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China's economic growth has been more robust in some regions than others. In a country as large as China, examinations of regional differences can provide a viable way to learn about the economy as a whole. Rongxing Guo provides a systematic introduction to the economies of China by describing their external and internal drivers and by placing them within geopolitical and even socio-cultural boundaries. His pairings of case studies and empirical techniques reveal a rich, deep appreciation of the growth process and of interactions between key factors. This book delves more deeply into issues surrounding the economy than other books, offering a unique and important perspective that many will find useful. Covering history and administrative structures, unique economic features, some domestic economic issues, and international economic engagement, it describes an often inaccessible perspective with nuances all students of China will find valuable
- Introduces China’s regional economies, often overlooked in US and European texts within larger contexts of social and geopolitical concerns
- Explains the reform process since 1978 in a comprehensive, non-technical, and accessible manner
- Features case studies in each chapter
For second courses on the Chinese enconomy. Upper-division undergraduates and graduate students studying international trade, macroeconomics, and development economics.
List of Boxes
List of Case Studies
List of Figures
List of Tables
Contents of the Companion
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1. A Brief History of China
1.1 The Origins of the Nation
1.2 The Rise and Fall of the Empire
1.3 China in the New Millennium
Chapter 2. Spatial and Administrative Divisions
2.1 Administrative Divisions
2.2 Great Regions
2.3 Geographical Belts
2.4 Southern and Northern Parts
2.5 Ethno-Cultural Areas
Chapter 3. Human and Cultural Contexts
3.2 Labor Force
3.4 Cultural Diversity
Chapter 4. Natural and Environmental Resources
4.1 Natural Resources
4.2 Energy Production
4.3 Environmental Quality
4.4 Chinese Environmental Policy
4.5 Policy Implications
Chapter 5. Political and Administrative Systems
5.1 Party Versus State
5.2 Government and Administrative Systems
5.3 Legal System
5.4 (Dis)advantages of China’s Political System
5.5 Further Implications
Chapter 6. Economic Systems in Transition
6.1 Economic Transition, Chinese Style
6.2 Getting Out of Plan
6.3 Labor and Employment
6.4 Production Ownership
6.5 Public Finance
6.6 Banking System
Chapter 7. Understanding Chinese Economic Reform
7.1 Radical Reform: The Successful Cases
7.2 Radical Reform: The Unsuccessful Cases
7.3 Gradual/Partial Reform: The Successful Cases
7.4 Gradual/Partial Reform: The Unsuccessful Cases
7.5 Whither Chinese-Style Reform?
Chapter 8. Economic Growth and Income (Re)distribution
8.1 Macroeconomic Performance
8.2 Understanding Economic Growth
8.3 Income Distribution and Inequality
8.4 Income Redistribution and Social Security
Chapter 9. A Multiregional Economic Comparison
9.1 China’s Statistical Systems
9.2 Macroeconomic Performance
9.3 Real Living Standards
9.4 Regional Economic Disparity
Chapter 10. Regional Diseconomies and Development Strategy
10.1 Spatial Comparative Advantages
10.2 Spatial Economic Separation
10.3 Spatial Diseconomies and China
10.4 Regional Development Strategies
Chapter 11. Industrialization and Technological Progress
11.1 Industrialization During the Pre-Reform Era
11.2 Industrialization During the Reform Era
11.3 Technological Progress
11.4 Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 12. International Economic Engagement
12.1 Historical Review
12.2 Toward an Open Economy
12.3 Foreign Trade
12.4 Understanding China’s Trade Performance
Chapter 13. Inward and Outward Direct Investments
13.1 Some Basic Concepts
13.2 Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment
13.3 Outward Direct Investment
Chapter 14. Doing Business in China
14.1 Starting a Business
14.2 Ease of Doing Business Across China
14.3 Understanding China’s Business Culture
14.4 Managing Cultural Differences
Chapter 15. Understanding the Chinese-Speaking Economies
15.1 The Greater China Area
15.2 A Multiregional Economic Comparison
15.3 Cross-Strait Economic Relations
15.4 Overseas Chinese Economics
1. PowerPoint slides (Introduction and 15 chapters).
2. Case studies (including five in-depth research papers).
3. Suggested reading.
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Rongxing Guo is Professor (Homepage: www.researchgate.net/profile/Rongxing_Guo; ORCID: 0000-0002-5368-793X), Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China. He has led research projects for the OECD and the World Bank, and undertaken consultation for the Chinese government. An expert who is among the very few scholars to publish in six major disciplines of economics, geography, political science, management science, archaeology, and anthropology, Rongxing Guo has more than 30 years of experience teaching and researching in China, as well as in Australia, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Germany and the US. During the past 20 years or so, he has published more than 30 monographs and many valuable articles. His most recent research works are “Explaining the Human and Cultural Puzzles: A New Development Theory” – whose full text is available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162519302513 -- and “Managing the Unruly Waters: An Imperative for Safety and Resilience along the Yellow River” (draft).
Professor, Capital University of Economics and Business, China
"Guo’s book combines the broad brush strokes of an introductory text with rich detail on the complexities of modern China. The book is a comprehensive guide to the changes that have transformed the Chinese economy during the reform era."
--Eric Thun, University of Oxford
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There were more than 100 cases of Covid reported in the city on Tuesday, with 102 new infections recorded in the last 24 hours, increasing the total count to 10,59,433 cases as of now.
The last time cases in the city breached the 100-mark in a single day was on March 2. However, there were zero deaths reported on Tuesday, with the death toll standing at 19,562.
In the rest of Maharashtra too, there was a surge in cases in the last 24 hours, with 153 new cases and four Covid deaths being reported on Tuesday, pushing the tally to 78,77,078 and 1,47,838 fatalities so far.
Additional Municipal Commissioner Suresh Kakani said there was no need to panic, considering that most people were vaccinated and this was a barrier against the infection. Moreover, civic staff have been instructed to carry out tracing of up to 15 high-risk contacts and enforce home or institutional quarantine.
“We have asked to monitor cases and identify clusters if reported, to carry out 1:15 contact tracing, to enforce quarantine strictly, and speed up vaccination in their respective areas. Meanwhile, higher surveillance is in place for international travellers and it is continued after they return to Mumbai,” he said.
Dr Lancelot Pinto, consultant pulmonologist and epidemiologist, P D Hinduja Hospital, said, “I think comparing cities and test positivity rates is going to be a futile exercise now, considering the number of variables involved. We know that many individuals choose to test with rapid-antigen kits at home, and these do not get reported. Even the decision about whether or not to test has become subjective.
“Better metrics might be the number of individuals testing positive among traveller screenings, or pre-hospitalization screenings (for non-Covid reasons), although even these are not universally recommended anymore. For community spread, we need to look at innovative methods such as wastewater surveillance, and for severe disease, we need to analyze hospitalization numbers, as these are more robust and not affected by subjective decisions,” he said


If your Linksys router is not performing well or you want to reset the Linksys Router setup password, then here are 5 simple steps to carry out a hard reset on Linksys router.
Now, we are going to suggest the 5 simple steps which will end up resetting your Linksys router.
Press the reset button from back of the device
- Press the reset button located at the back of the router with the help of pointed pen or paper. Press and release the button after 15 seconds. All the lights will turn off only power light will flash for some seconds.
- Now, wait for 5 minutes until all lights get on. All the lights will get stable after 5 minutes.
Connect the device to network name ‘Asus’ and configure it
- After connecting to the network, open ‘Setup’ page of your Linksys Router.
- If the login page doesn’t open within 10 seconds. Open the browser manually and enter the IP address of your Linksys router. You can check the IP address of your router from the online web page.
- Enter ‘Admin’ in the ‘Username’ box and ‘Password’ in the password box. If prompted, click ‘Yes’ to login.
- You will find the ‘Go’ option at the bottom of the screen. Click on it.
Enter new password
- Generate new password for your router login. Go to the ‘Administrator’ page. Enter the default password once followed by a new password. You will be prompted to enter the new password twice.
- Hard reset function can be performed in case you have forgotten the login password or want to reset it to default.
- Tap ‘Next’ to go to the next step.
Enter new settings
- Go to ‘Wireless settings’ page and enter SSID for network. You have to enter the password for the same. If prompted select any one frequency out of 2.4 or 5 GHz.
Important: Keep the SSID and password of your router different from that of modem otherwise the network may interfere with each other and you will find it difficult to connect to the internet browser.
- The moment you saved the settings, you will find a message displaying ‘Successfully configured’ on screen. After this, the connection will be disconnected. Modify the client settings to connect to the network again.
Connect the device to the newly configured network
- Open ‘Wireless icon’ on the device and connect to the network which has been configured recently. Select the SSID and enter the password which you have configured earlier.
- Once the device is successfully connected, you can open the website on your mobile, tablet or smart device without any problem.
After implementing the above-mentioned steps, if you are getting any problem, you can contact the Linksys Router Setup experts or go through the steps again.


Innovation Squared has this week unveiled a new desktop CNC router they have created called the Creation Station. Which has been designed to provide hobbyists, makers, designers and students with a high-performance low cost desktop CNC router.
The Creation Station CNC router is supplied as a kit that you will need to construct and offers a large 24″ x 24″ x 5″ work area while still offering a fairly compact design. Check out the video after the jump to learn more about the design and features of the new Creation Station router.
The Creation Station is capable of cutting and shaping foam, wood, plastic, aluminium, brass, stone, ceramic, tile, glass and anything else softer than steel. Its designers explains a little more :
“We developed the Creation Station for makers like you – like us. We are makers — we developed the Creation Station with all the features and capabilities that we wanted to see in the CNC machine on our workbench. “
“Our goal was simple: create a high performance, high quality CNC machine that the average person could afford. After over a year of research, development and testing, we did it. The Creation Station is loaded with features usually only found on machines costing thousands of dollars, but costs less than a good laptop. We are sure this will become the most useful tool in your workshop!”
“CNC stands for Computer Numeric Control. A CNC machine is a computer controlled router that can cut shapes out of whatever material is placed in it. The Creation Station is a low cost CNC router kit designed to be high performance and high quality as well as simple to use. “
The Creation Station project is currently over on the Kickstarter crowd funding website looking to raise enough pledges to make the jump from concept to production. So if you think Creation Station is something you could benefit from, visit the Kickstarter website now to make a pledge and help Creation Station become a reality.
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Labour leader Keir Starmer (pictured) has called for a tax on landlords to pay for the rising costs of social care.
Instead of increasing National Insurance contributions by 1.25% to pay for the new health and social care levy, Starmer says his party would tax, “those with the broadest shoulders”.
Speaking at the Local Government Association Labour Leaders’ Summit, he said: “The government act like there was no alternative but there clearly was. The money could have been raised by taxing the incomes of landlords, and those who buy and sell large quantities of financial assets, stocks and shares.”
He added: “It leaves a private landlord renting out multiple properties not paying a penny more in tax, and their hard-working tenants to pick up the burden, it sees an Amazon worker’s taxes raised, but Amazon itself able to squirrel profits away in tax havens and only pay a fraction of what high street shops do, and it means our care workers aren’t given a pay rise but are expected to pay more in tax.”
Starmer said the plan outlined by the government last week was unfair. “Who is left with the bill? It’s working people. It’s especially low earners and young people who have already borne the brunt of the economic impact of the pandemic.”
Labour has promised to transform access to care, making sure every older and disabled person who needs support gets it where they need it. Since the new levy was announced, the party has taken a poll lead over the Conservatives for the first time since January, according to YouGov, with the Tories seeing a five-point drop in support to 33% and Labour up one point to 35%.


- The San Diego City Council has allocated $1.1 million in federal money to acquire the 1,200-seat North Park Theatre as a neighborhood performing arts center and community meeting hall.
The City Council set aside the federal Community Development Block Grant funds for the theater earlier this month. The vintage theater is located at 2891 University Ave.
“We’re researching community groups, dance companies, a whole list of people who did express interest in the use of the theater as a community hall-performing arts center,” said a staff assistant for Council member Gloria McColl. McColl has been the moving force in the city’s acquisition efforts. The 1928 theater is in her district.
In recent years, the North Park Theatre has been used for musicals, rock concerts, body-building competitions, church services, silent and sound motion pictures. During this year’s City Council election campaign, the theater was the site of a major candidate debate that was broadcast over radio.
For more than a year, the California Performing Arts Center operated the theater under a lease-purchase option. But the arts center was unable to raise the $1.3 million price the owner, Horizon Christian Fellowship, set.
Arts Center Executive Director Martin Gregg would like the center to operate the North Park Theatre as a permanent home for local dance and theater companies.
Although the city allocated $1.1 million, the church’s asking price for the facility is $1.5 million, said Ed Mitchell, a member of the church’s board of directors.
“We think it would be a good step for the city,” Mitchell said. “It’s a good investment for a lot of people who have a vision for sophisticated theater . . . and a core of focus for the revitalization of North Park.
If the North Park Theatre is bought--the city’s property department must first make a detailed appraisal before the City Council votes to make an offer--chances are the theater would be leased at a nominal fee to a private organization to operate it for the city, said Ross McComb, the city’s community program administrator.


You might have spotted a new byline on Tysons Reporter. Say hello to Madeline Taylor, the summer intern for Tysons Reporter and our sister sites Reston Now and ARLnow.
She is a rising junior at the George Washington University, where she majors in journalism and mass communication and minors in psychology. During the school year, Taylor reports stories and helps with production for her college’s TV station and also is a member of the GW dance team “First Ladies.”
Local News Now, the parent company of Tysons Reporter, is her first journalism internship.
“I’m so excited to be interning for Local News Now this summer and to be writing my first published articles,” she said. “Thanks, [LNN’s publisher] Scott, for taking a chance on me during these unprecedented times.”
During her three weeks here, she’s already had several bylines for Tysons Reporter. So far, Taylor’s reporting has ranged from covering how the Town of Vienna nixed its 130th birthday party plans for a virtual race to interviewing local restaurant owners on how they reimagined their eateries’ openings during the pandemic.
Originally from Wheaton, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, Taylor will cover all things local news in Northern Virginia this summer.
“I’m looking forward to covering local happenings and expanding my worldview by interviewing a wide variety of people,” Taylor said.
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Chris Green is one of the DMV’s finest fitness instructors. A Lululemon and South Block ambassador, he is a coach and mentor to so many. He embodies grace, positivity and motivation in ways that no one else can. If we could all learn a thing or two from him, the world would be a much better place. He does so much for others, and does so with a smile on his face 99% of the time.
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Then I'd catch this off-Broadway play, Becky Shaw. (Off-Broadway tix half-price from Feb. 15 - March 1st!) I'd hop on over and see this Raymond Chandler discussion/exhibit too. I love pulp, I love noir, I love photography, and I couldn't get through "The Big Sleep". This way I would get to hear les smarty-pantses talk about it. I'd go even though Jonathan Lethem will be speaking. The only book of his I've read is As She Climbed Across the Table, which has prevented me from reading anything else he's written.
But before all this - and this is the biggest wish - I would jet on over to Paris and see Dita at Le Crazy Horse! Starting at only 100 euros and including a half-bottle of champagne! (Except at 100 euros, why can't they give me a full-size bottle?!)
Since I'm wishing anyway, I'll throw in some Bulgari jewels and some chocolate bars. Oh heck, and these too. But in the green suede. I couldn't find a photo or I'd
Speaking of wishes, shouldn't the tooth fairy revisit us all in our old age? Just an idea.

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Finally a book that combines the fresh, exuberant flavors of great Italian food with the ease and comfort of a slow cooker. Michele Scicolone, a best-selling author and an authority on Italian cooking, shows how good ingredients and simple techniques can lift the usual “crockpot” fare into the dimension of fine food. Pasta with Meat and Mushroom Ragu, Osso Buco with Red Wine, Chicken with Peppers and Mushrooms: These are dishes that even the most discriminating cook can proudly serve to company, yet all are so carefree that anyone with just five or ten minutes of prep time can make them on a weekday and return to perfection. Simmered in the slow cooker, soups, stews, beans, grains, pasta sauces, and fish are as healthy as they are delicious. Polenta and risotto, “stir-crazy” dishes that ordinarily need careful timing, are effortless. Meat loaves come out perfectly moist, tough cuts of meat turn succulent, and cheesecakes emerge flawless.
Author: Martha Stone
Publisher: Martha Stone
Release Date: 2014-08-15
This book is a compilation of all the most convenient slow cooker Italian meals. This book will keep you busy throughout the month with different recipes to try almost every day of the month. Not everyone has the time to spend cooking a home cooked meal in the kitchen but we all love one, right? This book allows you to enjoy home cooked meals every night without hours of prep and active cook time.
The best-selling author of The Italian Slow Cooker demonstrates how to adapt classic French dishes for convenient, high-flavor results, providing coverage of such favorites as Crispy Duck Confit, Bouillabaisse and Ginger Crème Brûlée. Original.
Author: Ellen Brown
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date: 2013-09-03
Feast your eyes on the largest collection of Italian slow cooking recipes. With beautiful full-color photographs throughout and more than 150 recipes to choose from, this book gives you the means to fill your kitchen with scrumptious smells and your stomach with satisfaction.
Most recipes in this book can be tweaked easily to suit your personal choice. You can substitute or altogether remove any ingredients (of course except the main ingredient) that you don't have or not liked. Although all recipes as it is are tasted and found to please most people taste bud. What you are waiting for? Grab the Book Top 100 Italian Slow Cooker Recipes and start making the food, which we are sure to give you instant gratification. You will find recipes like Slow Cooker Italian Beef, Slow Cooker Italian Turkey, Slow Cooker Italian Beef for Sandwiches, Slow Cooker Italian Beef Hoagies, Slow Cooker Stuffed Zucchini, Eggplant Parmesan For the Slow Cooker, Chicken Cacciatore in a Slow Cooker, Easy Slow Cooker Lasagna, Slow Cooker Vegetarian Minestrone, Italian Meatballs and Peppers by PAM®, Slow-Cooker Lasagna, Slow Cooker Pork Cacciatore, Slow Cooker Sausage and Peppers, Slow Cooker Pepperoni Pizza, Easy Slow Cooker Meatballs And Many More......
"Beautiful, classic recipes made with passion, by the man who taught me everything I know about Italian cooking." Jamie Oliver Gennaro shows you how to prepare good Italian food with minimum effort by letting the oven or hob do the work. Slow cooking draws out flavours and softens the texture of food to create delicious, impressive, often inexpensive meals with little fuss. There are casseroles and one-pots that slowly simmer to perfection, roasts that tenderize in the oven, soups that quietly bubble away on the hob, puddings such as meringues and fruit compotes, and breads that bake to light perfection. Gennaro is a traditional, rural Italian cook. He uses lots of inexpensive cuts of meat, as well as beans and pulses, which all benefit from slow cooking, so there is plenty for the thrifty home cook to choose from. This is classic Italian food, such as Roast leg of lamb with baby onions, Rich Tyrolean beef goulash, Lasagne and Meringue with zabaglione cream and custard, that takes the hard work out of preparing supper.
Slow-cooking techniques for delicious dishes from the Mediterranean region, from a New York Times–bestselling cookbook author! With the combination of tradition, innovation, and ease that have made her recipes so popular, Michele Scicolone gathers intriguing dishes from every corner of the Mediterranean and streamlines them for the slow cooker. The range is eye-opening: from simplified and freshened classics like Greek Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta to Israeli Sweet and Sour Meatballs to Moroccan Vegetable Tagine to Coffee-Caramel Flan from Spain. Scicolone also serves up a profusion of fascinating lesser-known dishes: Creamy Polenta Lasagna, Port-Braised Chicken from Portugal, Spiced Frittata from Tunisia, and Bandit’s Lamb—as well as her own seductive creations, like Cannoli Cheesecake.
Author: Hanna Baker
Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc
Release Date: 2014-03-28
Genre: Health & Fitness
By investing a small amount of time in Slow Cooker Freezer Meals, you reap great benefits. Just chop, assemble and freeze. It’s really easy to cook these dishes; just dump in the ingredients, set it on low and walk away for several hours. When you come back, your meal is ready. Since you made it at home, it's far cheaper and made of better ingredients than meals you might eat elsewhere, means saving money on dining out and a valuable timesaver. So the interesting thing is- in a couple of hours, you can prepare a month’s worth of meals and fill your freezer with real food meals that too moving the prep work to a more convenient part of the day. This book contains Simple & Stunning recipes that do not require ton of prepping or chopping, pull a meal out of the freezer; follow a few cooking steps & get healthy dinners to the table every night.
Author: Better Homes and Gardens
Publisher: Meredith Books
Release Date: 2004-01-01
A lay-flat comb-bound guide to preparing slow-cooked meals includes easy-to-prepare recipes for side dishes, soups, main dishes, stews, desserts, appetizers, beverages, and snacks of all kinds, including meatless recipes specially designed for vegetarian readers. Original. 75,000 first printing.
The Christmas season brings swirling snowflakes, cookie swaps and caroling parties, not to mention church programs, gifts to wrap and Christmas dinner with the whole family. You'll need a helping hand, so why not put your slow cooker to work? Slow-Cooker Christmas Favorites features recipes for every holiday occasion from brunch to dinner, from party time to dessert. Invite your best friends for a hearty breakfast of Cinnamon-Raisin French Toast and Brown Sugar Sausages before an all-day shopping trip. Plum Good Sausages & Meatballs and Festive Cranberry Warmer will make your tree decorating party merry! As the days grow shorter, put dinner on the table in a jiffy with Busy-Day Spinach Lasagna, No-Fuss Chicken Dinner or Corn & Sausage. We haven't forgotten Christmas dinner...it'll be one to remember with Honey-Dijon Ham, Old-Fashioned Scalloped Corn and Grandma's Cranberry Sauce! Cherry Chocolate Heaven, Apples & Cinnamon Bread Pudding and other desserts are sure to bring any meal to a scrumptious conclusion, and they're all slow-cooker simple. You'll also find a chapter filled with sweet memories of Christmases past. It's sure to put you in the spirit of the season. This year, take it easy and leave the work to your slow cooker, while you have the merriest Christmas ever!
Features 325 family-friendly slow cooker main dishes, sides and appetisers; and the inside scoop for slow cooker success: 120 hints, tips, and ideas. This work also presents the level of difficulty and shopping lists with every recipe and contains nutritional information, including carbohydrate counts and diabetic exchanges.
Always have a problem what to cook? Time managment problems? This book is solution to choose from 400 + vegetarian slow cooker recipes. If you want to prepare hot, nutritious, home-cooked meals for your family and friends, but feel like time is never on your side, think again! The global Slow Cooker 400 +vegetarian recipes will allow you to come home from work to a wonderful prepared healthy meal. But the problem is, there were not enough vegetable recipes to be found and the ones that were available lack the taste that inborn meat eaters would fall in love with. Until now! This Vegetarian slow cooker Recipe Book solves that problem forever with tasty, delicious - tried and true SELECTED recipes that are guaranteed to satisfy even someone who doesn't normally like their veggies! The recipes provided in this book are wholesome and tasty. Simple to prepare, yet totally delicious these recipes will be a surprise! Slow cookers are among an array of old kitchen gadgets making a comeback. Most of us are experiencing the joys of cooking delicious ready made meals at home.The extended cooking times allow better distribution of flavors in many recipes. Why Vegetarian? Consumption of meat & meat products have been established to be among the TOP cause of heart disease, hypertension and many types of cancers. You can stop the onslaught of these deadly diseases in their tracks by consuming more vegetables or by turning vegetarian.
Don't let your stomach suffer because you're short on time. Use one of the many easy recipes in 200 Slow Cooker Sensations to create a mouthwatering meal in minutes. Just take 5 minutes to throw a few ingredients in the good ol' slow cooker in the morning and, come dinnertime, your meal will be ready to eat! Look through this extraordinary collection of timesaving recipes for chicken, beef, pork, turkey, and vegetables as well as soups, dips, drinks, and desserts. Let the lip licking begin!
Dinner ready and waiting when you want it - it's all possible with your slow cooker and Betty Crocker! Betty Crocker's Easy Slow Cooker Dinners gives you 50 slow cooker dinners recipes -- from succulent meats and fantastic poultry, to simmering one-pot meals including vegetarian options, as well as heartwarming soups and stews. Plus, you'll find tips and techniques for the best way to use a slow cooker - including extra-special shortcuts, cleaning hints, how to lock in flavors, and other finishing techniques to make every dinner look as good as it tastes.


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What Types of Grapefruits Are There?
Grapefruits are considered to be one of the world’s most nutritious fruits and are a terrific source of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other nutrients that can help the body stave off diseases and promote overall health. With varying colors and flavors, there will always be a Grapefruit to suit your palette.
Types of Grapefruits
To date, there are 3 types of Grapefruits you can choose from: the sour and somewhat bitter white Grapefruit (sometimes called yellow Grapefruit) which is the progenitor of all other Grapefruit cultivars, the tangy-bittersweet pink Grapefruit, and the sweet but somewhat tart red Grapefruit.
- White Grapefruits – The first variety that graced the United States was the Grapefruit white which was first discovered in Barbados. It is sour, acidic, astringent, and an acquired taste. It is no wonder that most people did not favor it when they first tried it. The great thing about white Grapefruits is that once you get used to its sour taste you will be able to appreciate its citrus flavor that pairs well with nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon. Fresh herbs and ginger also go well with Texas Grapefruit. The most popular white Grapefruit variety grown in the US is the white Marsh Grapefruit which looks like a large lemon from the outside because of its round shape and yellow skin.
- Pink Grapefruits – This pink-fleshed cultivar was discovered as a budsport growing on a Walters’ Grapefruit tree in 1907 in Florida, and on a white Marsh tree in 1913, both of which are derived from Duncan Grapefruit. Pink Grapefruits are in between white and red Grapefruits in terms of color, sweetness, and tanginess. Pink Grapefruits are more accepted than white Grapefruits because they are less acidic and pretty to look at.
- Grapefruit Red – When you slice open a red Grapefruit, like the Ruby Red Grapefruit, you will be delighted to see a dark pink flesh that tastes sweeter than any other Grapefruit out there with a tinge of tang that is refreshing and simply mouth-watering. The mutated Grapefruit Ruby Red was found growing on a pink Grapefruit tree in Texas in 1929. It became an instant hit because of its appetizing deep-red flesh that is terrifically sweet and juicy. Soon after it was discovered, other growers started developing new sweeter strains of Red Ruby Grapefruit.
When is Grapefruit Season?
Grapefruit season is mostly dependent on where the Grapefruit is grown. Grapefruit trees propagated in Arizona and California bear fruit from January to August, while those grown in Florida and Texas hit the market stalls from October through June. The well-distinguished sweet Ruby Red Grapefruits from Texas are in peak season from October to June and are off-peak from July to September.
Grapefruit vs Orange
Grapefruits and oranges are hard to compare when it comes to flavor and nutritional benefits. Both have flavors all their own, and numerous health benefits that can help boost the immune system and promote good health. The best advice we can give is to try both Grapefruits and Oranges when they are in peak season to enjoy the freshest and best quality fruits you can find.
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The Real Estate, Land Use & Zoning practice group combines the firm’s strengths in transactional real estate and land use and zoning to deliver a wide array of real property related services to homeowners, business owners, landowners, builders and developers. From the analysis of a transaction’s structure through negotiation and preparation of documents, financing and settlement, the firm guides clients through sales and purchase transactions, lease agreements, lot sale and purchase agreements, contract disputes, property disputes, and tax-free exchanges under the Internal Revenue Code. In matters of land use and development, the firm interacts with governmental authorities and community groups, and counsels clients in matters of project feasibility, zoning, subdivision, site plan approval, permits, historic resources, condemnation, environmental concerns, and master plan and comprehensive zoning issues.
The firm's real estate lawyers are closely assisted with settlement and related title matters by local title companies serving the Eastern Shore, including Venture Title Company.
Representative firm matters in the area of Real Estate, Land Use and Zoning include:
- Represented an owner in the negotiation of a long term commercial lease with a national chain tenant and construction financing for this project.
- Assisted numerous sellers in tax-free exchanges of real estate, including deferred and reverse exchanges
- Represented a contract purchaser/property owner in the purchase, financing, rezoning, subdivision and development of a site for a large commercial use.
- Represented buyer in acquisition of $3,250,000 parcel of real estate and conservation easement planning.


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Illini-Badger Football Conference Announces All-Conference
Dec. 19, 2003
The Lakeland College Football Team received numerous honors when the IBFC announced its 2003 All-Conference Awards. Senior quarterback Brent Luebke received honors for Outstanding Offensive Back, while Senior wide receiver Jeff Taff received his second straight Outstanding Wide Receiver Award. Both players also received First Team honors.
Among the other Muskie selections for First Team were Senior offensive lineman Nick Fox, Senior wide receiver Shaun Behrend, Junior tight end Jed Manders, Sophomore defensive lineman Nick Zeck, Senior linebacker Roosevelt Moore, and Freshman punter Casey Kedrowski.
Senior offensive lineman Shane Straseske, Sophomore Bryan Vandlen, Senior wide receiver James Hayes, Freshman running back Marcus Denham, Sophomore defensive backs Ryan Van De Loo and junior Jacob Vigilante, Senior defensive linemen Johnnie Ferguson and sophomore Shane Schrimpf, Junior linebacker Sam Scharinger, and Senior kicker Gerald Starner were all Second Team honorees.
Honorable mention honors went to Junior offensive lineman Greg Doiron, Junior running back Travis Gervais, Sophomore tight end Jon Gilmore, Senior defensive back Eric Voigt, and Junior linebacker Mike Gregory.
Overall the Muskies placed an outstanding 23 players on this year's all-conference

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18 months after severe flooding affected over 15,000 people in southern Albania, 16 infrastructure projects provide flood protection for the future.
Young people get involved in the redesign of cultural heritage in Kosovo.
Solar power is now giving affordable and sustainable power back to the people in Croatia.
Moldovan youth are learning about renewable energy and inspiring change in their families and communities.
21-year-old Sheyda Karimova talks about her experience at Azerbaijan's Model UN.
UNDP’s Regional Director for Europe and the CIS called on the country and its partners to multiply partnerships aimed at achieving the SDGs.
A New World project in Uzbekistan, women learn traditional craft-making skills that enable them to find jobs locally.
Data collected by the Women against Violence Network shows that in Serbia in 2015, as many as 45 percent of women victims of intimate-partner violence were killed by firearms.
In Albania, local government units are using locally developed open source software to foster One Stop Shop services for citizens.
An intern’s ode to youth and inexperience.
In Kyrgyzstan, local beekeepers have created a protected buffer zone for the development of sustainable bee breeding.

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jay peak blows hard. dont go there. go to killington or something. better yet head to mt snow. their park is awesome this year
yeah they have a really tough time maintaining a park there
really the park isnt that great and it is fucking freezing up there. They only have one rail set up right now.
this is why newbs (first time i have ever called some one that) like you should be banned.

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Publisher: Foster & Black New Adult
Number of Pages: 388
"I am out of my depth. Yesterday, I was just a CIA languages geek, safe behind a desk. I thought I wanted a taste of the action.**Book was previously three different books called Seduced, Conflicted, and Betrayed.
Then I met him.
Luka. Arms dealer. Russian mafia. A man who'll kill to get what he wants. And he wants me.
Now I'm on a plane to Moscow with orders to "accidentally" run into him again. Seduce him. Sleep with him.
I can’t control myself when I’m near him. And if he finds out who I really am, I'm dead."
This book is a lot different than the other books by Helena Newbury, well...she's only got one other series but it is different. I felt like this book was a lot more on the fifty shades end of the spectrum but still pretty far away from fifty shades...does that make sense?
It was a very enjoyable book with the characters, plot, etc. The books overall were short but they are only about 100 something pages each.
Helena really didn't disappoint, she gave us the characters, story, and sexual tension that she promised us. I did wish that we got more of the story, it is a very intricate and interesting plot line and these characters have such rich backstories--especially Luka--I just felt like he really deserved more. Maybe we can get a little novella about him that might include Luka and Arianna's future *nudge nudge*.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars!!


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Sadie Thoma is a director of creative business development at Google, where she and her team help creative agencies pursue new ways of storytelling. Here she details insights from a recent experiment with personalized video ads, revealing takeaways for any brand looking to make the most of signal-based custom video assets.
Audience insights have always been invaluable to the creative process, and these days, you have access to more audience signals than ever before. For many advertisers, it can be a challenge to move past demographic data and tap into newer, deeper signals, like interests and intent. The questions I often get are, “Where do we start?” and “How will this affect the creative development process?”
To answer these questions, we partnered with the Ad Council and six creative agencies to explore how deeper audience insights — beyond demographic data — can inspire more relevant, impactful video storytelling. The initiative focused on bringing attention to three social causes: preparing for natural disasters, ending hunger, and empowering girls in STEM. Using intent- and interest-based audience signals from Google and YouTube, each agency developed custom video ads for two niche audiences, like crafty DIY fanatics or people who love outdoor adventuring.
The resulting 12 videos ran as skippable YouTube ads for two weeks, and we measured impact with Brand Lift surveys. Results showed that ad creative, fueled by deeper audience signals, can drive considerable impact and yielded plenty of learnings. Here, we’ve distilled those learnings into three key takeaways, which you can put to work in your own creative process.
1. Small personalization tweaks can make a big difference
Building custom video assets for different audiences may seem resource intensive, but there is plenty of room for efficiency. For instance, while you can create a totally different campaign idea for each audience, it’s not required. Most of our agency partners approached their respective briefs by developing a core idea that allowed for slight executional tweaks, such as different on-screen characters, custom text overlays, or unique calls to action.
For example, We Are Unlimited’s campaign tapped into day-in-the-life scenarios of world travelers and people who are stock market savvy to drive awareness about the importance of emergency preparedness. To build relevant messages, the creative team used a text-focused execution that nodded to each audience — running around the airport versus a status meeting in the office. These copy adjustments didn’t require a heavy production lift but still delivered videos that felt personalized for each audience. By taking this approach, the team achieved their campaign goals efficiently.
Video creative can be customized for different audiences with just small tweaks
Example 1: Geared toward world travelers
Example 2: Geared toward stock market enthusiasts
2. A strong creative concept can resonate even beyond niche audiences
Our agency partners wanted to explore whether videos tailored for niche segments would alienate a broader audience. As the campaigns played out, we saw that when ad creative is rooted in a core truth or concept it can spark interest and drive people to tune in beyond the target audiences.
Videos built to drive awareness about ending hunger help demonstrate this. Grey’s video creative, for example, was anchored in an emotional story arc that highlighted how hunger can hide in plain sight. To tailor the ads to particular audiences, the team made two versions that were largely similar but with subtle tweaks. For instance, based on the insight that environmentally conscious people are motivated by community, the team used “Join us” as a call to action, encouraging people to be part of the movement. And for sports fans who are motivated by personal pride, the call to action made an individualized challenge: “You can keep America fed. Donate now.” The team found that both ads resonated broadly, driving brand lift across niche segments as well as a general audience.
3. Unexpected audience signals can be springboards for new creative ideas
Our final observation was simple: Digging deeper into what interests, excites, and moves an audience can inspire more meaningful and impactful video campaign concepts. Thinking beyond basic demographic information to things like passion points gave teams new territory for brainstorming.
For example, AMP Agency tapped into findings that bargain-hunting parents promote curiosity and experimentation, which resulted in a creative execution about encouraging exploration to communicate a positive message about girls in STEM. And to reach technophile parents who have diverse passions, from gaming to pop culture, and who encourage the same from their daughters, the creative team was inspired to build a story about providing a variety of experiences. In other words, these insights informed not only how the team reached these audiences but how they told the actual stories.
Different approaches to creative execution based on different audience insights
Example 1: Geared toward bargain-hunting parents who were found to promote curiosity
Example 2: Geared toward technophile parents who were found to encourage diverse passions
So what’s the best way to begin infusing deeper audience signals into your own creative process? And how can you move beyond a one-ad-fits-all approach? Experiment with using deeper insights in a way that feels accessible to your own brand. That may mean focusing on a lower-stakes campaign to start. Then take what you learn and build up from there.
Explore creative inspiration, tools, and best practices on Google's creative hub create.withgoogle.com


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Dennis L. Monroe
Monroe Moxness Berg PA
As everyone is now aware, major healthcare reform was signed into law earlier this spring. In an effort to keep you fully informed, we are taking our own stab at a general overview and the tax issues of this recent legislation. I would like to thank my partner, Rick Gibson, who recently returned to the firm, for his contributions to this article.
The new law, a combination of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 completes a massive overhaul of the health care system. The changes implemented under this legislation affect almost all taxpayers and employers. In addition to major reform to the health care industry (which is outside the scope of this article), the new law includes a number of new tax laws. This article will address certain key tax provisions in the new law and other important pending tax law changes that will likely impact your business.
Health Care Reform Tax Law Changes
One of the primary pieces of the new legislation is minimum essential coverage (sometimes referred to as universal health coverage) for years beginning after 2013. In order to encourage and/or pay for this new coverage, the new law imposes specific penalties on U.S. citizens and certain other residents if they fail to maintain the required coverage. The penalty is phased in over a number of years and is subject to a number of exemptions, indexes and other specific requirements.
Related to this required coverage, the law imposes new responsibilities on employers. Beginning after 2013, employers with an average of at least 50 full-time employees must offer certain minimum coverage to its employees or pay a penalty if certain employees of that employer are required to purchase health insurance through an insurance exchange. Employers may also have to provide vouchers to employees that can be used for reducing the cost of such employees insurance. While a number of details have yet to be worked out regarding the application of these various provisions, it is clear that beginning after 2013, there will be additional costs imposed on individuals and businesses in connection with expanding health insurance coverage for uninsured and underinsured individuals.
In addition to these penalty premiums or direct costs, there are a number of new taxes related specifically to health care. A new excise tax, beginning after 2017, is levied on insurance companies and plan administrators for health coverage plans to the extent that the annual premium costs exceed certain amounts (currently established at $10,200 for single coverage and $27,500 for family coverage). There is an additional Medicare hospital insurance tax, applicable after 2012, imposed on individual taxpayers earning over $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples filing jointly). For such taxpayers, the rate of the hospital insurance tax is increased by 0.9 percentage points. There is also an additional surtax on unearned income under the new legislation. Beginning after 2012, a surtax of 3.8% will be applied to net investment income (dividends, interest, capital gains, etc.) for higher income taxpayers and certain estates and trusts. This surtax is subject to a number of complex calculations and exemptions.
The new law also limits contributions to health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) to $2,500 per year and imposes some limits on the definition of medical expenses that can be reimbursed through FSAs and certain other plans. The new legislation also modifies the threshold at which individuals can claim medical expense deductions. For tax years after December 31, 2012, the adjusted gross income threshold for claiming an itemized deduction for medical expenses is increased from 7.5% to 10% (subject to certain exceptions).
The new law also includes certain non-health care related revenue raising tax provisions. These include:
1.) Additional business information reporting (expanded 1099 reporting requirements);
2.) Codification of the economic substance doctrine and imposition of additional penalties for entering in to transactions that lack economic substance; and
3.) Increased estimated tax payments by large corporations.
Other Pending and Possible Tax Law Changes
In addition to the health care legislation, significant other tax law changes are also scheduled to take effect or are pending in Congress. Many of these are in the form of tax increases.
Repeal of Bush tax cuts: Although not part of any new legislation, the top ordinary tax rates (currently at 33% and 35%) are scheduled to return to 36% and 39.6% for years beginning after December 31, 2010. Related to these changes, the top tax rate on capital gains (federal) is scheduled to return to 20% from its current rate of 15%. The expiration of the Bush tax cuts would also have qualified dividends subject to the top ordinary income tax rates (as opposed to the capital gains rates). There is proposed legislation that would maintain the rate of tax on qualified dividends at the (modified) 20% capital gains rate.
Other tax law changes un-related to the health care legislation are various other modifications including: restoration of the phase out of personal exemptions, further reduction in itemized deductions and the ongoing extension of increased exemptions for alternative minimum tax.
Proposals to tax as ordinary income carried interests (partnership equity) partners receive for services provided to certain partnerships continue to be pushed forward. Congress also is looking at revising the estate tax system, which is scheduled to revert to the pre-Bush tax cut system on January 1, 2011. The now statutory PAYGO legislation and ongoing budget pressures will add further complexity to implementing these various tax law changes.
What to do
As mentioned, there is significant additional detail and information that is needed and will become available on the health care law and related tax law changes. In addition, it is likely that there will be significant debate regarding the non-health care related tax law changes that are either scheduled to take place or have been recently proposed. All of this will be hashed out in an economy that has stabilized but continues to provide challenges to many businesses and individuals.
In connection with these significant legislative changes and proposals, we suggest the following:
We will continue to monitor these new laws and proposals in order to provide appropriate and timely tax savings ideas.
For more information on Monroe Moxness Berg, visit the International Society of Primerus Law Firms or mmblawfirm.com.

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Kansai area craft beer bars
craft beerPogo - Bar: Fukushima
Formerly known as "Craft Beer Kitchen Pogo," the bar transformed itself into a more cocktail-friendly "Tansan Bar Pogo" in July 2019. In addition to a wide range of highball varieties, they still serve nine craft beers on tap, a mix of imported and...
craft beerBeer Belly - Beer bar: Higobashi
Minoh Beer is a craft brewery a bit north of Osaka city, and this centrally located taproom serves a line-up of their regular beers (including their excellent W-IPA) plus a few limited-edition special seasonal brews. They also offer nicely chosen...
craft beerCraft Beer Base Garden - Beer bar: Higobashi
Open Thursdays through Sundays, this Higobashi branch of the beloved Craft Beer Base chain offers eight craft beers on tap in a pleasant outdoor-terrace setting. The food menu features barbecued chicken and ribs, paella and pizzas. Children and pets...
craft beerGarage 39 - Beer bar: Honmachi
The fifteen taps at this relatively spacious beer bar serve up a mix of Japanese and US craft beers, with US pints selling for Y950. The food is also good.
craft beerKamikaze - Beer bar: Kita-Horie
The 23 taps at Craft Beer Works Kamikaze serve mostly Japanese craft beers, with a few US imports as well. Food and service are good, but it can get crowded during busy times and seating can be cramped.
brewpubDepaas Diner & Brew - Brewpub: Kitahama
If you're in the mood to sample some unusual beers, this small basement brewpub might be worth a stop. A recent tap list featured Depaas' takes on Belgian Saison, Cucumber Kolsch, Ume Sour, Raspberry Stout, Vanilla Wheat, and Grape Sour. They...
craft beerYellow Ape Craft - Beer bar: Kitahama
Thirty beers, mostly Japanese craft beers, are served on tap here along with bar snacks like pizza. The Y320 table charge includes a small appetizer.
craft beerHathor - Beer bar: Kyobashi
Kyobashi may be off the beaten track for Osaka craft-beer bar denizens, but this cozy neighborhood spot is worth checking out if you're anywhere nearby. There's a big tap list, including eight well-selected Japanese craft brews and seven mostly US...
craft beerGulp - Beer bar: Namba
A bit more stylish than your average beer bar, Gulp is managed by a veteran of Osaka's craft-beer scene, and offers a well-curated selection of domestic Japanese and US import craft beers from its ten taps. Beers average Y1200 a pint or Y800 for a...
craft beerMaruho Saketen Namba SkyO - Beer bar: Namba
Located in a small food court, this craft-beer specialist offers 18 taps of domestic and imported beers along with a decent-sized bottle selection. The food menu features beer-pub dishes like gyoza, fish and chips, and grilled salmon belly, although...
craft beerTNT Bar - Beer bar: Taisho
This extremely informal, charmingly scruffy bar has one of the most impressive selections of US craft beers by the bottle that we've seen in town, usually with more than 100 to choose from. Most bottles are in the Y900-1200 range, although you'll...
craft beerHarenohi - Beer bar: Tanimachi 4-chome
Six US craft beers on tap plus nice Utsunomiya-style gyoza are served at this convivial beer bar. From the folks who brought us Q-Brick.
craft beerLingua World Cafe - Beer bar: Tanimachi 9-chome
The menu here promises sandwiches (grilled cheese, roast chicken), poutine (!) and craft beers, and while there are only a couple of taps, Lingua does offer an excellent selection of canned and bottled imports, and cans are just Y700. They also...
craft beerBeer Belly Tenma - Beer bar: Tenma
Fourteen taps, including four hand pumps, all dispense beers from Osaka's Minoh Brewery at this spacious company-run taproom. The food menu is decent, with a wide range of tapas dishes.
craft beerB and G Nicholson - Beer bar: Tenmabashi
Oversized Utsunomiya-style gyoza (fried pork dumplings) are one of the draws at this cozy craft-beer bar, from the same management of the nearby Harenohi bar and the legendary (now defunct) Q-Brick. Well-chosen Japanese craft beers from breweries...
craft beerBeer Stand Molto! - Beer bar: Umeda
A lively standing bar, conveniently located in the Hankyu Sanbangai station complex, Molto serves four craft beers on tap along with several dozen by the bottle. They also have around ten wines by the glass and tapas-style small dishes to go with...
RetailCraft Beer Base - Beer bar: Umeda
This tiny standing beer bar attached to a retail liquor shop has only four taps, but they change fairly often. However the real reason to come here is their amazing selection of 200-300 bottled beers, including interesting US and European craft...
craft beerCraft Beer Base Branch - Beer bar: Umeda
This fifth branch of the popular Craft Beer Base chain is an informal standing bar that's simply called "Branch" because all their outlets have plant-related names. Seven taps dispense three beers from their own CBB Brewing Lab plus four Japanese...
craft beerCraft Beer Market - Beer bar: Umeda
When Craft Beer Market opened their first branch in Tokyo they shook up the craft-beer scene with their low prices, wide beer selection, good food and overall mass appeal. Their first Osaka branch offers similarly low prices (starting at Y480 for a...
craft beerCraft Beer Market Whity Umeda - Beer bar: Umeda
It's hard to beat Craft Beer Market for price and beer selection. Offering thirty domestic and imported craft beers on tap, they charge just Y480 for a small glass and Y780 for a pint, plus a very reasonable Y300 cover charge after 3pm. The...
craft beerMarciero - Beer bar: Umeda
The eight taps at this tiny bar here dispense a rotating selection of well-chosen craft beers, mostly from Japan, the US and Germany. Imperial pints are priced at Y1080. Open from 3pm weekends.
restaurantMolto - Italian: Umeda
Craft Beer House Molto is definitely the highest craft-beer bar in Osaka, offering a fine view of the city from its 31st-floor location. There's a full menu of Italian food (budget around Y4000 at dinnertime), or you can just stop by for a beer,...
craft beerCraft Beer Base Bud - Beer bar: Umeda 1-chome
A lively, very down-to-earth craft-beer bar, Bud offers an inspired selection from their eight taps - generally four brews from the US and two each from Japan and Europe. All pints are priced at Y1000 while half-pints are Y700. The very casual...
restaurantHop Stand Harborland Mosaic - Yakitori: Harborland
This big second branch of Hop Stand yakitori restaurant has forty terrace seats and another forty inside. They serve several different craft beers from Rokko brewery plus a collection of fruit-infused beer cocktails. Like the original branch, the...
craft beerHop Stand - Yakitori: Sannomiya
Craft beers from Rokko brewery are served with yakitori at this small bar. There are generally five or six craft beers on draft (along with three macros), served in four different sizes and priced at Y920 for around a UK pint and Y480 for a small...
brewpubIn Tha Door Brewing - Brewpub: Sannomiya
This attractive brewpub serves five or six original beers on draft along with a handful of brews from Kibidote brewery in Okayama. Beer styles include English Pale Ale, Belgian White, Session IPA, Coffee Stout, Orange Ale and Strawberry Ale.
craft beerStarboard - Beer bar: Sannomiya
Formerly the Rokko Beer Diner, this brewery taproom serves beers from Rokko Brewery, Starboard, and a decent selection of guest beers - we noted Boundary Bay and Coronado among the breweries during our last visit. Glasses are around Y480 while US...
restaurantMother Moon Cafe - American: Sannomiya south
This popular cafe-style restaurant serves "farm-to-table" fare, with a salad buffet and bread bar at lunchtime. Four Japanese craft beers are served on tap, from Shiga Kogen and Minoh Beer plus a couple of local Hyogo-ken breweries. The lunch...
craft beerNew Munchen Kobe Taishikan - Beer bar: Sannomiya south
This charming Kobe landmark serves a full range of Sapporo beers, and a huge, 150-item food menu. The small brewery in the basement produced two craft beers - a somewhat fruity wheat beer and a Vienna-style beer that uses Saaz hops. English menus...
craft beerKomachi - Beer bar: Heian Shrine
Seven craft beers on tap and good food at this neighborhood craft-beer bar.
craft beerBungalow - Beer bar: Karasuma
One of the better places for craft beer in Kyoto (there isn't much competition), Bunglaow has ten taps devoted to Japanese craft breweries as well as a good menu of French and European bistro fare. There's no sit-down bar, just a standing bar area...
craft beerBakujun - Beer bar: Karasuma-Oike
This quiet bar has good food and craft beers, although the atmosphere is rather subdued. There are eight taps along with a selection of bottled beer (both Japanese and Belgian), with beers ranging from Y700-1100 per pint and a Y300 table charge. ...
craft beerBefore 9 - Beer bar: Karasuma-Oike
This stylish two-story bar, located in a converted machiya townhouse, serves both craft beer and artisanal sake. Kyoto Brewing Co, a local brewer, is well represented on the bar's eight taps, and there are also frequent beer-related popup events...
craft beerTakanoya - Beer bar: Karasuma-Oike
This attractively appointed two-story restaurant offers ten taps of well-chosen imported craft beers along with an impressive selection of food to go with it. The menu ranges from smoked-food platters and roast duck to curry rice, and prix-fixe...
craft beerTakumiya - Beer bar: Karasuma-Oike
Appetizing aromas wafting from the direction of the deep fryer are one of the charms of this lively craft-beer bar, although they occasionally clash with customers' cigarette smoke. Eight taps dispense Japanese craft beers, which are priced at...
craft beerHachi Record Shop and Bar - Bar: Kawaramachi
Like its sister shops Before 9 and After 8, Hachi serves both beer and sake. The standing-only bar is located downstairs from their vinyl record shop, and the space includes an impressive sound system. Four well-chosen Japanese craft beers are...
brewpubIchi-ya - Brewpub: Kawaramachi
Ichiya's spacious dining room is definitely a cut above your average beer bar, with stylish modern decor, comfortable seating and an invigorating musical soundtrack. Launched in August 2016 by Kyoto's Ichijoji Brewery, the bar serves excellent food...
craft beerLen - Bar: Kawaramachi
Located on the ground floor of a popular hostel, this budget-friendly cafe-bar offers a good selection of drinks, including draft beers from Kyoto Brewing and Baird (Shizuoka), a few types of sake, wine from Y2500 a bottle and lots of whiskey. The...
craft beerKarr - Beer bar: Kyoto City Hall
'Good beer! Good ham! Good music!' reads the sign on the wall, and this is a manifesto we wholeheartedly endorse. Pub Karr is a cozy, friendly little spot, well suited to a group outing if you don't mind cigarette smoke. In addition to table...
restaurantMiyama 162 - Beer bar: Kyoto City Hall
This cozy dining bar offers venison, wild boar and other game dishes along with craft beer and craft whisky. Draft beers include four types from Kyoto Brewing, a local favorite, along with Yona Yona American Pale Ale.
craft beerTaigu - Beer bar: Kyoto City Hall
One of Kyoto's pioneering hangouts for craft-beer aficionados, Taigu (formerly known as Tadg's in English) offers several Japanese craft beers on tap along with wine and cocktails. The meat-centered food menu includes burgers, wagyu beef-offal...
craft beerCrafthouse Kyoto - Beer bar: Kyoto Station
A very attractive two-story bar-restaurant, Crafthouse offers excellent food and drink in a beautiful setting. Twelve taps dispense beers from well-regarded Japanese craft breweries like Two Rabbits (Shiga), Isekadoya (Mie) and Minoh (Osaka), with...
brewpubKyoto Beer Lab - Brewpub: Kyoto Station
This small brewpub offers eight of their own beers on tap, including varieties like Macadamia Brown Ale, Blueberry Cheesecake Sour, and Wasabi-Salt Gueuze. The food is fancier than average beer-bar fare - artisanal bacon, hand-cut french fries and...

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Aston Martin has continued to expand the brand into new luxury avenues with the launch of a special-edition submersible vehicle.
Co-developed with Florida-based Triton Submarine, the Project Neptune can dive to depths of 500 metres. It's based on Triton's three-seater 1650 3/LP, but receives Aston design and gets more power. It can travel at up to five knots and is said to be four times as accelerative as Triton’s current top submersible. The vehicle offers a near 360deg view of its surroundings, thanks to a spherical pressure hull.
The Project Neptune features an interior designed and trimmed by Aston, as well as a custom exterior with a more streamlined shape. Buyers can choose from three design specifications that have been created by Aston’s Q customisation department.

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The Chilliwack Chiefs’ offensive woes continued Sunday night in a home ice loss to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks.
By recent standards, their two goals in a 4-2 defeat was something of an offensive explosion. But six games into the season, Chilliwack’s record sits at 1-4-1 and they’ve scored eight goals.
This team isn’t going anywhere until someone starts putting pucks in nets.
The Silverbacks opened the scoring 3:21 into period two on a power play goal by Alex Gillies. His goal was officially unassisted, but he had plenty of help from linemate Evan Anderson, who bowled over Chiefs netminder Josh Halpenny as he tried to cover the loose puck.
With Halpenny down and out, Gillies and Landon Smith poked away. Gillies had the last touch, nudging the puck across the line for his ninth goal in nine games.
The Silverbacks doubled the lead at 10:38, with Andrew Farny’s off-balance wrister from 12 feet out squeezing under Halpenny’s arm and dribbling into the net.
Salmon Arm gave the Chiefs plenty of opportunities to get on the board. Chilliwack had five power plays through 40 minutes, striking out on all.
Their first goal came at even strength, scored 2:59 into period three.
Defenceman Cooper Rush earned the assist, flying down the right wing before feathering a pass into the slot.
Ben Butcher snapped it home for his first of the season.
On the next shift, Mathieu Tibbet got a step on the Salmon Arm defence and came in cold on the Silverback net. He went to the forehand and tried to slip the puck five-hole on Silverbacks netminder Adam Clark, but the veteran goalie snapped his leg pads shut to thwart the chance.
The offensively-challenged Chiefs rarely threatened in the third period, and the Silverbacks iced it with 6:59 remaining when Colton Thibault crashed the crease to bang in the rebound from a Zach Urban shot.
Landon Smith scored less than thirty seconds later, beating Halpenny high to the blocker side.
The Chiefs got a late one, with Kurt Black getting a stick on a Rush point shot. Salmon Arm’s Smith wrapped up the scoring with a last-minute empty netter.
The official announced attendance was 1,416.
The three stars were Gillies (first), Clark (second) and Chilliwack’s Kyle Westeringh (third).
Chiefs forward Andrew Sillard was the Fortis BC Energy Player of the Game.


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The World Bank office in Malawi has commended TNM Plc for providing technology that is helping people in rural areas improve their livelihoods through financial inclusion.
World Bank Country Manager Hugh Riddell after a tour of beneficiaries of the Social Support for Reselient Livelihoods Project (SSRLP) funded by the bank.
SSRLP deploys mobile money technology, which TNM Mpamba is one of, to facilitate funds transfer to beneficiaries.
“Financial inclusion is part of the graduation story in social protection. What comes very important is that beneficiaries who are enrolled in social cash transfer can use the same channels they have recieved the resources from to start saving and banking some of the resources,” he said.
TNM Mpamba Ltd General Manager Chris Sukasuka said the e-payment system has enhanced the implementation of the SSRLP being implemented by the government of Malawi through the National Local Government Finance Committee through the Local Government for a period of seven years from 2020 to 2028 with financial assistance from World Bank.
“We at TNM have partnered Government of Malawi in digitizing the social cash transfer project by introducing e-payment. What we have done is to preserve the dignity of the beneficiaries since they will no longer be subjects to long queues waiting for cash. We are providing convenience and flexibility to the beneficiaries as they can access their money any time and choose to cash it whenever they want it. We are doing this through mobile wallets by first giving simcards to the beneficiaries and have also introduced mpamba debt cards which they can use to swipe and redeem their money,” he said.
Sukasuka said through the project TNM has taken lead in championing financial inclusion for the unbanked across rural Malawi.
“We are talking about very remote, disparate areas where we have also managed to create jobs for the youth as our agents who are using our pointvof sale machines,” he said.
Riddel described the financial inclusion aspect of the program as insurance in times of shocks.
Speaking after the visit to the beneficiaries Minister of Gender and Social welfare Jean Sendeza assured of Government’s continued support towards social protection.
“Social protection programs are the first line of defense in protecting people from social amenities like poverty and hunger. This is why as a government we have increased the allocation of money for social cash transfer so that we heed to calls by people to have the figure raised as well as numbers of beneficiaries increased. On top of this we are also reintroducing the public works programs which we believe will assist in rebuilding the communities that have been hit by cyclones in terms of road infrastructure and others,” she said.
And one of the beneficiaries of the project Stelia Ziba, a widow from Traditional Authority Mwase said she has managed to start a small business from the money she recieved from the social cash transfer which is helping her keep her home and supporting her four children to go to school. However is expressed the need for government to raise the amount which is currently at four thousand kwacha per household.


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Music is a very constant, very big presence in my life. It is like the air I breathe, always there, even if I am not conscious of it at times. I have a constant stream of something going on in the background of my mind, until I bring something else to the front. Currently I am choreographing a musical, Bye Bye Birdie, and because of this there is a lot of the soundtrack playing. (I have to watch how much I listen to this before I go to bed or else I can be assured that my dreams will be tinged with “I love You Conrad” and “Got A Lot of Livin’ to Do”!)
My musical tastes run far and deep. In one playlist I can go from something simple and girly from the era of Dawson’s Creek to a boot stomping country song, a hot latin dance mix, and round it off with a metal version of “Let It Go”! The only music I really don’t care for is really violent rap like ICP. Anything else is fair game. Luckily for me Spotify, my music app of choice, allows me to make as many playlists as I want and I am constantly building new collections based on themes, dance classes I am teaching, and projects. So I thought I would share a few songs that I am listening to more than others, some because I really want to choreograph to them and others because they are so much fun to song in the car to. =)
What is your favorite genre of music? Your favorite song (currently)? A playlist on Spotify you enjoy?


Like every new year, 2019 begins with gratitude for crossing over into the new year and much promise for new beginnings.
Needless to say, unlike the United States of America, we don’t have a Thanksgiving holiday. Christmas takes care of the bird eating and the homecoming for all, home and away. New Year celebrations, on the other hand, fulfil the thankfulness purpose. Our churches are bombarded with parishioners and visitors on New Year’s eve, asking for blessings for the new year. The countdown into the new year at the stroke of midnight is performed with much exuberance.
Having said that, 2019 holds much promise for new leadership in the country. By April, new elections will be conducted. There is much gainsay over the furtherance of the present administration. After U.S. President, Donald Trump’s remarks at how “lifeless” he found our president, Muhammadu Buhari, it’s as though something was awakened. That song has since been hummed across the federation. Some of the youth seek or less lifeless president for April 2019.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on an indefinite strike on November 4, 2018, lamenting a non-implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MOA) signed with the Federal Government. Impeding learning in both federal and state universities, the strike promises to be comprehensive and indefinite. It is no news that this occurred similarly during the Jonathan administration. Lasting 5 months and 15 days, in 2013, the government quickly realised what damage ASUU could do to their re-election plans. Perhaps this is also the plan here. With campaigns in the air for the April, 2019 elections, the Buhari-Osinbajo ticket might need to pull a trick out of the hat.
For us at Gidi Cartel, first of all, we’re thankful for where we’ve started from, how we’ve since grown and we eagerly look forward to the opportunities ahead for great expansion and delivery.
As for what are we looking forward to in 2019, our CEO, Ajibola Odukoya shares a few words.
“We look forward to bringing collaboration to the mainstream in Nigeria. So much can be achieved by people coming together for a common cause. This is what we hope to achieve in this new year.”


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Tune In, Turn On and Drop some mushrooms or acid with us and come to our psychedelic soiree with 2 great cover bands featuring the music that helped the world stretch their imaginations and helped us to see things much clearer. The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing wants you to enjoy the music of Pink Floyd and The Grateful Dead. This psychedelic soiree happen on Friday night October 21 from 6 PM till 10 PM at
35 Fire Pl, Santa Fe, NM 87508
PINK FREUD will blow your mind via a brain-bending experience of the innovative, psychedelic Sights and Sounds of Pink Floyd. Tony Orant (keyboards/vocals), Chuck Hawley (guitars/vocals), Doug Bellen (bass/vocals), Rachel Ross (vocals), Brad Yablonsky (drums/percussion) and Mike Gerdes (visuals) faithfully recreate the cinematic sound and experience of Pink Floyd. PINK FREUD takes you to the Dark Side of the Moon and Beyond!!!
Let It Grow –
Let It Grow is New Mexicos premier Grateful Dead cover band, faithfully recreating the improvisational music and community the Grateful Dead is known for. LIG has collectively spent decades studying the songs, stories and equipment of The Grateful Dead, carefully honing the elements needed to deliver a convincing experience. Let it Grow members are Lonn Calanca, Jeffery Trespel, Dave Holtkamp, James Broska, Kelly Wilson, and Kevin Kinane
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|Combining several decades of barbershop experience, On Track was formed in 2019 and has been singing and performing together since then. All four of our members hail from York Harmony Chorus.
Lead: Jennifer Febel
Baritone: Sue Dubois
Bass: Cheryl Yaciuk
Tenor: Meaghan DeClerq
In 2023 we welcomed our new Baritone, Sue, who also hails from York Harmony Chorus. We are extremely excited to be preparing for our very first Regional Competition in St. Catherines, ON in April 2024!
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If you happen to be a homeowner in certain areas of the South or Southwest, your property tax bill this year is probably a whole lot more manageable than if you lived, say, in New York or New Jersey.
In Apache County, Ariz. and St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, the median property tax bill for owner-occupied housing in these two regions were less than $150 each, according to the Tax Foundation.
With property taxes on the rise, some states have stepped in to alleviate that burden on taxpayers, said Dubay.
In 2006, the state of New Jersey instituted a 1 percent state sales tax increase, from 6 percent to 7 percent. Half of the $1.2 billion that is expected to be generated is earmarked for property tax relief.


Maintenance Mechanic – Glenbard Wastewater Authority
Company: Village of Glen Ellyn
Category: Maintenance, Mechanic
Type: Full Time
The Glenbard Wastewater Authority (“the Authority”) is recruiting for a full-time Maintenance Mechanic I, II, or III position. The purpose of this position is to perform a variety of skilled and semi-skilled tasks in the preventative maintenance, repair, and replacement related activities at its advanced treatment facilities, including work on plant machinery, conveyor systems, piping systems, buildings, vehicles, and grounds; and to provide responsive, courteous, and efficient service to the residents of the Villages of Lombard and Glen Ellyn and the general public. Applicants’ extent of experience and qualifications will determine which level of the Maintenance Mechanic role will be filled and which job functions listed below are applicable. JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Assist the Maintenance Superintendent in the development of Maintenance Division work plans, provide input on appropriate prioritization of assignments; monitor progress or work assignments and implementation of solutions as required.
- Utilize Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) as directed to initiate Preventive and Corrective Maintenance on plant facilities and equipment; help with development of maintenance procedures for plant facilities and equipment; provide updated CMMS records on equipment maintenance and rehabilitation activities.
- Observe variation in equipment operating conditions; interpret meter and gauge readings; report malfunctions; and use knowledge and experience to take appropriate and immediate corrective action, or recommend potential remedies to Maintenance Superintendent when required.
- Interpret, develop, read and understand drawings and blueprints; maintain records, make periodic written or oral reports as directed.
- Conduct preventive and corrective maintenance on plant machinery and equipment to improve equipment life and avoid unplanned maintenance activities, including:
- Diagnose and repair of machines, equipment and systems with hand and power tools using pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, safety, electrical, and electronic systems.
- Inspection for heat, sound, vibration, odor, cleanliness.
- Oiling and greasing.
- Participate in minor repairs and equipment installations under supervision as required.
- Perform proactive scheduled equipment refurbishment and replacement to sustain plant operating requirements.
- Operation of heavy construction equipment and commercial rated vehicles including: front-end wheel loader, mini-excavator, trencher, semi-tractor trailer combination, 6-wheel dump truck, truck with permanently mounted crane, and/or fork-lift truck.
- Perform work in “Permit and Non-Permit Required” confined spaces, meet facility safety training requirements, and maintain other required health and safety certifications according to OSHA.
- Perform precision layout and fabrication of various parts necessary for maintenance activities, using varied metals, plastics, wood, etc. using welding, metal working, pipe threading, cutting, and bending tools.
- Perform skilled installation and repair of all types of pipes, valves, and appurtenances associated with mechanical pipe fitting and plumbing activities using welding, cutting, heating, bending, straightening, brazing and soldering as required.
- Assist in maintaining an inventory of tools, equipment, parts, and perform requisition of parts and materials as necessary for maintenance activities.
- Participate as a member of the various committees on a rotating basis, such as the Safety Committee, Sustainability Committee, or others that may arise.
- Assist Operational and Electrical employees as assigned by the Maintenance Superintendent.
- Conduct functional and technical training for Operations and Electrical Division employees for preventative/predictive mechanical maintenance tasks.
- Perform data entry to maintain equipment database, maintenance of job details, safety records, maintenance activity assignments, and historical equipment and maintenance activity records.


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NEW YORK (May. 24)
A petition to Leonid I. Brezhnev, Soviet Communist Party leader, urging immediate release of Evgeny Levich, 25-year-old astrophysicist from a military compound in Eastern Siberia, where he was taken forcibly last Wednesday, was signed today by over 1000 medical specialists from 50 states attending the annual conference of the American Gastroenterological Association at the Americana Hotel.
The petition, introduced by Dr. Morton I. Grossman, Professor of Medicine and Physiology at U.C.L.A. in California, stated that unless Levich is allowed to continue his medical treatment, “we firmly believe that his health will be severely deteriorated and place him in grave jeopardy of survival.”
The petition calling upon Brezhnev to intercede personally for the return of Levich to Moscow and to essential medical treatment he had been receiving at the Moscow Cancer Dispensary stated, in part:
“The American medical community is shocked that as a reprisal measure against Evgeny and his father, Benjamin Levich, world renowned theoretical physicist and electrochemist, for their desire to emigrate to Israel, the Soviet authorities are subjecting this young person, with serious ulcerative colitus and possible cancerous tumor developments, to the harsh environment and excessive pressures of army duty in the Soviet Far East.”
The American Gastroenterological Association is expected also to pass a resolution on the emergency nature of the Levich situation that will urge all members of the medical, academic and scientific communities to express their concern to Dr. Boris Petrovsky, Soviet Minister of Health; Dr. Kirillin, Soviet Minister of Science; Dr. Marshall Grechko, Soviet Minister of Defense; and to Brezhnev asking for Levich’s freedom on humanitarian grounds.

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Monday, May 9, 2016
Corey Taylor about Stone Sour new album: "It's amazing"
Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor was recently interviewed by Loudwire, you can read some excerpts below.
About the progress of the songwriting sessions for the next Stone Sour release, he said: "But the cool thing is we're getting together every couple of months and writing songs and stuff."
Taylor said Stone Sour has demoed "about fifteen" new songs that he says are "really, really strong," with plans to complete ten more and then "see where we're at." He praises the new material as "amazing," explaining: "The stuff we're writing right now, it's got elements of metal, it's got elements of hard rock, it's got elements of punk, it's got all these things that we all love and we all share, and we're just kind of shoving it through the Stone Sour funnel and seeing what happens, and it's all really, really, really good."
He said that Stone Sour fans shouldn't expect the new album before the middle of 2017. Taylor said: "Timeline-wise, [we'll] hopefully get into the studio either [in] January or February of next year. Get that together in a couple of months and then try to get the album out by the summer."


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Four Newport fires lead to criminal probe
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Fifteen minutes later, a structure fire was reported at 82 Maple St.
At 2:27 a.m., firefighters responded to another structure fire at 11 Central St., and at 4:30 a.m., firefighters were called to a structure fire at 24 Sullivan St.Newport police, fire and EMS departments responded to all four fires, with mutual aid from Croydon, Claremont, Goshen, Sunapee and New London fire departments.
"All fire scenes remain under investigation at this time," Newport Police Chief Jim Burroughs said in a news release. "At this time there is no further information available."
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There was a time when people desired to marry those who they talk about the same ethnicities and customs with; a moment when nobody wanted to head out of their countries or safe place to find appreciate. In the way how Ukrainian parents raise their very own girls, identical gender legal rights do not issue with the traditional role of any woman in a family. Making use of your initially mail order bride internet site can be overwhelming and complicated, but for as long everbody knows what you’re interested in and stray from scam internet sites, you’ll be fine. In today’s globalization era, mail order bride sites are flourishing. Russian immigrants brought with them the tradition of koopla, whereby marriage brokers were paid a fee to pair men with potential spouses from the Old Country.
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Regardless of how many people deny it, a family is an essential priority in every person’s life. Christine S. Y. Chun, Mail-Order Bride Industry: The Perpetuation of Transnational Economic Inequalities and Stereotypes, 17 U. Pa. J. Int’l L. 1155 (1996). In these pictures, Latina girls are commonly not afraid of exposing their curvy seductive bodies and show their radiant smiles straight into the camera. Whether you’re new to international online dating or a veteran, if you’re seeking a mail order bride you’ve come to the right place – and we’re pleased to have you as a member.
For a moderate monthly fee, as well as a chance to find a good match abroad, mail order brides services are really worth it. Women also love to get beautiful flowers. And even if hes too enamoured with the hobbies of his new love to think about it, the social stigma of a mail order bride can make him the laughing stock of the community. The majority of brides come from Slavic and Asian countries, as well as from Latin America. The day will come, and you will first meet your future wife in real life. Our site offers you with an international stage to connect and meet exotic single Latin girls for a hand in marriage.
Now that you have read through this extensive guide into the world of modern online dating, you should know mail order bride services are where the future of matchmaking lies. If you want to experience new ideas and values, open up your mind to a brand new culture, then you probably need to find the best mail order bride service. You may wonder why we believe mail order brides to be perfect for marriage. But many of them are quite modest girls, who are just fed up with the life in their country and the men who surround them.


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Review in Lambda Literary
Thank you to Lambda Literary and Arielle Yarwood for this review.
I don't know if other poets feel this way, but I've felt a little vulnerable since the launch of We Come Elemental. It's a big, wide world, and my poems are out there, fending for themselves. But Yarwood's insightful review makes me feel like it will be ok. The book is doing its thing, and I'm so grateful.


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In 1994 moviegoers met a man named Forrest Gump whose story was both a deeply personal and affecting odyssey and a universal meditation on our times. Hailed as “magical” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times) and filled with “startling grace” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), Forrest Gump became not only a global blockbuster, but a true cultural touchstone.
25 years later, Forrest Gump remains a treasured cinematic classic that is beloved and quoted the world over. Tom Hanks gives an astonishing performance as Forrest, an everyman whose simple innocence comes to embody a generation. Alongside his mamma (Sally Field), his best friend Bubba (Mykelti Williamson), his commanding officer Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise), and his favorite girl Jenny (Robin Wright), Forrest has a ringside seat for the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis and written for the screen by Eric Roth (based on the novel by Winston Groom), Forrest Gump won six academy awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Writing, Best Film Editing and Best Visual Effects.
A newly remastered version of Forrest Gump is now available in a two-disc Blu-ray. The set includes access to a Digital copy of the film as well as over three hours of previously released bonus content detailing the creative efforts that went into making the enduring classic:
- Commentary by Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey and Rick Carter
- Commentary by Wendy Finerman
- Musical Signposts to History
- Introduction by Ben Fong-Torres
- Greenbow Diary
- The Art of the Screenplay Adaptation
- Getting Past Impossible – Forrest Gump and the visual effects revolution
- Little Forest
- An Evening with Forrest Gump
- The Magic of Makeup
- Through the Ears of Forrest Gump – Sound Design
- Building the World of Gump – Production Design
- Seeing is Believing – The Visual Effects of Forrest Gump
- Screen Tests