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Factbox: Control of U.S. Senate at play in 10 key competitive races
Reuters | Posted: Oct. 7, 2020, 1:40 a.m. | Updated: Oct. 7, 2020, 12:42 p.m. | 5 Min Read
(Reuters) - This year's election year battle for control of the U.S. Senate is intensifying, as Republicans prepare to push through President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee in the closing weeks of a campaign dominated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Republicans hold a majority of 53 seats in the 100-seat Senate. But the number of competitive Republican seats has grown to include the one held by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, who is running neck and neck with Democrat Jaime Harrison in the traditionally Republican state.
Democrats would need to net at least three Republican-held seats for a majority, if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House, giving his running mate Kamala Harris a tie-breaking Senate vote, or four seats if Biden loses.
Here is a look at eight races where Senate Republican incumbents are locked in highly competitive contests against Democratic challengers, and two where Democrats are on the ropes:
Vulnerable Republicans:
Republican Senator Martha McSally lags Democratic challenger Mark Kelly in fundraising and trails him by an average of nearly 7 percentage points in opinion polls, according to the campaign tracking website RealClearPolitics.com.
McSally, a former U.S. representative and U.S. Air Force combat pilot, was appointed to the seat once held by the late Republican Senator John McCain after losing her 2018 Senate bid to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema. Kelly, a former astronaut and U.S. Navy combat pilot, has been leading McSally in opinion polls for more than a year.
Republican Senator Cory Gardner, a former U.S. representative who entered the Senate in 2015, is among the most vulnerable Senate Republicans partly because of his allegiance to Trump, in a state that has gone Democratic in the last three presidential elections.
Democrat John Hickenlooper, a former two-term governor and 2020 presidential hopeful, is leading Gardner in opinion polls. But Gardner holds a sizeable cash advantage and the Democrat's polling lead has largely kept below the double-digit advantage he held in July, according to FiveThirtyEight.com.
First-term Republican Senator David Perdue, a wealthy businessman who promotes himself as a Trump ally, holds only a slight lead over Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff, according to RealClearPolitics.com.
Ossoff, an investigative journalist and media executive, ran a powerful campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives special election in 2017 but ultimately lost. Democrats believe he could oust Perdue, partly as a result of public disaffection for Trump's response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit Georgia hard.
Democrat Theresa Greenfield, an urban planner and real estate developer, appears to hold a small lead over Republican Senator Joni Ernst at a time when Iowa is still experiencing a high number of coronavirus infections.
Greenfield has accused Ernst of being a rubber stamp for Trump and not taking the COVID-19 pandemic seriously enough at a time when coronavirus infections are rising in the state. Ernst, a first-term U.S. senator with a cash advantage over her opponent, labels Greenfield as hostile to police and says her campaign is bankrolled by out-of-state liberals.
Four-term Republican Senator Susan Collins, a New England moderate long known for her independence, has seen her popularity flag among voters amid criticism that she has failed to be a moderating force in the Senate during Trump's presidency.
Her Democratic challenger, Maine House of Representatives Speaker Sara Gideon, has led Collins by several percentage points in opinion polls and has out-fundraised the Republican.
Republican Senator Steve Daines faces a tight re-election bid against two-term Governor Steve Bullock, a former presidential candidate who has branded himself as an independent-minded Democrat. Daines, a former congressman and software executive, is known as a reliable conservative and has touted his ties to Trump.
Bullock was a late entry, jumping into the race in March. But he managed to raise funds quickly. The Democrat led Daines in opinion polls into the summer. But the Republican currently leads Bullock by an average of less than 2 percentage points, according to RealClearPolitics.com.
Republican Senator Thom Tillis trails his Democratic challenger, former state Senator Cal Cunningham, who has also steadily outraised him in campaign donations.
But the North Carolina race has been thrown into confusion by two unexpected events: a sexting scandal in which Cunningham has acknowledged sending romantic texts to a woman who is not his wife; and a positive COVID-19 test result for Tillis, who attended a crowded White House function where many guests did not wear masks or follow social distancing guidelines.
Graham, one of Trump's closest allies in Congress, was last reelected to the Senate in 2014 with more than 55% of the vote. But this year, he is in a dead heat against Harrison, who is running a powerful campaign backed by impressive fundraising.
Once viewed as a Trump critic, Graham's future may depend on whether voters reward him for overseeing next week's Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Analysts say some conservatives do not trust his conversion to Trump ally, while the loss of his former maverick persona has disappointed moderates.
Vulnerable Democrats:
Senator Doug Jones, considered the most vulnerable Democrat in the Senate, won election to the seat that Republican Jeff Sessions vacated to become Trump's attorney general in 2017. In a state normally considered safe for Republican candidates, Jones bested former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, whose campaign was snarled by allegations of sexual misconduct.
The Democrat now faces former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville, a Republican who defeated Sessions' attempted comeback earlier this year. Recent polls show Tuberville leading Jones by double digits.
Democratic Senator Gary Peters holds a small lead over Republican challenger John James in a state that represents a major battleground in Trump's re-election bid.
The race leans in Peters' direction, according to analysts. But James, a Michigan businessman, has been outraising the Democrat in campaign donations, though Peters reported a larger amount of cash on hand over the summer.
(Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Scott Malone)


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"You say, 'We'll do a level on Lust! That'll be easy!' But then you really struggle to push the boundaries. Then you get kind of silly about it. You know, 'Let's just hang a huge penis out there and call it a day.'"
— The developers of Dante's Inferno, going back to the penis well.
Writing periodically updated media is challenging. If you're writing a novel or a movie script, you have time to gather and lay out all of your ideas, parse out all of the bad ones, and distribute them equally over your work to keep it interesting. If you're writing a new comic strip or TV series, you have to be fresh and funny every week, or even every day. No writer, no matter how amazing, can bat a thousand. Sooner or later writer's block sets in, or you just get too busy to totally devote yourself to the work. What to do?
Sometimes, you may find yourself forced to get out your long-handled ladle and scrape out a Bottom of the Barrel Joke.
Pulling out a Bottom of the Barrel Joke is resorting to Vulgar Humor when you normally wouldn't. If you can't think of anything clever or insightful for your characters to say, sometimes you need to have them say something shocking or raunchy instead. Hey, at least it's better than just not submitting something this week, right?
Most writers feel at least a twinge of shame when they do this; it's the artistic equivalent of taking the easy way out. Having one of your characters fart loudly in an elevator might get you some cheap laughs, but it takes no effort, it isn't clever, and it gets very old after awhile. Even still, the best works are occasionally forced to go there, and used sparingly, the results can still be entertaining from time to time.
Compare Stock Shticks for more low-effort humor.
Invoked disapprovingly by Roger Ebert in his caustic review of Tom Green's Freddy Got Fingered, which is filled with such jokes:
"This movie doesn't scrape the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't below the bottom of the barrel. This movie doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with barrels."
Live-Action TV
When Stephen Colbert does it, he reminds the viewers that he won a Peabody.
QI often puts the punchlines to these as forfeits, such as "Piers Morgan" for the question "Name a poisonous snake", "Janet Street-Porter" for "What has large teeth and only one facial expression?", and "Have you been talking with my husband?" to Stephen Fry's request "Tell me about the Great Disappointment."
Subverted on one occasion where the question is "Can you tell me the biggest joke ever to come out of Alaska?" and one of the panel responds with "Sarah Palin." This was not a forfeit, since it was "so obvious".
Subverted again when the question is "What has 20 legs, 5 heads, and can't reach its own nuts?" One of the panelists calls out "Westlife", but is not forfeited. Double subverted when another panelist takes a guess at what the forfeit is and gets it: "One Direction"
Conan O'Brien's monologues use this kind of humor in spades, every single episode. In fact, most of the actual humor in the monologues comes not from the jokes, but from Conan's funny apologies for the jokes.
The Far Side: A few comics basically amount to an apology from Gary Larson for being unable to come up with anything better.
For example, one comic shows some wasp police investigating a hole in a nest: "It looks like these rocks were thrown from inside the hive." On the other end of the nest, there's a boy hiding. The caption reads: "Artist: Gary Larson. Medium: Ink on bristol. Title: It Was Late and I Was Tired."
Another one shows ducks standing around, when one yells "Chicken!" and they all duck as a chicken whizzes by. The caption says: "'And so,' the interviewer asked, 'do you ever have trouble coming up with ideas?' 'Well, sometimes,' the cartoonist replied."
Bill Watterson, in the Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book, discusses how he would sometimes "go for broke on the illustration" when time could not allow for good writing (the example provided was of Calvin popping an especially huge bubblegum bubble, winding up with bubblegum all over his face, and then saying "I think I blew my head inside out!").
He even made a comic about going to the bottom of the barrel. Calvin's mom finds garbage under his bed that he threw down there to "keep the monsters quiet". In the aforementioned collection, this was a comment on the comics he drew just to fill his quota even when he had no inspiration.
Get This: Towards the end of the show's tenure, Fridays were taglined "all jokes must go!", insisting that all the really bad jokes should be saved for Friday, after the week was over and they had run out of all other material.
I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again once had a sketch where a very serious critic for one of the intellectual heavy Sunday papers delivered a review of the show that was couched in highbrow intellectual language, in a style akin to an Oxbridge don discussing literature, comparing the humour to that of great mediaeval comedies such as Rabelais, Chaucer and Boccaccio, freely quoting from these great literary works and using technical and academic literary terms for the modes of humour employed by the show. "Rabelaisian persiflage" note read: "a barrage of double entendres" wasn't the half of it. The highbrow critic paused for a breat at the end and added "And I especially liked the knickers jokes".
This can be a tactic of stand-up comedians who are floundering on stage and find themselves desperate to re-win the audience. Sometimes it works, like when Gilbert Gottfried saved himself from a Too Soon 9/11 joke by randomly telling The Aristocrats. Other times it doesn't, like when Michael Richards' infamously used the word "nigger" at a group of black hecklers. He was reportedly trying to Cross The Line Twice and failed spectacularly. Well, he crossed it once alright. Just failed to get back over...
This is likely one of the reasons stand-up comedians face difficulties if transitioning to Live Action TV series. Rather than standard routines with the occasional special performance, they must develop an entire script. Unlike other comedy shows that have some form of story to hold them together, stand-up comedians on TV have to rely on their comedy to carry the show. It's not uncommon to see increasing numbers of these jokes as a season progresses and the comedian's ideas dry up.
Dave Chappelle perhaps faced the worst of this with his show. He fought to maintain the quality of his comedy while executives tried to push for lower-brow comedy. As his audiences began to show they preferred what he saw as a Bottom of the Barrel Joke, Chappelle quit.
Frequently lampshaded by Bill Hicks, who even referred to his act as "Chomsky with dick jokes."
Bill: Folks, here's the deal. I editorialize for forty-five minutes, the last fifteen minutes we all pull our chutes and float down to Dick Joke Island together.
Jerry Holkins, the writer of Penny Arcade, refers to this as "Going back to the penis well," largely because, when he can't think of something insightful to say about video game culture, his colleague will talk him into making a dick joke.
Dominic Deegan has used this a few times in interesting ways, often twisting it to dramatic effect instead of comedic.
Arthur, King of Time and Space sometimes does jokes about modern-arc Arthur, updating his own webcomic, saying how much he hates having to do "can't think of a joke" jokes.
Subverted in a Sluggy Freelance filler story (which are of course pretty bottom-of-the-barrel as it is, but in a broader sense), when the protagonists suspect someone of being an android. They take him away and the next strip starts with them standing with a knife in front of a table with a gory mess on it, saying they found no inorganic parts in the guy. Torg even goes "What's this? An intestine?" and eats it. Then the guy they suspected is shown looking from behind an x-ray screen and asking what they're doing with his spaghetti and meatballs.
Jeph Jacques stoops to Toilet Humour. There's also this from The Rant:
"If I have my way, there will be two easy jokes I will never do in QC; One being the "Wacky Misunderstanding" referenced in this strip and endlessly overdone by television comedies, the other being the "Oh hey it sounds like Marten and Dora are getting it on in the bedroom but when Pintsize opens the door it turns out Marten's just helping Dora into a corset or something.""
Although he does have what he calls Butts Syndrome; that is, that he thinks that the word Butts is enough to carry a punchline.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is a delightfully odd potpourri of high-level insight on mathematics, science, economic and political theory, and philosophy... mixed with the occasional observation that genitals look funny.
On one episode of Chilly Beach, characters watch a terrible reality show, prompting April to comment that the network is really scraping the bottom of the barrel. Then Jacques changes the channel to a show that is actually called Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel.
It is always mong.
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import           Language.Epilog.Epilog        (Strings, Types)
import           Language.Epilog.SymbolTable
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        , Node "Procs"   (toForest procs)
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Моховое — упразднённая деревня в Исилькульском районе Омской области. Входила в состав Первотаровского сельского поселения. Исключена из учётных данных в 2008 г.

География
Располагалась в 2 км к югу от деревни Сосновка (Исилькульский район).

История
Основана в 1908 г. В 1928 году хутор Участок № 2 состоял из 16 хозяйств. В административном отношении входил в состав Лосевского сельсовета Исилькульского района Омского округа Сибирского края.

Население
По переписи 1926 г. на хуторе проживало 91 человек (49 мужчин и 42 женщины), основное население — русские.
Согласно результатам переписи 2002 года в деревне проживало 13 человек, из которых казахи составляли 54 % населения, русские — 38 %.

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Исчезнувшие населённые пункты Исилькульского района

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Yeah Fizl Dizl is the name of this new adventure, but really it's not new. This adventure is 20 years old so I shouldn't be surprised at names like Fizl Dizl…it's from a movie? A song? A something that I have no idea about. I do know we have owned the domain for like 6 years…and have had no idea what to do with it. The ideas have swung from a far left to a way far right with ideas that ranged from exclusive clubs to things that included a handy man directory and more. I can tell you this much…he would say one thing, I'd give a crazed look…I would say one thing, he would shake his head.
Two years ago I was finishing a gigantic huge goal that I was certain was my destiny. I was certain it was the path God had laid ahead of me. I was certain it was what I was meant to do. I was certain, until it happened and it didn't feel right. For 10 months I pushed ahead through trials and joys all the while with a weird feeling of 'this is just not for me'. So after you pour your heart and soul into something, have your family and friends and people you didn't even know but loved your goal jump on board and follow you…how do you say, "sorry, I was all wrong". I didn't know how to do that…I just resigned from position and didn't really say much to anyone. I felt alone, I felt like a failure, I felt completely not ready to do anything or face anyone. I hurt and I cried and hurt more. "What have I done?", "I gave up.", "How could I just give up?", "How could I disappoint so many people, including my children?". "This is who I am.", "This is me, this is my identity". I was so wrong, about that position being me and my identity. I wasn't wrong however that God did send me down that path. Wow, did I learn so much of how to live, how to work with people, how not to do things and who to trust my heart to. I would do it all again, it's part of my story…and sharing our stories is how we grow, how we learn and how we see we aren't alone.
It took a good 8 months and God showing me repeatedly that my identity is in Him alone. Yes, I knew and I heard Him, but I wasn't exactly sure what that meant for me. I tried pouring myself into different work…wasn't a good idea. So there I was again…"what am I doing?", "how do I keep failing?", "how do I keep coming up empty handed?". It was months after months of pity parties. We would discuss what was next and nothing was right. I don't even have one of those 'this came to me in a dream' awakenings to share. Something just started pulling at my heart more and more. We discussed the possibilities of a blog and on-line store in a way to be able to bless others. We truly believe we have been blessed with more then we are worthy of, to those who know us well, they may think we are silly. We have worked and toiled for every last thing we have. We have given up a home, conveniences, savings and so much more to make it through. We have rolled change to pay our bills and eaten our fair share of noodles. We don't have tens of thousands in the bank. We do have a heart for Jesus, a heart for giving to others, a heart to raise good people in a fallen world. So that string lassoed my heart and it's what I've been working on for months.
I love how when you do all things for Christ, He continually keeps placing it before you. Keeps putting the thoughts before you, the ideas, the Word, the people. Like when I flipped over our chalkboard that the youngest had been practicing his spelling words on and saw the Scripture I had written on it and couldn't remember when I had written it…but it was a great reminder that our vision is huge and He will stand behind us.
So as we welcome you to Fizl Dizl (still don't remember where that came from, but we will use it as a way to show the uber differences between my husband and I), we welcome you to our lives, to our crazy quirky family, in the hopes that you will join us on our gratitude journey, our journey of giving, a journey of great grace. Of a life of random acts of kindness for everyone, to draw everyone to know Christ, His love, His kindness, His generosity. We wish to use this site to inspire, to bless and to create a change in the world…one act of kindness at a time.


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By: Nancy Garden
A landmark in LGBT fiction, this captivating story of two teenage girls who fall in love is a "classic of the genre" (Publishers Weekly).
When Liza Winthrop first lays eyes on Annie Kenyon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she knows there's something special between them.
Soon, their close friendship develops into a deep and intimate romance. Neither imagined that falling in love could be so wonderful, but as Liza and Annie's newfound sexuality sparks conflict in both their families and at their schools, they discover it will take more than love for their relationship to succeed.
One of the first books to positively portray a lesbian relationship, Annie on My Mind is a groundbreaking classic of the genre.
The subject of a First Amendment lawsuit over banned books and one of School Library Journal's "One Hundred Books that Shaped the Century," Nancy Garden's iconic novel is an important story for anyone discovering who they're meant to be.
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IRVINE, Calif. (Feb. 19, 2014) – Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) has announced that Masafumi "Masa" Nakagawa will succeed Takeshi "Tak" Teranishi as president of the company, effective April 1. Nakagawa, who spent six years at KMC's Irvine headquarters in the late 1990s, will transition to his new position when Teranishi, who joined KMC in 2009, leaves to assume the presidency of Kawasaki Motors Corporation Japan.
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What Would A Normal Pest Control Treatment Be?
What would a normal pest control treatment be? When you choose your pest control company, ask them specific questions about products and pesticides used. As homeowners, we often put a lot into making our...
As homeowners, we often put a lot into making our homes the very best we can. If and when possible, we try to choose the best furniture, the best linens and the best silverware.
So when it comes to the idea of sharing your home with pests, insects and rodents, most homeowners are willing to do whatever it takes to remove them. The first step that most consumers and homeowners consider when it comes time to remove pest from their home is pest control.
It used to be that pest control consisted mainly of calling a professional out to have his or her company spray chemicals in and around your home. But as technology continues to grow and more and more homeowners are getting information about safer ways to remove pests, the options of having pest removed can range drastically.
Janis Reed has been the training director at ABC Pest and Lawn Service in Austin, Texas, for five years. ABC Pest and Lawn has been in the pest control business since 1949. Reed said that the type of pest control that you use will be mainly based on the company you choose. But whichever company you choose, she said that you should always ask as many questions as possible to ensure the safety of your home and family.
"Every company is going to do it differently," she said. "So that's why when you choose your pest control company, ask them specific questions. You should want to know what kind of products you are going to be using, where are you going to be using them and are you going to be using them in an open area where my pets and children will be accessible to them."
Since pest control safety is continuing to be a huge issue, most experts will advise consumers and homeowners to attempt to remove of the pests without pest control options first. One way to do that would be to increase the cleaning to remove food and scraps greatly reducing the attraction of pests. Removing any nests that the pests have built will help as well. In addition, homeowners should attempt to install physical barriers such as an insect screen or termite caps to keep the pests out.
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Also, anyone you hire to provide a pest control service must hold a License to Use Pesticides with the Department of Human Services. Remember to avoid exposure to pesticide chemicals while they are wet and always consider non-chemical pest control as a first option.
"Many pest control companies are going towards integrated pest management," Reed said. "This is using pest control products in cracks and crevices away from where people, pets and children live."
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Butterfly Kisses is a heart-warming story that speculates which stuffed animal would give the best goodnight kiss. The ebook is bound to make children feel loved and secure, so it makes great bedtime fare, and it includes a few fun activities as well.
This ebook is a delightful version of a children's picture book that will entertain children from preschool through lower elementary grades. The app features interactions on most pages, clear narration, and interesting animal sound effects, as well as fun background music. It is mostly intuitive to use, with clear navigation arrows on each page. Each page also has a butterfly in the center top that opens a page-by-page table of contents, which is a nice idea, but on some pages it is quite difficult to discern because of the coloring, background, or even other butterflies on the page. This could make it difficult for a young child to perceive on some of the pages.
The creators of Butterfly Kisses have done a lot of things right. The narration is outstanding, and words are highlighted as they are read, which will really help beginning readers get a lot from the story. The sound effects are stunning, but can be turned off at will to encourage young children to participate by making their own animal noises. Each page features a lady bug that is sometimes easily found and sometimes quite challenging. In addition, there are free companion educational resources available as downloadable PDF files on the author's website.
The app's three additional activities include a jigsaw-like puzzle that demonstrates how the unique style of artwork was created, a writing activity encouraging young users to create their own lines to the story, and a free drawing area that will entice children to illustrate their verses. These activities are accessible from the table of contents page and at the end of the story, but it might be nice to have them more fully integrated into the story itself. The writing activity is a bit challenging, and may not be useful for preschoolers unless they have adult help, since it involves typing a new verse for the story. It would be nice if there was a recording option for younger children to use. Many children really like to hear their own voices, as well.
Perhaps the largest drawback, though, is that the app "remembers" the responses to the writing activity from session to session, even when it is completely shut down. The words can be erased one at a time, or the entire app must be completely deleted and reinstalled to use the activity again. It would be easier on parents if the app included an option to save work, but also had the option to clear all for the next play session.
Butterfly Kisses is an enjoyable ebook that many children will find soothing and gentle. It encourages imagination and self-expression, which are wonderful traits, and also builds observation and thinking skills. Each page has hidden interactions that will engage young readers as they tap different parts of the pages to see the results. The sights and sounds will provide a rich sensory experience for kids that they will love. The illustrations are also quite unique, having been made with a hand-made paper-sculpture technique.
This gives the pictures an unusual amount of texture and depth, and would make a great supplemental activity for kids to try their hand at a similar technique after they've read the book.
This ebook is a good value for families or classrooms with young children, and will provide lots of fun as children read the book again and again. It would be better if the activities were a bit easier to reuse or to have other children use, but with a bit of planning and effort on the part of teachers or parents, multiple children can enjoy the ebook to its fullest.


According to the National Insurance Agency, the number of pension recipients at the end of 2006 was 576.1 thsd and in comparison with 2005 it has decreased by 12.7 thsd or 2.2% (according to the information of the Central Statistical Bureau for the preparation of which data from the National Insurance Agency were used). A fall in the number of pension recipients has been observed since 1999: but especially rapid it was in last three years - 9.0 thsd or 1.5% in 2004, 9.3 thsd or 1.6% in 2005 and 12.7 thsd or 2.2% in 2006.
The majority (82%) of the pension recipients are old-age pensioners. The retirement age according to the Law was 62 years for men in 2006 and 60.5 years for women until July 1, from July 1 it was 61 year. In 2006 there were 11.7 thsd newly granted old age pensions (5.0 thsd to women and 6.7 thsd to men); the average size of the pension was LVL 114.33. The size of the newly granted pension to men was higher than the pension granted to women (LVL 124.39 and LVL 100.94, respectively). As has been observed in 2006, the size of the newly granted old age pension continues to go up: in comparison to 2005, the newly granted pension in 2006 has increased on average by LVL 19.89. This can be largely explained by the increasing average earnings-related contributions. The second largest group of pension recipients is disabled persons (66.7 thsd) and their number is decreasing year by year and in comparison to the previous year, the number of recipients of disability pension in 2006 decreased by 6.9 thsd or 9.4%.
2The total number of family members who are not able to work and have lost their breadwinner.
Compared to 2005, the average size of the pension last year increased and reached LVL 92.21 on average per year. The increase (18.3%) in the average size of pension paid by the State Social Insurance Agency exceeded the increase (6.5%) in the consumer price index registered in the country. The average size of the monthly old-age pension paid in 2006 was nearly 15.42 lats higher compared to 2005. The lowest increase (LVL 6.74) in 2006 was in the size of the disability pension.
2 The total number of family members who are not able to work and have lost their breadwinner.
In 2006 most of the pension recipients (33.9%) received a pension ranging from LVL 90.01 to LVL100.00. 37.9% of the old age pension recipients (11.1% in 2005) received a pension over 100 lats. As can be seen in the Table below, the positive trend that became noticeable in previous years continued in 2006 – the number of pensioners receiving a small pension is decreasing. Compared to 2005, the number of old age pension recipients whose pension does not exceed 60 lats decreased 4 times. The indexation of pensions in 2006 took place twice – in April and October.
In Latvia under the risk of poverty are 19% of population, according to data of CSB survey on population income and life conditions (EU-SILC survey 2005). Of the pensioner total number 24% are under this risk. For single pensioners who reached age of 65 and older this risk is considerably higher- from the total number 45% of them are under this risk.
The pensioner expenditure considerably differs from the total expenditure of the state population. In 2005 retired people almost a half (43%) of their pension spent for food, to cover the expenses of household, water, electricity, gas and other fuel consumption - 19% and for health–10%, according to household budget survey data. Latvia population of the total income for food spent 31%, to cover the expenses of household, water, electricity, gas and other fuel consumption - 12%, and for health – 4%.


I often analyze intensive longitudinal data, or data with more than five repeated measures* for each of many different individuals. The data may be simplified with 3 quantities: an intraindividual mean (iMean), variance (iVar), and covariance (iCov). For example, 30 days of cortisol measures may be quantified in terms of morning level (iMean), linear diurnal slope (iCov), and fluctuation around the slope (iVar). Of course, individuals are all different, and we would like to know if and how the iMeans, iVars, and iCovs relate to each other across individuals.
The TIE fighter's cockpit (small circle) represents the iMean, and is read in relation to the vertical y-axis. Cockpits near the bottom of the plot space have low iMeans. Cockpits near the top of the plot space have high iMeans.
The TIE fighter's wings represent the iVar, and are also read in relation to the vertical y-axis and, for an extra pop, are also mapped to color. Individuals who do not fluctuate very much have smaller wingspans and a deeper yellow coloring. In contrast, individuals who fluctuate a lot have larger wingspans and a lighter, whiter coloring.
The TIE fighter's flight path represents the iCov, and are read with respect to length (how far the fighter will fly over 1 unit of ttime) and as angles relative to the vertical y-axis (what direction the fighter will fly). Individuals with strong positive iCovs will be flying upward rather quickly, while individuals with strong negative iCovs will be flying downward rather quickly. Individuals with near-zero iCovs will just hover.
With those three elements in place, we can proceed to look for patterns in the relations among the cockpits, wingspans, and flightpaths, and how those features align relative to another individual difference variable – the horizontal x-axis.
First, lets look at the relations among the iMeans, iVars, and iCovs. We can see that the iMeans are related to the iVars. Individuals flying near the bottom of the plot space tend to have larger wingspans than individuals flying near the top of the plot space. Similarly, we can see that the iMeans are related to the iCovs, in that individuals at the bottom of the plot space tend to be speeding downward while individuals near the top of the plot space tend to be hovering level.
Finally, lets look at how the TIE fighters are organized with respect to the x-axis. Cockpits are organized along a diagonal, indicating a strong positive relation between iMeans and the interindividual differences variable (r = .62, p < .01). The fighters on the right generally have smaller wingspans, indicating a negative relation between iVars and the interindividual difference variable (r = -.30, p < .01). Same with the flightpaths; faster downward paths become slower horizontal paths as one moves from the left side to the right side (r = -.36, p < .01).
Altogether, the formation of the TIE fighter squadron portrays the relations among 3 aspects of individual functioning (iMeans, iVars, iCovs) and how they are related to another interindividual differences variable (e.g., individuals' level of neuroticism, anxiety, or mastery of the force). Let the search for the droids continue!
*Five is a low estimate, but it's what Bolger and Laurenceau use as their lower bound. And they're probably right.
**Yep. Star Wars. Please judge me accordingly.
‹ Where have all the covariances gone?


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Falmouth horse farm keeps its stable permit for now, health board continues hearing
Jessica Hill
FALMOUTH — A horse farm on Sandwich Road that has been subject to scrutiny from the Board of Health in recent months will keep its stable permit — at least for now.
The board on Monday night voted to continue its hearing on whether to revoke or modify the permit for Smithfield Farm, giving the farm's owner 90 days to submit documents and other information and make changes as requested by the board.
Complaints lodged
Last month, the board's chairperson, Diana Molloy, and board member Benjamin Van Mooy visited the farm and Molloy found the farm's gate wide open. They also said they did not find any signs around the barn advising people of a standard of protocols.
More:Falmouth health board to investigate concerns raised about Falmouth horse farm
Complaints have also been lodged against the farm following an incident in January in which a pony was fatally struck by a truck after a child accidentally let it loose from the corral. There have also been complaints about the number of horses being housed at the farm.
Board of Health member George Heufelder said at the meeting Monday that the farm has made "more than a good faith effort" at making necessary changes.
"I can only say that I'm disappointed that it took this to get those changes made," he said.
More:Pony killed after being struck by car in Falmouth
On Monday, the board requested that farm owner Janice Foster submit additional records, including a more detailed staff plan that includes the hours in which employees work, to ensure that no children are on the farm without an adult present. The board also asked for the farm's past contracts with its pest control company, as well as a written agreement or contract with the horticulturist managing the farm's compost pile of manure.
Concerns were also previously raised about the farm's gate. Foster said staff have installed solar electric fencing to augment the outermost fence. A contractor is coming Wednesday to do additional work on the fencing, she said. The gates will also have keypads in which clients must enter a code to enter, she said.
More:Falmouth horse farm topic of another health board meeting
Molloy requested that wording be added to the farm's standard operating procedures to ensure that both gates are secured at night.
Too many horses
The board on Feb. 5 also determined Foster had violated her stable permit by having more than 26 horses on the farm. She told the board Monday that two horses have been sold and there are now 24 horses on the farm.
Foster said manure is loaded onto a trailer and driven to the back of the property every other day. A horticulturist comes daily to take the temperature of the piles and make sure they are being composted correctly.
Board of Health members visited the site before Monday's meeting and made no mention of finding anything wrong at the farm, other than the ground underneath the gate seeming unlevel.
More:Falmouth farm has hurdles to clear to resume operations
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also conducted an inspection of Smithfield Farm last week and did not find any violations, board chairwoman Diana Molloy said.
Unannounced inspections
Board members and staff with the town's health department will conduct unannounced inspections of the property over the 90-day period, Molloy said. The number of horses also will be periodically counted at the farm, which this spring will also begin the process of receiving a state stable permit.
"We've taken a lot to get to where we are," Molloy said, "and I see that there's been great improvements and efforts made here but I don't feel that we're totally there yet."
Contact Jessica Hill at jhill@capecodonline.com. Follow her on Twitter: @jess_hillyeah.


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Miraculous Journey is a 1948 film about seven airplane passengers who find themselves stranded in an African jungle after their plane crashes. It was directed by Sam Newfield, under the pseudonym of Peter Stewart. The film stars Rory Calhoun and Virginia Grey.

Plot
A group of seven people - an actress, a blind girl, a financier, a gangster, an heiress, a hostess, and a pilot - survive an airplane crash to find themselves deserted in an African jungle. The group come across an old hermit who has been living on the island for a while. The hermit teaches them how to survive in the jungle, though the unrepentant gangster is eaten by a crocodile. Eventually, a member of the group named Larry uses a canoe to get off the island. Larry locates a helicopter and flies back to the island, where he picks up the rest of the group. Although they offer the hermit a ride, he declines the offer, feeling he has become too attached to the jungle.

Production
Miraculous Journey was directed by Sam Newfield, credited under the pseudonym of Peter Stewart. His brother Sigmund Neufeld produced the film. Rory Calhoun, Virginia Grey, Audrey Long, George Cleveland, Jim Bannon, June Storey, Thurston Hall, Carole Donne, and Andrew Long appear in the film, as does dog actor "Flame." Fred K. Myton wrote the screenplay, with John H. Greenhalgh, Jr., handling the cinematography and Holbrook Todd doing the editing. Leo Erdody scored Miraculous Journey; it would be his final film credit. The film's production took place from late March to mid-April 1948.

Cast
 Rory Calhoun as Larry Burke
 Audrey Long as Mary
 Virginia Grey as Patricia
 June Storey as Rene
 George Cleveland as the Hermit

Release and reception
The film was distributed by Film Classics, Inc., and premiered on September 1, 1948. Alpha Video released Miraculous Journey on DVD in 2012.

Film critic Leonard Maltin gave Miraculous Journey one star and a half, feeling that it was "substandard". TV Guide gave the film two stars out of four, noting that while the film had potential, the film lost its effect "because of the filmmakers' inability to decide whether the story should concentrate on the moral aspects or the action."

References

External links

1948 films
Films directed by Sam Newfield
Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Films set in jungles
1940s English-language films
American adventure drama films
1940s American films


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Dr. Valeria Tosello, Biologist
Istituto Oncologico Veneto > Ricerca > Scientific report > Researchers > Dr. Valeria Tosello, Biologist
From 2000-2006, Valeria Tosello has been involved in several project focused on tumor immunology first in the laboratory of Prof. Alberto Amadori and Prof. Paola Zanovello at the University of Padova and subsequently, in the laboratory of Prof. Danila Valmori at Columbia University in New York City. She has worked on several interesting topics in the tumor immunology field such as studying the role of IFNa on dendritic cell differentiantion and antigen presentation (Tosello V., Eur J Immunol. 2009, Jan) and the characterization of naïve and memory T-regulatory cells (Tosello V., Clin Immunol. 2008 Mar).
On 2006, she subsequently moved in the laboratory of Adolfo Ferrando, at the Institute for Cancer Genetics at Columbia University, where she developed a strong background on the cellular and molecular biology of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). She contributed to several works centered on drug resistance and targeted therapies, with particular respect to NOTCH1 signaling (Sulis ML., Blood. 2008 Aug; Real Pj, Nat Med. 2009 Jan; Herranz D., Nat Med. 2015 Oct). She identified somatic mutations in WT1 tumor suppressor gene in T-ALL (Tosello V., Blood. 2009 Jul). She is still involved on studies focused on the role of WT1 tumor suppressor gene in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) (Rampal R., Cell Rep. 2014 Dec) and T-ALL. Her research interest is focused on altered signaling pathway on T-ALL which involves Calcineurin activation (Tosello V., Oncotarget 2016, June; Tosello V., Leukemia 2016 April) and de-regulated microRNAs.
Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit
Department of Clinical and Experimental Oncology
valeria.tosello@iov.veneto.it
phone: ++39 049 821 5895
fax: ++39 049 807 2854
ORCID: 0000-0001-9560-340X
Molecular pathogenesis of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and lymphoma
A comprehensive understanding of role of the molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of T-ALL will open new possibilities of targeted therapeutic interventions.
De-regulated signaling pathways in T-leukemia/lymhoma, mechanisms of resistance and relapse.
T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) accounts for 10% to 15% of pediatric and 25% of adult ALL cases. The introduction of intensive combination chemotherapy protocols has led to remarkable improvements in survival for this disease; however, in contrast with the favorable response to therapy in patients at diagnosis, the prognosis of T-ALL patients with relapsed leukemia remains poor, underscoring the need to identify molecular mechanisms responsible for disease progression and to develop more effective antileukemic drugs. Our research interest focuses particularly on those alterations which result still poorly understood.
The role of WT1 deletions and mutations in T-ALL is still not clear. WT1 mutations are mainly located Exon 7 of WT1 locus and are frameshift or non-sense mutations that ultimately lead to a truncated protein which lacks the DNA binding domain located in the C-terminus of the protein. Using the shRNA and the Cripsr-Cas9 technologies we are mimicking the role of WT1 deletions and mutations in T-ALL cells. In particular, mimicking WT1 mutations in T-ALL cells will allow the identification of a de-regulated WT1 signature and its role in the pathogenesis of T-ALL.
NOTCH1 pathway results mutated in over 60% of cases of T-ALL cases, making NOTCH1 oncogene an appealing molecular target in T-ALL. In the last years, different attempts to target NOTCH signaling in T-ALL have been developed: the administration of GSI, which block cleavage of NOTCH receptors and the use of anti-NOTCH1 antibodies that more specifically target T-ALL cells carrying NOTCH1 activation. In this scenario, the understanding of the molecular mechanisms downstream of NOTCH1 signaling is fundamental to design novel therapeutic strategies. The role microRNAs downstream NOTCH1 signaling have been recently explored, however their role is not completely clear. Our laboratory is currently studying novel microRNAs downstream NOTCH1 and their roles in T-ALL pathogenesis.
The diagnosis of lymphoid malignancy remain challenging in about 10% of lymphoproliferative disorders and clonality tests are often requested to confirm diagnostic hypotheses. Currently, the goal standard method to analyze clonaltity for clinical molecular diagnostic is based in PCR-based approaches. Our laboratory is currently implementing this analysis with next generation sequencing approaches. This analysis will allow the identification of clonality at diagnosis with a more quantitative a sensitive approach and the eventual re-emergence of these clones after the treatment.
Conclusions and perspectives
Approximately 20% of pediatric and 50% of adult T-ALL cases still relapse and ultimately die because of refractory disease, underscoring the need to identify molecular mechanisms responsible for disease progression and to develop more effective anti-leukemic drugs. The better understanding of the mechanistic role of each of alterations will help the design of new targeted combination therapies incorporating specific inhibitors to conventional anti-leukemic drugs.
Erich Piovan (co-leader)
Valentina Saccomani
Deborah Bongiovanni
Tosello V, Saccomani V, Yu J, Bordin F, Amadori A, Piovan E. Calcineurin complex isolated from T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) cells identifies new signaling pathways including mTOR/AKT/S6K whose inhibition synergize with Calcineurin inhibition to promote T-ALL cell death. Oncotarget. 2016 Jun 10. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.9933.
Tosello V, Bordin F, Yu J, Agnusdei V, Indraccolo S, Basso G, Amadori A, Piovan E. Calcineurin and GSK-3 inhibition sensitizes T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells to apoptosis through X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein degradation. Leukemia. 2016 Apr;30(4):812-22. doi: 10.1038/leu.2015.335.
Herranz D, Ambesi-Impiombato A, Sudderth J, Sánchez-Martín M, Belver L, Tosello V, Xu L, Wendorff AA, Castillo M, Haydu JE, Márquez J, Matés JM, Kung AL, Rayport S, Cordon-Cardo C, DeBerardinis RJ, Ferrando AA. Metabolic reprogramming induces resistance to anti-NOTCH1 therapies in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nat Med. 2015 Oct;21(10):1182-9. doi: 10.1038/nm.3955.
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Using less water means caring about it–every day. Clever design can help.
California's drought is officially over. But that doesn't mean it's time to stop conserving water. In fact, the drought brought water conservation to the top of people's minds in a new way, both in California and across the country. And with the extreme weather that comes with climate change, conserving water is as important as ever.
But what's the best way to cut back on water usage? A good start might be understanding just how much water you're actually using on a day-to-day basis. That's what the water conservation smart sensor Well is meant to do. Designed and engineered by the firms Matter and Mindtribe, Well is a prototype system of sensors that you hook up to some or all of your water lines, depending on how precisely you want to know about your water consumption. Each sensor, powered by a mini turbine that generates enough electricity to power its computer and wifi, beams water consumption data to a backend server, which sends the information to an app on your phone and to a slick UI on the Well system's showerhead.
According to a 2016 report by the Water Research Foundation, the biggest sources of water consumption in the home are toilets and showers, with faucets not far behind. Well sensors were designed for easy installation beneath kitchen and bathroom sinks and behind toilets, and a specially designed Well shower head measures water consumption in the bathroom. Then, the system uses information about where you live, the number residents and bathrooms in your home, and the estimated amount of water someone should consume for a shower to provide you with a daily water goal.
The system's user experience is based on a simple idea: You start "full," and the interface shows you "draining" based on how much water you've used throughout the day through simple color indicators. In the app, that manifests at the beginning of the day as a full-screen landscape of serene, blue mountains rising above animated azure waves. As you use more and more water, the waves become smaller and smaller and the landscape transitions into an orange, desert-like mountain range.
There's a similar conceit behind the interface of the shower head. On the base of the device, a panel of LEDs slowly turns orange when you've used 80% of your water goal for the day. Above the LEDs, there's an "eco" button that reduces the amount of flow to the showerhead, which you can press if you're dangerously in the orange–a smart piece of UI design that would enable users to actually change their behaviors in the moment. On top of that, the shower head itself is magnetic, rather than attaching to a clunky bracket. It's a clever way to make it easier for users to make micro adjustments during showers.
The system's app can toggle between showing you how much water you've saved per week, and how much money you've saved per week, depending on your priorities. It will also show you how much you've saved along with all other Well users–giving what may seem like incremental changes a greater sense of importance.
Well is still in the prototype stage, and both Matter and Mindtribe want to bring it to production through either crowdfunding or investment. Ultimately, they're hoping to be the Nest of water conservation, though now that the drought is finally over, they'll have to convince people to give up their long showers.


The Street dot com interviews Motorola's CEO in regards to the Motorola X.
Nothing huge here, but in lieu of placing an order, at least something to keep you entertained.
This makes me feel all tingly inside. LOL. I so think though with the droid series that Motorola IS really stepping up thier game. GREAT WORK keep it up.
Did anyone notice his use of the word MotoBlur at around 50 seconds in? Talk about confusing!
I'm not so excited to see the CEO talk it up...heck...he would talk up the Moto Charm. I'm just excited anytime I see a new pic or video of the phone.
I still want to stop by Moto's headquarters one of these days.


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St. Praxedes
Feastday: July 21
Praxedes according to her legend was a Roman maiden, the sister of St. Pudentiana, who, when the Emperor Marcus Antoninus was hunting down Christians, sought them out to relieve them with money, care, comfort and every charitable aid. Some she hid in her house, others she encouraged to keep firm in the faith, and of yet others she buried the bodies; and she allowed those who were in prison or toiling in slavery to lack nothing. At last, being unable any longer to bear the cruelties inflicted on Christians, she prayed to God that, if it were expedient for her to die, she might be released from beholding such sufferings. And so on July 21 she was called to the reward of her goodness in Heaven. Her body was laid by the priest Pastor in the tomb of her father, Pudens, and her siser Pudentiana, which was in the cemetery of Priscilla on the Salarian Way. This saint was certainly buried in the catacomb of Priscilla, near to St. Pudentiana. But that she was the sister of that saint, or that either of them was the daughter (as later legends say) of a Roman senator, Pudens, converted by St. Peter, there is no reason to believe. She was at first venerated as a martyr in connection with the ECCLESIA PUDENTIANA, but afterwards a separate church was built in her honour, on the alleged site of her house, to which, when it was rebuilt by Pope St. Paschal I (the present Santa Prassede), her relics were taken.
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Richard Jardin, 84, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a Pacific Machinery salesman, died in Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. He was born in Kalaheo. He is survived by wife Lillian, sons Richard and John, sisters Julia McGuire and Margret Campos, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Sept. 3 at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kalaheo. Mass: 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Veterans Cemetery, Hanapepe.


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Q: Pagination response from API in Loop for R I am working on an API where response is limited to 100 rows at max but in the list it returns, it gives away the link to the next page.
Example:
> apiresponse$paging
$`next`
[1] "https://workable.com/spi/v3/accounts/xx-xx-xx-xx/jobs?limit=100&since_id=1233xxb"

So, to get data from next page, I have to add the above mentioned URL to call API.
API Code
url = "https://workable.com/spi/v3/accounts/xx-xx-xx-xx/jobs?limit=100"
key = "xxxxxxxxxxxxx"

# OPTION 1
x <- GET(url, add_headers(Authorization = paste("Bearer", key, sep = " ")))

this.raw.content <- rawToChar(x$content)

apiresponse <- jsonlite::fromJSON(this.raw.content)

apiresponse$paging
apidata <- apiresponse$jobs

Requirement
I would probably like a function where the NEXT URL would automatically get into API calling a loop until all data is here.

A: You can try using a while loop and capture the data until next is not null.
url = "https://workable.com/spi/v3/accounts/xx-xx-xx-xx/jobs?limit=100"
key = "xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
# OPTION 1
x <- GET(url, add_headers(Authorization = paste("Bearer", key, sep = " ")))
this.raw.content <- rawToChar(x$content)
apiresponse <- jsonlite::fromJSON(this.raw.content)
next_url <- apiresponse$paging$`next`
apidata <- apiresponse$jobs

data <- list()
i <- 1

while(!is.null(next_url)) {
  x <- GET(apiresponse$paging$`next`,
           add_headers(Authorization = paste("Bearer", key, sep = " ")))
  this.raw.content <- rawToChar(x$content)
  apiresponse <- jsonlite::fromJSON(this.raw.content)
  next_url <- apiresponse$paging$`next`
  temp <- apiresponse$jobs
  rownames(temp) <- NULL
  data[[i]] <- temp
  i <- i + 1
}

result <- do.call(rbind, data)

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I've been on a marmalade bender lately. Well, it's actually been for the last few weeks. Winter, of course, is marmalade season and the markets in Paris are heaped with citrus: Corsican clementines, pretty yellow bergamots, hefty pink grapefruits from Florida (although some infer appellations from elsewhere – namely, the Louvre), leafy lemons from Nice, and lots and lots of oranges.
The stands are so piled up that it's not uncommon to be walking down the aisle and have an orange roll off of the piles and land on your foot. (Which is why it is a good idea to wash any fruit before you use it.) This means I've got so many jars of marmalade, that when my friend Luisa stopped by and saw the jars piled on top of a shelf in my bedroom, she said "I've doing the same thing " at her apartment in Berlin. Sometimes I think jam-making could be classified as an epidemic and if so, there's ample evidence that I'm ready for an intervention.
While kumquats were once classified with their look-alike citrus brethren and sistern (admittedly, it can be hard to tell as it's difficult to get a look under their navels), they are now placed in another genus category (Fortunella), even though they share many characteristics of citrus fruits.
One of those characteristics is that they are winter fruits. And another is that they are très bon pour la santé (good for your health), containing lots of vitamin C. And they also make you feel happier, since not only does their tangy-bitter flavor brighten up even the darkest of winter day, nothing makes me happier than to wake up in the morning and gaze at my shelf of marmalade first thing in the morning.
I was especially happy when I was doing my shopping at the outdoor market and came across a big bin of kumquats. I scooped up a nice-sized bag of them and brought them home, where they patiently waited in the refrigerator until I decided what to do with them.
Originally I'd considered giving them a quick-candying and strewing them over poached prunes with a scoop of ice cream. But I ended up sticking my fingers into the bowl of prunes a few too many times during the week and ended up with a small puddle of cinnamon-spiced dark syrup pooled in the bottom of a container in my refrigerator, which I didn't think would go with anything.
So I decided to get out my little serrated knife, slice up my Fortunella fruits, and make marmalade. I added a couple of lemons not just to bulk it up, but because I thought with the added sugar, the marmalade would benefit from some extra acidity.
I normally spoon my marmalades on morning toast, but after I made this batch, I had cleaned up the kitchen and was going to reward myself to a nice bowl of split pea soup for lunch with some Comté cheese and – like most good ideas (and a few of the bad ones) – it suddenly occurred to me that the tart marmalade might be nice with the nutty cheese I was cutting into batons.
And sure enough, it was. Fortunately I have three nice jars of marmalade to add to my collection. So far this year I've made Seville orange marmalade (eight jars) and four jars of mixed marmalade, using the bergamots and citron that were plucked off a tree in Sicily. After all that slicing, seeding, and simmering, the last pot of marmalade has been jarred and stored; they'll last me through the winter. And if I am prudent, a number of spring and summer mornings as well.
Many of the little rings of kumquats will, unfortunately, come apart as you cook the marmalade. The reward, however, is gorgeous jars of tangy marmalade that you'll be happy to spread on your morning toast or serve with a bit of cheese after dinner. I served mine with Comté, but a nice goat cheese or another nutty mountain cheese, like Gruyère, would pair nicely with it.It takes a bit of patience to slice and pluck out all the seeds from the kumquats, but you can get 2 to 3 jars of marmalade for your efforts. I use a small serrated knife to slice off the stem end, then start slicing the kumquats crosswise, until I get close to the center. Finally, I stick the tip of the knife into the area where the seeds are and slip them into a small bowl. Because the seeds are rather large, any that you miss you can usually find just by doing a little scanning of your pile of sliced kumquats.I use oval Nagami kumquats, which are more puckery than the round Meiwi kumquats, which you sometimes come across. Do try to get organic or unsprayed fruit from your local market or natural food store. The kirsch is optional, but it does nicely round out the flavor of the marmalade. You can substitute another liquor, such as gin, Grand Marnier or Cointreau, light rum, or a dash of brandy. Or it can be omitted, if you wish.
I've never tasted any kumquat marmalade, this must be perfect on a toast with butter. Thanks for the recipe.
i made some last year, just to try, from kumquats from a friend's tree in Los Angeles. these kumquats were delicious right off the tree–the sweet skin with somewhat tart interior of these ripe fruits was amazing.
the marmalade came out amazing WITHOUT any added sweetener–but i didn't add a bunch of lemon to it–just a squeeze.
it IS great with nutty cheeses–cave-aged gruyere was what i had tried..
i should read my writing before posting..
Do the kumquats get blanched with the lemons too? Or when do they get added? Thank you for providing your recipe!
When I visited Corsica the owner of our cottage gave us a jar of kumquat marmalade she'd made with the fruit from her garden, it was sublime and I'd love to recreate it at home if only kumquats didn't cost so much! The combination of marmalade and cheese is recommended in the Food Thesaurus; my husband gives me such grief for slathering marmalade on mature cheddar but it is so delicious!
I love being able to be included (through your blog) in your 'jam sessions'.
DAVID! I've just gone cold-turkey on jam-making, owing to the need to use up or give away 70+ jars of jam made over the past two years, including 8 variations on the theme of sour cherry. Marmalade is my absolute favorite–the Meyer lemon and kumquat from the Blue Chair book was a revelation and I gave it all away!
I keep telling myself that I'm going to make preserves and then never do. And marmalades do go quite well with nutty cheeses. I drooled a little when I saw your picture with the Comte slathered with some. Must be even tastier when it's home made. Does anyone know if you can find bergamots in the States? I've always been curious about them, but have never seen one.
How timely. I've sent this on to a neighbor who was trying to figure out what to do with a gift of kumquats. She may have the sweet ones, though; if so, what amount of sugar should she use? These sweet ones throw me off. I grew up with the bitter ones.
As for the marmalade, I think the kumquats on my neighbor's tree are ripe and just maybe this is the year I finally try making some marmalade! Thanks for the nudge.
The hardest part of making marmalade is slicing the fruit, but it's well worth it in the end! I see kumquats at the store, but I've never picked them up. I really should!
When I was writing my thesis, I ran out of bread, so I spooned rhubarb jam directly onto aged cheddar cheese as a snack, all while panicking over whether or not I could pull off the whole PhD thesis thing. I was highly embarrassed about the whole jam on cheese thing, but now that you've showed it on your blog, I'm feeling like it wasn't such a ridiculous idea after all!
Can you explain the reasoning behind boiling the seeds with the rest of the citrus? I love kumquat marmalade and have never done that before. Perhaps I missed that part?
Hi David, Avid reader of your blog here. I have made a lot of your recipes and love every one of them! Also a marmalade fanatic! Made 4 batches of meyer lemon marmalade so far this year. One question on the kumquat marmalade…when do you add the kumquats? Step 1 or Step 2? Thanks so much for your recipes and your humor!
gigi+ Brenda: They get added in step 2.
Kim: It's to extract the pectin from the seeds, which you can see when you squeeze out the seeds in step 4. It's the fun part of marmalade-making!
Lynne: There is no precise amount of pectin you get because it's impossible to gauge. You just use the seeds you have from the kumquats and lemons.
Meredith: It's easy to go overboard with the jam-making. I often bring a jar of jam as a host/hostess gift when I am invited to someone's apartment for dinner. It's better than wine, because often people have already picked out the wine for dinner and they feel compelled if you bring something to serve it. Jam or marmalade is great – and (in my experience) always appreciated!
Gene: We used to get Bergamots in California and I've seen them in Texas, too. They're not grown commercially, as far as I know, but you might be able to find some online or contact your local cooperative extension and they may know someone.
Thanks for the quick reply, David. Off to the jam pot!
Oh Wow! Thanks to the blogosphere I'm slowly warming to the idea of making marmalade and I do love it. But I try to be careful with my sugar intake…I've been really enjoying an organic Italian line of jam that is made exclusively with apple juice. I feel no compunction giving it to my 2 1/2 year old.
David, Maybe it is because I am old and making Marmalade/Jams first time at such an ancient age but I read your recipe several several times and no where did you say "add the Kumquats" I surely must be wrong, but please let it be you…at 87 years I don't need signs of the dreaded "A". I really enjoy,try your recipes , and love your wicked sense of humor.
I was happy to see another recipe for Kumquat Marmalade. Picked some kumquats from our tree in Arizona and brought them back to Chicago to make marmalade for our french restaurant in the suburbs. We used it as a glaze for pork tenderloin. The customers loved it so much it is still on our specials menu. As long as I can get kumquats, I think we will keep it on the menu. Last year our crazy Kumquat Tree in Arizona had fruit all year!
Hi David – oh my favorite marm. I really appreciate that you keep it simple/direct… never thought I'd envy the idea of making just 6 jars of preserves…..10 years ago I started a business with my excitement about preserves and now only dream of making just a few instead of hundreds…kind of a brag/complain I know….but nonetheless.
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I love marmalade but live at 6000 ft. in the Rockies. I have boiled it for 75 minutes and can't get it to 220 degrees. The finished product tastes amazing but doesn't set. Is there any method to get it to set at high altitude?
I have no experience with high-altitude cooking so can't really advise. You may need to cook it more, but keep an eye on it doesn't it doesn't burn nor does the sugar caramelize. If you have some apple juice, sometimes adding a splash of that for extra pectin helps, but if I use that, I generally add some at the beginning.
I adore marmalade, and a dollop of this with cheese sounds fantastic. I love making jam in the summer, but my one attempt at marmalade (an orange carrot marmalade) was a dismal failure, very bitter and not nearly candied enough. Have you ever made just lemon marmalade?
Usually oranges don't need to be blanched (put in boiling water, and drained) before making marmalade, but depending on the variety, perhaps the ones you had used had especially bitter pith. You can blanche is sometimes a couple of times before making the marmalade, which removes more of the bitterness; I do that with fruits like grapefruit. I've made bergamot marmalade which are similar to lemons (in France, bergamots are not actual bergamots, but sweet lemons) and it works well. If you have access to Meyer lemons, those make lovely marmalade.
Thank you so much for the great recipe, David. I love kumquats, usually add them to winter salad with avocados, cabbage now that I live in Paris, roquefort cheese. Marmalade will be a wonderful hostess gift. Can't wait to try it.
I usually do not like the bitter after taste of marmalade that comes from the orange pith, would kumquat marmalade be less bitter than traditional orange marmalade because their skins are so thin?
Great timing. I just picked about 5 lb of kumquats and was planning to make marmalade – about the second time in the past 6 months. These kumquats are homegrown in the Bay Area. Turned out great the first time but I wouldn't mind a different recipe. My first question is about the seed in the cheesecloth. What's the benefit of boiling it with the fruit? Second question: shouldn't kumquat or any citrus marmalade be a tad on the bitter side, like "burnt orange"? Or is it just a personal choice? I'll take advise any time. Thanks.
Ditto on what gigi said. I'm guessing Step 2 but…David?
There is a marmalade I find in town sometimes which comes from Hawaii made with oranges and apricots. So good. I bet kumquats and apricots would also be good.
I also use kumquats in a dipping sauce for Chinese ribs I make. Outstanding taste.
I sent a comment but must have clicked something wrong. I am getting every Marmalade comment made in my email..please cancel those comments. I also got resubscribed for David's blog..so I really clicked something wrong. Guess I had better leave the comments to the more experienced..my comment never got there anyway.
You are so right making jam is an epidemic or perhaps a calling!! Can't wait to try this recipe!
I have these lovlies in my garden. Gotta make something too! Great recipe, David. Thank you for sharing.
I just made ruby grapefruit and pomegranate marmalade. Now I want to make this!
Cumquat – as we spell it here in Australia – Jam is a favourite of our household. Had a tree many years and houses ago and even my then 6 year old liked it.
Late last year I was given a huge bag of cumquats and decided to turn some into a glaced fruit and the rest into jam. I just cut them in half and squeezed out the seeds… I quite like lumpy bits in the jam and I am lazy!
We eat it on toast and frequently with cheese. My batch was gone in no time, but have found a supply! An old man who lives near my sister often has a little stand near his letterbox. Great jam so we stock up. Delicious.
Thanks for the post – it reminded me of a small delight in our lives!
Thanks for the link to my Kumquat marmalade with star anise David :-). I love your site and have learned so much from you. In fact I made a variation of your grape sherbet this week and Im dying to post about it. Such a winning recipe.
I love love love the Mona Lisa stickers on these!! Just had to say! I have never tried a kumquat before, definitely going to look for one on my next trip to the market!
I made a few batches of marmalade from my neighbor's kumquats and my calamondins. For the calamondin batch I added some frozen passion fruit puree. The kumquats got a vanilla bean. I highly recommend each of those variations.
Hi, kumquats make a beautiful marmalade and they give a lot of flavour even in small amounts. Last summer I found a nice recipe where there's 4 parts peeled and deseeded zucchini, 2 parts apricots and only 1 part kumquats and even then the kumquat taste was extremely strong. Lovely marmalade!
@Eileen – the higher the altitude, the lower the boil temperature. I make jams at 9000ft and they boil at 202F. Some take ages to set up and so we have 'sauce'. Just keep stirring and testing until they finally start to get very thick on a chilled spoon or plate.
I'd not eaten marmalade more than a few times and I'd never even touched a kumquat, but my love for all manner of cooked fruit enticed me to try this recipe. I'm so glad I did!! Aside from the slicing (I'm much slower than you), it was quite easy and so delicious!! I'm a new reader of your blog- so glad I stumbled across it. Thanks!
As I sit inside on a snow day (school cancelled thanks to a Nor'Easter), your marmalade looks like a tantalizing bit of sunshine! I hope I can find kumquats in our local store. Thanks for sharing this!
Hey david.am jealous.you have too much of a good thing standing on shelves.
David, could you kindly explain the benefit for having the fruit, seeds, and water stand for 24 hours? Merci!
To extract the pectin from the seeds, which will help thicken the marmalade.
My monster of a kumquat tree here in So. Cal is just ripening. Last year I made dozens of jars of kumquat marmalade – the process is about to start again. Managed to give away and eat every one. My favorite iteration was the batch with fresh vanilla beans – just split them and simmered then in with the marmalade, then included a chunk of bean in each jar before I sealed it. Heavenly!
This is very timely coming two weeks after Chinese New Year – the usual decoration in Hong Kong is kumquat trees, hence we have four massive ones in my office and I have been given all the fruit! Everyone who asks me to dinner for the next year will get a jar!
I usually adapt Delia Smith's Seville orange marmalade recipe (using a lot less sugar), but it's great to see an actual kumquat marmalade recipe. Thank you very much, David.
My first time making marmalade and I'm excited.. Just wondering, when you said to let it sit for 24 hours, is that at room temperature or in the fridge? Thanks!
You can leave it out at room temperature ~ happy jam-making!
Here's the odd question for you. I'm finishing up a poem that includes a line about marmalade. I googled preferred marmalades, learned about bergamot and Seville, then googled those and came across your excellent Bergamot and Seville marmalade posts (closed for comments, at least on my computer).
The question is, if a well-educated man with a sophisticated palate in the UK or Europe were to be spreading his favorite marmalade on toast, would he more likely be using bergamot or Seville? I live in the U.S. and haven't tried, nor searched for, either.
I was scared it would grow mold in a matter of 24 hours (i don't know why) so I kept it in the fridge, with no problem. Of course naturally, I ended up overcooking the jam so I have more of a jelly-like kumquat gummy rather than jam. And I'm trying to be optimistic about this…..trying to.
I never had Kumquat marmalade in spite of having two small trees in our garden in Argentina. In Canada, kumquats are not easy to find and are expensive but worthwhile getting them for this recipe, which is fantastic. The taste is so much nicer than if using Seville oranges. Thanks for sharing, I love your blog!
I have made 4 batches of this marmalade since seeing it on your website David and it is fantastic! Thanks so much!


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The existing man-made pool be repaired and three additional pools be added. The four pools will be filled by the spring water and flow naturally down the valley as it has for centuries.
Humans be allowed to "soak" in the man-made pools only.
Occupancy restrictions be placed in the man-made pools to minimize any impact being made on native species at the spring.
Raised boardwalks and bridges with railings will be constructed that will allow visitors to walk through this natural area without disturbing plants, animals and water banks.
A new road be created that goes through public land and connects further north on Highway 93.
An entry gate and toll booth be constructed south of the parking area and serve as the only point of entry/exit at the site.
A new parking area will be designated on public land directly north of the Little Ash parcel.
Three pavilions be constructed that can accommodate approximately 20 people each.
A jungle gym, volleyball pit and basketball court be constructed at the northwest portion of the property.
Existing pit toilet restrooms remain and be expanded to better meet the needs of the area.
A changing area be constructed on the south end of the property near the soaking pools.
Fencing be placed around the Little Ash property with the only point of entry/exit at the entry gate/pay area. Fencing will also be placed around the soaking pools with a gate in order to manage the number of people in the pools.
Signs be placed throughout the area indicating site rules and use instructions.
One to two employees as well as volunteers manage the site and be on the premises during regular operating hours.
Little Ash Springs maintains specific hours of operation.
A variety of rules will be enforced to keep the site well-managed and allow all to enjoy the site.
Friends of Pahranagat Valley handle the management of Little Ash Spring as it remains under public ownership.
Initial capital improvements be funded through federal grants administered by the BLM as well as fundraising efforts by Friends of Pahranagat Valley.
Once Little Ash has shown that it is financially sustainable, the Little Ash Springs site as well as about 30 additional public acres north of the site be transferred to Lincoln County through existing legal mechanisms.
A fee structure be implemented to pay for employees and maintenance costs.
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I love this idea . I do have a question though would the pool be open to locals at night ? A lot of people like to go at night when most people aren't there. And my other question would be do we have to pay to get in??
Very good question from Merrina. Locals used to go to the pools after the day cause the pools were at capacity. Locals also tried to keep areas clean . Can there be a seasonal or yearly for local people?
Yes, we would have the area open at night. We propose that we would have the area open until 11pm during the spring and summer months. I know night time swimming is part of the fun.
Yes, we propose that there would be a fee to get in. We want the area to be managed by a local employee under the direction of our group, so to pay for this and other maintenance costs, we propose that Monday-Thursday it would be $6 for a swimmer and $3 for a non swimmer (like someone who just wanted to walk around the natural area and not swim.) On the weekends and holidays we propose $8 for a swimmer and $4 for a non swimmer. We would also offer a season pass for $100/year for a family. We want the area to pay for itself so it isn't a burden on our county.
As always, we are open for constructive suggestions. We want this to be a clean, well managed facility that we can use and enjoy. Feel free to let me know if you have any further questions.
I think this is a wonderful idea. I know how difficult it is to fight the powers that be, but would love to see this happen. I was born in Alamo and live in Las Vegas.
The Little Ash Springs is such a beautiful and somewhat unique site that has always had tremendous possibilities for such a small area. And the limited size of the area, as it is now, was always a problem. The site went from a local secret to a very popular and well known recreation spot in just a few years in the early 1990s. The place was loved to death by visitors from all over the world and the BLM did not have the people or the funds to keep up with the increasing useage. A local elderly couple, Norman and Dottie Runyan, and some of their family members, volunteered for years to maintain the site but it got to be an impossible task. I personally counted 312 visitors there one 4th of July. This brings me to one of my questions/concerns. How are you going to restrict the numbers of visitors at one time when folks from Las Vegas, Ely, California, New Hampshire, and Germany all show up at the same time ready to jump in the pools. Turning away a very disappointed family that left home early that morning is going to be a handful for one person in the fee booth. Allowing 80 visitors on summer weekdays is reasonable but watch out for the weekends and holidays. You better have a very indestructible "No Vacancy" sign and some courageous volunteers. The designs are very well done, but the construction and maintenance costs will be high. Any cost estimates yet? I hope the incoming fees are enough to pay the staff and perform the maintenance and repairs. If you haven't, you might want to consider a shower and more toilets in the "changing rooms". The 2 toilets were never enough. Great proposal!! I hope it works out. I'll be there, and I will leave home real early to get there before number 79 and 80.
Thank you for sharing your fond memories of Little Ash and also sharing your questions and concerns.
We agree and acknowledge that enforcing the occupancy rules will be an adjustment. However, we feel that it is necessary to make the site manageable and enjoyable. Like you pointed out, the area is quite small and with any public place, there has to be a limit on how many people you can pack in there. We plan on publicizing the reopening and the new changes, especially the occupancy and fee structure so we can reach as many folks as we can to minimize surprises and disappointments. Because the area has been closed for almost two years, we hope that just having it open and available again will be better then the alternative.
We will have 1-2 employees there during all business hours and if there are major issues, we have the support of our local law enforcement to manage unruly visitors.
We have created a financial outlook for the area including paying employees and maintenance costs. Of course adjustments will have to be made, but we feel like the site will actually pay for itself.
Please keep in mind that the video rendering done is only a concept we have of the area. We are proud to show the well-done rendering we envision of the area, but realistically the site will not look exactly like what you see on the video and images. We imagine that the same dirt and native plants will cover the area instead of paved parking lots and pathways. We are "keeping it simple" so we are not drowning in maintenance costs.
We anticipate the capital improvements will be funded through private donations and possibly by money set aside in the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act or SNPLMA. Once these improvements are made, we propose that Friends of Pahranagat Valley will take over all the management responsibilities. Once it is certain the site will pay for itself, then we would like to have the site and about 30 more acres of land to the north transferred to Lincoln County.
For now, we plan on just expanding and properly maintaining the pit toilets because we can not use any of the water. We can soak in it, but the water rights belong to shareholders in the Pahranagat Valley. This is also why we can not put in showers at this time. Also, the site's water table is very high, so we have to take that into consideration when installing new toilets.
I hope I've addressed all your questions and concerns.
Again, thank your for your feedback.
Yes and thank you Robin. I look forward to hearing more about the project.
Being from there ,I am glad that it is limited to only 2 bathrooms and no showers. It will keep it simple. And discourage those who think that they want to "live there". Alamo is a simple place and we need to keep it that way. The more you ADD then the more people from out of town will EXPECT MORE. .. please keep it simple. So that the TRUE Ash still shows.
It's a nice idea, and I don't mind the idea of paying the fees, but I wish you would be able to keep it more natural-looking than this proposal's pictures. Even so, you have our family's support of your proposal.
I was there, my x-in-laws, Joe and Virginia Little owned the store an gas station back in the late 70's early 80's on into the late 80's or so. I miss the old days of natural habitat and going to soak at the end of the day in the hot spring. Just loved the privacy of it all. Sad to see it all being commercialized just to make a buck. Loved the PRIVATE TIMES!