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Released: Aug 2007
Label: Universal South
The single "It Ain't No Crime" surely isn't as fun as Joe Nichols' 2005 hit "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off," but much like those bumper stickers reading, "Condoms Are Easier To Change Than Diapers," the song's catchy chorus makes a great case for choosing the freewheeling bachelor's life over parenthood. The rest of Real Things finds Nichols romanticizing about rural American living and "Let's Get Drunk And Fight" pokes fun at a different kind of bar room brawl, where wit is substituted for fisticuffs. Ballads also abound -- "Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That From Me" being the strongest. This version of the album contains three live bonus tracks from the Sony Concert Sets!
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The appearance of a coronavirus-infected tiger at the New York Bronx Zoo has set off the alarm. Could cats spread the pandemic? Experts are very clear in respect: to date there is no evidence that a cat, a dog or any pet can transmit the Covid-19 a person. However, humans could potentially transmit the new coronavirus to dogs, cats and ferrets, according to a technical scientific document from the Ministry of Health on the virus .
The report reaches this conclusion after learning about the cases of a cat in Belgium and two dogs in Hong Kong with respiratory and digestive symptoms, and who lived with a person infected with the coronavirus . In addition, experimental laboratory investigations (in China ) have observed infection in cats and ferrets, with active replication of the virus in the respiratory tract . This situation has also been observed although with “much less intensity” in dogs. But they are just rehearsals. Pets are not a significant source of transmission of this disease, experts say.
The Collegiate Veterinary Organization ( OCV ) has sent a new communication to its associates in which it states that, “for the moment,” it is not necessary to add new recommendations to regulate contact between humans and domestic animals in the face of the pandemic. If a pet owner has Covid-19 symptoms , they should try to leave the pet in the care of other people. In addition, owners are advised to wear a mask and wash their hands well before and after contact with the animal.
If the pet owner has symptoms of Covid-19, they should be left in the care of someone else.
The aforementioned report from the Ministry of Health indicates that “viral RNA has been detected in two dogs in Hong Kong and one cat in Belgium, with respiratory and digestive symptoms” and that they lived with a person suffering from Covid-19.
On the other hand, the document adds, “infection in cats and ferrets has been observed in experimental studies, with active replication of the virus in the respiratory tract, which was also observed with much less intensity in dogs. Active replication of the virus has not been observed in pigs, chickens, and ducks after experimental inoculation. ”
Regarding the Belgian cat and the two dogs from China, the OCV indicates that “these are exceptional cases”, and, “at the moment there is no scientific proof that they can transmit it to humans or other animals.” Regarding the study of China, the collegial organization clarifies that it is an investigation in which natural conditions are not recreated.
Research carried out in China indicates that cats can be infected with the coronavirus and can transmit it to other cats, but dogs are not really susceptible to infection. This study – published in the journal Nature – also concludes that chickens, pigs and ducks are unlikely to contract the virus.
But there are those who see no reason for alarm for cat owners. The results are based on laboratory experiments in which high doses of SARS-CoV-2 virus were deliberately administered, so they do not represent real-life interactions between people and their pets. This was indicated by virologist Linda Saif of Ohiom (Wooster State University), for whom there is no direct evidence that infected cats secrete enough coronavirus to transmit it to people.
The team, led by virologist Bu Zhigao, introduced samples of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into the noses of five domestic cats.
When two of the animals were euthanized six days later , the researchers found viral RNA, as well as infectious virus particles, in their upper airways. The other three infected cats were placed in cages with uninfected cats.
The team subsequently detected viral RNA in one of these exposed cats, suggesting that it contracted the virus from the droplets expelled by the infected cats .
The researchers say that none of the infected cats showed symptoms of the disease, and that only one of the three felines exposed to infected animals contracted the virus. “This suggests that the virus may not be highly transmissible in cats,” they point out.

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When Cool Discs opened in 1996,it was always a priority to "spread the word " for musicians and bands from Derry and the North West.To this day we are proud and committed to supporting and stocking local music from artists & bands who hail from Derry,Donegal,and the North West in general ( as well as as the rest of the island of Ireland ).
Today,Cool Discs is renowned in many music circles as a must visit record shop if you are looking for local music from our part of the world.
There is a bundle of talent to choose from and sounds and lyrics for all tastes.A lot of the music from local artists/bands is manufactured in small quantities and sort of become instant "collectors items", particularly VINYL so always buy sooner rather than later if you want the physical product.
If you are in a band or you are a solo artist and have a CD or music to sell just pop in and see us,and we can arrange everything.Our mission from day one was to stock as much local music as possible,and nothing has changed.We can also give advice regards the best distributors to get your music out there.
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We stock over 12,500 titles on CD-VINYL-DVD-BOOKS & BOX SETS..
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One from my trip to Arisaig in March with Jeanie & Co.
The squall out at sea opened up briefly to reveal the islands of Eigg and Rum.
Love the sky, the crop works well super
A cracking image.
I love the foreground detail in this image, this together with dark sky and sea gives the image real depth. Excellent work.
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Great colours and mood.
Great panorama Paul, wonderful work, the islands hanging there below the squall running across the width of the image, spectacular work.
The large version is stunning - beautifully composed.
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GMA News Online — 04.11.2020
“Demon Slayer: Mugen Train” is heading to select Philippine theaters!
SM Cinema just announced that the film will open in its Bacoor, Masinag, and San Mateo branches.
According to SM Cinema, this is to be an exclusive fan screening. Booking a ticket would give you limited edition merchandise such as a T-shirt, a can badge, an A2 poster and an A4 folder.
“Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train” is a direct sequel to the popular anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,” which was based on the manga by Koyoharu Gotoge.
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At the second preparatory meeting for the 10th China International Fair for Investment and Trade, China's only annual event focusing on promoting worldwide investment, Zhao Chuang, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, discusses the prospects for Chinese enterprises' overseas investment with Beijing Review reporter Dai Xiaohua.
Beijing Review: Why has the Chinese Government proposed the strategy of optimizing foreign investment structure, expanding overseas investment and encouraging Chinese enterprises to "go global?"
Zhao Chuang: As we all know, introducing foreign direct investment (FDI) is an important part of China's opening up, a basic national policy. From 1978, when China's reform and opening up began, to the end of 2005, the Chinese Government had approved the establishment of more than 500,000 foreign-funded enterprises, with paid-in capital exceeding $270 billion. So far, more than 190 countries and regions have investments in China. The number of research and development centers foreign investors have set up in China tops 700, and more than 40 multinationals have established regional headquarters in the country. Most of the foreign-funded enterprises are performing well, and they are playing an increasingly important role in China's economy.
At the beginning of this century, according to the overall needs of China's peaceful development, the Chinese Government proposed the strategy of optimizing foreign investment structure, expanding overseas investment and encouraging Chinese enterprises to "go global." The strategy is of realistic importance and far-reaching significance for China to ensure a sustainable, sound and stable development, enhance its role in world affairs and develop a strategic partnership with other countries.
How has the "going global" strategy been implemented? Are there any problems?
In recent years, Chinese enterprises have expanded their presence in the international market and shown a strong momentum in investing abroad. Over the past few years, China's outward direct investment has grown at an annual average of 20 percent, with the highest yearly growth of 80 percent. Annual investment has averaged $6-7 billion. As of the end of 2005, outward direct investment by Chinese enterprises reached $51.7 billion. At this rate, China's annual overseas investment is expected to soar to $30 billion in 2020, ranking it among leading capital exporters in the world. The UN is optimistic about China's potential in this regard, listing it as one of the emerging investment sources.
But we should be clear-minded about the fact that China's overseas investment is still small in comparison with the foreign direct investment it has received, needless to say capital exports of developed countries. The above-mentioned total outward investment of $51.7 billion of China over the past few decades only accounted for that of the United States or Germany for one year. China still has a long way to go to become an investment source worthy of the name.
Chinese enterprises' "going global" strategy is welcomed by most foreign countries, especially developing ones. But some tend to politicize it. They consider normal business expansion of Chinese enterprises and their mergers and acquisitions of local businesses as a threat, and impose access barriers for Chinese investment. A typical example is the failed bid of China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) to acquire U.S.-based Unocal Corp. Such a takeover deal is common in the international business world, but it was rejected by U.S. legislators for political concerns.
In addition, some local governments and departments haven't fully realized the importance of overseas investment. They habitually attach importance to introducing FDI, while being reluctant to support powerful enterprises to enter the world market, which affects the implementation of the "going global" strategy to some extent.
What are the main advantages and disadvantages for these externally oriented enterprises? What are the measures relevant government departments have taken to encourage them to invest abroad?
After nearly 30 years of reform and opening up, more and more Chinese enterprises, whether state-owned or privately owned, have the qualifications to enter the international market. So far, 10,000 Chinese enterprises have operated in 170 countries and regions, mostly in developing countries, and have performed well as a whole.
Chinese enterprises now have favorable conditions to compete in the international market. First, China's international status and reputation are on the rise, amid the growing recognition worldwide of its development achievements. Second, most of the Chinese enterprises preparing for overseas expansion are in sectors in which China has a comparable advantage, such as textiles, chemicals, energy and construction. Most of them have strong international competitiveness and their technologies are suitable for the target countries, especially those in the developing world. Third, with China's deeper integration into the world, many indigenous enterprises have adopted internationally recognized management systems. So standardized management, advanced technology and low labor costs combined to give them a competitive edge. In addition, most Chinese entrepreneurs are hard-working and innovative, and they believe in the management philosophy of mutual benefit, which makes it easy for them to enter in win-win cooperation with foreign partners.
Admittedly, there are also a number of failed attempts. Most of the defeats should largely be blamed on concerned enterprises' ' blind decision-making, rigid operational mechanisms and weak competitiveness.
In recent years, to support and encourage Chinese enterprises to invest overseas, relevant government departments have promulgated a series of incentive measures in the fields of business registration, financial assistance, insurance and taxation, which are all available on their websites for consultation and public supervision.
As the only investment event in China approved by UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, what role has the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) played in promoting Chinese enterprises' investment overseas?
Sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and held in the coastal city of Xiamen in Fujian Province, the CIFIT is an important platform for promoting bidirectional investment. In recent years, the fair's organizing committee has actively carried out the "going global" strategy, widely invited government institutions and investment promotion departments of foreign countries and regions, and held investment promotion meetings for different countries to introduce their investment policies and projects. Thus, Chinese enterprises can easily know about the investment information of foreign countries and regions, which can substantially reduce the cost for them to find investment projects.
In 2003, the CIFIT initiated the matchmaking symposium for investment projects, an effective platform for face-to-face business negotiations between developers and potential investors, with 107 Chinese enterprises participating that year. The number grew to 156 in 2004 and 179 in 2005. Target investment countries also increased year by year, with 73 in 2003, 85 in 2004 and 97 in 2005. The effect of the matchmaking symposium has become increasingly evident.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the CIFIT. The organizing committee has strengthened its efforts in promoting Chinese enterprises to invest overseas. "Introducing FDI" and "going global" will still be the themes of this year's session, and several important forums in relation to the "going global" strategy will be held. One of them will focus on the African investment environment, which can help Chinese enterprises know more about the less developed but promising continent and encourage them to start up businesses there, in a bid to further strengthen China's traditional friendship with African countries.
As an important part of the Year of Russia program in China in 2006, another forum is scheduled to promote investment policies of Russia's special economic zones. China hopes the increase of Chinese investment in Russia can relieve the trade imbalance between the two countries. Meanwhile, there will be an economic and trade forum for Shanghai Cooperation Organization members, and an investment promotion symposium for Mexico. I believe these activities will be helpful in promoting Chinese enterprises to invest overseas.

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Dr. Hall has been in the counseling field since 2008. Currently a full time professor in counseling education and training he brings current research to clinical practice. As a a private practice clinician he primarily focuses on relationships, depression, and anxiety. Using the frameworks of Relational Cultural Theory and Choice Theory, Dr. Hall explores growth through relationships and choices made to maximize happiness using a multicultural lens.
Christine holds graduate degrees in both Family Therapy from Nova Southeastern University and Human Services Counseling with a concentration in Life Coaching from Liberty University. Christine loves to help clients identify and process those barriers to their goals by using a collaborative approach that’s centered around their needs and desires. Through her candid yet encouraging approach, she helps her clients get to the core of the issues that are preventing them from implementing change.

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Shortly efter Triumph returned to the American market, the designers set their sichts on enterin the hichtlie contested 600cc market. The Triumph TT600 wis designed in 1996, an produced atween the year 2000 an 2003. It wis Triumph Motorcycles' first in-line fower-cylinder 600 cc sportbike, designed tae compete in the warld's maist competitive motorcycle class, the fuel-injectit middleweight category, containin such ither popular sportbikes as the Honda CBR, Yamaha R6, Suzuki GSX-R600, an Kawasaki ZX-6R.
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With a lichtweight frame an chassis (dry weight o ae 170 kg), adjustable Kayaba shocks, the TT600's handlin an brakin wur hichtlie praised athort the industry for being well-balanced an agile. The standard adjustable suspension tunin, combined wi a plush seat, upricht position, an hie-mountit handlebars gave the TT600 remarkable feel an a hie degree o comfort similar tae its competitors.
Unfortunately, the TT600 wis marred bi twa major issues. Being the first fuel-injectit 600cc sportbike, the initial 2000 model haed choppy throttle response an bad fuel mappin, leadin tae harsh on/aff throttle transitions. These issues wur fixt wi the 2001 model, but some vehicles endit up losin 2-3 horsepouer in the upper portion o the pouerbaund. These problems wur remedied wi ECU remappin on the 2001 version, but the introduction o the 2002 model addit back that sma amoont o horsepouer wi still mair ECU reprogrammin, ensurin that the TT600 wis nou up tae the task o producin enough horsepouer tae adequately compete wi its competition. Though the bike proved competent, its MSRP o $8999 (amaist $200 hichter than the next closest competitor, an hichter than aw o the ither Japanese sportbikes) promptit Triumph tae redesign their middleweight sportbike. The TT600's successor wis the 2003 Triumph Daytona.

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CMOS and silicon bipolar devices and circuits currently are responsible for the majority of wireless communication hardware. Silicon technology has a long history for digital signal processing, VLSI, A/D and D/A converters. CMOS based radio has been steadily progressing toward higher frequencies. State-of-the-art CMOS uses the 0.18 µ process. CMOS is currently the workhorse for wireless up to 800 MHz. Substantial effort is being expended worldwide to extend the frequency to 1.9 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 5 GHz ranges. One of the major drawbacks for silicon devices used for RF applications is the low resistivity of silicon, causing substrate loss. This problem causes low Q of passive circuits, particularly for inductors. Much effort is spent to enhance the capability of silicon circuits by, e.g., elevating the inductor from the chip to increase Q and by introducing SOI (silicon on insulator) technology for power and speed.
Philips Research Laboratories have been working on "silicon-on-anything" devices based on the bipolar process with the circuits transferred to a range of insulating substrates such as glass (Fig. 5.1). In this way the parasitic capacitance is reduced, and high-quality RF passive components can be integrated on the chip. They have manufactured RF devices, including a bipolar transistor with an active emitter of only 0.05 square micrometers and with proportionately smaller junction capacitances. This resulted in low power consumption with only 15 µ at the cut-off frequency of 10 GHz. One example of the chips is a fully integrated LC-type VCO including a phase-locked-loop frequency synthesizer and divider chain for local area networks (LANs).
Much effort has been expended to improve performance by changing the device fabrication process. For example, Philips has proposed a double-poly-transistor with SiGe in-situ grown base (Fig. 5.2). The traditional base contacts are eliminated. Instead, the base contacts are poly-silicon strips on a thick oxide layer. The base layer is grown into the narrow opening in the oxide and automatically contacts the poly-silicon strips. Finally, heavily n-doped poly-silicon is deposited to form the emitter. Adding 10 to 20% Ge to the base layer offers new possibilities to adjust device parameters.
Fig. 5.1. An example of a silicon-on-anything circuit by Philips Research Laboratory.
Fig. 5.2. Double-poly transistor by Philips Research Laboratory.
Although it has not used CMOS, NEC has utilized Si nMOSFETs (field-effect transistors) for both a low frequency (900 MHz) amplifier for GSM and high frequency (Ku band) amplifier (Fig. 5.3). Since the substrate is lossy, the amplifier design for 900 MHz makes use of the loss matching technique to obtain an unconditional stability from a conditionally stable design to obtain a power added efficiency (PAE) of 62% with the power output Pout of 27 dBm. The device uses two-generation old 0.6 µ technology. For the Ku band amplifier based on 0.18 µ nMOS (with fT of 50 GHz and fmax of 45 GHz), the substrate loss is too significant to use the same approach. Therefore, the transmission line structures for the circuit are modified (Fig. 5.4). For "Type A" modification, microstrip lines are placed on a polyimide layer that is in turn placed on Si substrate via SiO2 and SiON isolation layer. In "Type B," a thin-film microstrip line that has an Al layer inserted in the SiON and SiO2 layers is used. The insertion loss is about 1 dB/cm. The amplifier gain is 10 dB with a noise figure of 4 ~ 5 dB in Ku band.
One technology that has drawn recent attention is SOI (silicon on insulator). Recently IBM announced that it plans to use SOI technology to manufacture a range of logic integrated circuits (ICs). IBM's first 0.22 micron SOI devices were scheduled to be used in Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh systems and in IBM servers, perhaps by early in the year 2000. IBM is also developing 0.18 and 0.13 micron processes for 1 GHz microprocessors. Along with up to 30 percent performance gains, SOI could improve power consumption by 30 to 50 percent. Because SOI's advantage is more pronounced at low-voltage operation, the technology is suitable for mobile applications, with reasonable RF performance at single-volt supply voltages well above a few GHz. Similarly, Motorola is preparing an SOI BiCMOS process for RF/IF circuits for cellular phone applications.
Fig. 5.3. nMOSFET characteristics by NEC.
Fig. 5.4. Transmission lines on an Si substrate used by NEC.
Many modern wireless communication systems use digitally modulated signals. Therefore, at some point this digital information needs to be extracted so that DSP can take over. Much work has been carried out for the direct conversion receiver. Central to this scheme are AD and DA converters. Although there is a need to place this A to D conversion scheme as close to the antenna as possible, the performance of the AD and DA converters set the limit (Fig. 5.5). The bit rate and the frequency are in a trade-off relationship. Analog to digital conversion improves 1 bit/3 years according to Philips, and CMOS AD conversion may slow down due to low VDD. In fact, a good rule of thumb to describe a figure-of-merit of the AD converter is given by
F = log2(Sampling Speed) + Resolution (given as Effective No. of bits)
For the state of the art, this F value ranges from 38 to 40 at the moment. For example, for 1 GHz speed with 10 bits of resolution, F becomes 40.
Fig. 5.5. Recent and projected trends for AD conversion for 1990-2002 (Philips).


A van driver died today after his vehicle was crushed by an oak tree in high winds, police said.
The man, aged in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene following the incident in Sandhurst Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, at 12.25pm.
His vehicle is believed to have been stationary at the time, Kent Police said.
A male passenger in the vehicle is understood to have escaped unharmed.
The road has been closed amid fears that another tree in the road may topple.
A Kent Police spokesman said: "The driver of the van, who is in his fifties and from Tonbridge, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene".
Paul Harragan, who lives on Sandhurst Road, said emergency services were cutting back the tree, which had "completely crushed" the vehicle. "The van is completely crushed and there's a man with a chainsaw cutting the branches," he said.
"The van is completely squashed over the driver's side".
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Matthew 5:27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Lord Jesus, you did not want a woman or a man to be violated by lust. You have created us all with a normal desire that is right within our nature. But you have instructed us not to look in such a way that creates a desire for that person to whom we have no right. Passion is not to be stimulated and plans made to carry it to fruition.
Heart adultery can sometimes be as damaging as actual adultery. Emotional bonds formed with someone in whom we have a sexual interest can be a betrayal of our marriage vows. Thank you for protecting our families by warning us of this danger.
Give this person who now prays the joy of a safe and stable marriage that is free from outside lusts.

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Bloom time charts for fall-planted bulbs, spring-planted bulbs and perennials. Very handy!
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Homemade Chicken Feed Recipes: Soy-Free, Corn-Free, Fermented, Sprouted
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Reclaimed Wood Americana Flag Birdhouse Fourth by SoPurdyCreations, $35.00
I adore birdhouses! Especially when birds are in them!

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PANAMA CITY — Panama City’s long-time city manager has died after a battle with cancer, city officials confirmed Tuesday.
Ken Hammons, city manager for more than 20 years, died Tuesday surrounded by family members in his Panama City home. Hammons, 68, recently took a leave of absence to receive out-of-town medical treatment.
Hammons is survived by two children and two grandchildren.
Hammons celebrated his 20th year as the city’s top administrator in January. Hammons served as city manager in Dublin, Ga., and several other cities in Florida before finding a final home in the city.
“Panama City has lost one of its truly great leaders in Ken Hammons,” said Mayor Greg Brudnicki.
Hammons filed a memo March 18 naming Assistant City Manager Jeff Brown as the interim city manager so he could seek out-of-town medical treatment.
Hammons was president of the Florida City and County Management Association, president of Florida City and County Management Foundation, and member of International/City/County Management Association. He served on the board of directors for the Economical Development Alliance, was an active member of the Panama City Rotary Club, Board of Directors of United Way, Southwest Regional Cooperative Administrative Support Unit Board of Directors and former chairman and past president of Georgia City and County Management Association.
He worked in government for more than 35 years.
Hammons was presented in May with a Florida City and County Managers Association award called the Richard Simmons Lifetime Achievement Award. Simmons was a past FCCMA president and was the person who gave Hammons his first job in city government. He subsequently mentored Hammons for many years.
The Simmons award is presented to an individual who has served the profession or the association in a manner or to a degree that merits such recognition. The nominee must have made a considerable contribution either to the improvement of local government and local government management, to the public’s understanding and appreciation of responsive and well-managed local government or to the development of future managers in the profession.
The mark Hammons left on Panama City will be felt for years to come, but the immediate reaction to the news of his passing was one of melancholy.
“Today is a sad, sad day for Panama City,” Brudnicki said.
Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date by Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home.
An earlier version of this story is posted below:
PANAMA CITY — Ken Hammons, a former city manager for Panama City, died Tuesday at his home, according to an obituary.
He was 68.
Further details were not immediately available; Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home will announce arrangement details at a later date.
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A dozen of the most amazing swimming pools in the world
15 Aug A dozen of the most amazing swimming pools in the world
12 Most Amazing Pools in the World: Part II
Where are the most breathtaking swimming pools in the world? While any of these lists are subjective, this list takes you to Singapore, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Maldives, and more of the most exotic places imaginable to find these stunning exotic swimming pool designs.
Click here to see this spectacular compendium of luxury swimming pools.

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November 2010 Management Briefing - Niche Spirits
In this month's management briefing, we look at niche spirits. What is the definition of 'niche'? How has the segment performed and what has been the effect of the downturn? And, what - and where - is the potential for local niche spirits brands?
Part one of this month's management briefing on niche spirits looks at what is meant by the term 'niche', and the effect the downturn has had on this segment.
Part two of this month's management briefing on niche spirits considers the potential offered to the segment by the emerging markets of the world.
The final part of this month's management briefing on niche spirits goes local, looking at how smaller, regional, spirits offer growth potential.
- Spirits - Where does 'Craft' End and 'Mass' Begin?
- Brewers go Crazy over Flavoured Malt “Cocktails”
- Mike’s Hard Lemonade Could Be a Hard Sell
- just The Preview - Anheuser-Busch InBev's Q4 & FY
- Focus - Suntory Holdings' FY Performance
- Diageo "smart bottle" targets consumers at home
- Suntory whiskey seeks to "eclipse" Diageo, Pernod
- Tesco reinstates Dan Jago following suspension
- Diageo adds Dubai to Johnnie Walker skyline series
- Asahi Beverages CEO to step down - report
- Global non-Scotch whiskies insights - market forecasts, product innovation and consumer trends research
- Wine, 2014 and the future
- Spirits and RTDs, 2014 and the future
- Global RTD/RTS insights - market forecasts, product innovation and consumer trends research
- Beam Suntory Inc. - Strategy and SWOT Report

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Tensions are rising between the ruling and opposition parties over the amendment plans of the Grain Management Act, making it mandatory for the market isolation of rice excessively produced ahead of the general meeting of the National Assembly Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans, and Fisheries Committee, scheduled for Monday.
On Sunday, the Korean government and the People Power Party convened a high-level government officials’ Council. They decided to buy the 450,000 tons of rice left unsold in the market with the government budget, which is the largest in history. Park Jung-ha, the senior spokesperson for the ruling party, said in the briefing, “This is a bolder decision during the harvest season, faster and bigger than the one in 2017 when the rice price rose through market isolation.”
The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea is having a final debate on whether to submit the amendment to the Monday general meeting of the Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans, and Fisheries Committee as scheduled against the government’s announcement. Previously, the party, which approved the amended bills on its own at the Bill Review Subcommittee, planned to push forward with the amendment until the approval by the general meeting if the government policy is not satisfactory. However, with the announcement of the most significant market isolation in history by the government ruling party, concerns are rising that DPK may face a backlash if it pushes ahead with the bill approval by force.
The opinion within the opposition party is split as well. Rep. Kim Seung-nam issued a press release and criticized that the government measures are only for a shift and temporary remedies. On the other hand, another lawmaker with the Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans, and Fisheries Committee offered positive feedback, “450,000 tons is not bad.” The opposition party’s floor spokesman Oh Young-hwan, told reporters on the day, “The isolation between the government and the ruling party is welcome.” Still, to the question on the approval (of the bill) by the party alone, he answered, “It is possible because (the government measures) could be effective only for the time being.”

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Katie Holmes' parenting style to daughter Suri has been praised by her co-star Jerry O'Connell who worked alongside the Dawson's Creek actress in new film The Secret: Dare to Dream
Katie Holmes is incredibly close to her daughter Suri, 14, and while the doting mum is very private about her family life, her co-star has given an sweet insight into their close bond. Jerry O'Connell - who worked alongside Katie on their new film The Secret: Dare to Dream – opened up about how the mother-of-one always makes sure her daughter is close to her while filming. Talking to Us Weekly, he said: "Katie Holmes is really maybe the loveliest [person]. Just a few takeaways I got from working with Katie Holmes – obviously [she's] a great actress, obviously beautiful. But a great mum, a really great mum. Actually, a like, an inspiring parent."
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He continued: "Watching the time Katie took with her daughter when we were at work, you know, it was really inspiring. It made me realise, like, I don't stay in contact enough with my children [when at] work, you know?
"Katie is a great person, a great mum, I really enjoyed working with her. We had a fun time."
Katie Holmes' parenting style was praised by her co-star Jerry O'Connell
The Dawson's Creek actress also gave a rare insight into her time in lockdown with her daughter during an interview with the Australian Daily Telegraph. "I like to keep her out of my interviews," she began.
"I will say that this time of quarantine has been such a lesson, just really looking at everything you have and celebrating the simplicity of making dinner and spending time together. I feel strongly that the power of your own attitude definitely influences those around you, including your children."
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Suri celebrated her 14th birthday during lockdown
During the lockdown, Katie and Suri have been finding creative ways to keep entertained, and in May, the actress shared a picture of them wearing clothes that they had customised with tie-dye – the latest trend.
In April, meanwhile, the mother-daughter duo celebrated Suri's 14th birthday. Katie made sure her daughter had a day to remember and shared a sweet photo on Instagram of the teen sitting at the table surrounded by presents and wearing a crown made from roses and tied up with cream ribbon.
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Proposed Closure of Downham Fire Station
I would like to present a petition signed by 723 residents of south-east London who are concerned about the proposed closure of Downham fire station. Today is the final day of the Mayor of London’s consultation on fire station closures in the capital. These closures, if they go ahead, will lead to average response times increasing by 31 seconds in the London borough of Lewisham. Signatories to the petition therefore urge the Department for Communities and Local Government to appeal to the Mayor of London to prioritise public safety and keep Downham fire station open.
Following is the full text of the petition:
[The Petition of residents of South East London,
Declares that the Petitioners regret the £30 million cut to the grant received by the London Fire Brigade for the years 2013-14 and 2014-15; express concern about the proposed closure of Downham Fire Station as set out in the Fifth London Safety Plan; and note that the proposed closure of Downham Fire Station, currently subject to consultation, will increase the average Fire Brigade response time to incidents in the London Borough of Lewisham by 31 seconds.
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Department for Communities and Local Government to appeal to the Mayor of London to prioritise public safety and to keep Downham Fire Station open.
And the Petitioners remain, etc.]
Proposed Closure of Suffolk Court Care Home
I would like to present a petition against Leeds city council’s proposed closure of the Suffolk Court care home in Yeadon.
The petition states:
The Petition of a resident of the UK,
Declares that the Petitioner objects to the proposed closure of Suffolk Court Care Home in Yeadon; further that with the increase in numbers and age of older people in our community, Suffolk Court is a vital resource, providing security and practical care for those unable to be sustained at home by community services; further that closing Suffolk Court would undermine services to the elderly and vulnerable in Yeadon.
The Petitioner therefore requests that the House of Commons call upon Leeds City Council to reassess its priorities and keep this essential service open.
And the Petitioner remains, etc.


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Campania Culinaria with Chef Amy Brandwein
A FOOD ODYSSEY FROM MARE TO MONTI
Join award winning Chef and Owner of Washington D.C.’s Centrolina and Piccolina, Chef Amy Brandwein, for a flavorful food odyssey that will take us from the sun soaked recipes of the Amalfi Coast and vibrant food culture of Napoli, to the Greco di Tufo and Taurasi
vineyards of ancient Irpinia wine country. We’ll explore signature products birthed from the slopes of Vesuvius and forage along the Amalfi Coast, as we uncover Campania’s artisan food heritage from Sfogliatella to Caciocavallo, and beyond.
June 1 - 5, 2020
A taste of what we'll be savoring...
To view full tour details and book your spot on this exclusive culinary expedition, inquire to join The Palatum HERE or at the link above.
Our epicurean expedition through Campania will begin with arrival to the rendezvous points, Naples International Airport and Napoli Centrale Train Station, and a warm welcome by our Palatum Host. We will set off for Relais Blu, our intimate four-star retreat overlooking the Mediterranean, before toasting to our culinary journey with Chef Amy Brandwein during a private sunset cruise along the Costiera. This evening we’ll savor modern Southern Italian cuisine accented by spectacular views at our hotel’s acclaimed Michelin-starred restaurant. (Meals: D/Overnight: Relais Blu)
Today we will explore the fertile produce of Mt. Vesuvius, from its prized Piennolo tomatoes to Lacryma Christi producing vines, before learning the secrets of Verace Pizza Napoletana with a hands-on pizza making lesson led by a legendary pizzaiolo. We’ll traverse the beautifully Baroque streets of Napoli as we delve into traditional Neapolitan pastry making from Babà to Sfogliatella. Tonight a Neapolitan family will welcome us into their home for an intimate dinner of Campania classics with historic Naples as our backdrop. (Meals: B, L, D/Overnight: Relais Blu)
This morning we’ll step back in time with an expert agronomist for a special vineyard visit within the archaeological ruins of Pompeii. We’ll discover the fabled wines of Irpinia Wine Country, from Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo to Taurasi during a special seated tasting, and savor a contemporary nod to the flavors of Irpinia with lunch at a renowned wine estate. Our afternoon will be spent sampling award winning vintages in the historic aging cellars of an iconic producer, before uncovering the ancient Roman origins of the Costiera’s Colatura tradition as we enjoy a taste of history featuring this rare anchovy delicacy. (Meals: B, L, D/Overnight: Relais Blu)
Today we’ll begin with an insider’s look at Campania’s signature cheesemaking traditions at an artisan caseificio noted for their luscious creations like Caciocavallo, before embarking on a foraging expedition that will introduce us to a cornucopia of flavors from the Amalfi Coast. We’ll roll up our sleeves for a uniquely al fresco cooking experience highlighting Southern Italian recipes in a scenic setting, followed by free time to discover the seaside charms of pastel Positano. Tonight we’ll toast to our epicurean voyage together by savoring a sophisticated Two Michelin Star dining experience at one of the region’s most acclaimed gastronomic destinations. (Meals: B, L, D/Overnight: Relais Blu)
This morning we will check-out from Relais Blu and depart for our scheduled drop-offs at Naples International Airport and Napoli Centrale Train Station, signaling the end of tour. (Meals: B)
$5,200 / per person*
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$6,200 / per person*
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*Prices subject to change / Airfare not included
- Elegant, handpicked stays with gourmet spirit
- Full-time assistance of a Palatum Host
- All ground transportation from pick-up to drop-off
- Select touring with local guides & epicurean experts
- Daily breakfast
- Seasonally inspired lunches & dinners showcasing regional wines
- Exclusive dining at awarded gastronomic restaurants
- Hands-on cooking experiences highlighting heritage recipes
- Premium winery visits & tastings at storied producers
- Special visits with acclaimed food artisans & organic farmers
- Tastings of local delicacies unique to each region
- Signature cultural touring & all associated tickets/entrance fees
- Palatum Welcome Package in advance of departure
meet the tastemaker
meet the tastemaker
CHEF AND OWNER AMY BRANDWEIN
At Centrolina restaurant and market in CityCenterDC, Chef and Owner Amy Brandwein shows Washingtonians the versatility, grace, and overall delicacy of Italian cuisine. The three-time James Beard Foundation Award nominee believes food should taste as good as in Italy, plated with pose, and viewed through the seasonal lens of the Mid-Atlantic—tenets she instills in her new fast-casual project, Piccolina, an osteria that opened across the alley from Centrolina in July 2019. “I take Italian food and keep it in its raw state but elevate it presentation-wise without complicating it or losing flavor,” Brandwein explains. “There is something inherently captivating about Italian flavors with an artistic and modern edge, while still being fresh and natural.”
Brandwein and her flagship restaurant have earned many accolades, including James Beard Foundation Award finalist for three consecutive years (2019, 2018, 2017) in the Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic category; nomination for 2019 Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington RAMMY Awards; 2018 Chef of the Year at the RAMMY Awards (2018); as well as previous RAMMY Award nominations, including Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year (2018), Chef of the Year (2018, 2017, 2016), and New Restaurant of the Year (2016), in addition to Rising Culinary Star (2007).
In spring 2015, Brandwein opened Centrolina to fanfare not just for her appealing approach to Italian cuisine, but also because of her business savvy and the then-distinctive position of being a sole female chef and owner. Brandwein soon realized her accomplishments meant she needed to play a larger role for the culinary industry: to be an example for women chefs to visualize and realize their own success. In 2017, Brandwein accepted the James Beard Foundation’s prestigious Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program fellowship. She earned additional scholarships from the foundation, as well as the International Association of Culinary Professionals.
With a dedication to responsibly and locally sourced ingredients, Brandwein became an early partner with DC Urban Greens, a nonprofit urban farm located in Ward 7 and 8, that provides fresh and affordable produce to the local community—Centrolina and Piccolina are DC Urban Green’s only wholesale client. In September 2017, Brandwein participated in the James Beard Foundation’s 10th Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change, a program dedicated to educating and training likeminded chefs to become more effective leaders for the food-system change.
An advocate for charities that support healthy eating and ending hunger, Brandwein is also an active supporter of So Others Might Eat, DC Central Kitchen, and Martha’s Table. She is a longtime member of Les Dames d’Escoffier and Women Chefs and Restaurateurs.
An intimate, four-star retreat overlooking the Mediterranean, Relais Blu, is a sanctuary of taste by the distinguished Acampora Family.

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CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) proudly announces the launch of the AASL Past-Presidents Planning Grant for National School Library Standards. Three grants in the amount of $2,500 each will be awarded annually to AASL Affiliate organizations for the planning and execution of an event, initiative or activity focused on the implementation
January 22, 2018, by Oscar Montiel If data is freed into the open, but no one uses it, can we consider it open data? This is one of the questions we need to ask ourselves is we want to promote data use. And what better day to promote data use than Open Data Day (ODD)?
ACRL [Association of College & Research Libraries] is pleased to announce the launch of the new Academic Library Impact Research Grants. The ACRL Board of Directors has allocated $20,000 in fiscal year 2018 to offer research grants of up to $3,000 each. These grants will enable librarians to carry out new research, particularly in areas


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From the manufacturer
Autocook menu comes with preset menu. Just select the dish you want to cook, press ‘Start’ and get something new.
*Number of Menu will vary model to model.
Intellowave technology ensures faster and healthier cooking.
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Enjoy yummy food at home with this microwave along with the controlled heating option.
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Attractive Floral Pattern beautifies your kitchen interiors and adds a hint of color to it.
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It reduces bacteria growth inside the cavity and hence avoids odour formation. It also helps in easy cleaning.
Saves energy by turning off the display when the unit is not active for 5 minutes.
Keeps food at just the right temperature for up to 90 minutes.
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Comes with variety of autocook menu specially designed for health and calorie conscious people.
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A Freight Dimensioner That Assures Quality EFFICIENT IMAGING WITH A PALLET DIMENSIONER The iDimension LTL uses advanced sensing technology to accurately determine the cubic dimensions of freight, helping ensure freight code compliance is being recorded and declared. Ideal for LTL carriers and companies with a high percentage of product shipped via pallet or crate, the iDimension LTL removes the potential for human error when taking measurements. The extra labor of manually determining dimensions is eliminated by accurately capturing freight dimensions in less than two seconds. LIGHT KITS An LED light kit reflects a light grid on the floor, eliminating the need to paint, etch or tape the dimensioning zone, and quickly assists forklift drivers. REAL-TIME ASSESSMENT Up to two high-resolution cameras perform freight identification, damage assessment and tracking. OPERATOR DISPLAY The operator display provides instantaneous feedback to the forklift or pallet jack operator, communicating dimensions and system status. LIGHTNING SPEED The iDimension LTL harnesses the fastest processing in the industry. Its advanced imaging technology dimensions LTL freight at a rate of 1-2 seconds within 0.5-inch Legal for Trade accuracy. RUGGED DESIGN With no moving parts and a solid-state design, the iDimension LTL can easily integrate into a typical LTL environment. Its rugged computer and industrial electrical components can withstand both the hot and cold extremes of shipping docks. Sensors and cameras are protected from accidental freight impact. EASE OF INSTALLATION The iDimension LTL can be installed in one day. Installation technicians will test the interface and train personnel how to use, configure and calibrate the system. NETWORK INTEGRATION The iDimension LTL is a network device with a web service interface, providing simple integration using configurable capture definitions through HTTP requests, status checking and XML parsing. In other words, Rice Lake has designed this product to easily transfer images and dimensions to your network.
Legal for Trade measurement range for maximum freight size at 96 in x 96 in x 96 in and minimum freight size at 12 in x 12 in x 12 in with 0.5-inch accuracy 360-degree access for easy pallet placement in the center of target zone No moving parts and solid-state design Minimal set-up and training required Up to four low-resolution intensity images provide a bounding box to identify measurement recorded and can be configured to include time and date, scan ID, serial number, dimensions and dimensioning indications Options Up to two high-resolution cameras enable freight identification, damage assessment and tracking LED lighting kit reflects a light grid on the floor, eliminating the need to paint, etch or tape the dimensioning zone 23-inch forklift operator display provides instantaneous feedback to the forklift or pallet jack operator, communicating dimensions and system status iDimension software suite provides a customizable GUI and triggering methods, storage, logging and transfer of shipment and dimensional data and ftp images to existing ERP, TMS and WMA without the use of the iDimension web service interface API iDimension software suite can be used to integrate the iDimension LTL with barcode scanners, floor scales and forklift scales
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In celebration of the Red Sox’s ALDS series win over the Tampa Bay Rays, Karson and Salt put together their own Sox-infused version of Ylvis’ viral sensation “The Fox” with “What Does The Sox Say?”
You’ve probably already heard the song on the show, but what you may not know is that Karson & Salt documented the recording process on video! Watch the clip above to see the guys record the song – and show off their sweet dance moves.
They recorded the song before the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers began, so it may seem a bit dated – the Sox’s bats haven’t exactly gone BOOM BOOM BOOM in this current series. But the pitching staff has stepped up big-time and some clutch hitting has the Sox up 2-1 in the series, so let’s celebrate their success while we still can!
Photo Credits: Getty Images
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- Karson Finally Writes His Will
- Can’t Beat Kennedy: Wednesday 6/20


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What is toxemia gravidarum?
What is toxemia? Toxemia in pregnancy, also known as preeclampsia (i.e., the preferred medical term), is a complication of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to various organs (e.g., liver or kidneys).
What’s the difference between toxemia and preeclampsia?
Preeclampsia, formerly called toxemia, is when pregnant women have high blood pressure, protein in their urine, and swelling in their legs, feet, and hands. It can range from mild to severe. It usually happens late in pregnancy, though it can come earlier or just after delivery.
What is Endotheliosis?
Endotheliosis is defined by endothelial changes in renal glomeruli, combining swollen endothelial cells leading to narrowed capillary lumen (A,B). Foci of acute tubular necrosis are present (C).
What is meant by toxemia?
Listen to pronunciation. (tok-SEE-mee-uh) Disease caused by the spread of bacteria and their toxins in the bloodstream. Also called blood poisoning and septicemia.
What is PET in obstetrics?
Pre-eclampsia increases the risk of undesirable outcomes for both the mother and the fetus. If left untreated, it may result in seizures at which point it is known as eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia. Other names. Preeclampsia toxaemia (PET)
What is Precmapsia?
Preeclampsia is a complication of pregnancy. With preeclampsia, you might have high blood pressure, high levels of protein in urine that indicate kidney damage (proteinuria), or other signs of organ damage.
What is acute Atherosis?
Acute atherosis is unique vascular changes of the placenta associated with poor placentation. It is characterized by subendothelial lipid-filled foam cells, fibrinoid necrosis of the arterial wall, perivascular lymphocytic infiltration, and it is histologically similar to early-stage atherosclerosis.
What is toxemia in microbiology?
What is Precl?
Preeclampsia is one high blood pressure (hypertension) disorder that can occur during pregnancy. Other disorders can happen, too: Gestational hypertension is high blood pressure that begins after 20 weeks without problems in the kidneys or other organs. Some women with gestational hypertension may develop preeclampsia.
What is another name for preeclampsia?
Preeclampsia is sometimes called by other names, including pregnancy-induced or pregnancy-associated hypertension and toxemia.
What is the normal BP of a pregnant woman?
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) state that a pregnant woman’s blood pressure should also be within the healthy range of less than 120/80 mm Hg. If blood pressure readings are higher, a pregnant woman may have elevated or high blood pressure.
What are the causes of Toxaemia?
The main risk factors include:
- having had pre-eclampsia in a previous pregnancy; or.
- having pre-existing high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney disease, clotting disorders or lupus.
What means toxemia?
Medical Definition of toxemia : an abnormal condition associated with the presence of toxic substances in the blood: as. a : a generalized intoxication due to absorption and systemic dissemination of bacterial toxins from a focus of infection.
How is HELLP diagnosed?
To find out if you have HELLP syndrome, your provider does a physical exam to check you for: Belly pain or soreness, especially in the upper right side. An enlarged liver. High blood pressure.

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-Va., on Wednesday moved nearer to confirming that he might run for president.
“I’ll do every part I can to assist my nation, and also you say: Does this imply you’ll take into consideration that?” “Completely,” Manchin mentioned in an unique interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker.
He added: “Each American ought to take into consideration this if they’re able to assist save the nation.”
Manchin mentioned he should first discover whether or not there may be an urge for food amongst voters for a reasonable candidate like him.
He mentioned: “I’ll do every part in my energy to make sure that this reasonable, cheap and logical heart is mobilized.”
Manchin advised that if he can “re-energize” the middle-of-the-road crowd, that might play a key function in whether or not he launches a White Home bid.
“I am completely, completely scared to loss of life that Donald Trump will change into president once more,” he mentioned. “I feel we are going to lose democracy as we all know it.”
The information comes after Manchin introduced final week that he won’t search re-election to the Senate, which is able to make it troublesome for his social gathering to carry the seat within the deep crimson state and reshape the battle for management of the Senate in 2024.
Manchin mentioned he does not suppose there’s a deadline for him to resolve whether or not to run for president, however mentioned he’ll discover out on Tremendous Tuesday, scheduled for March 5, if he has a following.
The senator dodged questions on whether or not he would run solely as a third-party candidate, saying solely: “The underside line is that I’m as impartial as I’ve change into.”
Manchin seems to reject the concept that making an impartial bid might damage President Joe Biden’s re-election probabilities. He mentioned: “I’ve by no means spoiled something in my life, and I can’t be a spoiler now.”
The senator mentioned he doesn’t imagine that Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are the strongest ticket to defeat Trump, arguing that they don’t serve centrists. He mentioned Biden had moved “far left” in his insurance policies, particularly on vitality, and criticized the state of affairs of migrants on the US-Mexico border.
Though he mentioned he was dissatisfied with the Biden administration, Manchin praised the president’s resilience.
“Once I met with Biden, we all the time had a really lively engagement,” Manchin mentioned, dismissing issues concerning the results of the president’s age on his bodily and psychological well being.
Manchin reiterated that he’s involved about the opportunity of Trump profitable one other presidency, particularly for the reason that former president threatened to make use of government authority to retaliate in opposition to his opponents and prosecutors who investigated him and accused him of crimes.


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To save special moments.
Often it is discussed how we the crafters and memory keepers need to stop and create something about us. About the people and person who is crafting those special projects and making the family scrapbooks.
Today's projects are once again breathtaking!! Designer Lesley Langdon showcases how you can take a vintage book (or perhaps one gathering dust on your bookshelf) and transform it into a true work of art! And Designer Patti Milazzo has another one of her gorgeous cards to share that is pretty enough to frame!


USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)
This is the USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), the lead ship of the only class of destroyers currently active in the US Navy. Laid down on December 6, 1988, and commissioned on 4 July, 1991, the Burke is still in service. Her design was influenced by British experience in the Falklands War of 1982, resulting in an advanced air defense platform. The Burke is primarily armed with Tomahawk and Standard missiles in vertical launch tubes, but also mounts a rapid fire 5"/54 Mark 45 gun on the bow. These are supplemented with an assortment of light machine guns for close-in defense. For anti-submarine work, the Burke can carry ASROCs in some of her vertical launch tubes, and she can carry two helicopters. Her top speed is officially classified, but most estimates I've seen place it in the range of 35 knots. Arleigh Burke has seen extensive deployments to the Mediterranean and Red Seas, and began her career supporting humanitarian relief operations in the former Yugoslavia.


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Staff at the Westwood Tim Hortons are coming to the end of their training and waiting for the doors to open to the public at 7am on Monday.
The Canadian restaurant and drive-thru has taken on just over 70 staff for the new venue, slightly less than the figure quoted by Thanet Job Centres of 103.
Managers have now completed a 6 week training course while all other staff undertook two weeks preparation.
The team has had a trial run today with a number of invited guests.
The venue at Broadstairs Retail Park (the roundabout area from Tesco to The Range) will be celebrating the official opening with prizes up for grabs.
The first customers in the drive-thru and the restaurant queue winning free drinks for a year. The first 100 customers will receive a free breakfast meal.
Customers can try out the coffee, shakes, the hallmark donuts and Timbits as well as sandwiches, wraps and burgers.
The restaurant will be open from 6am till midnight, seven days a week with dine-in, drive-thru, takeaway and delivery options available
The first Tim Horton outlet opened in Canada in 1964. The chain began opening sites in the UK in 2017 and now has 76 venues.


The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) recently hosted a panel discussion in Madrid to support global education reform leaders in finding the most effective ways to drive innovation in education systems.
The engagement promoted the recommendations of the WISE research report, ‘Creative Public Leadership: How School System Leaders Can Create the Conditions for System-wide Innovation.’
The report presents a roadmap for facilitating system-level change in education.
Joe Hallgarten, a lead author of the report, described key findings about the creative public leadership needed to inspire, drive and achieve change at the systems level.
Hallgarten, who is the director of Creative Learning and Development at the London-based ideas organisation Royal Society for the Arts, explained how he and his co-authors arrived at the nine first steps required for re-orienting public system innovation.
He said he is “quite optimistic” about education in Spain as it represents a great opportunity.
José Antonio Marina, who is among Spain’s leading voices on education reform, shared his views on fostering education leadership towards creating positive conditions for innovation in Spain. He discussed ways that some of them could be implemented, saying “the key findings of this WISE research are very relevant for the current education situation in Spain.”
The engagement took place at El Sal?n de Embajadores at the prestigious Casa de América in central Madrid, and was chaired and moderated by Stavros Yiannouka, CEO, WISE.
An initiative of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, the gathering took place alongside the WISE Learners’ Voice residential session, also in Madrid.
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- Sep 22, 2004
- New Brunswick
Walmart has over a dozen quarts of the M05 batch. I grabbed a quart off the shelf, ran down a lonely isle and opened the cap. It's still green, still smells the same. Grabbing every bottle off the shelf and checking for color and scent would likely have attracted some attention so I can't say for sure whether all the M05 bottles contained the green elixir, but that one bottle certainly did. Puts me at ease, knowing there's still some green stuff on the shelves around town.


Killing of taxi association worker shocks colleagues
LAND SETTLEMENT, Manchester:
Workers at the Silver Streak Taxi Association in Mandeville are struggling to come to terms with the death of their colleague, Terrence Stewart, who was shot and killed in Land Settlement district in the parish last Thursday morning.
It is reported that Stewart was travelling in his car to his farm on Thursday morning with two other men when unknown assailants fired several shots that hit him.
The two men managed to escape, Stewart was later pronounced dead.
Stewart, 39 years old, was the former treasurer at the association, and for the past two months a taxi operator.
“He was the treasurer here for the past four years, and he was also an auto mechanic. It was just since recently that he started his farm and had people working on it. When I heard what happened I was shocked. I instantly tried calling his phone because I just could not believe but there was no answer,” said his colleague, Shedeen Jones
She said Stewart was not one of the most loved for a lot of people but he had some good traits.
“He was not a bad person overall. He had his little ways but he was still not a bad person and didn’t deserve to die like this. I feel it for his three children that are left behind now.”
An associate who chose to remain anonymous said Stewart was not the easiest man to deal, with but his ambitious traits were admirable.
“He was always working. He did a lot of things that he could earn from because he did not believe in sitting down. On a good day he was kind and would help you out, but some other days he had a bad attitude. He did not deserve to die like this though, no one deserves to die like this.”
The matter remains under police investigation.


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Wildlife bureau against feeding tainted ‘bangus’ to zoo crocodiles
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – An official of the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau frowned on the decision of zoo officials to feed seized “bangus” (milkfish) suspected of coming from areas affected by a massive fishkill in Batangas and Pangasinan provinces to crocodiles at the Crocodile Park in Pasay City.
Theresa Mundita Lim, PAWB national director, on Friday said like humans, animals were also at risk if they were fed so-called “botcha” or spoiled fish.
“We are issuing an advisory against this and we are writing a letter to the Crocodile Park to stop feeding the wildlife animals with dead fish from fishkills,” said Lim, who arrived here from Manila in connection with the investigation on coral smuggling.
Lim said that thiaminate developed in the gut of spoiled fish. Thiaminate, Lim said, destroyed vitamin B in the body of humans or animals.
“Once animals ingest fish with thiaminate substance, they will suffer from nervous system related problems,” she warned.
Lim said ingestion of thiaminate could lead to convulsion and possibly, death.
“We don’t like this to happen to our wildlife animals,” she said.
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by Ryan Earehart, Mana Foods Produce Manager
Okra Time is approaching fast. Although I am very busy mangaging the bustling Produce Department at Mana Foods, searching high and low to find the very beast quality and prices for your shopping pleasure, I have still been making time to grow another crop of okra this season and it's looking real nice. We did a test plot last season and now this year we increased the plantings ten fold, with three varieties mostly Mammoth Spineless, Red Velvet, and a Chinese smooth skin type. The birds ate 50% of the first planting and then the aphids severly damaged another 25% but we have replanted a couple more times.
Okra loves the heat and long days and right now in Kula long hot days are the norm, so the flowers popping out each day in droves. The wild bee hive inside the Inia tree in the adjacent gulch is up for the task that waits them to pollenate countless thousdands of okra flowers this summer. Young and Tender fresh from the plant is my favorite way to eat this fantastic fruity vegetable. Lots of Silica in okra is good for the elasticity of the skin.

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To calculate kenetic energy determine the mass of the object in motion. Then determine the velocity of the object in motion. Multiply the object’s velocity to itself in order to get the square of the velocity (velocity x velocity). Multiply the value you calculate for mass by the value you calculated for velocity. That gives you the kinetic energy in an object.


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Tasting Room Educator
Growing up in Atascadero, Anna was no stranger to the booming wine industry in her backyard. Her first tasting room experience, however, was up north in Chico where she also attended university. Upon graduating with a B.A. in Humanities, Anna moved home to the central coast, spent some time working in a local Tasting Room, and then headed abroad to backpack around South East Asia for five months! After that big adventure, Anna started a new chapter with us at Epoch as one of our awesome Tasting Room Educators!


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The total number of active COVID-19 cases in Rockingham County Public Schools continues to climb. In just three weeks and two days, RCPS has documented 199 active cases.
While this is a small percentage compared to the more than 11,000 students the school division has enrolled, it’s far higher than the numbers were last year.
For comparison, RCPS has had 199 cases since Aug. 23. James Madison University had 232 since two weeks prior to that. JMU has almost twice as many students as Rockingham County. Of course, JMU students have access to the COVID-19 vaccine, and it is required for students who don’t opt out and submit to regular testing.
County parents pushed back against students wearing masks this year. However, knowing that outside of the vaccine, which isn’t available to many of them yet, the best defense from transmitting the highly contagious virus is wearing masks indoors. Gov. Ralph Northam made it a mandate that all people who enter schools are required to wear a mask. This includes for after-school activities such as School Board meetings.
Rockingham County breaks down its active cases on its COVID-19 dashboard by attendance zones.
While all attendance zones have low percentages of total cases and all are within 1 percentage point of each other, the East Rockingham High School attendance zone has the highest with 2.3% of students and staff having testing positive for COVID-19 since the start of school.
The Turner Ashby High School attendance zone has seen 1.9% of students and staff test positive. The Spotswood High School district comes in next with a 1.4% rate of positive cases. And finally the Broadway High School attendance zone has the lowest rate with 1.3%.
Only Fulks Run Elementary School has had zero reported COVID-19 cases among students and staff.
Harrisonburg City Public Schools numbers are lower than RCPS, but so is its enrollment by almost half. The division has seen 72 confirmed student cases and 24 staff cases since Aug. 24.
Despite these relatively low numbers, there are quite a few students currently in quarantine, especially at Harrisonburg High School.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 98 HHS students are in quarantine. There are a total of 218 HCPS students in quarantine.
The breakdown of COVID-19 confirmed student cases is:
Bluestone Elementary School — 5
Keister Elementary School — 0
Smithland Elementary School — 5
Spotswood Elementary School — 9
Stone Spring Elementary School — 6
Waterman Elementary School — 8
Elon Rhodes Learning Center — 1
Skyline Middle School — 12
Thomas Harrison Middle School — 9
Harrisonburg High School — 17


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Departures: 10:00 AM approx.
Length: Approx. 6 hours. Tours longer than 5 hours are not recommended for cruise passengers due to time limits on your cruise itinerary. Please be aware of your time in port prior to booking.
Children: Minimum age to participate is 5 years old. Children must be closely accompanied by an adult at all times while in the water snorkeling. Life vests will be provided.
Meeting Location: Your hotel in Puerto Viejo, Cahuita or Limon Cruise Ship Pier. Further instructions and pick up time will accompany your voucher.
Cruise Passengers: Minimum 2 passengers.
Insider Tip: The warm, crystalline waters of Costa Rica´s Caribbean invite snorkelers to enjoy a great time underwater without the need of wetsuits and with great visibility practically all year round!
Note: This tour is considered to be easy and accommodates all physical levels.
Important Note: Due to the logistics of this operation, this provider requests payment in advance 72 hours prior. Discounted pricing is for clients paying cash in advance at tour offices in San Jose or Puerto Viejo. A credit card authorization for the balance will be requested to hold the reservation. If you do not make the cash payment prior to the tour, your credit card will be processed for the remaining balance plus a small processing fee on the day of the tour. Complete instructions will be provided on your confirmation voucher.
The Real Deal: $54.00
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(The balance of $44.00 per person must be paid 72 hours prior the day of the tour)
This tour departs at 10:00 AM.
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A Breakdown of Democracy: Kev Carroll talks to the Metropolitan Police at the EDL demonstration in Walthamstow last Saturday.
This video is the first of a few that will be emerging over the next few days:
Listen to what the Police Officer says. She is effectively saying the speeches can’t be held. She actually isn’t, she says that if the speeches are held where the stage is, the P.A will be turned off and the speeches won’t be heard, and it isn’t possible to move the equipment over to where the EDL are in a cordon across the other side of the field. She also replies when asked “So the speeches won’t be heard?”, “No, the speeches won’t be heard”.
As the video plays, bottles are thrown by individuals from the counter-demonstration.
No one is arrested.
Instead, many of the EDL members were arrested “to prevent a breach of the peace”. The remainder were searched and held in the cordon for over 5 hours with no access to toilets or water.
Some were also assaulted by the Police.
16 Year old boy punched in face.
Anyone who was wrongly arrested or suffered an assault by the Police or as a result of the Police negligence should put in a complaint as soon as possible.
No Surrender! J xx


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A Sustainable Harvest
Because of their health benefits, flavor and overall appeal, strawberries
add vibrant color to almost any kind of salad. Not only that, they can add depth and
sweetness to enhance more traditional salad dressings.
When it comes to fruits and veggies, some rank higher than others when it comes to nutrient content. Find out what defines a true “superfruit” and why strawberries are highly recommended by health professionals as part of a healthy diet.
Meet the Growers
Most of the US strawberries are grown in California by passionate farmers on multi-generation family farms. Learn more about some of the faces behind this popular and nutritious fruit.
California Strawberry Farmer Stories
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Watch Guns N’ Roses Play ‘Street of Dreams’ for First Time in 10 Years
The band has played some other deep cuts during their recently launched European tour. Their first performance in eight months, a June 5 gig in Portugal, featured a cover of AC/DC’s “Walk All Over You" from 1979's Highway to Hell; they also tackled “Reckless Life” from their 1986 EP Live ?1@ Like a Suicide for the first time in 29 years, along with Appetite for Destruction's “You’re Crazy” for the first time in 31 years.
Earlier this year, Slash told Classic Rock that he had “no expectations” when the reunion began. “Axl and I really got over this major sort of hump of negativity that we’ve been carrying around for years and years,” he said. “It was a real simple, relatively short conversation that we had.”
He added: “In all these years that we’ve been apart, he’s become super-fucking professional. And he’s never missed a beat during this whole time. So it’s been great. There has been a sort of synergy that’s been happening this last six years that we never had in our first incarnation.”
Watch Guns N’ Roses Play ’Street of Dreams’ in Prague


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Our team is well-known for handling sophisticated real estate transactions throughout the United States. Whether real estate is their primary business or an important asset, clients turn to our highly experienced team to handle real estate acquisitions, dispositions, investments, financing, development and leasing matters, as well as to handle disputes that may arise in the course of such transactions. With more than 40 lawyers across the country, our Real Estate team possesses the breadth to handle projects of any scale or complexity, as well as the depth of location-specific experience necessary for success in several key U.S. real estate markets.
Our experienced attorneys understand the business and legal issues involved with owning or operating real estate and are able to provide cost-efficient representation to achieve our clients’ goals. We offer a one-stop shop to real estate investors for structuring commercial real estate projects involving complex, interdisciplinary issues ranging, for example, from risk of environmental claims, to compliance with corporate, securities and other regulatory laws, to minimization of tax liability. Clients also benefit from our advice with respect to the monetization of noncore real estate assets, including sales and leasebacks and other financial strategies. We handle due diligence review and inventory of real estate assets in mergers and acquisitions as well as advise our clients on structures for management of real estate assets.
Many of our real estate lawyers are recognized as leaders in the real estate legal and business communities and are often consulted as “lawyer’s lawyers.” Our team consists of members of legal and industry groups including the International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute, CREW Network, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Our lawyers frequently serve as members of faculty and lecturers at seminars and educational institutions. Four of our partners are members of the prestigious American College of Real Estate Lawyers.
Some of the recent successful outcomes that we have obtained for our clients include:
- Represented a lender in connection with a $127,000,000 mortgage loan secured by 12 properties in nine states to a real estate fund controlled by a worldwide developer of distribution facilities.
- Represented a real estate development company in the negotiation of a joint venture for the $58 million acquisition and future development of a land parcel, which required the negotiation of complex provisions for the funding of pre-development expenses and elections to pursue the development of each phase of the project.
- Served as primary counsel to a multinational clothing corporation and its affiliated brands in matters related to the international roll‐out of their retail stores, now numbering in the hundreds. We also handled the acquisition, leasing and construction of their world headquarters in Philadelphia.
- Regularly handled significant lease transactions for a major Northeastern developer, including several significant build-to-suit lease transactions in both New York and New Jersey that covered nearly 1,000,000 square feet of warehouse, office and mixed use space.
- Represented a developer in connection with the ground leasing, development and construction of two residential apartment buildings, consisting of more than 350 units, which will be part of New Jersey City University’s redevelopment of more than 100 acres of land. This transaction involves a public-private partnership which was reviewed and approved by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
- Obtained development approvals for a 156,000-square-foot expansion of an existing 460,000-square-foot automotive warehouse/distribution/office facility in New Jersey, and obtained further approvals for a future 626,000-square-foot expansion. This brings the total project size to some 1,242,000 square feet, making it one of the largest distribution centers in the Northeast region.
- Worked with a publicly-traded real estate investment trust in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, financing and leasing of the company’s portfolio of retail shopping centers, and handled the company’s related real estate issues including REAs, covenants, title and signage.
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text: PURPOSE:To markedly enhance thermal transferability to a surface poor in wettability, add a thermal sensitivity enhancing agent to a transferability-controlling layer and enable transferring with low energy, by providing a transferability-controlling layer having high heat-sensitive adhesiveness, hardness, viscosity and cohesive force on an ink layer to impart pressure-sensitive adhesiveness to the ink layer. CONSTITUTION:A transferability-controlling layer 13 provided on an ink layer 12 has viscosity, heat-sensitive adhesiveness, hardness and cohesive force higher than those of the ink layer 12 under thermal transfer conditions. Since the adhesive force is enhanced at the time of thermal transfer to a base sheet used as an object to which an image is to be transferred, thermal transferability to a surface poor in wettability is enhanced. Also, since cohesive force, viscosity and hardness of the layer 13 are set to be high, defective transfer such as collapse and spreading of images is effectively improved. At the time of pressure-sensitive transfer for transferring an ink image (transfer image) to a second object, a predetermined ink image can be transferred in a body without leaving a residual ink, a beautiful image free of spreading or missing of the transferred ink can be obtained, and the transferred image can simultaneously be protected firmly.

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IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission - ISO/IEC 19794-13:2018
Information technology - Biometric data interchange formats - Part 13: Voice data
|Organization:||IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission|
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|ICS Code (Identification cards. Chip cards. Biometrics):||35.240.15|
ISO/IEC 19794-13:2018 specifies a data interchange format that can be used for storing, recording, and transmitting digitized acoustic human voice data (speech) assumed to be from a single speaker... View More
ISO/IEC 19794-13:2018 specifies a data interchange format that can be used for storing, recording, and transmitting digitized acoustic human voice data (speech) assumed to be from a single speaker recorded in a single session. This format is designed specifically to support a wide variety of Speaker Identification and Verification (SIV) applications, both text-dependent and text-independent, with minimal assumptions made regarding the voice data capture conditions or the collection environment. Other uses for the data encapsulated in this format, such as automated speech recognition (ASR), may be possible, but are not addressed in this documnet. This document also does not address handling of data that has been processed to the feature or voice model levels. No application-specific
Provisions that stored and transmitted biometric data be time-stamped and that cryptographic techniques be used to protect their authenticity, integrity and confidentiality are out of the scope of this document.
Information formatted in accordance with this document can be recorded on machine-readable media or can be transmitted by data communication between systems.
A general content-oriented subclause describing the voice data interchange format is followed by a subclause addressing an XML schema definition.
ISO/IEC 19794-13:2018 includes vocabulary in common use by the speech and speaker recognition community, as well as terminology from other ISO standards.


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If you have not yet installed OVDLT, see the Installation article.
If you have successfully installed your OVDLT application, you should see a home page with sample data and videos similar to this:
The initial installation includes four default registered users. You do not have to login as a registered user to use the basic features of the Web site, but logging in as a registered user gives you access to additional features and privileges:
|guest||guest$ovdlt||Personalization features, such as saving favorites and searches, creating playlists, etc.|
|collections||collections$ovdlt||Create official Library collections.|
|cataloger||cataloger$ovdlt||Create, edit, delete catalog records for new and existing videos.|
|administrator||administrator$ovdlt||Customize library settings, feature videos and collections, manage users, plus cataloger privileges.|
It is strongly recommended that you change the passwords of the default users as soon as possible, especially the administrator, cataloger, and collections users. See the Managing Users article for more information.
The next step is to configure your OVDLT application for your organization. This involves:
- Defining your library-specific information, such as the site masthead title and subtitle, the site copyright statement, visual theme for the site, etc.
- Configuring the metadata elements and controlled vocabularies you will use to catalog videos in your collection

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Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers are perfect for parties and game day gatherings. They’re stuffed with cheesy goodness and wrapped in bacon which crisps in the oven as they bake.
In spite of all the cinnamon-spiced, pumpkin-filled things I have on the blog agenda, this savory bake has edged them all out to be my first published recipe of Fall 2021. The reason? First of all, it’s football time in Tennessee. I don’t watch the game, but my dad is a fan. And I enjoy making, sharing, and eating all kinds of game day food. Second (and perhaps more pressing) the jalapeno pepper plants in my little garden overfloweth.
The vegetables in my garden have been plentiful this year, but none more so than the jalapeno plants. They are so easy and fun to grow! Even now, when all the other plants are waning, the jalapenos are still going strong. I’ve let them grow on the vine too long, so now I have some really colossal peppers that need a purpose.
This recipe is it! It’s a party staple but you don’t need an excuse to make them. They are so easy to make, not too hot, and everyone seems to love them.
Grate a block of good extra-sharp cheddar instead of using the pre-shredded stuff, if you can. It blends with the cream cheese better and melts like a dream! The pre-shredded stuff will work in a pinch, but you’ll love how melty and bubbly the block cheese becomes.
Onion and garlic powders, along with freshly ground pepper add more savory flavor to the peppers. Some people leave those spices out, but they work a special magic on plain cream cheese. I say use them!
The seeds and ribs carry most of the heat in the pepper, so put on some gloves and scoop them out. Use a spoon or a curled finger to scrape the ribs out.
Once hollowed, fill them with the cheese mixture. Use the back of a spoon to press the mixture into the pepper cavities.
That’s a wrap!
Here’s my cheat. I use thin pre-cooked bacon. Hormel Black Label is what I keep on hand and it works well. It’s pliable enough for wrapping and crisps up perfectly by the time the peppers are cooked. If you prefer to use uncooked bacon make sure it’s THIN sliced.
This classic appetizer is so simple and really satisfying. My peppers were so big, I had to use two strips of bacon per pepper half. The recipe I’ve written calls for more normal-sized peppers that you can easily find at the grocery store, for a yield of 24 poppers.
These are so wonderful served with sour cream and a sprinkle of scallions or chives. I served these with the last of the garden’s cherry tomatoes. A fond farewell to summer.
Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers
- 8 oz. cream cheese at room temperature
- 1 cup grated extra-sharp cheddar block cheese preferred
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper about 12 turns from a grinder
- 1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
- 12 fresh whole jalapeno peppers each 3 inches long
- 12 slices uncooked thin sliced bacon or 24 thin slices pre-cooked bacon
- Sour cream for serving
- Scallions or chives for serving
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil
- Place the cream cheese, grated cheddar, garlic powder, onion powder, ground pepper and sea salt in a large mixing bowl. Stir together with a rubber spatula. Fold together several times to make sure all the ingredients are well dispersed. Cover and set aside.
- Slice the jalapenos in half lengthwise. Put on gloves and scoop the seeds and ribs out with fingers, or use a spoon to scrape them out. Place the hollowed pepper halves on the prepared baking sheet.
- Fill the pepper halves with spoonsful of the cheese mixture, heaping them a little higher than the edges of the peppers (don’t overfill or the cheese will bubble out).
- If using uncooked bacon, cut the slices in half so you have 24 pieces of bacon. Wrap each filled pepper with a bacon half so that the ends of the bacon meet underneath the peppers (seam-side-down, so to speak).
- If using precooked bacon, wrap one whole piece of bacon around each filled pepper so that the bacon ends meet underneath the peppers.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the bacon is browned and the peppers are softened.
- Serve peppers warm with sour cream and chives. These are also great at room temperature.


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Since 2020, the entire deuter product line has been free of pfc treated materials
Perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals, or PFC for short, are substances that are harmful to the environment and have a strong impact on our health.
Researchers found traces of PFC in drinking water, air, blood, polar bears and breast milk. Some PFCs can even adversely affect reproduction and cause cancer. The harmful fluorocarbons degrade very slowly - over several hundred years - or sometimes not at all.

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