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It's Not About Protesting Anymore
Campus Compact, a consortium of university leaders who want universities to be the training group for democratic citizenship, asked me to write an paper for their October conference on what new technologies means for the way young people in engage in their communities.
Check it, from the latest draft..
Many of the traditional tools citizens use to engage in their communities are becoming obsolete. How can the campus prepare students for global citizenship in a world whose civic infrastructure is so rapidly changing?
Here are the three most prominent ways phenomenon that campus leaders (both students, educators and service learning professionals) can utilize to encourage global learning and citizenship. Most of the tools of this list are in very early stages of development, and it is up to collaboration amongst service learning advocates, educators and students to improve and enhance them.
Increase Campus Engagement in Global Issues- Participatory Media
Since 9/11, students around the world have used technology to further deliberative democracy. Most universities now have videoconference labs and student groups have already begun to utilize them to host conversations. For example, Americans for Informed Democracy can host a forum on America's foreign policy towards Africa with participants in Indiana, California, Mali and Ghana. Also, online forums like Global Voices Online have been created to create a community of ‘bridge bloggers’, those who are talking about their country to a global audience. This helps balance global media coverage, which has long ignored nuanced issues in much of the developing world. Engaging in these conversations, both inside and outside of the classroom, will create a more informed global citizenry.
Increase Collaboration on Practitioner Projects- Open Source Production Model
The open source movement uses internet based tools to provide useful, free knowledge and tools through the collaboration of many people giving their time and expertise. We should recognize in this movement a powerful new form of service learning. The most prominent open source tool is Wikipedia, the biggest and most accessed encyclopedia in the world. Many fields use open source technology to improve practical, public knowledge. There is a wiki for best practices in international development, a free wiki tourism guide, as open source media, commercial and health products. If research institutions should 'develop knowledge for the improvement of communities and society'' educators should make the classroom a place to begin that contribution by encouraging student contribution to open source tools.
Increase Student Preparation for Tackling Global Challenges- Classroom/(Global) Community Collaboration
Students feel a strong desire to contribute to solving international problems. However, neither the Paul Farmeresque life of the Peace Corps nor simply giving $20 to UNICEF appeals to them. Smart, skill oriented students need outlets to collaborate with their counterparts in the developing world to solve these problems. Universities, who can equip students with the practical skills to take on these challenges, are beginning to create programs that allow students to plug into solving global issues.
Programs that address these needs are emerging in vivid variety. Global Youth Partnership for Africa's Student Global Ambassador program brings talented American students with specific interests to Uganda for a two-week program to engage and learn from talented young Ugandan social entrepreneurs. Then, the Americans return home and through technology continue to collaborate on various projects. Also, Northwestern University is developing a hybrid program fusing classroom knowledge, service learning and international volunteering. This program provides practitioner training, community awareness and fundraising skills for one semester and then provides placement in a skill-specific project in the developing world for a second semester.

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Of course MetalChicksRule.com loves Symphonic Metal singer Tarja Turunen
Is this even a question that we at Metal Chicks Rule love Tarja Turunen? She’s the one who started it all for Female Singers in the whole Symphonic Metal genre. There may have been female singers in Symphonic Metal before Tarja, but even if there were, everyone in the Symphonic Metal genre was at least somewhat influenced by her.
Born in August 17, 1977 in Finland, Tarja Turunen came to prominence in the band that is arguably best of genre – Nightwish. She was one of the co-founders of the band, along with keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and guitarist Emppu Vuorinen back in 1996.
Their first album wasn’t exactly Metal and didn’t properly use Tarja’s voice. But their second album, 1998’s Oceanborn, wow!!! Tarja’s talent was unleashed on the world and became undeniable. She can sing.
With both a Mezzo-Soprano and Soprano range, Tarja is the real deal. She’s an Opera singer who sings Metal. And you’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone with a working brain cell who thinks she doesn’t have a good voice.
Nightwish rose in Europe pretty fast, but in the States, not as fast. We didn’t know about Nightwish until their infamous album Once. We have one member of Metal Chicks Rule who says that Once is hands down the best album of the 2000s. We all love this album.
On this album, she sings both Metal and Opera and pulls them both off perfectly. She even has some experimental techniques on the song “The Siren.” You really need to hear this album if you haven’t already.
Unfortunately for us, after the tour, Nightwish dismissed Tarja. Long story.
We did get to catch her on that tour and she was amazing. She doesn’t move around much, but she doesn’t have to. She makes a lot of operatic movements with her arms and really draws a lot of attention that way. We mean, in a real good way. She has a commanding presence and definitely does not lack charisma. If you get a chance to see her perform live, take it.
So after Nightwish, she went solo. She lives in Argentina now with her husband and daughter.
Tarja Turunen guests vocals on a lot of songs. She did a duet with Sharon den Adel on the song “Paradise (What About Us?)” in which they sound fabulous together.
She was also the reason Simone Simons started singing.
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When Sault-born and raised musician Nicholas Luck writes music, he is taking cues from a stunningly wide variety of influences.
Luck first began actively studying music in his teens under Glenn Flood.
“I started to actively study the piano in my teens learning the music of Billy Joel, [Claude] Debussy, Vampire Weekend, [Erik] Satie, and The Beatles,” says Luck. “[I] performed in various bands and ensembles in the Sault. In university, I majored in classical piano performance under the mentorship of Dr. Edward Turgeon at Algoma University.”
After going to Toronto to perform and work for a brief period, Luck decided to move back to the Sault full-time to finish his Bachelor of Arts degree and begin working.
Since 2013, Luck has been an active member of the music community performing with local musicians or as a soloist with ensembles.
“Recently, I have been listening to the composers of the early 20th century,” he says. “The ballets, orchestral work and certain selections from Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Ravel. It was an interesting time, the world was changing and music responded.”
In 2019, Luck released his first album, an original soundtrack for an experimental musical he wrote for a mythology class assignment.
“It was sort of a sci-fi drama,” he says.
The album Xandra proved to be a very experimental prototype for Luck’s musical career, with shades of classical, experimental artists like Brian Eno or more contemporary chill wave artists like Washed Out.
In short order, Luck has prepared two new albums for release this fall, the first being Three Miniatures scheduled to be released on Aug. 28, 2020 on all streaming platforms.
“The difference [from my last album] would be its form. Xandra is an [original soundtrack] whereas the Miniatures are instrumental solo piano music,” says Luck.
“I would describe them as what they are, [which are] sort of impressions of my time and life spent during the summer here in Sault Ste. Marie. Certain people and experiences, with moments of surrealism.”
Luck notes that the material was written primarily this year.
“[They] have a sort of continuity together.”
Luck’s press release describes the work as “playful impressionist textures and an atmosphere of modern antiquity”.
Interestingly, Luck has decided to also release printed sheet music to accompany Three Miniatures.
“The sheet music will be physical, with digital copies by request, for tablet or desktop use,” says Luck, explaining he made the decision to create sheet music to make the music more accessible.
“The physical copy [of the sheet music] will include program notes, dedications, instructions, and further detail into each piece.”
Shortly after the release of Three Miniatures, Luck will be releasing another album called Demos for Piano & Voice, which is a collection of “sung” tunes.
His press release describes that release as “tunes in the pop style with inspiration from jazz, ragtime, dancehall, classical, and minimalist music.”
“With these particular releases, I am providing a genuine performance, one takes, no multi-tracking,” says Luck.
“[I’m] keeping it barebones.”
A recent article on ClassicFM.com highlighted research that shows a surge in Millennials and Gen Zers streaming classical music.
“Honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about it,” says Luck.
“Trends are interesting to observe. A possible contributing factor to this rise in listening is the accessibility aspect. With streaming, a myriad of genres are now more accessible than it ever was a decade ago. Nonetheless, I certainly enjoy the music and am glad more people do too.”
Luck has regularly been performing live online in lieu of in-person shows.
“I recently programmed a live stream for my Instagram followers. [It is] good fun,” says Luck.
“They are nice opportunities to interact and share my music. I plan to set up another stream once the date of Demos for Piano & Voice is announced.”
In the meantime, Luck regularly consistently shares videos of his “performance, practice, and writing” on his social media pages.
To view Luck's portfolio, please visit his website.


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The Second World War ushered in an era of challenge, change and growth for the Manitoba agriculture sector.
One development of the war years was the construction of a vegetable oil-crushing plant, Co-operative Vegetable Oils Ltd., in Altona, Manitoba in 1943. This plant was the beginning of the crush industry in Western Canada. The war had reduced imports of vegetable oil into Canada from Russia and Argentina along with creating an increased demand for vegetable oils in Canada. While there was a crush plant in Eastern Canada at the time, the cost of rail freight to the East reduced the price of oilseeds on the Prairies.
The Mennonite community in Altona recognized the opportunity, raised money for the plant locally and managed to secure financial assistance from the provincial government. At first the plant crushed sunflower seed.
Another development of the war years was the Canadian government aided the Canadian farm machinery manufacturers to convert them to war production which meant the purchase of new production equipment, hiring engineers and retraining staff to operate the new equipment and learn new production processes. The capacity of these manufacturers improved greatly. With the end of the war in 1945, a flood of pent-up demand for new equipment immediately appeared. The self-propelled combine rapidly became common on Manitoba farms along with new tractors, trucks and machinery of all sorts. Horse traction was largely retired in the years after 1945.
Life on the farm was significantly eased after 1945 by two developments: rural electrification and the building of a modern road network by all levels of government. Rural electrification had begun in 1938 but was suspended with the outbreak of war and restarted with vigour in 1946. Not only were modern appliances and equipment available in farm homes and shops, the sheer convenience of having a power source available at any time merely at the flip of a switch made life far more easy.
The capacity of road-building machinery had increased during the war years along with the cost of such machinery falling. Municipalities and the provincial government embarked upon road improvement and building programs. The federal government became involved in highway construction through the Trans-Canada Highway Act of 1949 with construction on the Trans-Canada beginning in 1950. With modern roads appearing, the ability of more around in rural areas, particularly during wet weather and the winter was greatly enhanced.
Another development of this period was the increased use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides on farm. While Cominco had begun fertilizer production at its Trail, B.C. smelter in 1931, economic conditions did not warrant the use of fertilizer in many areas of the Prairies in the 1930s.
The years between 1945 and 1965 can be seen as the golden age of the old pattern of Manitoba agriculture; quarter section to half section mixed farms serviced by a network of branch railways and by a network of small towns often complete with elevators, stockyards, dealerships, service stations, stores and other services.
Saturday nights in these small towns were characterized by farm families coming into town to shop and socialize. By the standards of the 1930s, life was prosperous. Modern conveniences made life much easier.
There were several developments in diversification in the 1960s; the building of a Campbell Soup plant in Portage which purchased vegetables and other agricultural products to make soup. The processing potato industry came into existence with the construction of the Carnation french fry plant at Carberry.
Under the surface however, change was coming. Many rural people, particularly the young, recognized that there were better opportunities and lives elsewhere and began to seek them out. Rural depopulation became an issue. Improved roads took traffic away from the railway branch lines and allowed people to travel easily to larger towns where there was better shopping and more services. The smaller towns and villages began their decline.
The Crow rate was still in effect and the railways were losing increasingly large amounts of money on grain movement. In addition, railways in general changed their attitudes towards branch lines. Previously the branch lines, while recognized as unprofitable ventures, were regarded as necessary to bring traffic to the main lines which were profitable. Attitudes changed as the railways recognized they had lost low-volume, high-profit traffic to trucks leaving them with high-volume, low-profit traffic such as grain. This traffic could not move on trucks to port and so was coming to the main line whether there were branch lines or not. The railways began to push governments into allowing them to abandon branch lines.
While the CWB had pioneered wheat sales to Communist China in 1962, the opening of this market was not enough to stave off another collapse in wheat prices in the late 1960s.
European agriculture had recovered from the Second World War and between the U.S., Argentina and Canada there was too much wheat and other cereals for the market to absorb. The situation grew so serious that the federal government instituted the Lower Inventory for Tomorrow program (LIFT) which saw farmers paid not to grow wheat. The cereals situation resulted in further pressure for Manitoba farmers to diversify into livestock. The grain situation changed in July 1972 when Soviet Russia purchased some 10 million tons of U.S. grains resulting in a market rally. Grain prices remained decent for the remainder of the decade. However, pressure on agriculture continued.
The railways’ financial losses on grain movement as a result of the Crow rate were in the millions per year which led them to demand the Crow be removed and refuse to make investments in grain cars or related assets. The railways did win the case on uneconomic branch line removal and the first round of abandonment got underway in 1972. Various levels of government began to purchase grain cars to allow continued movement.
The return to good prices led to farm consolidations, particularly as farm machinery had grown in capacity to allow an individual to seed and harvest a much larger acreage than previous. While grain prices slid downwards in the 1980s the drive to consolidate farms continued. As well, the livestock industry changed with the meat industry working towards more uniform animals entering the slaughter plants, thus ensuring more uniform cuts of meat emerging. This required a more scientific approach to livestock production and also pressured the industry towards producers specializing in livestock production and building specialized facilities. While cattle avoided this trend to some extent, the cattle slaughter industry shifted west to Alberta as a result of the Alberta government initiatives.
One very positive development of the late 1960s and 1970s was the emergence of canola as a crop plus the growth of the crush industry on the Prairies to handle at least a percentage of the Prairie canola crop. While canola was perceived as a premium oilseed from the start as a result of the colour and taste of the oil, later it was also seen as heart-healthy oil, so cementing its reputation as a premium product and allowing it to take an even larger market share.
The losses to the railways as a result of the Crow rate continued to grow to the point where it was generally recognized that the losses could not continue without the railways collapsing. Also, various groups pointed out that the Crow rate, by subsidizing the movement of grain off the Prairies, hindered diversification out of grain into other commodities. In 1983, the federal government managed to bring into effect the Western Grain Transportation Act which did allow freight rates to rise to some extent. While the railways still incurred losses, they received a subsidy from the government. In 1993 the federal government implemented the Western Grain Transition Payment Program, which provided one-time payments to farmers to assist them in making the transition away from subsidized shipping. Today, rail freight rates on Prairie grains are governed by the maximum revenue entitlement clause of the Canada Transport Act. Generally the system is far more commercial than in the past.
The grain-handling system underwent significant rationalization in the years after 1983 and the once ubiquitous wooden grain elevator is today almost extinct. Many branch lines also disappeared. Even the Pools have disappeared. Between having to find large sums of money to pay out the equity of retiring members and modernize their elevator chains, combined with a farmer base that was less supportive of co-operative ideals than in the past, they faced significant issues. Probably the best chance of survival as a co-operative was with the proposal to amalgamate the three Prairie Pools, however, this did not come about and the Pools gradually became privatized.
Farm consolidation continued onwards for a variety of reasons: the recognition that individual farmers must realize economies of scale, farm machinery growing in capacity, challenges to farm profitability, recognition of better opportunities elsewhere, the list of reasons goes on. As farm populations decreased, many small towns and villages lost their economic base and so ceased to exist or are on life support.
The canola crush industry on the Prairies and in Manitoba saw substantial investment and is a major industry today. The hog industry also saw major investment both in production facilities and in slaughter facilities. While it has been subject to significant downturns, the hog industry is a major employer today. In recent years soybeans have become a major crop in Manitoba along with corn. Significant acreages of pulses, potatoes and speciality crops are grown in the province.
A final change was the removal of the “single-desk authority” of the CWB. One can argue the pros and cons of the single-desk authority in securing better wheat prices for Canadian producers in the marketplace, however, we will only note that the issue remains controversial.
Manitoba agriculture has faced and continues to face significant issues. Pests continue to evolve as does the competition. Who would have thought in 1990 that a major customer of Canadian grain, Soviet Russia, would be a significant and growing competitor for grain sales? New crops and opportunities continue to appear. Today the issues are more complicated by an activist public questioning aspects of agricultural practices and technologies and being very prepared to intervene in a situation that is complex, to say the least. However, Manitoba farmers are adaptable and so will meet the challenges of the future.
The future of agriculture in Manitoba remains untold. While many see the agricultural past as a dusty, boring place, ultimately it is our history and we need to understand it. However, there is a somewhat contradictory view to bear in mind about the past. The past is the past and we should not let the past blind us to the possibilities that the present and future hold. However, we also need to remember the past is always with us as it has shaped the present we exist in. The past provides clues as to how to move forward from that situation.

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The operator of eight retail beverage outlets in Nassau and Suffolk counties has paid $300,000 to settle charges that it cheated employees out of overtime wages.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced today a settlement in which Superstar Beverage paid the attorney general $300,000 – $35,000 in state-imposed penalties and $265,000 for distribution to 15 underpaid current and former employees.
The settlement followed an investigation by Schneiderman’s office, triggered by complaints registered with the Workplace Project. That 20-year-old advocacy group works to “end the exploitation of Latino immigrant workers on Long Island,” according to the Workplace Project website.
According to the AG’s Office, between July 2006 and July 2012, Superstar Beverage – which operates retail distributorships in Amityville, Bayport, Coram, Great River, Huntington, Melville, North Babylon and Oyster Bay – paid flat wages to employees who routinely worked 50 or more hours in a week.
New York State overtime laws require employers to pay employees 1.5 times their regular rate of pay for each hour past 40 worked in a given week.
The investigation also revealed that Superstar Beverage managers failed to maintain proper records documenting actual hours worked and wages paid. The settlement agreement requires Superstar Beverage to institute policies ensuring proper payments and to maintain adequate records of hours and pay rates.
It also “bars Superstar Beverage from retaliating against employees for cooperating with the investigation,” noting the Attorney General’s Office will continue monitoring the distributorship’s employment practices to ensure compliance.
“When companies assign work weeks of over 40 hours, they are required to follow the state’s overtime laws,” Schneiderman said. “Under this agreement, Superstar will pay workers for the work they performed.”

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Video: USS Porter Fires Missiles at Syrian Air Base
On Thursday night, the U.S. Navy destroyers USS Porter and USS Ross launched a Tomahawk missile strike against the Syrian air base at Shayrat, an effort intended to punish the regime of Bashar Al-Assad for its latest use of chemical weapons against civilian targets.
In a statement to the press, President Donald Trump said that he had ordered a “strike on the air field in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched.”
"It is in this vital national security of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons,” he continued. "There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and ignored the urging of the UN Security Council. Years of previous attempts at changing Assad's behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically."
An American official told the New York Times that Russian forces on the ground at the Syrian air base were given 60-90 minutes of advance notice of the strike; Russian state outlet Pravda reports that the notice was passed on to Syrian commanders, and both Russian and Syrian personnel were withdrawn from the scene before the missiles hit. In comments to AFP, Syrian officials confirmed that they had received advanced notice of an impending attack, and a source at the scene informed ABC News that Syrian forces had begun evacuating the base before the strike.
The Russian defense ministry asserts that only 23 of 59 Tomahawk missiles launched reached their intended targets. The material damage reportedly included a number of buildings, at least six MiG-23 aircraft and a radar station; U.S. and Russian sources indicate that the runways were not affected. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Friday that the air base has resumed military operations.
Russian and Syrian forces did not use forward deployed air defense systems to counter the attack. According to Pravda, Russia chose not to activate its advanced Pantsir point air defense system out of the fear of starting a war. "If Syria had used Russian air defense systems in response to the U.S. missile attack, it would have triggered a nuclear conflict," said Sergei Sudakov of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences. "It was only the composure of the Russian commander-in-chief that made it possible to avoid a nuclear conflict."
The strike has escalated longstanding tensions between Russia and the United States over alleged atrocities against civilian targets in the Syrian civil war. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson claimed that "Russia has been complicit or Russia has been simply incompetent" in Syria's failure to comply with a 2013 agreement to give up its chemical weapons. Russia broadly denies that Syria either has chemical weapons or has used them in the conflict, and Russian deputy ambassador to the U.N. Vladimir Safronkov protested the retaliatory strike. “We strongly condemn the illegitimate actions by the US. The consequences of this for regional and international stability could be extremely serious," he warned.


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Home / Blogs / Martins Mill Bridge Park Tree Planting Event
August 23, 2016
Martins Mill Bridge Park planting plan for the October event (will be adjusted on-site, prior to the event as needed)Looking for a fun family event this autumn? Come on out and plant a tree at Antrim Township’s Martins Mill Bridge Park on Saturday October 11th from 9:00AM – Noon. The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and Antrim Township will be planting over 100 native trees and shrubs along the Conococheague Creek and seeks volunteer help. This event is a great opportunity to learn about native plants and local watersheds all while enjoying the great outdoors.
With the guidance of Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and Antrim Township staff, volunteers will be planting containerized trees and shrubs in pre-dug holes throughout the Martins Mill Bridge section of the Antrim Township Municipal Park. These native plants will assist in filtering stormwater runoff, reduce local flooding, and cool the temperature of the Conococheague to enhance the habitat of the local trout populations. Volunteers will also learn about pest control and set up deer fencing to ensure the development and growth of these young trees and shrubs. Planting demonstration at the Wilson College planting along the Conococheague Creek in Chambersburg PA, spring 2014. Photo courtesy of Bob Stoler.The Martins Mill Bridge park planting event is part of Franklin County’s Trees for Tomorrow Program, a county wide effort to plant 150,000 new trees in the Conococheague watershed by 2016. The benefits of trees are numerous for both people and the environment alike. The Trees for Tomorrow Program is a joint initiative of Franklin County Commissioners and numerous non-profits, including the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, which is being funded through grants received from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds.
All volunteers are welcome! If you are interested in participating, please contact Kimberly Slaughter at 717-737-8622, Ext 2, or via email at firstname.lastname@example.org. Volunteers should come dressed for outdoor activity, and may bring items like gloves if they so desire. Martins Mill Bridge is located at 3505 East Weaver Road, Antrim Township, and the Park is accessible by driving past the bridge, north along East Weaver Road.
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Nice cheap Barbie and horse, seems very cheap.
A fresh new look for our beautiful princess-she is covered in glitter, dressed in a fun and fashionable party dress and of course wears a sparkling tiara!
Girls can also play out even more princess fun with the beautiful glittery horse!
Princess can ride the horse too.
Includes Barbie doll, horse and brush
Size (H)32.5, (W)38, (D)8.5cm.
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These are seriously the BEST crispiest fries EVER. And once you make them like this, trust me, you'll NEVER make them any other way!
The secret is soak, dry, fry, drain and fry again. Buy soaking them first, you're getting rid of a lot of the starch which is what prevents them from getting crispy. If you peel, slice and fry right away the fries won't get that gorgeous crisp golden exterior and remain light and fluffy on the inside.
Now, the important question, are you dipping these in ranch? Mayo? Ketchup? Or eating them with extra salt?
The Best, Crispiest Fries (Side Dish)Print Grocery List Print Recipe
- 5 pounds russet potatoes
- Vegetable or peanut oil, for frying
- Maldon salt -- or, to take them to a whole new flavor level, truffle salt
- Garnishes: sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley or rosemary
Peel and rinse potatoes, then cut them into sticks by cutting the potato in 4 or 5 vertical pieces, and then cutting each piece into sticks.
Place them in a large bowl and cover with cold water. Let them soak for AT LEAST 2 to 3 hours. If you have the time, though, you can pop them in the fridge and let them soak overnight. This is a REALLY important step for super crispy on the outside and soft on the inside fries.
When you're ready to make the fries, drain off ALL the water (I like to pour the potatoes into a colander). Spread out the potatoes in an even layer on 2 baking sheets lined with paper towels. It helps them dry if they're not all piled on top of each other.
Blot with paper towels to dry them. Be sure the potatoes are REALLY dry before frying them.
Heat a few inches of oil in a heavy pot to 300 degrees F. I like to use a candy thermometer to check the temperature.
In 3 or 4 batches, cook the potatoes until soft, 4 to 5 minutes per batch. They should not be brown at this point! You're just starting the cooking process. Remove each batch with a spider (one of my favorite kitchen tools!) and drain on a plate lined with paper towels.
Once all the potatoes have been fried at 300 degrees F, turn up the heat until the oil reaches 400 degrees F.
This is when the true magic (and secret to crunchy, irresistible fries) happens. When the oil is hot, start frying the potatoes in batches again, cooking until the fries are golden and crisp. Remove the potatoes from the oil and drain on paper towels.
Sprinkle generously with Maldon sea salt (or truffle) and fresh parsley or rosemary.
Recipe inspired from Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman

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DOB: 6 June 1936
Debut: Round 2, 1957 against Collingwood at MCG
Last Game: Round 3, 1958 against North Melbourne at Arden Street
Number: 22 1957-1958
Seconds Premiership Player - 1956
Seconds Leading Goalkicker - 1956 (48)
Crameri graduated to the seniors via the Thirds from 1954, and finally earned a promotion to the senior side after booting eight goals in the 1956 Seconds Grand Final.
His stint in the seniors was brief, and in 1957 he finished runner up in the Seconds Best and Fairest and equal second in the Gardiner Medal, despite only playing nine seconds games for the year.
In total he only played three goalless senior matches before joining VFA club Moorabbin in 1959. He played there until 1963 before becoming captain/coach of Northcote in 1964. He led the Brickfielders to third place finishes in 1956 and 1966 before leaving at the end of 1967.
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02 May News Release #44 – 111-HAWAII PROJECT wins Silver at Pele Awards 2016!
News Release #44 – 111-HAWAII PROJECT wins Silver at Pele Awards 2016!
AAF-Hawaii event Pele Awards Show 2016
The Pele Awards, Hawaii's biggest Advertising and Design competition, 111-HAWAII PROJECT packaging received Pele Silver!
Branding designs for 111-HAWAII PROJECT were honored on Saturday night, and the package design for “Mamaki Tea”, “UACOCO Crisps” and “Aloha Shirts” received a Pele Silver in the package design category.
The “PELE AWARDS” is an AAF American Advertising Federation Awards District Competition which is held annually to recognize the best advertising and design work created in Hawaii for that year. This year’s show was held on April 23rd at the Convention Center bringing together art directors, copywriters, designers, and other industry professionals that were nominated for their work showed up to attend the award show.
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The creative team of Clarence Lee Design as well as the branding/design team for the “111-HAWAII PROJECT”
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When it comes to associations, simply being intercultural can be a challenge. Whether that’s due to the unique expectations of the companions, or simply due to logistics of living with somebody halfway about the world, the differences may be tough to overcome.
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Interaction which has a Japanese woman can be a little tricky, especially if she has a bit self conscious or difficult in social situations. This is because in Japan, persons often converse mainly through kuuki wo yomu, or ”reading the air”, meaning they are really very good at picking up upon subtle tips that would not necessarily come across clearly as spoken words.


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The film that shares the same name as Outasight‘s new single Catch Me If You Can follows a man who changes his identity in order to get what he wants, and while Richard Andrew (a.k.a. Outasight) isn’t piloting airplanes or forging money (that we know about), he does share the same attitude as the master imposter, challenging haters to Catch Me If You Can. The Yonkers native is taking hip-hop by storm with his multifaceted style and distinctive voice, this time putting his talents to use over another creative production from 6th Sense. The Booth-acclaimed artist (and Exclusive Freestyle member) hopes to tide fans over with this single off his latest project, Brand New Sessions, which was supposed to drop today but has been pushed back. No new release date has been set, but listeners should stay tuned to DJBooth for updates on Outasight’s latest music and plans.
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Pressure vessels are boilers and storage tanks that contain liquids or gases and are designed to operate at pressures above 15 psig. High pressure vessels function under greater than normal amounts of pressure without compromising seals or bursting. Stainless steel pressure vessels are used as storage, mixing, jacketed and reactor tanks in food and beverage processing, pharmaceutical production, and other sanitary applications. Some pressure vessels control the temperature of their contents and are monitored by a series of gauges on the outside of the tank. Others are designed to store volatile substances at high temperatures.
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Pressure vessels are must be adequately maintained and inspected. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) rates pressure vessels for safety and standardized usage. ASME pressure vessels are inspected for conformance to industry-wide standards of strength, including higher quality O-ring seals and vacuum closures. Pressure vessel inspection involves ensuring that the pressure vessel is free from ruptured seams or seals and cracks. In some instances, pressure vessel inspection requires dismantling the tank; however, a simple visual inspection or other non-destructive test (NDT) may be adequate to ensure the vessel’s integrity.
Suppliers of pressure vessels are located across the United States and around the world. They differ in terms of certifications, approvals, and industries served. Pressure vessel manufacturers design new tanks using variety of criteria, including the selection of materials to withstand shock, vibration, corrosion, temperature changes, and other environmental conditions. Pressure vessel design must also take into consideration that the materials used to build the vessel are compatible with the materials to be stored in the tank. Often, a pressure vessel manufacturer will adhere to application-specific specifications for the construction of a high pressure vessel or a stainless steel pressure vessel. Pressure vessels that feature custom pressure vessel designs or require NDT pressure vessel inspections are also available.


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This past Sunday was an extraordinary day filled with creativity and inspiration. I was fortunate enough to have the amazing opportunity to witness a vibrant fashion shoot featuring the remarkable Skyy Wonders (@skyywonders) and the talented up-and-coming Fashion Designer aakofii (@aakofii). The energy in the room was electric as these two geniuses collaborated to bring forth their awe-inspiring vision.
Skyy Wonders, known for her incredible photography skills, flawlessly captured the essence of aakofii’s stunning designs. Each frame showcased an explosion of colors, textures, and intricate details that celebrated individuality and self-expression. Every click of the camera unveiled a new layer of artistry, leaving everyone present in complete awe.
Being there behind the scenes, I was able to immerse myself in the creative process and witness the magic unfold. The collaboration between Skyy Wonders and Aakofii was seamless, with a palpable synergy that brought their respective talents to new heights. Their dedication, passion, and attention to detail were truly awe-inspiring.
I managed to capture some mesmerizing footage that encapsulated the essence of the shoot. The camera revealed the precise brush strokes of Atlanta makeup artist Tony Stylez (@tony_stylez), making each model’s features come alive with a touch of artistry. The crispness of the clothes, the way they flowed with elegance and grace, truly showcased the craftsmanship of aakofii’s designs.
As I watched Skyy Wonders meticulously set up each shot, adjusting lighting and angles with precision, it was evident that their expertise and commitment to their craft elevated the entire experience. The atmosphere in the room was charged with excitement as the team worked together harmoniously, transforming the space into a creative haven that breathed life into aakofii’s masterpieces.
Witnessing this fashion shoot was an experience of a lifetime, a true testament to the power of collaboration and the limitless possibilities of artistic expression. The final images and videos captured during that day are a testament to the artistry, creativity, and expertise of Skyy Wonders and aakofii. I am grateful to have been a part of this incredible journey to witness the birth of a visual masterpiece.
Lastly, I can’t forget to mention the exceptional model, Garcia (garcias_garden_), who impressed us with her graceful movements during a photo shoot. Her natural beauty and confident poses captivated our attention throughout the session.
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While studying electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
aakofii discovered the art of metal-smithing. inspired by friends, family and loving spirits ‘aakofii THE DESIGNER’ was born.
Aakofii’s designs have been showcased at the Smithsonian Museum‚ various art galleries‚ department stores and specialty boutiques. aakofii opened her first flagship store at Phipps Plaza in Atlanta alongside Tiffany’s, Versace, Saks, and Gucci.aakofii’s bold designs are fabricated using various precious metals‚ gemstones, leather
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Aakofii has adorned women worldwide. Some of her clients include Anita Baker, Chaka Khan, Cindy Wilson, Floetry, Rashan Ali, Kelly Price, Alfre Woodard, Sheree Whitfield, George Clinton and Vanessa Williams.Her designs will also hit the screen on the STARZ hit series, P-Valley and the CBS series, The Neighborhood.

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The most recent games inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium have been much different for the Atlanta Falcons compared to the previous two. In wins over Dallas and Tampa Bay, the Falcons averaged 30.5 points per game on offense compared to 17 in losses to Buffalo then Miami.
The defense has been sparked as well, allowing just 13.5 points per game to the Cowboys and Bucs versus 21.5 earlier. In a call-in interview with The Morning Show with John Fricke and Hugh Douglas, head coach Dan Quinn talked about the benefits of playing in Mercedes-Benz Stadium after Douglas asked how it felt when the crowd was juiced during defensive stands.
“That’s having that home-field advantage,” said Quinn. “The connection between the city and the team, our team, we love it. Having a chance to play at home in front of your crowd that’s where the gratitude to give back all we can; we’re going to play really hard for them. So, if we can have them early and loud and we need all of them.”
Not only will crowd support benefit the Falcons, but it gives the players an extra sense of accomplishment to thrive in front of the friendly roar.
“Early and loud would help the defense in a big way,” said the third-year coach Quinn. “But that’s our way to show respect back to the city and to the fans. We’re all connected in that stadium at that time, it’s one of the most fun things you can imagine being part of the team when the whole city is behind you, you feel it as loud as you can be.”
Quinn called the Atlanta crowd smart because of the state’s roots in football at every level:
“Our fans know it [football], so let’s go after it.”
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Church Tourism Week takes place nationwide this month!
Between 21-30 July the silvered oak doors of historic churches and chapels across the country will be thrown open for events including concerts and theatre, Champing™ church camping adventures, historic tours, family trails and craft, tower climbs, art exhibitions and more.
The activiy is all part of Church Tourism Week, an annual celebration of historic churches taking place nationwide.
The week-long programme of events and activities for all ages is a celebration of our outstanding architectural heritage and an invitation to explore church buildings - and British history - in new ways.
Crispin Truman, CEO of The Churches Conservation Trust, the national charity that protects historic churches at risk, says:
“Church Tourism Week highlights the heritage of our extraordinary ancient churches and chapels, showcasing the fascinating stories, art and experiences they offer and inviting people to explore them in new ways.
“Churches are often the oldest and grandest buildings in our communities, but more than that they tell the stories of those communities, the people that lived within them and the last thousand years of our country’s history in a way no other buildings can”.
The initiative follows on the footsteps of a £600,000 investment made by the Government’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport to develop a number of the trust’s most important churches as first-rate heritage visitor sites.
For the first time heritage charities and attractions across the UK are taking part in the celebration, with scores of events over 35 participating sites nationwide. Partners include Circomedia Circus Academy, Caring for God's Acre, Friends of Friendless Churches, Bristol Cathedral and the Scottish Redundant Churches Trust.
Church Tourism Week includes the chance to:
- Discover Fantastical Beasts and create your own curious creatures at family events in Bristol and Worcestershire.
- Take a tower tour at St Peter’s Church in Sandwich, and get a unique perspective on the Cinque Port town, said to be the ‘most complete medieval town in England’.
- Stay overnight in a church any day of the week – and kids go free – on special Champing™ (church camping) adventure. Breaks are available at churches in Somerset, Kent, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Shropshire and Lancashire.
- Make your own decorative ‘medieval’ tiles at family activities days in Cambridge, Shrewsbury, York and Sandwich.
- Enjoy Cimarosa’s light-hearted opera ‘The Secret Marriage’ in rural splendour in Wiltshire on Friday 21st July.
- Explore medieval stained glass and traces of the Civil War with a special guided walking tour of Shrewsbury on Saturday 22nd July.
- Wring your hands at Shakespeare’s tragedies King Lear in Bristol or Macbeth in Sussex or revel in Richard III at Bristol Cathedral.
- Hear Worcestershire’s poet laureate perform spoken word and poetry at St Swithun’s Church in Worcester on Saturday 22nd July.
- Uncover art and artefacts from the medieval to the Arts & Crafts movement on a historic tour of Cambridgeshire on Thursday 27th July.
- Learn how to manage churchyards traditionally for wildlife habitat in Shropshire on 24th July.
- Enjoy one-day folk and world music festivals at BromFest in Essex on 23rd July and One Fine Day Festival at Braemar in the Scottish Highlands on 27th July.
- Have a go at circus skills including tightwire, trapeze, juggling and more at a family circus taster day in Bristol on 30th July.
For the full events programme visit www.visitchurches.org.uk/ChurchTourismWeek


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Who is P2istheName?- Biography
P2istheName is a social media personality and YouTube star from the United States. P2istheName is known for posting video and gaming content on YouTube channel P2istheName, such as Pranks!, Vlogs, Fortnite is life, NBA 2k17 gameplay, Miss Thotiana, Nate Robinson series, Rookie 55 Overall paint protector, and so on. He’s also on Tiki’s Tok, Instagram, and Twitter.
When was P2istheName Born? Early life, Siblings, Birthplace, Parents
P2istheName (23 years old) is an American Youtube star and social media figure who was born in the United States of America on April 23, 1998. There is no information about his father’s name or mother’s name. Phill is his first name. He appears to be an only kid, as he was never mentioned as having siblings. Similarly, little information about his race or religion is available. Taurus is his zodiac sign.
There is no information on his educational background, high school, or university education. He could also be a high school graduate or a university student, depending on his age.
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Career and Professional Life
P2istheName is a YouTube star and social media figure at this point in his career. On May 16, 2011, he launched his YouTube account P2istheName. On his YouTube channel, he uploads gaming stuff such Pranks!, Vlogs, Fortnite is Life, NBA 2k17 gameplay, Miss Thotiana, Nate Robinson series, Rookie 55 Overall paint protection, and so on.
He also posts entertainment, beast gameplay, contemporary music, tips and tricks, gaming news, and so on. He also has a second YouTube account, P2Plays, which he created on February 4, 2020. Comparable to the main YouTube channel, the channel posts similar content.
“MY DUOS PARTNER IS A FORTNITE HACKER…” is one of his most popular YouTube videos. “I Met a Hot Model on Fortnite and Took Her on an EXPENSIVE Date *LUCKIEST DAY EVER*,” “I Went to School and Found the GREATEST Fortnite Player in a Class!” “I Went to School and Found the GREATEST Fortnite Player in a Class!” “FIRST EVER Fortnite: Friday the 13th NEW GAMEMODE!” and “IS HE THE BEST?” “Playing Fortnite WITH MY MIDDLE SCHOOL CRUSH! (Instagram Model)” and “Playing Fortnite WITH MY MIDDLE SCHOOL CRUSH!”
He is also active on other social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, where he has amassed thousands of followers from all over the world. His social media presence also has tens of thousands of followers. In addition, he has started his own clothing line, Wally Co.
What is the Net worth of P2istheName? Salary
There is currently no information about P2istheName earning any awards or being nominated for any awards. His Instagram and YouTube channels, on the other hand, are still rapidly developing, and he has thousands of followers on other social media accounts. As a result, he has a chance to earn honors in the future.
Similarly, his net worth is reported to be over $1.2 million. There is no information on his salary, automobile, or residence. His net worth is determined by his well-known YouTube channels, social media profile, Instagram postings, and advertisements, among other things.
P2istheName: Relationship, Girlfriend, Love Story
P2istheName is a straight man who is happily married. There is currently no information on his relationship or affairs. Aside from that, there is no knowledge about previous events. He is a free spirit with a humble demeanor.
He’s been embroiled in a slew of scandals and controversies as a result of his sensational headlines and thumbnails. His target audience was children. He was also accused of using social media to promote gang allegiance and gang culture by publishing various content. As a result of this, the video’s effects have sparked rumors and controversy in the channel.
How tall is P2istheName? Height, Weight, Hair color
P2istheName has black hair and black eyes. Furthermore, no information about his height, weight, waist, chest, or hip measurements is available, and he has a well-kept body type.
The gifted star maintains a social media presence. His Instagram account, P2istheName, has over 613 thousand followers, while his YouTube channel, P2istheName, has over 3.38 million subscribers. His Twitter account @P2istheName has over 33 thousand followers, while his Facebook account has over 1.6 thousand.


Hollis Block thought the food bank in her office was well-stocked last week. Then came Monday, and deliveries from food drives by both the local middle school and police department.
"My God, we had to leave some of it in boxes under a chair," said Block, East Hampton's director of social services. "We got donations from you name it. It's been great."
To be sure, the number of people needing help skyrocketed this holiday season. But so have figures for those offering assistance.
In fact, residents of area towns have been so generous, leaders of many organizations say they should have enough donations of food and money to last through the early part of winter -- if times do not get substantially worse.
"We're not worried right now," Block said of the food bank, run largely by volunteers with the local ecumenical council, "but I don't know what will happen after the first of this year."
During the holiday season, many area food banks saw an unprecedented outpouring of generosity.
In Haddam, community resource worker Candace Casale saw more and more groups get together to pool money for a donation, or even "adopt" a family; the collection from an ecumenical church service held at Thanksgiving time went to help needy served by her department.
In Durham, the faculty of Coginchaug High School decided to skip exchanging gifts with one another and instead donate money to the needy, while other residents used 2-for-1 coupons and gave one of the items to the local food bank.
Portland's food bank has seen a lot of $50s and $100s, while in Cromwell, a resident who did not want to be identified donated $1,000 worth of Stop & Shop food certificates.
"He knows the need this year," said Ann France, youth services coordinator for Cromwell's social services department. "Those that have, want to share."
There's little doubt about need. Many towns saw requests for welfare, clothing, food and other assistance double, and in some cases triple, in 1991. Some towns already have had to pump additional money into their general assistance accounts because applications for aid have stripped monies available for the whole
Then there are those not included in those counts -- people who have looked for aid but are ineligible because their income exceeds state-set limits. A household where one of two breadwinners has been laid off can find themselves struggling to cover car, house and other payments on one salary.
"We've been getting situations where the families are making $40,000 and can't make ends meet," Block said.
That's where food banks and other sources of help can come in. Some have no screening process, while others have less-stringent standards than the state. For those in Haddam uncomfortable being seen leaving town hall with supplies from her office, Casale is willing to deliver.
"I try to put myself in their shoes -- and be thankful I'm not," she said.
In Middletown, the American Red Cross food bank last year was giving out 2,000 nonperishable items a month. Now, the figure is 3,000 a month. But so far, somehow, donations have kept pace. "The response has been overwhelming," said Joan Youngs, executive director of the Middlesex Chapter of the American Red Cross. "People dig deep. It's the American way."
That's particularly the case around Thanksgiving and Christmas, when the season seems to put nearly everyone in a giving mood. Last week many food banks said their shelves were overstocked, but said the food would be used through the early months of the new year.
Such providers have a mixed perspective on the new year. A few find hope in the U.S. Congress' recent approval of the extension of jobless benefits, but many still doubt they will see an end to lines of people seeking their help soon -- particularly given recent major cuts in fuel assistance.


Art can be a powerful voice against evil, social injustice and corruption.
My kitchen sensai, Chef Chrissie, has taught me many things.
I’ve done it a total of three times.
The first time was like being flung out of a giant slingshot. The next two were more gentle and gradual. The final time it lasted six hours.
Many people do it alone, but being a novice I always did it with another person.
Right now I have eight medium-to-large zucchini in my refrigerator just waiting for me to decide their ultimate fate. Why? I joined Maple Spring Gardens CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) in Cedar Grove, this spring.
Two shows as different from each other as found objects are from archival papers ordered from Japan are about to close. At the Scrap Exchange are the small tabletop sculptures by Christopher Kearney. At Light Art + Design are works on paper by Ippy Patterson and Leigh Suggs. Check them out if you can. In any event not only is the art a treat, but each gallery has important business news to report.
Q. I have been experiencing an embarrassing anal itch for two months. My physician doesn't seem interested beyond prescribing lotions that don't do much after the first few minutes.
“They’re either going to be amazing or a horrible, horrible failure”.
Chances are the camera Frank Myers uses is a direct descendent of one made by Kodak and, if not the camera, then his film is. Myers’ show of local musicians performing around the Triangle is all about the local jazz scene and the non-profit Art of Cool Project. The Kodak references have been fueled by an exhibit at the Center for Documentary Studies on the role the Eastman Company played in putting a camera in almost every hand in the country.
Lisa McCarty, the 2013-14 CDS exhibitions intern, mined a cache of advertisements from the Wayne P. Ellis Collection of Kodakiana and the J. Walter Thompson Company Domestic Advertisements Collection, which are part of Duke’s collection of Sales, Advertising & Marketing History, to put together a fascinating story about invention and advertising and how a costly and unwieldy pursuit of image making was turned into an inexpensive and easy matter.
Q. I am writing to tell you how your advice helped solve a near tragedy. My husband and I were recently on a trip to Mongolia in a very remote location when he hit his leg on the sharp corner of a metal wood stove. He takes the anticoagulant warfarin, so the bleeding was horrific.
Two men and a gift of more than 480 works of art; this is the heart of the new exhibition at the Ackland Museum. Joseph F. McCrindle (1923-2008) amassed hundreds of art objects during his lifetime and gave them to large and small institutions all over the country, including the Ackland. Many were given because of personal friendships.
Q. Is it possible to overhydrate? When I was growing up, no one carried a bottle of water around. Now it seems as if everyone is constantly sipping bottled water throughout the day.
When I told Petey that I thought I’d write this piece about my new preparation for potatoes, he said they definitely deserve their own column.
It was one of those pretty summer days when the temperature had not soared into the 90s and the downtown Chapel Hill art scene beckoned. I began my visits at the Horace Williams House where Cici Stevens has mounted a show of small found objects. From there I moved uptown to Frank Gallery and a group show of drawings and prints and then across the street to the Ackland Museum Store where they were putting the finishing touches on a pottery exhibit which would open in a couple of hours.
Q. I have a friend who is 57 and never smoked. She fell and broke her hip a couple of months ago, and now has taken up chewing nicotine gum like it was candy.
As I cleaned my grill in preparation for regular summer use, I started thinking about the history of backyard grills and grilling in general.
Believe it or not, some Chicago back yards are the epicenter for the creation of backyard barbecue grills; not Texas, or Georgia or even North Carolina. Two of the grills most of us use today were invented in Chicago’s suburbs.
The 1950s were a hotbed for grilling. In 1952, George Stephen invented what we now know as the Weber kettle grill by taking half of a marine buoy, welding three legs on the bottom, opening up vents underneath and pounded-out a vented, domed cover (at that time, Stephen was a welder for the Weber Company Metal Works). The story goes that his neighbors called it a "sputnik" after Russia's first space ship.


Nova City Islamabad is a project by Nova developers. This project is located at the prime location which is accessible from twin cities, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The project is situated at Fateh Jang Road with the proximity of Islamabad International Airport, CPEC Route and motorway.
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Smartphones are not just useful for social media, videos and taking selfies. They will now become an important part of your daily life by doubling up as a portal for making payments, sending and receiving money etc.
Ten of the country’s biggest banks along with the Reserve Bank of India have just launched a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) — a mega app that will sit on your smart phone once you have downloaded it and dramatically reduce the cost and time taken for making simple payments. What’s more, you can use this app to pay for any transaction below Rs 1 lakh, even something as low as Rs 50.
The biggest impact of this app will be on third-party payments. Today, if you want to pay someone, you need to add him or her as a beneficiary. You need the IFSC code and bank account number and branch etc. The UPI app does away with all this. All you need is the receiver’s unique ID. Open the UPI app, select the amount to be paid, add the unique ID of the beneficiary and select ‘send’. The app will ask for a mobile pin to authenticate the payment after which it is done.
This can be useful not just in making regular payments but also in transactions between friends. You have just had a drink at the bar and want to share the bill. One person pays and the others just transfer the money to his account. No need to use cash, no need for the IFSC code and all that.
Remittances will also become easier and the same process applies here as well. Cash on delivery, the big driver behind the ecommerce boom, will probably die a natural death for people with smartphones. They can use the UPI app to pay after receiving the goods. All they need to know is the unique ID of the ecommerce firm. The buyer can also scan a QR code that the delivery boy carries through his UPI app or pay directly to the unique ID of the delivery boy.
How can a customer use UPI
1. He will need to have a bank account and a smart phone.
2. Download the UPI app of a bank from PlayStore
3. Connect the bank account
4. Create a Unique ID
5. Generate a mobile pin
6. Also link Aadhaar number
Only 10 banks are part of this now but others are expected to join. Another big feature of UPI is that you can use any bank’s systems to transfer money or make payments. You don’t need an account with that specific bank to be able to use its UPI app. All you need to do is to download that bank’s UPI app, register yourself and make the payment.
The equipment, developed by the Centre for Development of Telematics along with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has already been tested to handle 10 million calls simultaneously on a static network. After successful testing on the live network, the broader roll-out will commence, a senior company official said on condition of anonymity.
According to WABetaInfo, the company will bring the new feature to a future update of the app as it is in the developing stage. With this feature, users will be able to transfer chat history to a new device by scanning the QR code.


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About Kells Priory
Originally founded by Geoffrey FitzRobert de Marisco in 1193, Kells Priory was mostly destroyed in attacks in both 1252 and 1327. It was later rebuilt, but then became one of the monasteries dissolved by King Henry VIII in the mid-sixteenth century.
Kells Priory continued to operate for another century or so, but eventually fell into disrepair. As a structure, Kells Priory seems more a fort than a monastery, its grand turrets and thick stone walls casting an imposing shadow. It is also quite vast, its land stretching over four acres and including, amongst other things, a church, domestic dwellings and a chapel.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19): changes to service
Register offices have re-opened with new processes in place for appointments.
See general information about changes to services.
When and where to register
You must register the birth of your baby within 42 days of the baby's. If your baby was born:
- within the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area, you can register at any of our three offices
- outside the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area, you can come to our offices and we'll send a declaration to the relevant office for you.
Should you later need copies of the birth certificate, you will need to contact the register office where the registration took place.
Who can register a birth
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Missionary zeal and institutional control : organizational contradictions in the Basel Mission on the Gold Coast, 1828-1917 /
This book is about the Basel Mission in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) before the First World War. Miller reconstructs the backgrounds and motivations of the mission's participants and describes the organizational structure that shaped their activities at home and abroad. He then traces some seriou...
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|Series:||Studies in the history of Christian missions.
|Summary:||This book is about the Basel Mission in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) before the First World War. Miller reconstructs the backgrounds and motivations of the mission's participants and describes the organizational structure that shaped their activities at home and abroad. He then traces some serious and recurrent internal problems to the commitment to difficult Pietist beliefs about authority and obedience. The organization survived those troubles and its impact on Ghana continued to grow, because the same biblical worldview that demanded extreme discipline also prepared the members of the mission.|
In the historical literature on mission, this book stands out for its detailed examination of the organizational dynamics that gave shape and brought enduring success: to the Evangelical Missionary Society at Basel. A first-rate account of the early Basel Mission on the Gold Coast of West Africa (present-day Ghana), this volume takes readers inside the mission itself, revealing its dynamic, though sometimes contradictory, methods of motivation and discipline and how they impacted effective evangelism both at home and abroad. Working from archival records, Jon Miller details the collaboration across class lines that made the mission possible, and he shows how basic pietist beliefs about authority and obedience were the source of both the mission's strengths and its most serious internal weaknesses.
|Item Description:||Originally published: 2003 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.|
|Physical Description:||1 online resource|
|Bibliography:||Includes bibliographical references and index.|


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She threw off her blanket, sprang out in the torch-lit dark and dived under the bed. But the midnight feaster girls couldn’t bite beyond a crumbled cookie and crunch a few crisps when they heard footsteps. Adult footsteps...
Here the story froze for a moment as one saucer-eyed kid wet his lip, the other gulped tensely. They knew how it ended. Yet they never tired of my mother-in-law describe dorm adventures from her Panchgani boarding schooldays.
More engrossing than Malory Towers fiction, these true tales did two things. They served the quite practical purpose of downing dinner veggies or paediatrician-prescribed sour syrups. They were also verbal building blocks which would equip them differently. With a sense of where they came from (“She’s a cool fun-like-us grandmother”). An urge to recreate a reconnect (“Weren’t you nervous? Ever ratted on?”). A need for reassuring slices of family reality lore (“Imagine Mamma sneaking around, wow!”).
There is charming anticipation in the words “Tell me a story from when you were little.” Such peeks into family once-upon-a-time make the best oral histories. As author Ursula Le Guin says, there have been great societies that did not use the wheel but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.
Almost every Indian child is treated to fascinating personal natter from the mouths of many family members. I recall hardly a day in those growing up years pass without the delight of stories spun in a richness of four tongues: English and Gujarati from parents and aunts, Marathi and Hindi from our maids Kamal and Kulsum. The last two tended towards definite drama queen stardom, embellishing to entertain. This they did with panache and pause, reeling off wildly exciting anecdotes about village life, replete with animal antics and lush local details.
Family sagas pass on in a wealth of sensuous ways no cold print or Kindle screen can match. And the TV remote is just that — remote. We’d be lost in an emotional wasteland without the hugs and whispers accompanying stories told.
Children listen thrilled to not only the fun parts. They grab the sad bits, the mad bits. They go for the supersized version, the full-on gory story. They crave smelly, not sanitised. Above all, they long to see you too as falteringly human. Naughty is nice. Kids are happy you’re sloppy, glad you’re bad: “Remember when you kept friends waiting for an hour?” “I can’t believe you were tempted to copy an exam!” “What happened after that bus bully jumped on you?” Who wants to deconstruct a perfect, prissy childhood — messy is magnificent because this is your unique story, not anyone else’s.
The power of the spoken word sweeps wide. Inexplicably, you may be asked to assume the voice of an adored hero. My daughter begged one night, “Tell it like Ringo na”, as I tried to interest her in falling asleep with a “railway story”.
Sharing her brother’s passion for train sets, she enjoyed the Beatle famously narrate the Thomas the Tank Engine video series. Rather than struggle to do what I couldn’t, I distracted her with a promise to have her listen to him sing ‘Octopus’s Garden’ the next morning. That was her offbeat introduction to the Fab Four.
I’d acted on instinct. Later, I read experimental studies that showed children of parents who reminisce have better understanding of other people’s thoughts. Teens with a strong knowledge of family carve robust identities and coping skills, with lower levels of angst while catching life’s curveballs.
On a lap, across the dining table, in a traffic jam, these tales are told anywhere. They cost nothing but our time, our memories and our ingenuity. They find us and bind us fast to a significant past. All the better to face the future with.
Meher Marfatia is the author of 10 books for children and two for parents. She has mothered her own kids well past the terrible twos and almost past the troubled teens.
Reach her at: firstname.lastname@example.org

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"[3 Sheets] Introduction a la Cosmographie...", Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Solar System
Period: 1619 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae…
Color: Black & White
10.8 x 18.6 inches
27.4 x 47.2 cm
This lot includes a bifolium and a single sheet from a chapter on the "Introduction on Cosmography" in Mercator's Atlas. Included on these sheets are two diagrams of the solar system based on Ptolemy and Copernicus, an elaborate 32-point wind rose, and a diagram showing the various imaginary "circles" associated with a globe, such as the equinoctial, horizon, meridian, etc.
On watermarked paper with light soiling and damp stains primarily confined to the blank margins.

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The architect Carmel Cacopardo is expected to be appointed as the new Chairperson of Alternattiva Demokratika, replacing Professor Arnold Cassola.
When nominations closed for a new AD CEO, Caccopardo was the only candidate who had submitted a nomination for the position of Chairperson.
As Deputy Chairperson, Mario Mallia was the only nomination submitted.
An Alternattiva Demokratika statement said that in line with the movement’s process, after a General Election a call is made for an extraordinary general meeting during which the new AD executive would be approved.
Original article found on TVM (English)


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After winning the first Formula E race in 2014, placing 3rd in first Formula E season and being second last season Brazilian Lucas Di Grassi has managed to win the title this season.
He had to do it the hard way, in the last race in Montreal, after his biggest rival Sebastien Buemi missed two races in New York on penultimate Formula E weekend (as he raced for Toyota in World Endurance Championship) and then had a catastrophic weekend in Montreal. He was disqualified on Saturday and the had to make an extra pitstop after first corner crash, ending the race without points in 11th place after a great recovery drive from last place.
Meanwhile Abt Audi driver Di Grassi has driven a controlled race and ended it in 7th place. Supported by his teammate Daniel Abt, keeping out of tight spots and not taking risks. In the end he collected 181 points, while Buemi managed 157 points.
Despite Buemi losing the title his Renault eDams team has won its third constructor title.
Next season of Formula E starts in December in Hong Kong. It will feature three double-race weekends, also ending in Montreal on the last weekend in July.


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Caddick Developments has announced the appointment of a new managing director, following the restructure of its senior team.
The company, which has one of the largest property development pipelines in the North, has made changes to its management team as it looks to expand and grow across its sectors.
Myles Hartley is heading up the Wetherby-based company, taking over from John Bywater.
John, who has held the position for eight years, has decided to step down to focus more on his roles with Low Carbon Workspace, Realis, Canal & River Trust, Opera North and Bid4Leeds. He will continue to be involved through a non-executive role.
Myles, who has been a director with Caddick since 1997, will oversee continued expansion of the company’s development programme including Cross Point Wakefield industrial scheme, residential projects in Manchester and York, plus Leeds city centre sites Quarry Hill and the recently acquired City One site.
Peter Hirst is also stepping down as group finance director but will retain his director position with Caddick Construction and Leeds CF&A, the Group’s Headingley Stadium and rugby interests.
Paul Bullers has been appointed his successor, having worked with Peter for almost 20 years.
A qualified Chartered Accountant, Paul joined Caddick’s accounting team in 1996. His role involves dealing with all aspects of the day-to-day accounting and taxation matters, as well as overseeing the Finance department.
Paul Caddick, chairman of Caddick Group, said: “We are seeing renewed confidence in the property sector and we have ambitions growth plans which will see Caddick expand across the sectors where we are currently operating.
“The restructuring of our existing team will reward long serving members of staff, who have taken on much more responsibility, while we look to take advantage of this market upturn.
“There are a number of exciting projects in the pipeline so it’s an encouraging time for Caddick as we look to maintain our position as the largest developer in Yorkshire and the North West.”
Caddick Developments has also recently welcomed three new members of staff to its team.
Simon Gardner has been appointed development project manager and will be responsible for company’s projects and will liaise with Caddick Group’s internal project team.
Helen Gardner, who has a wealth of experience in legal and property management, is overseeing Caddick’s property portfolio while Mikiela Hancock has been employed to assist the admin team and is being trained in general office administration as well as property management.
Caddick Group employs more than 330 staff across its offices and project sites. The Development pipeline has a collective end value of more than £1billion.


text: Since plants require nutrients in the form of elements such as carbon and potassium, it is important to understand the chemical composition of plants. The majority of volume in a plant cell is water; it typically comprises 80 to 90 percent of the plant's total weight. Soil is the water source for land plants. It can be an abundant source of water even if it appears dry. Plant roots absorb water from the soil through root hairs and transport it up to the leaves through the xylem. As water vapor is lost from the leaves, the process of transpiration and the polarity of water molecules (which enables them to form hydrogen bonds) draws more water from the roots up through the plant to the leaves . Plants need water to support cell structure, for metabolic functions, to carry nutrients, and for photosynthesis.


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Pimpama State Secondary College have partnered with Seven Positive to establish Fix-ed - a school operated social enterprise, due for launch in 2017. Fix-ed will build on the success of the Good Design Australia award-winning Jump Start program, with a sharper focus on repair-culture as a social, cultural and environmental response to community hardship now and in the future.
At it’s core, Fix-ed will divert waste and waste objects designated for landfill (such as mobility scooters) and in the process teach high-school age students how to repair and reuse discarded objects (via an intensive Human Centred Design & Entrepreneurship program). The repaired objects will be leased to service providers, who give them to those most disadvantaged in the community. The initiative will aim to improve the wellbeing of the community and make a positive difference in the lives of people who need it most.
Fix-ed is an innovative, scalable, school based response to developing social enterprise, design and repair skills. The project provides value to the community in 3 key ways:
- create opportunities for our young people by providing experience and training in valuable social enterprise, design and repair skills, as recommended by research,
- improve wellbeing of our communities dealing with hardship by providing access to much needed products and services,
- divert waste from landfill and create strong value from broken and discarded objects.
Fix-ed will develop a train-the-trainer model to scale out to schools and communities who would like to participate in the program – building capacity and maximising the impact locally and nationally.
In the first year, Fix-ed will run 2 programs within Pimpama State Secondary College and aim to deliver at least 5 mobility scooters to those who most need it. During the pilot projects, the enterprise will adapt and respond to student and community challenges and be refined, with an aim to scale up for the beginning of 2018.
There are two main target groups for Fix-ed.
- Our young people – the Foundation of Young Australians Unlimited Potential and New Work Order reports argue that learning enterprise skills is essential in helping young people navigate future challenges. Learning to turn problems into opportunities via a program which teaches entrepreneurship, design and repair, will arm them with strong skills for the future.
- Our local community – whether this be the ageing population (40% of Queenslanders aged 65 to 74 years and 66% of Queenslanders aged 75 years and over reported having disability), homeless or those experiencing hardship, this target demographic will receive the repaired objects, such as mobility scooters or other aids which could significantly improve their life quality, opportunities to recover and enhance their social connectedness.


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SKYPE VISITS OR SCHOOL VISITS
Are you interested in having me come talk to your school, either in-person or via Skype? I get that Montana’s a little far away from most places, so if a visit doesn’t work, I’d love to Skype with your class!
FOREVER NEVERLAND, out June 25th, is a fantasy about Peter Pan, with mermaids, pixies, Greek gods, and sea monsters. One of the main characters is autistic, and I can talk about how Fergus and Clover are different, and how I made sure I got that right. In my books, Neverland is made up of creatures from the home of visitors. I will ask kids to figure out what their Neverland would look like!
NUTCRACKED is a middle-grade fantasy adventure with ballet and magic, and a perfect option for a lively and interactive discussion with kids. I talk about my own experience with dancing (I was Clara!), the ballet, and ask the kids to help me create their own Land of Sweets populated by candy. NUTCRACKED was a Montana Book Award Honor Book. The paperback edition is coming out October 1!
TUNNEL VISION was nominated as a 2016 YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers and the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award, and was a Montana Book Award Honor Book. TUNNEL VISION and the sequel, THE DARK AT THE END, are a great choice for high school discussion.
I promise a fun, interactive presentation. Email me at susan @ susanadrian.net for more details. I'm adding dates now!
Interview on Montana Public Radio's feature show THE WRITE QUESTION, with Cherie Newman.
Podcast with Crazy Ambition: Moms balancing business and family:
TUNNEL VISION soundtrack on Spotify--listen to every song listed in the chapters!
THE DARK AT THE END soundtrack on Spotify!
Video: Tunnel Tour Seattle: Susan in conversation with Lish McBride and Kendare Blake at University Bookstore, Seattle, January 29th.

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James Carville, well known strategist during the Clinton era has stated on CNN, “the Democratic Party — already burdened by the Gov. Rod Blagojevich scandal — will suffer more embarrassing scandals in 2009.”
Following his prediction, Bill Richardson withdrew his bid to be commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative state contract.
Hillary’s appointment as Secretary of State may be in jepoardy as news that “a developer in New York state donated $100,000 to Bill Clinton’s foundation, around the same time that Hillary helped secure millions of dollars in federal assistance for the businessman’s mall project.”
News of homes built by Jimmy Carter’s Habitat for Humanity crumbling and causing illness to inhabitats is leaking out.
Democrats seem to be reembracing their racist roots as Senate Leadership is announcing they will not seat the only Black to the Senate.
Funny Business in Minnesota where dubious recounts are resulting in 25 precincts having more ballots counted than voters who signed in to vote.
If the lamestream media, propaganda mouthpiece for the Democrat Party, doesn’t report on them, are they still a scandal?


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Bruce Springsteen To Honor Pete Townshend At MusiCares Show
Townshend will be awarded the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award by the Boss for his work with the charity, which assists musicians with addition recovery as part of a benefit show in New York City on May 28 at the Best Buy Theater.
As part of the evening, Townshend will perform with members of The Who's band, including John Corey on grand piano, Loren Gold on keys, Pino Palladino on bass, Frank Simes on keyboard, Zak Starkey on drums plus his brother Simon Townshend on guitar. Read more here.
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Nissan is ramping up its showcase premier for the forthcoming Nissan NV200 “Taxi of Tomorrow” in New York City.
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The 2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid makes its debut at the 2013 New York Auto Show, boasting power and roominess.
In the CAFE battle of the future, Nissan isn't going to let fuel economy regulations stand in the way of performance.
The all-electric 2013 Nissan Leaf will begin production at Nissan's Smyrna, Tenn., plant this week, alongside the important Altima and Maxima models.


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8 high quality Grindhouse / Exploitation vintage movie overlays.
This isn’t your regular light leak lens flare render.
Use the composite modes you like, invert channels, flip and flop them.
Check out the second volume “The Film Revenge”
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Measurement of absolute neutron yields and energy spectra using the RPI LINAC and assessment of evaluated photoneutron data for tantalum
Nuclear system design and analysis efforts commonly rely upon computer simulation of real or envisioned configurations. Such simulations typically rely on the information documented in nuclear data libraries to accurately predict the nuclear interactions occurring within the system. One such nuclear interaction is photoneutron production; that is, the emission of one or more neutrons from a nucleus following the absorption of a high energy photon and subsequent excitation. In order to validate the accuracy of existing photoneutron data libraries, it is necessary to compare simulations performed using the data libraries to measured results from nuclear systems. Accurately measured photoneutron nuclear data could also be used to assess the performance of theoretical models. Unfortunately, there are few examples of measured data results from photoneutron measurements of sufficient accuracy and documented with adequate detail to provide a means for such a validation. This work demonstrates the feasibility of performing experiments at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Gaerttner Linear Accelerator Center to measure absolute photoneutron yields and energy spectra from materials of interest. A new experiment configuration (consisting of a new neutron producing target and supporting systems, and neutron detection system) was designed, developed and implemented. The new configuration was successfully used to perform a proof of concept experiment to measure the photoneutron yield from a tantalum sample. The measured results were then compared against a detailed simulation of the experiment configuration to assess the performance of the photoneutron data library. Lessons learned and potential upgrades have been identified and documented to support improving the photoneutron measurement capability for future experiments. The efforts described here represent the first steps toward establishing a photoneutron measurement capability of benchmark quality.


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Look over there… wandering… slowly walking… bloodthirsty… ZOMBIES!!! Click on Gothtober Pumpkin #11 and experience the thrilling dismay and scintillating misgivings of Pinkee Lee Estrange and Lenore Colina’s “Trick or Treat” an old timey movie starring some very hungry corpses in need of BRAINS!!! What would normally be a pretty standard errand for a pair of zombies, however, turns out to be more arduous than expected, as you will see from watching the film.
A Gothtober merit award goes out to the actors (Aubrie Davis and Brian Grover) who played the zombies because they consented to ACTUALLY BEING BURIED IN THE GROUND for the opening scene. This puts them in league with many fine method actors, but especially Sissy Spacek who insisted on being stuck in a box and buried in the ground in order to film the super creepy end scene for “Carrie.” Brian DePalma refused to bury her himself, and got her husband to do it.
I had her husband bury her because I certainly didn’t want to bury her. I used to walk around and set up the shot and every once in a while we’d hear Sissy: ‘Are we ready yet?’ ‘Yeah, Sissy, we’re going to be ready real soon.”
Pinkee said that she dug the first grave in the front yard where the zombies live and she accidentally ran into some REMAINS! The previously existing plot held the skeleton of a family pet long buried quite awhile ago from the look of it. Pinkee apologized profusely, put the remains back and dug in a different spot! Gothtober would like to thank the ghosty dog for being an inordinate part of the artistic endeavors of our Gothtober contributors. The film involved two days of shooting, and every scene was shot in Silverlake or Echo Park in beautiful Los Angeles, CA.
I asked Pinkee if there any hazards associated with directing the undead and the response was surprising:
Mostly I was just really worried about fingers getting slammed in the door!
I’m sure the zombies would just think it was finger-eatin’ good.