As I'm eating less meat these days, I'm always on the look-out for recipes that use beans and legumes. They're healthy, filling, and full of protein and fiber. But when I think falafel, I think fried and weekend project, too.
But Tasty Kitchen member janecooks offers a baked version of the fried favorite that's weeknight-easy. And with two cans of chickpeas as the bulk of the meal, it's easy on the wallet, too. These Baked Falafel Pitas are colorful, flavorful, and oh-so delicious. They received rave reviews in my house and I'm sure they will in yours.
Bright, colorful, flavorful ingredients. That's always a good start.
Drain the chickpeas and pour them into your food processor.
Add the flour, parsley, garlic, cumin, coriander, chili powder, salt and pepper.
Blitz the ingredients until it looks like this. If you don't have a food processor, you can use a fork or a potato masher instead.
Form chickpea patties about 1 ½ inches wide by 2 inches thick. Place formed patties on a lightly greased baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes.
While the chickpea patties are baking, make this tahini-lemon sauce. We added a little water to make it more … saucy.
Assemble by spreading a portion of the tahini-lemon sauce inside of each pita. Then add a couple of chickpea patties and a generous amount of lettuce, tomato, and crumbled feta. Enjoy!
Thanks to Jane for sharing these Baked Falafel Pitas, I'm definitely adding these to my weeknight repertoire!
The recipe is awesome. I made it and it tasted amazing. Can you provide the recipe for the Hummus with this article to make it a complete falafel sandwich experience.
please check out my page and see how my falafels have turned out. thanks!
I never had Tahimi and since im currently living in Japan i do not have the slightest idea where to get it. Is there aything that is similar in taste that i can substitue the Tahimi with?
Well I'm sorry to say that I actually made them last weekend and was definitely NOT thrilled with the result. I ended up baking them like 3 times longer than the recipe stated but still they didn't really form that great, they sort of fell apart when you picked them up. They looked like cookies on the outside, but were still too mushy inside. I didn't make them too large or anything, in fact I made them pretty flat so that they would for sure cook through easily.
Bottom line…sometimes there's a reason we fry stuff instead of baking it.
They look great and the recipe seems straight forward. I will definitely try! Thanks!
Looks great! I don't have a food processor though, can this mixed in the blender???
I want these in my belly. Just bought some Tahini so I'm thinking I need to whip this up!
These look fantastic! Trying them out this week!
Made these last night and everyone loved them….even my 14 year old carniverous son! My hubby thought the tahini sauce was a bit overpowering compared to the rest of the flavors, but otherwise enjoyed them. I also made a tzatziki sauce which added another layer of yumminess.
I served this with a couscous salad and for dessert made Ree's apple tart from her "10 favorite summer desserts" post. Thank you for a wonderful recipe!
Made these lastnight and it was fantastic! Even my fiance, who previously hated falafels thought they were amazing.
I love falafel – I am going to give this version a try. Looks really yummy.
I have never had a falafel before and it's funny because all I hear about is people loving falafels. This looks really good, and it doesn't look too difficult to make.
My recipe is very similar to this but I fry mine. And add some diced onion. I just don't find frying that messy and intimidating for just a weekend project and in my opinion they need that little bit of oil to get the proper flavor. My husband, who was a very picky eater, can't get enough falafel. We add some ranch dressing to them because I NEVER think to have things on hand for tzatziki and he isn't crazy about too much tahini. I do think they are better with home cooked beans. Hummus is definitely better using home cooked and slightly warm beans.
I have to try those! The look and sound delicious! AND easy- what a great combo!
These sound great! Do they keep well? Wondering if I can make them ahead of time and reheat at meal time?
I LOVE the pictures – and I love falafel – so thank you!!
If only I had bought pitas yesterday I could make this for dinner tonight. I will be picking some up next week so I can make these. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this! I've been making falafel for years, and I don't know why my little brain has never thought to put it in the oven. I will definitely try this next time!
My husband is from Iraq and it always cracks him up at how crazy Americans are over falafel and are willing to pay so much for them. In the Middle East falafel is consider "poor people's food" because it is very very inexpensive because of it's ingredients….funny….here we have 99 cent cheeseburgers and there they eat falafel….cheeseburgers there are too expensive and falafel here is too expensive!
I need to add more Mediterranean dishes to my repertoire and this looks like a good one.
i absolutely love falafel – and i love that these are baked!
Wow. That looks AWESOME. I've never tried my hand at falafel, but this looks incredibly easy!
Wow what great timing. I just had falafel for the first time yesterday at work and was looking for a recipe. I can't wait to try this.
They'd be even better with home cooked chickpeas I bet. Might have to bust out the crock pot this weekend and make a batch.


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How to Collaboratively Manage Michigan's Federal Lands
Study shows the benefits for public and private land owners
Holly Wetzel
wetzel@mackinac.org
MIDLAND — Collaboration between public land managers, private property owners, businesses and residents can help reduce conflicts and improve environmental outcomes, according to a study released today by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
Ten percent of Michigan land is owned and managed by the federal government, far more than any other state in the Midwest. This creates some unique issues for many Michigan landowners, but also hunters, fishermen, hikers and more.
Largely due to complex federal regulations and law, private landowners often find themselves at odds with federal land managers. The complexities arise when the competing demands of private property rights, historical land use and environmental concerns square off. Federal land managers are often unwilling or unable to find compromise solutions and instead impose their decrees. This study argues that many of these problems are best addressed when land managers work closely with private land owners and communities before they make final decisions about land use.
Jason Hayes, director of environmental policy at the Mackinac Center and author of the study, observed the importance of collaboration.
"I've had federal land managers tell me they work to manage public lands in a fair and impartial manner, but are often constrained by immovable requirements of legislation," said Hayes. "Yet we have still found examples of managers imposing their views of land management on citizens and communities. Citizens have a right to use both their private property and the adjoining public lands. But for them to exercise those rights, we're finding that collaboration between private individuals and public land managers is increasingly important."
Often it's possible to strike a compromise of all the varied interests that surface during a dispute over proper land use. The study describes poorly managed conflicts, in both Michigan and across the nation, and compares them with examples of successful collaborative approaches from others states. Examples include:
Good Neighbor Authority: This federal program lets the U.S. Forest Service work with state foresters, giving them the ability to perform essential management activities on National Forest System lands.
Land swaps: To handle boundary disputes, private land owners swap a parcel of their land for a piece of federal land.
Public-private alliances: Private interest groups — such as sportsmen clubs, businesses, and environmental groups — can work together with land managers to determine the best management techniques for their areas.
"Using these collaborative management techniques gives residents a say in how their land and the areas in which they live are managed," said Hayes. "That will lead to increased support for — and reduced conflict over — land management decisions."
You can view the complete study here.

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Harlem Week's NYC Economic Development Day at Columbia University-2019
By: Gloria Smith, Associate Editor for World Liberty TV
The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce leads or partners with major local, citywide, regional and national entities to host a series of business breakfasts, seminars, forums and conferences focused on key topics impacting Economic Development including traditional and non‐traditional lending, health services for employers and employees, e‐marketing, professional services and many other needs of a thriving business sector.
Lloyd Williams Congressman Charles Rangel & Hazel Dukes NY NAACP President Honoring David Dinkins
Exemplifying our year round activities is the annual Economic Development Day (EDD) conference hosted in partnership with Chamber member, Columbia University. EDD features topical conferences on the business and economic impacts on the Harlem community.
Dr Abbey with Legendary Congress member Charles Rangel
Each EDD Conference has its own theme a sampling of which includes presentations by developers of new projects in Upper Manhattan and New York as well as providing and promoting regional and international business opportunities for women, local and minority owned businesses, job fairs, business expos, loan pavilions and more.
Dias Guests
Four key features are part of each EDD Conference: the Business Conference; the Health Conference; the Business Expo; and the Basil A. Paterson Business Awards Luncheon which is attended by city, state and regional business leaders.
Dr Abbey with Andy Byford President MTA NYC Transit Guest Speaker
Additionally, as part of GHCC's educational endeavors, scholarships and grants are awarded that day to approximately twenty deserving college students pursuing degrees in various disciplines of higher education.
Dr Bob Lee from WBLS.FM Emcee of Event
The Program started of with Program Emcee Dr.Bob Lee of WBLS.FM welcoming guests and introduction of the Dias guests, National Anthems were done by Joey Morant ,renowned trumpeter, Lloyd Williams President of Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce , organizers of Harlem Week's NYC Economic Development Day at Columbia University, welcoming remarks.
David Patterson former Gov NYS Making remarks
Guest speaker was Andy Byford, president of MTA New York City Transit, who spoke about the 2nd ave, subway project becoming a reality very soon, and a good amount of funding was in place for that, he also went on to mention that he will squeeze and keep the pressure on the politicians as much as he can.
He also went onto say, he worked as a railway man, in London, Canada , Australia and was the best man suited to take on the challenges of the MTA NYC Transit.
Corey Johnson , the speaker of the New York City Council , Corey Johnson embodies the values of community service and political engagement .Johnson is known as a tenacious advocate for all New Yorkers .He advocates for National LGBTQ+ causes and tenant rights.
Mr Johnson was honored with the Harlem Week Pride 50 Award, he started of thanking the committee for bestowing this great honor on him,he also mentioned he was an open gay man with HIV, in politics and he was a very big fan of 1st Black Mayor of New York City, David N.Dinkins, who fought in having the LGBTQ members march in the St Patrick's day parade here in NYC,and helped in establishing many programs throughout the city when the HIV crisis was going through the roof.
Hon.H.Carl McCall ,in an distinguished career as a government official and civic leader .H.Carl McCall ,over the years ,has served as NY State Senator : Ambassador to the United Nations and vice president of Citicorp .
He was a member of the board of NY Stock Exchange ,and was the first African-American elected as New York State Comptroller,and as Chairman of the State University of New York Board of Trustees.
R-L Dr Abbey with Rev. Dennis Dillon & Clayton Banks co-Founder Silicon Harlem
Carl McCall was honored with the Citi Founders Award, he was not able to attend due to an medical issue, he had representatives who was there to get his well-deserved award.
Hon.David N. Dinkins, and internationally renowned politician ,lawyer, and author who served as the 106th Mayor of New York City. He was the first and, to date, the only African-American to hold that office.
Dinkin's served in the NY State Assembly and also as President of the Borough of Manhattan before coming Mayor. After leaving office ,Dinkin's joined the faculty of Columbia University .
Hon.H Carl McCall honored with Citi Founders Award
He serves on the boards of the New York City Global Partners, and the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. Mayor Dinkin's was honored with the 2019 Basil Patterson Award. Congress member Charles Rangel picked up his award for him as Mayor Dinkin's had a cold and could not attend.
Gale Brewer Manhattan BP opening remarks at Cybersecurity Summit
Remarks were made by guests from The City of Memphis, Presentations of Harlem Week 2019, Scholarships , Grants and Internships were presented .Closing remarks were by Lloyd Williams President of Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce , organizers of Harlem Week's NYC Economic Development Day at Columbia University.
Clayton banks with The Urban Tech & Cybersecurity Summit Speakers & Panelists
After the Economic Development Day , we attended The Urban Technology and Cybersecurity Summit which was organized by Silicon Harlem ,headed by Clayton banks.
2019 Harlem week 2019 Scholarship winners
See More about Harlem Week 2019, in our World Liberty TV African-American Channels and Blogs by Clicking here.
Former Mayor of New York City Mayor David Dinkins -2016
Harlem Month Celebration at Gracie Mansion NYC-2019
44th Annual HARLEM WEEK, at Gracie Mansion -2018
Humanitarians of The World Inc Street Homeless Presentation NYC-2019


born in1966 in Mumbai. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Sir J. J School of Applied Arts, Mumbai in 1991.
Antao has had eight solo exhibitions, 2010- 'Couple of Differences', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai; Gallery Espace, New Delhi. 2007- 'Unseen Truth', Gallery Sumukha, Chennai and Bangalore. 2004- India Habitat Centre, New Delhi presented by Gallery Espace, New Delhi. 2003- Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai. 1999- Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai. 1993- Hutcheesing Visual Art Centre, Ahmedabad. Sophie Duschene Art Gallery, Mumbai. 1989- Lalit Kala Art Gallery, Ahmedabad.
Amongst the many awards he received the Indian Habitat Centre Award for Best Solo Show in 2005, Bendre- Husain Award, India in 1995, Bombay Art Society Award in 1993 and the Best Sculpture Award, All India Arts Society, Mumbai in 1992.
Antao has participated in numerous art exhibitions from 1987 till date on invitation, in India and abroad. He has conducted numerous workshops in paper pulp, terracotta and metal casting.
Karl has been the examiner at various art schools and in the juries of numerous art exhibitions.
Some of Antao's pieces hint at an invisible presence even though only a single being can be viewed. And bits and pieces at that, just the hands or the feet or some other part of the torso. Rarely the entire figure. Yet, the alter ego hovers in the air for those with vision and imagination to see it. Never loud and obtrusive Karl, Antao's sculptures convey myriad human emotions with ease and a visual impact.
He lives and works in Ahemadabad.
born in Goa. He graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Mumbai, in 1988, and post graduated in Painting from M. S. University of Baroda in 1990. He has lectured in history of art, drawing and painting for advanced classes at the Goa College of Art.
Mesquita is the recipient of awards and honors in the form of scholarships, fellowships, artist in residencies, and invitational participation in national and international shows. He has represented India in many international art exhibitions in Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Egypt, Finland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, China and the USA.
His works are in the various public and private collections the world over.
Mesquita lives and works in Goa, India. He heads the Vice~Versa Foundation.


The activity of the Third Sector of Social Action, its organizations and the people that comprise it, is born of the commitment in the defense of human rights and the provision of social services and rests on the values of participatory democracy, solidarity, equal opportunities , inclusion, and transparency.
The exercise of these values leads to a balanced social development, social cohesion and a model of organization in which economic activity is at the service of citizens.
In Spain, the Third Social Sector is defined in art. 2 of Law 43/2015 as those organizations of a private nature, arising from the citizen or social initiative, for purposes of general interest and non-profit motive, which promote the recognition and exercise of civil rights, as well as rights economic, social or cultural rights of people and groups that suffer from conditions of vulnerability or that are at risk of social exclusion.
29,000 entities work in Spain, with a seniority average of over 20 years, assuming a weight in the economy of 1.5 of P.I.B.
• The human team is made up of hired personnel representing 4.6% of the EPA and most of them have a university education (more than 70%) and volunteer staff that is counted in almost 1.5 million people. The number of direct attentions carried out annually exceeds 53 million.
Study "The Third Sector of Social Action in 2015. The impact of the crisis"


An ankle injury has ruled Springbok lock Andries Bekker out of the Rugby World Cup (RWC) in New Zealand in September.
The South African Rugby Union (Saru) said on Friday that Bekker would undergo ankle surgery in Cape Town on Tuesday and would not be available for the tournament.
The 27-year-old was not selected among a host of other injured players for the Springboks' away leg of the Tri-Nations which was set to kick-off on Saturday.
"We have sought a number of expert opinions over the past two weeks and the decision was taken that Andries [Bekker] required surgery now to safeguard his long-term rugby career," said Springbok team doctor Craig Roberts.
Meanwhile, Saru said fellow lock Johann Muller would return to South Africa on Sunday after being ruled out of the Australasian tour because of a hamstring strain.
Muller was named in the Bok team to face Australia in Sydney on Saturday but after further evaluation on Thursday it was decided the injury had not healed enough.


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Learning to Breathe
an excerpt
"Remy! I'm going to AJ's for dinner. Want to come?"
Fresh out of the shower, Remy wiggled into shorts and called over his shoulder. "No, go ahead."
Avery poked his head into the bedroom. "Really, he would love to have you over."
"I know." Remy walked up to his closest friend in the whole world and gave him a kind kiss on the cheek. "But you two haven't seen each other all week with him on call. Go have some you time with your man."
Avery looked as though he was going to insist, but Remy flattened a hand to his chest and cut him off. "Go. I'll be fine. I know how to burn my own dinner."
Avery shook his head but relented. "Won't be late. Leave on the outside light."
"I will. Now, shoo."
Avery hesitated then finally vanished. Remy sighed and dug through his shirts, tugging on something thin. He didn't fully understand the relationship Avery and AJ were in, but if they were happy and knew what they were doing, who was he to judge?
Funny how things happened, for the both of them this year.
First Avery bought this house. Remy had to admit it was gorgeous, and he loved the fireplace. Then, when Avery had pipe failures literally days before he was due to move in, luck was on his side to have a neighbor, AJ, who not only knew how to fix those pipes, but also knew how to make Avery happy. Of course, AJ had to screw it up, on Avery's birthday of all days. Then there was the wannabe bank robber. Remy was sure he'd aged a few years himself that day.
AJ had come to the rescue after the police had done their thing and had stolen Avery away for a few days to get over it. Oh, and to kiss ass and apologize for breaking Avery's heart. Remy was glad for that. He'd hated seeing Avery hurting over the way AJ had treated him.
Remy closed his bedroom door and sauntered to the kitchen.
That day at the bank hadn't been crazy just for Avery. Ben, AJ's asshole of an ex had also shown up. Remy was pretty sure AJ had called him to come to the bank that day.
When Ben had plowed through the police line to check on Remy, he'd nodded dumbly and just asked--shh, begged--to get out of there. Granted, Remy had been in shock, so he hadn't complained too hard. Okay, not at all. He'd just been a victim of an attempted robbery!
Ben hadn't stuck around for long. Made sure he was home. That he wasn't freaking out, then that he ate. Remy had seen Ben a couple of times at AJ's during that whole debacle where AJ thought Avery was too young, or AJ thought he was too old, whichever it was. It was probably the only reason Remy had allowed himself to be coddled like that. He knew who Ben was, at least to some degree.
Oh! And then to just keep slathering on the bullshit, the rental he'd lived in for almost three years had sold and he had a month to find a new home.
And that was how he'd become Avery's roommate. Remy had never had a friend who'd stuck with him through thick and thin the way Avery had.
That had been three weeks ago. He'd settled in with Avery, forming a sort of brotherly bond. Avery and AJ were still dating, happily, that he could tell, which was all Remy cared about. The next time AJ hurt Avery he wasn't going to stop with a hook to the jaw.
It wasn't unusual to spend evenings alone on the nights AJ was home. Remy honestly didn't mind. He knew Avery wasn't there to entertain him and he understood his friend had a better choice in his actual boyfriend.
What he wasn't expecting while being home alone was for someone to knock heavily.
That wasn't Avery. He wouldn't knock at his own door.
He scooted close to peek through the viewer. And gasped. "Ben!" He swung the door wide. "What the hell happened?"
Ben leaned against the doorjamb, holding a towel to his face. "I didn't want to bother AJ. I know Avery is over there. Can I come in?" Dark eyes rose, pain making them glitter. "Please?"
"Try not to bleed all over the place. Go to the kitchen."
Ben didn't make a sound, simply doing as told with stumbling feet. Checking outside, he knew either Avery or AJ would notice Ben's truck if they looked. Shaking his head, he shut the door.
Ben confused Remy. He was this big, brawny guy with dark black hair and piercing eyes, but all Remy had seen was a kitten. He wore a huge silver belt buckle around a tight waist and muscle shirts that exposed tanned arms. But this hulk of a guy had been nothing but tender and gentle with Remy the day of the robbery attempt at the bank.
Shaking his head, he went to see what had happened. "Why didn't you go the emergency room?"
"Because it would have meant I'd have to report one of my own guys, and I couldn't do it." His voice was nasally because of the pressure and obvious swelling from his temple downward.
Remy's reaching hand paused and he pursed his lips. "A guy on your construction crew belted the shit out of your face and you didn't want to report him." See? Shit like that confused the fuck out of Remy.
He carefully removed the towel Ben had been using. Thankfully most of the blood was coming from Ben's nose. "Tip back. I think you're going to live. We won't have to amputate."
"Ha ha." Then Ben groaned.
"So what happened?" Remy quickly balled up ice in a fresh cloth and settled it to the side of his face. There were scratches but nothing needing stitches. His face was just a collection of blues that most didn't wear without a mask or stage makeup.
"It was Ignacio. The kid has a mouth on him." Ben took a breath and spoke slower. Pain was causing twitches around his jaw. "He's only saying what he's been hearing for the last nineteen years. Well, a couple of guys had finally had enough and jumped him. I had to pull them apart. I just wasn't fast enough. Someone swung a broken board and I caught it. That person will be fired in the morning."
"You should go to the ER anyway. Something might be fractured." He threaded fingers through the hair at Ben's temple but luckily didn't run across any breaks in the skin. "You've got busted vessels in your eye already."
Ben closed them.
"He clocked you hard, whoever it was, didn't he?"
"Home run caliber."
Remy caressed Ben's shoulder. "I'm sorry."
"Thanks for doing this. I've been seeing double since I left the job site. I didn't want to risk going far."
"Okay. That's it. I'm going to change clothes and we're going to get your head and maybe your brain looked at. Seriously? You were driving with double vision?"
"Not seeing double now," Ben pointed out a bit forcefully. He then grimaced.
"Yeah, and I'm totally going to believe that. Stay put." Remy would have whapped him upside the head, but figured he was in enough pain that it would probably make him fall unconscious.
Ben grumbled but rested with an arm against the table.
Remy debated calling Avery across the street, but nixed it. He didn't want to bother them either. A quick change and he helped a shaking Ben back outside.
"Please don't make me ride in your imitation car."
"It's a hybrid. Hater."
Ben huffed but didn't put up a larger fight as Remy lowered him into it. "Put the seat back if it's too close." He wanted to smack the door shut, but being a forgiving soul, didn't. This time.
He pulled away and aimed for the hospital. "You know they're going to give you pain pills for an elephant and keep you home for at least a few days. Especially with the goofy eyesight thing going on."
Ben lolled on the head rest. At least he was managing to keep the ice in place. "We'll see," was all Ben offered in reply.
Remy pulled to a stop in front of the ER doors and again swung an arm around the other man to help him stay upright. "Can I get someone to look at my friend?" he called. "He tried to stop a fight with his face."
The approaching nurse snickered. After slipping on gloves, he quickly took Ben out of Remy's hands. "Sure."
"I succeeded," Ben muttered.
"I can see that," the nurse said. He sat Ben down on a bed. "Let me call the duty doc. You're going to need X-rays."
"He's been seeing double," Remy was quick to offer.
A dark eyebrow flew up. "Okay. And an MRI." He did a scalp check with deft fingers. "Do you think you're able to lie down?"
"I think so."
Ben managed it, just slowly.
"I need to go move the car. Don't argue with the staff," Remy cautioned.
Ben waved a hand. "Yes, dear," came the mocking reply.
Remy rolled his eyes. "Drug his ass for that."
The nurse bit his lip to not laugh. "We'll be a few minutes. Go ahead."
Remy dashed out of the ER and parked his car before the hospital Gestapo tagged it for loitering.
His phone rang as he was walking into the ER, and with a quick glance to see if anyone was going to tackle him for using it, he moved over to a corner. "Hello?"
"Where are you?" Avery was freaked.
"I'm fine. Ben showed up, and he's going to be okay." Remy gave a quick rundown of the details. He could hear Avery's gears turning so fast, they whirred. "I'm going to hang out until we find out what he needs to do then I'm going to take him home."
"Are you sure you're both okay? AJ spotted the truck and no car, and when no one answered the house phone, I went home."
"And you found the bloody towel." That didn't even require detective work. "Stay with AJ. I'll be home soon."
"You're sure?"
"Yes." Remy gazed heavenward. One at a time, okay? "Enjoy your night with AJ."
"Okay. If I beat you home, I'll leave the light on."
"Thanks. Oh, the doc just walked in. Talk in a bit."
He hung up and half-jogged to the partition where they were taking care of Ben.
"I'm Doctor Teller. Isaac here says you tried to stop a fight with your face," he said, addressing Ben.
This time Ben merely nodded, and even that made him wince.
"Okay. Time for tests." Side rails were raised into place. "Start with the MRI and then do the X-rays. If he's having vision problems, we don't want to miss any swelling."
Isaac entered information on an electronic tablet and set it at Ben's feet. "This will take a while, if you want to wait in the outer area." Locks snapped and the bed lurched.
For no other reason than he knew Ben would appreciate knowing he wasn't being dumped, he reached for a hand and squeezed. "I'll be here until they send you home."
"Thanks, Remy," he managed haltingly, voice thready with pain.
Remy blinked as they wheeled him away from the ER.
That was the first time Ben had ever called him by name.


PicPlayPost combines video & photo together. This app provides a very powerful feature set wherein you can create moving collages that merge together photos and videos in one.
PicPlayPost includes 36 different frame layouts to pick from, and you can add up to four 30 second video clips into one collage. The app also features a wide load of adjustments with photo & video resolution options, ratio choices, and even access to your music library to add songs to your collages. There are also eight filter effects for photos, and seven for videos, and you can completely customize the look of the borders of the frames. The videos also offer the ability to customize the start and stop times as well as choosing if all videos play at once, or sequentially.


Just as we thought Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 couldn't get any worse on last-gen consoles, beleaguered developer Beenox has revealed that it's now targeting 30FPS on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 ports of the game.
When Activision announced that Black Ops 3's campaign would be totally cut out on last-gen flavors of the game, we know there was something seriously wrong. What happened? Isn't Treyarch one of the best developers, didn't they make a number of Call of Duty games on last-gen consoles, thus unlocking the potential of PS3 and Xbox 360? The problem was handing the game off to the inexperienced devs at Beenox--a move that is further impacting the game's release.
"I'd say that we tried to hit the 60 frames-per-second target, but it becomes harder when you're working on current gen platforms," Thomas Wilson, creative director at Beenox, told Develop Online in a recent interview. "We're basically looking more at something like 30fps. But still, the experience is very enjoyable, otherwise it's not Call of Duty."
Ultimately the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Black Ops 3 are completely tacked on, whereas Treyarch is dedicating its entire studio to manifesting the real game on PS4, Xbox One and PC. What last-gen gamers get is a hand-me-down port that's being condensed and reduced not just to fit the abilities of the consoles themselves, but to fit Beenox's skillset.
"What we do is we reduce the polycounts on each asset in a step-by-step process, and reduce the amount of memory that each effects will take. Eventually we make sure that we maintain that core experience intact," Wilson affirmed.
When we take a look at the games that Beenox is responsible for--games like bad Spider-Man ports like Shattered Dimensions and the Amazing Spider-Man 2--we don't exactly see a developer that's anywhere close to Treyarch's prowess. Beenox had a marginal hit with Skylanders: Trap Team, but ultimately the devs weren't prepared for the huge task of porting a major Call of Duty game, and it feels like Activision just conscripted Beenox in an effort to simply churn out a product.
That being said, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 on PS3 and Xbox 360 is a warning that last-gen consoles might bite the dust soon, but it's also a clear indication of what happens when you bestow a huge responsibility onto a dev team that simply isn't cut out for the task at hand. And for that, Activision is to blame.


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Lions' Poster Contest Seeks 'We're All Connected' Entries
2021 Cooperstown Winter Carnival
Lions' Poster Contest Seeks
'We're All Connected' Entries
COOPERTOWN – The Cooperstown Lions Club is sponsoring a youth Peace Poster Contest on the theme, "We're All Connected," in conjunction with the 2021 Cooperstown Winter Carnival.
The local winner will receive $250. Participants must be 11, 12 or 13 years old on Nov. 15, 2021. The winning poster will also be submitted to the Lions district for further judging and possible higher state and international level consideration and awards.
Expression of the theme, artistic merit and originality are the three criteria used to evaluate the posters at all judging levels.
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From Esolang
Paradigm(s)
User:Hakerh400
Computational class
Major implementations
Unimplemented
File extension(s)
.txt
SUB is an esolang invented by User:Hakerh400 in 2021.
2 Directives
2.1 VAR
2.2 CMP
2.3 NIL
2.4 PAR
4 I/O format
5.1 Example 1
6 Computational class
7 Interpreters
Each line in the source code consists of a directive. Each directive consists of the name and arguments. There are 5 directives:
Takes one argument. For example VAR myVariable. The argument represents the variable name. This example declares a variable named myVariable. We can declare the same variable multiple times. Each variable has a value, which we do not define explicitly, but the interpreter figures out what the value can be. A value is either NIL, or an ordered pair of two values. Each value has finite depth.
Takes two arguments. For example CMP x y. The x and y represent line numbers in the source code (1-indexed). They must be strictly smaller than the current line index. It is an error if either x or y contain a CMP directive.
This directive asserts that the values defined at lines x and y are equal. Each value is equal to itself. Each two NILs are equal. Two pairs are equal iff their corresponding elements are equal. No pair is equal to NIL. If two variables have the same name, they are equal.
Takes no arguments. Defines NIL. There can be multiple NIL directives in a program, but there is no point of doing so. If you need NIL, just define it once and reference the line afterwards.
Takes two arguments. For example PAR x y. The x and y represent line numbers in the source code (1-indexed). They must be strictly smaller than the current line index. It is an error if either x or y contain a CMP directive.
This directive creates a pair of values from lines x and y.
Takes three arguments. For example SUB x y z. The x and y and z represent line numbers in the source code (1-indexed). They must be strictly smaller than the current line index. It is an error if either x or y or z contain a CMP directive.
This directive defines a value that is obtained by replacing each occurrence of the value from y with the value from z inside the value from x.
More formally, if a, b and c are values, to replace b with c inside a apply the first of these three cases that can be applied:
If a is equal to b, the result is c
If a is NIL, the result is NIL
If a is a pair of d and e, the result is a pair of replacing b with c inside d and replacing b with c inside e
Here are some corollaries that can be derived from the definition above:
SUB a a b is equal to b for any a and b
SUB a b b is equal to a for any a and b
If c is a pair of b and NIL, and if SUB a b c is not equal to a, then a not being equal to b implies that SUB b a x is equal to b for any x
The result of executing a program is any assignment of variables that satisfy all the CMP directives. If there is no such assignment, the program does not halt.
I/O format
Implementation dependent. There can be one specific variable that represents the input (implicitly asserted to be equal to the input value) and also one variable for output.
Warning: the examples are written by hand and not tested on a real interpreter. There may be mistakes.
VAR A
CMP 2 1
The value of A is NIL.
The value of A can be anything.
VAR B
PAR 2 2
The value of A is a pair of two NILs, and the value of B is NIL.
Empty program. It halts, but the output is an empty set of assignments, since there are no variables.
Does not halt, because NIL cannot be equal to a pair.
Does not halt, because A cannot be NIL and a pair at the same time.
Does not halt, because A cannot be a finite value.
SUB 3 1 3
A is a pair of two NILs, and B is a pair of a pair of two NILs and a pair of two NILs.
Unimplemented.
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The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. Its roots go back to the early medieval period. It took over more and more from the power of the monarch, and after the Act of Union 1707 became the main part of the Parliament of Great Britain, and later the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Today there have been increasing calls for England to receive its own, independent Parliament, as is the case with the other nations of the United Kingdom, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. This is called devolution.
The origin of Parliament can be found in the times of the Anglo-Saxons. Anglo-Saxon kings were advised by a council known as the Witenagemot, to which belonged the King's sons and brothers.
The Ealdormen, or executive heads of the shire and the senior clergymen of the state, had seats as well. The King still had the highest authority, but laws were made only after seeking the advice (and, in later times, the consent) of the Witenagemot.
The royal council slowly grew into a Parliament. The first time the word Parliament can be found in official documents was during Henry III's reign. It was still mostly informal, and not an official body. The right to vote in Parliamentary elections for county constituencies was the same everywhere in the country, giving a vote to everyone who owned the freehold of land to a rent of 40 shillings a year (Forty-shilling Freeholders).
The rise of Parliament's power was slowed down by civil war between Stephen and Empress Matilda. By the end of the Wars of the Roses, the king had the strongest authority again. The Crown was at the height of its power during the reign of Henry VIII.
The great struggle between the Crown and Parliament happened under James I's successor, Charles I. The House of Commons sent Charles the Petition of Right, demanding to have their rights again, in 1628. Though he accepted the petition, he later closed Parliament and ruled without them for eleven years. It was only after he had money problems as a result of war, that he was forced to call Parliament so they could authorise new taxes. The new Parliament was quite rebellious, so the king shut them down after only three weeks; this was called the Short Parliament. But this did not help the king with his money problem, so he realized that he would need to call another Parliament. Their struggle for power with the king led to the English Civil War. Those supporting the Parliament were called Parliamentarians or 'Roundheads'. In 1649, Charles was put to death by the Rump Parliament and replaced by the military dictator Oliver Cromwell. After Cromwell's death, however, the monarchy was restored in 1660.
Following the Restoration, monarchs agreed to regularly call Parliament. But there was no clear guarantee of Parliamentary liberties until James II, an unpopular Catholic ruler, was forced to flee the country in 1688. Parliament decided that he had given up his crown, and offered it to his Protestant daughter Mary, instead of his Catholic son. Mary II ruled together with her husband, William III.
Following the Treaty of Union in 1707 twin Acts of Parliament passed in, respectively, the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland created a new Kingdom of Great Britain and dissolved both parliaments, replacing them with a new Parliament of Great Britain based in the former home of the English parliament.
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At a recent banker's conference there was quite a lot of discussion of wine. That made sense since everyone was drinking it and seemed in a jovial mood. When it comes to wine, bankers know it is an important industry and there are many widely regarded growers. The business is expensive, requires art and skill and a lot of equipment. One winery that surfaced in the discussion was Chateau Ste. Michelle and it has some parallels to community banking.
Chateau Ste. Michelle from the beginning of its existence in the 1930s used old world expertise in conjunction with modern techniques. The winery combined all of this to build an efficient business model that produced large quantities of wine at a number of price points. As community bankers know, large is not necessarily associated with quality, but here we have to say the wine seemed to taste just fine. As for the winery itself, Chateau Ste. Michelle wanted to be involved in smaller, elite level projects that could produce wines for collectors and connoisseurs. Rather than develop this area from scratch, they made some targeted acquisitions and took on selective partnerships with existing smaller wine makers. After the acquisitions, the smaller wineries continued to produce wines in the name of the original growers, building on the brand recognition and existing customer base. The economies of scale of the larger organization helped the boutique wineries with marketing and equipment.
The parallels for community banks are many, but the first is that most people associate quality with smaller, focused banks that provide services to meet the requirements of a targeted group of customers. The largest banks on the other hand are not regularly associated with quality or customer service.
If your bank is considering a merger or an acquisition, branding, quality and especially communication with customers are important. A study by Deloitte found 17% of bank customers switched an account to another institution and almost 67% of those made that change in the first month after the announcement of the deal. Another 31% said they were at least somewhat likely to switch their account in the following year. The primary driver of customer departures are multiple negative changes to service experienced as a result of the merger.
Another study by JD Power found fewer than 50% of customers at an acquired bank felt they had received adequate information about the merger. Customers were particularly dissatisfied if they heard about the change from outside sources rather than by communication from the bank. Competitors may lure customers away as well, but most departures were a result of missteps within the newly-merged bank.
If your bank is considering acquiring someone, be sure to have an action plan on communication with customers to reduce defections. Make sure service levels are maintained in the image of the original institution to maximize your customer retention so the event doesn't lead to an exodus. Do these things and your customers will be far more likely to remain satisfied and therefore with your bank before, during and after any M&A event.
Wine fanatics may speak of waiting lists to get the next year's production of select wineries, but bankers can only dream of a world where potential customers wait on lists for bank products. That said, it is certainly within the realm of possibility to take such good care of your customers they will tell friends over a rare glass of fine wine - and even invite their banker to partake.
Yields fell for the 4th consecutive day, as capital goods orders came in below expectations, reinforcing the sentiment that economic recovery is slower than what many had expected.
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The Economist reports the top 5 banks globally by Tier 1 capital have changed sharply from 2007 (pre-crisis) to 2012 as follows: (HSBC was #1, now #4), Citigroup (#2 to #6), RBS (#3 to out of top 10), JPMorgan (#4 to #2) and Bank of America (#5 to #3). Leading the pack in 2012 is ICBC (up from #8) and at #5 is China Construction Bank (not in top 10 in 2007). How things change.
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