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Burning Glass (Burning Glass, Book 1) by Kathryn Purdie
Synopsis: Sonya was born with the rare gift to feel what those around her feel—both physically and emotionally—a gift she's kept hidden from the empire for seventeen long years. After a reckless mistake wipes out all the other girls with similar abilities, Sonya is hauled off to the palace and forced to serve the emperor as his sovereign Auraseer.
Tasked with sensing the intentions of would-be assassins, Sonya is under constant pressure to protect the emperor. But Sonya's power is untamed and reckless, and she can't always decipher when other people's impulses end and her own begin. In a palace full of warring emotions and looming darkness, Sonya fears that the biggest danger to the empire may be herself.
As she struggles to wrangle her abilities, Sonya seeks refuge in her tenuous alliances with the charming-yet-volatile Emperor Valko and his idealistic younger brother, Anton, the crown prince. But when threats of revolution pit the two brothers against each other, Sonya must choose which brother to trust—and which to betray.
About the Author: Kathryn Purdie lives near Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and three children. Kathryn is a trained classical actress who studied at the Oxford School of Drama and was inspired to write this debut trilogy while recovering from donating a kidney to her older brother. http://www.kathrynpurdie.com.
Genre: young adult, romance, fantasy
More Info: hardcover, 512 pages, published by Katherine Tegen Books on March 1, 2016
In honor of this July 4th, let's review Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie. America's forefathers committed high treason when they signed the Declaration of Independence. The revolution lead to the independence and freedom of the United States from the British Empire around July 4th, 1776. Sonya also stirs up quite a revolution in an attempt to free herself and the people of Raiznin.
Sonya wants to be free, but as an Auraseer she is the property of the Riaznin Empire. After a tragic fire, Sonya is the eldest Auraseer left alive. She is taken from the covenant and brought to Torchev, the capital of the territory and the home of the Emperor to be his Sovereign Auraseer.
However, Sonya doesn't quite have enough experience to be the Emperor's assassination monitor. Her gift/curse is extremely magnified. She feels others' sentiments emotionally and physically, as well as the emotions of the dead (human or animal). Her heightened ability can leave her physically ill and mentally tired. Sonya is bombarded with Auras and has a hard time adjusting to large crowds. In a place with a lot of people, Sonya is overtaken with their emotions while she is unable to find an inner solitude. Therefore, it can be hard to distinguish her own feelings from another's. For this reason I didn't feel an intense connection with her. (Also because I am personally oblivious to other people's feelings and moods; Sonya and I are complete opposites.)
She is brought to the palace by the prince, Anton, where she is thrown into a new life as guard to the Emperor, Valko. She is constantly caught between the wills of the two brothers. Their animosity towards one another is only the beginning to the emotional onslaught. Valko has a superiority complex. Meanwhile, Anton is passionate for his country and his people; he is the Emperor that Valko is not.
The love triangle ensues. Sonya feels for Anton on a deeper level, and is unsure whether he feels the same since he keeps his emotions so guarded. On the other hand, she is swept up in Valko's passions and desires in a back and forth love with the violent and irrational Emperor. I empathized with Anton, but was annoyed by his disbelief in Sonya (be supportive!). I came close to liking Valko at some parts, but then he went back to being a manipulative jerk. In the end, the questions comes down to: who actually loves Sonya, and whom does Sonya actually love? Can she sort her emotions from everyone else's?
I feel like the book was pushed mostly through the love triangle. The political conflicts did help drive the story, but still connected with the love situation between the three main characters. The uprising is brought into the plot slowly, but is fully revealed by the end of the book. I wish I understood more of Sonya's background. I feel like I am missing a large chunk of vital information (that will hopefully be revealed in the next 2 books?).
Towards the conclusion of Burning Glass Sonya grows some backbone, which made me like her more. She finally understands her purpose and rises up to the challenge. Her moment of truth is unveiled when her friends are in trouble. This shows how necessity can bring about change. The resolution was fulfilling. It left off in a spot that kept me wondering, but content. I am satisfied to wait for the next book. I will be purchasing book 2 when it arrives in 2017.
In total, I feel like this book has some parts new and some parts old. The storyline seems familiar, but the spin on the Auraseer gives the book a fresh twist. The dynamic between Sonya and Valko is so chilling, a reality check on domestic abuse. {The National Domestic Violence Hotline} I love the map and the interconnected cultures, which I would love to learn more about. I read through the book pretty fast, so it certainly held my attention.
I got this book on sale, but the hardcover price at both Amazon and Barnes & Noble Online are quite decent at $10.58. Overall, I would recommend this book for a nice read.
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cw @ readthinkponder says:
I read Burning Glass, and whilst I enjoyed it, it didn't really satisfy me. BUT, I really love what you have written about Sonya's complex and crazed relationships with both Anton and Valko. I liked that Sonya's emotions were chaotic and turbulent, and I found it really interesting.
Even though I wasn't a fan of Burning Glass – I think I'll pick up the second book because I'm really curious to see where the story will go. Great review! c:
CW (Read Think Ponder)
Jessica @ Pore Over the Pages says:
I feel the same way. I did read this book very fast, but it didn't 100% do it for me. It seemed so close to other books but with a slight twist. Anton and Valko were…interesting to say the least.
I want to see where the story will go, as well.
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A Look at Kanye's Vegas Show, Will He Add Any More Dates To His Tour?
by Memphis Rap October 26, 2016, 11:31 am
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On October 29th, Kanye will be putting on the last show of his tour at the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas and everyone is looking forward to it. Critics are in awe of the show's incredible atmosphere. There's no pyrotechnics, thundering band or backup dancers: just Kanye, surprisingly humble in his performance and appearance but Godly in his showmanship. Your heart will be pumping harder than it ever has before when those lights go on and that stage glides over you. The sensation is somewhere between putting your last dollar on a hand in poker and being in the front seat of the bus in Speed; maybe something similar to Ladbroke's game Speed Poker, except you're gambling with your life. This is a show that no Kanye West fan is allowed to miss and what's great to know is that all of you that didn't manage to snag a ticket might still have a chance.
Although this was meant to be his last show, there is still hope for anyone else yet to see it. Following the tragic event in Paris regarding Kanye's wife Kim being robbed at gunpoint in her hotel room, Kanye has rescheduled some of the dates of his upcoming shows as well as announced that he will be giving a second leg to his 'Saint Pablo' tour. To everyone's delight, instead of ending the party in October, he'll be extending it all the way to New Year, ending 2016 with one heck of a bang at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. From November 17th, he'll be making his way from the San Jose SAP Center, across the East coast, all the way to Brooklyn, stopping in Dallas on the 26th and Louisville on the 20th of December for anybody in Memphis that's desperate to see the show. The Saint Pablo experience is definitely worth the five hour drive. Tickets are already on sale and flying off the market, so get them while you can and don't miss the opportunity to experience the show of a lifetime.
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Q: On saving a file, how to make eclipse m2e build the current project AND the EAR project that references it? Apparently, I can easily configure m2e in Eclipse so that when I save a file, Eclipse will "build" the project with Maven.  I'm not sure what goal it's going to specify.
What I'd really like to know is how to make it not only build the artifact for that single project, but to also run the Maven build for a DIFFERENT project.  For instance, if I have a "app-war" project which my source file is in, and I also have a "app-ear" project that has "app-war" as a dependency, I'd like to see if it's possible on saving a file to first build the WAR, then the EAR, and finally use the appserver-specific protocol to deploy or redeploy the app on a local appserver.

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First Friday Art Walk Tonight
A long-time teacher and coach has managed to turn a hobby into a thriving business.
As retirement approached, Mitch Santos knew he'd need some way to supplement his income. So he got to work building a business.
Mitch Santos, a woodworker, is the featured artist for the month of January at The Gallery on Main, located within The Paperhouse in St. Maries. He will be available to the public at a reception in his honor from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2 at the gallery. His work will be featured in a special display through the month.
The business he chose just so happened to involve woodworking, a craft that he found that he not only had talent for, but also enjoyed.
Mr. Santos moved to St. Maries in 1977 to teach. For 34 years he taught high school science courses in the same room.
Though he always enjoyed carving and wood burning, Mr. Santos didn't start making larger items with wood until after he started building his house.
"Everything started when I began building my house," he said. "It needed things to outfit it and so I started making tables, chairs and beds. I had wood burned and carved before then, and even sold a few pieces, but I mostly did it for fun because I enjoyed it."
When retirement neared he decided to turn that enjoyment into a supplemental income.
"I knew after I retired I'd need some income to take care of medical and insurance premiums so I decided to develop my hobby into a business," he said. "I learned how to use the log turning tools in the high school shop and after I got the hang of it I ordered my own equipment and started building chairs and log beds."
Those started to sell and after a while the business grew. He officially launched his business in 2004 and started marketing hand-made furniture. Since then it has evolved into a variety of items.
"I am doing less and less log furniture, but more timber frame and antler lighting products," he said. "If it's made out of wood I will take a stab at trying to build it."
It has just been in the last few years that Mr. Santos has become interested in showing his work as art.
"When I was teaching and getting the business established I just didn't have the time, but now that I am just running the business I have a more flexible schedule," he said. "Just this year I have been able to get involved in an art gallery and the art council."
His favorite pieces to work on are the flat wood burnings and the cribbage boards that he has on display at the gallery.
Mr. Santos has been a driving force behind reestablishing an art gallery in St. Maries.
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Q: Java expressions I am trying to understand this code in Java 7 environment,
int T = getIntVal();
while (T--> 0) {
 // do stuff here
}

T is not modified within the while loop. Can someone explain this code?

A: The -- (decrement) operator will subtract from T each time the loop is run (after the loop condition is run since it as after T).
The simplest way is to just try it out:
public class Tester {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
      System.out.println("-------STARTING TESTER-------");
      int T = 5;
      while (T-- > 0) {
         System.out.println(T);
      }
      System.out.println("-------ENDING TESTER-------");
   }

}

Output:
-------STARTING TESTER-------
4
3
2
1
0
-------ENDING TESTER-------

If the -- operator was before T, the output would look like this (since it subtracts before the loop condition is run):
-------STARTING TESTER-------
4
3
2
1
-------ENDING TESTER-------

A: what confuses you is that there is no whitespace between the T-- and the >, so you might think there's a --> operator.
looking like this:
while (T-- > 0) {

}

It makes more sense, in every loop you decrease T by one


Pepkor CEO Leon Lourens isn't prone to flashes of emotion.
But even he agrees that Steinhoff's takeover of his clothing chain in 2015 was probably the worst thing to happen to Pepkor since it opened its first store in the Northern Cape town of De Aar in 1965. "In hindsight, probably yes. But Pepkor has been in business a long time, and nobody would have liked what happened to us last year," he says.
After Steinhoff bought Pepkor four years ago, Markus Jooste's company shunted many of its weaker arms onto it before listing it on the JSE in September 2017 as Steinhoff Africa Retail.
Even though Steinhoff remains plagued by dark claims of fraud, it still owns 71% of the company.
Though Lourens's company has tried furiously to cut the apron strings (even changing its name), the relationship still leaves Pepkor cast as something of an unfortunate stepchild to a serial killer.
But as Pepkor's results for the year to September illustrate, if you strip away the Steinhoff link, it's a juggernaut in its own right.
Each year, it sells more than 1-billion items from its 5,236 stores in 12 countries.
Chances are you have been in one of its stores, be it a Pep, Ackermans, Russells, Bradlows, Tekkie Town or Incredible Connection.
Little wonder that for the year to September, it reported revenue of R64bn (up 10.9% on the previous year) and operating profit of R5.9bn (up 1.9%). "We have tried hard to disentangle ourselves from Steinhoff," says Lourens. "I'm very positive that we've put most of the issues behind us."
The rather uncomfortable truth for Lourens is that until now, all the questions over shoddy governance have gravitated towards Steinhoff, where Jooste seems to have masterminded a series of audacious swindles.
This week, however, Pepkor revealed that it had itself been fined R5m by the JSE for "inadequate disclosures" made during the process of its listing last year, and in its financial statements.
But don't be fooled by the paltry slap-on-the-wrist penalty — Pepkor's hidden exposure was immense.
Second, Pepkor didn't tell investors it was on the hook for a R440m "guarantee" it provided to a murky company called BVI 1499, which, it turns out, was owned by 70 Pepkor executives.
That guarantee was there to protect the Pepkor executives who'd got Steinhoff shares after Jooste's company bought Pepkor in 2014.
But since the Steinhoff shares have tumbled 97% since December, Pepkor's shareholders will now have to stump up the cash.
As Braam van Huysteen, the founder of Tekkie Town and a former Pepkor director, said previously: "Shareholders didn't agree to bail out these executives — why should they?"
This is why Pepkor was "found to be in breach" of the JSE's rules and hit with the R5m fine.
It's a sanction many feel is a joke.
Craig Butters, a portfolio manager from Prudential Investment Managers, says that if the JSE's R5m fine (with R1m suspended) is the only sanction, it would be "a sad day for the investor community and SA as an investment destination".
He says: "The JSE could have imposed additional penalties, but appears to have elected not to do so.
"Pepkor's failure to disclose the R440m guarantee in favour of the executive share incentive scheme is a material failure. The nondisclosure of the R15bn guarantee … is even more serious."
Butters says not only has Pepkor now exposed itself to potential litigation, but it is "particularly concerning that Pepkor's executives have not been sanctioned in any way".
But John Burke, director of issuer regulation at the JSE, says the fine was "substantial. It wasn't the biggest fine we've levied, but it's right up there."
Discussing the fine, Lourens depicts it as quite hefty indeed, even arguing that it seemed the JSE "wanted to make an example out of us".
As to why it wasn't disclosed, Lourens says the documents were "signed off by our advisers and auditors", though he adds: "In the end, it is our accountability."
The company's pre-listing statement shows there were 13 advisers on the listing, who were paid more than R200m for their services. This includes RMB, Investec, Citi and Morgan Stanley, as well as five sets of lawyers, including Bowmans and Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr.
So how is it that Pepkor could fail to tell shareholders that it was a co-guarantor for R15bn of Steinhoff debt? Or, indeed, that it had a potential liability of R440m for shares granted to its own directors?
Jean Pierre Verster, a portfolio manager at Fairtree Capital, says luckily for Pepkor, that R15bn in debt was repaid earlier this year. "That makes it a bit academic, but it could have turned out very badly for Steinhoff, which would have had a knock-on impact on Pepkor," he says.
But when it comes to the R440m liability for its executives, the news remains pretty grim.
"They didn't disclose the potential liability from making loans to their directors. There is an argument that they didn't foresee a scenario in which the Steinhoff share price would fall like it did, and make them liable for it, but according to accounting rules, it should have been disclosed," says Verster.
Lourens will be hoping such disasters are now behind him and he can get back to talking about the actual business. On that front, Pepkor didn't do terribly badly.
Still, it is clear that Pepkor is a tale of two parts: the "original Pep" (including Ackermans), and the other assorted companies it inherited thanks to the Steinhoff takeover, like JD Group.
"You can see the original Pep business has produced double-digit growth per year for more than a decade," says Verster. "But on the other side, the traditional Steinhoff assets that were forced on Pepkor didn't do as well."
The clothing business produced 93% of Pepkor's operating profit (up 8% to R6.1bn), with the building materials business made up of Timbercity and Tiletoria producing a negligible R214m — just 3% of operating profit — and the fledgling fintech business generating the other 4%.
But the spluttering furniture arm, which was the traditional JD Group business it inherited from Steinhoff, made an embarrassing R137m operating loss.
It was clear investors didn't know what to make of the results. At first, Pepkor's stock plunged after the news of the JSE fine and financials were published. Hours later, the stock did a U-turn, finishing the day 7.1% higher.
Perhaps this was partly thanks to the soothing words of chair Jayendra Naidoo, who spoke of Pepkor's "full autonomy" from Steinhoff, and said: "We do not intend to indefinitely tolerate and invest capital in businesses which do not provide adequate returns."
He also spoke of how Steinhoff, with Heather Sonn as the new board chair, was finalising its restructuring in a way that meant it was less likely to have to sell part of its 71% stake in Pepkor — a cloud that had depressed Pepkor's share price.
"It will be positive news for Pepkor shareholders if these developments enable Steinhoff to turn their focus for the next few years to creating value from their existing Pepkor shareholding, rather than disposing of assets to service their debt," he said.
But investors will remain wary of the possibility that further nasty Steinhoff-related surprises could arise. Even in the fine print of this week's results, there were unfortunate references such as the fact that "previously undisclosed related-party" deals, including those with management, have now been disclosed, as part of its "restatement".
Naidoo is correct that Pepkor has some good assets — though this hardly describes much that it got from Steinhoff.
And if there's no further fallout, you might even describe Pepkor's shares as good value right now. But it's a big "if".


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ROCKFORD — Harmon Mitchell will lead the Rockford School Board through the next year as it begins the search for a new superintendent, works to balance the district's next budget and carries out several drastic changes — like building closures and staff and program cuts — approved in recent months to try to balance the budget.
Mitchell was elected School Board president by members of the new board tonight; Jude Makulec was elected vice president; and Lisa Jackson was elected secretary with no dissent and little discussion.
It was the last board meeting for David Kelley, Alice Saudargas and Jeanne Westholder. New members Laura Powers, Tim Rollins and Ken Scrivano were sworn in after being elected April 5.
The new board's first order of business: schedule a special meeting for 6 p.m. Friday to discuss plans for appointing an acting and interim superintendent to replace LaVonne Sheffield.
The board voted 5-1 April 12 to accept Sheffield's resignation as superintendent after she announced her plans April 7. Sheffield said she became too much of a distraction for the district, its children and the plan to move forward. She'll leave after working less than two years of her four-year contract. The district will pay Sheffield six months of her salary and three months' worth of health insurance, plus any unused sick or vacation days.
Sheffield kept her comments brief at her final board meeting and offered thanks to the board and her staff. She thanked outgoing board members, including Bob Evans, who resigned from his seat in Subdistrict E on Thursday.
"You will never know the work that Bob Evans has done to keep us on course," Sheffield said.
She wished the new board members luck, and told the community to act with grace, even when they disagree.
"Do it with grace. Because the way we behave says a lot about our town. Because our town is better than that," she said.
Mitchell said the board will likely appoint an acting superintendent Friday, so that person can begin performing day-to-day operations on Monday. Saturday is Sheffield's last day in the district. Mitchell said an interim superintendent could be hired by July 1.
The board agreed to cut off the application process for the interim superintendent tonight. Human resources staff said applications were being sent in after business hours today.
District officials said about 150 people attended the meeting, which was moved again to the auditorium of Ellis Arts Academy, which can house more people than the district's Administration Building at 201 S. Madison St. More than 20 speakers addressed the board, and some came to wish Sheffield well.
"I think you were the vision and the person we needed for the job," Flossie Hoarde told Sheffield.
Winnebago County Board member L.C. Wilson thanked the outgoing board members for their service, then thanked Sheffield for her work.
Kate Schnell thanked Sheffield for waking her up — before Sheffield's tenure in the district, Schnell said, she never thought of the superintendent or her administrative staff.
"You guys didn't exist until this last, what, 18 months of turmoil," she said.
Now she's paying attention to the national issues, she said, in part because of all the chaos in Rockford.
Outgoing board member Westholder also thanked Sheffield for her service, and said she has done innumerable things to correct past practices in the district.
Saudargas said she and her late husband, Alex, spent more than 70 years in education: "We loved every minute of it," she said.
While she's no longer on the board, she told the crowd that she won't disappear. Instead, she'll be on the other side of the podium and already has a list of issues to tackle, like adding career academies at district high schools.
Saudargas earned a standing ovation for her work and service to the district.


AFTER the previous week's encounter this was another goal feast especially for any neutrals.
AFTER the previous week's encounter this was another goal feast especially for any neutrals.
Not for the first time this season Dynamo were forced to play Barker as emergency centre half as cover for the injured Clarkson. After a opening spell where Dynamo were the slightly livelier of the two teams they took the lead through a well taken goal by the hard working Thomas which left the Kegworth keeper with no chance however Kegworth were soon back on level terms.
As the first half wore on Yousif's pace on the left led to two Dynamo goals in quick succession one a superb solo effort the other a neat Pepper finish which saw them deservedly leading at 3-1 at half time.
Kegworth pulled one back early in the second half and went looking for the equaliser however Yousif was able to capitalise on the extra space this created and soon Dynamo looked to have the game well won with Yousif scoring two more including another excellent solo effort to complete his hat trick and further goals from Gallager and Suffolk made it 7-2 for the visitors.


Rutland Water is home to the first Ospreys to breed in Central England for more than 150 years. We would like to offer you and your pupils the opportunity to learn more about these magnificent birds at no cost to your school.
The Rutland Osprey Project began in 1996 with the aim of reintroducing this spectacular birds of prey to Rutland and to provide a base from which Ospreys could spread across England. The project released 64 Ospreys over several years, and Ospreys have now established a successful breeding population, with eight pairs breeding in the Rutland area in 2015.
From the early years, education has been an important aspect of the team's work, so why not invite us to your school, so that you and your pupils can learn more about Ospreys, their way of life here and in the wintering grounds in West Africa, and the work of the project at Rutland Water?
We offer a range of activities which can be adapted to your needs and the age of your pupils, from the very early years, through the primary stages, and extending into the secondary sector for students aged 11 to 16 and even into the Sixth Form. We can add material to assist with any topics currently being studied in class as part of the curriculum.
Our classroom presentation is an up-to-date Powerpoint show, and we bring many items for the children to see and handle, such as colour rings used for identification and satellite transmitters. We can also arrange a follow-up visit to the Lyndon Nature Reserve to allow your pupils to see the Ospreys and other wildlife.
You might also like to get involved with World Osprey Week. Click here for more information.


metty, no april now? an a di end a march she did ave until she need fi go report a prison right?
met maybe she deh pon di flyer, but she won't be at di party, lets wait an see, or maybe sum1 can come talk di tings.
met u block out di cratches so mi can't see.
@Metty, why u even block out dem crotch if di flyer public, is evident say a pums dem a advatize…wid all di drama dung a fi dem town and di pending prison term for which ms champion is due to start soon, dem still keeping SKIN OUT CRATCHES PAAWTY??? Dem philistines deh, u tink dem easy???
@ Highly I tink a di date/time/and adress block out afta champion nah get no free promotion round yah .
So baby giant zuleka jusy loose belly, or dash whe belly cause pearl never did a pay har no mind which ever one an a skin out fi har cratches so. no man dem gal yah nuh have no shame.
Zulieka dash weh di belly cause she want to remain relevant and she see seh she get flap.. Pearl no stop come out and stand beside him bbymada fi rubb een di sore more. dats why she go dash it weh. all me know she Nasty cause dat baby was over 5 months. look from when peaarl tell har him neva want it and she a hold out like she did a try prove something. if you eva notice him no have no outside pickni like him bredda Chad so she should take that as a hint. good try tho Zutopeck.
Mi seh Nikki z did have on one a dem helmet deh friday n ite….
All a mingle wid Pelina family dem like all is well and proppa. mi cah badda. cause a dem same one did ago murder har.
Lattie mi fass and wah no? cause mi cah believe ..
Murder Latti fi wha and how??
Niki British dnt trust tracy n her man looking fren dem roun u man.cnt seh me nva warn u.
Met a dem di wah hang har when Pelina tekk way Shane. dwl. I guess they are mature folks now.
dem do look like one set a man dwl especially zully a whe she have pan ahar head, and pearl baby mada look like she a wear brazillian hair.
MET dis off topic but sumady please mi a beg unu go pon skan media inna daydreams catalogue. Tell mi if im seeing right Hioka and Dolphin one happy couple on a weekend spree. Marsha dey a jail Dolphin is a wicked boy.
MARSH FLIPPA/DOLPHIN MAPHIA BABY MADDA DEH A JAIL UP YAH. HOIKA FLY DUNG WID BABY AND DEM A PAAALAAAV DUNG A YAAD. GOTTITT.


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Fidelity Investments "Leadership in Technology" Series Presents Mike Torto
Please join us on April 13th at 6 pm in Lecture Hall 1231 EBII for the final spring 2010 talk in the Fidelity Investments "Leadership in Technology" Executive Speakers Series.
Our special guest speaker will be Mike Torto, CEO of rPath, Inc.. His talk topic will be "Starting and Scaling a Successful High Tech Venture."
As CEO of rPath, Torto leads the company's mission to dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of enterprise application delivery and system management. Prior to rPath, Mike served as CEO of Centive, President and CEO of InCert Software, and President and CEO of Swan International Inc. Earlier in his career, Torto served in executive-level marketing roles for Interleaf, Intersolv and AICorp.
For his complete bio, click here.
Abstract: The great frustration of the would-be entrepreneur is the gap between idea and execution, inspiration and the practical reality of what it takes to start and scale a business. Led by Mike Torto, the CEO of Raleigh-based rPath, this session will address the fundamentals of what it takes to validate a vision, negotiate venture funding, attract a world-class team, build a differentiated product, and partner with early customers. A four-time CEO with experience leading ventures through early revenue, growth and exit stages, Torto will relate his own experiences—and lessons learned—to what it takes to start and scale a high tech venture.
The event is free and open to the public. Ample free parking is also available.
For directions and more information, visit the series page or contact Ken Tate.


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After receiving his state medal, Christenson grabbed assistant coach Jessman Smith, himself a former University of Iowa wrestler, and went in for the big moment.
Maybe this didn't quite reach the Cory-Clark-takes-down-Terry-Brands level in the celebration department, but Christenson sure gave it his best effort.
The major decision was Christenson's only match in the tournament that went the distance, following a pair of pins and a technical fall leading up to Saturday's final.
Southeast Polk finished second in the team race to Waverly-Shell Rock after taking the state duals title earlier in the week.


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Александр Осипович Асланович (?—1856) — российский генерал-майор, участник обороны Севастополя.

Биография
В военную службу вступил 30 января 1819 года, служил по армейской пехоте. В 1831 году участвовал в кампании против восставших поляков. В 1833 году произведён в майоры, 31 августа 1839 года — в подполковники Бородинского егерского полка и 3 декабря 1843 года в полковники. 26 ноября 1852 года получил чин генерал-майора.

С самого начала Восточной войны находился в Севастополе, командовал резервной бригадой 13-й пехотной дивизии, возглавлял 1-ю дистанцию правой оборонительной линии Севастополя от рейда до редута Шварца.

Скончался в конце февраля или в начале марта 1856 года, 5 марта исключён умершим.

Награды
Среди прочих наград Асланович имел:
 Орден Святой Анны 3-й степени с бантом (1831 год)
 Польский знак отличия за военное достоинство (Virtuti Militari) 4-й степени (1831 год)
 Орден Святого Георгия IV класса (4 декабря 1843 года, № 7003 по кавалерскому списку Григоровича — Степанова)
 Орден Святой Анны 2-й степени (1849 год)
 Орден Святого Владимира 3-й степени (1850 год)
 Орден Святого Станислава1-й степени (1855 год)

Литература

 Список генералам по старшинству. Исправлено по 17 февраля. — СПб., 1856. — С. 401.

Генерал-майоры (Российская империя)
Участники Крымской войны
Участники подавления Польского восстания 1830—1831 годов
Кавалеры ордена Святой Анны 3-й степени с бантом
Кавалеры Польского знака отличия за военное достоинство
Кавалеры ордена Святого Георгия IV класса за 25 лет выслуги
Кавалеры ордена Святой Анны 2-й степени
Кавалеры ордена Святого Владимира 3-й степени
Кавалеры ордена Святого Станислава 1-й степени
Участники Альминского сражения

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ISSJ (International Social Service Japan) was authorized as a social welfare service corporation from the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 1959. Today, it is also the Japanese branch of ISS (International Social Service) network, an international social welfare organization based in Geneva with its headquarters located in more than 140 countries around the world. Right after the end of the Second World War, ISSJ operated as part of Japan-U.S. Joint Committee for the Assistance of Orphans and started arranging international adoptions in order to help abandoned mixed-race children born between American soldiers and Japanese women.
Takechiyo Matsuda, who was then a Diet member and later became the Speaker of the House of Representatives, described these activities as "one of the postwar settlements". He consulted with the then Minister of Health and Welfare, Secretary General of ISS, vice-president of Uemura Ushigoro Keidanren, and vice-president of Japanese Red Cross Society etc., and the organization was authorized as a social welfare service corporation from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (now known as the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare) in 1959.
Today, as international exchange is fostered, social problems related to foreigners have become more complicated. Under the slogan "Extending Caring Hands Across the National Boundaries", utilizing their expertise in social work and their foreign language ability, the social workers of ISSJ provides international social welfare services (intercountry adoption, obtainment of nationality for stateless children, counselling for asylum seekers, family reunion after international divorce, etc.) in corporation with ministries, international social service organizations, UNHCR, tribunals, hospitals, social welfare facilities, embassies, and governmental agencies.
We would like to express our hearty thanks to companies and individuals for their understanding and supports on our activities.


The Florida Keys and the waters around Key West are world renowned for a huge population of big Tarpon.
(Florida Record 248lbs.) Tarpon Fishing Key West is legendary as one of the great saltwater game fishes. They are big, high-jumping and incredibly strong, with a fighting spirit that makes it difficult for all but the most experienced to land one in less than an hour. Tarpon are often called "Silver Kings" because of the mirror-like silver scales that cause the fish's nearly vertical sides to flash in the sun when they jump after being hooked. Tarpon over 100 lbs. are common, and the largest can grow to 8 feet in length and over 300 lbs.
The Tarpon is greenish or bluish on top, with a distinctive high dorsal fin, the last ray of which extends back nearly to the tail as a heavy filament. The tail fin is large and deeply forked. The huge mouth is turned upwards, and the lower jaw extends far down when the mouth is fully open. The Tarpon has very small, fine teeth that cover its jaws, tongue, and skull base. The lower jaw has an elongated bony plate that is used to crush crustaceans and other hard-shelled prey that is consumed whole.
The Tarpon's most unique feature is a modified swim bladder that can work like a primitive lung to take in oxygen from air gulped directly from the surface. This allows the tarpon to tolerate oxygen-poor waters, and studies have shown that Tarpon must access atmospheric oxygen in order to survive, with juvenile tarpon being obligatory air-breathers. This air-breathing feature causes the distinctive rolling at the surface that often allows an angler to spot a school of Tarpon.
The Atlantic Tarpon has a large range in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean. In the western Atlantic, their range extends the complete length of the North and South American continents from Nova Scotia nearly to the tip of Argentina. However, their primary habitat is the warmer coastal waters around Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the West Indies. They are also known to migrate through the Panama Canal, and have been found in waters around the Pacific end of the Canal.
Tarpon are inshore fish, usually living in depths of 100 feet or less. They prefer the edges of mangrove forests along shallow estuaries, and the hard-bottom, salt marsh, and sea-grass environments of the Keys. They can tolerate brackish water, and often enter bays and river mouths to travel up into fresh water. They are most active in warm waters around 75° F. The only variable that severely limits Tarpon habitat is low temperature; they become inactive below 60° and water temps of 40° can cause large Tarpon kills.
The Tarpon's feeding habits depend on its level of growth and development. Larval stage 1 Tarpon absorb nutrients directly from seawater, while stage II and III larvae as well as juvenile Tarpon eat Zooplankton, insects, and small fish. The shallow, warm, life-filled waters near mangroves and sea grass beds are very important nurseries for larval and juvenile Tarpon. As Tarpon grow, they move away from plankton and begin to prey more exclusively on baitfish and larger invertebrates such as shrimp and crabs. Adult tarpon are strictly carnivorous, feeding day and night on mid-water prey such as mullets, pinfish, marine catfishes, Atlantic needlefish, sardines, shrimp, and crabs. Tarpon usually swallow prey whole, and will eat nearly anything either dead or alive.
Tarpon can live for more than 50 years, and the oldest tarpon in captivity lived to be 63 years old. Tarpon reach sexual maturity at about 6-7 years of age and 4 feet of length. They make long migrations to offshore spawning areas, and usually spawn in May, June, and July, although some evidence indicates that they may spawn year-round. Individuals over 90 lbs. are nearly always female, and a female Tarpon 6.6 feet long can release about 12 million eggs. Like the closely related Bonefish, Ladyfish, and true Eels, a Tarpon begins life as a transparent ribbon-like larvae called a leptocephalus, then goes through 3 distinct stages over about 6 months to become a juvenile fish.
The Florida Keys and the waters around Key West are world renowned for a huge population of big Tarpon, and Florida fishermen use a variety of methods to fish for Tarpon including live, dead, and artificial baits on spinning, conventional or fly rods. The easiest way to catch Tarpon is to use spinning or conventional gear spooled with line in the 30-80 lb. range to present live baits like crab, mullet, or pinfish, or plastic artificial baits. Baits should be cast 4-5 feet in front of the feeding fish; plugs should be cast into the middle of the school or cast in front and retrieved away from the fish. Feeding Tarpon will strike readily, but it will be difficult to get a good hook set and hold the fish through the first jumps; the fight will be long and hard before the fish is brought to the boat.
The most challenging way to fish Tarpon is sight-casting with a fly rod on the shallow-water flats. Tarpon are the largest fish on the Key West Flats, and during the main run from January to May fishermen come from all over to test themselves against a Tarpon on the Flats. A Tarpon guide will use a shallow-water Flats Skiff to hunt for signs of feeding Tarpon moving onto the Flats on an incoming tide. In good conditions, Tarpon can be seen rolling on the surface with their silver sides, black backs, or tails visible. When a school is sighted, the guide will position the boat to intercept the fish and the angler must quickly false cast out enough line, then make an accurate cast to the fast-moving fish. With a successful hookup, expect a fight several hours long, particularly on fly gear.
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Flashback Friday Fashion – Lovely.Multifaceted.Chic.
Since I didn't post much last year, I had share one of my favorite looks from last year. When I was a little girl, Easter was a big deal. I would get a dress and go to the beauty shop to get my hair done the Saturday before Easter with the anticipation of dressing up for church on Easter Sunday. Now, that I'm an adult, going all out for Easter is not a big deal.
Last year, I really wanted to put a little more effort in my Easter ensemble. I wanted simple and "springy". I also wanted to wear some shade of white and I found this simple yet cute ivory dress from Amazon.
I wore an ivory belt with crystals on it that I got years ago from Charming Charlies and glitter sandals from Rainbow. I loved the simplicity and how serene I felt wearing this outfit.
I'm excited about sharing more fashion post with you!


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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Pages.2909-2916
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (아시아태평양암예방학회)
Application of Immunophenotyping and Heteroduplex Polymerase Chain Reaction (hPARR) for Diagnosis of Canine Lymphomas
Sirivisoot, Sirintra (Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University) ;
Techangamsuwan, Somporn (Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University) ;
Tangkawattana, Sirikachorn (Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University) ;
Rungsipipat, Anudep (Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University)
Published : 2016.06.01
Background: Canine malignant lymphoma is classified into B- or T-cell origin, as in the human case. Due to differences in prognosis, a suitable method needs to be developed for lineage identification. Aims: To determine the accuracy of immunophenotypic and molecular information between three methods: immunocytochemistry (ICC), immunohistochemistry (IHC) and heteroduplex polymerase chain reaction for antigen receptor rearrangements (hPARR) in spontaneous canine lymphomas. Materials and Methods: Peripheral blood, fine needle aspiration and tissue biopsies from enlarged peripheral lymph nodes prior to treatment of 28 multicentric lymphoma patients were collected. Cytopathology and histopathology were examined and classified using the updated Kiel and WHO classifications, respectively. Anti-Pax5 and anti-CD3 antibodies as B- and T-cell markers were applied for immunophenotyping by ICC and IHC. Neoplastic lymphocytes from lymph node and white blood cell pellets from peripheral blood were evaluated by hPARR. Results: In this study, low grade B-cell lymphoma accounted for 25% (7/28), high grade B-cell lymphoma for 64.3% (18/28) and high grade T-cell lymphoma for 10.7% (3/28). According to the WHO classification, 50% of all cases were classified as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. In addition, ICC showed concordant results with IHC; all B-cell lymphomas showed Pax5+/CD3, and all T-cell lymphomas exhibited Pax5-/CD3+. In contrast to hPARR, 12 B-cell lymphomas featured the IgH gene; seven presented the $TCR{\gamma}$ gene; five cases showed both IgH and $TCR{\gamma}$ genes, and one case were indeterminate. Three T-cell lymphomas showed the $TCR{\gamma}$ gene. The percentage agreement between hPARR and ICC/IHC was 60%. Conclusions: Immunophenotyping should not rely on a single method. ICC or IHC with hPARR should be used concurrently for immunophenotypic diagnosis in canine lymphomas.
Canine lymphoma;
diagnostic methods;
hPARR;
ICC;
Supported by : Chulalongkorn University
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The Interactive Tony Bennett Discography
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About The Interactive Tony Bennett Discography
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Composer Leigh Harline
Lyricist Ned Washington
Year Written 1940
About When You Wish Upon A Star
This song was written for the 1940 Walt Disney adaption of Pinocchio. It was sung by Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket. "When You Wish Upon A Star" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was the first Disney song to win this award. Th American Film Institute rated it seventh in their 100 Greatest Songs in Film History. The song has also been recognized by the Library of Congress, which preserved the song in National Recording Registry in 2009.
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires will come to you
If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
As dreamers do
Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing
Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
Your dreams come true
Session / Album Information
"When You Wish Upon A Star" was recorded in June 1998 and released that same year on the album The Playground.
This recording released on:
1998: Columbia CD: CK 69380 —The Playground
2011: Disc #64 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK62) The Playground
"When You Wish Upon A Star" with Jackie Evancho was recorded in 2011 and was released that year on Duets II. It was arranged by Jorge Calandrelli.
2011: RPM Sony 88697967672: Duets II (UK Tesco Release)
2011: RPM Sony: Duets II (Target Release)
When The Sun Comes Out
Where Did The Magic Go
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Q: Splitting strings within a list by commas while respecting parentheses I have a list such as
a = ['john(is,great),paul,school', 'robert,jack,john']

then I am building an empty list to append the split
b = []

then I do this
for i in a:
    b.append(i.split(','))

but list be is appearing like this
[['john(is', 'great)', 'paul', 'school'], ['robert', 'jack', 'john']]

It's doing this because it's splitting at the comma but is there another way to split this so that the output would be
['john(is,great)', 'paul', 'school', 'robert', 'jack', 'john']

A: You can use list.extend() to add elements individually:
for i in a:
    b.extend(i.split(','))

To split text on commas not inside parenthesis you could use the following regular expression:
re.split(r',(?=[^()]*(?:\(|$))', i)

This splits on a comma only if it is not followed by text containing any parentheses (opening or closing) until the next opening parenthesis. This expression falls down when you have nested parenthesis, but works for your simple case:
>>> import re
>>> i = 'john(is,great),paul,school'
>>> re.split(r',+(?=[^()]*(?:\(|$))', i)
['john(is,great)', 'paul', 'school']

For more complex splits, use a full-blown parser.

A: If you don't like regular expressions, you could also create a procedure:
def splitter(s):
    """Splits a string s on commas, but only if the comma
    is not surrounded by parentheses."""
    if '(' in s and ')' in s:
        start = s.find('(')
        end = s.find(')')
        new = s[start:end].replace(",", "@#$")
        s = s[:start] + new + s[end:]
        return [x.replace("@#$", ",") for x in s.split(",")]
    return s.split(',')

example = ['john(is,great),paul,school','robert,jack,john']

result = list()

for i in example:
    result.append(splitter(i))

print result
# [['john(is,great)', 'paul', 'school'], ['robert', 'jack', 'john']]


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Blue Duck Tavern
Straight-from-the-farm cooking presented family-style.
Written by Todd Kliman
| Published on October 10, 2006
At Blue Duck Tavern, individually baked apple pies and hand-cranked ice cream bring the warmth of the hearth the hotel dining. Photograph by Allison Dinner
I don't think it's going too far to say that whether you love the new Blue Duck Tavern or merely like it depends on how you feel about scooping roasted, softened marrow out of a laterally cut cow's femur.
Not everything on the menu at the restaurant in DC's Park Hyatt is so primal–imagine slathering the richest, beefiest butter atop slices of grilled bread–but all the flavors are strong, deep, and intended to bring you close to the source.
So go ahead and conduct business over lunch or go through the motions of a first date at dinner, but be forewarned: At some point, those sorts of pleasantries will be exposed as an inadequate means of expression for the sensual pleasure of eating here. I heard more moaning and saw more passing of plates in my four visits than I've ever experienced in any serious restaurant in this city.
Which isn't to say that Blue Duck Tavern is one of those gastronomic temples where each dish is a feat of architecture and your server extols the contents in excruciating detail.
Dishes like this crisp-skinned black-feather chicken, slowly roasted in a wood-fired oven to concentrate its natural flavors…Photograph by Allison Dinner
The kitchen doesn't really bother with "plating." It sends the food out in silver-plated casserole dishes along with a pair of tongs and a spoon. If you're looking for new and exotic ingredients or convention-defying combinations of flavors, look elsewhere. Even sauces are scarce–unless you count the pan juices that pool around the slow-roasted meats.
The chief attraction of the open kitchen is the gleaming Molteni range, a contraption so big and tricked-out that it makes the average stove look like a Coleman portable. There's a basket immersed in rendered duck fat just to cook the fabulous steak fries.
Arrayed about the kitchen are workstations–one for preparing pastry, one for slicing up the many cured meats and terrines–plus heaping baskets of perfect-looking onions and tomatoes and freshly baked torpedoes of bread.
Amid the marketlike abundance–which makes the case for the glories of American regionalism a lot better than the hanging quilts and Shaker-style tables and chairs–it's easy to lose sight of the chef, Brian McBride. Which is fine by McBride, who in conversation by phone deflects attention toward chef de cuisine Mark Hellyar, the man who handles day-to-day operations, and heaps praise on the Molteni. "Isn't it fun?" he asks.
The Park Hyatt shut down the underrated Melrose last winter and gave McBride, who had been cooking at the hotel for almost two decades, what amounted to a sabbatical. McBride seized the opportunity to travel, seeing what and how people were eating. He returned with a boatload of new and old ideas, but mostly he returned refreshed. One moment he's beaming like a kid with a new toy as he slices up a galantine of duck and mushrooms in his fire-engine red slicer; the next he's chatting with friends in the dining room. Even during a midweek lunch in July, the place buzzes in a way that Melrose, for all its charms, never did.
In an age of small plates and shifting notions as to what constitutes a meal, the menu McBride has crafted feels reassuringly familiar. It's divided into three parts–starters, meats and fishes, starches and vegetables–with the provenance of the key ingredient in each dish listed.
…and these burstingly sweet jalapeno-pickled tomatoes are typical of the satisfying, no-tricks American cooking at Blue Duck Tavern. Photograph by Allison Dinner
A lot of chefs talk about their love of foraging for ingredients. But McBride has built a restaurant around his insistence that good cooking begins and very nearly ends with great raw materials. Sourcing from local and regional farms is a priority, but he's not fixated on staying local; he's fixated on what's great. So he finds Hog Island oysters from a small purveyor in Washington state; heads to Alaska for his halibut; and resists the temptation to go offshore for his crabmeat and instead patronizes a producer in Louisiana.
One of the advantages of this approach is that you can have a meal of steak and potatoes (or steak and grits–they're lushly creamy and even elegant) without being made to feel your palate isn't adventurous enough.
Even better than the steak is the roasted pork rib chop, a thickly crusted, 1-inch-thick slab that reminds you of what pork tasted like before a PR campaign turned it into "the other white meat." The accompanying halved peaches, glazed with bourbon and slowly roasted, are better than what passes for dessert at many restaurants.
The chicken, a black-feather bird from a small farm in upstate New York, arrives bearing a crisped cap of golden-brown skin. If it doesn't sound like high praise to say that it tastes like chicken, then you haven't eaten a lot of restaurant chicken. A sometime-special of rack of lamb delivers this same jolt of recognition, the meat thick and rosy in the center, seasoned only with coarse salt, black pepper, and a sprig of rosemary.
Roasting meats over a gentle, wood-burning fire to concentrate their natural flavors is about as no-tricks as cooking gets–and about as satisfying, too.
The shame, if there is one, is that the emphasis on slow roasting can make you forget that there is great delicacy at work here too. The house-made braised bratwurst is as ethereally light as a good boudin blanc. The links are browned to a turn and set down beside excellent house-made sauerkraut braised in Riesling and dark beer.
The pea soup is of a green seldom seen in nature, and its weight and depth are startling for a soup not larded with cream; a poached egg in the center awaits the prick of a fork to release a brilliant slick of yellow.
If tuna tartare in warm weather has become as ubiquitous on upscale menus as foie gras in cold months, you seldom see it partnered with anything approaching the potato puffs the kitchen sends out here; air might be lighter, but nothing tastes more of potato. Marinated sardines arrive in a pressed, potato-sheet package that makes them clean and easy to share while sacrificing none of the oily depths of the fish.
A lot of chefs who subscribe to the market-based approach seem to think all they have to do is present the bounties of the harvest on the plate. But careful foraging doesn't release a chef from the obligation to make something already delicious even better. The paradox is that it takes work to make something simple taste the way it should. Here's another paradox: McBride and his kitchen put in the work without having it come across as work.
No tomato fresh from the farm tastes as good as the tomatoes here, pickled with jalapeño and cumin and so burstingly sweet and acidic I couldn't help ordering them on two of my four visits. The quality of the asparagus is unimpeachable, but then the stalks are shorn of their barnacles, seasoned with salt and pepper, and poached in a rich, creamy butter until they're as succulent as any of the meats.
The downside to this kind of simplicity, and the reason a lot of chefs don't embrace the approach, is that a slip in timing or too heavy a hand in seasoning can kill the dish. McBride and his team don't err often, but they do err.
An excess of butter spoiled the charms in a dish of morels and peas. If the crab cake at Melrose was the glory of that restaurant, and one of the glories of eating in the area–a well-formed patty of sweet jumbo lump with a superbly eggy rémoulade–the version here, made from Louisiana crab, is merely fine, a contender and not the king; it fell apart a bit too easily the two times I ordered it.
By a small margin I prefer the soft-shell crab, in which a sweet, meaty critter from the Eastern Shore, cut in two for ease of cooking and eating, is sheathed in a greaseless, golden-brown crust that lets you see every last claw and flipper.
The fresh, hand-churned strawberry ice cream at Blue Duck Tavern: like biting into ripe, sweet strawberries topped with cream. Photograph by Allison Dinner
Crabs and oysters aside, much of the fish suffers in comparison with the meats. The halibut, fresh as it is, needs more help than its cloak of red-pepper sauce. The whole sea bream, roasted with salt, pepper, lemon juice, and thyme, is better but hardly memorable–and hardly up to the standards of the chops. Only the Shenandoah trout, presented with its tail tucked between its teeth and boasting a marvelous smoky taste amplified by a stuffing of sage, pears, and bacon, won't have you pining for the depths of the meats.
I've been tempted to round out my meals with a tray of cold, well-shucked oysters, but then I watch the staff deposit a bucket of ice cream with a wooden spoon at a table next to mine. The ice cream is churned in-house, and although it's sometimes served too cold, it delivers on the promise of its countrified presentation: The strawberry ice cream is so good, it could serve as a baseline for all other future versions. It tastes exactly like great, ripe strawberries topped with great, fresh cream. The pecan is nearly as good.
And if you want to test the boundaries of gastronomic excess, you can't do much better than the chocolate cake flambéd tableside with bourbon, a dessert as light–its texture a cross between a soufflé and a warm pot of crème–as it is rich.
A low moan escaped the lips of a woman sitting to my right, out on what looked to be a proper first date, as she took her first bite. Her companion gave no sign of having heard her, which she must have been relieved to discover from the way she began dabbing at her lips.
I silently saluted her response as the mark of an eater, a fellow traveler in gastronomic adventure, even as I speculated that there probably would not be a second date. As she got up to leave, we shared a conspiratorial smile, and I hope she caught the sheen of bone marrow on my fingers.
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Maricopa County Truth Department denies Jordanian TGB's Conradson's arrival at press conference (video)
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors held a press conference earlier today to "discuss starting early voting, how to track your ballot, and misconceptions about voter registration and voting lists."
As The Gateway Pundit recently mentionedMaricopa County will require "official press pass for members of the press to enter its facilities and/or cover events related to the 2022 general election," according to a new order from the county.
We later mentioned TGP reporter Jordan Conradson has denied access to election-related events in Maricopa County in an apparent attempt to silence us and prevent us from reporting on electoral inconsistencies in Maricopa County.
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This is in part due to the incredibly failed Maricopa County primary in 2022. Formerly The Gateway Pundit mentioned On Election Day inefficiency in Maricopa County, where Republican voters were turned away from the polls due to printer malfunctions and unavailability of ballot papers while facing other problems arising from the county's suspicious pen tip recommendation.
we too mentioned That the RINO-controlled district employed 145 more Democratic activists than Republicans to monitor the elections, which is likely illegal. They are now facing a lawsuit as a result.
BREAKING: Maricopa County Election Day Incompetence – Printers Not Working, Voters Tell They Already Voted, Polling Sites Not Seen on AZSOS Webpage – Updates
The county employee told Conradson that he is not "impartial" and, therefore, will not be granted entry.
The county employee also told Conradson that he thought he was "dishonest."
Therefore, no left-wing media should be allowed to cover the elections. However, this is not the case.
But these people decide what honesty means and who is dishonest and who is not dishonest.
Maricopa County sent the following media statement to members of the media earlier this week.
Press Consultation: Learn about facts, figures and fallacies about early voting
What: The Maricopa County 2022 Election Command Center will host a press conference for accredited media to discuss the start of early voting, how to track your ballot, and misconceptions about voter registration and voting lists.
Who is the:
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Bill Gates
Recorded by Stephen Richer
Election directors Ray Valenzuela and Scott Jarrett
Experts on the matter from the Elections Department and the Registration Office
Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 2 pm
Board of Supervisors Conference Room, 301 W. Jefferson Street (10th Floor), Phoenix, AZ 85003
Media Credentials:
Maricopa County requires an official press pass for members of the media to enter its facilities and/or cover events related to the 2022 general election. Journalists can read criteria for obtaining a permit and applying online here. Journalists without a provincial press pass will not be allowed to attend the press conference.
Live broadcast:
The press conference will be broadcast on YouTube for members of the public to watch live or replay at a later time.
Spanish translation:
During the press conference, Maricopa County will have a Spanish speaker present to answer specific questions from the Spanish-speaking media. After the press conference, this person will be available to share additional information in Spanish with interested media outlets.
Conradson tried to get into this press conference in order to ask real questions to Maricopa County supervisors, but was stopped by the staff responsible for the audit.
Watch the full press conference and stand-off with county employees below.
County employee: I'm sure we sent you a refusal because you didn't meet the criteria.
Conradson: Can you tell me what part of the criteria I did not meet? Because I've seen the standards and I meet them all
County employee: You do not meet the criteria for being a legitimate news organization.
Conradson: What is a legitimate news organization?
County employee: unbiased.
Conradson: unbiased? Does CNN meet these criteria? Does the Arizona Republic meet these criteria?
County employee: I would like to forward you to your email.
Conradson: "You are not a bona fide journalist." So what is a bona fide journalist?
County employee: I think someone can honestly report the facts.
Conradson: I tell the facts honestly. You don't think I do?
County employee: number.
Conradson: Do you think I am dishonest?
County employee: yes.
Conradson: Well, 2.5 million daily readers don't think I'm dishonest. They actually trust me, unlike those guys I let in. So, it is up to you guys whether you are dishonest or not?
County employee: You have email. You have our reply.
Conradson: Well, that's your opinion that I'm not being frank. Is that what you're saying?
County employee: I say you don't meet our criteria and you can refer back to the email.
Conradson: Well, my email says I'm not a bona fide journalist, and you simply called me a scam. Is this your opinion of me or these facts?
County employee: I have no opinion of you.
Conradson: Well, it looks like you just expressed your opinion saying, "You're not being honest."
District employee: Is there anything else you would like to discuss here?
Konradson: I'd like to go report the event and show people what's really going on and ask honest questions.
District employee: You did not get press accreditation.
Conradson: Because you don't think I'm honest. Is this you did that?
District employee: I don't think you are part of a bona fide news organization.
Conradson: why?
County employee: Because you don't communicate facts.
Conradson: You don't think I'm reporting the facts.
County employee: No I do not.
Conradson: So, it comes down to your opinion. We have 2.5 million daily readers who consider us a bona fide news organization.
District employee: this is your opinion.
Conradson: No, it's the truth. I just gave you a statistic about people who consider us a bona fide news organization. On the other hand, with these guys, nobody thinks they're a bona fide news organization except you guys. You are kind of in the minority there. This is the reason for the low viewership and readership rate. Nobody wants to hear their crap. they are lying. Give me an example of a news organization you guys are referring to.
County employee: I think we're done here.
New video Jan. 6 shows Pelosi and Schumer scrambling to secure the Capitol
The Secret Service expected violence before March at the Capitol
The suspect is Nikki Secondino
Reported expert portal regarding the killing of 61-year-old Carlo Scandino in his Brooklyn apartment Thursday in an incident that police initially indicated was a home invasion.
Sources at The New York Post indicated that the killer may have been closer to home, suggesting Secondino's trans daughter may have been involved.
Carlo's 22-year-old transgender daughter Nikki Scandino has been accused of killing her father.
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Nikki smirked for the cameras as she was escorted out of the NYPD police station.
Photo: Facebook screenshot/Carlo Secondino
The New York Post reported:
Nikki Scandino has been charged with murder and other crimes after police initially believed her father, Carlo Secondino, had been stabbed to death during an early morning home invasion at their Bensonhurst home.
Sources told The Post earlier Thursday that Nicki is suspected of making up a fake break-in story to cover up her brutal crime.
But the tale quickly unraveled and the alleged killer was also charged with attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the horrific attack in which her 19-year-old sister was stabbed.
The younger sister was taken to Maimonides Hospital in critical condition.
Nikki smiled, but ignored reporters' questions, as investigators led her out of Brooklyn's 62nd Precinct Thursday night.
A neighbor of Secondinos also said she heard Nikki Make a phone call in the hallway after the murder, claiming that the family was robbed by home invaders, who also stabbed them.
The release of former President Donald J. Trump's private tax documents comes amid questions about why the IRS failed to fully audit him during his presidency.
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Gippsland South carers will get the support they need to care for their loved ones under an elected Nationals government, Member for Gippsland South Danny O'Brien has said.
Every day, unpaid family carers are making a difference in the lives of those they care for and in Gippsland they'll have extra support under a $600,000 pilot program to be funded by The Nationals if elected to government.
Mr O'Brien said the three-year pilot program, to be run by the Gippsland Carers Association, will provide our carers with unprecedented support.
"We must care for our carers in Gippsland South and that's exactly what a Nationals government will do," Mr O'Brien said.
"This pilot program will provide education, information and links to services and allow Gippsland Carers Association to employ a part-time co-ordinator and two mentors.
"The Nationals will make sure unpaid family carers are not forgotten."
In 2015, Daniel Andrews and Labor cut funding provided by the former Coalition government and put the good work of Gippsland Carers at risk.
A lack of funding certainty left the future of the invaluable support and advocacy of the Association in limbo.
"Labor took away funding for this vital program in our community, only The Nationals are committed to supporting carers in Gippsland," Mr O'Brien said.
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Make your loved one a sweet treat with these heart shaped Millionaires shortbread: crumbly biscuit sandwiched with caramel and drizzled with dark and white chocolate.
1. Preheat oven to 170°C, (150°C for fan ovens), Gas mark 4.
2. Cream butter and sugar with the vanilla until pale and fluffy. Add the flour and knead gently to a dough. Chill for 10 minutes.
3. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to the thickness of a pound coin and cut out biscuits (it should make 36 hearts, if you keep rolling and cutting).
4. Transfer to parchment lined baking sheets and bake for 8-10 minutes. Leave to cool.
5. Sandwich the biscuits together with a teaspoonful of caramel. Melt the chocolate in separate bowls. Drizzle the chocolate over the biscuits with a spoon or piping bags and leave to set. Enjoy with tea or coffee or pop one in your valentine's lunchbox for a special treat!
You can freeze the dough if you don't want to bake it all at once. Wrap tightly in a double layer of cling film – it will keep for about a month.
How long will these biccies last after baking?
Hi Alexis - well not very long in the Carnation kitchen in our experience! :0) They will keep in an airtight box for about a week. If its a warm day keep in the fridge to stop the chocolate melting.


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HESSTON -- Hesston College announced the names of full-time students whose spring semester grades earned them a place on the Dean's List (3.90 to 4.00) and Honor Roll (3.50 to 3.89).
Taylor Ermoian, Hays, was named to the Dean's List. Ermoian, a freshman, is the son of Cheryl Herman and Kyle Ermoian, Hays.