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A few random thoughts of the week:
- The Hunger Games movie comes out this week. Who’s attending a midnight showing? I’m anxious to see it, but I think I can wait until the frenzy settles a bit. I’m betting it will actually be tamer than the books – I wonder if people realize how gory the books actually are. Don’t get me wrong — I love the books, but promotions I’ve seen have it geared towards families which I find a bit strange. The premise, after all, is a televised fight-to-the-death.
- After 244 years, the Encyclopedia Britannica is ceasing its print edition. Like seemingly everything else, they’re going digital. To me, this is depressing news. Sure, the internet has made it easier and faster to find most information, but there is just something comforting and appealing about a set of encyclopedias, and all that knowledge at your fingertips. (I’ll expound further on the “demise of the book” in a future post…….)
- Yesterday I attended part of the “Midwestern Literary Project” on campus. It was an author/editor panel discussion to showcase contemporary Midwestern writing, editing, and publishing. Participants in the author/editor panel discussion included: Timothy Fay, editor, publisher, and printer of the Iowa-based literary journal, The Wapsipinicon Almanac, with Dr. Doug McReynolds, UIU Bissell professor of English, who authored a suite of personal essays on the seasons that was published in the Wapsipinicon Almanac); Jim O’Loughlin, editor and publisher of Final Thursday Press (FTP); and Kimberly Groninga, author of a volume of poetry, Other Things that Grow, published by FTP. (from http://www.uiu.edu/ocm/news/2012/mar/literary-project.html)
The entire talk was interesting, but especially impressive is the fact that Fay HAND-PRODUCES the Wapsipinicon Almanac using labor-intensive linotype setting, a craft using letter press equipment mostly considered obsolete in today’s publishing realm. For more information on linotype and the Almanac, check out these pages: http://wapsialmanac.com/history and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine
Although it’s too late to attend this fascinating discussion, I encourage those on campus to take part in future talks/panels such as these. How lucky we are to have opportunities such as these for gaining new knowledge!
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We all want to be liked and accepted in society by everyone. If you want people to like you then you need to be nice, considerate, and a decent human being. Not only this, but there are also other things that most people like and can have a huge impact on how they look at you.
Here in this section, we have mentioned a few things people like and you can use every day. Some of them might even be silly but will help you become a little popular.
Top Eight Things Most People Like
Here in this section, we have mentioned eight things people like about someone. It will help you to
1. Use a person’s name
The truth is we all love being called by our names. So it becomes really important to learn names and use them. While you are having an individual conversation, make sure you address the person by their name.
2. Keep smiling always
Although we interact with everyone in the digital space and technology has taken over human interactions. Since we keep all the interactions online, we make many conscious and subconscious choices depending on how they engage and respond to us.
Another thing that people like is when someone smiles with authenticity and happiness. It is said that the positivity or negativity in your mood spreads between individuals.
3. Listen (Not Just With Your Ears)- One of the Things People Like
Another thing people like is when you listen to them. This also includes not looking at your phone when you are with people, however, this is not it. You can show you are listening to somebody even through non-verbal communication (situating your body to confront somebody and reflecting their position), eye to eye connection (giving a lot of it), and verbal confirmation(we’ll speak more about this next).
4. Things People Like is When You Utilize Verbal Confirmation
Active listening shows your listening abilities by repeating segments of what an individual is saying. Here is an example of the conversation-
Ron- I went to this amazing beer tasting exhibit this weekend and I had a chance to try a lot of local beers from everywhere in the state.
You- You got to try a lot of beer, huh?
Ron- Yes and it was fun. My most loved one was the Pretty Things, Magnifico.
You- So Magnifico was your top pick?
Ron- Yeah, it tasted extraordinary.
Although the structure of the conversation is very weird, this sort of exchange can really go far to make individuals like you more. It causes the other individual to feel like you truly are focusing. Besides, individuals love to hear their own words repeated back at them as it taps their ego a bit.
5. Recall the conversation- Prove You’re Paying Attention.
One of the things most people like is when you show individuals that you’re listening to them. Not concentrating during a speech doesn’t bring about quick companions.
To truly show somebody you’ve been focusing, try bringing a subject that the individual spoke about before. Did your friend mention her plans to paint her kitchen at the end of the week? Ask how if she loves the newly painted walls on Monday. These conversations need to be very important, large, or groundbreaking questions. Indeed, in some cases, it says more than you can review and show interest in even the little happenings in someone else’s life.
6. Sincerely Compliment and Praise
Things most people like are legitimate appreciation. This is totally different from empty flattery, which most of us can identify easily. Nobody loves a brown-nose, and a great many people don’t especially adore being pandered to. What individuals truly need is genuine appreciation — to be perceived for their efforts.
As well as giving individuals genuine appreciation, it’s important to be liberal with your compliments. Individuals love being praised, and why not? It feels extraordinary to be told you’ve done your task well. At the point when an individual accomplishes something right, say as much. It will not be neglected.
7. Be a Real Person, Not a Robot.
One of the things people like is authenticity. While exemplary business tenet pushes the significance of an alpha male position (shoulder back, jawline up, solid handshake), it’s not difficult to go over the edge and put on a show of being fake.
However, try to be confident and respect others. Some participation specialists recommend stepping toward an individual and bending forward when you’re introduced, in a way to bow. These gestures can go far toward making individuals respect you and definitely is one of the things most people like.
8. Become an Expert in Storytelling
Things people like is a decent story, and incredible stories require complex storytellers. Storytelling is a fine art that requires comprehension of language and pacing. Master the art of narrating and people will like you the most.
Deep down we all want to be liked by everyone so we do things most people like. Here we mentioned eight things that people like. You can try these and trust me, people will start liking you so much.

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While it's never really been a trend, exactly, occasionally someone would issue a record with the hoped-for vocal hit on the A side, and rather than cut another song, toss the instrumental track by itself on the B side. No problem unless, by some fluke, it's the B side that gets all the attention. The archetype for this situation is "Love Is All Right", a 1968 single by Cliff Nobles, backed with its instrumental track, billed to "Cliff Nobles & Co." and titled "The Horse"; while Cliff's vocals went unheard, the instrumental galloped to #2 on the charts. Which leads to the question: Would anyone do this deliberately? The answer, I suspect, is a definite maybe, and "Paul's Midnight Ride" is Exhibit, um, B. On the other side of this perky, "Horse"-like instrumental is a decent-but-not-great soul-sister song called "Baby Be Mine", written by Eddie Edgehill and Albert Byrd, and credited to "The Sweet Delights". R&B expert Marv Goldberg, who interviewed Edgehill in the November 2002 issue of Discoveries, confirms that this is the same Eddie Edgehill who was in the Valentines back in the 50s, and identifies the Delights as Gerylane Edgehill (Eddie's wife), Betty Allen, Valerie Brown, Grace Montgomery Allison, and cowriter Albert Byrd. The Delights went nowhere, and someone (a disc jockey? the Atlantic A&R department? producer Frank Virtue?) at some point decided to turn the record over, and "Paul's Midnight Ride" got some airplay in the Carolinas but never made much of a run up the charts, though I'm willing to bet some beach-music fans have a few copies of this 45 stashed away for archival purposes. After this single, Byrd dropped out; the remaining Delights, though they issued no more sides, persisted until 1974.
Where can I get this on CD?
I've never even seen this on an LP. Lotsa luck.
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The RMWB is hosting an information session September 7th for residents interested in hearing about the project and what it entails.
The project is designed to alleviate the risks of flooding due to surcharges in the existing line.
Construction for Phase 1 is currently underway and is scheduled to be completed by October 2016.
Phase 2 is scheduled to begin September 1 to be completed by June 2017 and will cause some traffic delays and detours.
The info session runs from five to 7:30 at the Syncrude Athletic Park Clubhouse.

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With their only hope for a quick resolution to the budget crisis gone, many lawmakers shuddered Wednesday at the inevitable and unavoidable question posed by the press and public: What's next? "We all resign and go home," one Democrat said facetiously and without hestitation. Then he thought a little longer and amended his answer: "Weicker resigns."
"I don't know," said another Democrat. "I really don't."
Despite those answers, the situation at the Capitol is only bleak, not hopeless. After all, lawmakers said, the state eventually will have a budget -- if only because it has to.
"There is tremendous pressure that the state is a) about to run out of money, and b) about to shut down," said Senate President Pro Tem John B. Larson, D-East Hartford. "That is weighing heavily on the legislature. So meetings are going to intensify over the next several days."
The easy way out -- overriding Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr.'s veto of the second no-income-tax budget sent him by the General Assembly -- failed Tuesday night in the House of Representatives by 14 votes.
Wednesday, lawmakers looked for alternatives. To their amazement, it turned out there are some, ranging from a new income-tax plan to proposals for deep spending cuts.
But conservatives and liberals both said that before any plan is seriously considered, two of the most prominent antagonists of the budget fight, Weicker and Larson, need to re-establish communications.
To that end, Larson and Weicker sat and talked Wednesday at the home of House Speaker Richard J. Balducci, D-Newington, a fraternity brother of Larson's and a tax-reform ally of Weicker's.
The Senate leader said it was the first time since July 8 that he had spoken with the governor.
No one was willing to say Weicker had softened his demand for an income tax or that Larson has dropped his opposition to one, but Larson and Balducci said the meeting was helpful.
Also Wednesday, Republicans opposed to an income tax said
Weicker needs to stop portraying them as politicians too concerned about their re-election chances to restructure the state's tax system.
"We have fundamental beliefs that are in conflict," said Rep. Kevin Rennie, R-South Windsor. "This constant belittling of our motives is not conducive to a solution."
Weicker seemed to take the hints, saying nothing Wednesday that could be construed as critical of the General Assembly.
Now that the combatants are observing social niceties, here are some of the scenarios they are likely to consider for breaking the budget impasse: The Smoko-Thompson Plan.
With the demise of the no-income-tax budget, a plan that got a brief look earlier this week had new life.
Authored by Democratic Reps. Ronald L. Smoko of Hamden and John W. Thompson of Manchester, the plan's linchpin is a piggyback tax that would assess taxpayers 20 percent of their federal tax liability. The proposal also would lower the sales tax to 6 percent and halve the interest and dividends tax.
Many lawmakers were intrigued by two aspects of the plan: Unlike other proposals, it would not extend the sales tax to many goods and services that are now exempt; and the piggyback would take into account the same exemptions and deductions as the federal tax system, thus providing some cushioning for middle-income taxpayers with many expenses.
Another alluring feature is that the state tax could be collected relatively easily, without having to set up an elaborate bureaucracy. Also, taxpayers could calculate liability simply by looking at their paycheck stubs and dividing their federal taxes by five.
Democrats start acting like the majority party.
A bipartisan coalition sent Weicker the two no-income-tax budgets that he promptly vetoed, but the alliance was badly frayed after the refusal by House Democrats to override the veto of the second plan.
Democrats, who hold a majority in both chambers, now may approach the budget the old-fashioned way: getting agreement within their own ranks and then going after a few Republican votes if necessary.
That assumes House and Senate Democratic leaders can set aside their personal and ideological differences over the income tax.
Many lawmakers viewed the Senate's party-line vote Tuesday on a third temporary budget as a return to normalcy. All 20 Democrats supported the resolution, which, if approved by the House, will keep government running for another two weeks. All 16 Republicans voted no.
An attempt by House Minority Leader Edward C. Krawiecki Jr., R-Bristol, to persuade House Democrats to delay Tuesday's budget-override vote seemed to backfire.
Not only did they reject Krawiecki's appeal, but 55 of 88 House Democrats voted to sustain Weicker's veto, delivering a stinging rebuff to the bipartisan coalition.
Some lawmakers believe a new alliance will emerge from the broken coalition.
The new group would include most Democrats -- excluding the hard-line fiscal conservatives -- and perhaps a dozen or more liberal-to-moderate Republicans who might be persuaded to buy into a modified income-tax plan, linked to cuts in the dividends and
Deeper spending cuts.
Any tax package -- whether an income tax or another no-income-tax plan -- is likely to contain further spending cuts to win the necessary support.
Few details were available about where the cuts would be made, but a few small working groups were said to be re-examining expenditures with an eye toward trimming a couple of hundred million dollars from the $7.7 billion plan.
For an income tax to pass, other components probably would have to be included in the overall package -- among them, a constitutional spending cap and a provision to phase out the tax in a few years.
The People's Budget It is unlikely that the so-called people's budget will get more than a cursory glance, but Senate Republicans nevertheless have been promoting it vigorously.
It calls for an additional $1 billion in spending reductions, leaving specific cuts to agency heads.
"We'll probably flesh out the people's budget a little more," said Rep. Richard Foley of Oxford, the Republican state chairman, shortly after the override attempt failed Tuesday night.
Democrats say cuts of that magnitude would require the partial dismantling of state government and would result in everything being put on the table -- including programs previously considered sacrosanct.
"I don't think there's the political will to turn people out of nursing homes and cut municipal aid," said House Deputy Majority Leader Naomi K. Cohen, D-Bloomfield.
The Name Game.
An income tax by any other name is not an income tax. How about deficit-reduction plan? Or one-time surcharge? Several legislators suggested they might be able to break the impasse by adopting a low-rate income tax and earmarking it for the elimination of the budget deficit.
While that would remedy the immediate problem of the deficit, it would not provide a long-term solution to the state's need for a stable source of revenue. And lawmakers probably would be loath to re-address the issue of taxes in 1992, an election year.


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MANILA -- Star Magic's Inside News on Tuesday released an exclusive video of how Brent Manalo asked actress Vivoree Esclito to be his date for the upcoming Star Magical Prom.
Manalo popped the question to Esclito after the actress promoted and performed her single "Matapang" at a mall show.
"Vi, pakiramdam ko oras na para maging matapang din ako. Can you be my date for the Star Magical Prom," Manalo asked Esclito in front of the mall crowd.
Esclito simply answered "yes" to Manalo's question.
Manalo was featured in the music video for Esclito's single "Matapang."
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Château de Montbéliard
Location: Montbéliard, in the Doubs departement of France (Franche-Comté Region).
Built: 13th century.
Condition: In good condition.
Ownership / Access: Owned by the Town.
ISMH Reference Number: PA00101673
Notes: Château de Montbéliard or Württemberg dukes castle is a strong French castle of the thirteenth century the Montbéliard county and Renaissance Montbéliard principality situated on a rocky ridge overlooking the town of Montbeliard in the Doubs Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is classified as historical monuments since July 1996 and is home to date including the Museum of the Castle of the Dukes of Württemberg and the Museum of Archaeology and Natural History of Montbéliard.It is believed that the origins of the fortress dates back to Roman times. It was probably a tower of wooden watchtower, an observation outpost around the town of Mandeure (Epomanduodurum) to ensure its defense. The current castle dates from the thirteenth century and belongs to the family of Montfaucon, vassal of the county of Burgundy. In 1407 Henriette de Montfaucon (Henriette d'Orbe) married the German Count Eberhard IV of Wurtemberg, son of Count Eberhard III of Württemberg, and passed Montbéliard in the area of this family under suzerainty of the Holy Roman Empire for four centuries.In 1793, the castle was attached to the French Republic as a garrison, a role he filled until 1933. It becomes a workhouse in 1811 by applying the imperial decree of November 29, 1810 until December, 1813, date of the arrival of the Confederates in the Montbéliard. It will then military hospital as already in 1794 for the Rhine Army in 1799 or for the army of General Massena after his victory in Zurich. In 1816, with the incorporation of the Montbéliard in the Doubs department, a jail is installed in the castle vaults. She stayed there until 1836. However, this is not the first time that the Château de Montbéliard has housed a prison. There existed between the seventeenth and the eighteenth century, a state prison whose arched door was surmounted by a bear: the Berloc (Boehrenloch) or "Trou aux Ours". Legend has it that Prince Frederic who had reported a black bear during a hunting party and is installed in a specially equipped tank. Today, the castle houses a museum tracing the history of the country and the Museum of Archaeology and Natural History of Montbéliard since 1937.
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Bayern Munich are currently in high flying form as they look set to defend the title and here comes a struggling Furth side, new to the league and not yet composed at all. Bayern have won all their last 7 fixtures in all competitions with O2.5. Bayern currently leads the league as Greuther Furth sit 20th with just a point.
The game of the weekend as 2 sides that strongly contend to win the league this season meet in an early kick off at Stamford bridge. Chelsea have won 4/5 of last H2H meetings with city and the guests will strongly want to retaliate. I do see a minimum od 1 goal from each of the 2 sides today. Bajja kweteeba, zijja kunywa
Another early kick off will be at Old Trafford as the Red Devils take on Aston Villa. A win for the home side will send them top of the table provided Chelsea doesn’t defeat Man city prior to Liverpool playing later on. Man United won both last season’s meetings with O2.5
New league boys Brentford shocked a big side Arsenal with a 2:0 defeat at Brentford Community stadium and here comes another big side however Liverpool looks a bit more organized than Arsenal. Liverpool currently looks unstoppable and I don’t see Brentford stopping them. Both sides have never met before
3rd last Monchengladbach host 3rd placed Dortmund in a big action when you just relate to names of the 2 teams. The home side currently lacks form with a very poor defense to defend a high-flying Dortmund attacking line that has scored 17 goals in the 1st 5 games. O2.5 is sure deal in this fixture as 4/5 last H2H saw O2.5 and all Dortmund’s 1st 5 fixtures ended with O2.5
Both sides are high scoring sides but surprisingly, most of the times they have recently met ended in 2.5 Under 7/8 of the last H2H meetings ended with Under 2.5 goals. Inter currently lead the table with 13 points as Atalanta sit 4th on the log
With a game in hand, Real Madrid are second on the table with just 1 point separating them from Atletico. Real are having a good run ever since the season kicked off and they are hosting Villarreal that have not won any game from last 13 fixtures and have lost all the last 3 visits at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
It’s a London derby as 13th placed Arsenal host 7th placed Spurs in an expected to be a one entertaining fixture. A win for the gunners will push them to 9 points which Spurs currently have. Both sides have shaky defenses and good forward lines since the season started, so basing on this, I do see a minimum of 3 goals in this derby.
It’s the Roma derby as 2 sides playing very interesting football since the season started meet today. Roma registered their 1st loss of the season last weekend and will look set to bounce back with a win as well as Lazio trying to make a statement by trying to win so as to enter the top 4. Roma have managed to score in all their last 5 outings and Lazio have done 3/5. I do see each of the teams at least scoring a goal today.
Not starting the season at 100% after losing their star man (Messi), Barcelona are still forcing it through to enter the top 2 on the log as match day 6 comes in. Barcelona have won 3/5 last H2H meetings and being at camp Nou today, I do see players like Deepay and Coutinho showing up to the occasion to secure a win for Barca.


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It's kind of hard for me to discern anything being unfamiliar with this band and with it being a lower quality record. Besides maybe the members being out of sync and Matt sounding pretty bad in the first couple minutes is there anything particularly bad about this?
he tries to play blue in the face and doesn't know how to play it. at one point in time he says, "you got your moneys worth, didn't you?", just a lot of bad mistakes. he has a song called olivia. the first line of the song is olivia, yet he couldn't even start it well.


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Mini Corn Dogs
Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
This is a really fun recipe for me, since I think I have loved corn dogs all my life. And for a game day appetizer, I thought it might be nice to take the little weenies and put them on small sticks so everyone might enjoy without filling up on just one thing.
They are quick to make and I just took the thin kebab skewers and cut those in half so they were shorter. If you want you can team this up with specialty barbecue sauces and other dips, but both my husband and I are purists about it, liking mustard with the occasional dab of ketchup.
If you like to be old-style, you could also team this up with a platter of frozen baked crinkle cut French fries topped with chili and cheese and a pitcher of ice-cold root beer on the side, with mugs at the ready for those who don’t partake in beer.
To me it’s a wholesome kind of thing, with old-fashioned foods for watching football and baseball, the way it always used to be, without all the political distractions of player misbehaving or the like.
These corn dogs can also be made ahead, then frozen in a single layer, packed in freezer bags. Then when you want them, place them on a cookie sheet in a 375ºF. oven and bake them until they are hot and crisp, the same way you might if you bought frozen corn dogs at the market.
Good luck to your team, whichever sport or affiliation.
We root for the Green Bay Packers and they have a Monday night game this week, with the Kansas City Chiefs arriving at Green Bay to battle it out at Lambeau Field. GO PACK GO! 🙂
Not sure what I am making yet (my corn dogs are long since eaten now), but you can be sure I will share it later if it turns out as I hope. Maybe chili? What do y’all think?
Mini Corn Dogs
- 14 ounce package cocktail wieners or Lit’l weiners
- 38-40 small wooden skewers
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/4 cups whole buttermilk (lowfat is slightly runnier)
- Cooking oil
- Whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Separately whisk together the egg with the buttermilk, then stir it into the flour to be a smooth batter.
Whole buttermilk is a little thicker- if you use lowfat you may need just a little more buttermilk, but not much.
- Heat oil about an inch deep in a large skillet.
- Place skewers into mini weiners, then dip in batter allowing excess to fall off. It should not be so thick that it doesn’t coat easily, and not so runny that it all comes off. I do the first half in the mixing bowl, and pour the remaining batter into a coffee cup or measuring cup to make the last dipping easier.
- Fry corndogs in hot oil, turning once and drain on paper toweling. If they brown too fast turn the heat down.
- Serve with mustard and ketchup if desired.
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Publisher : BRADT Travel Guides
Publication date : 2021
EAN/ISBN : 9781784775780
Format : paperback
Size : 14 x 1.5 x 21.9 cm
Number of pages : 224
This new sixth edition of Bradt's Seychelles has been fully updated and remains the only travel guide giving comprehensive information on the biodiversity of the islands and updates on the conservation efforts in an easy to read format (over 40% of the Seychelles land is under environmental protection). New for this edition are expanded details of the many accommodation options, from Félicité Island's luxurious resort and the many hotels recently refurbished to higher standards to the growing number of B&Bs and small guest houses that offer a more authentic Seychellois experience. New destination-specific places covered include the Outer Islands of Alphonse, Astove and Cosmoledo, and new practical information includes all the latest updates on getting around plus the significant increase in Marine Protected Areas.
With plants and animals historically linked to Africa, Madagascar and Asia, and marine life native to the tropical Indo-Pacific region, the Seychelles is a haven for those interested in natural history. The authors provide fascinating coverage of the islands' fauna and flora, from mangroves and turtles to birds and nature reserves. Updated throughout, they reveal the islands many secrets from coco de mer palm forests and bird sanctuaries to local markets and Creole cuisine. This new edition not only provides up-to-date details of where to stay, eat and relax, but also where the to find the world's tiniest tree frog and how to visit Bird Islands to see the world's heaviest Giant Tortoise.
Beaches, snorkelling and diving among the coral reefs, wildlife, sailing, festivals, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vallee de Mai and hiking in the mountains. all are covered in Bradt's Seychelles, making it an ideal companion for a dream holiday.
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A friend had referred us to Lombardi's. I was really expecting it to be a basic pizza joint but NO, wow did I underestimate this place. Pizza is the BOMB; fresh, tastes and just plan perfect. I am so happy I gave it a try!
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Every trip to OC brings me to Lombardi's. Love the Pizza here. Went with the White pizza and The Woiks pizza. They were delicious. The fresh ingredients make a difference. Even the sweet tea was amazing. Five of us went for lunch. Seated immediately and...More
We decided on Lombardi's as our last stop on vacation with the kids. Two adults and three kids- ordered 16" pepperoni and 12" summer (margarita style), a couple of meatballs to try and pasta (no sauce) for my 5 year old. Everything was a home...More
We were in the Ocean City area two different weeks this summer, and ate at Lombard's Trattoria both times. The Pizza is really good! We loved their special Summer pizza which we added sauce to, because it normally is a white pizza. It has tomatoes,...More
This place is always hopping during the summer season. If you're not in the mood to fight for parking or wait for a table, just call ahead and do carry out, you can even buy alcohol from the register there. The pizza is good, not...More
We have been going to Lombardi's for years. It has always been a favorite. Especially the "Summer Pizza". This time is was dissaponting and boring. The antipasta was skimpy on toppings and overwhelmingly lettuce. The pizza was average at best (canned mushrooms? no thank you)...More
We walked here from the beach to pick up a pizza for lunch. Step inside this place and you smell the aroma of the good ole Italian restaurant from when you were a kid. The red sauce on this pie was amazing!
This is one of our go to places every time we head to OC. Their spaghetti and meatballs are delicious. Definitely get the mozzarella sticks as an appetizer (garlic bread too!). We also enjoy their pizza (reminds me of NY). Even though the refills aren't...More


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Some Jasper conditions.
Miette Hot Spring road- opens May 15
Celestine road- Closed to at least July 31st due to reclamation work
Overlander trail- clear and dry except one small area of snow
Jacques Lake-clear to Summit Lakes then mud @ snow.Good in 2 weeks
Maligne Canyon-Clear and dry
Highway 93A- open
Moab Lake road- Closed due to washout, but hard and dry and can be biked. Trail good all the way from Moab to Middle Forks. Sporadic snow to Scott glacier
Edith Cavell road-closed til June 15- but road clear and dry for biking to hostel, but lot's of snow off road
Geraldine Lake road- closed until June 1st, but mostly dry to Fryatt turnoff. Lower Fryatt trail clear and dry to camp. Two mile hill has snow, but I postholed to the top and then went on to Brussels camp.
Fortress Lake trail- Snow for the first 3 kms and then good to the crossing.
Valley of the Five is all good
Berg Lake- Good to White falls, then lots of snow
Glacier Lake-I will be day hiking there on either the 13th or 18th of May
These are all first hand reports as I have done them all. Of course, this could all change with a freakish late season snow storm. We didn't get any of the snow that hit southern Ab last week


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The Chapman Family & O.Children join forces for a UK wide 13 date Artrocker tour
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THE CHAPMAN FAMILY JOIN FORCES WITH O.CHILDREN ON UK WIDE 13 DATE ARTROCKER TOUR
IN ASSOCIATION WITH PRIMARY TALENT INTERNATIONAL & X-RAY TOURING
To coincide with the second appearance of The Chapman Family on the front cover of Artrocker Magazine, the team from the truly independent music magazine are pleased to present a co- headline tour featuring two of its favourite bands − The Chapman Family and O.Children, who will be taking in the whole of the UK throughout March 2011 (full dates below).
But the partnership doesn’t just end there; these two like-minded bands are also collaborating by remixing each other’s tracks. To whet your appetite for what is the most exciting co-headline tour for years, Artrocker is giving away a FREE CD covermount on the 3rd March issue including these exclusive remix tracks by both bands. This CD will only be available with this issue of Artrocker and will be available to buy on the tour and in all good independent newsagents and WHSmith.
And if all this wasn’t enough for Artrockers everywhere, John & Jehn AND hot new artrock things The Tunics will also be joining the bill for the second-half of the tour.
The Tunics support slots * John & Jehn support slots
Tue 08-Mar-11 Lemon Tree Aberdeen ≠ 14+
Wed 09-Mar-11 Sneaky Pete’s Edinburgh ≠ 14+
Thu 10-Mar-11 The Georgian Theatre Stockton ≠ 14 +
Fri 11-Mar-11 Fruit Hull UK ≠ 14+
Sat 12-Mar-11 Lock 42 Leicester ≠16 +
14-Mar-11 Fibbers York ≠ 14+
Tue 15-Mar-11 The Ruby Lounge Manchester ≠ 18 +
Thu 17-Mar-11 Esquires Bedford * 16 +
Fri 18-Mar-11 HMV Institute Birmingham * 18 +
Sun 20-Mar-11 Lancaster Library Lancaster * All ages
Mon 21-Mar-11 Buffalo Bar Cardiff * 18 +
Tue 22-Mar-11 Coalition Brighton * 14+ under 16’s to be accompanied by an adult
Wed 23-Mar-11 XOYO London * 18 +
Buy tickets now at www.artistticket.com
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ESPN'S CUP RATINGS DOWN 57% FROM '97; WOE, CANADA DOWN TOO
Published June 18, 1998
ESPN said that ratings for its three-game coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals dropped 57% from last year, according to Michael Starr of the N.Y. POST. ESPN averaged a 2.6 rating, with 1.9 million viewers, compared to the 4.1, with 2.9 million viewers, it averaged for three games last year. Fox earned a 3.3 rating for its coverage of Game One of the Finals, down from last year's 4.0 (N.Y. POST, 6/18). NO SEE-BC? CBC's Stanley Cup ratings, which "suffered throughout the playoffs, took an ever great hit during the finals." Ratings for the first three Capitals-Red Wings games averaged 1.38 million viewers, down 34% from last year's finals average of 2.08 million. CBC Sports Dir Alan Clark said he was not displeased with the numbers since no Canadian teams were featured (TORONTO STAR, 6/18).


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The return of the D#WQ at Old Town featuring original compositions and tunes from around the world with Mike List on percussion, Henrik Karapetyan on Violin, Igor Houwat on Oud and Dave Sharp on Bass.
Thanks for visiting the Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet home on the web, feel free to join our mailing list, listen to some music or find out about our next performance. Feel free to click and share any of the videos posted, and check out our online store to download tracks!
Ragascapes: Dave Sharp Worlds Trio & Charu Swaminathan
Enjoy an afternoon of improvisation and world and folk music fusion, featuring vocalist Charu Swaminathan, bassist, bandleader and composer Dave Sharp, guitarist Elden Kelly, and multi-instrumentalist/percussionist Carolyn Koebel.
Dave Sharp brings both his upright and electric bass skills to a wide variety of music groups as well as collaborations with Bollywood musicians (Parthiv Gohil, Jointa Gandhi) and touring Kirtan (Girish, Prema Hara) artists.
Charu Swaminathan is a Classical Singer trained in the North Indian style. She has studied with renowned masters both in India and in the US and has been performing and teaching Indian Classical music for the last 15 years.
Elden Kelly is an improviser, band leader, guitarist, composer and singer-songwriter known for classically-influenced jazz and world music. In addition to nylon string guitar, Kelly is known for his work on the Glissentar, an 11-string fretless guitar which conjures up sounds reminiscent of India, Africa and the Middle East, or “Indo-Turkish bluegrass.”
Carolyn Koebel’s early studies are rooted in the Western traditions, while the past 20 years have found her slowly traversing the globe in search of indigenous folk roots and traditional rhythmic materials from Latin & South America, West Africa and the Middle East, and all points in-between.
This event is held in conjunction with Rasa, the innovative India-themed multi-arts festival, produced by Akshara, and held annually in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti in September. It is designed to promote a deeper awareness and appreciation for the effulgent richness and abundance of cultural heritage that stems from India. It is multi-arts and multi-disciplinary, presenting traditional as well as cutting edge work in performing, visual, literary, media/films, and culinary arts, in partnership with prominent Ann Arbor arts organizations.
Solace Sessions #9: Reeds/Strings/Synths/Drums
SOLACE SESSIONS presented by Detroit Bureau of Sound at Light Box at 8641 Linwood St, Detroit
On this troubled earth, the mind needs some time and space to decompress. What can art offer us? Can we obtain peace through a performance? Is there meaning in witnessing something beautiful? Can music offer us solace?
Bring what troubles you and leave it here. Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet (Ann Arbor) Dave Sharp, bass Mike List, percussion Henrik Karapetyan, violin Igor Houwat, oud a trio of improvisors Dave Shettler, synths Rafael Statin, reeds David Hurley, percussion $10 beverages on hand
Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet wsg Elden Kelly
A special performance featuring Elden Kelly on guitar and glissentar and Carolyn Koebel on percussion.
Alex Anest Quartet
Jazz Quartet featuring Kenji Lee on Tenor Saxophone, Alex Anest on Guitar, Jesse Kramer on Drums and Dave Sharp on Double Bass
Alex Anest Trio
Straight ahead jazz trio featuring Alex Anest on guitar, Dave Sharp on Bass and jesse Kramer on drums.
World Music and Jazz fusion at the Old Town featuring Igor on Oud, Henrik Karapetyan on violin and Mike List on percussion.
the return of KLEZMEPHONIC at Kindlefest!
This evening of "World Jazz" music will feature Dave Sharp on Electric BAss , Igor Houwat on Oud, Henrik Karapetyan on violin and Mike List on percussion.
Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet
This evening of "World Jazz" music will feature Dave Sharp on Electric and Upright Bass, Igor Houwat on Oud, Henrik Karapetyan on violin and Mike List on percussion.
Alex Anest Trio
Alex Anest Trio presenting original compositions and jazz standards with Jesse Kramer on drums and Dave Sharp on double bass.
SUMKALI live in Toledo,OH
Sumkali is a diverse music group made up of members from North and South India and the American Midwest. Through their diverse backgrounds they have been able to craft music with a global appeal that goes beyond just fusing genres together. In this unique and special evening, they will perform their unique blend of Hindustani, Carnatic, Jazz and Folk music followed by a set of devotional music where they will be joined by the Temple Musicians.
7-8 pm Sumkali performance 8-8:15 pm Break for refreshments 8:15-9 pm Kirtan with Sumkali and talented singers from the Hindu Temple of Toledo
$15 in advance (http://sumkali.com/events) $20 at the door Kids are free


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How tall is Eva Longoria?
This beautiful desperate housewife is actually surprisingly short. She stands at only 5’1” tall or 155cm.
Early life and Career:
Eva Longoria was born in 1975 on March the 15th in Texas. Eva was actually a beauty pageant contestant in her youth, she had some success despite her tiny height. Eva got a break out role in The Young and the Restlesss in 2001. This was just the start of her TV stardum. In 2004 she landed the role of Gabrielle Solis, the role she is most known for. Desperate Housewives shot Eva into super star status as the hot and sexy housewife.
Still just interested in how tall is Eva Longoria? This stunning beauty is only 5’1” tall or 155cm.
Eva Longoria Height Comparison
Here is Eva with The Soup host Joel Mchale, Joel is a tall guy standing at 6’3” tall and as we can see their is more than a foot difference in height.
Here is a good photo to really see how short Eva Longoria is. Eva and Marcia Cross are both in flat shoes. Marcia is a tall lady standing at around 5’9” tall or 175cm, as we can see Eva looks tiny confirming her height at no more than 5’1” tall.


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Who says perfect is normal? Who says popular is cool? Who says that being beautiful is the best thing?
Barbie was thrown upon us as kids but in reality it isnt even close to what realistic people should look like, yet as a child all every girl wanted to be was barbie in her 'perfect' little world. So why is society always so worried about whether youre skinny or larger, gay or straight, beautiful or average. What does it matter to everyone else. Once we were given a chance to voice our opinions everything changed. Judgement. Division. Fights. In primary school when everyone was friends with everyone, we wonder why? There was no judgement, division or fights and why? No one had opinions everyone just accepted you for being yourself - we knew no better and hadnt figured even ourselves out yet but the thought that if we had no opinions of everyone then we would get along and there would be no normal and no bizarre, isnt that a better world?
If i ever have children i will bring them up not to judge, discriminate or think that someone different from them is bizarre, because like the quote of the breakfast club "we're all pretty bizarre, some of us are just better at hiding it."


Trump Team Floats ‘Infrastructure Bank’ Derided by Campaignby and
Priorities are taxes, regulations, trade, infrastructure
Mnuchin says goal is to execute economy plan in first 100 days
A key member of Donald Trump’s transition team said the incoming administration is exploring ways to fund fixing bridges and roads including by establishing an “infrastructure bank,” a concept Hillary Clinton promoted and the Republican’s campaign had previously derided.
Steven Mnuchin, a member of the team’s executive committee who was recommended for the position of Treasury secretary, said in brief comments to reporters Wednesday morning that a “very big focus is regulatory changes, looking at the creation of an infrastructure bank to fund infrastructure investments.”
Trump’s campaign had criticized Clinton’s proposed infrastructure bank as being “controlled by politicians and bureaucrats in Washington” and funded by a “$275 billion tax increase on American businesses.”
The billionaire’s economic advisers previously said infrastructure spending can be unleashed without creating a government entity. They released a plan in October advocating the provision of as much as $140 billion in tax credits to support $1 trillion in infrastructure investment, which would offset the credits through tax revenue from the projects’ labor wages and business profits.
Mnuchin and spokespeople for Trump didn’t respond to requests to elaborate. Peter Navarro, a Trump campaign adviser and co-author of last month’s infrastructure plan, also didn’t respond to a request for comment.
According to Clinton’s campaign website, her five-year plan would have allocated $250 billion to direct public investment in infrastructure and $25 billion to an infrastructure bank. The new institution would leverage the funds to support as much as an additional $225 billion in loans, loan guarantees and other “forms of credit enhancement.”
Outgoing President Barack Obama has also proposed a U.S. infrastructure bank to lend at maturities as long as 35 years to fund transportation, water and energy projects. Such an entity would potentially emulate organizations from China, which led the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in 2015, and Canada, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is creating a bank to provide low-cost financing for infrastructure projects.
“The economic priorities are clearly taxes, regulatory, trade, and infrastructure,” Mnuchin said at Trump Tower in New York. “Right now we’re just all in the planning stages, you can see. We want to be in a position where in the first hundred days we can execute the economic plan.”
The president-elect’s transition website says the new administration seeks “to invest $550 billion to ensure we can export our goods and move our people faster and safer.” The details on the structure of the plan are still to come.
Whether Trump’s ultimate proposal involves an infrastructure bank or tax credits, the plan’s success, if enacted, may depend partly on the extent to which private companies and investors find sufficient incentives to put up their own money for individual projects.
The length of time it takes such wagers to come to fruition could discourage investment, and easing business concern will require more of a plan from Trump’s administration, according to Jim McCaughan, who oversees about $400 billion at Principal Global Investors.
“When it’s big-scale macroeconomics or politics that drives the infrastructure, the private sector has to be very careful,” McCaughan, who runs Principal Financial Group Inc.’s asset manager, said Wednesday in an interview at the insurer’s investor day in New York. “Giving the private sector the confidence to do it will actually be quite a challenge.”
One Democrat, Representative John Delaney of Maryland, called the comments from Mnuchin about an infrastructure bank “encouraging” and said a bipartisan coalition in Congress is ready to work on rebuilding America, according to a statement from his office.


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Thunder muffles the sound of iron hitting glass. The two women breathe sighs of relief. Saved by Mother Nature herself. More glass breaks away and then they squeeze through the now bare window and land on the other side. The forbidden side. Gertrude and Lilian are drenched after hiding outside in the rain for hours. Stealth and rain seem to go together, but it makes for an uncomfortable time. More thunder. More rain. More wind whipping the building as if it would pick it up, women included, and turn it about. But turning the building about was their job, not the wind’s. The two women peer into the darkness and see flowers. Orchids to be precise, rows and rows of orchids. They are special orchids, precious orchids, and they are the prey.
It begins with one pot. Picked up and smashed to the floor. And then it trickles down the line. Planters thrown off their steady shelves, orchids crushed under foot, under pot, under the strength of their long, thin iron rods. Stems snap, petals rip, and soil scatters. Mass destruction of flowers.
Suddenly a large crack of lightning comes and thunder follows immediately. Lilian takes the opportunity to smash the glass wall of the greenhouse. Her iron rod reverberates the power in her arms and brings the wall to its knees before her. Gertrude joins in on the wall-smashing, and they send blessings to the grey tormenting skies above for the cover of the storm.
Finally, standing back as rain blows in through the torn-down walls, the women see what they have done. Dirt, glass shards, and pieces of clay pots litter the floor. And flowers, broken flowers, paint the picture of chaos around them. Their hands, used to sewing, writing letters to friends, and smoothing back children’s hair, are covered in dirt and their own blood. Their hands will never again be delicate things to be covered in lace gloves or to hold a fan to their faces. Their hands are now the hands of ruin, soldiers’ hands, strong hands, women’s hands.
About the book
Author: L. Davis Munro
Genre: Historical Fiction
Being an independent woman in 1913 London is certainly empowering, but Emmy Nation is tired of the inescapable damp seeping through her worn shoes and the hopeless grumblings of her stomach.
When she receives an offer from Scotland Yard to boost her typist income by spying on the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), Emmy jumps at the chance. But as she grows closer to the WSPU women the lines begin to blur, and when a painful part of her past resurfaces Emmy begins to question her choices.
How far are you willing to go to secure your equality?


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When Livingstone Nakabaale talks about growing kayinja (grey juice bananas), one is inspired to invest in growing the crop.
Growing juice bananas is one of the many enterprises at Nakabale’s farm located in Kalagala, Nakaseke district. The farm sits on over 25 acres
How to care for kayinja
Kayinja is the Luganda name given to pisang awak usually applied to the plants that produce banana fruits with little or no wax. The waxy fruit variant is called Musa or Kimusa. It has its origins in South East Asia.
In Uganda, kayinja is mostly used to make local brew and juice. The juice is made by mashing ripe fruit in a large tub or bowl using banana leaves or spear grass.
It is blended using hands until the fruit disintegrates. After a few minutes, strain the juice from the blend. In its raw state, it is a sweet drink.
Kayinja is one of the most resilient bananas in the country. It can outlive some of the worst dry spells because it does not need a lot of water to thrive.
Planting and growth
According to Nakabaale kayinja is propagated like other bananas. The recommended spacing is 10ft (3m) x 10ft (3m) and a depth of 0.2m at the onset of the rainy season.
He says about 450 suckers can be planted on an acre. Kayinja takes about 12 months to mature. Kayinja is more resistant to diseases than other bananas.
Nakabaale says he plants the suckers, about four metres apart and grows cassava between rows.
How to grow kayinja
Controlling weeds in the first year of planting is important. Once the plants get enough leaves to completely shade the ground, weeds become less of a problem and mulching can further control the weeds.
Weeds can be pulled by hand or weeded with a hoe. Hand or hoe, weeding can either be carried out independently or combined with chemical weed control. For example, ring or row weeding of the banana plants can be followed by a herbicide application on the remaining weeds.
Chemical weed control is less labour intensive, provides longer control and is faster than hand or hoe-weeding.
Chemical weed-killers are applied using a knapsack sprayer.
If a contact herbicide is used, precautions must be taken to avoid it drifting onto the bananas. Spraying should be done on a day without or with a slight wind.


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1.25 ACRE CORNER LOT! Pretty rolling hills give this land plenty of charm. Convenient to Ocala and Gainesville, just a few minutes south of Williston. Okay for site built or manufactured homes.
- Property SubType Vacant Acreage
Build your dream home in this Rural Residential Lot (.24acres) Lightly wooded. Mobile homes permitted.
MLS ID 545211
WILLISTON HIGHLANDS UNIT 12 BUILDING LOT WITH ACCESS FROM BOTH SIDES! Nice square 0.89 acre lot. Just 6 blocks off paved Levy Street. This lot goes from road to road.
MLS ID 549484
GENTLE ROLLING HILLS AND SUMMER BREEZES on this 1.25 Acre corner lot in a rural subdivision. Okay for site built or manufactured homes.
MLS ID 552699
NICELY WOODED 1 ACRE ADJACENT PARCELS IN A GREAT AREA OF SITE BUILT AND MANUFACTURED HOMES. Just 1 block off a paved road on a county maintained country lane this pretty parcel and the separate adjoining lots will give you the flexibility, if you want, to own up-to 4 adjacent properties. Located...
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ALMOST 1/2 ACRE ON HWY 27ALT. Corner lot on highway and NE 115 Avenue. Okay for site-built and manufactured homes.
MLS ID 523212
3 lots combined for a total of over a half acre. Lots could be split into 3 separate .22 acre lots. Mobiles or site built homes welcome. Bring the animals and enjoy quiet country life. Easy access to Gainesville or Ocala. 5 minutes to Williston or Bronson
MLS ID 549463
Courtesy of: HARRIETT DOWNS REAL ESTATE LLC
Office Phone: (352) 528-4400
Listing Agent: Linda Jane Cramer
Updated: 20th April, 2019 10:44 AM.
TBD NE 2nd Street Williston, FL


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Bilal's statements, recorded by Golan residents and passed to WND, follow information, first reported by WorldNetDaily in July, that Syria is in the process of forming its own Hizbullah-like guerrilla organization to attack Israeli positions in the Golan Heights, according to a senior Baath party official.
"The Syrian minister welcomed a debate going on in Israel about whether to resume negotiations with Damascus on the Golan Heights, which Syria lost to Israel in the Six-Day War. He went on to say: “We now have a window of opportunity of several months. If there is no progress, the countdown will begin for a new Syrian-Israeli war.”
" Opening the First International Media Forum hosted by Syrian Province Quneitra entitled 'Golan: The Peace Gate' with a wide participation by Syrian, Arab and foreign journalists, the Minister stressed that Syria will restore Golan to the last grain of its soil.
The Forum started activates from Ein al-Tina village where a big crowd of Syrian citizens gathered on the opposite side in the occupied town of Majdal Shams to express their steadfastness in facing the Israeli occupation and to show full belonging to their mother land Syria.
Talking to the Syrians in the occupied Golan through loudspeakers across the barbed wires, Minister Bilal underlined that their steadfastness in facing the Israel occupation will definitely force it to withdraw to June 4th 1967 line."
"Israel has `hundreds' of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, including more than 100 nuclear artillery shells, nuclear landmines in the Golan Heights and hundreds of low-yield neutron warheads."
THE NEW YORK TIMES on Oct. 20, 1991"
"I doubt they use nuclear landmines... there would be no purpose of it.. and dangerous.. imagine a goat wondering the deseret and BAM .. nuclear detonation lol.
Unless it is nukes placed within the earth deeper down to blow the land up, like a bubble, then down, like a crator. Sure to kill anything within the radiace of the blast, and radiation leak at a minimum (it would most likely be within kilitons) and detonated via computer, not steping on them."
Rockpuck: I will assure you, the Gholan Heights has NO stratigic resource, location, anything for that matter of anykind worth going to war over...
...Syria, with plenty of water, would have gained no civilian advantage from this [water diversion] plan, except for the political objective of destroying Israel without having to go to war or employing military means...
...The struggle for the water continued for years and constituted one of the principal causes of the Six Day War. It should be stressed that most of the tributary streams flowing into the Jordan and the Kinneret originate on the Golan slopes...


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All you need to know about Kenyan Curried Cabbage Recipe and How to Prepare Kenyan Curried Cabbage.
Ingredients Kenyan Curried Cabbage Recipe
•2 tbl butter
•1 med cabbage head shredded
•1/2 sm white Onion - finely minced
•1 cup shredded carrots
•1/4 cup heavy cream
•1 tsp curry powder
•1 tsp salt (or 2 tspns sea salt)
•1/2 tsp freshly-ground white pepper
Directions to make Kenyan Curried Cabbage Recipe
1.In large skillet over medium heat, saute minced Onion in butter until translucent.
2.Add shredded cabbage and continually toss for several minutes to partially cook. Sprinkle curry powder and white pepper over the cabbage and mix well.
3.Pour in heavy cream and allow 1 to 2 minutes for it to reduce. Add salt and stir in shredded carrots and continue cooking until the carrots are heated through. Do not overcook.


SOME say it's a shining example of town hall leaders fighting for what is right, others argue council chiefs are burying their heads in the sand.
No matter what the viewpoint, one thing is for sure, money is still being ploughed into paving the way for the Metrolink - despite the government's decision to ditch the scheme.
Hot on the heels of the decision to press ahead with the demolition of the Wellington Road flats, an application to build a Metrolink station at Ashton Moss was approved by the planning committee.
The park and ride facility will be situated at the junction of yet-to-be built Gardeners Way and Lord Sheldon Way. It will consist of a car park to accommodate 192 cars.
The decision was branded crazy by Councillor John Bell, Conservative deputy leader, who said: "It's totally absurd that a planning application is still going ahead even though transport minister Alistair Darling has ditched the scheme.
"Work is ongoing throughout Tameside as if nothing has happened. This is just a damage limitation by council leaders and the GMPTE.
"I want Metrolink just as much as anyone. But by carrying on regardless we are building people's hopes up to be shattered if Labour do not perform a U-turn. This is compounding the misery of all the residents who had their homes taken away for no reason."
Councillor Kieran Quinn, economic chief, said: "I'm sure Tameside is breathing a sigh of relief that it's not Councillor Bell and the Tories co-ordinating the campaign. Park and ride is needed at Ashton Moss because it will be the main transport link to the town centre when Metrolink is approved."
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Skyfail Pt. II
By the end of Skyfall, my brow had more wrinkles than Dame Judi Dench’s neck flaps.
What differentiates Bond from a Bourne, Transporter, or Mission Impossible movie? The gadgets, the women, and the villain—all of which Skyfall lacked. Of course there are a few other trademarks as well, but I should hope that no one watches Bond just for the bad puns.
Skyfall’s running theme is a sort of defense for the “old ways.” This could have been a brilliant opportunity to return to the classic exploding pen and Rolex laser, or showcase the flaws of the “new ways” with a faulty cufflink taser or retina camera. Instead, the entire theme is used as a copout for not including any gadgets at all.
And yet, the majority of the entire movie’s plot rests on advanced and unbelievable technical hacking skills. The film can’t decide if MI6 is old school or cutting edge, and as a result Bond is left with nothing but a rapidly diminishing skill-set and an underused tux to keep him classy and competitive.
Bond Girl Bérénice Marlohe, as Sévérine, may be the most underrated actor in the film. She exudes an intoxicating combination of erotic ambition for power and complete apathy for life out of resignation to Silva, her overlord—all with just some sneering lips, flickering eyes, and a trembling hand. She’s even given a backstory. When I first saw her I thought, “Finally, a Bond Girl with more than one layer to her character.”
And then she disappears; and who does Daniel Craig run around with for the next hour? Dame Judi Dench (insert shudder here). The roles should have, and easily could have, been completely reversed.
Silva: the bisexual computer genius, Arian/Asian MI6 agent gone bad. Despite Bond’s claim to already know everything about fear, Sévérine warns him, “Not like this.” After the whipping that Le Chifre gave Bond in Casino Royale (when every man in the theatre crossed his legs and winced), my mind is racing to comprehend the evil of Silva’s character that is apparently so incomparable.
To Javier Bardem’s credit, Silva does have some memorable moments—three actually—but all of these fail to shake, or even stir, Bond in any way. Indeed the spotlight on Bardem’s still-excellent performance is stolen by explosions and pyrotechnics. He’s given relatively little screen time and even less character development; it is only at the very end of the film that we really begin to see the oedipal nature of his psychopathy.
The first half of Skyfall promises all the glamour and terror of a classic Bond film, but quickly devolves into a gritty reboot of Home Alone. Oh, but Adele was great.


Thanks for the info. Generally, a tire warranted for rotated operation is still expected to last about half the normal tread-life when used in a non-rotated situation. I got around 10-11K out of my two Kendas on the rear and got around 35K on the original Kenda fronts. Since the Kendas lasted so long on the front, I expect the Motivos to last even longer. I had hoped to get more than 20K from the Motivo on the rear, though.
Some folks don't like running an asymmetrical tire on the Slingshot's rear, but I had a Sumitomo HTR Z III 295/30ZR18 tire which is mildly asymmetric on the rear for around 7,000 miles w/o problems. My only complaint was the short treadlife.
I've considered a Motivo 315/35ZR17 on the rear since it's rated for a pretty long tread-life which should hopefully last around 30K miles), but I'm a little concerned the harder compound may not produce enough traction.
IIRC, the SLR rear wheel is 11" wide. just check the website for your preferred tire model and they should have a chart showing the minimum, recommended and maximum wheel widths on which that particular size tire can be mounted. Based on the info below, I doubt a 345 would fit on an 11" wide wheel, but I'd guess a 325 should fit, maybe even a 335. Again, this is just a guesstimate.
Here's the 20" 555 G2 tires Nitto lists for an 11" wide 20" wheel -
285/35ZR20 104W XL 9.5-(10.0)-11.0
295/35ZR20 105W XL 10.0-(10.5)-11.5
295/40ZR20 110W XL 10.0-(10.5)-11.5
305/30ZR20 103W XL 10.5-(11.0)-11.5
305/35ZR20 107W XL 10.0-(11.0)-12.0
315/30ZR20 104W XL 10.5-(11.0)-11.5
315/35ZR20 110W XL 10.5-(11.0)-12.5
The charts also typically show the tire's tread width, diameter, etc., but entering the tire & wheel info on http://www.willtheyfit.com will provide a visualization comparing two different tire/wheel combos to give a decent idea on fitment. WillTheyFit's speedometer calculation is not accurate, so I recommend using https://www.discounttire.com/learn/tire-size-calculator for an accurate speedometer impact number.
You can get the same thing with leaves on the road or gravel and or sand. I have had both to happen while driving on the mountain roads and the rear end of the Sling would just snap out.
I can see wet leaves or sand causing a problem on curves, but I was on a straight bridge when my rear end suddenly shifted and when I turned around and went back to check the road, I couldn't find anything that might have caused problems.
I've experienced pucker riding after a rain and coming around a curve only to see sand, gravel and small limbs that were left in the road when water ran across the road. Luckily, I managed to safely maneuver thru/around the debris each time, but it still caused a very tense pucker!
I've been running Nitto Motivos (rated for around 60,000 miles) on the front for the past 20,000 miles and had a Nitto 555 G2 315/35R17 on a Mustang wheel from American Muscle for 10,000+ miles before I tried an Achilles Sport 2 305/30R18. The Nitto 555 G2 315/35 cost over $200, but was still one of the least expensive tires available in that size and I still have more miles left on it. I've been happy with the 555 G2 and will be putting it back on the rear once I finish the 2 Achilles 305 tires I have. The Achilles 30530R18 tire is mounted on a Circuit Performance CP32 wheel and while the Achilles Sport 2 305 has performed well for its $105 cost, it was a PITA for the tire shops to get it installed and rides hard, both factors probably a result of its 30 series profile.
What do you posters consider to be a safe speed in the rain. I see a lot of people talking about hydroplaning but no one had mentioned the speed they were running when it happened. This would be good info for new owner.
I had already stopped under cover due to the heavy rain, but I hit another patch of rain a little later after getting on the Interstate. I started to fishtail into the next lane in a heavy downpour. Fortunately, I had positioned my Slingshot so I had one or two lanes either side of my lane and no vehicles were next to me when it happened. I was able to regain control of my Slingshot before anything bad happened and pulled off onto the service road where I drove at an even slower speed until the rain let up again and then got back on the Interstate to get home.
I've actually had several instances where the rear end broke loose during rain and have luckily been able to safely recover each time, although I'm surprised my shorts didn't change color!
I was driving on a dry road under clear, sunny skies and was crossing abridge when the rear end suddenly kicked slightly sideways. I went back and checked the road surface and didn't notice any wet or slick spots and don'y know to this day what happened.
offer them 12 flat. They will sell. At 12k thats a fantastic deal.
I'd still take their offer if they reject $12K flat, though. That's still a good price. Also, since that Slingshot is relatively close to you, you save on transport costs. Just get a SC temporary tag and arrange your insurance coverage before you go pick it up and then enjoy your trip home!
I wish these vehicles had made it to market.
I was waiting for years for Persu Mobility's leaning trike to hit the market, but Carver Tech in Holland was over their leaning technology which Persu had licensed. I guess that may be what caused problems for this vehicle. I had pre-registered for one, but they didn't last long enough for me to need to place a deposit.
https://www.litmotors.com/ - This was supposed to be a gyro-stabilized 2-wheeler that Lit Motors said was supposed to be good for all driving conditions, but I would've been very leery of icy roads. I loved the overall concept, though.
I requested a refund of my deposit just before I took delivery of my Slingshot back in June 2015.
FWIW, I can't remember if I placed a deposit with Elio & can't find any emails about having done so.
Dude! Hire a professional. So many make poor decisions. You'd be surprised how many people will squander their new-found wealth on something silly like a turbo or 4-wheel conversion!
Or just roll it over to the next drawing and still not hitting at least 5 of 6!
Now that it's been mentioned, I just realized I don't recall an email from Elio in a little while now. I used to get an email every week or so.
Orangeman, where'd you find video of my last two wheel crash? I had what we used to call Highway Hypnosis before I didn't make the turn. I didn't remember riding past a 1/4 mile fence with lights on top of each fence column. Fortunately, I only scraped my knee and bruised my chest with my cell phone, but things could have been MUCH worse. My 2015 Slingshot finally got delivered a couple months later.
These "lawn" mowers are INSANE!
When I was growing up, my Grandfather's farm had land so steep about that half of the grassland could only be cut and raked using horse-drawn equipment. We had a half-crazy neighbor who would occasionally bush-hog the hillsides and seemed to flip his tractor at least once every time he tried. If he could get it to restart after getting it back on its wheels, he would try again. He was also a bit of a drinker and destroyed a brand new IH Scout in less than a year and managed to wrap his Olds 442 around a TREE. This was in the1960s/70s before airbags. Friendly guy, but a bit of a maniac!
That's a good commercial. I always loved that movie, especially when Murray and the groundhog drive over the edge into the mine pit and the camera guy says they might have survived just before the pickup explodes!
I Tivo'd the game to watch the commercials later, but I may just use this link - https://sports.yahoo.com/super…ommercials-155147252.html.
I have around 56,500 miles on my 2015 Slingshot. Added a turbo at 36K after the original 2 year warranty expired. I've had it torn apart for mods a couple times for multi-month priods so those miles were actually put on it over about 3.5 years. Still runs great.
Both Slingshots seem to be priced nicely. Are they both the Base model (also called Slingshot S) or is either one an SL (includes radio, backup camera and slightly larger wheels). If your husband likes to listen to music, go for an SL, if available, since adding a decent sound system will cost at least $500-1000 or more. Also, does your husband have a color preference?
Personally, I'd rather have music over color. I started with a 2015 Base Metallic Titanium model, had it repainted yellow before Polaris ever offered that color, added my own music system (I'm probably on my 3rd or 4th mod to the radio/speakers) and have modified a lot of different things on my Slingshot.
Perfectly explained. We took out new SS out yesterday for about a 200 mile ride. Mine did exactly the same thing. Not all the time but a few times.. And when it didn't completely stall the RPM's would drop to just above a stall and then recover to idle... I'm going to read the rest of this thread but have you found the issue yet? SZurlo
Check with your dealer. IIRC, Polaris changed the tune to correct that. If that doesn't work, I believe the aftermarket tune from http://mefiburn.com/slingshottune.asp might fix that, but it's rather expensive, so see if you can get the dealer to reflash your ECU and hopefully fix the problem.
I have the 32mm socket and occasionally it still is difficult to get it in place on top of the filter cover. I also have a 32mm crowfoot wrench that, while a little awkward to have to keep removing and resetting it on the filter cover, works fine w/o getting stuck trying to place it on the filter cover.
Edward Neal - As far as the Draft, I hit 18 in Nov 1970 and the next lottery pulled 333. I had chosen engineering in college to avoid having to take a foreign language, got tired of going to school and volunteered for the draft and while at the reception station at Ft. Jackson, SC, ended up extending to go into the Army Security Agency to go to German language training. I ended up taking German for 6 hrs/day for 32 weeks with an initial homework load around 3 hrs/night! Remember, I had gotten tired of school so I joined the Army! Guess I wasn't so smart. Between Basic Training, German Language training and my 98G Voice Intercept Operator training, I was in school for the next 14 months before I finally got assigned to the US Army Security Agency Field Station Berlin. My experience there got me a great starting position when I finally got out of the Army 11+ years later, but the best part was meeting my Wife while she was taking Russian in the Air Force! We just had our 46th Anniversary last December.
My dealer fixed all the problems this morning. They installed a mechanical switch instead of the "polaris" fix. Ran about 200 miles again today and no problems at all!!
Did you have to ask them to do the mechanical switch or did they do so voluntarily? If they recommended/chose to do that, I think your dealer is a keeper!


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Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition, traces of sunning to board edges in Fine dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number.
This book is a compilation of letters written by Nunnally Johnson between 1961 and 1974. Johnson is best known for her novels and short stories, but her letters are full of wit and humor. The letters cover a variety of topics, from her thoughts on writing and life to her relationships with family and friends. The letters are well-written and provide a fascinating look into the life of one of literature's most acclaimed authors.; 8vo.


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HDFC announces completion of $1.1 bn syndicated social loan facility
- 05-08-2022 02:20 PM
HDFC Ltd has announced the completion of the USD 1.1 billion Syndicated Social Loan Facility for the financing of affordable housing in India. The loan has been priced 90 basis points over Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR).
"Affordable housing is a critical component of quality infrastructure as also a growth driver for the real estate industry and the economy at large given its strong linkages to nearly 300 industries. It contributes to capital formation, employment, and income opportunities," said Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC Ltd.
MUFG Bank Ltd is the Lead Social Loan Coordinator for this transaction along with being one of the Mandated Lead Arranger and Borrowers (MLAB). CTBC Bank, Co. Ltd, Mizuho Bank Ltd., State Bank of India and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation are the other MLABs and Joint Social Loan Coordinators.
HDFC has financed 9.5 million housing units and has a gross loan book of Rs 6.7 lakh crore.
HDFC's Social Financing Framework is in line with globally-recognised social loan frameworks designed for participants in the sustainability financing market to consistently certify, track and monitor the social impact of financing assets.

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I have always wanted to read 100 books in a year. I haven’t seen that year yet but every year, I keep hoping that this will be the year when my dream of hitting a century will come true. in 2018 I read a whopping 70 books, which is a great achievement in itself but it still falls short by 30 books. 2017 saw me obsessed with this ‘reading challenge’ of 100 books and I was reading like a maniac. Seeing my manic reading spree, a friend of mine had asked me (and rightfully so) about this obsession with the number 100. Shouldn’t reading be about the quality of reading rather than the quantity? Yes, it should. Absolutely. But there is a tiny part of me which is still stuck with the number and I cannot seem to get it out of my system. I suppose it is one of those things that I cannot help having. It is called an eccentricity. Returning to 2017, I ended up reading 84 books and I was still unhappy. So close and yet so far. But if you ask me what those books were and if I could remember the ones that left a mark, I would probably be able to name 3 or 4. I’m sure many of you are going, ‘See? I told you’. I know because a part of my brain was doing the same. 84 books and nothing to show for?! How ridiculous is that? I decided to be more methodical in my reading. So, I ended up reading the entire Harry Potter series, which was brilliant and fantastic and nothing that I had ever experienced before! But there were quite a few others which are worth mentioning and which have transported me to different places and inside the hearts of some remarkable literary characters, which will stay with me for a long time to come.
There was Inga, of the eponymous book, by Poile Sengupta. A remarkable character of remarkable complexity, Sengupta’s prose immediately caught my imagination and took me away to a different world full of intrigue in the dark corners of the house and darker corners of the mind. It is a beautiful gem of a book that I stumbled upon by accident. It is one of the pleasant accidents that has left a deep cleft in my reading experience. Talking about clefts, how can I bypass the cleft chin of the breathtakingly handsome Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. I managed to read the Tennessee William play this year, the movie version of which I have watched multiple times. There were two other plays that I read this year– Macbeth and Death of a Salesman. Two very different genres, but two really brilliant plays. I also read Moby Dick as a graphic novel this year. The original classic is still in my to-read list, but that’s another story for another time. I also traveled in time with a hamster (Time Travelling with a Hamster) and also with a child in A Wrinkle in Time and in Tom’s Midnight Garden. An author who disappointed me was E. Nesbit and a character who failed to impress was Eleanor Oliphant. I just could not wrap my head around Nesbit’s prose and Oliphant’s oddness. But I found beauty in Nesbit’s imagination and Honeyman’s language.
And then there was Arthur Less. I fell deeper and deeper in love with him and some more, especially at the end. The magic of the story was truly and comfortably manifest in the magic that Andrew Sean Greer weaved with his style. It is no doubt, one of the most stylish books that I have read till date.
Life has not been kind to him. People have not been kind to him. He has not been kind to himself. So, as you stumble on in the dark with him, finally crashing on a couch, almost ready to give up on him; someone switches on the light in the room. At first, you shield your eyes but once your eyes get adjusted, you look at Less and the room you have been in and realize that it is completely different from what you have imagined. You have not been deceived, no. There was nothing in his story if not Honesty. But suddenly, you see him through someone else’s eyes. You are overjoyed because Less has not done badly in life after all. And then there was Theo Decker in The Goldfinch. It is an epic of a book, both in verbosity and in depth of content.
The brilliance of this book is in its prose. It transports you to a higher level of consciousness. It is almost as if you enter the hallowed portals of an elite institution and with the very act of stepping in you get an education on high culture. At first, you feel like you don’t belong (and perhaps till the very end, you don’t) but then the story whispers to you from the depths of the darkness that is Theo Decker. It coaxes you and you grope in the darkness, always trying to find a way out into the light. The only light in the dark, at the end of the tunnel, is, of course, The Goldfinch (the painting) itself.
Looking back to 2018, I can contently say that I have met some beautiful characters, read some beautiful writing, and found beauty in the mundane and most surprising of nooks. So, like Donna Tartt says, “…isn’t that the whole point of things–beautiful things– that they connect you to some larger beauty?” A resounding yes, Ms. Tartt, a resounding Yes!

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