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Avoid the Nursing Home by Staying Fit Today
In my opinion the best time to start fitness for your retirement years should start in your fifties or sixties. That’s not to say that those who exercise beginning at an early age have it wrong. Starting at any age is great.
The CDC reports that for those aging from 55-64: only 35% exercise, those aging 65-74: 31% 75 and older: 18%. The results were even worse if muscle-strengthening activity was included: 55-64: 17%, 65-74: 16%; 75+: 8%. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/contents2017.htm?search=Physical_activity/inactivity,
Sure, the reasons are obvious for decreased exercise with age, arthritic pain and increased susceptibility to injury are big ones. But our concept of exercise could conjure images of young people running 5k races, doing vigorous aerobic workouts, or lifting hundreds of pounds. In addition, what motivates people to exercise in their youth may not be as important in retirement years, (e.g. looking in shape, breaking your personal speed record). To add, middle aged and older people may prefer free or low-cost workouts, and hitting the gym may be out of the question.
So, to get around this, starting a different routine that is designed to keep you from hurting your body (in particular your joints and spine), and help you avert the nursing home, and stay healthier in general should be your new goal. Forming good habits to do this then can best be started in your mid-fifties, but again, actually can start any time.
The CDC guidelines recommend 150 minutes of moderate intensity aerobic activity weekly, such as brisk walking, or to save time, 75 minutes of vigorous activity, or a mix of each. This means about 30 minutes a day for five days, which can be done three times daily, ten minutes at a time.
Muscle strengthening activity twice a week can be done too, in as little as 5-10 minutes at a time, but no guidelines as of yet for this requirement have been set. The CDC has put out a series of free series of muscle strengthening videos you can do at home.
Examples of muscle-strengthening activities include weight lifting, resistance bands, and completely free techniques such as calisthenics, using your own body weight for resistance (e.g. push-ups, pull-ups), shoveling, gardening, stair climbing. The idea is to involve most of the major muscle groups. With resistance training, one set of 10 repetitions is a good goal to start out.
Exercise can reduce the rate of falls, a major contributor of nursing home admissions. We’ll talk more about falls later.
The assumption is that exercise should keep you healthy and young. Is there evidence?
First, study from the National Cancer Institute presented the following data showing how any leisure activity you do can extend your life.
A MET is basically a unit of activity.
- 1 MET is your resting metabolic rate obtained while your are just sitting there.
- 3 METs: walking about 2.5 MPH
- 7 METs: jogging
So if you walk 2.5 MPH for 30 minutes a day, that gives you 3 X .5 X 7 = 10 MET-hr/wk, But the wonderful thing is that not only did you burn calories, you actually gained almost 4 years extra in your life. Not to mention that this will make you healthier in general.
And to reinforce this, people who engage in physical activity for 7 hours per week have a 40 percent lower chance of dying early than people who are active for less than 30 minutes a week.

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It’s like watching a mouse chase a cat. Alabama governor Robert Bentley, a Republican, has been stumping for weeks now making his case for higher taxes.
It seems like some kind of nightmare from a House of Cards episode, but it is real and it is happening in the most conservative state in the union. Most politicos have watched this for weeks now wondering when it will stop.
When will the governor realize that he is using the wrong script? When will his staffers yell: ‘No! No! We meant tax cuts!’ But it has not happened. In fact, it is so serious it is becoming a heated debate between the governor and legislative leaders in his own party.
The partisan GOP blog Yellowhammer News has even been blasting the governor for his proposals in recent weeks. One of their most damning headlines reads: “Awkward: Bentley pushes tax hikes while campaign site still promises ‘No New Taxes’.”
Yet, while Republican legislators decry his proposals, they openly admit dark days are not only ahead, but are here, when it comes to state budgets: particularly the General Fund which funds Medicaid, prisons, law enforcement and courts. All of this begs the question: is there a common-ground solution?
Alabama House Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford (D-Gadsden) says there is. For the fourth year, he is proposing an amendment to the Alabama constitution that will allow the people of Alabama to vote on a lottery. The difference is, this time he is offering two bills: one for the General Fund and one for the Education Trust Fund.
He says he made this change in hopes that the GOP-controlled legislature will consider a lottery as an option as opposed to the governor’s tax increases. Admittedly, this puts legislators between a proverbial rock and a hard place.
On one hand, you could support your governor’s tax increases and possibly lose your next bid for re-election. On the other, you could support a democratic lottery proposal even if you might be against gambling yourself (or at least to those who ask).
But the third option, perhaps the worst of them all, is that you do nothing to solve the state’s budget issues and you go down in history as a do-nothing legislator comparable to the “Washington status quo” that you probably ran against in your election.
State leaders need to suck it up, sit down and come up with solid common sense solutions to the state’s budget problems. With the lottery polling upwards of 70 percent and tax increases not even a serious topic of discussion for most Alabamians, I say let the people vote!
It’s time for state leaders to come together and put the issue on the ballot for citizens to decide. From a self preservation perspective, you’d think letting voters make the decision to bring a lottery is much easier to digest than making the decision yourself to raise taxes on them without their input.
But, hey! In Alabama, there are mice chasing cats up and down Capitol Hill and all around the state. We just get to sit back and enjoy the show.


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Basement Jaxx, Somerset House - music review
Nobody will struggle with boredom at a Basement Jaxx event but the music didn’t always eclipse the chaotic brouhaha
Published: 22 July 2013
Updated: 12:44, 22 July 2013
Having ridden in on the turn-of-the-century dance boom, perhaps the most unlikely aspect of Brixton’s Basement Jaxx is that they still thrive. Last night they concluded the 2013 Somerset House Summer Series with a show that sold out in under an hour. Beneath a glorious full moon, it was streamed live to the world, hence the namechecks for “Martin from Hamburg” and the “Jakarta Crew”, which was nice. Albeit only for Martin from Hamburg and the Jakarta Crew.
As ever, the key to Basement Jaxx’s survival and appeal was their mischievous willingness to compensate for the anonymity of leaders Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe by embracing the bonkers. This meant not only the band dressing as Mexican goatherds and singers lolloping across the stage in pantomime dame outfits but also a ballet interlude, a giant robot, a flute solo (think Jethro Tull backed by Chase And Status), a squalling grunge guitar curveball and, perhaps inevitably, someone in a gorilla costume. Nobody will struggle with boredom at a Basement Jaxx event.
If the music didn’t always eclipse the chaotic brouhaha and the absence of a proper new album since 2009 suggests the ship is not sailing entirely smoothly, the new Power 2 the People was so headily anthemic it took four singers to belt it out. Alas, the equally unfamiliar Diamonds turned out to be chloroform-coated, while Let’s Rock This Road Together was as toe-curling as its title and a curious diversion bordering on jazz-funk was the sound of water being trod.
When they weren’t savagely truncated, the hits rattled along merrily, and if they evoked that moment when dance made the world a better place, quality of song is always timeless. Good Luck, Where’s Your Head At and Oh My Gosh still pack a mean dancefloor punch but the real fascination is what happens next. A ramshackle mess but a hugely entertaining, ramshackle mess all the same.
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So, here I sit at 4:30 am …
It’s still dark outside and there’s a lovely quiet that permeates the world. I’ve forgotten how peaceful this time of day (albeit extremely early morning) is.
I used to always wake up at this time. I would bounce out of bed a moment before the alarm went off and greet the day. Of course, that was when my body clock wasn’t completely off kilter.
There’s something about the beginning of a new day that brings thoughts of possibility. It’s as if everything one believes, desires or thinks will be attainable.
Life is fresh.
Even the air (which has not yet been saturated by the hot Summer sun) is sweet, cool, moist and new.
I am once again acquainting myself with its beauty.

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Welcome to our podcast, Who What Wear. Think of it as your direct line to the designers, stylists, beauty experts, editors, and tastemakers who are shaping the fashion and beauty world. Subscribe to Who What Wear on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Sydney Sweeney puts on a good front on and off of the screens we’ve grown accustomed to seeing her on. When she’s on the clock at her production company, Fifty-Fifty Films, she’s tough as nails and seeping with confidence. Whatever it takes to mold a project into its best possible form, she’ll do it, without fear or reservation. The same goes for when she steps in front of the camera, no matter how scary the scene she’s there to act out is written. But while her latest role as Cecilia in Neon’s just-released horror film Immaculate shows Sweeney portraying resilience until the very end, after my hour-long conversation with her following Who What Wear’s April cover shoot, I know for a fact that the 26-year-old actor and producer isn’t immune to some of the more frightening things in life. To celebrate her new gore-filled flick, I asked Sweeney about all of the things that rattle her, and her answers didn’t disappoint. From tight spaces and slasher movies to red carpets and Instagram comments, read all about it below.
After you’re finished, listen to our full conversation on this week’s episode of Who What Wear, where Sweeney shared the characters she’s most excited to bring to life next, the weirdest parts of being famous, and the detailed process that she and her stylist, Molly Dickson, follow to create their iconic red carpet ensembles. (Yes, it involves mood boards, and no, she’s not making her private Pinterest account public.) And those are just the highlights. Scroll down for more Sydney Sweeney, and check out her latest release, Immaculate, in theaters now.
Horror movies? What’s your favorite type?
I feel like it depends on my mood. I’m really into gore, and I’ll want it to be a giant slasher film, or it’s like, what’s in the darkness? You know? Like, you curl up underneath your blankets and the suspense is killing you and you don’t know what’s gonna pop out behind the corner.
Confrontation. Are you scared of it?
Am I scared of confrontation? It depends on the subject and with whom.
Is it easier for work or personal?
Yes. Easier for work. 1000%.
Social media rumors?
I mean, at this point, they’re just laughable. I can’t escape them every single day. It’s insane.
Getting stuck on a deserted island?
I think I could survive, so I’m not scared of it.
Horrible. Get out of them as fast as possible. What about tight spaces?
Hmm, I used to not be scared of tight spaces. But now…
Now that you’ve watched the opening clip of Immaculate…
Exactly. Now I’m not really for ’em.
Just midsize rooms. Red carpets?
Leading up to them, I am terrified. I get so anxious. I get so nervous. I feel like I’m gonna throw up. It’s the worst feeling. Then, the moment you step on them, I’m good. It’s this weird thing—you know what’s going to happen. It’s the same [every time]. There’s just this weird anxiety that hits you. I’m always a little wobbly on my feet on the carpet because I’m still a little nervous.
What do you think it is about it?
There are actually a lot of things. One, you can’t control the image. When you see a photo in a magazine, there’s so much that goes into making that a really good photo. First of all, lighting. Lighting is key, and a lot of times on these carpets, for whatever reason, the lighting is shit. They cannot figure out the lighting or the photographers aren’t using flash. So it looks horrible—like absolutely terrible. And people put a lot of hard work into putting a whole look together on a celebrity. You have the tailoring, the designer, the stylists, makeup artists, hair artists—all of it. And then you go to a carpet and the coloring of the backdrop is horrible and then the lighting is terrible. And then people are calling stuff out on social media, being like, Oh, she looks horrible, or, Her makeup’s shit, or, Her hair’s shit. And it’s like, no, it’s just because they didn’t use flash on a camera. It’s as simple as that: There’s no flash. And you had overhead lighting. Of course, it’s gonna look terrible. I don’t care who you are. You could be the most gorgeous human being in the entire world, and it’s not going to look great. So that’s really hard. And I can’t reply that to every comment on social media to get them to understand how it all works. But that’s always nerve-racking. You put so much work behind a look and you’re so excited and you feel so good, and then the photos are terrible. And that’s hard.
I also get so nervous that I’m going to trip and fall all the time because shoes.
Also heels. Your feet are dying. But also, a lot of sample shoes that are loaned to stylists or go with a look are a size 38 or 40—a European size—and I’m a 6.5, which I think is a 37. So my feet don’t fit in these shoes, so we’re stuffing them with toilet paper and adding holes to make the ankles tighter because it’s required to wear the shoes. I can’t trade the shoes out—I have to wear the shoes no matter what, even if they don’t fit me. These designers don’t care. So I get so scared that I’m going to trip or my shoe is going to fall off. That’s a big anxiety right there.
Well, you never show it. And I watch a lot of red carpets.
Thank you, thank you.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Next, check out our Levi’s spring/summer trends episode.

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“A bunch of strong sounding melodies” Steve Lamacq, BBC 6, 2018
“Such good song-writers” Melita Dennett, BBC Introducing, 2018
“Brilliant, I wish I sounded like that at my stage of their career” Frank Turner, 2017
China Bears formed in Somerset in 2015 by twin brothers Ivan and Frazer. The line up was completed after meeting James and Dean at university in Guildford later that year. Drawing influence from bands such as: The National, Dry The River, Frightened Rabbit and Snow Patrol, China Bears create misery anthemic indie combining ambient guitars, choral vocals and raw lyric writing. They’ve currently released 3 singles independently with airplay from Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1, Steve Lamacq on BBC radio 6, John Kennedy on Radio X and Melita Dennett on BBC Introducing.
After spending the last couple of years extensively playing around the UK they have had notable support slots for bands such as: Genghar, The Districts, To Kill A King, Declan Mckenna, The Big Moon. Having just released their new single ‘Night Calls’ earlier this year China Bears have a summer full of shows and festivals including slots at Neverworld and Victorious.
China Bears are currently based in Buckinghamshire

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Again with this new progressive electro trance stuff I'm doing. I'm especially proud of this one.
Like the arp a lot : )
Thanks man! I'm upgrading to the newest FL studio and getting used to it but expect more content coming up!
Quite clearly a trance-esque track, although I understand how you might have thought it was dubstep-ish... Just try spinning this song with a dubstep track and tell me how that works out for you :D
Anyways dude, I'm enjoying your track here, I especially like the stuff that goes down around 2:30 (I assume those sounds are where the other reviewer began to think it was a dubstep track).
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01.31.2017 / Press Release
Families USA Releases ACA Replacement Plan Guideline
Report Details Eight Critical Areas ACA Replacement Must Address
Washington, D.C. – Families USA today issued a report, “Eight Ways to Judge Republican ACA Replacement Plans,” which offers guidelines the media, stakeholders and consumers can use to judge how Republican proposals stack up against the existing health care law.
“If Congress and the Trump Administration are serious about protecting the gains achieved thus far, their proposed plans should be judged against what the ACA accomplished when they took full control of the U.S. government,” the checklist says in its opening.
The 10-page report offers a reliable resource to counter Republican claims that they are replacing the ACA with something that offers the same financial and consumer protections the present law already offers.
“We are going to be hearing a lot from Republicans in the weeks and months to come about how their replacement plans will offer consumers all the benefits the ACA already provides,” said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA. “With this report as a guide, people will be able to judge the truth of these claims for themselves.”


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American automotive giant Ford Motor’s management has visited its strategic battery partners in South Korea to strengthen ties and discuss ways to address challenges from White House’s new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that strictly limits tax grant of $7,500 to cars assembled in the U.S. with materials sourced from the U.S.
Ford CEO Jim Farley and other executives came to Korea and met with LG Energy Solution CEO Kwon Young-soo, SK on Executive Vice Chairman Chey Jae-won and others on Tuesday, according to industry sources. They are said to have discussed ways to cooperate on EV battery business and then toured manufacturing lines of the two battery majors.
“Talks focused on how to make their battery production compliant with the new IRA’s EV subsidy requirements. As a strategic partner of Ford, LG Energy Solution and SK on delivered their battery supply plans for enhanced partnership,” said a source from the industry.
Ford has been actively expanding business ties with Korean battery makers to pursue an ambitious plan to make half of its new U.S. car shipments to be electric by 2030. Its flagship electric SUV Mustang Mach-E is powered by LG Energy Solution battery, and electric truck F-150 Lightning by SK on battery.
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We’ve collected all the search marketing news from selected posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.
From the SEW blog:
- Is Google Becoming a Portal?
Google has long held that it is not a portal. Concerns of publishers wary of giving away their content to Google for free have always been met with the response that Google is simply making it easier for people to find the publisher’s content. So what happens if Google stops sending searchers to other publishers’ sites?
- SEW Experts: Uncovering the Real Universal Search
There appears to be a lot more non-text results showing up in Google searches than many people expect. The effects this will have on searchers, and advertisers, may be a bit disturbing to some.
- Google Increases Lead in Share of All American Searches
comScore qSearch data for February portrays Google as PacMan. Microsoft-Yahoo combined share of searches shows an Incredible Shrinking Search Engine.
- SEW Experts: To Rewrite or Not to Rewrite…That is the Question
While URL rewriting can have SEO benefits, it can also cause more SEO problems if it’s done hastily, or incorrectly.
- The Why Behind Paid Search Trends: Measurability
There are countless reports that paid search is on the rise and is projected to continue trending upwards. But what are the driving forces behind the dramatic increases?
- adCenter Cooks Up a New Community Site
The new adCenterCommunity.com is fresh out of the oven and it is a new PPC cake with Social Media icing.
- Craigslist Ruling: Does This Extend To Our Paid Ads?
A recent ruling in Craigslist’s favor may let our paid ad suppliers rest a bit easier, as they are all advertising conduits.
- Search Spend Seems Healthy Despite Slowing Economy
Despite an increasingly gloomy economic forecast, spending on search engine marketing continues to grow beyond expectations.
- SEW Experts: Tips for Google Site and Category Exclusion Tool
Google has launched an important new tool that prevents your Content Ads from showing on poorly-performing sites: the Category Exclusion tool.
- Widemile Goes Into Beta, Picks Up 13 Partners
The new technology allows users to simultaneously test a variety of offers, text, images, and other key variables.
- Ken McGaffin of Wordtracker Keyword Research at SES London 2008
Ken McGaffin, the Chief Marketing Officer of Wordtracker, discusses some of the most interesting trends in keyword research at SES London 2008.
Linking Issues & Social Media
- The Other PR that influences search ranking
Using PR skills to create great content and then pitching that news story to relevant online news sites and bloggers can have a huge influence on your search ranking.
- SEW Experts: Link Building from the Heart: Giving to Get
Traditional marketers and PR folks have been using good deeds for marketing purposes for years; so why not online marketers?
- SEW Experts: Social Search: Welcome to the World of Socialommerce
Social media combined with search holds great potential for e-commerce. Marketers would be better off spending more time listening to their customers and potential customers, and less time spending hours upon hours figuring out their next award-winning — but “no-customer-getting” — 30-second spot.
Analytics & ROI
- An Insatiable Desire for Web Analytics?
At Search Engine Strategies New York this week, some of the best-attended sessions are about Web analytics. It’s clear that search marketers — like all online marketers — are finally realizing that it’s not all about getting people to your site.
- SEW Experts: Does A Close By Any Other Name Sell As Sweet?
Not all conversions are created equal. Capturing an e-mail address, delivering a free white paper, or converting using other non-sale-related measurements can create varying values of a close.
- Bryan Eisenberg of Future Now at SES London 2008
Bryan Eisenberg, the co-founder of Future Now, spoke on several sessions in London. After a couple of days, the sessions started blending together in unexpected ways.
Local & Mobile Search
- Marchex Shows How to Cash In on Local Search
So far, in the poker game that is doing business on the internet, four cards have been dealt: Communications, Search, Commerce and Social Networking. But the fifth card is sliding out of the dealer’s hand and Marchex bets it’s going to be local search.
Vertical & Specialty Search
- Mahalo Adds New Social Search Tools
My Mahalo is a service, currently in beta, that allows users to import their ratings and reviews from other social media sites, and share them with contacts on Mahalo Social.
- Jason Calacanis gives product demo of My Mahalo at SES New York
Jason Calacanis, founder and CEO of Mahalo.com, unveiled My Mahalo at SES New York today. He also gave us a video interview and product demo of My Mahalo.
- Calacanis on SEO, Redux
we caught up with Jason to ask him about the future of the Internet, social media, and SEO.
- LinkedIn’s New Company Profiles: Will They Rank in the SERPs?
LinkedIn has announced the creation of 160,000 company profiles as part of their career social networking site.
- FriendFeed: The Search Engine for Conversations
FriendFeed may be billing itself as an aggregator of social network sites, but its real power is in the newly introduced search feature.
- ABCSearch Acquires Social Search Portal, AfterVote.com
The largest private pay-per-click company has embraced the social web with its acquisition of AfterVote.com. The social search portal allows users to vote and comment on search queries culled from Google, Yahoo and MSN as well as social aggregators.
Small Business/Big Brand SEM
- SEW Experts: 30 Free Ways To Market Your Small Business Site
In marketing, sometimes “free” is too good to be true, but in some instances, free is good.
In-House & Outsourcing
- SEW Experts: Sales and Your Search Marketing Agency – Part 2
A typical search marketing sales plan differs from other kinds of sales plans. The way to approach customers, close the deal, and structure the payment terms must all be considered in light of the unique demands of search.
SEM Industry Issues
- Is Microsoft Offering a Rose to the Wrong Bachelorette?
While Yahoo plays games with Microsoft’s acquisition bid, some are beginning to ask, “Why isn’t Microsoft buying AOL?” One of the biggest concerns about a Microhoo is the expectation of a significant culture clash. The same sentiment does not exist when pondering a Microsoft/AOL marriage.
- Yahoo on the Future of Search
Where’s search heading? Ask Yahoo’s chief scientist, Andrew Tomkins, who shared with us a few hints at the future of search.
- SES NYC Day 2 Keynote – Nick Carr “The Big Switch”
Nick Carr’s keynote draws strong parallels between the electrification of industrial countries in the 1800s and the creation of the “worldwide computer” being ushered in by the Internet.
- SEMPO Selects Officers for New Board of Directors
SEMPO has announced officers for its recently elected Board of Directors. The association also revealed a change in the amount of time board members serve.
- Yahoo Shows Microsoft, Wall Street What Its Really Worth
Yahoo has filed an investor presentation which projects its operating cash flow to increase from $1.9 billion to $3.7 billion over the next 3 years.
- Election Year Brings New Efforts to Regulate Search Engine Data Collection
A New York State Assemblyman has introduced a bill aimed at regulating the way search engines collect private data of its users. Similarly, a committee of the State Assembly has a bill that seeks to tighten data collection rules on companies that serve ads on sites they do not own.
- What a Searcher Wants: Answers
The US market share of Q&A site traffic grew a whopping 118% last year, according to a new report by Hitwise. Yahoo Answers is far and away the leader of the answer sites, with 74.5% of the US market.
- Albert Michaels of Moniker at SES London 2008
Albert Michaels, a Senior Account Executive at Moniker, discusses his company’s suite of domain asset management services at SES London 2008.
- Is the World Ready for Utility Computing?
Just as cheap power delivered over a universal grid revolutionized the processing of physical materials, cheap computing delivered over a universal grid is revolutionizing the processing of informational or intellectual goods.
More from the SEW Blog
- Top ten stories from SES New York — Day 4
We’ve found more than 20 stories that have been written about the Search Engine Strategies conference on the fourth day. Here are the top 10.
- Top ten stories from SES New York — Day 3
We’ve found more than 80 stories that have been written about the Search Engine Strategies conference on the third day. Here are the top 10.
- Top ten stories from SES New York — Day 2
We’ve found nearly 70 stories that have been written about the Search Engine Strategies conference on the second day. Here are the top 10.
- Top ten stories from SES New York — Day 1
We’ve found more than 40 stories that have been written about the Search Engine Strategies conference on the first day. Here are the top 10.
- Totally Plugged In @ SES New York: 13 Undeniable Symptoms
Search marketing conference attendees seem to be the most plugged-in-public group of techno-comrades on earth.
- YouTube: Damon Wayans Pay-to-Play, Paid Inclusion or Pay-for-Placement?
At SES NY, John Battelle outted Damon Wayans, Google and YouTube. Battelle said Wayans spilled the beans on his YouTube deal as a “platinum partner” for WayOutTV.com.
- Are Search Jobs Recession Proof? If So, How Do You Get One?
In the past, traditional marketing budgets and jobs have been among the first to be cut whenever the economy hits a rough patch. So what should those marketing folks do this time around?
We report the top search marketing news daily at the Search Engine Watch Blog. You’ll find more news from around the Web below.
- Adversarial Information Retrieval — That’s Spam to You and Me, ClickZ Experts
- The Mobile Phone as a Marketing Platform, ClickZ Experts
- SEO + Semantic Web = SEO++, Chief Marketing Technologist
- Online Marketers: Stop Funding Virtual Blight, Search Engine Land
- Is Microhoo A Done Deal?, Search Engine Land


The French police has arrested over 10 people across France over crackdown of Muslim Radicals. All this without any evidence and just to prove a point.
Another official close to the investigation said the 10 were suspected of links to Islamist websites and of threatening violence in online forums. Some of them may have been trying to attend jihadist training camps along the Afghan-Pakistan border, he added.
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity, citing policy.
On Tuesday, preliminary charges were filed against 13 people who were picked up in a sweep last week, all members of a banned group, Forsane Alizza, or Knights of Pride. Nine of them were jailed. The four others were released but must report to officials.
France is turning into a hostile nation for foreigners.


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Former players have been criticizing Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott for his decision-making skills after an incident last weekend in which the former Ohio State standout pulled down a woman’s shirt, exposing her breast, while watching a St. Patrick’s Day parade. Former LSU standout — and SEC Network analyst — Marcus Spears is among those players.
Spears recently went on 103.3 FM ESPN Dallas radio and criticized Elliott for his behavior.
“The guy’s just gotta stop being dumb, man,” Spears said, according to the Dallas Morning News. “That’s really what it boils down to.”
After playing at LSU, Spears spent eight of his nine seasons in the NFL with the Cowboys.
Elliott is under an NFL investigation for domestic violence allegations made against him last year. The Columbus, Ohio, attorney’s office declined to pursue charges “because of conflicting and inconsistent information.”
Elliott had a strong rookie season for the Cowboys in 2016, rushing for 1,631 yards and 15 touchdowns in helping Dallas win the NFC East. But there have also been these off-the-field issues.

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ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says there are more questions than answers regarding the Omicron variant now in the United States; Dr. Plescia writes in a new ASTHO blog article that the pandemic presents an historic opportunity to...
ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says there are more questions than answers regarding the Omicron variant now in the United States; Dr. Plescia writes in a new ASTHO blog article that the pandemic presents an historic opportunity to address health equity in the U.S.; Aika Aluc, MPH, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst for Maternal and Infant Health, examines the many ways states and territories have worked to advance breastfeeding and health equity in a new report; and ASTHO releases details of a new webinar series exploring breastfeeding equity.
CDC website: First Confirmed Case of Omicron Variant Detected in the United States
ASTHO Blog Article: The Historic Opportunity COVID-19 Presents to Address Health Equity
ASTHO Report: Examining State Innovations to Advance Breastfeeding and Health Equity
ASTHO Webinar Series: Fostering Breastfeeding Equity Through Community Engagement
This is Public Health Review Morning Edition for Thursday, December 2nd, 2021. I'm Robert Johnson.
Now, today's news from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
The Omicron variant is in the United States. The CDC confirmed the first case late yesterday—it's in California, a traveler who returned to the U.S. from South Africa on November 22nd.
ASTHO chief medical officer, Dr. Marcus Plescia, says, right now, there are more questions than answers regarding this latest mutation of the COVID-19 virus.
I think that we're trying to decide what do we do next, and what do we need to do to prepare for whatever might come.
The big challenge for everybody is there's a lot of uncertainty about what this variant really does mean. I mean, there are things about the variant that are concerning that could lead to some very difficult situations for us in our fight against the COVID pandemic, but it's not clear how much of those are going to be born out—so, questions like, you know, is it possible that the vaccine that we've been using won't be quite as effective? I mean, that would be challenging if that's the case.
Although, you know, frankly, it's such an effective vaccine that we could lose a little bit of effectiveness and still be in a very, very good place.
This morning at 11 Eastern, ASTHO leaders will meet with reporters to discuss this development.
Also, President Biden rolls out his COVID-19 winter strategy later today. We'll have coverage of both events on tomorrow's newscast.
The pandemic, for all it's damaged or destroyed, presents a historic opportunity to address health equity in the U.S. Dr. Plescia writes in a new blog article about the positive impact current federal resources could have on equity concerns among underserved communities.
Read his article using the link in the show notes.
Breastfeeding is widely considered the best approach for birthing people and babies, yet racial disparities continue to make it tough for some to begin or continue the process.
ASTHO's Aika Aluc is the lead author on a new report that examines the many ways states and territories have worked to advance breastfeeding and health equity. She talks about it in today's morning conversation.
The report notes that every state, the District of Columbia, even some of the territories have laws that allow breastfeeding wherever a person wants to do that. But you say that's still not enough—there are still some obstacles.
What are those obstacles? What are those issues?
Families can experience many barriers in trying to achieve their breastfeeding goals; and it could look like social norms, it could be restrictive policies and practices—for example, in birthing facilities, even at home or at work. And those particular disparities disproportionately affect Black, Indigenous, and people of color, and families with lower socioeconomic status.
And so, they could be amongst language and literacy barriers. It could be lack of social support or maybe cultural acceptance in the workplace, or even in the home. Maybe insufficient breastfeeding education or support from healthcare providers, maybe lifestyle choices.
So, really the list is fairly comprehensive.
The report includes a legislative scan that summarizes policies and programs that states and territories have implemented to encourage breastfeeding.
Are there any proposals or laws that are worth noting here?
I think one that is worth noting is, during the 2020 legislative session, Missouri considered four bills related to breastfeeding, one of which would have required the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a model policy for accommodating breastfeeding students and employees.
During the key informant interview, the respondents from Missouri noted that the bill reaffirms standards in place that were already in the federal law rather than extending additional support or protections. And so, with that being said, the key partners themselves recommended that that particular legislation not move forward and noted that future sponsors will connect with advocates in the community for breastfeeding before drafting future legislation.
What do you hope will be the top takeaway for ASTHO members who read this report?
Top takeaway is there are community members and community advocates who want to continue to support breastfeeding and are really wanting to be at the forefront working with states to better breastfeeding equity and really reduce the breastfeeding disparities that are being experienced. And with that, workforce needs, as far as capacity and critical resources, are important to be highlighted.
Really approaching partnerships and collaborations with the lens and recognizing some of the historical trauma and the barriers to collaborations that exist, and addressing those earlier on; that we can really target sustainability and ensure that these partnerships that are being created are sustainable and create future opportunities to come in.
Recognizing where legislatively breastfeeding support is needed and what can happen at the state level can really be a large part in continuing sort of the multiple pieces and us approaching breastfeeding needs from a comprehensive approach.
ASTHO plans a webinars series about breastfeeding equity.
The first event explores community engagement and breastfeeding support. It's on Monday, December 6th at 3:00 PM Eastern.
Sign up for the webinar and read the full report using the links in the show notes.
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M I N U T E S
RANCHO PALOS VERDES REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MAY 7, 2002
The meeting was called to order at 12:17 A.M. by Chair McTaggart at Fred Hesse Community Park, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard.
Clark, Ferraro, Gardiner, Stern, and Chair McTaggart
Also present were Executive Director Les Evans; Assistant Executive Director Carolynn Petru; Agency Attorney Carol Lynch; Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Joel Rojas; Director of Public Works Dean Allison; Director of Finance Dennis McLean; Agency Secretary Jo Purcell; and, Deputy City Clerk/Recording Secretary Jackie Drasco.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
Member Ferraro moved, seconded by Member Gardiner, to approve the Agenda. Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR:
Member Ferraro moved, seconded by Member Stern, to approve the Consent Calendar as follows:
Approved the minutes of April 2, 2002.
March 2002 Treasurerís Report (602 x 1900)
Ordered received and filed.
Resol. No. RDA 2002-06 - Register of Demands
ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. RDA 2002-06, A RESOLUTION OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AND SPECIFYING FUNDS FROM WHICH THE SAME ARE TO BE PAID.
The motion to approve the Consent Calendar carried on the following roll call vote:
There were no requests to speak.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:20 A.M. on motion of Chair McTaggart.

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By Bill Knell
On Monday, April 21, 2008, odd red lights appeared in the sky over Phoenix, Arizona. Video and photos were taken and Air Traffic Controllers in the main tower at Sky Harbor International Airport saw them. The FFA says that the lights did not appear on radar and weren't a threat to any air traffic, so no action was taken. However, the FAA has issued a statement saying that they will not allow the Air Traffic Controllers to talk about what they saw.
According to regional FAA Spokesperson Ian Gregor, it's against agency policy to allow the ATCs to discuss what they saw. The Phoenix New Times reported the story about the silencing of the Sky Harbor Air Traffic Controllers. They have already filed an official request to receive any documents or recordings that contain statements about the lights by the ATCs.
When asked what the FAA plans to do about the appearance of the lights in the sky over Phoenix on Monday night, FAA Spokesperson Ian Gregor said, "There is nothing to investigate." This is in direct opposition to the FAA policy to investigate anything and everything strange that might be reported in the sky over the USA. That policy has been in place since the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01.
Just a day after the lights were spotted, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported that Phoenix resident Lino Mailo claimed his neighbor launched several helium balloons with flares on them. Lilo says the balloons went up in the sky from his neighbor's yard around 8pm on Monday night. A Phoenix Police Helicopter Pilot also says that he saw what he believed were helium balloons with flares hanging from them. Despite these claims, there are some problems with the helium balloons explanation.
After hearing the hoax story, I contacted a friend who lives in Phoenix. He agreed to try and reach Mailo or his neighbor. Since the article came out on Tuesday, attempts to contact Lino Mailo have failed. He does not answer his door and his neighbor wasn't home when my friend stopped by on two occasions. In fact, people living two houses down from Mailo say that they know Lino's next store neighbor and he was not home on Monday night. They claim they were out in their own backyard that evening and would have seen balloons with flares being launched. They also agreed to ask him about the flare story when they next see or speak with him.
By contrast, a number of witnesses have come forward to say that jets took off from Luke Air Force Base on Monday night. Luke still claims they had no aircraft in the sky that evening. Further, I asked Kelly Atwood, a professional photographic software expert, to take a look at the video and photos from 4/21/08 lights event. She has extensive experience examining UFO photos for legitimacy and has been able to identify many hoaxes involving balloons, dry cleaning bags and flares.
Kelly says that the lights were too bright and the wrong color to be flares. She also states that the video does not show the normal affect that flares exhibit as they burn. Instead, the lights resemble objects that would have been much larger with a steady source of illumination. Kelly lives in phoenix, but was working on Monday night and didn't see the lights.
Apart from the holes in the hoax story, the FAA issues and Luke Air Force Base denials that jets were in the air when residents living near Luke say jets taking off, there are other things that point to the fact that strange lights have been back over Phoenix for some time. All told, there have been hundreds of reports about strange lights and unidentified objects in the Phoenix area since the original March 13, 1997 infamous 'Phoenix Lights' event. Many of the reports include photos, video, and come from credible witnesses. For more, visit http://newsletter.UFOguy.com
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USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Bruce Nelson announced the February payment rate for the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program. The February MILC payment rate is $0.3895043 per hundredweight. This is the first time there has been a payment for MILC since April 2010.
“Dairy producers are affected by the market price for milk and the price of feed to sustain their herds,” said Nelson. “While milk prices have remained above the $16.94 base used in the MILC calculation, the increase in feed prices has triggered payments because of the feed ration component.”
MILC payments are triggered when the Boston Class I milk price falls below $16.94 per hundredweight, after adjustment for the cost of dairy feed rations. MILC payments are calculated each month using the latest milk price and feed cost.
The 2008 Farm Bill authorized MILC through Sept. 30, 2012. Producers must meet the Average Adjusted Gross Income requirement and provide marketing data to the FSA County Office in order to qualify. New dairy producers can apply for program benefits anytime through Sept. 30, 2012, at local FSA offices.
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This is a belated book review, and I feel I should tell you why. This is, again, another tough book to read. It was difficult emotionally to get through this book, and while I allowed myself ample time, I found myself avoiding it. Why? Well, let me give you the premise:
She touched Daisy's shoulder. So cold. So hard. So unlike Daisy.
Yet so much like herself it made Emory shudder.
Burying her grief, Emory Chance is determined to find her daughter Daisy's murderer-a man she saw in a flicker of a vision. But when the investigation hits every dead end, her despair escalates. As questions surrounding Daisy's death continue to mount, Emory's safety is shattered by the pursuit of a stranger, and she can't shake the sickening fear that her own choices contributed to Daisy's disappearance. Will she ever experience the peace her heart longs for?
The second book in the Defiance, Texas Trilogy, this suspenseful novel is about courageous love, the burden of regret, and bonds that never break. It is about the beauty and the pain of telling the truth. Most of all, it is about the power of forgiveness and what remains when shame no longer holds us captive.
As I was reading this book, my oldest daughter began planning her 13th birthday party. I look at her in all her graceful-dancer, wavy-haired glory, and I cannot fathom the pain of losing her like Emory lost Daisy. And yet, Mary DeMuth dragged me kicking and screaming (figuratively speaking) into Emory's world and what it would feel like.
It was not a pleasant journey, I must say.
So, the review. This novel is wonderfully crafted and beautifully written. It's a compliment to an author, I believe, when she can, through her prose, evoke such a strong emotional response from the reader. In the first book, I felt anger. (To read my review of the first book of the trilogy, go here.). In the second, I felt sadness and grief and infinite loss. My heart is still heavy.
I don't feel as if I can talk much more about the novel without giving away significant plot points, which is the number one sin among book reviewers. It's Emory's story, and Hixon's too. And I'll leave it at that.
Many of the reviews and endorsements of both Daisy Chain and A Slow Burn have thrown in the word "redemption." Those reviewers found redemption in these two novels, and that's fine. Perhaps my understanding of redemption is different from theirs. I don't take the word redemption lightly at all, and frankly, I don't see redemption. Not yet, anyway. I'll give Mary the benefit of the doubt and look forward to the third book, which according to the teaser, appears to be from Ouisie Pepper's point of view.


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True homage to bread, this sacred food, staple food for most of humanity, the book Until the last crumb gives us a host of do-it-yourself bakery recipes and several ideas for not missing any crumbs.
Fallen into the pot when he was little, the author, Mathew Foulidis, spent his childhood playing more often with his mother's and grandmother's cooking pots and utensils than with his own toys. After his first book The cooking of my Italian grandmother, published in 2016, he returns to us with this book dedicated to bread, and published by Parfum d'encre.
“I have always had a passion for cooking, transmitted by my grandmother from a young age. I also remember that my father, of Greek origin, took me with him to the bakery and how much I was fascinated by the good smell and the different shapes of bread. Bread has always been very important to my family,” says Mathew Foulidis, who, in addition to his approach as an author, leads a career as a wine importer.
Baking his own bread has become a way of life for him. “On Sundays, during the fall or winter months, I get up early in the morning and devote my day to baking. It's relaxing, and it puts me in a relaxed state of mind,” he explains.
In his book To the Last Crumb< em>, Mathew Foulidis shares all his secrets for making perfect bread, from the ingredients to the basic techniques, including several recipes for various breads, such as focaccia, panettone, Montreal bagels or pita bread Greek, among others.
“Starting to make your own bread is quite an adventure, more complicated than making cakes. You have to be precise, there are ratios to respect and it's important to understand the chemistry behind that. That's why I tried to demystify and make bread making affordable, by offering recipes that anyone can make,” says the author.
In Until the last crumb, even making your sourdough seems easy, thanks to its detailed explanations. “I do it the Italian way, grating an apple and letting it ferment,” he says.
Baking bread is also a way of looking after your health, believes Mathew Foulidis. “Today, there is a gluten-free trend, but if we look at the sales figures, bread still plays an important role in our daily lives. With homemade bread, you know what's in it, and there are necessarily fewer ingredients that you don't want. It is also more digestible than that of the industry. When you start making bread, you can't do without it. »
Beyond French Toast
There are many ways to recover and process leftover bread. In his book To the Last Crumb, Mathew Foulidis suggests a host of ideas that go far beyond our classic French toast recipe.
“A baguette does not age like a brioche bread that you keep for three weeks in a plastic bag. People's habits have changed. There are more and more artisan bakeries and many different varieties of bread are consumed. How to use these breads down to the last crumb is what I wanted to explore by suggesting several original recipes. »
Throughout the book, we discover how to turn leftover bread into gnocchi or lasagna, make soup, cakes, brownies and cookies, cheese or eggplant balls, and even create a pudding with leftover panettone. . Recipes as original as they are tempting!
“I think that in our time, we have to find solutions to counter food waste, and that people are looking for that. The first day, the smell of fresh bread is fabulous, and the following days, it is always so good. You just have to know how to use it,” says Mathew Foulidis.
As a Montrealer, bagels hold a very special place in my heart. Whether you like them plain, toasted and buttered or topped with cream cheese and smoked salmon, bagels are one of the best breads around. Montreal is home to some of the best bagel bakeries in the world, so the bar was high when I set out to create my own recipe. Although my bagels are not baked in a wood oven as is the Montreal tradition, their taste, texture and aroma will make you think twice before going to buy some.
< p style="text-align:center;">Servings: 8 | Preparation: 30 to 40 minutes | Rise: 55 minutes to 1:15 a.m. | Cooking: 20 to 25 minutes
- 296 g (11⁄4 cup) water
- 85 g (1⁄4 cup) honey
- 12 g (1 tbsp) instant yeast
- 510 g (33⁄4 cups) white bread flour
- 6 g (1 tsp) salt
- 110 g (3⁄4 cup) sesame seeds*
* Sesame seeds can be replaced with poppy seeds.
- 3 liters (12 cups) of water
- 255 g (3⁄4 cup) honey
BAGEL DOUGH   ;
- Combine water and honey in a large bowl and microwave for 30 seconds, or until mixture is slightly warm.
- Add yeast and let it work for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add the flour and salt, then mix until a dough begins to form.
- Place the dough on an unfloured and ungreased work surface. Knead for 10 minutes.**
- Form a ball, place in an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap and set aside in the oven, light on, for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the dough has doubled in size.
- Place the dough on the work surface and, using a knife, divide it into 4, then divide each quarter into 2, so as to obtain 8 pieces in total.
- Form 8 balls of dough and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cover with a dry cloth and let rest for 10 to 15 minutes on the counter.
- Poke a hole in each ball of dough with your thumb and forefinger, then, with a in a circular motion, stretch the hole until it is about 5 cm (2 in) in diameter.
** The dough will feel very dry and hard at first, but by the end of kneading it should be smooth and have the consistency of modeling clay.
< p>HONEY BATH
- Preheat the oven to 220°C (425°F).
- In a large saucepan, bring the water and honey to a boil. Boil each bagel in the honey bath for 30 to 45 seconds on each side.
- Immediately roll each bagel in the sesame seeds.
- Place the bagels on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake in the center of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
French toast from my nonna Gina
My grandmother, Gina, grew up in a small, very poor farming village in the Italian Alps, on the border with Slovenia. Desserts were not common and my nonna was only two years old when World War II broke out. When telling her about this book, she told me the story of her mother, Rosalia, who made snitesevery year before Easter. It is actually what we know as French toast. At that time, sugar was very rare and Rosalia limited herself to sprinkling a spoon of it on each snite. Telling me this story brought a huge smile to my nonna's face.. So I asked him to make some for me and they were delicious! When she took a bite of hers, she said they were just like her mother's, which she had loved. I knew at that moment that this recipe had to appear in this book. A beautiful memory like this deserves to be immortalized!
Servings: 5 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 10 minutes
- 4 eggs< /li>
- 125 ml (1⁄2 cup) of milk
- 5 slices of country bread or a white no-knead loaf
- 125 ml (1⁄2 cup) butter
- 125 ml (1⁄2 cup) sugar
- In a large bowl, whisk eggs and milk.
- Soak each slice of bread in the egg and milk mixture on each side for at least 30 seconds, so that the bread absorbs enough liquid .
- In a very large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat.
- Place the soaked bread slices in the skillet and cook on each side for 2 to 3 minutes, until tender. until golden brown.
- Place the snites in a serving dish and sprinkle with sugar.
< h3>Spaghetti with bread Spaghetti al pane
I discovered this pasta during my first visit to the Amalfi Coast. Contrary to what one might think, they are light and full of the classic flavors of southern Italy. When I'm in a hurry and don't know what to make for dinner, this recipe is a lifesaver. It takes less than 20 minutes to prepare and the taste is amazing.
Servings: 4 | Preparation: 5 minutes | Cooking: 20 minutes
- 1⁄4 stale baguette, sliced
- 1 can spaghetti of 450 g
- 60 ml + 180 ml
(1⁄4 cup + 3⁄4 cup) extra virgin olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 5 ml (1 tsp) dried chili flakes
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 60 ml (1⁄4 cup) finely chopped parsley
- Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F).
- In a blender, crush the slices of bread.
- Mix the bread with 60 ml (1⁄4 cup) of olive oil and place on a baking sheet covered with paper parchment.
- Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, or until the bread is golden brown. Carefully watch the bread so that it does not burn.
- In a pot of boiling salted water, cook the spaghetti according to the time indicated on the package.
< li dir="auto">Meanwhile, sauté the garlic and chilli flakes over low heat in the remaining olive oil.
- Drain the pasta and add to the olive oil. olive. Add lemon zest, toast and parsley.
- Serve with a generous amount of Parmigiano Reggiano.
Pancetta buns Lumachelles
When I was a child, my aunt Doris, my mother's sister, was my best friend. You can imagine how sad I was, at age 6, when she left Montreal for Italy to start her own family there. But I was able to visit her and, on many occasions, we went to the small bakery in her town of Orvieto. They sold lumachelles, an Italian bread stuffed with pieces of pancetta and shaped into the shape of a snail shell. /p>
As it is difficult to find this bread in Quebec, I decided to try to make it. The result exceeded my expectations! When I offered some to my nonna Gina, she looked at me with a big smile and said: “We would believe in Italy! When one of the best cooks I know gives me such a compliment, I know my recipe is a success. The lumachellesare the perfect afternoon snack, but because they're addictive, they never stay in the bread box for very long!
Servings: 4 | Preparation: 5 minutes | Cooking: 20 minutes
- 4 g (1 tsp) of instant yeast
- 236 g (1 cup) slightly warm water
- 106 g (1⁄2 cup) olive oil extra virgin olive
- 2 large eggs
- 545 g (4 cups) white bread flour
- 3 g (1⁄2 tsp) salt
- 150 g (1 cup) diced pancetta
- 50 g (1⁄2 cup) grated parmigiano reggiano cheese
- 2 g (1 tsp) chopped fresh thyme
- 2 g (1 tsp) fennel seeds
- 2 g (1 tsp) ground black pepper
- In a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine the yeast, water, olive oil, eggs, flour and salt.
- Blend at medium speed until a dough forms that does not stick to the walls. This step should take 5-8 minutes.
- Reduce speed to low and add pancetta, cheese, thyme, fennel seeds and ground black pepper.
- Place the dough on an ungreased, unfloured work surface then form a ball.
- Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap and leave to rest in the oven, light on, for 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Place the dough on a lightly oiled work surface, punch it to deflate it and divide it into 16 equal pieces.
- Shape each piece into a small log about 17 cm (7 in) long.
- Roll each log into a snail shape, tucking the end under the finished lumachella.
- Place the lumachelles on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and cover with a damp cloth.
- Let stand for 15 to 20 minutes on the counter. Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F).
- Bake the lumachelles in the center of the oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Enjoy slightly warm or at room temperature.
Panettone Pudding Buddino al panettone
This is the pinnacle of bread pudding! When I was a kid, my mom made this pudding on Christmas morning with leftover panettone from the night before. The aroma of panettone cooking in the oven filled the whole house. That was delicious ! If you like panettone and French toast, this pudding will satisfy you.
Servings: 8 to 10 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking:1 hour 30 minutes
- 1.25 l (5 cups) of milk
< li dir="auto">5 eggs
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) vanilla extract
- 1 classic panettone 1 kg, cut into cubes
- 125 ml (1⁄2 cup) maple syrup
- 30 ml (2 tbsp.) tablespoons) icing sugar
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
- In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs and vanilla extract.
- Add the panettone cubes and stir to coat each piece with the milk and vanilla extract mixture. eggs.
- Transfer the mixture to a buttered 33 cm x 22 cm (13 in. x 9 in.) baking dish and cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the center of the oven for 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and drizzle with maple syrup.
- Let the panettone pudding cool for 5 minutes and sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.


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A respected marine scientist warns that seagrass beds in Queensland are being smothered by 'snotweed' algae. But there are ways to fight the foul gunk, and other states are starting to take notice of the method.
One phone call closed a popular waterfront camp that has hosted thousands of children over 75 years — but documents obtained by the ABC show that a NSW Government office went against the advice of experts.
He has been the butt of jokes when it comes to State of Origin, but Mitchell Pearce has a chance of finally winning a series with New South Wales after Nathan Cleary is ruled out of game three because of injury.
Former Anglican Dean of Newcastle Graeme Lawrence "avoided" answering questions when giving his evidence about allegations he sexually assaulted a teenager at his home in the early 1990s, a court has heard.
A former police officer who suffered "horrific and graphic traumas" after being trapped in a crashed squad car has launched criminal action after being forced to wait more than a year for a workers' compensation payout.


A few years ago, a local Internet entrepreneur was arrested in Ghana, her employees jailed and her computer equipment confiscated. Her crime? Providing consumers with a way to make low-cost telephone calls over the Internet.
That businesswoman's brush with the law typifies the main reason-aside from low incomes-that bridging the so-called "digital divide" between rich and poor countries is so difficult. It's not a lack of equipment or of local knowledge. No, a large part of the divide is a direct result of domestic policies that suppress Internet and technology use.
While we shouldn't exaggerate the Internet's benefits, it can reduce business costs, increase access to information, and create opportunities. As a result, developing countries face a stark choice: take advantage of new technologies to stimulate economic growth and enhance productivity or fall even further behind as businesses and consumers in rich countries increasingly embrace digital advances.
The threats and opportunities presented by new technologies for developing countries are widely discussed. But the ways governments in developing countries exacerbate the divide through their own regulatory policies are much less well understood.
Some governments are afraid to allow their citizens easy access to information. Other governments want to protect the profits of favored companies. Either way, the result can be an environment hostile to people and businesses wishing to use new technologies. Without technology-friendly regulations and public policies, no amount of donations or technical training will make much of a difference.
Consider the telecommunications industry in developing countries more generally. Through the 1980's, massive loans, grants, and "technical assistance" to state-owned monopoly telecom providers did almost nothing to increase the number of people with telephones in poor countries.
For example, nearly $200 million provided by the World Bank and other donors to Ghana for telecommunications development in a 1988 development project had almost no measurable impact. According to the International Telecommunications Union, when the project began less than 0.3% of Ghana's population had a telephone. Four years later, that figure had not budged.
In 1996, however, the government opened the market to competition. By last year, the share of Ghana's population with telephones had increased almost six times.
The same story is true in poor countries around the world: telephone penetration remained stubbornly stagnant in developing nations until they allowed competitive entry-primarily in the form of mobile telephony-in the 1990's. Telephone use has soared in poor countries as a result.
Regulatory policies have often been unfriendly to digital development and innovation, even where traditional telecommunications have been liberalized. In addition to capricious laws such as those criminalizing Internet telephony, many poor countries strictly control the number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that can operate.
A recent survey of telecommunications regulatory agencies conducted by The World Bank found that 23 of the 38 poor countries that responded require ISPs to obtain formal regulatory approval before they are allowed to operate. Others regulate the prices ISPs charge customers.
Countries that regulate entry by new ISPs in this way have fewer Internet users per capita, regardless of national income and general development of the telecommunications network. Likewise, consumers in poor countries that regulate ISP prices pay more for Internet access than consumers in countries that don't.
Regulation, per se, is not the problem. Indeed, creating a regulatory agency is often a crucial component of successful telecommunications reforms, which typically start by privatizing the state-owned monopoly telecom company.
The biggest improvements for consumers, though, come not from privatization, but from competition. A sound regulatory framework and effective enforcement are frequently necessary for introducing competition, as well as to protect investors and consumers in the presence of a newly-privatized firm that might otherwise be able to use its substantial market power to stifle and prevent competition.
But governments in developing countries are often accustomed to controlling all aspects of their economies and tend not to want regulators to promote competition. Thus, even when regulatory agencies are crucial to encouraging competition in telecommunications, regulators are often given control over areas where there is no particular reason for government oversight.
It is irrelevant whether Internet regulations that fail to promote competition and protect consumers are passed by governments afraid of freely flowing information or, as in the case of the jailed entrepreneur, in order to protect established companies. The result is the same: worse access to new technology, higher prices for consumers, and a chilling effect on innovation and local entrepreneurship.
The bottom line is that regulatory policies in developing countries, particularly countries in Africa, often bear much of the responsibility for low Internet penetration and slow adoption of technology. Institutions matter at least as much as equipment if developing countries hope to join the global digital economy in any meaningful way. A regulatory framework friendly to entry by ISPs and other companies relevant to the technological infrastructure will do a lot more to bring developing countries into the 21st century than donations ever will.


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A man who was paroled five years ago after serving time for second-degree murder in Florida was arrested for allegedly exposing himself to three female juvenile employees at a fast-food restaurant drive-thru, officials said.
Patrick A. Brewer, 53, allegedly exposed himself Wednesday afternoon, first to a cashier and then to two other workers at a pick-up window of the McDonald's along Route 512 in Wind Gap, Northampton Co., officials said.
The three workers said the man who exposed himself had no clothing on from the waist down and smiled at them, officials said.
The workers gave the license number of the man's car to police, who found that the car was registered to Brewer, officials said, adding that the workers also identified Brewer from a police photograph.
Brewer was taken into custody Thursday at his home at 135 Lincoln St., Wind Gap, and police found a receipt from McDonald's dated Aug. 29 on the front seat of Brewer's car, officials said.
Brewer was arraigned on indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and harassment charges and committed to Northampton County Prison on $100,000 bail, according to court documents.
A preliminary hearing is set for 11 a.m. Sept.7.
Court papers show Brewer was paroled from a Florida jail on Jan. 17, 2007, and that he was sentenced to 100 years for second-degree murder in 1982.
He was also charged with first-degree murder in 1978, court papers show.
He has been living in Wind Gap for 4 1/2 years.

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Diana Nyad, the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, had barely made it to shore before critics started questioning the integrity of her record-breaking swim.
Some skeptics, including fellow marathon swimmers, questioned whether Nyad had more help than strong currents during a particularly speedy part of her journey -- speculating that she may have held onto the boat that was accompanying her or even got in for a ride.
"The haters came out," Oprah says in the above clip from her two-part interview with Nyad on "Super Soul Sunday." "And I'm like, 'People, my Lord, would you leave the woman alone? She just swam for 53 hours!' What did that feel like, though, having people say, you know –"
"It was a fraud?" Nyad says. "I know, can you imagine?"
"First of all, we had 44 people out there -- people of great scientific repute," she says. "They're not going to be involved with something that was shady, by any means."
"But there are two factions of that," Nyad continues. "One is, people have a right. If somebody else did it, I would, respectfully -- not in some rush to judgment, statements to press -- but I would go quietly to a swimmer and their team and say, 'I'd like to look at the navigational log.' Because all of us have tried this too hard and it did seem impossible."


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The ladies of Her Campus Adelphi were asked what their New Year resoultions for 2015 are!
"To finally decide what career I want to go into!" - Carolyn Garcia
"To not be so hard on myself in the New Year. :)" - Ewelina Gadek & Amanda Irace
"To make the most of every opportunity, not let stress get to me and put myself outthere as much as possible!" - Natalie Hunter
"To not stress the little things and learn to let go of what angers or annoys me instead of holding onto it. Breath it in for a second, then let it go." - Samantha Gates
"To become a better version of myself, physically, mentally, professionally, and spiritually." - Elieen Interiano


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Basil is a wonderful herb, you can treat liver issues, digestive problems, and basil can be used as a detoxifying agent. Anti-inflammatory and anti-depressant is also another beneficial property to gain from basil. Alternatively, you can use fresh or dried basil leaves as to your cooking.
In this article, we will be looking at how Genovese basil differs from sweet basil. So, let’s dive into Genovese basil vs sweet basil.
Genovese basil and sweet basil are a great addition to pesto or Italian sauces. Or you can simply splash them with olive oil and aged balsamic vinegar then serve with mozzarella cheese and top it with thick sliced tomatoes.


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An ornately decorated box of sparkling holiday cookies is as special as they come. But this time of year, I also love the comfort of a classic. Like a soft and chewy, spiced and iced oatmeal cookie. My Iced Orange Currant Oatmeal Cookies are an easy way to hit that comfort button without devoting long hours in decorating department.
These cookies were originally developed as part of 3 festive recipes for the 2019 Holiday Cookies issue of Bake From Scratch magazine. Along with my Vanilla Sugar Cookie Trees with Cream Cheese Frosting and my Salted Hazelnut Chocolate Maple Rum Bars! They are inspired by the nostalgic Iced Oatmeal Cookies we all knew and loved as kids. Remember those gems? With textural bite and crinkly glazed tops? Like me and my tastes, my version of Iced Oatmeal Cookies have grown up. I incorporate some new and enticing ingredients into my this version and even have a few tricks up my sleeve for getting the texture just right.
What makes these Iced Orange Currant Oatmeal Cookies so special?
- Spices: Cardamom and cinnamon bring a gentle warmth to the cookies.
- Texture: Extra-thick old-fashioned oats are whizzed in a food processor for an ultra chewy bite.
- Goodies: Currants stud the cookies with a tart chewiness and orange zest adds a subtle citrus note.
- Glaze: The simple, sweet glaze is a mix of powdered sugar and juice squeezed from an orange. It adds a slightly sweet and citrusy finish the the super chewy cookies.
The mix of spices, texture and flavors in these Iced Orange Currant Oatmeal Cookies is like a perfect winter storm. Something you want to stay home for. Maybe cozied up next to the fire with a good book, surrounded by the soft twinkle of holiday string lights. The chewy texture of these oatmeal cookies makes you slow down and savor each bite so you can really experience the full flavors. A drizzle of the simple glaze sneaks into the nooks and crannies and gives the spicy cookies a sweet orange scented security blanket of coziness.
Throughout the winter I keep a stash of these spicy oatmeal cookies within arms reach at all times. This is the cookie I want to eat every day during the coldest days of the year. They aren’t too fancy or too sweet. And they pair perfectly with a dark winter day. Plus, they last for quite a while in tightly sealed cookie jar and stay soft and chewy. Which makes them a perfect contender for holiday shipping!
These Iced Orange Currant Oatmeal Cookies ship well and fill your cookie gift boxes with a warm waft of seasonal spice.
Whether you’re baking a batch to stash around the house or plan to send your loved ones something sweet and spicy, these Iced Orange Currant Oatmeal Cookies can do it all! I suggest doubling down on the recipe because these classic cuties are a real people pleaser.Print
Iced Orange Currant Oatmeal Cookies
- Total Time: 42 minutes
- Yield: 30 cookies
Inspired by the nostalgic iced oatmeal cookies we all knew and loved as kids, these cardamom and cinnamon spiced cookies are loaded with texture and flavor. Extra thick rolled oats are whizzed in the food processor for an ultra chewy bite, then studded with tart currants and bright orange zest. The soft and chewy oatmeal cookies are finished with a creamy subtly sweet orange glaze to balance out the spicy flavors.
- 2 cups extra-thick old-fashioned oats (- I used Bob's Red Mill brand)
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tablespoons orange zest
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup unsalted butter (- at room temperature )
- 1 cup brown sugar (- lightly packed)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs (- at room temperature)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups dried currants
- 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar (- sifted)
- 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- In the work bowl of a food processor, pulse oats until coarsely chopped, 10 to 20 seconds. Transfer to a large bowl; add flour, orange zest, sea salt, baking soda, cardamom, baking powder, and cinnamon, whisking to combine. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugars at medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl. In a liquid measuring cup, whisk together eggs and vanilla until combined. With mixer on low speed, gradually add egg mixture, beating well after each addition.
- Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture in two to three additions, beating until well combined. Stir in currants just until incorporated. Using a 1 1⁄2-tablespoon spring- loaded scoop, scoop dough, and shape into balls. Transfer the cookie dough balls to a lined baking sheet, close but not touching. Refrigerate for a 4 hours, preferably overnight. This helps the flavors meld and the cookies will keep their shape better when baked.
Note: You can also bake these cookies immediately (without chilling dough), but your cookies will not be as thick.
- Preheat oven at 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking mats.
- Place cookies 2 inches apart on prepared pans. Bake until edges begin to brown and centers appear slightly underdone, 10 to 12 minutes, rotating pans halfway through baking. Let cool on pans. (They will continue to cook and should be crunchy around the edges with a warm and chewy center.)
- Drizzle Orange Icing (recipe follows) onto cooled cookies, and gently spread just to edges. Alternatively, dip top of cookies in Orange Icing. Let icing set before serving.
- In a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar and orange juice until smooth and creamy. The glaze should run off whisk in a smooth ribbon. If it’s too thick, add a bit more orange juice, 1⁄2 teaspoon at a time. If it’s too thin, add 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar at a time until right consistency is reached.
Once scooped, this dough can be refrigerated overnight or sealed in a resealable plastic bag and frozen for up to 2 months. Bake them straight from freezer. Baking time may require an extra minute or so.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes


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In the last of three mood tests, the German national soccer team met Colombia at the end of the season. After recent sobering performances, the game in Gelsenkirchen was an important location for the selection of national coach Hansi Flick, who has come under increasing pressure. Read the game in the live ticker:
After the disillusionment in the international treble in June with the unsuccessful games against Ukraine (3: 3) in Poland (0: 1) and the renewed disappointment against Colombia, the national soccer team is still testing against World Cup scare Japan and runners-up this year -World champions France their EM form. “Everything will look very different in September,” says national coach Hansi Flick. “Then we’ll definitely see a team that should, for the most part, also achieve the success that we want for Euro 2024.”
A total of six international matches from September are still planned for this year. After the games in Wolfsburg against Japan and in Dortmund against France, the German Football Association will travel to the USA in October. There are two games on the program, one of them against the US selection in Hartford. The second opponent and the second venue have not yet been determined.
At the end of the year, two friendlies in Vienna against Austria and in Berlin against Turkey are on the cards. The European Championship groups will also be drawn in Hamburg on December 2nd. This is also a very important date in Flick’s tournament countdown. In the EM year 2024, international matches will be played in March, before the end of the season in the club competitions for direct preparation for the tournament. Then there is another possibility for test games.


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How to proceed for folks who sense being unfaithful behavior on the companion?
- If to provide their area of the reason usually turns into demonstrating your spouse completely wrong, with freaky personal remarks and you will studies, after that it relationship isn’t heading for the Paradise.
- If you’re not exchanging apologies post a hot attacking class and you are not getting otherwise giving one another undivided focus.
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Fan-filmed video footage of Norwegian black/thrash butchers AURA NOIRperforming a cover version of the SLAYER classic “Fight ‘Till Death” as a tribute to late SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman at this year’s Hellfest, which was held June 21-23 in Clisson, France, can be seen below.
AURA NOIR’s fifth full-length album, “Out To Die”, was released in March 2012 via Norway’s Indie Recordings.
“Out To Die” marked the return of guitarist Rune Eriksen (a.k.a. ex-MAYHEM guitarist/songwriter Blasphemer), who resides in Portugal and previously led his own band AVA INFERI. Eriksen made several trips back to Norway to work on the new AURA NOIR songs with Aggressorand Apollyon (guitar, bass, vocals, drums; also bassist in IMMORTAL).
Members of SLAYER released a statement on May 9 saying thatHanneman died of alcohol-related cirrhosis. He is credited for writing many of the band’s classic songs, including “Angel Of Death” and “South


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — Candidate for New York Governor and former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said he has COVID-19.
The well-know Republican political figure told his Twitter followers that he tested positive on Wednesday and he is already feeling better. Astorino wrote that he is vaccinated and encouraged others to consider getting the shot.
"Just FYI," Astorino wrote in a Facebook post Thursday afternoon. "I tested positive for Covid yesterday. I feel better today. Cold-like symptoms. Going to spend the next couple days just watching some shows and movies. Any good recommendations?"
Astorino has been critical of both vaccination and mask mandates in the past, but he has framed the issue as a matter of personal choice, rather than encouraging people to not be vaccinated. Most recently he staged an event at Mount Vernon High School blasting school officials for temporarily moving to a remote learning model in the face of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases as a result of the emergence of the omicron variant.
"I’ve been vaccinated," Astorino wrote in a Twitter post in May 2021. "I encourage others to get the vaccine - especially older adults & those w/ pre-existing conditions. Talk w/ your doctor. But I strongly oppose vaccine passports and gov’t forcing medical decisions on citizens. And no requirement for children."
I tested positive for Covid yesterday. I feel better today. Cold-like symptoms. I’m vaccinated. I encourage those esp in high-riskcategories to talk w/ their Dr & consider getting the shot. It won't prevent you from getting infected but it should help w/ severity of illness.
— Rob Astorino (@RobAstorino) December 30, 2021


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Connected TV (CTV) is a fast-growing market in many parts of the world, piquing the interest of marketers and placing greater technical requirements on platforms serving the new advertising market, such as Google.
Admiring NFT art has not been that easy for fans of digital one-of-a-kind items – until now, because there’s finally a practical solution. The new StreamNFT service lets you stream NFTs from the comfort of your TV!
Marketers, take note! The 5th Goldbach Advanced TV study has been published and reveals that online euphoria remains high among TV viewers. The study also shows that advertising in the connected TV environment works.
Successful premiere: For the first time in its history, DMEXCO — Europe's leading digital marketing & tech event — kicked off the marketing year with a “Digital Spring Summit”. Featuring more than 80 speakers on four parallel channels, the warmup to DMEXCO 2022 presented more than 25 hours of programming. Over 6,000 members of the digital marketing community participated in the event. The key topics of the DMEXCO Digital Spring Summit were the developments in Web3 and their impact on marketing and society.
Packed full of powerful statements, insightful panels, and inspiring keynotes, the first-ever DMEXCO Digital Spring Summit explored the digital industry’s key trends for 2022. These were the event highlights:
In spring 2022, the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV) caused a stir in Germany. When making a statement on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations, it claimed that there simply wasn’t enough paper to write to all insured persons due to a severe shortage.
The cybercommunity is vulnerable – that’s nothing new. What’s new is the large number of innovative cybersecurity companies. Which 8 brands and cybersecurity stocks should be on your watchlist this year?
In an increasingly digitalized world, IT security is becoming the focus of attention. Successful cyberattacks can cause lasting damage to companies, making a holistic cybersecurity strategy all the more crucial.


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The Harry Potter series has new eBook covers designed by UK artist Olly Moss.
As posted on Pottermore, Moss was eager for a chance to reimagine the covers, being a fan of the series himself. Moss's covers are available now for eBooks bought from all leading retailers, and from the Pottermore shop in 2016.
The most terrifying part of this project, Moss told Pottermore, was the fear of creating something that J.K. Rowling would hate.
"It must be tough because she has inspired so many people to make so many different things. She must be bombarded with different interpretations of her work all the time so to make something that really stood out as something she enjoyed would be really cool to me."
"This is a world where things often seem quite mundane on the surface and then have a secondary reveal. I love coming up with those images because it makes me feel that no one’s done this before—no one’s seen something in this specific way."
Nicole is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @sweetpotatoes.

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