In this research, we address the central question of whether data obtained in an experiment with participants from the population of interest parallels market data from the same group. Utilizing information provided by our participants we construct salient payoffs, based on participants' revealed preferences to elicit the experimental responses. Combining these experimental data with naturally occurring market data for the identical set of consumers, we test for consistency between the two data sources. Unique to this research, the market data, unlike field experiment data, are not obtained through manipulation by the researchers. Instead these data are the actual expenditures and consumption choices of the participants reflected in billing records for the years preceding lab participation. Under these conditions, we find that experiment responses parallel ex ante market behavior.
Experiment data, if consistent with market data, could be used to fill data gaps. This is increasingly important as policy makers find themselves having to respond to situations for which data do not exist, making it difficult to assess the efficiency of proposed policies. Examples include consumer response to changes in depth and frequency of energy shortages, market responses to rapid technological advancements such as the Internet, and structural changes in markets where current and future conditions are fundamentally different from the historic record. This is the case of water in the arid western United States. Increases in demand associated with urbanization have stressed the limited supply of water, and the price of water--invariably set by a public utility and not the market--will surely rise. How can a policy maker design an effective, efficient policy, when the characteristics of the market and the potential range of data are outside anything seen before? The policy relevance of experiments depends on parallelism between the lab and the field (Smith 1982). This research provides evidence for that parallelism.
Because we focus on parallelism between the laboratory and the market we deviate from traditional economics experiments protocol. Traditional experiments that seek to test theory normally provide participants with explicit information concerning payoffs to induce preferences. In our case, as in any actual market, individual payoffs are endogenous and based on individual preferences. We could not directly link experiment payoffs to water consumption because no water was actually consumed as part of the experiment protocol. Instead, we linked experiment payoffs to estimated household water consumption based on information provided by participants prior to the experiment.
We offer an inquiry into residential water markets in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a midsize city in the desert southwestern United States. We compare participant response in an experiment to the actual water bill data generated by those same participants in the years preceding the experiment. The water bill data are unfettered by the experiment participation. It predates the experiments and the participants could not have predicted that their household consumption choice data would one day be used in an experimental investigation. Prior to the experiment participants completed a survey describing their household's water-using features (e.g., type of landscape), which we used to categorize their preferences and predict their water use. Participants' water bills and survey responses provide evidence of the underlying utility function for each participant, which were used to calculate payoffs as described in the following text.
For both the experiment data and the water bill data we econometrically estimate consumer water demand, using comparable explanatory variables. We find approximately 75% of the independent variables exhibit the same significance across the two data sets, over 90% of the statistically significant variables exhibit the same direction of impact, and for almost 70% of the participants, there is no statistical difference between the water demand elasticities estimated from the water bills and the experiment data. …


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City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young has stripped Councilwoman Rochelle "Rikki" Spector of most of her committee assignments after she cast the only vote against two bills he favored.
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When Baltimore residents settle lawsuits alleging police brutality or other misconduct, they must promise to keep silent about the incidents that sparked the suits — an arrangement that shields key details from the public. The penalty for...
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Baltimore police officers will not face charges for using a Taser five times on a 19-year-old hospital patient who died in May, city prosecutors said Tuesday.
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Why don't American philosophers of law talk about Kelsen?
So asks Michael Steven Green (William & Mary). Somewhat to my surprise, he does not note what is surely the main reason for lack of attention to Kelsen, namely, that it is pretty widely thought that Hart persuasively undermined the two most distinctive features of Kelsen's jurisprudence, namely: (1) that the nature of law is essentially tied to its use of sanctions, and (2) that the normative force of law was only explicable by reference to a non-natural transcendent fact, what Kelsen called the Grundnorm. Contra Kelsen (and Austin), Hart argued that linking law's nature to the use of sanctions misrepresents law's normativity; and on the second point, Hart offered an account of law and its apparent normativity in terms that were exclusively psychological and sociological--in terms of what legal officials do and their attitudes towards what they do--that render otiose the need to posit transcendent norms. There are no doubt other reasons that Kelsen is relatively neglected--his unlovely writing style is surely one; the pernicious influence on his jurisprudence of tendencies in NeoKantian German philosophy at the time another--but surely an important reason is that two central features of his jurisprudential view seem to be mistaken.
It is probably worth noting that within Anglophone "analytic" jurisprudence (a more pertinent category, it seems to me, than "American philosophy of law," which doesn't really exist), there is actually a lot more work on Kelsen than Green allows (though Stanley Paulson is quite plainly the leading English-language Kelsen scholar, but many others have written on Kelsen, perhaps most notably Joseph Raz). And even if sanction-based theoreis of law and the "purity" of the "pure theory of law" have few adherents, there still remain a lot of interesting aspects of Kelsen's jurisprudential work that deserve attention. (Some day my colleague Les Green will publish his provocative views on the rather striking similarities between Dworkin and Kelsen, though Dworkin may not welcome this exposition.)
(As a side note, Kelsen's huge influence in the non-Anglophone world, noted by Green, has much more to do with his contributions to constitutional and international law, than to legal philosophy.)
I wonder then why it is (if it is) that Hart's arguments against Kelsen aren't seen as decisive by those outside Anglophone jurisprudence? (I presume the arguments are known outside the Anglophone world.)
On the topic of Professor (Les) Green's views on the similarities between Dworkin and Kelsen: Here and there he teases readers with them... :) (For instance, p573 of his "General Jurisprudence: A 25th Anniversary Essay" reads: "In a way reminiscent of Kelsen, Dworkin said that there is a necessary connection between law and enforcement." And a footnote from there: "Dworkin also agrees with Kelsen that there are no gaps in the law, and that legal norms are primarily directed at the courts. I cannot explore these similarities here.")
Posted by: R. Morgan | Oct 4, 2007 1:35:05 AM
I don't think that either Kelsen himself or those in the non-anglophone who still take him seriously would view Kelsen's contributions to constitutional and international law as independent of his jurisprudential works. I would be interested in any theories you have as to why Hart's critique of Kelsen's legal philosophy seems not to have penetrated that world.
Or, if you think it is possible to understand Kelsen's works on international and constitutional law indpendent of his Pure Theory of Law, we are still left with the mystery of Kelsen's lack of influence in those doctrinal areas in the anglophone academy when his work is viewed as fundamental elsewhere.
I also suspect that the American legal academy's rejection of Kelsen (or ignorance of Kelsen) has relatively little to do with Hart's critique, as Kelsen's impact on American legal thought was negligible even before his encounter with Hart.
Posted by: Jeremy Telman | Oct 4, 2007 11:15:52 AM
R. Morgan and Jeremy Telman ask variations on the same question, so let me attempt a response to both.
The non-Anglophone world is not a monolith, and the extent to which the Hartian critique of Kelsenian views has made an impact varies quite a bit, often a function of factors like (1) the extent to which the jurisprudential communities in question are well-informed about Anglophone jurisprudence (as, for example, the Italian and Spanish-speaking communities tend to be), (2) the level of philosophical sophistication in these jurisprudential communities, and (3) issues of national pride and loyalty (sometimes an issue, one senses, in some German-language jurisprudential work when it comes to Kelsen). (2) may be particularly important, since Hart's work emerged out of developments in post-WWII Anglophone philosophy that are still either resisted or misunderstood in other parts of the world.
Kelsen certainly understood his work in constitutional and international law as growing out of his general jurisprudential views. I can't comment on whether constitutional or international law scholars generally view the pure theory as essential for understanding his contributions. My impression is that a lot of Kelsen's influence in, say, constitutional law has simply to do with the work he did on the Austrian constitution, his idea for a constitutional court, and so on. Those innovations and contributions may, indeed, have grown out of his jurisprudential views, but their significance and value is easily assessable apart from those. Why American constitutional law scholars haven't much interest in Kelsen is, in this regard, probably quite easy to explain: neither the Austrian constitutional work nor the idea of a constitutional court have played any role/had any influence in our own constitutional traditions.
On a more minor point, in reply to Professor Telman, I was not making any claim about the "American legal academy," but about Green's contention that American philosophers of law ignore Kelsen. The reason for that is, indeed, the general view that Hart successfully critiqued the two most distinctive features of Kelsen's jurisprudential view.
Posted by: Brian Leiter | Oct 4, 2007 2:20:00 PM
Brian - I've posted a response to you over at Prawfsblog.
Posted by: Michael Steven Green | Oct 4, 2007 8:25:56 PM
Michael, this is weirdly non-responsive, I'm not sure you want to have this in the blogosphere. If you want to leave it up, I'll get to it tomorrow or Saturday. I hope you will rethink this. The "empiricism" stuff is particulary silly, my own sympathies with naturalism are actually irrelevant here, and the differences between the "transcendent" and the "transcendental" don't matter substnatively in this context. Certainly those who read Prawfsblog, who mostly haven't a clue about the philosophical issues, may find your "response" congenial; but those who know something are going to be rather surprised. The real issue--namely, whether philosophers of law are or aren't right to think Hart's criticisms of Kelsenian views correct--is almost entirely unaddressed by you here (even though I know you have views on this).
Posted by: Brian | Oct 4, 2007 11:11:29 PM
Don't you think that the neglect of the Pure Theory in American scholarship is part of a wider neglect of (or even contempt for) philosophical problems about the nature of law?
In keeping with the generally pragmatic (and dare I say impatient?) leaning of American intellectual culture, American legal theorists - with notable exceptions - tend to be more interested in desirable features of law (which people can do something to alter) than they are in necessary features of law (which nobody can do anything about).
It is relatively easy to misrepresent Hart's The Concept of Law as a book about what is desirable in the law. In the pivotal chapter 5, Hart's allegorical presentation of the emergence of law almost invites this misinterpretation (and sure gets it, from Fuller, Dworkin, Unger, and many others). Kelsen is much more careful than Hart in forestalling the same misinterpretation. He knows that certain audiences will want to leap over the necessary features of law and get onto the desirable features. He refuses to give them excuses to do so, and repeatedly tells them to hold their horses. This is one of his 'purities' and there is no misunderstanding it.
This makes Hart a much easier figure than Kelsen for many American legal theorists to have opinions about, albeit often misguided opinions.
Of course this is not the only factor that puts Kelsen outside the mainstream in US jurisprudence. I'm just adding it to the mix.
Posted by: John Gardner | Oct 5, 2007 6:53:19 AM
PS If you want a good illustration of the pragmatic (and impatient) leaning I am talking about, consider the work by Steven Smith that was being discussed on this blog last month. If I understand him correctly, Smith believes that an interest in necessary truths is an 'incorrigibly academic' embarrassment, especially in a law school. We should all be turning our minds to here-today, gone-tomorrow policy debates rather than wasting our time on timeless questions about the nature of things.
Posted by: John Gardner | Oct 5, 2007 7:02:31 AM
John, these may indeed be features of the American legal academy, and of people who self-identify as "legal theorists," but Green's original contention was about American philosophers of law. And here it struck me as odd not to note that a philosopher of law might have thought that Hart had exposed deficiencies in a view like Kelsen's. (Smith, by the way, is in favor of questions about the timeless nature of (heavenly) things, just not *your* kinds of questions about the timeless nature of things!)
Posted by: Brian | Oct 5, 2007 7:29:33 AM
On Green: The main problem seems to be identifying the constituency about which Green is generalising. If we are really strict about who counts as a philosopher of law then America probably has too few of them to provide a statistically significant sample. As we adopt a looser and looser specification of the pool, my point about American intellectual life looms larger and larger.
I agree with you, by the way, that Hart got the better of Kelsen on some points. But Kelsen got the better of Hart on others! I'd call it a high-score draw.
On Smith: I put the point badly. Smith seems to be interested in questions about the timeless nature of things only on condition that the answer to them makes a difference to the actions of policymakers, lawmakers etc. Otherwise they are disparaged as 'incorrigibly academic'.
Posted by: John Gardner | Oct 5, 2007 11:01:11 AM
I've made a contribution to this debate on Legal Theory Blog:
Posted by: Lawrence Solum | Oct 5, 2007 3:10:38 PM
Hi, I'm Giovanni Ratti, I'm Italian, I work in Spain (University of Girona) as a lecturer in Jurisprudence.
I think that some pieces of information about the state of the art of jurisprudence in the non-Anglophone iustheoretical world could be useful for debate:
1) everybody who works in the field of Analytical Jurisprudence in Continental
Europe and Latin-American knows Hart’s critique of Kelsen. The great
majority share Hart’s critical views. In the mid-sixties, Norberto Bobbio
(considered on the Continent one of the members of the "Holy Trinity" of
Jurisprudence, together with Kelsen and Hart) stressed the importance of
Hart’s contribution for a renewed approach to legal theory.
Entire generations of European and Latin-American jurisprudents were
formed on Hart’s works. Genaro Carrió, Eugenio Bulygin, and Carlos Nino –
three of the most talented and influent civil-law legal theorists – were
direct disciples of Hart. "The Concept of Law" was translated and reviewed
in many non-English speaking countries immediately after its original
publication. Many articles by civil-law theorists deal with Hartian
topics: e.g., in the seventies, Genaro Carriò was probably the first
to formulate a version of what now has come to be known as “Inclusive
Legal Positivism”; Eugenio Bulygin wrote in 1976 an article which is
called “Sobre la regla de reconocimiento” (On the Rule of Recognition),
which was one of the first in conceiving the rule of recognition as a
conceptual rule (i.e. a recursive definition) and not as a regulative rule; Ricardo
Caracciolo wrote an article where he defends the thesis that Hart’s theory
of the rule of recognition is circular, since the existence of the rule of
recognition depends on judges, who, in turn, can only be determined in the
light of the rules of judgment, whose validity depend on the rule of
recognition. These are just a very few examples of Hartian themes in civil-law
jurisprudential literature (many researches in the field of Hobbesian, Benthamian, or Austinian studies have also been carried out in recent times).
2) one of the main questions that seems to be posed in your discussion is: Why
civil-law jurisprudents are so interested in Kelsen when Hart weakened his jurisprudential theses
so much? Well, generalizing a little bit, civil-law jurisprudents think that some parts of Hart’s
critique were well-founded, while other parts were not. In any case, many
civil-law jurisprudents tend to conceive of Hart’s theory as a derivation
from Kelsen’s. In many recent studies, Kelsen’s and Hart’s theories of the
legal system are considered unitarily as the common prototype of
foundationalism in legal theory.
Moreover, Kelsen’s theory has the great advantage of making the
explication of civil-law legal systems easier than Hart’s. Put very
roughly, these are some possible reasons: 1) Legal science, which has a
prominent role in civil-law legal education, was dealt with by Kelsen, but
is totally absent (for obvious reasons) in Hart’s works. 2) The idea of
rule of recognition, with all its references to judges’ practice, is not
so popular in civil-law legal culture, where the judge has often been
considered as a mere applicator of the law (so that it would have been
very puzzling to consider judicial practice as the foundation of the
validity of a legal system). 3) Kelsen’s theory of interpretation, with
his stress on language ambiguity and interpretive alternatives, is more
appealing to civil-law jurists than Hart’s “vagueness(open texture)-focused” theory of
Posted by: Giovanni B. Ratti | Oct 7, 2007 6:38:35 AM
These are extremely helpful and illuminating comments, thank you.
Posted by: Brian | Oct 7, 2007 9:54:25 AM
Anglophone philosophers who are interested in finding out more about Kelsen might want to have a look at Lars Vinx' forthcoming OUP book about him. (Lars is a German who has also studied in Canada, so he might be thought to have a foot in both worlds).
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In an era of globalization and demographic transition international migration has become an important issue for European governments. The past decades have seen an increasing and diversifying flow of migrants from different parts of the world, including many from South, Southeast and East Asia. It has become apparent that in several European countries the demand for workers in certain sectors of the labour market is increasing and that Asia has become the source for these workers.
This collection explores the phenomenon of Asian immigration in Europe, particularly focusing on the ways in which Asian immigrants gain access to local labour markets. The book includes studies of several countries including Germany, France and the United Kingdom - shedding light on the labour market positions of different ethnic groups within Europe.
Asian Migrants and European Labour Markets will interest scholars in the field of labour economics, population and migration studies and international business.

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This initiative will inevitably distribute the patient volume throughout the day, and effectively reduce the waiting time
Laboratory services at icddr,b will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year from Monday, said a press release issued on the same day.
This initiative will inevitably distribute the patient volume throughout the day, and effectively reduce their waiting time.
icddr,b laboratories are the only labs in Bangladesh that are accredited under International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15189 (quality and competence), and ISO 15190 (safety) for more than 400 different tests and parameters, the release further stated.
Marking the occasion, icddr,b Laboratory Sciences and Services Division Senior Director Dr Niyaz Ahmed, said: "While this extension of operation will cost us additional resources, we would like to make our services more accessible to all walks of life.
"Our highly skilled, and dedicated scientists and clinicians, along with state of the art laboratories, will now be able to serve more patients with high quality diagnosis, for which they have always been relied upon."

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“I hate Passover food! There’s never anything good to eat on Passover, just matzah, matzah, matzah…”
That’s what I used to think and I dreaded the holiday as a result. But over time I’ve learned to enjoy the Passover menu, given a little mental and food prep.
At the root of it, Passover is a wonderful holiday where we remember the great exodus and redemption of the Jewish People from slavery in Egypt. As everyone knows, in order to mark the event, Jews are obligated to symbolically emulate the struggle of the Israelites’ rushed departure from Egypt by giving up all leavened foods for the duration of the holiday. This is no easy task and going into Passover without the right expectations or preparation is a recipe for disappointment, as it was for me for years.
But just because we can’t eat a lot of the foods we normally eat, we aren’t obligated to suffer or starve! Far from it! After all, Passover is a joyous holiday and simply takes a little more time and planning to enjoy. Passover eating is about changing expectations and creating a new, special menu for the week. With a little prep work, your Passover doesn’t have to be about eating tons of matzah. Passover can be a real feastival.
Most importantly, be ready to take a break from hametz for a few days, including breakfast cereal and pasta. Don’t try to pass off kosher for Passover pastas or cereals made from matzah meal. These impostors are usually a terrible let down. So be prepared to give up sandwiches, most cookies, rice (unless it’s your custom, of course), and whiskey for a week.
Embrace the lot of special and delicious Passover foods we eat that we don’t normally enjoy during the rest of the year. No, I don't mean matzah. Charoset, for example, is a favorite of mine and I like to eat it throughout the holiday. We also eat lots of egg dishes, meals of chicken or beef, potatoes and other vegetables, salads, fruit, dairy, matzah balls, matzah brie, matzah pizza, and yes, even delicious desserts! With a little bit of planning and preparation, your Passover can be delicious.
The key is to plan things out a bit so you're not stuck with some jarred gefilte fish and dry matzah. Do this and you too will start to love the Passover menu.
Hate macaroons from a can? We can do better! To help you on your way to a tastier Passover, here’s a very easy a macaroon recipe plucked from the LA Times a few years back:
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon Passover potato starch
4 egg whites
1 cup coarsely ground toasted hazelnuts
Makes 4 dozen cookies. Each cookie contains about: 30 calories; 4 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 1 gram fat; 5 grams carbohydrates; 0 protein; 0.07 gram fiber.


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October 14, 2008 in Cases and Bags (E)
[prMac.com] Cleveland, OH - Grantwood Technology, LLC today announced the release of the MacVelope, a laptop sleeve designed specifically for the MacBook Air, and also the MacVelope Companion Bag. Designed to mimic a standard interoffice mail envelope, the MacVelope has durable, manila-colored vinyl on the outside and black ballstic nylon on the inside, along with a Velcro(R) closure and red string for added effect.
Customers can place the MacVelope into the lightweight Companion Bag, along with such accessories as the External MacBook Air SuperDrive, MagSafe Power Adapter, Ethernet cables, etc. When traveling, they can slide the Companion Bag over the handle of wheeled suitcases, or simply over their shoulder using the included shoulder strap. Three zippered compartments provide plenty of organization.
"We wanted a sleeve for the MacBook Air that keeps the theme of the interoffice envelope, as demonstrated by Steve Jobs at Macworld Expo 2008," states Michael Banks, co-founder and CEO of Grantwood Technology, LLC. "We also wanted a simple laptop bag that could handle the usual accessories for the MacBook Air."
The MacVelope and Companion Bag is the perfect sleeve and laptop bag combination for your MacBook Air.
The MacVelope retails for $24.99 (USD). The MacVelope Companion Bag retails for $29.99 (USD). The MacVelope and MacVelope Companion Bag can be purchased together for $49.99 (USD).
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Ann and Friends - Lance
16. Lance the Pound Hound
Lance is an old hound dog that lives at the Littlemount Dog Pound. Littlemount is a home for dogs with no people family. Lance is too old to race like he did as a young hound. So it doesn't surprise him to live there. Lots of dogs live at Littlemount all their lives. Nevertheless, Lance wakes up every day with the hope that people will come to the pound, feel love for him, and take him home with them. He hopes for someone he can count on to give him hugs, play with him, and give him food every day.
One day, a young boy named Mike Boundless came to Littlemount on a mission - to look for a pet to prance about and make everyone happy. Some dogs made too many sounds; some dogs did not dance or act happy. Lance got to bound from the cage, so he pranced and danced at the pound for Mike. Mike gave him a big hug and Lance felt love and lots of passion for Mike. "Great! I found a sweet and happy dog to love me. My mission is complete," Mike said.
Mr. and Mrs. Boundless, Mike's father and mother, love Lance too. Lance's boundless joy lifts the spirits of everyone every day. Lance feels lucky. He hopes the other dogs at the pound will get found just as he did. Would you adopt a pound hound?
Lance the Pound Hound Questions
- Who is Lance?
(An old dog looking for a home, a dog that lives at the pound.)
- What is a pound?
(a home or shelter for animals who don't have a people family)
- What did Lance do when he was young?
- Why didn't Lance's owners keep him?
(They didn't want an old dog who couldn't race anymore. They didn't want the expense of caring for an older dog who couldn't race anymore.)
- What is Lance's hope?
(He hopes someone will adopt him and love him.)
- What was Mike's mission?
(He wanted to find a dog to love and make his new dog friend happy.)
- Why didn't Mike pick some of the other dogs?
(Some dogs barked too much. Some dogs didn't seem happy to see him. Some dogs acted too sad.)
- What is Lance's hope for his pals at the Littlemount Dog Pound?
(He hopes they will find happy homes like he has.)
- Why might people want a pet dog?
(Dogs bring love and joy to people.)
- Describe the dog you might like to adopt from the Littlemount Dog Pound.
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Strike Out Despite intense lobby efforts, Congress waters down the home buyer tax credit in the stimulus package.
President Barack Obama's signature sound bite in pitching the biggest government program since the New Deal was: Don't make perfection the enemy of the absolutely necessary.
As details of a compromise $789.5 billion stimulus plan continue to emerge, it's already clear that a Senate-backed plan to fund a jolt to home-buying demand with a 10 percent—up to $15,000—tax credit for home purchases over the next year failed to make the cut as “absolutely necessary.”
As executive director of the Fix Housing First coalition of companies, Kenneth Gear led a concerted charge to make a shock-and-awe home-buying stimulus program part of the package that Congress would hand over to the President by Monday, Feb. 16. Hardly surprising, Gear was crestfallen when the proposed tax credit was reduced to an $8,000 first-time home buyer credit that would be effective until Dec. 1, 2009. The two main differences between this credit and the one instituted last July are that the latest version is slightly bulkier and includes a no-repayment provision.
Gear could not hide his disappointment. “First off, we're hopeful that this bill [the one Congress has cobbled together] will stimulate the economy, but we have some doubts it will,” he said. “It still doesn't get to the root cause. The market's still in a free fall. It's not going to stop the vicious circle of home price declines, because you're not giving enough of an incentive to spur demand.”
Wachovia Securities housing analyst Carl Reichardt summed up the impact of the no-repayment provision:
“The House version is essentially the same bill that was included in July's stimulus plan (the Housing Economic and Recovery Act of 2008) except that it removes the requirement to pay the government back. While this is a marginal positive over the plan established before the stimulus as it turns the credit into a gift versus a tax-free loan, we believe the Senate's credit would have been much more impactful to unit demand given its size and its applicability to all home buyers, not just first-time buyers.”
Gear said, “We're not folding up our tent.” He pointed to generalized verbiage in U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's remarks Tuesday, Feb. 10 that referred to a “comprehensive program” to address the housing crisis. This would include foreclosure mitigation and, Gear hoped, a mortgage interest rate buy-down program for home buyers. However, that flicker of hope appeared to be short lived. At press time, newspaper reports cited that the program had been shelved.
Not included in Fix Housing First's agenda was a push to extend net operating loss tax provisions' look back period from two years to five years to allow companies to carry present losses back to prior-year profits to recover taxes paid. That push flopped as well, as the new extended carry back was limited to small companies doing less than $5 million in revenue. —John McManus


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Wizz Air to launch Budapest-Istanbul flight in August
Hungarian low-fare airline Wizz Air will launch a Budapest-Istanbul flight on August 2, sales director György Ábrán said at a press conference on Thursday. Wizz Air will operate the flight four times a week at the start – on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday – but gradually raise the number of flights to one a day from March 2014. Wizz Air expects 70,000 passengers on the route this year. Wizz Air will soon expand further its fleet of 44 Airbus A320 aircraft. The average age of the aircraft is 3.5 years, making Wizz Air's fleet one of the youngest in the world. Wizz Air flies from 16 bases to 92 destinations in 33 countries. It flies more than 270 routes, but will raise the number to 300 by year-end. The airline employs 1,600 people, but expects headcount to rise to 1,700 this year. Wizz Air is talks with a Russian partner on a Budapest-Moscow flight, but has not yet received an answer, Ábrán said.
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The Mitsubishi ASX
has always commanded attention but, in its new guise, it stands out even more.
Ready to tackle even the toughest challenges, it takes every drive to the next
level – whether you’re going on a family picnic or heading out on a country adventure.
The 2019 ASX boasts extensive updates to its front end, sporting the dynamic shield front grille, which gives an impression of sporty confidence. The bonnet takes on a clamshell design, while the headlights have been split, keeping the main beams and indicators separate. This improves clarity for oncoming traffic. At the rear, the T-shaped LED lights accentuate the SUV’s wide stance, and the powerful look is finished with 18-inch, two-tone alloy wheels.
Inside, the cabin feels more sophisticated, offering a new black roof lining, a choice of cloth or leather upholstery, and piano black finished trim. As you’d expect, space is ample, with plenty of room for adults and kids alike to get comfy in the back. The centre console, meanwhile, is dominated by the 8.0-inch touchscreen display, which offer smartphone integration and can be controlled via the steering wheel mounted buttons or with voice commands. Top spec models add TomTom navigation too.
The new 2019 Mitsubishi ASX brings a new powertrain to the mix too. The 2.0-litre petrol engine produces 150hp, making this model 30% stronger than its predecessor, and can be mated to five-speed manual or CVT automatic transmission depending on your preference. Choose the former for swifter acceleration, or the latter for smooth motorway cruising. The extra pull means a larger towing capacity too, with the total reaching 1,300kg.
Keeping you stable and in control over any terrain is the electronically controlled all-wheel drive system – available on range topping Dynamic models – which enables you to take on harsh conditions and rugged environments with confidence.
As a model that can happily accommodate families, the 2019 Mitsubishi ASX is equipped with all the latest features to keep everyone aboard safe and sound. Not only will you benefit from essentials such as stability control and Brake Assist, there’s plenty of technology to keep a look out around and behind you too.
Blind spot warning, for example, makes for safer lane changing, and Rear Cross Traffic Alert ensures reversing out of parking spaces is simpler. Plus, with a full complement of airbags fitted as standard, you can be sure of maximum protection should the worst occur.


Jolida FX10 Integrated Tube Amp
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Jolida's FX10 all-tube integrated amp is so sweet! Amazing performance and gorgeous looks shouldn't be this affordable! With two 12AX7 input tubes and four EL84 power tubes, this cool little amp totally rocks. This mighty-mite drove our $12,000 Focal Electra 1037s to very respectable levels and sounded grand. The best part is the size, this 7x8x7" amp fits just about anywhere!
"Characteristically, the soundstage was deep and wide. Although FX-10 only outputs ten watts, those watts are mighty mighty!"
– Garrett Hongo, The Absolute Sound
The FX10 is a full function integrated, just sized a little
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A brief history of Dordogne
The Dordogne has, in fact, a very long history according to archaeologists that dates back before the ice age.
Dordogne is known for prehistoric civilisations and contains 145 prehistoric caves that have paintings of wildlife all over the walls. You can also travel back through millennia to see the works of art that decorate cave walls in the Vezere Valley and uncover the four divisions of historic Périgord. The sites were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. The caves of the Vezere Valley prove that the French have inhabited this area for 10’s thousands of years. They provide an insight into the early civilisations of the Dordogne.
It is also known for being able to explore medieval castles and grand monuments. You can virtually recapture the events of the French Revolution, one of the main drawcards of the Dordogne experience.
The Middle Ages brought war on a grand scale, with the Hundred Years’ War being one of the most talked about. The Battle of Castillon sealed victory for the French over the English. The Wars of Religion were to follow next, and as in all wars, the region was devastated until the Edict of Nantes saw an end to the conflict. And stability followed.
The transition from Périgord to the Dordogne occurred following the French Revolution, with the region being one of 83 départements that were created.
In the 20th, tourism has taken over in the Dordogne to some degree. The rich history and the captivating landscapes including the rolling countryside and stunning châteaux are some of the main drawcards.
Fortunately, the Second World War didn’t dent the area’s splendour, despite its active role in the French resistance. The region lives on, largely intact and for you to discover as you walk from town to town, via historical sites, stunning castles and chateaux.

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I first came across the idea of using a silicone potholder also called a “trivet” as a chocolate chip mold in a Facebook group conversation a while back. And finally gave it a shot. It was too easy!! And I love making my own chocolates, because I can make them *dairy-free* *soy-lecithin free* *gluten-free* and *refined-sugar free*. And seriously, it’s so easy! And homemade chocolate chips taste even better then store bought, especially if you use pure cacao butter as the base! If you don’t have any cocoa butter on hand, you can easily use coconut oil instead, they will just melt in your mouth even easier. These do-it-yourself Chocolate chips taste fabulous over or in any dessert!
And even if you only make these chocolate chips once or twice, you can always use your chocolate chip mold as the potholder it was originally intended for. Talk about a useful kitchen gadget, part potholder part chocolate chip mold! Pictured below is the honeycomb trivet I used to make my chocolate chips, but you can use any style of silicone trivet you’d like. I know you can also find these silicone trivets in grocery stores, and a reader reported she has seen them at “99 cent stores”, but of course you can easily order them on amazon too.
Looking for more info on starting a dairy-free, vegan diet, check out this VeganLiftz website.
Make Your Own Chocolate Chips
- 3 Tablespoons cacao butter or use coconut oil
- 6 Tablespoons cacao powder or use cocoa powder
- 2 Tablespoons maple sugar crystals (or coconut sugar crystals, maple syrup, or a few drops stevia - see note below about honey*)
If using maple sugar you can grind it in a coffee grinder for a few seconds to make smoother chocolate chips. If you don't have a coffee/spice grinder, just skip this step.
Heat up 1 to 2 inches of water in a small sauce pan on the stove top, over medium/low heat.
Put the cacao butter (or coconut oil) into a mixing bowl and set the mixing bowl over the saucepan with water to create a "double boiler". You mixing bowl will need to be wider than the opening of your saucepan to rest on top. (Note: be very careful not to let any drops of water get into the chocolate sauce or it will cause it to seize up = not good.)
Remove bowl from heat when the cacao butter is fully melted. Stir in cacao powder and maple sugar into melted cacao butter. Stir well until you have a nice smooth chocolate sauce.
Lay the silicone trivet on top of a large plate, small cookie sheet, or cutting board. Spoon the melted chocolate over the trivet, filling all the holes in the trivet as you go.
Transfer the trivet (set on top of the cookie sheet or cutting board) into the freezer to chill for 30 minutes to an hour.
Once the chocolate has fully chilled and firmed up. Take the trivet out of the freezer, hold it over a bowl, and push all of the chocolate chips out. I find it helps to pull/stretch the trivet at each end to help loosen the chips. It should go pretty quick!
Be sure to store your homemade chocolate chips in a cool place (if you used coconut oil they will need to be stored in the fridge or freezer) If made with cacao butter and maple sugar crystals they will hold up better at room temp, though I still store the bulk of them in the fridge.
You can use the chocolate chips in chocolate chips cookies or sprinkle them over your favorite dessert like my favorite No-Churn Ice Cream Recipe that is ready in Five Minutes!! Click ice cream image for the recipe!
Note: these chocolate chips may get a little more "melty" in cookies than store bought chips, but once the cookies cool the chips firm back up.
Update 9/9/15 – Optional: 1 to 2 Tablespoons of arrowroot starch for a firmer chocolate (suggested to me by Donna at First Five Faves – I can’t personally eat starches, but it sounds like it works for a firmer baking chocolate – let me know if you try it! Donna uses 2 Tablespoons and the Unrefined Kitchen uses 1 Tablespoon of the starch in their baking chocolate)
*Feel free to adjust the sweetener to your own liking. I personally love the way maple sugar crystals works in this recipe! The dried pure maple sugar makes a firmer chocolate that stays firmer at room temp. But liquid maple syrup will work too! You can also use (ground) coconut sugar crystals to create a firmer chocolate. Or google how to properly “temper” chocolate, (which I don’t normally bother doing).
*Honey: I just find overall honey doesn’t integrate with chocolate as well as maple sugar or maple syrup, but if honey is all you have, you can try using it. You might find the chocolate chips to be just a bit softer and stick to the mold a little more, when using honey.
Use your homemade chocolate chips in my favorite low-carb chocolate chip cookie recipe!
These chocolate cookies are gluten-free, paleo, nut-free, & dairy-free too!
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Suzi Quatro - I Bit Off More Than I Could Theatre. Subiaco Aussie Tour.
Title on cover and labels is 'The Suzi Quatro Story Golden hits' ℗ B1, B2 ℗ B3 to B6 Comes with small folded poster of Suzi and a separate lyric insert entitled 'The Suzi Quatro Story Golden hits'/5(33).
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I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew: Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman: Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman: Your Mamma Won't Like Me () A-side of Red Hot Rosie: I Don't Do Gentle: Suzi Quatro, Andy Scott, Steve Grantt: Andy Scott, Steve Grant: Back to the Drive () I Don't Want You (with Reg Presley) S. Benham, J. Sammes: Steve.
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Marian Rivera shared in her Instagram the beautiful bouquet of flowers she received from the President of the Philippines. Marian thanked the President with the caption that says:
Marami pong Salamat Pangulong Aquino. SpreadGoodVibes Blessed
Believe it or not, this isn’t the first time PNoy sent Marian a buoquet for her birthday. The Primetime Queen receives one every year as a matter of fact. Aside from Marian, Bianca Gonzalez gets flowers from the President on her birthday as well. I think we can all agree that Marian and Bianca most definitely deserve their annual birthday flowers from the President. NAKS!


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Roofing is an essential element of any building’s structure, protecting it from various weather conditions and providing safety and comfort to its occupants. Whether it’s a residential house, commercial establishment, or industrial facility, the roof plays a crucial role in shielding the property and its inhabitants from rain, snow, wind, and excessive heat. While historically roofs served as mere coverings to keep out the elements, modern advancements in roofing materials and techniques have revolutionized this aspect of construction, turning it into a dynamic field that combines functionality with aesthetics.
As technology continues to evolve, so does the roofing industry, offering a wide range of options for property owners to choose from. From traditional materials like asphalt shingles and clay tiles to more durable options like metal and synthetic composites, there are various factors to consider when determining the right roofing solution for a particular project. Additionally, proper maintenance and regular inspections are crucial in ensuring the longevity of a roof. In this article, we will explore different aspects of roofing, including material choices, installation processes, maintenance tips, and industry trends to help readers gain a comprehensive understanding of this important architectural element.
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UPDATE: We are very happy to share that handsome boy Audi now Augie has found his loving forever home! Audi is now getting spoiled rotten by his new home and loving it! We cannot be happier for this well deserving fella! Enjoy your life Audi!
“Hi Melody! Thanks so much for finding us such a wonderful canine companion! I never thought I could love another dog like I loved our beautiful rescue dog “Flash” who we lost in July…..but I was wrong! We already love Augie! We love our doggy sooooo much. Thank-you! Thank-you!
I told Augie to close his eyes and make a wish and The Wishing Angel would appear! (He told me later, he wished for world peace…..but then changed it to a big juicy steak! Ha Ha! silly dog!)”
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Age: 5 years old
Breed: Golden Retriever
Dogs: Good with dogs
Cats: Good with cats
Kids: Good with kids
Crate trained: Yes
Leash: Good on leash
Brief Bio: Meet Audi! Audi was rescued as a stray scavenging for food scraps around a school field. When the rescuer found him she was saddened by what she saw. Audi was severely dehydrated and emaciated, he was nothing but skin and bones, his spine was protruding from his back and his ribs and hip bones visible through his skin. Poor Audi was very matted and dirty; his skin was so inflamed there was not an inch that was not scaly and oozing. He was extremely weak he could barely stand but his survival instinct was strong when he slowly climbed on to the front deck of the rescuer’s scooter for her to take him to the vet.
At the clinic Audi’s tail never stopped wagging as if he was thanking all the nice people who saved him. He was only 39 pounds when he was first weighed; it’s hard to imagine the severe food deprivation he had suffered before he was rescued. Audi had developed a benign fatty tumor on his left side flank behind the ribcage. He had to undergo surgery to have the tumor removed but recovered from the procedure quickly. Audi has since recovered fully and his skin infections have completely cleared. He has gained weight and is now a happy healthy boy! Audi is very friendly, sweet natured, and great with dogs and even cats. Audi loves to play ball and he enjoys his walks.
We are looking for a home that will give Audi all the love and attention he deserves, Audi is patiently waiting!
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Before: Audi when he was first rescued and during recovery.


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He's got the balls and the basic skillset to be fast, but he destroys vehicles.
Sure having VW to put a fresh vehicle under you every day is a big asset at DAKAR...
But my thought's were more along the lines of R&D and/or bringing a last minute project to the startline.
The article says it's (still?) being built in California... prior race development, testing...? The SoCal. boys build some mean offroad/Baja racers... but DAKAR she's a whole other game.
Will make for an(other) interesting aspect to the Auto division for 2013 in any case...


Ghanaian actress and Tv Personality Nana Ama Mcbrown speaks her mind freely on what she thinks of Mzbel for once dating her husband, Maxwell.
The actress was speaking in a recent radio interview on the Afro Joint show aired on Accra-based Kingdom Plus FM hosted by Fiifi Pratt.
She was asked how difficult it was for her to host Mzbel on her United Showbiz show on UTV knowing very well that she [Mzbel] has once dated her husband.
Mcbrown responded by saying she is cool with Mzbel, she has a good relationship with her even though they are not friends as they use to be before and that is not due to the fact that she has had a relationship with Maxwell some years back.
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Mcbrown added that she has no personal issue with the “16 years old” hit singer, she can choose not to allow her show on the United Showbiz show if she loves but there was nothing personal and it was all about business.
Speaking furthur, Ama said she knew the singer from way back even before getting married to Max, she cannot hate her because she has dated his husband before because we are all humans and we all have ex’s.
Nana Ama Mcbrown took us back to time, confirmed that she has once also dated rapper, Okyeami Kwame before, but now he’s married to another woman
and the fact that he is married to another woman doesn’t mean she [Mcbrown] should have a problem with the woman or both of them. It is life and we all have to move on regardless of what happens.
“I have never asked my husband about his relationship with Mzbel, and i will not ask”, added that she care less if ger Husband has problem with the singer cis that is between them and has nothing to do with her [Mcbrown].
And that is how she responded to reactions/rumours from people saying she has a problem with Mzbel to clear the air.
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Bradford brothers to pay NCA £4.3 million
Two brothers from the Bradford area have agreed to pay the National Crime Agency approximately £4.3 million following a civil recovery investigation into their multi-million pound property portfolio.
The Agency alleges that it was funded by the proceeds of their unlawful conduct including money laundering and fraud.
Parvez Akhtar (55), known locally as 'Boney', and his brother Zaheer Akhtar Nazir (50) have been property developers in the area for over 30 years.
In its case at the high court the NCA alleged the brothers used their property portfolio to launder hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of criminal monies on behalf of other prolific criminals.
The Agency further alleged that Akhtar has been involved in a range of serious criminality since the 1990s including international VAT fraud, money laundering and fraud. The evidence uncovered by the investigation showed he had links to a number of serious organised criminals both in the UK and overseas.
Akhtar is well known in the Bradford area and has previously appeared in YouTube videos showing off his high value cars and sporting memorabilia.
Andy Lewis, Head of Civil Recovery at the NCA said: “Taking the proceeds of crime off individuals such as these brothers is particularly significant for the Bradford community. Through this work we have sent a clear message that no one is above the law, while simultaneously taking away the ability of the pair to benefit from what we assessed as the proceeds of crime.
"This action demonstrates to the criminal fraternity that we will use every available tool to disrupt and help prevent money laundering by criminals and their associates.”
The settlement will include a three storey town house in Paddington, West London worth approximately £1.75 million and 2 properties in Yorkshire worth approximately £300,000.
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Anita Pointer, a co-founder of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters, has passed away.
The 74-year-old singer-songwriter, who has been fighting cancer, died at her Beverley Hills home in Los Angeles, surrounded by her family, on Saturday.
“While we are deeply saddened by the loss of Anita, we are comforted in knowing she is now with her daughter, Jada and her sisters June & Bonnie and at peace. Heaven is a more loving beautiful place with Anita there. She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long. Her love of our family will live on in each of us,” reads a statement from her family.”
The statement asked that the family’s privacy be respected “during this period of grief and loss.”
In 1969 Anita and her sisters Bonnie, June and Ruth formed the Pointer Sisters.
The all-lady quartet rose to fame with hit songs such as “Jump (For My Love)” and “Fire” and their self-titled album released in 1973. The album’s pop and R&B breakout hit “Yes We Can Can” was certified gold.
The Pointer Sisters’ hit song “Fairytale” won a Grammy award two years later.
It was Anita who raised her granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer after her only daughter Jada died of cancer in 2003.
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If you enable the portal mode, there is an option to let the users see their submitted data when they log into their portal.
Here, we will explain the step-by-step guide;
1. Create your app to manage your portal access and users
To use this feature, first, you need to create an app. Go to the dashboard and click on "New Formaloo". Then choose "Blank App".
Now, add your pages and menus from the left side.
2. Enable portal mode
To incorporate login and sign-up features, activate "Portal Mode" within your app.
Enabling portal mode allows you to establish a user table, a crucial step for subsequent association with your forms.
Effortlessly link user input to your app's database by assigning this user table to your forms later on.
2.1. Create a user data table
When you enable the user portal mode, the "User Portal" button will appear on the top of the page.
Click on the "New Table" and you can see two options to add a user table:
Create a new table: Click on +New row and insert the users' data manually
Also, you can upload/import your users' data; Click on +Import data and upload the users' data.
There is also a template to create the file. Download it, and fill out the downloaded file with your data. Then upload it to your portal.
Connect to your Bases: If you currently have your users' data available, select it from the search bar and connect it to your portal.
3. Create the form that you want to share with the users
You can send the direct URL or embed it into your website.
Adding the "User field" in this form, allows you to assign the submitted data to their submitters to be shown on their portal;
Open your dashboard and create a new form.
Add any field you want and customize them.
Add a user field to your form.
Assign the users’ data to the user table on your portal from the right-side menu.
4. Add the result page to your portal to see the submitted data
Go back to your "Pages" and add a "Result Page" to your app. This is where users will see their submitted data.
You can use different views for the results (table view, kanban view, gallery view, and charts)
5. Add the user field to the result page's filters to assign each user to their submitted data
For the result table, add the user field to your filters.
This way, each user can see only their own submitted data after login to your portal.
6. Manage access for the logged-in users
You can manage access for the users for each page in your portal.
If you want to allow new users to sign up to your portal, you can enable "Allow new users to sign up" from the user portal settings.
Now, If you submit the form and go to the result page, you can see the submitted data right away.
Open the public URL, login/sign up to the portal, and fill out the form. Your submitted data is available on your result page after submission.


text: Picasso – Weeping Woman (1937) Background to the Weeping Woman Shapes Like a jigsaw, the face is in small pieces, but the shapes are a bit less regular than in a jigsaw. It looks as if the pieces were carelessly made and some of them might not even be in the right places. Jagged, sharp shapes are a reflection of the pain the woman is going through. Everything is troubling her and it's easy to tell that this woman is suffering. She's broken. Her face is disfigured from crying. She isn't actually physically broken, but she feels broken inside. She is horribly unhappy and what you see in the painting is what she feels: everything has gone wrong, nothing helps, and not even her handkerchief can wipe away her tears. Colour This painting of a weeping woman, is quite different from his other work on the same theme done during this period. In particular, the colours are unusually bright and bold for Picasso-especially in a picture devoted to grief and unhappiness. People are more likely to think of colours that are dull for subjects like this one and that is true of Picasso's other paintings and drawings of weeping women. But not this one. The result is a kind of contradiction that adds shock to the painting. The brilliant colors make us think that the woman was happy and confident until the moment she received some tragic news. It was this moment that Picasso captured with paint. Equally unusual for Picasso, the woman is wearing a fashionably designed hat and carefully brushed hair as though she had just been to the city either shopping or visiting friends. Picasso rarely dressed his models in normal, everyday clothing. Line Bold painted lines mark all areas of the painting, from the parallel curves of the woman's hair to the hat with its flower decoration. But the most noticeable outlines are seen in the face. It is filled with sharp zigzag lines, like shock waves that explode in all directions. The white handkerchief pressed against the face with fumbling fingers has the effect of taking all the color out of her cheeks and yet it doesn't hide anything of the distraught face underneath and the mouth twisted by crying. Even the tears are outlined in black, so they become part of the design. What is perhaps surprising are the blunt shapes of the fingers, which look as though they belong to a man rather than a woman. Picasso's painting of the eyes and nose are also very abstract, especially the thick eyelashes curving all the way around the eyes. The eyes, themselves, seem distorted, as though overflowing with tears. Emotions This very abstract portrait is of a distraught, sobbing woman. She is holding a handkerchief to her tearful eyes, while at the same time gripping part of the handkerchief in her teeth. The woman is fashionably dressed in the style of the 1930s. The abstract divisions of the face made it possible for Pablo Picasso to greatly enhance the sense of the woman's misery in a way that would have been impossible in a realistic portrait. The painting reproduced here is unusual because, for most of his life, Picasso did not show emotions on the faces of people in his pictures. One of the reasons for this change is that Picasso, at the time, was surrounded with sad people and tragic events. Modern art was more abstract than anything that had happened before in Western art, which means that their art did not look realistic. Picasso, together with French artists Georges Braque and Henri Matisse became some of the most important Modern artists and their work influenced artists in all parts of the world.


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Baking and beyond!
Well, the first thing that I want to say is that I am a bit excited about this blog. That may sound a bit indulgent as it is mostly about myself and what I get up to, but it is excitement more about the fact that I can share and document all the creative ideas I have, and the results of my work. The bonus is that some of you might get inspired (you never know) and try out one of my recipes or attempt a homemade project that I have shared and it might just make your day that you did.
You may know that I have three young children so involvement of little ones tends to happen quite a lot with the things I do. I’m hoping this will mostly be a good thing, as being creative with my kids doubles the fun in my eyes. There are however, times when I really enjoy doing stuff on my own. Baking can be one of these things, especially when I am trying out something new or a bit challenging. I see it as ‘me’ time! I have recently started to try my hand at pastry, macaroons, and bread to name a few. Every night this week my husband has come home to find me baking something new. Lucky him I say! Using my creative streak (which is always longing to be used) keeps me happy and if I can teach myself some new skills along the way, all the better! Plus he gets to taste all of my creations! I’ve got a few ideas for a homemade Christmas as well. Will add these to my blog in the next few weeks.
I’m planning to blog about once a week, and I would love to hear what you think or want more or less of. So get stuck in and enjoy.


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We were so thrilled this week to learn that Jenny Cooper had won yet another award for her thoughtful and beautiful art.
Best Picture Book in The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults was awarded to Jim’s Letters, by Glyn Harper, illustrated by Jenny Cooper. Based on the relationship between two brothers and their correspondence during World War 1, this book is a heart-wrenching story, testament to the pre-internet written word as a means of recording and retelling history. The judges say Jim’s Letters has exceptional balance, pacing and design.
Who knows what the future holds for the illustrations she did for our books, but we cant wait to find out!


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Extremely large apple, as its name suggests. Yellow-greenish apple with numerous red and orange stripes. Pleasant and juicy. Excellent pie and cooking apple. Makes an excellent dried apple. Ready to harvest in mid-Fall.
Most likely originated in Cayuga Co., NY in the 1800’s. Bears almost annually.
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