend.


Two of the participants in April's free Basic Skills Clinic, held the first Saturday of the month in Malibu Creek State Park. The next Skills Clinic will be held on May 4th.
Shameless Plug Alert. As the coordinator and instructor for the monthly CORBA Introduction to Mountain Biking Skills Class at Malibu Creek State Park, I look forward to the first Saturday each month to help yet another group of eager mountain bikers become safer and more proficient. I also provide private lessons (mountainbikeskills.com) and have gotten quite a few new clients over the last couple of months, which is pretty typical for this time of year, what with the weather getting nice and a crop of races just around the corner.
What continues to amaze me is how many people think they don't need coaching. As I say all the time, even the best athletes in the world have coaches. I see people in the CORBA classes who have been riding for quite some time who have developed bad habits that are quite debilitating. And they almost always can be easily corrected with a few minor adjustments. But the adjustments aren't always intuitive or obvious, and that's where a coach comes in. If there were a better way to improve one's technique instead of using interpersonal coaching, I think they would have come up with it by now!
So hopefully I'll see you one of these months at the FREE CORBA skills class. No reservations needed. Come back as many times as you like, it's always free!
September's Beginners' Ride had 16 participants. Would you or a new rider you know like to join us too?
2013 Santa Monica Mtns Trail Days at Sycamore Canyon Report from April 20-21. During the annual Santa Monica Mountains Trail Days in Pt Mugu State Park, CORBA volunteers with the help of a few others repaired drains and cleared brush along the entire 1.8 miles of the Wood Canyon Vista Trail, a segment of the Backbone Trail. The SMM Trail Days is a weekend-long event organized by the Santa Monica Mountains Trails Council that has taken place at the end of April for 32 years running. As well as helping with trailwork on Saturday and Sunday morning, volunteers are able to camp over Friday and Saturday night at the Danielson Multiuse Area, enjoy a barbecue dinner on Saturday, and win great prizes on both Saturday and Sunday in appreciation for their work. On Saturday morning, 17 CORBA Volunteers and a few others were shuttled from the registration area to the bottom of the Wood Canyon Vista Trail. See our blog article for more of the events of the weekend, the completion of this trail on Saturday and Sunday, and photo galleries.
May 11: Guadalasca Trail, Point Mugu State Park. If you missed your chance to help fix up the trails in PMSP during the Santa Monica Mountains Trail Days in late April, you can come out and help us work on Guadalasca Trail this month. This long singletrack is a mtn biking favorite! For details and to register so we'll know how many to prepare for, see our online registration page on Meetup.com.
June 8: Backbone Trail - Mesa Peak Trail, Malibu Creek State Park. Details will be forthcoming.
The Cheeseboro Reservoir, capable of holding four million gallons of water, can be seen in the distance. Along with a pump station at Palo Comado Canyon, the reservoir will be demolished and removed during April and May.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – The National Park Service (NPS) is advising visitors that trails at Cheeseboro and Palo Comado Canyons will be intermittently closed during April and May due to the demolition and removal of surplus water conveyance infrastructure.
Several days of trail closures are expected, though limited to weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Visitors can find up-to-date information on trailhead signs, by calling 818-889-8996 or by visiting www.nps.gov/samo.
Triunfo Sanitation District (TSD) will be removing the Palo Comado Pump Station and the Cheeseboro Reservoir. These facilities, owned by TSD, were built in 1959 at the behest of comedian Bob Hope, who had hoped to build thousands of homes in the surrounding area as part of a master-planned community. TSD is decommissioning the facilities as part of an agreement with the NPS and other agencies.
Large trucks will be hauling salvaged materials along both the Palo Comado and Cheeseboro Canyon trails to recycling centers. For their safety, visitors are asked to refrain from using these trails when posted as closed.
Entrance to trails from Cheeseboro Canyon, Doubletree and Smoketree trailheads will be periodically closed. The China Flat trailhead and trailheads for Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve will remain open.
The NPS and TSD appreciate the public's cooperation with this effort. Additional information is available by calling 818-889-8996.
Bells Bells Bells Bells! In accordance with CORBA & IMBA, GGR will start to incorporate using BELLS on their bikes. Bells and communication on the trails with the hikers and equestrians is key to keeping all users of the trails aware that bikers are coming.
GGR is now soliciting sponsors for their main event Oct 20th at Malibu Creek State Park. This is also a CORBA membership drive and fund raiser. Please email wendy@girlzgoneriding.com for details on becoming a sponsor. It's EASY!
Saturday May 4 is the next skills clinic.


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Alexander Sprunt and Son records, 1779-1960 6082 items
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Cotton firm from Wilmington, N.C., that for a short period was probably the largest cotton exporting house in the United States. Collection includes account books, ledgers, journals, cashbooks, purchase and sales journals, inventories, other subsidiary books, and some office files and correspondence. Goods were purchased from the Carolinas, Georgia, Texas, and other states and processed in the firm's compress facilities and sold to Great Britain, France, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe.
The collection consists of an extensive, but incomplete, set of account books, remnants of the office file and James Sprunt's correspondence (personal as well as business letters and papers), and pictures. Among the account books there are long series of ledgers, journals, cashbooks, purchase books, and stock inventories that document the company's operations between the 1870s and 1950s. The ledgers date between 1889 and 1952, and there are private ledgers for 1907 through 1931. The volume of minutes covers 1919-1930, but there are a few others among the offices files along with financial statements, 1885-1915, important legal documents of the partnership and corporation, and assorted other papers.
Correspondence and other papers of James Sprunt and the company date between 1884 and 1952, but they are numerous only for 1904, 1906, 1909-1910, and 1919-1921. The letters date mostly to 1904-1910, and 1919-1921, and are largely files of James Sprunt, reflecting his activities in business and interests in secular and theological education, the Presbyterian church in the U.S., and North Carolina history. Notable correspondents and subjects are Alexander Sprunt (1815-1884), Alexander Sprunt (1852-1937), Alexander Sprunt (b. 1898), James Sprunt (1847-1924), Kenneth Mackenzie Murchison, Francis Herman Packer, John Miller Wells, John Campbell White, Edward Jenner Wood, The Laymen's Missionary Movement, and the Presbyterian mission at Kiangyin, China. Account books, minutes, and correspondence are available also for a number of domestic and foreign subsidaries and branch offices, but these are often quite fragmentary. More than thirty pictures, mostly photographs, illustrate the firm's staff, workers, physical plant, and employees as well as other scenes.
Also included are some papers representing various domestic and foreign subsidiaries and branch offices, especially Champion Compress and Warehouse Company, the Wilmington Compress and Warehouse Company, Alexander Sprunt & Son (of Delaware, a holding company), and the company's offices in New York City and Le Havre, France.
Information about the company's history can be found in: James Sprunt's letters of Nov. 6, 1908; Apr. 9, 1909; Jun. 7 and Oct. 22, 1919; an article in Wilmington's Morning Star from Feb. 11, 1921; and Dictionary of American Biography.
Robert Leslie papers, 1783-1934 and undated, bulk 1814-1872 23.7 Linear Feet — Approximately 15,398 Items
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Merchant, of Petersburg, Va. Correspondence, accounts, invoices, statements, and legal papers (chiefly 1814-1872) of Leslie, a member of the Virginia mercantile firm of Leslie and Shepherd, and a slave owner. The papers before 1819 largely concern the processing and sale of cotton, tobacco, rice, and western lands. Most of the papers after 1819 pertain to tobacco manufacture in the Richmond-Petersburg area. Other topics include Leslie's career, family, and travels in England; his western landholdings and efforts to develop the West; his slaveholding and attitude toward it; mercantile prices and U.S.-British trade; and absentee landlordship referring to the maintenance of American property owned by Englishmen. Later material includes scattered correspondence and business papers of Leslie's nephews, Robert L. Watson and John McGill, whom Leslie had admitted to partnership in the firm.
Correspondence, accounts, invoices, statements, and legal papers, chiefly spanning the years 1814-1872, of Robert Leslie, a member of the Virginia mercantile firm of Leslie and Shepherd, and a slave owner. The papers before 1819 largely concern the processing and sale of cotton, tobacco, rice, and western lands. Most of the papers after 1819 pertain to tobacco manufacture in the Richmond-Petersburg area. Other topics include Leslie's career, family, and travels in England; his western landholdings and efforts to develop the West; his slaveholding and attitude toward it; mercantile prices and U.S.-British trade; and absentee landlordship referring to the maintenance of American property owned by Englishmen. Later material includes scattered correspondence and business papers of Leslie's nephews, Robert L. Watson and John McGill, whom Leslie had admitted to partnership in the firm.
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The 1985 Irish Masters was the eleventh edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 26 to 31 March 1985. The tournament was played at Goffs in Kill, County Kildare, and featured twelve professional players.

Jimmy White won the title for the first time, beating Alex Higgins 9–5 in the final.

Main draw

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For decades, industrial facilities have measured the effectiveness of a coating by its ability to prevent corrosion, which, of course. is its fundamental purpose. However, with the increasing awareness of the dangers of traditional organic-based coatings and the serious health risk posed to coating contractors, may facility safety managers are specifically safer, inorganic options that now exist in the market.


This low growing 'Cheddar Pink' forms a dense mat of blue, evergreen foliage. It is set with brilliant blooms that have been variously described as hot pink, magenta or purple red. No matter how you describe this flower it will add vivid colour to your garden late spring to early summer and sporadically throughout the season, particularly again in the fall. Deadheading will encourage reblooming. When it appears to have finished flowering shear it right back to the foliage. This will encourage reblooming as well as make the plant look much better.
Perfect for the front of the border and rock garden --- or plant it along a pathway or in a container where you can enjoy it's enticing clove-like sent.


In time for a Mother's Day blog, we've had quite a few questions from women who want to know how M manages to spend a week in the woods with her backpacking husband. And we've had a few questions from men asking how they might construct a scenario that would encourage their wives or significant others to join them on the trail.
So here goes. First draft by P, with comments added by M.
First of all, P never forces M to tackle anything. No trail, cliff, or bushwhack is sacred. We've turned back at rushing streams, steep granite, and long climbs just because M didn't feel like doing that. That has to be part of the rules, because if one of you is worried and unhappy, it isn't going to be a good trip. Any time the going gets rough, P lets M call the shots, and set the pace. He may walk ahead of her, but he doesn't leave her behind, and he is always ready to bail out of a situation if she calls for it. And we've done that more than once.
Second of all, P always carries a heavier pack. He is bigger and stronger than M, and he eats more. So while her pack might come in at about 20 pounds, his is going to be 25-30 or more. That's fair. And if taking a bit more weight is all that it takes to get her to go backpacking, pile it on.
M's observation: The comments of a wise man!
That's us below, posing for a "selfie" in Death Valley.
But according to most of the questions we get, the three big issues are privacy, safety, and hygiene. Let's talk about them one by one.
Privacy: While it may seem more comforting to take your first trip in a larger group, or in a popular hiking area, M suggests just the opposite. "I'm not worried about you," she says, "and I'm not really worried about animals. But I don't like the idea of other people around when I am going to the bathroom or washing in a stream or lake."
The first trip we took together was to a very quiet stream about five miles in. There were no people around at all, and we spent an idyllic two days living out of the tent, wandering around the stream. She read books, I fished, and we agreed that it was so much fun that we started planning our next hike on the drive home. And we left the next day for the new trailhead.
Going to the bathroom is pretty straightforward. We take along a small plastic trowel and some toilet paper in an opaque plastic bag. And we take along a second opaque bag for the used toilet paper--because we follow Leave No Trace rules about that. When it's time to go, one of us takes that bag out into the woods as far as one needs to go for privacy, and takes care of business. The bag goes back into the outside pocket of one of the packs when we're finished. See below for a note about handiwipes---a nice accessory.
The worst case scenario, for her, was backpacking next to a group of ten Boy Scouts. In that case, she actually asked P to stand guard between the scouts and her bathroom area, just to make sure that she had privacy.
In a secure spot you can actually enjoy answering a call of nature outdoors. The mountains and trees are glorious, the birds are singing, and you are there being a part of it all. It sounds kind of unbelievable, but it can be lovely.
Once you accept that you will be packing out your toilet paper, adjusting other habits isn't hard. You can still be fastidious. I am a big fan of thickets for privacy: Wade in there among the heavy brush and hunker down. No one else will be blundering past and they can't see in even if the path is nearby. (It also helps to wear natural-colored clothes so you blend in with the scenery. Once I realized how conspicuous it was, I never could relax in that bright red fleece I had imagined would be "cheerful.") Where the terrain is more open, back up against a big rock or thick tree and you only need to be aware of what's in front of you.
Indelicate as this sounds, you don't need TP if you're only going to pee. Dry leaves and sticks don't have to be packed out after use. So that part can be taken care of pretty fast. Please don't hold back on drinking plenty of water in order to pee less; it isn't worth it to get dehydrated or sick. Consider where you'll go if you need to get up in the night, and have a headlamp and supplies nearby. On our first overnight I wandered off into the woods and was heading over the hill and downstream when P woke up and called me back. Otherwise I might still be out there.
Safety: The best advice we can give here is to suggest you read our website sections about dangers on the trail: https://sites.google.com/site/backpackthesierra/home/general-information/dangers-on-the-trail. If you are worried about lions, tigers and bears, that should help put it all in perspective. Again, avoiding areas with lots of people will mean that the wildlife is much wilder--and more fearful of you.
Stay hydrated. Stay found (i.e., participate in the navigation, so you don't feel as if you are simply a passenger on the bus). Stay warm, fed, and well-rested. And stay out of fast, high water, please.
The most dangerous thing you'll do on a backpacking trip is drive to the trailhead. In the Sierra, you won't run into many people once you get a couple of miles away from the trailhead, and the ones you do meet will almost all be charming people just like you. Only maybe a little dustier.
Hygiene: Let's face it, keeping clean on the trail is a challenge. You can't stop in at a restroom and wash up whenever you feel a little bit bedraggled. The good news? Nobody is there to see you, and if they do see you, they don't care. So it's really just about keeping clean "enough." It's not about being presentable. It's not about smelling good.
On our trips, M always takes advantage of the lake or stream at the end of the day to rinse off her feet and hands. And if there is nobody else around (which is often the case) she rinses off a lot more. And taking along a small pack of handiwipes makes it easy to do the basics even when there is no water at all.
M's comment: If you can concentrate on just hygiene and basic comfort, living outdoors becomes much simpler. I don't bother trying to look as polished as I (think I) do at home – that's way too much work in the wilderness, and nearly everything else is easier and a more interesting way to spend the time. The bare minimum that my self-respect can stand for is sunscreen, a tiny soap, toothbrush, hand cream, Vaseline, lipstick/balm and a tiny mirror. (Okay, also eyebrow pencil.) Sanitizer is good, but only a very small bottle, as that stuff is heavy. A nice soft all-cotton bandanna is wonderful for wiping face or hands, and many other things.
At right, one of P's all-time favorite photos of M---after four days on the trail.
The best campsites are those that are off the beaten path, so that you can actually skinny dip if you want. You can also rinse out your clothes pretty easily while you're backpacking. You will be thoroughly surprised at how quickly things dry at 10,000 feet.
The other option is to take a cooking pot full of water into the tent with you, and give yourself a sponge bath. It's amazing how much cleaner you can feel after using only a quart of water to rinse off the trail dust and sweat.
Below, one of M's least favorite photos of herself, as she applies sunscreen in the morning at 10,000 feet.
In some ways, most of the dirt you'll see is "clean dirt." Yes, your feet and ankles are going to be a different color at the end of the day. But that's just dust, and it won't make you sick. It feels great to wash it off!
Hair washing remains the big deal because my hair isn't very wash-and-wear. It's great if you can make do with braids, a headband or scarf (maybe a second bandanna?). At a lake or stream you can rinse your hair with no soap and it gets clean enough. When it's really necessary, we make do with the pan of water and a cup. Walk away from the stream, shampoo a tiny bit, and rinse into the grass. Have a pal bring you more rinse water if you can.
Washing the dishes is actually a pleasant task on the trail. You have warm water, a bit of soap and you get to wash your hands (and maybe your face!) as you wash the dishes. Just remember that soap DOES NOT belong in the water in the wilderness. Wash yourself and your dishes far (200 feet) from any stream or lake, to keep that water pristine.
So the solution? Pick a hike that isn't too challenging for the first trip. Make the destination somewhere you'll have a bit of privacy. And take it easy. Nobody should go on some 75-mile ten-day trip as their first outing. Make it an overnight, make sure that everyone has a really good time. Eat well, stay hydrated. And you'll be amazed how everything comes together after dinner, as you sit on a log or rock, watching the sun go down, and appreciating the fact that this is a very special moment.


Behavioral science probes beyond the psychology of perception and cognition to find motivation and response. Hebb's work in this field has had a profound influence in neural modeling and in defining appropriate ways for brain simulators to respond to inputs. This book is in the bibliographies of many of the most important works in neural network development.


Welcome to Lesmahagow Photographic Society, we are a small friendly group of like-minded individuals who have a passion for photography. Everyone with an interest in photography, beginner or advanced will be made welcome.
The object of the society is to encourage, promote and advise on all branches of photography and is open to all who are interested.
We meet at Glebe Gardens Hall, Glebe, Gardens, Lesmahagow on Tuesday evenings from September until April, our meetings start at 7.30pm until 9pm when we finish the evening with tea/coffee and biscuits.


Editing of the new 12 Disciples Christian short film Tuned In written and directed by m & s Marshall Productions co-owner Matthew Marshall completed it's second day in the Productionmark editing facility. The last and possibly most moving scene of the movie which is Scene 12 features Marley Cabral as Emma and Corina Leatherdale as her mother in a deep mother daughter discussion that "tune ins" on the main themes of the film.
The film is about Emma (Marley Cabral), a teenager who disobeys dinner table rules of her parents (played by Corina Leatherdale and Jamie Rainbird) by having her cell phone at the table, gets grounded until she learns to get her priorities straight and learns the value of relationships. The story will make you think twice when you touch your phone. It's a great ice breaker if you want to bring the device dependency issue to the table… and, the moral of the story is just breathtaking. Marshall encourages people to make sure they "Stay Tuned" for the release and for them to "tune in" to the right station to find out more about the film!


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Tacoma Edges Sockers 5-4 In Thrilling Game
Goalkeeper Danny Waltman made 22 saves and Adam West (2-0=2) scored the game-winner with 2:23 remaining to give the Tacoma Stars a 5-4 win over the San Diego Sockers at Ron Newman Field at Pechanga Arena San Diego on Saturday night.
West's second marker of the game was a strike from the red line that found the back of the net. New player/coach Nick Perera (1-1=2) assisted on the game-winner. The story of the game was Waltman who single-handily preserved the win for Tacoma. He made big saves throughout the match and the biggest one of the night came with three seconds remaining on a point-blank shot from inside the arc.
San Diego's Boris Pardo took the loss in goal despite making 10 saves. The Sockers again had balanced scoring as Raymundo Contreras. Kraig Chiles, Leo De Oliveira, and Brian Farber tallied goals. San Diego has scored four goals in each of their first three games.
Tacoma ended the Sockers' 16-game home winning streak and also gained a measure of revenge for being ousted in last year's Pacific Division Championship Series.
The Sockers travel to Dallas (December 26) and Monterrey (December 28) to close out 2018. San Diego will begin the new year with a road game at Turlock (January 4) before returning home for a rematch with the Ontario Fury on Saturday, January 5, 7: 05 p.m. at Ron Newman Field At Pechanga Arena San Diego on Health & Wellness Night. Supporters will receive a free Sockers holiday clear fanny pack while supplies last. Single game and group tickets are on sale now by calling 866-799-GOAL (4625) by visiting Sockers.com or AXS.com (Search: Sockers).


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White House names new class of Presidential Innovation Fellows
The White House named its latest round of Presidential Innovation Fellows, bringing 11 new minds into the Obama administration as entrepreneurs-in-residence.
The White House named its latest round of Presidential Innovation Fellows this week, bringing 11 new minds into the Obama administration as entrepreneurs-in-residence.
Founded in 2012, the program has since brought in 108 fellows who have worked with federal agencies in to help create products and services that improve citizen services and the way the government operates.
Past fellows have gone on to work at tech giants like Microsoft, Google and Twitter or have created their own startups. Others have stayed in government, helping to establish offices like General Service Administration's 18F or the U.S. Digital Service.
Fellows have contributed to some of the more high-profile technology efforts of the past few years, including the Data.gov launch, the Police Data Initiative, Blue Button and the RFP-EZ platform.
Last August, President Barack Obama made the program permanent within the General Services Administration.
This year's class was announced earlier than usual — 2015's class was announced last August — to give fellows a full 12 months of work before the Obama administration ends.
The newest fellows are:
Amy Wilson: From Washington, D.C., a user-centered product manager who has over 14 years of experience working at the intersection of communications and technology, most recently at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Mitch Sipus: From Covington, Kentucky, a specialist in urban development post-war reconstruction, urban systems research, and technology design who was an advisor to the governments of Afghanistan and Somalia on urban reconstruction.
Michael Balint: From San Francisco, California, a software engineer who most recently lead DataFox and was previously at Lockheed Martin, where he coded elegant algorithms for air traffic control, visualized the USA's energy grid infrastructure, and helped automate melanoma detection.
Bob Ballance: From Santa Fe, New Mexico, a computer scientist with a history of entrepreneurship, managing collaborative alliances, large-scale, secure, government computing, and academic activities.
John Trobough: From San Francisco, California, an entrepreneur who most recently served as President and CEO of Narus, an independent subsidiary of The Boeing Company, focused on delivering big data analytics for cyber security to its broad international client base.
Kyla Fullenwider: From New York, New York, an entrepreneur, educator, and social designer who has worked with the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, UCLA, the Legacy Foundation, PepsiCo, GOOD magazine, and the cities of New York, Los Angeles, and Baltimore.
Adam Bellow: From New York, New York, an entrepreneur, former English teacher, and expert on educational technology who most recently founded eduClipper, a free web tool focused on helping K-12 students and teachers find, share, and build valid learning experiences.
Eric Daimler: From San Francisco, California, a computer scientist and venture capitalist who has more than 20 years of experience collaborating between industry, academia, and government.
Patrick Koppula: From Los Angeles, California, an entrepreneur who most recently served as the Founding Director of City Innovation Ventures and has served in both CEO and COO roles at various startups.
Justin Koufopoulos: From New York, New York, a product manager, growth hacker, and former Fulbright Scholar who has worked with the U.S. Army, PepsiCo, and Percolate, a marketing software company.
Wendy Harman: From Washington, D.C., an intrapreneur and strategist who has spent the last eight years building an information sharing ecosystem for disaster services at the American Red Cross.
Contact the reporter on this story via email at greg.otto@fedscoop.com, or follow him on Twitter at @gregotto. His OTR and PGP info can be found here. Subscribe to the Daily Scoop for stories like this in your inbox every morning by signing up here: fdscp.com/sign-me-on.
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the federal government's response to Hurricane Ian in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on September 30, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
White House appoints Anjana Rajan as assistant national cyber director for technology security
She started work in the new cybersecurity leadership role on Oct. 24.
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA – FEBRUARY 07: Public Interest Technology Fellow, New America Denice W. Ross speaks onstage during The 2017 MAKERS Conference. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for AOL)
U.S. chief data scientist explains government's push for greater use of disaggregated data
Lynne Parker speaks March 11, 2020, at the IT Modernization Summit presented by FedScoop. (Scoop News Group)
Outgoing White House AI chief: 'I'm hoping that my legacy is showing how to lead in the development of nonpartisan science'
White House nominates Arati Prabhakar for OSTP director role
White House: Agency CIOs to play key role in Infrastructure Act implementation and oversight
White House adviser: CX initiative 'not just going to be some fancy new apps and websites'
GSA to replace federal IT Dashboard at next White House budget proposal


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European regulation aimed at providing a single set of rules that protect European Union (EU) citizens personal data privacy
Applies to EU and non-EU data controllers and processors who monitor the behavior of or offering goods or services to individuals located in the EU
Goes into effect on May 25, 2018
Entitles the data subject to have the data controller erase his/her personal data, cease further dissemination of the data, and potentially have third parties halt processing of the data.
You may need to delete customer data based on customer request.
Manhattan Active™ Omni offers the required framework and APIs that enable you to meet your obligations under the GDPR.
Customer data can also be erased by data sync from external applications which owns the customer master.
Manhattan Active™ Omni also provides out of the box scripts to purge/archive customer data after a configurable period.
Consent must be clear and distinguishable from other matters and provided in an intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language. It must be as easy to withdraw consent as it is to give it.
There are several ways that Manhattan Active™ Omni helps you comply with data protection and privacy regulations, including support for indicating do not call, email opt-out preferences. The rich extensibility framework offered by the solution can be leveraged to provide richer information in an intelligible and easily accessible form in your respective language.
This can also be handled as part of a privacy notification message on your website.
Privacy by design calls for the inclusion of data protection from the onset of the designing of systems, rather than an addition. Hold and process only the data absolutely necessary for the completion of its duties (data minimisation), as well as limiting the access to personal data to those needing to act out the processing.
Manhattan has security and privacy built into every layerof the application.
Manhattan Active Omni ensures that there is no unintentional usage of customer data other than the intended purpose.
Data access is controlled using appropriate user permissions available both at the individual user and user group level.
There are measures taken both from R&D as well as Operations teams to perform Network, Static and Dynamic Vulnerability Scans to secure and protect customer data.
As part of the Cloud Operations team we perform frequent Network Vulnerability Scans as well as additional security testing to protect customer data.
The right for data subjects to obtain from the data controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning them is being processed, where and for what purpose. Further, the controller shall provide a copy of the personal data, free of charge, in an electronic format
Manhattan Active™ Omni either updates the customer information (customer transactions/cases/master data) using our UIs or can receive updates from external systems to update the customer information.
Manhattan maintains history of all updates made to customer data as part of its audit framework.
Manhattan provides REST services and APIs at the individual data entity level and can work with the retailer to retrieve the required data and produce it in a clear, readable format.
The right for a data subject to receive the personal data concerning them, which they have previously provided in a 'commonly use and machine readable format' and have the right to transmit that data to another controller.
Manhattan Active™ Omni provides APIs which can be used to extract customer data including personal data, transactions and social data stored within our application.
Data can be extracted via both UI-driven and API-driven methods, including reports and report/dashboard APIs, data loader, REST APIs, and third-party ETL tools. Export formats include JSON, XML and CSV.
Accountability/Transparency
The establishment of a governance structure with roles and responsibilities. Keeping a detailed record of all data processing operations. Data protection impact assessments for high-risk processing operations. Where necessary, appoint a data protection officer.
Manhattan mandates proper data transfer agreements for data transfer between EU and non-EU data centers.
Manhattan currently offers direct meetings with Manhattan's Data Protection Representatives and other security folks to discuss GDPR.
These meetings would also include individuals familiar with how the Manhattan solutions are installed and used. Especially important is understanding where the data is stored (primary database of record) and how data moves through the system.
Manhattan will work with you to develop a compliance plan which will include adding a strong legal and data policy framework for reconfiguration of the Manhattan solution or data interfaces.
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I call this a celebration pizza because I always seem to serve it with champagne for some occasion or another. And of course, as is always the case, buy the best caviar you feel you can afford that day. There are some very good quality domestic products available now, including American fish roe from Plaza de Caviar.
Preheat oven to 500°. Set the pizza bricks in the oven.
Combine the garlic and olive oil and let the flavor of the garlic permeate the oil for 30 minutes. Combine the Fontina and mozzarella. Reserve.
Divide the pizza dough into 2 pieces. On a floured surface, roll the dough into a 9" circle. Transfer to a well-floured pizza peel. Lightly brush the dough to within 1/2" of the edge with the garlic oil. Sprinkle half of the cheese over the oil, leaving 1/2" around the edge. Spread half of the onions on top of the cheese. Transfer the pizza directly onto the brick and bake for 8 to 12 minutes until golden and crisp. Remove from the oven.
Distribute half of the smoked salmon evenly over the top of the pizza. Place the creme fraiche in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper, and add a tablespoon or two of milk to make it an almost pourable consistencey. Drizzle the creme fraiche lightly onto the top of the pizza. Garnish with green onions and caviar and serve immediately. Continue with the remaining ingredients to make a second pizza.
To make a sponge, combine 1/4 cup lukewarm water, yeast and rye flour in a small bowl. Let it stand for 1 hour and add the rest of the ingredients. Mix the dough thoroughly. Knead on a floured board for about 10 minutes until it is soft yet still moist. Place in an oiled bowl, turning once. Cover the bowl with a towel and put in a warm place. Let it rise for 1 to 2 hours or until it has doubled in size. Shape the dough.


Effective 2/1/2018, Finocchiaro Landscape Company, Inc. will be selling its assets and transferring your lawn account to Finocchiaro Lawn & Landscape, Inc. operated by Gabriel L. Clouser and Eric M. Plummer, former employees of Finocchiaro Landscape Company, Inc.
Finocchiaro Lawn & Landscape Inc. will assume the entire responsibility for and management of your account effective 2/1/2018. The personnel and the lawn care program will remain the same.
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After 40 years of operating Finocchiaro Landscape Company, Inc., Kathleen and I will be retiring. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers, both new and old, for their patronage, but especially those customers who have been with us from the beginning. I am proud to say that now we are not only working for the sons and daughters, but also grandsons and granddaughters of our customers. Someone once said "that if you love what you do for a living, you never work a day in your life." It has not only been a pleasure to work for you, but also a delight to get to know you and your families throughout the years.


Similar to Facebook's "Like" Button, Google now has +1 Button. Users can add the +1 button to any individual page they recommend on Google Sites.
To get started, you need to create a Google profile or upgrade it if already have one. When you click +1 you're publicly recommending pages across the web. When you +1 a page, the button will turn blue to confirm that you've recommended it, and your +1 will be added to the +1 tab of your profile.
If you want to share right away, add a comment and send it to the right circles on Google+. If you're not a Google+ user, you can still use the +1 button to publicly recommend pages across the Web and in Google Search.
Adding the +1 button to your site will allow your visitors to recommend it to their friends which helps more people discover it through their personalized search results. Some believe this may become another indicator of a site's popularity and relevance.


Our roasted almonds covered with premium dark chocolate is the perfect dark chocolate, nutty treat and excuse o break your diet.
Cocoa butter, sugar, cocoa mass, emulsifier (soya lecithin E:322), flavouring (vanillin), almonds, glazing ogents. Dark chocolate contains cocoa solids 70% minimum. Allergy information: this product contains Soya Lecithin: E322, nuts (Almonds). It may contain nuts (Walnuts, Hazelnuts, Pistachios), gluten from Barley and Eggs.


Using optimisation tools to improve the vehicular traffic performance within a road network has been studied extensively. This study examined the capabilities of a modelling software TRANSYT7F (T7F) to modify the input parameters to STREAMS, which is a system that controls the signalised intersections in Toowoomba, Queensland. Traffic flow on the Warrego highway segment, passing through nine signalised intersections from Anzac Avenue to Mackenzie Street, has been chosen in this study. A set of traffic flow scenarios accommodating a range of parameters including highway geometry, traffic volumes, and corresponding traffic actuated control settings were used in this modelling and optimisation. The Genetic Algorithm within T7F was adopted to identify optimum solutions using disutility index and performance index to examine the efficiency of the present timing arrangements. Results revealed T7F could be used to refine input parameters to improve performance of the highway segment further and hence making a set of more optimal allocation of green times possible. Considerable improvements have been noticed from comparing the control delay, number of stops, fuel saving and travel time on this highway segment. Despite these results, the actual traffic conditions are much more complicated it is advised to utilise more desktop studies to investigate the real operational scenarios.


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As a rule, companies in the food-processing sector have to deal with large streams of waste water. Laws and regulations, as well as economical and sustainability motives are increasingly leading to the controlled purification of these waste-water streams. Industrial automation will ensure the controlled and documented closed process, whereby water can be used over and over again. We can realise this for companies in the food-processing industry as well as the maritime and offshore sectors. One of the challenges professionals like Van den Pol Industrial Automation are faced with is to limit energy consumption during these processes. Optimisation by means of automation will lead to a higher availability, reduced costs, and a better compliance.


Lobelia [Respiratory] herb possesses many properties that make it valuable to the respiratory system. One of its key constituents, lobeline, is thought to act in a way similar to nicotine.
Each capsule of NSP Lobelia herb contains 375 mg lobelia. Lobelia Essence contains 44–47 percent alcohol and apple cider vinegar. It can be added to baths or used in external cosmetic preparations.
Adults: Take 1 capsule daily with a meal. Add essence to a bath, relaxing poultices or other external applications.


SKB ATA airline transportation association rated cases are molded from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. The case color runs through the material so scratches are invisible and the poly" is impervious to all solvents oils fuels and acids. Every case detail is purposefully designed to optimize function. The moldedin configuration of bumpers and ribs are designed to absorb shock and vibration as well as provide protection for exposed hardware. The aluminum valance on SKB cases provides a reliable "tongue and groove" closure and a neoprene "oring" gasket keeps out harmful moisture. Attach style HDPE shell holds barrels to 30". Weather resistant oring seal solid die cast zinc locks with chrome plating."


This flavorful and veggie-packed Japanese potato salad is not your typical potato salad (unless, of course, you live in Japan). It's light and fluffy and creamy and crunchy and everything you never knew you needed in one perfect side dish.
Soba cooks quickly, is nourishing, and pairs perfectly with almost any vegetable. And with a great Japanese-inspired sauce to go over it, these soba and vegetable bowls are irresistible.
Packed with aromatics and other umami-rich ingredients, and with their beautiful jade green exterior, these vegan-friendly gyoza are sure to be a winner at any table.
Malaysian claypot chicken rice is traditionally cooked in a claypot, as the name obviously suggests. But I've adapted it for a rice cooker and brown rice for a simple and nutritious turn-the-rice-cooker-on-and-walk-away dinner that you'll keep coming back to. And I even have a vegan variation for you.
This Pad Thai is packed with lots of vegetables, has no refined sugar or artificial anything and comes together in under half an hour. It'll go on your routine for a great quick, easy, fresh, and nutritious dinner.
Moffles (mochi waffles) are crisp and airy with a chewy center. Made with soaked brown rice, they are a great nutritious snack and a fun alternative to other whole grains at any meal.
This is honestly my favorite time of the year. I don't necessarily like the cold weather (in fact I'm a little bit relieved that we had nothing near a white Christmas here in the Midwest), but basically from Thanksgiving to a week or so after New Year's Day, I'm cooking and eating and relaxing and celebrating with people I love. So much good food and so much good company. But now that Christmas is over, it's time for my brain to switch gears from my American heritage to Japanese traditions. In my mind New Years is a Japanese holiday. We prepare for days, and on the day of we sit around and spend time with family and loved ones. The celebration lasts for days. And there's just something so refreshing and nourishing about how the Japanese feast.
So to go along with yesterday's post, here's another great easy breakfast idea. It's not quite as quick in the morning as muesli, perhaps, but it does come together quickly for a hot breakfast, and with a couple of slices of bread, you can make a killer breakfast sandwich if you want. If you don't already know what a frittata is, you're in for a treat. It's basically an omelet without the fussy rolling or flipping. I realize that the ingredients aren't exactly seasonal, but leeks and mushrooms together make one of my favorite vegetable combinations. It's irresistibly earthy, and the leeks are just the right amount of mild and sweet oniony-ness so as to not overpower the mushrooms. The parsley brightens everything up, and come on, cheddar. All held together by custardy eggs.
Here's another idea on how to use those beans you soaked, cooked, and froze for quick meals.
I love soup. It's such a great one-bowl meal. You often find your carbs, your veg, your protein, lots of flavor, and it's hydrating on top of all of that. This recipe comes from me scrounging through my pantry and fridge, not knowing what to make for dinner, and having a lightbulb moment. But more importantly, it comes from knowing some crucial soup-making basics.
Wait, did that title just scare anyone away? Please, no! Come back! It's so good! And I won't talk (write? type?) your ear off today. I've pretty much covered the whole how to cook your beans thing, so let's just get excited about what we can do with those nutrient-packed beauties.