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Famed chef Wolfgang Puck shares the recipes for his mouth-watering dishes to be served at the Governors Ball after the Oscars on March 2. Here, find out his inspiration and process, plus one of the recipes that will be served, from Us Weekly’s friends at Vogue.
There will be a small army keeping the actors, publicists, reporters, and more fed before and after the Oscars Sunday night. Nine hundred people, in fact, with 300 in the kitchen and 600 working the front of house, will rally to nourish the likes of Amy Adams and Cate Blanchett off the red carpet and at the post-show Governors Ball. Together, they will cook, plate, and serve nearly 60 varieties of small plates that range from smoked-salmon macaroons to vegan taro-root tacos and citrus panna-cotta for a total of 16,000 individual dishes.
Wolfgang Puck—who is celebrating his 20th year as commander in chief of these troops—started planning the menu in December, although after two decades at the helm, he’s more than prepared for last-minute substitutions. “We try to get all our ingredients in by Friday afternoon,” he explained over the phone. “We still might change some things because we’re going to the farmers’ market, and we’ll just see what [ingredients] they have.” Some dishes are made a day in advance, but most of the cooking begins at 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning. And while there are some year-to-year mainstays on the menu (“The Board of Governors loves the chicken potpie. So does Barbra Streisand”), Puck also uses the nominees as inspiration for new recipes. Case in point: He once made a Chinese-style fish for Best Director–winner Ang Lee. As for any special creations this year: “Win or lose, I’m going to make Bradley Cooper a steak.”
Here, the chef shares the recipes for six dishes he’ll be serving Sunday night. You may not be cooking for Bradley Cooper, but you can pretend.
Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
Makes about 5 1/2 cups
- 1/2 lb shelled raw hazelnuts
- 9 oz milk chocolate (38% cocoa solids), coarsely chopped
- 7 oz dark chocolate (65% cocoa solids), coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup glucose syrup or light corn syrup
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 to 1 tsp fleur de sel
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Spread the hazelnuts in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet or pan. Place the pan in the oven and roast until fragrant, the skins dark and cracked, and the nutmeats underneath look deep golden brown, about 15 minutes, stirring them 2 or 3 times while they roast. Remove the nuts from the oven and let sit until cool enough to handle.
3. Pour the nuts into the center of a clean kitchen towel. Fold the towel over to enclose nuts completely and then thoroughly rub to dislodge the nuts of their skins. Transfer the skinless nuts to a bowl, carefully shaking the skins from the towel into the trash.
4. When the nuts are completely cooled, put them in a food processor fitted with the stainless-steel blade. Pulse several times to chop them coarsely; then, run the machine continuously until the nuts form a paste. Use a rubber spatula to remove the paste from the processor processor, transferring it to a bowl. Set aside.
5. Place the milk and dark chocolates in a mixing bowl and drizzle with the glucose or corn syrup.
6. In saucepan, warm the heavy cream over medium heat until it reaches a simmer.
7. Pour the simmering cream over the chocolate. With a wire whisk, begin stirring together the melting chocolate and cream in the center of the bowl. As the chocolate begins to blend with the cream, forming a smooth, shiny mixture, stir in more and more chocolate from the sides until the mixture is completely smooth. Add the hazelnut paste and fleur de sel to taste, and continue stirring until the nut paste, chocolate, and cream are completely blended.
8. Spoon the mixture into small, individual serving glasses or bowls or into one or more larger serving containers. Leave to cool until room temperature, then cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
For more of Puck’s recipes for the Oscars, including grilled cheese sandwiches and carrot-orange gazpacho, head to Vogue.com.
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Archil Talakvadze, Leader of the Parliamentary Majority has been elected Chairman of the Georgian Parliament. The 94 MPs voted for Talakvadze’s election on the post and 1 – against.
The 101 lawmakers underwent registration for the balloting. MPs of the National Movement and European Georgia parties did not participate in the voting process.
Archil Talakvadze replaced Irakli Kobakhidze on the post of Chairman of Parliament. Kobakhidze quit the post several days ago amid protests after Russian MP Sergey Gavrilov took the seat in the Georgian parliament.
Talakvadze served as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs in 2014-2016. He was Deputy Minister of Penitentiary, Probation and Legal Assistance in 2012-2014.
Speaking at the solemn ceremony to mark Georgia’s 20 years as a member of the Council of Europe, Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), congratulated the country for having progressed far along the path of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
“Georgia’s accession to the Council of Europe 20 years ago was a major step in consolidating democratic institutions and a huge boost for reforms in several important areas. I highly congratulate Georgia for the significant progress made over 20 years: it is a more stable Georgia, based on strong democratic institutions, that is preparing to chair the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from November 2019 to May 2020,” said the President.
Ms Maury Pasquier welcomed, in particular, the significant progress made in a number of key areas, including the fight against corruption, reform of the judiciary and the smooth functioning of Parliament. She emphasised that this progress was made possible thanks to the political will and constant efforts of all Georgia’s institutions and political players, along with input from Council of Europe bodies and experts.
“I am proud that Council of Europe bodies and institutions – including the Venice Commission, the Human Rights Commissioner, GRECO and also our Assembly – have been associated with the most important reforms in order to provide the most appropriate expertise. I am sure that this close co-operation will be further strengthened over the next 20 years, and that Georgia will continue to take advantage of our expertise and put our recommendations into action, and that the Council of Europe will continue to benefit from Georgia’s experience and achievements,” she said.
“Georgia now needs to preserve and further develop this democratic acquis, and I am sure that, with the support of the Council of Europe, it will be able to meet the remaining challenges and continue to make progress. In the same way, I hope that with Georgia’s support and input into our organisation, we will also be able to meet the challenges we face,” she concluded.
During her working visit to Georgia, Ms Maury Pasquier met with the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Irakli Kobakhidze, President Salome Zourabichvili, Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani and the members of the Georgian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly.
This week, the Parliament of Georgia presented an Action Plan that outlines key parliamentary activities for 2019-2020 designed to support the implementation of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement.
Organised with the assistance of the EU and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the presentation event brought together Georgian law-makers and representatives of civil society, diplomatic missions and international organizations.
Carl Hartzell, Ambassador of the EU to Georgia, noted the increased role of the parliament in the implementation of the Association Agreement.
“The EU acknowledges Georgia’s good progress in the implementation of the country’s commitments under the Association Agreement,” Ambassador Hartzell said. “The Parliament of Georgia, as a key institution in this parliamentary democracy, plays an indispensable role in overseeing the implementation process and ensuring further democratic and other reforms.”
The Action Plan has been developed based on the findings of a baseline study supported by the EU and UNDP in 2017.
The Action Plan was adopted by the Parliament Bureau on 19 March 2019. It aims to streamline parliamentary activities and foster a strategic and uniform approach to the process across all involved committees. Three strategic goals described in the Action Plan refer to law-making and legislative approximation, oversight of the implementation of the Association Agreement, and effective public outreach and communication.
The Assembly today called for a series of measures aimed at stopping sexism and sexual harassment in politics, including in parliaments. These recommendations are addressed to national parliaments, but also to political parties and governments.
They focus on raising awareness of this phenomenon (which is commonplace but widespread and systematic) through surveys and public debate, as well as the introduction of effective complaint procedures and mechanisms for parliaments with effective sanctions that are proportional to the seriousness of the facts and accessible to both Members and staff. Data collection, monitoring and research in this area should also be intensified.
Following the proposals of the rapporteur, Thorhildur Sunna AEvarsdottir (Iceland, SOC), the Assembly also called for the modification of its Code of Conduct to introduce an explicit ban on sexism, sexual harassment and sexual violence, and a reference to the protection of dignity.
As the extent of the problem of violence against women in politics has started to be understood only very recently - as part of the #MeToo movement and following a joint IPU/PACE study - all parliaments are invited to join and support the #NotInMyParliament initiative.
The ongoing work and future plans of the Georgian parliament in reforming its research and analytical service were discussed on 20 December in Georgia.
The discussion was organised by the Parliament of Georgia with assistance from the EU and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The Parliament of Georgia has been making efforts to reform its research and analytical service since early 2018, aiming to supply MPs with evidence-based information, ensure high-quality research and provide impartial and comprehensive support to law making and government oversight.
In line with the newly adopted Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia, the reformed research and analytical centre will be registered as a Legal Entity of Public Law, which will make it more flexible in hiring professional researchers and working with donors.
The reform is expected to be completed in spring 2019.
The initiative is part of the ongoing institutional reform of the Georgian parliament supported by the EU and UNDP under their wider programme for stronger parliamentary democracy in Georgia.
Overcoming of the “Hate Speech” in Georgia must start by the active engagement of the parliament, such narratives were mentioned on a meeting at Shota Rustaveli Hall of the Parliament of Georgia on January 15, where it was presented the publication by “XXI Century” and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Publication emphases the aforementioned problem and the European experience how to deal with it.
Our new book -"Hate Speech" - The book, the first publication in Georgia involving comprehensive materials on hate speech, deals with general information on hate speech and its definition, respective international legal documents and recommendations, relevant decisions by the European Court of Human Rights, hate speech in the laws of the EU member states and ECRI recommendations for Georgia.
The publication has been prepared by the Union Century 21, within the scope of the project "The Problem of Hate Speech and Facilitation to its Resolution in Georgia".
The project was implemented with the support of Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung.
The Georgian Parliament has approved the state budget for the upcoming year of 2018.
The document presented by new Financial Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, was unanimously approved by the MPs with 111 votes in favor.
Debates and discussion preceded the voting all day long.
The total volume of the state budget increases reaching 12,441 billion GEL.
The hereby Agreement will allow Georgian entrepreneurs introducing own goods and services to the largest world market without bureaucratic impediments.
Besides, the agreement will facilitate to increase of trade turnover between the signatory countries. The document provides active cooperation in various directions and defines free trade conditions.
The Agreement facilitates to economic development of the country and better employment. Besides, the document will encourage entry of potential foreign investors to Georgia.
The negotiations on the agreement started on November 10, 2015 in China within the World Economic Forum after the meeting of the Prime Ministers of Georgia and China. Georgia is the first country in the region with free trade agreement with China.
The European Commission for Democracy through Law (the “Venice Commission”) published today its new draft opinion on the draft Constitution of Georgia as adopted in the second reading in June 2017, as well as on the letter submitted by the Georgian authorities to the Venice Commission on 20 September 2017, in which they committed themselves to consider new amendments.
The Venice Commission in its draft opinion reiterated its previous positive assessment of the draft Constitution, but once again underlined that any major constitutional reform must reach the widest possible consensus.
A major obstacle to reaching consensus, the report says, is the postponement to October 2024 of the entry into force of the proportional system for election of the Parliament. The Venice Commission called it “undoubtedly highly regrettable” as the passage to the proportional system is “the most important aspect of the reform”. “However, the commitment of the parliamentary majority in the letter of 20 September 2017 to consider allowing party blocks, together with the reduction of the election threshold to 3% at the 2020 elections is to be welcomed, since those amendments aim to alleviate the negative effects of the postponement.”
The new complex system for the distribution of unallocated mandates adopted in the second reading reduces the effects of the bonus for the winning party, but still very much favours the strongest party in the country. The bonus system is also a main obstacle to the acceptance of the Constitution by opposition parties and civil society, and the Venice Commission therefore strongly welcomes the commitment of the parliamentary majority to consider abandoning the bonus system altogether and adopting the full proportional distribution system as from 2024. “Such a system would favour pluralism in parliament and be fully in line with European standards. The Venice Commission expects that this step will not only be considered but immediately adopted,” the document says.
The Venice Commission has also welcomed, inter alia, the introduction of the requirement of a qualified majority of 2/3 of the votes of the Election Board in a presidential election; the lifetime appointment for the judges of the Supreme Court; the abolition of probationary periods for judges as from 31 December 2024; and the election of the Public Defender for a longer term (6 years instead of 5) by a qualified majority in parliament.
Additional recommendations provided by the Venice Commission include removing the prohibition of “creation of political parties on territorial grounds”, reconsidering the rules limiting the role of the Constitutional Court in reviewing electoral legislation; and modifying the process of the appointment of Supreme Court judges to better guarantee their independence.
The President of Georgia, H.E. Giorgi Margvelashvili has not considered the request of the Chairman of the Parliament, Mr. Irakli Kobakhidze to convene the special session and called on the Parliament not to adopt uncoordinated constitutional amendments in the accelerated manner.
"My refusal has a political content. I call on the Parliament not to adopt uncoordinated amendments in the accelerated manner. I encourage the Parliament to return to the recommendations and remarks suggested by the Venice Commission and propose the improved version of the Constitution. Let us create a document of agreement; the document that will be based on consensus and the fundamental principles proposed by the Venice Commission. We should not cause problems for the development of the Georgian democracy.
I hope that in this difficult period, respected deputies, the Parliamentary majority will not get involved in this extremely accelerated regime and continue to discuss the Constitution according to the principles that I have proposed", - stated President Margvelashvili.
The President has also assessed yesterday's decision of the parliamentary majority regarding the constitutional reform as an amendment that aims at reducing the power of the President’s Institute.
"Refusal of a transition to the proportional system - this amendment entirely changes the proposed project of the constitutional reform, which has been discussed by the Georgian society and the Venice Commission.
The name itself - fundamental amendments to the Constitution - and our expectation imply that the Georgian society would have taken another step in improving the Constitution; however, the only fundamental change which was made, was reducing the power of the President’s Institute. This concerns to the indirect presidential election system, functions and rights of a commander-in-chief and abolition of the National Security Council, all included in the draft; overall, all issues that we have been discussing from the very beginning when the Constitutional Commission was formed. This is a version of the Constitution, which has been adopted as a result of the attitude, directed against the President’s Institute”, - pointed out the President.

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Doren Main, professor and botanist, re-runs the Department of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University. She began her new role on July 16 as interim chair of the department.
Across the state, the WSU horticultural development team conducts research, education, and outreach to improve and maintain northwestern urban landscapes, gardens, and agriculture, including essential crops such as fruit, grapes, grapes and special crops.
He previously served as interim chair from 2019-2020, replacing Amit Dingran, a former interim chair and head of the Department of Horticultural Sciences at the University of Texas A and M University. Dingra has been chairing the department since June 2020.
“I am delighted to have the opportunity to re-direct our department’s highly engaged and productive faculty, staff and students,” said the principal. We will continue to build on the achievements of the current interim chairman, Dr. Dinhara, who has led our department in the wake of a severe crisis. I wish Texas A and M success in all their new careers.
“Next year we will focus on recruiting a world-class chair for this state’s most important and internationally influential segment, and we will continue to strengthen our postgraduate program, undergraduate education and our donor partnerships,” he said.
“Thank you for your willingness to lead this important part again,” said Rich Koinig, interim dean of the College of Agriculture, Humanities and Natural Resources. She is an experienced leader and is well-known for supporting faculty, staff, and students in their missions on behalf of agriculture, the environment, and the community.
“Thank you, Dr. Dingran, for your chairmanship and 15 years of work in plant genomics and biotechnology. I wish you all the best in the next chapter,” Koenig added.
Born in Scotland, Maine is a professor of bioinformatics, a science of analyzing and sharing complex biological data. She has been a member of the department since 2005.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and biotechnology from the University of Bastroclide and is a director of bioinformatics at the Climson University Institute of Genocide in South Carolina.
Her discoveries have been computerized by a vast array of data on genomics, genetics, and Big Data – to develop tools and knowledge that can affect hundreds of crops, from forest trees to grains, cotton and the broad rose family, apples, almonds, cherries, pears, strawberries and Strawberries.
WSU’s gardening department includes more than 70 teachers and staff and more than 250 undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students. By cultivating the recently released Cosmic Cripes (R) apple by HSU Horticultural Scientists, it has acquired a pea reference genome and generates more than $ 7 million a year in research awards.
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Aug 27, 2006 · How do I locate the speed sensor on a 95 Z71 4x4 chevy,its under or near the transmission Your answer will be published for anyone to see and rate. Your answer will not be displayed immediately.
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- Jan 02, 2005 · There is however a shaft speed sensor on the Overdrive unit. It takes a 1 1/16 deep socket to screw it out. There is also an output shaft speed sensor on the tailshaft housing. This is the one that is probably shot on your truck. And lastly there is one more shaft speed sensor. It's located on top of your differential housing.
Sep 09, 2020 · The TSS sensor is the same type of sensor but measures input shaft speed. It is used by the computer for line pressure control during shifts and TCC engagement. A problem with this sensor or its circuit can result in incorrect shift timing, hard shifts, and no cruise control or TCC operation.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A northern section of the George Washington Memorial Parkway will remain closed for several days as crews repair a 10-foot-deep sinkhole.
The repairs will shut down both northbound lanes of the parkway between Chain Bridge Road and the Capital Beltway, officials from the National Park Service said.
Parts of the parkway initially were closed around 6:45 p.m. Friday after a U.S. Park Police officer spotted the sinkhole — which is about 30 feet long and 20 feet wide and is next to Dead Run, near where another sinkhole had developed in March, the Park Service said.
The Park Service and Federal Highway Administration will work on the repairs.
Engineers discovered that a 60-year-old brick inlet failed and probably caused the sinkhole after recent heavy rains, the Park Service said.
The Park Service said it hopes to have one northbound lane open by Monday morning’s rush hour but warned that both lanes could remain closed if expected rain this weekend delays repairs.
Engineers are working on a long-term fix for the heavily traveled road, so further closures are expected, the Park Service said.
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If you're like some of the residents of our New Bern, NC, apartment community, getting creative in the kitchen often can come with a lot of leftover waste. Sure, you can freeze the food that's made in excess, but what do you do with the sauces, veggies and fruits that didn't find their way into your dishes?
Fear not! There are some simple ways you can make the most of your grocery shopping endeavors without leaving lots of waste in the landfill.
1. Freeze Herbs in Ice Cube Trays
Fresh herbs seem to go bad long before they can actually get put to use. This, of course, can put a hit on your wallet. To avoid tossing fresh herbs in the trash before you've gotten a chance to experience their glory, freeze them in ice cube trays after you coat them with some olive oil. They'll be ready to toss into a skillet or casserole at a moment's notice.
2. Plan Your Next Grocery List Around Leftovers
Instead of starting your grocery list from scratch every time you head to the store, take inventory of the treasures your kitchen already has behind closed doors. Canned beans can easily serve as the foundation for tacos or burritos. Leftover chicken can be shredded and turned into tons of different casseroles. A cupboard full of rice is just begging for a little creativity. See how you can use your existing foodstuffs, whether they're in the fridge, freezer, or cupboards; then build your grocery list around those items. This way, even leftovers can be given new life on the dinner table.
3. Freeze Sauces and Broths in Muffin Tins or Ice Cube Trays
It's so frustrating when you get to the bottom of a jar only to discover you don't need the remnants of sauce or broth, but if you put it in the fridge, it'll likely get tossed in a few weeks anyway. So, what do you do? Pour your liquids into ice cube trays or muffin tins. They'll freeze into single-sized portions that can be stored in zip-lock baggies and called upon whenever you're ready for them.
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Avis Budget Group reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2021 results this week, capping a series of “best-ever” quarterly performances over the last year. This string will remain intact, according to Avis, as the first quarter of 2022 looks to be another record breaker from a profit standpoint. That’s good news for Avis and the rest of the industry.
It’s remarkable to see businesses successfully ride the ebbs and flows of coronavirus variants and pivot to meet rapidly changing environments. As CEO Joe Ferraro put it in the earnings call, “How do you know what you're capable of if you're not pushed?”
As is the perennial case with earnings calls, Avis was quick to point out its own discipline in managing through this turbulence, and it should be commended for that. But the industry has been riding for close to a year what you could call the car rental trifecta — strong demand, low fleet supply, and high rates.
Omicron spoiled these positive fundamentals, but only for half a quarter. It seems the industry is returning to the same trifecta though to lessening degrees. If that signals a return to “normalcy” — easier fleeting, fewer alarmist headlines on car rental rates, and the ability to put customers in the cars they want — then bring it on.
First, a look at Omicron’s effect: The fourth quarter for Avis started great, carrying the momentum of the second and third quarters. But just after Thanksgiving, the latest variant took hold.
Normally for the travel industry December is the strongest month of the fourth quarter, driven by the Christmas holiday. Yet in 2021 the tables were turned, as December produced the lowest revenue per day (RPD) of the three months. That ruined Avis’s string of quarterly RPD gains. In Q4, RPD dropped 10% from Q3 but was still up 30% over Q4 2019.
Still, and this goes back to management discipline, Avis was able to redistribute fleet after Omicron hit to regions where travel was still strong, like Sun Belt leisure destinations and Mountain resorts. The company’s best fourth quarter earnings in its history demonstrates how good October and November had to have been.
Omicron carried into January. Ferraro surmised that companies reintroducing work-from-home policies affected commercial demand and had a negative effect on rental days. But while RPD fell too in January, it didn’t decline as much as the usual seasonal pattern — most likely because the mix skewed more toward leisure this time, and leisure rentals command higher rates.
Looking ahead: Fundamentals are good. While the first month of 2022 started off shaky, as Omicron recedes Avis predicts a strong President’s Day. Leisure demand is strong. Avis sees pent-up commercial demand as workers return to the office and need to get out on more sales calls. Customers that had been booking closer to their dates of travel are now booking further out, a sign of consumer confidence and strong travel demand.
Like the rest of the business world, Avis is processing labor shortages. Nothing like real pain points to spur technological adoption — the company is ramping up Avis QuickPass, a completely touchless service for loyalty customers that uses connected car technology, a phone app, a QR code, and an automated exit. (Now let’s see if the industry can get the majority of its customers into the same process.)
In Avis’s view, the industry as a whole has more demand than supply. This points to a still-tight fleet situation, but one that’s not producing alarm bells like last year. There are signs that pricing for new and used vehicles may have peaked, but don’t expect any dramatic declines at least for the 2022 model year. (Keep an eye on the 2023 model year when it rolls around to see if some automakers try to grab share by upping incentives.)
Ferraro wouldn’t go into detail on a fleet outlook for 2022 but alluded to a “very fluid” situation, one that “will not be normalized” soon. Avis sees fleet, or what the manufacturers are able to produce, being constricted at least through the 2022 model year. That’s general consensus too.
In the Americas (with U.S. the lion’s share of the segment) Avis grew its fleet size to 435,000 vehicles — more than Q4 2019. There are a few explanations: Fleet that was due to arrive in the third quarter finally showed up in the fourth; Avis has clout to get fleet; and like everyone, it held its cars longer out of necessity.
But even in this tight supply environment, Avis is managing to keep a relatively young fleet. That’s becoming an advantage in a key area, commercial business, which has traditional price pressures based on contracted rates for large accounts — many of which were negotiated before the pandemic. Avis was able to hike rates on non-contracted small to midsized business accounts.
CFO Brian Choi said that post-pandemic, Avis’s large commercial accounts up for renewals are becoming less price driven and more focused on the quality of the fleet and ancillary services and benefits.
Choi also made a related point — that the pandemic has taught Avis to put more into fleet and services and put less emphasis on rental days, which has a negative effect on pricing and erodes profit margins.
One of the lessons of this pandemic is to never get complacent, as new variants and more supply chain disruptions could be just around the corner. This specter is keeping the car rental industry on its toes, resulting in a conservative approach that stresses profit margins over growth for the sake of it. Let’s hope the lessons learned carry into less disruptive times.


The enforcement scheduled for today has been postponed to Thursday, November 19, due to inclement weather. The City of Seattle will conduct transit lane enforcement on Pike Street from 3rd Avenue to 8th Avenue, and blocking the box enforcement on Mercer Street at Dexter Avenue N. Officers from the Seattle Police Department supported by Seattle Department of Transportation staff will enforce posted transit and blocking the box restrictions from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 19.
With 45 percent of downtown commuters using transit, the enforcement work will help ensure the reliable and efficient movement of transit riders along Seattle’s important bus corridors. Blocking the intersection enforcement helps address vehicles that illegally stop in the intersection impeding traffic.
The Pike Street bus lanes have posted signs and pavement markings indicating they should be used as a through corridor by buses only 24/7. Vehicles other than buses can drive in this lane only to access parking or turn right (where permitted).
Driving on Pike Street in violation of posted restrictions is a violation of SMC 11.53.230 (traveling in a bus only or BAT lane). Blocking an intersection is a violation of SMC 11.50.070 (Obstructing traffic at traffic-control signals). These individual violations can result in a fine of $136.


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Ocean’s Bar & Grill is a family friendly restaurant on Exmouth seafront and is the perfect place if you’re not sure where to eat on holiday. We are dog friendly and would love to meet your pooch after a long walk along the seafront whilst you relax with a drink and treat your best friend to something off our Doggy Menu! The Bar & Grill serves burgers and more - straight off the grill, as well as hot drinks and a range of vegetarian options. Whether you’re dining, breaking for a drink at the bar after a hard bowling match, or grabbing a cup of coffee while you wait for a soft play party to end, Ocean Bar & Grill’s relaxed atmosphere means it’s the place to be!
Ocean Bar & Grill weekend breakfast menu features hot and cold breakfast options, including our special Ocean Fry Up - which comes with back bacon and the finest Devon sausages. We also serve paninis, sandwiches and a selection of cakes. Our Bar & Grill menu is fired up and full of the tastiest treats that include all the grill options you could want, as well as a range of other main courses. Our menu also features our collection of junior meals, with slightly smaller portions, to make sure there are no hungry tummies left over!
Ocean Bar & Grill is located on the ground floor of the Ocean building. It’s a great spot to grab a bite to eat after or before enjoying our range of entertainments and activities. We have a 12 lane bowling alley , a huge soft play area for kids and parties , and an impressive SEGA Active Zone arcade. If you’re after something a little lighter, you can also try Ocean Deck, our café overlooking the seafront
Download the menu for Ocean Bar & Grill here!
As part of Exmouth’s status as a Fairtrade town we take pride in sourcing the best local, seasonal and Fairtrade produce and ingredients wherever possible
- All our beef is from farms in Devon and the West Country
- Our eggs are local and free range
- Our fish is mostly landed on Exmouth Pier by local fishermen subject to availability
We are allergen aware - your server will be happy to provide you with the allergen content of individual menu items
Last food orders are Monday to Wednesday, 8.00pm Thursday to Saturday 9.30pm and 9.00pm on Sunday
We went bowling at Ocean Bowling which is joined to this restaurant. Great menu and children’s menu. We had a seafood sharing platter and it was sooooo nice.
We only called here for a pot of tea for two but when we saw the food being served we decided to stay for lunch. I had the cheese and chorizo panini and hubby had the BLT and we shared a portion of spicy wedges with garlic mayo. Really delicious. Place was spotless, food fresh and served by very helpful and pleasant staff. Would definitely come again.
Visited Ocean in July for my birthday for a few frames of Bowling, Excellent facilities and many arcade games for the kids. Decided to eat here after seeing some of the food being bought out. Didn’t disappoint, had 2 pizzas 🍕 which were beautifully cooked and enjoyed by everyone. Would recommend going here on a visit to Exmouth, bowling 🎳 is good value for money and food is excellent. Great views whilst having lunch. Also have a kids soft play area above.


PARKS, PLAZAS, PUBLIC SPACES: DESIGNING FOR COMMUNITIES AT PLAY
Teaching Team: Deland Chan, Caroline Chen, Kevin Hsu, Angelina Yu
Public spaces are more than just physical sites for individuals to obtain fresh air and sunlight. Spaces that invite “play” encourage people from all walks of life to gather, interact, and create shared understanding. Such behavior fosters social trust and contributes to stronger, more resilient communities.
In this workshop, we examine how different social groups define “play” and engage their surroundings. Using the context of cities and urban life, the workshop’s activities include an introduction to human-centered design, the typologies of public space, theories of urban adaptation, and a team project involving hands-on fieldwork and empathy-building exercises.
Teams will collect instances of spatial appropriation for play; identify factors (social, demographic, environmental, architectural, and aesthetic) that facilitate these activities; and propose interventions that enhance existing spaces, or offer new ways for citizens to play and recreate.
Workshop blog: http://dschoolplay.tumblr.com
Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/groups/publicspacepopup


Putting high speed rail on the agenda
Council agreed at its meeting on Monday night to enter a Memorandum of Understanding with 18 councils along the proposed HSR route.
In agreeing to sign up to the Coalition, AlburyCity Mayor Cr Alice Glachan highlighted the benefits high speed rail would bring to the region.
“Albury Wodonga is strategically placed to be a major beneficiary of high speed rail. Combined, our cities are the 18th largest in Australia, with a population reaching approximately 90,000. By 2056 that number is expected to grow to 128,000,” she said. “With that projected growth, now is the time to be planning for the infrastructure our communities need to keep us moving forward.”
If the project came to fruition, an Albury resident could be in Melbourne’s CBD in 65 minutes and Sydney’s CBD in 95 minutes. It would generate an additional 1.15M visitors to Albury Wodonga, Shepparton and Wagga, boosting a tourist economy already worth more than $286M.
But Mayor Glachan said the benefits of high speed rail to the region go far beyond tourism.
“With access to a high speed rail it becomes practical and economically viable for businesses to consider regional communities like ours as a new investment opportunity, or to consider relocating here entirely,” she said. “Our universities are put within reach of a new market of students who can study and eventually find employment here in Albury Wodonga.”
“High speed rail also makes it possible for a person to live in Albury Wodonga and commute to work in Melbourne, which would only be 65 minutes away.”
“Imagine the benefits to young families and first home buyers who would no longer have to struggle in Melbourne’s crowded market, and the way high speed rail can ease the pressure on metropolitan services and infrastructure.”
Meanwhile Council will make a submission to the Department of Infrastructure and Transport urging that any potential HSR station be located close to the Albury Wodonga CBDs or growth corridors. Initial plans put the Albury Wodonga HSR station about 25kms away from the Albury CBD which Mayor Glachan says is too far away from the existing city centres and associated public transport.
“We have concerns that such a proposal could create a satellite city where both councils could be required to invest in significant additional and possibly duplicate services and infrastructure to support the HSR station.”
“Overseas modelling indicates that HSR stations are a hub for development and growth - we want to bring that as close to our CBDs as possible.”
- Australia is the only continent other than Antarctica not to have a high speed rail network.
- Initial modelling indicates that 7.6 million additional trips will be made to and from regional areas via a high speed rail. These are trips that would otherwise not have occurred. Of these, 1.15 million are new trips to Wagga, Albury Wodonga and Shepparton.
- Overall, 4 million trips would be made to regional Victoria and southern New South Wales alone.
- The rail corridor between Melbourne and Canberra has a catchment of 460,000 people, offering new opportunities for regional communities to attract and retain skilled staff.
- It is predicted that approximately eight million passengers could travel on a HSR network between Sydney and Melbourne in 2036.
- Patronage demand forecasts suggest that by 2036, 54 million people may use an HSR network each year.


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A major Latin American submarine cable network is being upgraded with 40G technology. Latin America Nautilus (LANautilus), Telecom Italia Sparkle Group Operations in the Americas, is integrating Ciena’s 40G optical networking solutions in order to increase its total network capacity, effectively quadrupling the amount of information transmitted per wavelength, and allowing faster support to service provider and enterprise customers in the Caribbean, South and Central America, all the while using its existing fibre infrastructure to support growing bandwidth requirements.
LANautilus is part of the Telecom Italia Sparkle Group and operates as a wholesale telecommunications service provider that delivers managed bandwidth, Internet/IP transit and co-location services to carrier and enterprise customers across its 30,000 km fibre optic ring. Its submarine system integrates cable stations in South, Central and North America with Telecom Italia’s Sparkle Global Backbone.
LANautilus will be able to provide its customers with 40G services along a 16,000 km stretch of its network, connecting customers in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Panama, Venezuela, and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands through Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform equipped with WaveLogic coherent optical line interfaces.
The firm’s coherent receiver technology enables unobtrusive 40G/100G upgrades to existing submarine networks with only the addition of new terminal equipment, significantly extending the life of existing cable plants and further lengthening its lifespan.
“We are now able to offer our customers high-capacity bandwidth services to support the delivery of IP, managed bandwidth, HD video and cloud computing, among other applications, at speeds that scale to 40G”, said Mario Pirro, CTO, Telecom Italia Sparkle Group.


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Evan Longoria celebrates with teammates after hitting a homer against the Yankees. Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
With two homeruns for the evening, Evan Longoria lifted the Rays to an 8-3 victory over the New York Yankees in the first game of a four game series at Yankee Stadium.
The Rays quickly took the lead as Wil Myers scored the Rays’ first run of the night in the second inning off of New York’s Andy Pettitte. After his last outing against the Kansas City Royals was rough, Matt Moore took the mound, looking to overcome the previous loss. Although he began the third inning by giving up a leadoff walk to Chris Stewart, Moore threw three strikeouts by the fifth inning. The Rays went on to score two runs in the third inning, which was significant for Longoria because he recorded his 500th career RBI in the inning with a sacrifice fly.
Longoria continued to kick things into high gear for the Rays in the top of the sixth inning as he hit his first homerun of the night with a solo shot to right field. The bottom of the inning proved to be crucial for the Yankees, as former Rays shortstop Reid Brignac leadoff with a single, Moore walked the next two batters, and Brignac scored off of Moore’s wild pitch to Robinson Cano. With the Rays ahead 4-3, they added to their lead with an RBI single from Sean Rodriguez in the seventh inning.
However, Longoria struck again with another single run homer off of Pettitte in the eighth inning, prompting the Yankees to later replace Pettitte with reliever Joba Chamberlain. Rays shortstop Yunel Escobar went on to hit a two run homerun off of Chamberlain later in the inning, giving the Rays a strong 8-3 lead.
The bottom of the ninth proved to be a struggle for reliever Kyle Farnsworth, though, as he gave up a single and later walked Lyle Overbay with a runner at third base. But, the inning ended in a strong double play for the Rays, who kept the Yankees from scoring.
In his first win in over a month, Moore gave up three runs, three walks, and threw four strikeouts in 6.1 innings. The lefty also threw the key wild pitch. Overall, the Rays’ pitching staff had only five strikeouts against 4 walks against New York. But at the end of the day, Moore managed his best outing and far too long and you have to hope it will be something he can build off of.


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I was going to wait until after the NDD Contest, however I wanted to see if this has ever been done or if it is achievable.
Every Foundry quest I have seen so far is majoritally a solo effort where it is written, created, designed and published by one author but what if there was more than one source of creativity working on the same Foundry?
I'm aware that this is nearly impossible to pull off, especially with multiple people working on the exact same quest but could be achieved where there is one campaign but two or more quests or area's made by different people. This could be; one person does detail and another does story or the unsuggestable idea of Foundry account sharing to cooperatively create a quest.
I want to know:
•Is this a good idea?
•Would this even be possible? (If so has this actually been done?)
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Short Supply of Natural Gas Raises Economic Worries
By SIMON ROMERO
Published: June 17, 2003
HOUSTON, June 16 — The economy has been cool, and so has the spring in much of the country. Nonetheless, the United States is facing its most severe shortage of natural gas in a quarter-century.
Industries like fertilizer and ammonia makers, which use gas to produce their goods, are already laying off workers. And experts warn that a warming trend, in the economy or the weather, could send prices spiking for the electricity that cools homes and runs every sort of business.
"You would have thought that the last big upsurge in prices a couple of years ago was a tremendous wake-up call," said Gwyn Morgan, chief executive of EnCana , a Canadian company that is the largest independent natural gas producer and storage operator in North America. "But for most people it was not."
The market manipulation by companies like Enron has been blamed for much of the price surge of 2000 and 2001, which led to brownouts in parts of California and price spikes for electricity in much of the West and some of the Northeast. But now, like then, most analysts agree, the basic law of supply and demand is at work.
With natural gas promoted as a cleaner-burning fuel than oil or coal, nearly all the electric plants built since 1998 are designed to be fired mainly by gas. So demand is up. And while drilling has increased about 25 percent in the last year, much of it has been confined to old, overworked basins that are not as productive as they once were. Supplies, therefore, have not kept up.
In addition, analysts say that a failure to gauge supply needs and weather patterns accurately in an up-and-down economy has added to the squeeze on supplies.
Prices for natural gas have risen sharply in the last year, reaching a peak at more than $6 per million British thermal units, compared with about $3.65 a year earlier. Stored supplies of natural gas have fallen to the lowest level since the federal government began keeping records in 1976, with levels about 30 percent below the average for the last five years.
The effects of this latest surge in prices have led to renewed calls from the gas industry for the loosening of environmental restrictions on drilling and pipeline construction in the United States. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and the National Petroleum Council are convening a top-level meeting later this month to discuss the shortage and propose solutions.
Last week, the Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, warned the House Energy and Commerce Committee that short supplies of natural gas could contribute to erosion in the economy. Mr. Greenspan emphasized the potentially important role that liquefied natural gas, in particular, could play in American energy imports.
Yet with the richest overseas stores of gas in distant regions like West Africa and Southeast Asia and the energy industry under technical and financial constraints, the difficulty of increasing imports remains considerable.
With few immediate answers at hand, industry executives and analysts talk of elevated natural gas prices for years to come.
"We're already facing the prospect of higher utility bills for consumers and higher energy costs for many businesses," Robert Allison, chief executive of Anadarko Petroleum , said in an interview. "The shortage is going to become a matter of exporting jobs to countries with cheaper natural gas."
The fertilizer industry has been particularly hard hit, since natural gas accounts for 90 percent of the cost of ammonia, the building block for nitrogen fertilizers. Robert C. Liuzzi, chief executive of CF Industries, a farm-supply cooperative based in Long Grove, Ill., said high natural gas prices were the most serious threat to the industry since the energy shocks of the 1970's.
Ammonia manufacturers are not faring any better, with factory closings becoming common. Mississippi Chemical , an ammonia company based in Yazoo City, Miss., filed for bankruptcy protection last month. The company idled a plant in Ohio, cut production at another in Tennessee and shut down a factory in Donaldsville, La., resulting in the loss of 24 jobs.
Charles O. Dunn, the chief executive, cited the "extreme increase and volatility in the price of domestic natural gas" as contributing to Mississippi Chemical's mounting financial losses.
Power generators that are capable of switching their plants to fuels like oil or coal are doing so to mitigate their dependence on gas. But analysts say that this, in turn, is contributing to higher prices for those fuels.
Over all, about 23 percent of the nation's energy needs are met by natural gas. The United States is a large producer of natural gas, second to Russia, and 85 percent of the gas used here comes from domestic wells. But many parts of the country remain off-limits for drilling for environmental reasons.
Gaining access to these areas is a top priority of the energy industry, foreshadowing a more intense struggle between conservationists and natural gas companies. "The sorry thing is that there is gas to be found in this country but we can't get to it," said Mr. Allison of Anadarko, the nation's most active natural gas driller.


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HIT Strategies for Improving Health Access for Rural Veterans Research Brief Released
This paper reports on the design and implementation of a first-in-the nation project to expand rural veterans’ access to healthcare by establishing a bi-directional connection between Maine’s statewide health information exchange (HIE) and Veterans Administration facilities and centers. The paper reviews key factors that have contributed to implementation challenges and successes and lessons relevant to efforts to create interoperable health IT systems across multiple, complex organizational settings.
Karen B. Pearson, MLIS, MA
Maine Rural Health Research Center

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ORANGE, Calif. — Imagine seeing someone sneeze or look unwell and then feeling your body start to react as if you too might get sick. This isn’t just in your head – it’s a real biological response, as recent research by Dr. Patricia Lopes, a biology professor at Chapman University, shows.
Usually, when we think of getting sick, we focus on the person who’s ill. But Dr. Lopes’ study, published in the journal Functional Ecology and further discussed in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, reveals something fascinating: infections affect more than just the sick person. They can trigger changes in the bodies and behaviors of others around them — even if they aren’t actually sick.
How Our Bodies Respond to Infection
When someone gets an infection, their immune system kicks into high gear. It’s like an army ready to fight off invaders. This immune response can cause changes not just at the site of the infection, but throughout the entire body. And these changes don’t just affect the sick person; they can influence others too.
One of the most surprising findings of this research is about pregnant animals and how their immune response to sickness can affect their babies. For instance, if a mother gets sick during pregnancy, it can change the baby’s immune system and even its behavior. This is also true for egg-laying animals, where the mother can pass on defenses to her eggs.
Our bodies are home to many tiny organisms, like bacteria, which form communities known as the microbiome. When someone is infected, especially with serious illnesses like HIV, it can disrupt these communities. This change can make a person more vulnerable to other infections and even affect their overall health.
Why Observing Sickness Sends The Body Into Protective Mode
Dr. Lopes’ study shows something even more intriguing: just seeing someone who is sick can trigger a protective response in our bodies. This response is our body’s way of preparing to fight off potential threats. Animals that interacted with sick individuals activated their immune systems and even changed the way they produce eggs. It’s like our bodies are trying to protect us before we even get sick.
Understanding these reactions is important for everyone, not just scientists. It shows how interconnected we are and how our health can be influenced by those around us. Dr. Lopes’ work sheds light on this complex interaction and helps us understand that health is not just an individual matter, but a communal one.
“This research has helped unveil another level of the hidden ripple effects of infections, showing that when one individual falls ill, it’s not just their problem – it’s a complex story that can impact the health and behavior of many others,” Lopes says in a media release.
Her ongoing research, supported by a National Science Foundation grant, aims to explore how long these protective responses last and whether they really help in guarding us against infections.


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Philosophical and compelling, Yuan Dao is a stunning accomplishment of Daoist literature-- now available for the first time in English
Written around 140 b.c., and presented to a young Chinese Emperor by a beloved uncle--a philosopher, scholar, and patron of the arts--Yuan Dao distills and explains in one remarkable work the first several hundred years of Daoist thought. Drawing from and expanding upon the popular Tao-Te Ching and Chuang-tzu texts, this singular work was written to show the inclusionary aspects of Daoism, that one should appreciate the contribution all things make to the well-being of the whole; Yuan Dao was also created as advice to a ruler, on the beauty of uniting a disparate people under one government without destroying their individuality.
Presented here by two of the world's foremost translators of Chinese classics, this unique edition is the only English-language translation in print and features the Chinese text on facing pages. Insightful and fascinating, here is a glimpse into the early Han Dynasty, and into a way of thinking that has been, and continues to be, characteristically Chinese.
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Is it a backhanded compliment to recommend a book more for its introduction than for the main text itself? Not if the introduction turns out to be twice the length of the text, as it is in Lau and Ames's collaboration Yuan Dao. The first chapter of the early Chinese Taoist text Huainanzi, Yuan Dao is similar to the Tao Te Ching in its elaboration of the natural Tao and the actions (or inaction) of the sage. It is worth reading for its limpid lyricism alone. With Ames's prefatory remarks, not only the text, but the whole of early Chinese thought comes more into focus. The reason we see ancient Chinese works as wisdom literature is that the Chinese were more interested in the how of the world than the what of it, and so Ames takes Yuan Dao as a jumping-off point for examining a world-view that contrasts sharply with ours but is still surprisingly modern. The original author (or sponsor) of Yuan Dao lost his life partly because it is a work that proposed pluralism and noncoercion in a time of forced consolidation. In our time, this message rings still rings true. --Brian BruyaLanguage Notes:
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Original Language: Chinese, Chinese
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Sealine boat builders: 234 made redundant
Administrators at a Worcestershire luxury boat company have issued redundancy notices to 234 staff.
Sealine in Kidderminster is one of Europe's biggest makers of boats.
Baker Tilly Restructuring and Recovery LLP said it was assisting staff "to make claims against the government redundancy fund".
Sealine has been trading since 1972. It was bought by the Brunswick Corporation in 2001 and was sold to another US firm, Oxford Investment Group, in 2011.
Administrator Graham Bushby said: "We will also be working to maximise recoveries for the company's creditors, which includes the sale of plant and recovery of monies owed to the business."

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It’s a Welcome Week tradition in recent years for new students to help “Paint the Phoenix” on the Green Bay Campus. The Phoenix is located between Mary Ann Cofrin Hall and the University Union. This year the tradition expanded to the Manitowoc, Marinette and Sheboygan campuses, and according to campus administrators, provided additional Phoenix pride at those campuses. University leaders are continuing efforts to provide more student life opportunities to students who make their “home” in those communities. UW-Green Bay, Marinette Campus posted video of their first-year painters. (Photos submitted).
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THE DEEP END…TIPS FROM THE POOL
There were pocket-sized memories of former President George W Bush’s presidency at a reception today at the White House for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
This short anecdote is from Roll Call‘s White House correspondent Jennifer Bendery Pool Report this morning. She covered the reception that took place in the White House foyer:
“A cameraman noted that the little squares of carpet set out on the platform for camera stands were actually old pieces of West Wing carpeting from the Bush presidency. Touche.”


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China has a One-Child Family policy; the rule allows married couples to have just one child or pay heavy fines. While I knew that the Chinese have a preference for boy babies over girl babies, it was amazing to see this policy in action and the ways it plays out in day-to-day life. When people learned that I have three children, and all three are boys, I felt like a bit of a celebrity. In China, it’s common to see two grandparents out with their one grandchild. The child holds a grandparents’ hand in each or his or her own, and has the undivided attention of the adults. There are no frazzled parents in stores with four whining children in tow like you see in America. But what will all those only children become—confident adults with high self-esteem or little emperors used to getting their way? All the women I met spoke openly about the Chinese preference for boys. It was just a fact. I spoke at length to a woman who is pregnant. Because she is from a different region than her husband, her mother-in-law hasn’t welcomed her to the family. My new friend’s life will be very different if she gives birth to a boy. Obviously she could find out the sex of the baby, but she hasn’t. Maybe it’s better to wait and see. And hope. When I was with her, strangers she met would tell her they hoped she has a boy. When she saw a little boy, she would rub his hair for good luck. If she has a boy, then her mother-in-law will gladly babysit and the mother will be able to work. If it’s a girl, the mother will not work and will raise the baby herself. Imagine both your career and your family life hanging in the balance based on the gender of your baby.
The Entrance to the Forbidden City in Beijing
By Kate Anderson, Touro Law Summer Abroad Program in China