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Quarterback Lamar Jackson continues to be one of the biggest puzzles of the 2018 draft, due in part to the fact that Jackson doesn't have an agent. Because he doesn't have an agent, some teams continue to have a hard time getting in touch with him to arrange pre-draft visits and/or workouts.
Per a league source, one team tried at least seven times to contact Jackson. The team in question wasn't able to reach him, and the team as of earlier on Thursday had not heard back from him.
And make no mistake about it — Jackson has decided to go without an agent simply because he believes that there's nothing for an agent to do when the time comes to negotiate a contract.
"I know coming in as a rookie, an agent doesn't really negotiate anything," Jackson told Jarrett Bell of USA Today. "You're going to get the salary you're going to get. I decided I don't need him. He's going to be taking a big cut out of my paycheck . . . and I feel I deserve it right now."
It's a horribly short-sighted and ill-informed decision, overlooking the fact that a good agent can get a player drafted higher than he otherwise would have been drafted, and paid more than he otherwise would have been paid. As part of this effort, a good agent can fend off the efforts of other agents to promote their own clients while knocking other players. (And, yes, that happens all the time.)
A good agent also can handle external threats to a player's draft fortune. When Bill Polian was pushing the notion that Jackson should switch to receiver, a good agent could have tracked down Polian, explained to Polian that Jackson would not be moving to receiver, and politely asked Polian to knock it off. (And if politely didn't work, a good agent would have handled the situation impolitely.)
Not surprisingly, Richard Sherman (whose decision to represent himself wasn't an isolated lark but part of a crusade to wipe out agents altogether) supports Jackson's decision, claiming that "in terms of improving his draft stock or the amount of money [Jackson] receives, there isn't much they can do." All due respect, that's just not accurate — and it reveals that Sherman simply doesn't understand what good agents do to help their clients get drafted as high as possible and, in turn, get paid as much as possible.
Here's a quick summary of the things a good agent can do for a rookie, as posted previously in other PFT items regarding rookies choosing to go it alone.
First, despite the relative simplicity of the rookie wage scale, players selected in the first round need to be able to navigate certain nuances and hot spots in the draft order relevant to offset language, guaranteed pay, cash flow, and other structural devices.
Second, a good agent will get the rookie the best possible pre-draft training, ensuring that the player is ready for the various aspects of the pre-draft workouts that follow, and a good agent will cover those expenses.
Third, a good agent will prepare the player for the Wonderlic test, boosting his score to something higher than it otherwise would have been. (Whatever Jackson's score was — and we'll post none of them here — having a good agent wouldn't have made it worse and likely would have made it better.)
Fourth, a good agent will advise the player on whether and to what extent to engage in Scouting Combine activities, and whether and to what extent to engage in pre-draft team visits and private workouts. A good agent will prepare the player regarding what to say and how to say it when meeting with teams. A good agent will serve as the buffer between the player and teams that may not be happy to hear that, for example, the player won't be visiting the facility or throwing privately for its coaching staff.
Fifth, a good agent can help the player establish a network of mentors and advisors who will help prepare him for the draft and for life in the NFL. Recently, former NFL fullback Michael Robinson took to Twitter to plead with Jackson to get in touch with Robinson so that others with a skill set similar to Jackson's can help him. If Jackson had an agent, Robinson and those hoping to help Jackson would quickly be able to connect with Jackson, through the agent.
Sixth, a good agent will study rosters and depth charts and coaching staffs and schemes, identifying the best destination for the player's short-term and long-term interests and embark on a plan to get him there.
Seventh, a good agent will sell his client relentlessly, working scouts, coaches, owners, and media to make the players as desirable as possible.
Eighth, a good agent will try to thread the needle, getting the player in the best spot to thrive. For some players, it's not about getting drafted as high as possible; it's about getting drafted in the right spot. A good agent can help make that happen. By having no agent, the player is rolling the dice.
And what's it really worth to avoid paying agent fees? In 2017, pick No. 15 received a $12.6 million contract, fully guaranteed. Pick No. 17 received a $11.596 million contract, fully guaranteed.
The total difference between No. 15 and No. 17: $1.004 million. The total fee paid by the 15th pick, at a maximum rate of three percent: $378,000.
So if an agent could get Jackson drafted by the Cardinals (who need a quarterback) at No. 15 instead of the Chargers (who need a quarterback) at No. 17, the contract value arising from two-spot difference would pay the entire fee, with more than $600,000 left over.
Sherman is going to continue to believe what he believes, for reasons that perhaps only he knows. The truth continues to be that good agents provide a valuable service to their clients. It's abundantly clear that Jackson would have benefited from those services, and that those services may have paid for themselves, and then some.


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"Permatern" is the new label for a college graduate who spends years in her 20s working for a minimal stipend or for free. This pattern seems to have become more common for some liberal arts college graduates seeking jobs in media, the arts, and other fields, particularly in the metro areas of New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C.
Kate, with a degree in political science from an Ivy League school, was recently profiled in The Week.
She had one internship at a political organization and another at a media company and is now an unpaid intern at a lobbying firm. To make ends meet, she works as a hostess three or four nights a week, which means she often clocks 15-hour days.
Lacking a steady paycheck and benefits
… After all, who wants to still be an intern at an age when you should have a 401(k) and a modicum of job security, or at least be earning more than you did at your summer job during high school? …
When I ask Kate how many jobs she's applied for, she says, "Like a million."
Permaterns are sometimes counted in the growing numbers of underemployed college graduates.
Desperate as she is, the Department of Labor doesn't consider her to be unemployed, because she has two jobs. Instead, Kate, who often works more than 60 hours a week, is in a class of workers who don't show up in government reports. She's one of the "permaterns" — those perpetual interns, mostly in their 20s — who have been battered by the recession and are holding out hope that the conventional career wisdom that an internship leads to a job isn't folklore from a bygone era.
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The serial intern isn't unique to D.C. You can find young people languishing at film studios in Los Angeles and magazine empires in New York City. The permatern phenomenon points toward wider trends in the economy — namely the cutthroat competition for knowledge-economy jobs, the lack of investment in this generation, and the skills gap between what a generation weaned on a liberal-arts education is trained for and what the in-demand skills and professions are right now (i.e., not another poli-sci or English major). The result? For many in Washington, the American dream starts with a highbrow internship that pays $4.35 an hour — then another, and maybe another.
STEM majors usually avoid serial internships.
Not everyone in the generation meets such a fate. Jessica's brother, who is 28 and a mechanical aerospace engineer, has been gainfully employed since the day he graduated from college, Jessica says. So here's another chasm in the 20-something cohort: the one between the liberal-arts kids and the engineering and science majors. "Engineering is an in-demand skill," Jessica says. "International relations/policy kids are a dime a dozen, so the intern pay difference makes sense in that regard."
A sense of entitlement
The expectation that one's career should be fulfilling is another reason why the mid-20s, or even early-30s, intern has become a familiar sight in Washington offices. "People in this generation, despite the recession, are looking for what they really want to do, so they take a hit in the form of an internship to land one of those coveted jobs that pays the bills and is fun," says Ryan Healy of career-advice site BrazenCareerist.com.
Living at home and logging long hours
… long hours and low pay go hand in hand in the creative class. The recession has been no friend to entry-level positions, where hundreds of applicants vie for unpaid internships at which they are expected to be on call with iPhone in hand, tweeting for and representing their company at all hours.
"We need to hire a 22-22-22," one new-media manager was overheard saying recently, meaning a 22-year-old willing to work 22-hour days for $22,000 a year….
Required to be available all the time and expected to work '65+ hours per week'.
A recent posting by Dalkey Archive Press, an avant-garde publisher in Champaign, Ill., for unpaid interns in its London office encapsulated the outlandish demands on young workers. The stern catalog of grounds for "immediate dismissal" included "coming in late or leaving early without prior permission," "being unavailable at night or on the weekends" and "failing to respond to e-mails in a timely way." And "The Steve Wilkos Show" on NBCUniversal recently advertised on Craigslist for a freelance booking production assistant who would work "65+ hours per week" (the listing was later removed after drawing outraged comments when it was linked on jimromenesko.com).
Sometimes it works out.
Sometimes the grueling internships lead to steady jobs, often with equally grueling hours. That is considered a success. Other times workers give up on their dream career after years of serial internships, and get a practical job to pay the bills. That is simply considered reality. I recently heard a story about an aspiring teacher who interned at a Washington D.C. area women's advocacy group for about a year, and then was finally able to get an administrative job for a lobbying firm. One of her main goals was staying in DC, so things have worked out all right for now.
Related: Unpaid internships – the good, the bad, and the ugly (Cost of College)

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Warm salad of purple artichokes in oil Coco Olive Vigean
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Warm salad of purple artichokes
in oil Coco Olive Vigean
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking : 30 minutes
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- Wash the artichokes, cut the tail before removing leaves, then with a sharp knife, remove the hay from the artichokes.
- Cut the avocados in 2 according to their size. Peel and grate the avocados and lemon them.
- In a large skillet, place the Coco Olive Vigean organic oil and add the artichokes.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, wash and slice the red onion.
- Cut the cheese into cubes.
- Arrange on each plate, 2 warm artichokes, grated avocado, red onion, cheese cubes and flaked seaweed.
- Pepper and add a few parsley leaves
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Are you a business owner or want to start an eCommerce store for your online business? This is the step by step procedure to start an online store.
Nowadays, E-commerce is one of the most growing business trends. So, starting an eCommerce business is not that much difficult but promotion and marketing of business and getting revenue from your online store require a little hard work. Here is a clear, actionable, and step-by-step guide on starting an effective eCommerce store and turning it into a thriving business.
A first step to starting an eCommerce business is to identify what products you want to sell. So, you have to analyze the market and the requirement of the customers and availability of the product or found something better than what currently exists. Also, With digital products & services, there are also tons of new categories to consider, such as digital downloads and exclusively customized products.
Once you have found a product, how do you know if it's work or not? So before starting an E-commerce website first, you have to evaluate your strategy and validate that people need of your product. By simply evaluating the competition of your product, how much people will purchase your product and profit earn after factoring in expenses like manufacturing, shipping, and returns?
By examining your product & consumers before starting your online store, you will have the insight to identify what your consumers want and the best way to build an eCommerce store to sell your product.
Once you have determined what you are going to sell and validated that there is demand, you should figure out where & how you are going to obtain your products, and where you are going to get your supplier. There are many options to obtain a product, for example, you can manufacture your product or also you can import product or raw material.
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Components to Look at when Choosing an Immigration Lawyer
Immigration processes are difficult, they are additionally complicated processes. To go through the procedure easily, it is basic to hire an immigration legal expert that can assist you with the process. It is critical to guarantee that you hire the best attorney to deal with your case. You have the capacity of finding the best legal expert to enlist when you take after various guidelines.
In the market, you will get numerous bad legal experts, that is the reason you have to guarantee that you don't indiscriminately pick the legal expert to hire. It is vital to take as much time as is needed and research for the best immigration legal expert you can employ for your case. The upside of making this research is that you can have the capacity to get a legal expert that all around experienced to deal with your case.
Searching for a lawyer you trust to refer you to an immigration attorney is important. You can be referred to a legal expert to enlist when you ask any individual that has been involved in the immigration process. You can be referred to the legal expert to contract if those individuals had a good experience with them.
When considering the migration attorney to enlist, it is basic to consider his language. If you need a legal expert that you can speak with easily, it is crucial to pick a legal expert that talks your language. It is likewise imperative to enlist an immigration legal expert that comprehends your language since he can undoubtedly translate your documents.
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Top three dental marketing techniques
With growing demand online for dental treatments, Adrian Duffy of Dental Booster market research, gives you the three most effective ways you can increase your visibility online and attract new patients.
Google Local Optimisation
If you were to search for the term "Dentist near me" in Google right now, you will see one area of the search result which consists of a Map area containing what Google views as the top three dental clinics in your vicinity. Optimising your local visibility and reputation will result in your clinic appearing in this result set.
This result set generates a non-stop stream of free, local, new patient enquiries to your clinic and in our opinion, it is the most effective method of growing a dental clinic. The listing allows you to show your address, directions to your clinic, phone number, patient reviews, photos, videos and recent posts.
The only downside to this is the time needed to invest before results are seen, it can be from anywhere from one to six months before results are seen.
Google Ads
The Google Ads appear in the top and bottom of the search result page; you can identify these listings by a small green "Ad" next to them.
When a potential patient clicks on your ad, you may be charged a certain amount per each click, and the person is transferred to your website. How much you pay per click depends on the competitiveness of the search term, the quality of your ad campaign, the quality of your website, and relevance of the search term and the website page.
The options are endless with Google Ads – you can run ads targeting mobile devices only, run call-only ads, re-target previous visitors to your website and even target based on demographics such as income tiers. For example, emergency treatment ads work very well due to the urgency of the potential patient searching, meaning that a click has a high chance of becoming a paying customer.
The downside of this marketing method is that you will pay for every click, if your campaign is not optimised or set up well you can spend a large budget and get little in return. Once you start the ad campaign, you will start getting instant enquiries.
Google Video Ads
These video ads appear on the YouTube platform. You can set up your video campaign so that you are only charged when your full video is viewed. Viewers have the option to skip the ad after five seconds, and if they do so, you are not charged.
This is a great cost-effective way to promote your clinic's brand, or particular services to people in your locality with the cost per view as low as one cent.
Summing things up
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The class is aimed at any Sports Boat with a LOA between 5 and 9.15 meters with aim to include successful boats like the Seascape 18 at the lower end and the Farr 280 at the top end of the class.
Jochem commented further "We had a recent meeting with the IRC rating office and they are making their best efforts to equalise the current rating anomalies for these kind of boats. By uniting these boats, which all have very similar performance characteristics, in their own class away from pure displacement type of boats will also make racing much closer and fairer". It will also allow race officers to set a course more suited for these kind of boats.
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The Shaw University softball team will host two home doubleheaders this weekend as the Lady Bears will face Livingstone College on Saturday (Mar. 30) for its home opener at 1 p.m., followed by a doubleheader also at 1 p.m. on Sunday (Mar. 31) against Johnson C. Smith University. Both games will be played at Worthdale Park (1001 Cooper Road, Raleigh, NC 27610).
Both games will offer live statistics on www.shawbears.com. Fans can follow live tweets on Twitter @ShawBears.
Shaw has not played since Mar. 17 when the Lady Bears competed at the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Conference Round-Up where SU went 1-6 overall. The Lady Bears enter the weekend with a 1-7 overall record and 1-5 mark in league action. Shaw's lone win came against Lincoln (Pa.) by the score of 6-2 back on Mar. 17.
Offensively, senior Kiana Rogers (Fort Atkinson, WI) averages .450 at the plate with nine hits, eight RBI's, five runs, two doubles, a triple and one home run. Defensively, Rogers has the best fielding percentage at .905 with 20 putouts and 18 assisted.
Livingstone (0-10, 0-6 CIAA) is still in search of its first win of 2019, the Blue Bears host Morris Wednesday for a non-conference doubleheader. Prior to today's contests, the Lady Blue Bears fell to Bluefield State, 18-0 and 15-4 last weekend.
Freshman Jamie Tolkkinen is batting .320 with five runs and a slugging percentage of .440. As a team, the Lady Blue Bears are sporting a .165 ERA giving up 113 earned runs on 142 hits in 47 innings pitched with 13 strikeouts. On the mound, freshman Brown has appeared in six games striking out six batters.
Shaw and Livingstone will meet for the first time this season; the Lady Bears swept the Lady Blue Bears 21-0 and 22-1 on Apr. 6, 2018.
Johnson C. Smith (4-10, 4-5 CIAA) enters the weekend on a three-game losing streak; the Golden Bulls suffered a 9-0 and 8-0 setback to Winston-Salem State on Mar. 23. JCSU has not won a game on the road this season as they head to Raleigh with a 0-6 mark.
Evelyn Arguelles paces the Golden Bulls with a batting clip of .500 that includes seven runs and a slugging percentage of .808. JCSU accounts for an 8.07 ERA giving up 63 earned runs on 95 hits in 54 innings pitched with 29 strikeouts. Sanae Nakoa has a 1-3 record on the mound in 23 innings pitching, striking out 13 batters.
Last season, Johnson C. Smith and Shaw split in Charlotte, N.C. as the Lady Bears won 5-4 during the first game but dropped a 13-4 in the nightcap.
For the most up-to-date information on Shaw athletics and its 13 varsity sport teams, please visit www.shawbears.com.


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I have Kingston 4 gb pendrive. I have been used it from 4 months. But since yesterday, when I copy any Photoes in it and try 2 open them in another computers, error occures : File is corrupted. After that I formatted it also. But problem is till. so please solve this problem.
How many times have you written to the drive. They do have a limit but it is really high (like 10000 writes) and I doubt you exceeded it within 4 months but worth a try,
As for you issue just buy a new drive. They are meant to be disposable.
This all depends on the manufacture of course.
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Like many first-time moms, Serena Williams has turned to the Internet for pregnancy advice. Recently, she asked her Twitter followers for their best tips on how to roll over at night (my favorite response: "Ask Beyoncé."), and last week, she took to Reddit for direction on when and how to pack her hospital bag.
"When did you pack your hospital bag?" she asked on Reddit's Mommit thread. "1 Month before? 6 Weeks? I'm totally stalling. But I still have a lot of time...I think...Anything you didn't expect to need that I'll really appreciate having in there?"
Of course, the Internet being the Internet, people delivered! One must-have item? Chapstick. "My lips were hella chapped," one user wrote.
"Second chapstick," wrote another. "I never use the stuff but the hospital and all the drugs dried me out so bad it was nice."
Another user suggested nipple cream. "Baby's lips got super chapped too until I started using nipple butter, then it cleared right up," user AstarteHilzarie wrote.
Other popular suggestions:
- a water bottle
- baby wipes
- a clean towel
- nursing pillows
- a tennis or stress ball
- flip flops (for showering)
- a phone charger
- nursing tank tops and bras (for breastfeeding moms)
- a comfy outfit for the ride home
- a couple of outfit options for baby in different sizes ("My son was almost 12 pounds and didn't fit in newborn clothes!!" one user wrote)
Oh, and of course, Netflix! Williams' fiancé, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, jumped on the thread to assure users that the couple had that part covered: "Hello! Netflix will definitely be there via there iPad I got her. We're going over the list this weekend and I'm making sure it's all packed by EOD Monday," he wrote.
As far as when to pack the bag, the answers varied, with some users saying they were packed the day they found out they were pregnant and others saying they waited until the last minute. "5 minutes before we went out the door," one user wrote.
"Somehow, I don't think this will suffice for us but that is very reassuring," Ohanian responded.
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Obituary: Florence E. (Thompson) Miller, 95
Apr 14, 2015 02:10PM
By Kieran Gilman
TEWKSBURY: Florence E. (Thompson) Miller, age 95, a resident of Tewksbury for over 55 years, passed away at the Lowell General Hospital-Saints Campus on Sunday, April 12, 2015.
She was the beloved wife of former Tewksbury Wiring Inspector, Robert J. Miller, Sr., who passed away on September 3, 2011.
Born in Northbridge on June 27, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Nelson and Rosie (Montville) Thompson.
Florence was raised in Northbridge and Boston.
She attended Boston Public Schools.
In 1959, she and her late husband moved from Roxbury to Tewksbury.
She was a stay at home Mom, and devoted her time to raising five children.
Florence is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth Brady of Candia, NH and Roberta Brady and her husband Joseph of E. Kingston, NH; three sons, Arthur F. Miller of Tewksbury, Robert J. Miller, Jr. of Dracut, and Frederick A. Miller of Groton; three grandchildren, Coleen Brady of Tewksbury, Maureen Moore of Candia, NH and Joseph Brady of Billerica; four great grandchildren, Rosie, Jessica, Michelle and T.J.; one sister, Agnes Lemaire of Attleboro; also many nieces and nephews.
Florence was the sister of the late Ruth Pearlman, Marie Casey, Joseph and Willard Thompson; mother-in-law of the late George Brady, and grandmother of the late George Brady, Jr.
Calling hours are Thursday, April 16, from 4-8 p.m. at the Farmer & Dee Funeral Home, 16 Lee St., Tewksbury. At the request of the family there are No Funeral Services. Donations in her memory may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.


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1. As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I know if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison." ~ Nelson Mandela
2. Our capacity to make Peace with another person and the world depends very much on our capacity to make Peace with ourselves… Thich Nhat Hanh
3. "Every moment you have a choice, regardless of what has happened before. Choose right now to move forward, positively and confidently into your incredible future." ~ Unknown
4. "If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher." ~ Pema Chödrön (We can be grateful for everyone.)
5. "We create suffering, but cannot really create the release of that suffering. We can simply stop what we are creating, not in the future, in this very moment. Just stop." ~ Gangaji
6. If I feel defensive or fearful – if I feel anything other than love and peace, then I have identified with an illusion. I am not interested in learning how to defend the illusion. I am interested in learning and teaching how to let the fear go so that I can know the Love and Peace.


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A challenge we face in Praqma is finding the very right people for the job, and we know our customers are on the same difficult mission. So we aim to make the software developers of tomorrow even better.
Having a strong Version Control System, as well as mastering it, should be considered one of the pillars of being a skilled software developer. Thus we set out to teach Git to students at the University of Aarhus. After talking to local student communities (DSAU and SOFA) we put up an event on Facebook. We announced 30 seats, but within a day we had 32 signups, so we increased the amount of seats to 40.
First day comes and we have almost 100% attendance. Wow! - We know how hard it is to sell things for free, and know it is hard to keep a high attendance for free events - but the students really wanted to learn Git.
Most of the students already knew basic Git - only a few did not raise their hand when we asked "Who has made a commit before?".
We went through everything from Git Internals, basic commits, to how you can create efficient workflows in a real life scenario.
We use the same approach as we do in our CoDe Academy: "Tell-Show-Do" - Anything the students are presented with is followed by an exercise that allows them to internalize the material.
We were very impressed with the skill level of the students. Everyone got that "Git is basically a persistent DAG", exercises were done swiftly and we got some very relevant questions. And as a pleasant bonus: We have definitely found a few potential new colleagues.
We believe in an informal atmosphere, where we teach equals and that comes to show in questions like: "What was the link to the evaluation form again?". The learning experience is a joint effort. We collaborate on the education of the students.
We feel confident in letting these students go back to the University and to their jobs and use Git efficiently. We are proud of the students, and we are proud of the awesome course that we managed to give. Now it is up to Sofus and Jan to do the same thing in Copenhagen.
We will leave you with our new favorite picture:
Aarhus out!
This is a conference in Gothenburg for software developers, especially those with some experience of agile and a desire to improve their skills.
Industry experts and pioneers visit Gothenburg
Jenkins is one of the best adverts for open source and at Praqma we have been using it since the very beginning. We enjoy giving something back to the community by hosting Day of Jenkins, and this year's event was packed with exciting developments. Read on!
Day of Jenkins [as code] - A summary
Continuous Delivery and DevOps are here to stay and not because they're being practiced by trendsetting unicorn companies. The fact is science tells us that these approaches work and this year's conference gave us lots of examples.
Continuous Delivery and DevOps - Not Just For Unicorns
DevOpsDays Copenhagen 2018 was a great success. Inspiring talks and a pleasant community. I had the pleasure of being the host of this event. I decided to kick off the event with a song about DevOps. See the video and lyrics here.
A whole new (DevOps) world
Once again the contributors and major players in the Git ecosystem are gathered. Read along for news, announcements and stories from Git Merge 2018.
Blogging from the Git Merge Conference at MACBA in Barcelona
Continuous Integration and Code Review are strongly correlated with success. Many use Pull Requests for code review, but for co-located teams this can be an obstacle for CI. Is there a better way?
A short story about Pre-tested Integration
We strive to continuously improve, so the 8th gathering in our Continuous Delivery Alliance will feature all the good things from the 7th meeting in a slightly evolved format.
Continuously improving our format
We had our 7th gathering in the CoDe Alliance a few months ago and have worked to distill and evolve many of the good ideas that came out of our sessions. Our aim is to turn our interesting discussions into tangible projects and running code.
What's next for the CoDe Alliance?
Albert Rigo shares his thoughts on the Atlassian Accelerator Day in Copenhagen, and how he learned to quickly and comfortably scale Atlassian Data Center, upgrade with zero downtime and stop spending his weekends upgrading JIRA.
A day to learn how to scale fast and upgrade without downtime
Hear about upcoming events in Scandinavia, latest tech blogs, and training in the field of Continuous Delivery and DevOps
Developing Embedded Software with DevOps
A guide on how to improve development processes
Training the Next Generation of Software Developers
Continuous Delivery Academy: a modern software training for students
Technical Agile Conference
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Family Hotel Rooms
Ideal Venue for Family Breaks in Cavan
Cavan Crystal Hotel is the ideal venue for Family Breaks. Our standard family room features one double, one single bed and camp bed.
Our large family rooms offer one double bed and 2 single beds with ample space for an extra bed or cot.
We also have interconnecting rooms available, please contact the hotel directly to discuss further.
Our family room facilities include:
Complimentary morning newspaper
Complimentary Wi-Fi
Ensuite bathroom with luxury toiletries
Remote control TV
Direct dial telephone
Tea/coffee making facilities
Iron & ironing board
Room service
Access to Leisure Centre Facilities
Access to our Outdoor Kids play area and gardens
Baby Sitting services can be arranged at an extra cost
Room Service is available for our guest from 7.30am to 10.30am for Breakfast and again from 12.30 to 8.45 pm for Lunch and Dinner. Our Room service charge is €4 per person. We offer a wide range of options for Room Service. We also have a kids menu available on request.
While staying in Cavan there are many activities that you can enjoy. For more information on these activities why not visit our dedicated page on attractions in Cavan.
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One of the more common design philosophies in contemporary gaming can be found in the mash-up. Take two or more stagnant genres, mix them together- and with a bit of creative inspiration and programming prowess, a synergistic amalgam emerges. While the recent release of Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness, and Bananas isn't quite an exemplar for the process, the mixture of rhythm game and turn-taking strategy is capable of providing a few hours of cadenced amusement.
Jungle Rumble's tutorial does a commendable job at explaining the basics, using a few quick, interactive lessons rather than a longwinded lecture. Set to a persistent 4/4 beat, the game tasks players with issuing commands to a tribe of cordial monkeys. To send a simian to a different tree branch, players tap the primate on the first and third parts of the measure, while on the second and fourth beats, the desired destination is touched. Scattered along the tree line are coconuts, which can be thrown at enemy monkeys to remove them from the forest. To attack an antagonist, players touch their own monkey three times, with a fourth touch flinging a projectile toward a nearby color-coded primate.
While the title's first few levels test a player's skill with a lone monkey on a static, foe-free playfield, adversity is imminent. Before long you'll have to content with moving multiple monkeys, scrolling settings, and a horde of shifting simian opponents- all without breaking the beat.
Much like the Patapon series, the combination of simple strategizing while maintaining a tempo can be off-putting at first. Mess up any of the four touchscreen pats, and the whole measure is ruined, requiring player to wait for the next procession of beats. Woefully, a single mistake can prohibit gamers from earning a gold medal on the level, a mechanic that divulges Jungle Rumble's roots as a smartphone game. Obsessives can take solace in the on-screen menu which allows a stage restart with two quick taps.
Deftly, the game doesn't allow players to get far off-track, rendering a bouncing ball so wayward players can rebound back into the rhythm. Fortunately, that's not Jungle Rumble's only source of feedback. Movement areas are highlighted, showing the areas where each monkey can move. Sonically, the game uses a bit of percussion to let players know they are on beat, which is a nice touch. Best of all, the title isn't too fastidious about rhythm. Drumming doesn't have to be exactly on beat, which will undoubtedly please players who struggle with keeping tempo in rhythm games.
For those who are cadence klutzes, stick with Jungle Rumble long enough and its two incongruent components may start to gel. For me, this happened about an hour in, and I began to appreciate a rhythm game that offered at least a bit of control, instead of sending me down a processions of tedious note highways. Of course, the sensation is a bit transitory, with players likely reaching the third, final world in about two and a half hours.
Visually, the game is colorful and charming, using bright colors and a clean, simple art style to render its jungle realms. The one caveat is the game is played with the PS Vita held vertically; which never quite feels natural. While Jungle Rumble's percussive rhythms start off simple, they gradually grow in complexity. Once gamers find a groove, each rhythms growing in intensity as players perform combos. Of course, a simple misstep brings the volume of the drumbeat back down. Later worlds bring more exotic sound effects, filling in the riffs with clanks and water drips. The game's text and load screen messages should be commended for squeezing in every monkey and banana pun possible. If developer Disco Pixel missed one, I haven't heard it.
As a port of a smartphone title, Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness, and Bananas swings onto the PS Vita library without too many issues. Coding to allow the game to be played on PlayStation TVs would have been big-hearted, as well as adapting the game for play in a horizontal screen position. But neither of these blemishes detract too much from Jungle Rumble's distinct combination of rhythm and strategy genres, which manages to produce a pleasing groove.
Jungle Rumble was played on the PS Vita with review code provided by the publisher.
Platform: PS Vita, also on iOS
Developer: Disco Pixel
Publisher: Disco Pixel
Release date: February 10th, 2015
Price: $4.99 via PSN
Review Overview
Gameplay - 70%
Control - 75%
Aesthetics - 80%
Content - 65%
Accessibility - 70%
Summary : While not an essential title, Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness, and Bananas is an inventive, rhythmic recreation that's worthy of its five dollar purchase price.


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6 Considerations When Redesigning Your Logo
If your website is the face of your company, then your logo is most certainly the voice. It's your identity. In those first initial moments when a user lands on your website, your logo has the ability to establish trust, to convey your message, and to present enough visual interest that someone will want to take the time to get to know your company better.
But only if you create that interest through design.
Too often we think of a business logo as just an image or we hold the belief our logo doesn't truly matter. All aspects of design matter when it comes to conveying your brand message. The logo you create and use to represent your brand online and off will have as much influence on the perception of your company as your website or other marketing materials.
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Facebook allows 150 company to read the user privet messages. American Newspaper 'The New York Times' classified this news.
Facebook also shared that data of the people who deactivate data sharing option.
The Facebook company accepted that it is sharing the user data of the different companies. It allowed Netflix and Spotify to read user privet messages.
Microsoft's search engine bing also see the friends name of the users without user permission.
Like this Facebook shared contact detail to amazon without user permission.
American newspaper 'The New York Times' claimed in it report.
By the report, Facebook is shared the data more than 150 companies and most of companies are technology companies.
Facebook's old employees suggest that facebook also shared data of that users who do not allow the data sharing. Facebook established in 2004 is contracting with the companies for data sharing since 2010.There were some contracts this year.
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Security and Surveillance
Each and every one of us deserves affordable, good quality and accessible home security. TJC Systems will help you find the right security and surveillance to surpass your protection needs regardless if you own or rent your home, office, condo or apartment.
Most people believe that security systems and surveillance systems are the same thing; however, they perform different functions and there are some key components that set each apart. Home alarm systems are the first tier of a properly designed security system can provide wide-ranging protection for not just property but also the residents.
Alarm systems usually include sensors and a keypad(s) as well as a panel that communicates with a monitoring service to provide emergency response to a situation. Addition protection against smoke and fire, floods, gas leaks, power and/or electrical outages and even sudden temperature changes should be considered in a full security solution. Emergency buttons and alerts further improve personal safety through a wide range of self-monitoring alarm systems that provide you with peace of mind.
Comparatively, a surveillance system is more about camera images and video and may or may not be combined with a security system. Recording and playback become available through security cameras in a surveillance solution. Not only can you see who and what is going on at your location, there are options to allow you to communicate with them; even when you are not there through the web or via a smart device.
Control over devices integrated in your home or office provide control over a wide range of integrated systems including lighting, heat and even access control doors and locks. You can track an individual's arrival and departure and allow for controlled access to some parts of the property while restricting access to others.
When you are looking for an alarm and or a surveillance system trust that TJC Systems offers a full range of wired and wireless camera, sensors and solutions from doorbell cameras to discreet spy cameras to keep an eye on everything you value, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
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Protect your property and occupants with an advanced alarm security solution and get piece of mind knowing that your monitored alarm system has been customized to meet and exceed your needs and requirements by the professionals of TJC Systems.Read more about Security & Surveillance: Alarm System
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Video Surveillance is perhaps the best way to identify and catch burglars because they are always on and watching – even when nobody else is home. Security cameras are an invaluable component in surveillance systems and offer a wide range of features.Read more about Security & Surveillance: Video Surveillance
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Outside food and drink are not permitted due to Food and Liquor Licensing laws. All food and drink will be taken by security servies at the entrance.
Attendees are more than welcome to bring chairs, picnic rugs and other portable seating with them into the Festival.
As per the terms and conditions of the ticket, Heritage Bank Festival of Food & Wine tickets are non-transferable. Please ensure you select the correct day you wish to attend when purchasing a ticket.
It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to pre-purchase your tickets online. Tickets have sold out at the gate for the past 3 years so to ensure you have a ticket for the day of your choice, please pre-purchase. Online ticketing opens at 9:30am on the 30th April 2019.
As per the terms and conditions of the ticket, Heritage Bank Festival of Food & Wine tickets are non-refundable. The event goes ahead rain, hail or shine.
Companion cards are accepted and a carer can enter the Heritage Bank Festival of Food and Wine free of charge. Please show your valid card at the entrance.
Dog owners are permitted to bring their dog to public parks and gardens provided they are on a leash. For safety reasons, dogs aren't permitted into the Heritage Bank Festival of Food & Wine or any other events.
Drop off point: Margaret Street in front of the entrance to the festival.
Parking: Some parking available at the 'Bowls Club' car park (Lindsay Street) or use the regular Disabled Parking bays within the local area.
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Great Leadership Speeches
Great speeches have the power to not only inform, but to inspire and to move people to action. Here is a selection of some of the best.
In April 2007 the Australian people delivered their verdict on what they believe to be the top 10 leadership speeches of all time via an ABC survey.
Here are the ones that made the final cut.


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**POSTPONED** Our scheduled screening of Blinded By The Light at Cafe Play on 18th March has been cancelled due to the current Covid 19 situation, but will be re-scheduled at a later date. We will update on future screenings from April onwards…
Mumbles Movies presents Blinded By The Light on Wednesday 18th March, hosted by Cafe Play by Night, Mumbles, 7.30pm…..
The March Mumbles Village Diary is now available………..
The MDT Annual General Meeting takes place at Victoria Minor Hall, Dunns Lane, Mumbles on Wednesday 26th February, everyone welcome, guest speaker is Andy Hopkins, City and Council of Swansea Mumbles Coastal Protection Project…….
The Mumbles Dragon Parade takes place on 1st March starting from Southend Gardens to the Ostreme Centre at 2pm…..
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Hi all Lisa here. Very excited about this months Cross Promotion Green Sneakers
with Sin City Stamps
We had a last minute mini-birthday get together for my son and his friends.
My baby is growing up - 14…
I wanted to get thank you cards out to his friends for his gifts.
Of course I didn't have any thank you cards…. what to do..
Sin City Stamps to the rescue….
In my goody package was this card template. - and this month cross promotion.
Now you know how new things scare me so of course I put it to the side of my desk.
Then… enters… You Tube.
Green Sneakers has a cute youtube video
They make it look so easy….. No way it can be this easy… right?
So here's the process I pulled out different patterned paper (used whatever you like)
You put the template right on the paper - and just pull to tear.
And magic…. it's so simple.. I don't tear very well - so I did use scissor to trim - HINT: If you hold down "a bit firm" it teared the paper clean. By the last one I had it down perfect.
Then you just fold it over… I didn't even use a bone folder it really is that easy.
Put a little glue on it - and the envelop is made… I keep saying this - but it's that easy...
Then pulled out my favorite sin city stamps…
Below are different versions… Did some hand drawing inside some of them.
Now the next step I did.. I used the "window" template and teared off that side for the "card".
More cards/envelops
Here's the 4 cards I made.
The Envelops
I hope you enjoy… please go out and get this template - it's super easy - and for that last minute card - or invitations nothing better than a hand made for that extra special touch.
Products Used:
Kreate-A-Lope - Green Sneaker
Ranger - Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot
Washi Tape
Prima Chalk Ink
Sin City Stamps - Classic Spark ** This is a must have!!!
Play Color - Instand Educa - Black


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I grew up a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day. I had always known it was good. But, to be honest, I didn't understand much, nor did I have a personal testimony of the Church or its beliefs at the age of 14. Shortly after my 14th birthday I was sitting in Church and we heard the Joseph Smith story in class. This was a story I was familiar with. I knew when he was 14 years old Joseph had prayed to know which church he should join. In response to his prayer Joseph Smith saw God and Jesus Christ. They appeared to him, and shortly after he was called to be a prophet. Later, through the power and gift of God he was able to translate The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. When I heard this lesson in class it hit me that I was 14 and if Joseph Smith had this experience why couldn't I?
So I began to pray, and pray, and pray for a sign and that I could know that God existed and that this was his church. Time passed. Nothing happened. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. I gave up hope. I didn't expect anything to happen anymore.
Then…One, hot August morning, that all changed. I lived on a small farm, in the busy metropolis of Blackfoot, Idaho. Population, 10,000. I did everything I could to avoid helping my father load bales of straw, which were ready to load and stack for our cows.
I hated working on the farm. I hated being hot and itchy from all the straw in the dry Idaho air. Frankly, I just wanted to be done. And, I think my dad did too. We could fit about 27 of these 900 lb straw bales on our trailer. We'd load them up with the tractor, then my dad and I would use big tie down straps to stabilize them. The bales were as wide as they are tall. 3 ft tall, 3 ft wide, and about 6 ft long. After we had tied it all down my dad and I would drive the truck the mile or so back to the farm where we would stack the bales again.
When we arrived back at the house I would usually go inside and my dad would stack the bales and we'd do another load and continue the process. But this time I knew we could be done quicker if I helped my dad take the tie down straps off the trailer. My dad went to get the tractor and I began to take off the straps. My dad told me, "Son, be careful, the bales aren't very stable."
I then went on my way. There were about 5 or so straps on the trailer to hold down the bales. I hated the straps. I could NEVER get them undone and all they did was frustrate me. As I started on the first strap I felt an uneasy feeling that I shouldn't mess with the straps and to just wait. But I thought I was just being a chicken and chose to keep going. I got to the 3rd strap and felt the same feeling…that I shouldn't continue. But, I did. I then got to the final strap. As I put my hand on the tie-down, I felt really uneasy about taking it off . But I told myself that I had already finished with the first 4 and there was no reason to be afraid.
As I undid the strap I heard my father yell, "Michael, move!" I turned to run away from the truck just in time to see the bales shifting off of the truck towards me. I made it about 2 steps before I felt the force of a 900 pound straw bale hitting me in the back and knocking me to ground. I remember thinking to myself, "Man, what a terrible way to die."
I woke up to my dad pushing the bale off of me and lifting me up to the trailer. I looked at my foot. It looked horrific. But then I realized I couldn't really breathe. The air had been knocked out of me. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't breathe. Finally, I let out a breath and realized I would probably be ok. I looked down at my foot. To say it looked like the peel of a banana would be no understatement. My mom wanted to call an ambulance, but my dad wanted me to just go to the hospital and have them look at it. He carried me to the house, then to the car. We drove to the doctor and I waited for x-rays. By this time I was in a lot of pain.
The results did not sound good. I had functionally shattered my foot and and broke my ankle. But the worst part was many of the bones had been displaced. Doctors had no idea what to do and there was nothing to really plate the other bones to. They put me in a soft cast and told me to go to a specialist in the morning. Shortly after, I told them my back really hurt. They decided to take another x-ray, only to find out that I had a transverse process fracture of my lowest vertebrae in my back.
Unsure about what would happen in the morning, we drove home. My dad and grandfather then gave me a priesthood blessing. My mom called family and asked them to pray for me and to put my name on the rolls in the temple. The next morning I woke up to my mom telling me we needed to go to the other hospital. We waited for what felt like an eternity. Doctors did x-rays and ct-scans and I overheard the doctor pull out my mom and dad to tell them what they had found. I really did not know what to expect.
As the doctor put up the x-rays I couldn't believe what I saw. Every bone in my foot had lined up perfectly. In the position they belonged. The breaks were still there, but they had already began to align themselves. I could see the x-rays from 12 hours previous and even I knew the bones were displaced and severely damaged. I didn't see that in the new x-rays. To make things more miraculous, the break in my back was gone. The doctors and nurses we met the following day all commented on how lucky I had been. But I knew what the real cause of the miracle had been.
I remember riding in the car with my parents on our way home. I then asked my dad how he knew to ask me to move out of the way. He said, "Son, I had no idea those bales were going to fall. I didn't even know they had fallen until I heard the noise and felt the ground shake." I told my parents about the voice I heard. I know, that I heard an audible voice tell me to move. I wouldn't listen to the subtle prompting of the Holy Ghost and instead had to hear the voice of my father in order to know to move. I know God was looking out for my safety, and I know He loved me enough to tell me to move. I know the Priesthood blessing and having my name in the temple led to my miraculous healing.
Through the coming weeks every doctor I saw admitted that it was a miracle that I wasn't hurt worse than I was and that my recovery was so quick. 6 weeks later I was walking on my own and there were no real long term problems as a result of my accident.Ever since that experience I have worked to remember how I felt that day. I know that God loves us. His priesthood is back on the Earth for the blessing of His children.


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Hoddesdon Town 0-2 Walthamstow
Goals from Samrai Gebrai and Lewis Francis ensured Walthamstow continued their push for the title as they beat Hoddesdon Town by two goals to nil. The windy conditions made it difficult but Stow took their chances to get the win and remain 2nd behind Saffron Walden.
It was a quick start to the game from both sides but Walthamstow had the early chances. Dwade James tried to play in through the Hoddesdon defence but was tackled before the ball was cleared.
Samrai Gebrai had the first real shot of the game but it was parried but the keeper for a corner but nothing came of the resulting corner. Hoddesdon tried to bring it forward at times but it was well defended by Stow whilst a free-kick from Kyan Gulliver was just over the bar and a shot from James was just wide with the keeper rooted to his spot.
As the half reached the last few minutes, Hoddesdon had a free-kick well saved by James Bransgrove before a minute later, Stow found the breakthrough when Samrai Gebrai headed the ball over the keeper. To make matters worse for Hoddesdon, Jack Lee was sin-binned on the stroke of half-time and the teams went into the break with Stow leading 1-0.
It was a strong start to the second half for Stow as they pushed for a second. They tried to break through the Hoddesdon defence but it was a series of good defending from the home side.
Callum Ibe saw his shot fly over before a corner swung in by Danny McCullock hit the crossbar. Benji Crilley thought he had Stow's second when he headed in Lewis Francis' cross but it was ruled out for Offside.
There was a good passage of play between Dwade James and Lewis Francis but they couldn't find a way through before Benji Crilley fired a shot over the bar. Stow nearly came close again when Ibe ran through on goal but slipped as he went to pull the trigger.
Hoddesdon didn't test James Bransgrove in the second half but had a couple of good breaks. They tried to bring it forward but it was well defended from Stow who were desperate to keep a clean sheet.
There was a potential game-changing moment when Benji Crilley caught his opponent high and could've received a red but the referee awarded a yellow in its place.
With 5 minutes left to go, Stow had their second. Lewis Francis did well to break through the Town defence. Unmarked, he cut in and slotted past the keeper to double Stow's lead.
Despite a long-range shot from Kyan Gulliver, the game was brought to an end.
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Chorlton Green BrasseriePosted: February 18, 2013 Filed under: Eating Out | Tags: Beech Road, Chorlton, Chorlton Green Brasserie, Death by Chocolate, Eating Out, Fish Pie 6 Comments
So after our great blow-the–cobwebs-away bracing beachy march this weekend, we worked up quite an appetite and finally got around to trying one of Chorlton's newer additions – Chorlton Green Brasserie. Located at the end of the foody haven that is Beech Road, just opposite favourite Parlour (see post on their award-winning Sunday lunch here) we had high expectations. Luckily we were not disappointed!
The little bistro is done out in a fab mis-matched shabby chic style. It has not been open all that long and I think with maybe just one or two extra additions to make it a little cosier, it will look really great. I was pleased to see that the menu was nice and succinct with just a few dishes to choose from in each section plus a couple of interesting sounding options chalked up on the board. In my opinion it's much better to do a few dishes really well than produce a menu that is several pages long which takes ages to read! But I'm probably biased given how indecisive I'm known to be!! I also liked that the wines were divided into the sections of Good, Great and Brilliant – a nice touch I thought.
With impressive speed (at least for me!) we picked out our starters – blue cheese and beetroot tartlet for me, poached duck egg with bacon bits on a mustardy potato cake topped with hollandaise for the mister. These were both absolutely delicious. Egg and bacon are of course a classic combo and the little twist on this worked really well. The texture was lifted by some lovely crunchy kale.
Just look at that perfect ooze!
My blue cheese and beetroot tartlet was equally scrummy, the flavours were really tasty and the pastry nice and crisp. I only realised after hoovering the little beauty up that it hadn't come with the 'Manchester salad' described on the menu – I was only disappointed as I was intrigued to know what such a salad was!
Onto the mains and Rob chose off the special menu – slow cooked shin of beef with mushrooms in a port reduction with horseradish mash, while I went for the fish pie – made with fresh cuts from local fishmonger Out of the Blue. The beef was fantastic, the port reduction was so tasty and, added bonus, I got to eat all unexpected mushrooms (as he cried out 'mould' and 'fungus'. Weirdo. What sort of person doesn't like mushrooms?! Sigh, the things I have to put up with…. 😉 )
Not quite sure what happened to this photo, it's rather ghoulish! And I didn't have the chance to take another as it was swiftly demolished with a fork with the horseradish mash plopped on top…! (although only once the 'mould' was scooped off of course!)
My fish pie arrived topped with creamy mash and a giant scallop!
While the flavour was good and there was nothing really wrong with this dish, I have to say it was the one disappointment of the meal. I think for fish pie to be really stand out it has to be truly and absolutely spot on and I think that perhaps I have been spoiled by the bloody brilliant fish pie at Bistro West as well as my other favourite fish pie at a beach-side pub in Elie, Scotland! The odds were probably rather stacked against this poor fella from the start…
By this time we were pretty stuffed, but not to be deterred from our duty of testing out this new restaurant, we gallantly soldiered on and agreed to share a desert – and of course it had to be the Death by Chocolate Pot, especially when I read that this was served with the intriguing sounding beetroot shortbreads!
Now there have been many Death by Chocolate deserts over the years, but this is one that really is worth dying for! (Well, almost!) It was absolutely sinful, filthy, luscious. Very likely the best chocolate desert I have ever eaten! Yuuuum!
Desert was accompanied by espresso, look at this adorable cup!
All in all, I think the Brasserie is a welcome addition to Beech Road, plugging the gap for a slightly more upmarket 'restauranty' eatery on the road. With a just a few tweaks I think it could go from being Great to Brilliant (as per its wine menu!)
Let's break out of this city…Posted: February 16, 2013 Filed under: Out & About | Tags: Beach, Life, outdoors, Picnic, Sea, winter 11 Comments
I woke early this morning (a fairly rare occurrence for me on a Saturday!) and was suddenly overcome with an urge to get out of the city. I promptly woke the other half (he wasn't best pleased at first…) and suggested we ditch our previous plans for the day and head out of Manchester for some proper fresh air, peace and quiet and a chance to have a proper stretch of our legs! We packed a quick picnic and set off for Formby, on the Merseyside coast, around an hour or so away.
I don't know what it was that grabbed me this morning, but have a feeling that it may have had something to do with the fact that it was the first weekend that I can remember where it's been dry, had a small hint of blue sky, and has not been absolutely freezing!! I don't want to lull either myself or any of you readers into a false sense of security, but for the first time it feels like the end of winter is almost in sight…
The grey clouds rolled in fairly quickly, but luckily for us it stayed dry! We had some fun attempting to run up big sand dunes (made me think of the 'travelator' at the end of Gladiators! Anyone else know what I'm on about!?) and running down the other side squealing with arms wheeling in the air in that pure childhood delight of not being in any way in control and not quite knowing whether or not you were going to stay on your feet. (I only landed on my bum once, but fairly spectacularly!). It made me think, how often as grown ups do we ever really let ourselves lose control, even just for a minute? Hardly ever for most people, I bet. I think it is good for the soul to do so now and then!
We then had a good long march up the beach for a few miles and back, breathing in that lovely salty fresh sea air. There is something about being at the seaside that I just love. It's so invigorating but also I think grounding. I like to see the sea, to contemplate our smallness in comparison to everything else 'out there'. I like to see and contemplate the boundaries of this little island we call home. I can't imagine living in a land locked country. I used to live a 10 minute walk from the beach when I lived in Aberdeen while at university. I loved being able to go for a walk or run along the beach whenever I felt the need. To be able to just go and stand and look at the sea. I could see the sea and a lighthouse from my bedroom window if I craned my neck to the right angle. It gave me a lot of comfort at night to see the beam from that lighthoue flashing out, a reminder that there is other stuff out there beyond what is currently pre-occupying us in our day to day lives. I wish we lived closer to the sea now.
Soon it was time to perch a-top a sand dune with a lovely view of the sea and offshore wind farm, and enjoy a cup of tea from my new Orla Kiely flask (I am so in love with it!) and a toasted bagel with smoked salmon, cream cheese and a little squeeze of lemon juice, yum! A perfect weekend lunch if you ask me 🙂
Slow-cooked Chinese spiced beef with sticky rice, pak choi and red pepper sliversPosted: February 10, 2013 Filed under: Eating In | Tags: Beef, Chinese, Chinese New Year, Slow Cooking, Sticky Rice, Year of the Snake 4 Comments
So this weekend was Chinese new year, and we are now into the year of the snake! The snake is apparently known for its charm, wisdom, beauty and intelligence but also its pride and anger. So I'm not entirely sure what that means the year ahead will entail… What I do know is that it was a great excuse to try out out some new Chinese inspired cooking!
I decided to make the most of a rare quiet weekend and go for a slow-cooking option. I asked the butcher for some great slow-cooking beef (apparently shin, chuck or blade are best) and got to work!
To make the beef this is what I used (loosely based on a recipe in Olive Food Magazine)
(serves two, generously!)
- Around 500g braising beef, cut into large-ish chunks
- 3 garlic cloves, sliced
- A chunk of ginger, grated
- 1 red and 1 green chilli
- A decent handful of spring onions
- 1 star anise
- 2 tsp Chinese five spice
- 2 tbsps muscovado sugar
- 4 tbsps mirin
- 2 tbsps dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 200 ml water
I literally just chucked everything into the pot (it smelt delicious already!) and whacked in the oven at 150C for two and a half hours.
After the two and a half hours was up, I scooped out the (meltingly tender) beef and thickened up the sauce on top of the hob. It looked so sticky and tasty and smelt so amazing it was difficult not to just dig in there with a spoon straight away! (Ok, so I did, chef's perks and the importance of tasting! 😉 )
Having watched the lovely Ching He Huang on Saturday Kitchen that morning, I had the idea to tart up my rice a bit instead of just serving plain boiled white rice. I cooked the rice as usual, left it to cool a little, then in a hot wok added some more mirin, toasted sesame oil and dark soy (a good few slugs of each) as well as a touch more ginger, garlic and chilli. Once this was nice and hot, I tossed in the rice and stirred it around for a few minutes.
I had pak choi and red pepper to serve with this. I sliced the red pepper into nice thin strips then again in a very hot wok tossed in some more mirin, toasted sesame oil, dark soy, chilli, ginger and garlic plus a little water then quickly stir fried the pepper and pak choi.
Serve (preferably with a good glass of red!) and enjooooy!
(please ignore those two rogue bits of rice, which are driving me mad! Argh! Wipe the plate!!)
All in all, this was, by far, one of the tastiest things I have ever made. The beef was literally melt-in-the-mouth perfect, tossing the rice in the wok with those additional flavours really made an enormous difference, and the overall flavour of the sauce was just heavenly. Yuuummm!
Shredded chicken in a smoky, spicy tomato sauce with red onion ringsPosted: February 5, 2013 Filed under: Eating In | Tags: Chicken, chipotle, fajita, mid-week 5 Comments
This is another great mid-week meal; quick to make when you get in from a day that's made you want to tear your hair out (hopefully just your own, but maybe other people's too if it's been really trying 😉 ), bursting full of flavour, and, relatively, healthy. It's also a good last-minute meal for the rare occasions when I haven't planned out every instance of eating a week ahead, as I tend to have most of these ingredients in the house anyway! For all that it's a really simple meal, I've had a lot of recipe requests from friends that I've fed this to!
This is based on a recipe from BBC Good Food which I've tweaked a little.
For two people you will need;
- Slug of olive oil
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 white onion
- 1 red onion
- 2 fat garlic gloves
- Plenty of fresh coriander
- 1/2 tsp muscovado sugar
- 1 sachet of fajita seasoning
- 1/2 tsp chipotle paste
- 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
- toasted pitta breads to serve
Funnily enough, the original recipe didn't call for a sachet of fajita seasoning, but one time I made this with just a tiny scraping of chipotle paste left in my jar and found that supplementing with an old packet of fajita seasoning I found lolling around the back of my cupboard worked quite well!!
Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the chopped white onion and crushed garlic. Once these have have begun to cook, add the sugar, chipotle paste and fajita spices and fry for another few minutes. Add the chopped tomatoes then after a few minutes the whole chicken breasts. Turn the heat down to a simmer, shove a lid on the pan and pour a glass of wine in order to forget the stresses of the day… After 20 minutes, remove the chicken from the pan, shred it, and return to the pan. Cut the red onion into fine rings and scatter on top of the sauce for the last few minutes of cooking, to soften. Serve with a liberal sprinkling of roughly chopped fresh coriander and a toasted pitta bread.
Enjoy! Hope you are all having good weeks 🙂


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Warner Bros announces Game Party: In Motion for Kinect
Warner Bros has revealed that it is developing Game Party: In Motion exclusively for Micrsoft's Kinect.
Game Party: In Motion includes 16 mini games ranging from Hoop Shoot and Darts to arcade and party games including Rootbeer Tapper, Table Hockey and more.
To play, gamers simply mimic the actions and gestures on screen and this will translate into the game.
"Game Party: In Motion is a great fit with Kinect for Xbox 360, offering interactivity, full body motion and intuitive gameplay to players in a completely new way. We're bringing one of the most popular party game series to a platform that is tailor-made for the game's universal appeal and pickup-and-play style."
Game Party: in Motion includes a head-to-head online mode, as well as integration with Facebook and Avatar support.
No date has yet been announced for the game.


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Tips, Strategies and Video for Farm Heroes Saga Level 73 by Farm Heroes Saga Help Members and Admins.
In this level you have 30 moves to match 60 apples, 60 strawberries, 60 droplets and 5 chicks. Don't forget, to get out the chick you have to match 3 cracked eggs. Good news is that here you don't have grumpy cropsies so just break the ice and enjoy. :)
We upload the best videos we have for Farm Heroes Saga to the Youtube Channel BubbleWitchSaga. Check it out and SUBSCRIBE, okey?!Our Farm Heroes Saga Facebook Page is called Farm Heroes Saga Fans, the group is a closed group named Farm Heroes Saga Help, we are accepting new members that play the game. And as a backbone we use the Farm Heroes Saga Level Guide right HERE! The FHS level index contains video links and lot of tricks and tips for ALL Levels in Farm Heroes Saga.


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I haven't been to the gym since I last posted. You know what I HAVE been doing?
- Getting under contract
- Passing inspections
- Building a client base
- Working my ass off
- Thinking about going full-time self employed
- Hustling
- Hanging out with my awesome kid.
Pretty sure I'm okay with that.


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LIMA — A rally in support of net neutrality will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the office of U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, 3121 W. Elm St., Lima. Members of the public are invited to attend.
According to a release from rally organizer Kerry Bush, "Net neutrality allows individuals to access internet content equally, regardless of the source. Without it, large corporations are able to pay to have their data load faster, while the data of small businesses and everyday people are slower to load and may even be blocked."
The Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the net neutrality policy in December, saying it would end what it described as a "heavy-handed" approach to regulating the internet. Net neutrality regulations are set to expire June 11.
Bush has organized the rally with support from Allen & Hardin for Election Action & Democracy (AHEAD).