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Ralph Modena is not a guy who runs into a store, picks up an item, pays, and exits silently, especially when he visits Italy. If he eats in a restaurant, he wants to meet the chef. He plies the manager of his hotel with questions about the neighborhood, and talks politics with the taxi driver. In other words, when he travels, it's not his way to be silently reverent as though he were visiting a museum. He likes to mix it up, wants to interact, get behind the scenes, and understand what he sees, maybe because he studied history, he says. Over the years, he's developed a service that provides visitors to Italy with the same kind of personal interaction.
For more than 25 years, Ralph has been an insurance broker with Well Fargo bank, handling corporate insurance packages from his Virginia office. Even though his paternal grandfather and grandmother were born in Southern Italy, it took him 40 years before he visited their birthplace, a coastal town called Maratera in Basicilicata, where he took his young family 19 years ago. But after that first trip, he couldn't wait to return, and return he did, usually three times a year over the next twenty years. His wife complained that there was more to life than Italy. But Ralph didn't think so.
Each time he returned from a trip to Italy, he brought back stories, and everybody listened, his co-workers, his clients, his physician, his dentist, his lawyer, the neighbors, the garbage collector. Their enraptured responses were always the same. "Ralph, take us with you!" So he did. And the result is All Things Italian, www.ATItalian.com., Tastes, Tours, Treasures, which he finally formalized as a real business one year ago. For now, the Tours part of Tastes, Tours, and Treasures is his most developed service, but he expects to put more energy into Tastes and Treasures so that people can order Italian foods and artisanal products from his website that they may have enjoyed while visiting there.
Ralph caters to visitors, who have already done the Rome-Florence-Venice marathon, he says, and want to get off the beaten path with a guide, who speaks English and can introduce them to farmers, chefs, and artisans, who together are the real heart of Italy, the glassmakers, coppersmiths, leather workers, chocolate makers, whose very skills are endangered, as the creation of all goods becomes mechanized. Ralph provides a real conversational exchange between these Italians and American visitors.
Ralph encourages people not to travel too much but to pick three or four places and fan out from there, digging deeper into the experience. But he's totally flexible, and his network of guides will create a route that suits the interests of any traveler. This year, he has one group that wants to just shop in Milan. Another group, a family of four, wants to drive themselves and hike up to Cinque Terre, then back to Verona and Venice, then up into the Dolomites. The family has asked him to set up destinations for them, where they will find English speakers. He says that he can customize and personalize a route for anyone with any interest. Some may wish to visit remarkable churches and archeological and historical sites. In wine country, he can recommend big, famous wineries, but he suggests the experience in smaller ones that will host visitors, provide accommodations and extraordinary food. He's arranged family heritage and exploration tours, culinary and wine tours, hiking, biking and skiing tours, and tours of the coast or the countryside. Even in cities, he'll take visitors off the beaten path, for instance introducing them to the oldest and best gelato maker in Rome.
When I asked how he was paid for designing such travels, he laughed. His business is definitely a non-profit at this point. He's trying to do things right, he says, and keep costs down. But in the future, profits that he might earn, he expects to devote to an activity center for adult autistic people like his 29-year old daughter Laura. So now is the time to take advantage of Italian Tastes, Tours, and Treasures off the beaten path. You can email Ralph from the website or call him at 304-716-6164. Buon Viaggio!


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Sam Jackson Joins Spike Lee's 'Oldboy' with a Bruce Hornsby Score
by Ethan Anderton
August 20, 2012
Source: LA Times
After gestating for years, the remake of Park Chan-wook's Oldboy finally seems to be coming together with Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Olsen starring in the story of a man kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years for unknown reasons. Upon his perplexing release, he sets out to find out just who held him hostage and why. Now news comes from the LA Times of a familiar face joining the cast as Samuel L. Jackson has reportedly landed a small but pivotal role in the film. Before Jackson became such a household name, the actor worked with Lee on School Daze, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever and Do the Right Thing. More below!
Jackson will play a man being tortured by Brolin's character. In the original film, the scene is easily one of the most powerful, even disturbing, sequences as our hero extracts his teeth using the claw end of a hammer. It's not exactly a standard trip to the dentist. However, in the remake, the form of torture isn't the same, but still promises to be pretty brutal. It likely will be on the opposite end of the spectrum of the most recent appearance of Lee and Jackson together as the duo "performed" the Jay-Z and Kanye West track Niggas in Paris at the BET Awards.
Meanwhile, the film has also gained a solid name behind the scenes Grammy-winning musician and singer Bruce Hornsby will provide the score for the film. Hornsby is better known for his jazz and blue grass music, but he ventured into composing music for films with Lee's documentary Kobe Doin' Work and also the painfully disappointing Red Hook Summer, hitting theaters later this year. If he's bringing his jazz sensibilities to this project, the score could be very sexy with a bit of chaotic jazz thrown in for good measure. Lee has told the composer he wants it dark but Hornsby says, "I think the score will also run the gamut." We've been waiting for this movie for awhile, and I'm interested to see what Lee does with the story.
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I don't mind remakes that much. I don't mind when they change scenes up either to add a little originality rather than re watching the same thing in English, but I'm hoping the torture scene wasn't just changed because it would be too violent for america audiences : . It is an iconic scene in my opinion. I mean, will the movie even have the same crazy-ass ending?
Jacob Denton on Aug 20, 2012
If it sticks to the original source material, that the Korean film used. Then no, it won't have the same ending. But from what I can tell. Unlike the Spielberg and Smith collaboration. This is now more of a remake of the Korean film, rather than the comics it was based on. So hopefully it's faithful to the movie, while carving out it's own identity of course.
Haikira on Aug 20, 2012
i'd be astonished if the US remake has the Korean ending. impressed, but astonished. i *do* mind remakes that much, unless they bring something substantially new to the table, adding value to what has gone before, but with their own take on the material rather than just a slavish copy. the casting and composer choices do suggest Lee is trying to create his own story. i guess we'll see. but even with this cast, i just still can't see the point of the retelling.
son_et_lumiere on Aug 20, 2012
Spike Lee is racist.
dude on Aug 20, 2012
Nothing against Spike Lee.... but... why?
Reznik on Aug 20, 2012
can't wait to see Spike Lee's Bad 25 premiere on thanksgiving... prime time on ABC.
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MBA has often been termed as the shortcut to success that offers high paying and lucrative career options. However, despite its image as a safer career option, many MBA students in the final year start wondering what could be the right career choice for them.
Considering the large financial investment that one does in order to acquire an MBA degree, it is quite natural for final year MBA students to worry about the job prospects available to them. Despite the hype around MBA degrees, little information or data can be found on highest paying MBA jobs in India.
Even the placement data provided by top B-schools only provides the averages, which present the partial picture and create more questions than it answers.
To get some clarity on the topic, we have listed the highest paying MBA jobs in India below, along with the core skill-set required and average remuneration one can expect for that role.
Job Profile: After the completion of their management studies, the majority of MBA graduates are hired by corporate entities at Project Manager Profiles. As a project manager, the candidate will be put in charge of any one / specific project and will have to handle all the aspects related to it. These may include planning, strategy, growth forecasts, team building, and execution as well as achieve the proposed targets. The role of project manager is very popular among the new-age firms, especially IT-firms which are involved in multiple projects at the same time.
Skills Required: Project Manager is termed as a generalist position and therefore requires a vast skill set including but not limited to the following:
- Team management and building
- Excellent communication skills
- Management skills
- Planning and Strategy
- Basic financial understanding
- Zest to achieve proposed targets
Remuneration / Salary: A fresh MBA graduate should expect to draw anywhere around 4 to 5 Lacs per annum. Like all other roles, there is excellent scope for promotion and pay hike as a project manager. Experienced and skilled project managers can draw anywhere between 19 to 20 Lacs per annum.
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Job Profile: Business Development Manager is popularly known as BD Manager in common parlance. This is another lucrative job profile that has helped MBA graduates secure hefty pay packages both as freshers and as experienced personnel. The work profile for a BD manager would include devising strategies and proposing practical and executable plans for expansion of the business. Along with this, BD manager would also have to look at the execution of the plan with the help of their team to achieve the end target.
Skills Required: Business Development Manager is again a generalist profile; however, it does centre on planning and analysis of current business model in order to suggest improvements or plan a new strategy. The following skills would come in really handy for MBA graduates planning to make a career in Business Development:
- Analytical ability
- Communication skills
- Inter-personal skills
- Managerial skills
- Networking skills
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Out-of-the-box / innovative thinking
Remuneration / Salary: In terms of remuneration, freshers picking Business Development as their core work area should draw around 5 to 5.5 Lacs PA; experienced BD managers with the right skill-set are offered around 15 to 16 Lac package.
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Job Profile: Marketing is surely one of the most happening fields right and therefore an ideal ground for MBA graduates to groom their career in it. MBA graduates with marketing specializations are generally offered the position of marketing manager with different firms. As the name and field clearly suggest, as a marketing manager, the person hired would be looking after all the marketing efforts for a particular product or for the entire company. These may include designing, planning and execution of an effective marketing strategy aimed at meeting the end goals of the organization.
Skills Required: As far as skills are concerned a good marketing manager should possess the following ones:
- Excellent communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Skills to manager a vast network of marketing professionals
- Logical thinking
- Analytical ability
- Ability to plan, design and execute strategies
- An eye for details
Remuneration / Salary: Currently, marketing managers are in great demand as far as the corporate sphere is concerned. Considering the high demand they also command a respectable salary, as even fresh MBA graduates from elite B-schools can draw around 6 Lacs PA. For the experienced ones, the salary can go up to 18 to 19 Lacs PA.
MBA in Marketing: Career Options & Prospects
Job Profile: MBA consultants are the latest rage as far as the job market is concerned and among them, SAP consultants have been ruling the game for quite some time. SAP stands for 'Systems, Applications and Products' in data processing industry – which is a booming sector currently. As far as SAP consultants are concerned, they are mainly put in charge of designing products and solutions that cater to specific needs of the clients.
Skills Required: All MBA graduates that are planning to join the corporate world as SAP consultants would need to have:
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Respectable communication skills
- Clarity of thought
- Analytical mind
- Technical understanding
- Negotiation skills
Salary / Remuneration: SAP Consultants is a new and upcoming field that is yet in its nascent phase. Therefore, the salary requirements for this profile are yet going to through some market corrections and range anywhere between Rs 2.93 Lacs and Rs 12.37 Lacs per annum.
Job Profile: The job profile of a business analyst has traditionally been a bastion of MBA graduates. It involves evaluating the current business strategies of an organization, identifying loopholes and problems existing in them and suggesting executable solutions to solve them with minimum losses. Although it does look like an advisory role, many analysts also have to oversee the execution of the plans and strategies suggested by them. Over the year, separate specializations have also emerged under this profile such as financial analysts and PR analysts and others.
Skills Required: As far as skills are concerned, the entire MBA programme is designed to prepare graduates to take up responsibilities of this profile. However, if we talk about specifics, the following would surely be termed as an advantage:
- Keen eye for detail
- Problem solving approach
- Analytical and logical skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
Remuneration / Salary: This is a generalist position and is often one of the most commonly available profile in the majority of the business organization. Under the current job market, business analysts can draw anywhere between Rs 5 Lacs and Rs 11.32 Lacs per annum.
Job Profile: Human Resource has again been a field that has attracted MBA graduates from top B-schools. As an HR manager, the personal hired would have to look after the staffing requirement of the organization and also look after the well being of the current staff. In addition to this, HR managers also have to develop the work-culture and friendly work environment for the employees at the office.
Skills Required: Being a generalist position, HR managers do not require any specific skills to crack this position. However, in general being a people person and having a tight grasp on management skills does help.
Remuneration / Salary: HR Manger is a generalist position and therefore attracts an average remuneration of anywhere between Rs 3 to 5 Lacs per annum.
MBA in Human Resource: Career Options & Prospects
Snapshot of the Highest Paid Jobs and their Salaries
Job Profile
Salary Offered (Fresher)
Salary Offered (Experienced)
Project Manager
Rs 4 to 5 Lacs per annum
Rs 19 to 20 Lacs per annum
Business Development Manager
Rs 5 to 5.5 Lacs per annum
Rs 15 to 16 Lacs per annum
Marketing Manager
Rs 6 Lacs per annum
Rs 18 to 19 Lacs per annum
SAP Consultant / Manager
Rs 2.93 Lacs per annum
Rs 12.37 Lacs per annum
Business Analysts
Rs 5 Lacs per annum
Rs 11.32 Lacs per annum
Human Resource Manager
Rs 3 to 5 Lacs per annum
Rs 15 to 16 Lacs per annum
These are just a few of the top paying MBA jobs in India. But being one of the most happening academic and professional fields new job profiles and innovative positions are always opening for MBA graduates in the current job market.
Some other off-beat interesting options available to MBA graduates would include investment bankers, Accountants, Credit Analysts, PR Specialists, and others. In case, you exhibit entrepreneurial skills, you can also start-up on your own and grab the position of founder and CEO of a booming organization.
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Increase CRM adoption with SalesValue
- Did your organization invest heavily in a CRM solution?
- Do you want to increase adoption?
- Do your sales people complain that the CRM system is an activity tracking tool for management and not a tool for them?
Many organizations implement advanced CRM solutions like Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. These are great solutions that can add a lot of value to the organization. A common problem is that the sales team is not as happy as the management. They often experience the CRM solution as an activity tracking tool taking time away from valuable sales activities. I have often heard the question:
Do you want me to update the system or do you want me to close the deal?
The answer to the question is of course – "I want both!"
One of the reason for this problem is that many CRM implementations focus on management needs, and not the needs of the individual sales person.
Why is this a problem?
If your sales people don't like to work with the CRM system, it can cause a lot of small annoying problems that takes time away from helping the customers, e.g.:
- Sales forecasts are not accurate and up to date
- Sales managers spends a lot of time ensuring the sales team updates the CRM system
- Sales people gets frustrated and demotivated
Another less visible problem, is that when sales people is not motivated to update the CRM, the data in the system quickly becomes wrong. The worst is when sales people enter wrong data, because the fields are mandatory, e.g. by selecting the default competitor but not the real competitor for the opportunity. This way your company loses valuable insight into your customers, competitors and sales operations. Companies with the best insights are the future winners.
SalesValue can help you increase CRM adoption and value
SalesValue is a Sales Enablement solution that works as an add-in to Dynamics CRM or Salesforce. The solution gives added value to your sales people by providing them recommendations on content like brochures, presentations, contracts, customer references, etc. as well as training and competitive information. The content is filtered by the relevant context, e.g. most relevant content based on an opportunity or an account.
The content is provided with very limited efforts by your sales and marketing team by linking existing content sources, like Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, and using machine learning to automatically tag the content.
SalesValue drives adoption of your CRM solution, because the CRM solution will change from an activity reporting system, to a solution where you sales team can find and share knowledge and find tools to help in their sales efforts. Your CRM solution becomes the go-to place for product information, competitive intelligence, reference stories, company presentations, etc.
This will make the sales team use the CRM solution more often and it will help move your sales organization from simple transactional sales to become value co-creators
Recommendations for opportunities
Below is an example from an opportunity where the sales person can get recommendations based on sales process, find files, stories and competitive intelligence.
This helps the sales person progress the opportunities faster.
Overview of files related to account
Here is an example from an account where the sales person can find all content that he or his colleagues has made for this customer, e.g. proposals, contracts and presentations.
SalesValue also recommends up sell opportunities based on the existing solutions the customer has purchased.
This significantly improves the dialog the sales person can have with his customer.
Overview on Dashboard
Here is an example from a dashboard where the sales person can get an overview and search on all content.
This improves the sales persons value selling skills.


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Bible, Blessing, Bloogger, Breakthrough, Christ Jesus, Christian, Comfort, Encouragement, Faith, Grace, Jesus, Jesus disciples, Peace
If you only knew what God was preparing for you when you wait.
When God is about to release your blessing, His plans for your life, or take you to the next level, thats when the distractions come so you can be out of line. That's when the feeling of impatience steps in so you don't hold on and see your turnaround.
The bible says that when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered to make Gods. ( Exodus 32:1)
But little did they know at the time of their impatience was the time God had released His plans to Moses which will take them to a greater level of intimacy with God. What the Israelites were thinking and what God was planing were on completely different level. Just know that God will go beyond your expectation when you wait on Him.( isaiah 65:9
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.)
Should time be a factor of how long you stay on your walk with God? Should time be a factor of your commitment to God?
You're waiting for the job, you're waiting for the husband, you're waiting for the child, you're waiting for the car. You're waiting for somebody. You're waiting for money.
What about waiting on God? When we tune our focus on or wait on things, we become impatient.
But when we tune our focus on God and wait on God, we become productive in the time of waiting. Because we know that even if the blessing hasn't arrived yet we are in His will and it will happen.
God's word does not return to Him void. As it is written in Isaiah 55:11
so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
But when we put our hearts and focus on the things we want , we loose focus! We have to learn to encourage ourselves to refocus ,even when we become unfocused.
The Israelites put their focus on Moses's return. Not on God almighty. Not on God who they waited on and fed them manna, not on God who they waited on and save them from their enemies. Because they tuned their focus from God who never fails to the return of Moses. They put their focus on how long Moses was taking to come back.
Not knowing that even if Moses was to arrive or not, God's promises will always come to pass.
Even if things haven't been happening in the order you have expected them to happen, God's promises will always come to pass.
God can release His blessings in the midst of any circumstance. It may not be when everything is nice and smooth in your life. It may be at the time of struggle, the times of difficulty, the times where you feel inpatient. But where will your focus be at that moment? Will it be on the current circumstance or your expectant blessing? Or will it be on the mighty God who will release the blessing.
Your current circumstance does not dictate your future. Because God can open a mind-blowing opportunity for you tomorrow. When you don't take your eyes of Him.


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Hundreds of Students Get Inside Look at Visitor Industry
By KHON2
The 4th annual LEI Program features more than 60 businesses, including 21 full-service hotels, that introduce students to various visitor-oriented operations, and even job opportunities.
Events are held on each major island and are sponsored by the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the non-profit organization ClimbHI.
"Today is a part of really us trying to build an academic pathway for hospitality and the tourism industry. This is a program that takes the kids, high school level, into the hotels and they really get a first-hand look at what happens within the hotel and how individual departments and team members come together to fulfill an experience for our visitors here," said David Uchiyama, HTA vice president of brand management.
"It was helpful. I learned a lot," said one Pearl City High School senior. "They told us what every job does and how different it was compared to each other."
Uchiyama says this year's response has been especially positive.
"We're hearing that a lot of the businesses are offering internships to some of these kids because they see the potential in them. So this is getting them at an early age and getting them in sync with what tourism can do, not just for our industry, but for the economy of the state," he said.
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Yes. The courses that comprise the COSO Internal Control Certificate Program curriculum are available for CPAs, CAs, and other finance and accounting professionals who do not have one of these credentials or their equivalent.
All individuals pursuing the COSO Internal Control Certificate of Education should possess a base knowledge of internal controls.
Yes, all courses in the COSO Internal Control Certificate program may qualify for CPE credit. See your state board for confirmation.
The number of credits earned is specific to the format of the program taken. See the program formats for specific CPE credits:
Actual completion of the courses is required to earn the COSO Internal Control Certificate. CPE credit is being awarded for the courses, and the CPE standards do not allow for "testing out of" a course as a way to earn credit.
A training program, specially designed to help finance and accounting professionals build the knowledge needed for the creation and review of COSO's 2013 Internal Control — Integrated Framework. The framework helps companies gain operational efficiencies, deter fraud, make better business decisions and positively influence better risk management practices.
What topics are included in the curriculum?
The cost is specific to the format of the program taken. See the program formats for specific cost information:
For the online self-study option, this varies from individual to individual and is completely dependent upon the time the participant allocates to completing the coursework. You will have access to the materials for 12 months. For the Live workshop option, the program is two and a half days, plus 4.5 hours of prework.
The online self-study must be completed in one year. The exam must be taken within 90 days of completion.
The exam must be taken within 90 days of completing the program.
No. The COSO Internal Control Certificate is not a professional credential or license. It is evidence of successful completion of a required course curriculum as of a point in time. As a result, it has no period for which it is deemed "active" or in-force.
We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee if for any reason you are not 100% satisfied with the program; however, program fees will be refunded on a pro-rata basis and, if there are courses where the exam has been completed and CPE credit has been granted, the full retail value for the course(s) will be deducted from the refund amount.
The program is designed for maximum efficiency for the learner. The courses are available in e-learning, allowing the individual to schedule training at their convenience. And, while the recommended time for completion is twelve months, the maximum time for completion is two years. These features should make it easy for an individual to complete the program.
This program allows you to apply the Framework and context of your own organization directly to your assignments, giving you unique learning experience, you can apply directly to your organization.
Within 10 days of completion, you will receive your certificate as a digital badge. For more information on the digital badge, please see the Digital Badge FAQs.


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Louis Tomlinson's mum Johannah Deakin tragically passed away in December 2016 following a short battle with cancer, and the One Direction singer has opened up to SiriusXM Radio about the heartbreak for the first time.
The incredibly sad news emerged on 9 December 2017, after The Sun released a statement from Johannah's husband Dan that confirmed the mother-of-seven passed away on Wednesday 7 December at the age of 41, after a battle with leukaemia.
In tribute to his mum, Louis Tomlinson went ahead with a pre-planned X Factor performance on 11 December of his debut solo single 'Just Hold On', with a statement previously stating it was her "dying wish".
Only now has the 1D band member opened up about the incredibly sad loss of his mother.
Speaking on SiriusXM Radio, he said: "It's not something that I feel 100% comfortable talking too much about but just quickly, when I first found out the news I kind of did want to throw the towel in.
"But it was my mum who said to me that I've just got to keep going, telling me very sternly that she wanted me to [keep going]."
Of his X Factor performance, Louis added: "It was tough, but I felt like it was nice for me to almost have a little send off for her."
Last month, Johannah's husband shared a final message Johannah had written to thank the millions of fans worldwide who'd changed her son's life.
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An Important Note to Our Supporters About Antiwar Radio:
In order to continue being the leading source for non-interventionist news and analysis, Antiwar.com has had to make some cutbacks and some changes.
We were recently informed that one of our largest donors, plus one additional source, is no longer able to provide us with funding, amounting to a loss of 20 percent of our annual budget.
Scott Horton, Assistant Editor and host of Antiwar Radio, will no longer be a part of our staff due to these budgetary constraints. We were forced to make this very difficult and unfortunate decision, but we will continue to promote The Scott Horton Show and support Scott's work. You can still find The Scott Horton Show at the top of our website pages.
Antiwar.com's development team will be engaging in more conventional fundraising models, focusing more on renewing monthly donations, selling advertisement and merchandise, and cultivating new sources of income.
This week's top news:
Warfare State Sending US Off 'Fiscal Cliff': The US budget deficit grew by nearly $60 billion in June, and is on track to exceed $1 trillion for the fourth straight year. Washington spends too much in every dimension, but paying for the warfare state makes up an enormous chunk of these massive deficits.
US Forcibly Injected Gitmo Detainees With 'Mind Altering Drugs': Detainees inside the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay were forcibly injected with powerful "mind altering drugs" and then interrogated in a cruel form of psychological manipulation.
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THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest, or smok'd in a platter. The haunch was a picture for painters to study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help
regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating : I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtû; As in some Irish houses, where things are so so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show; But for eating a rasher of what they take pride in, They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. But hold—let me pause—don't I hear you pro
nounce, This tale of the bacon's a damnable bounce ? Well, suppose it a bounce-sure a poet may try, By a bounce now and then, to get courage to fly.
But, my lord, it's no bounce: I protest in my turn, It's a truth—and your lordship may ask Mr Burn.* To go on with my tale—as I gaz'd on the haunch, I thought of a friend that was trusty and staunch, So I cut it, and sent it to Reynolds undrest, To paint it, or eat it, just as he lik'd best. Of the neck and the breast I had next to dispose : 'Twas a neck and a breast that might rival Mon
roe's: But in parting with these I was puzzled again, With the how, and the who, and the where, and the
when. There's H-d, and C-y, and H~rth, and H-ff, I think they love venison-I know they love beef. There's my countryman, Higgins-Oh! let him
alone For making a blunder, or picking a bone. But hang it—to poets who seldom can eat, Your very good mutton's a very good treat; Such dainties to them their health it might hurt, It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt. While thus I debated, in reverie center'd, An acquaintance, a friend, as he call'd himself, en
ter'd; An under-bred, fine spoken fellow was he, And he smil'd as he look'd at the venison and mei' " What have we got here?- Why this is good eat
ing! Your own, I suppose-or is it in waiting ?"
Why whose should it be?" cried I with a flounce, "I get these things often"-but that was a bounce: " Some lords, my acquaintance, that settle the na
tion, Are pleas'd to be kind—but I hate ostentation."
" If that be the case then," cried he, very gay, " I'm glad I have taken this house in my way.
* Lord Clare's nephew.
To-morrow you take a poor dinner with me;
be there;
say you—a pasty ? it shall, and it must; And my wife, little Kitty, is famous for crust. Here, porter—this venison with me to Mile-end : No stirring—I beg--my dear friend--my dear
friend!" Thus snatching his hat, he brush'd off like the wind, And the porter and eatables follow'd behind.
Left alone to reflect, having emptied my shelf, And "nobody with me at sea but myself;"* Tho' I could not help thinking my gentleman hasty, Yet Johnson and Burke, and a good venison pasty, Were things that I never dislik'd in my life, Tho' clogg'd with a coxcomb, and Kitty his wife. So next day in due splendour to make my approach, I drove to his door in my own hackney-coach. When come to the place where we all were to dine; (A chair lumber'd closet, just twelve feet by nine:) My friend bade me welcome, but struck me quite
dumb, With tidings that Johnson and Burke would not
come ; " For I knew it," he cried, " both eternally fail, The one with his speeches, and tother with Thrale; But no matter, I'll warrant we'll make up the party With two full as clever, and ten times as hearty. The one is a Scotchman, the other a Jew, They both of them merry, and authors like
you :
* See the letters that passed between his Royal Highness Henry Duke of Cumberland, and Lady Grosvenor.-12mo, 1769.


text: The McIntosh name was created when Shaw McDuff was made first Earl of Fife by the king. He changed his name to McIntosh. (Origin Scottish) The son of the leader or first. Tosh, and Toshich, signify the beginning or first part of any thing; so Toshich came to denote the general or leader of the van. The McIntoshes derive themselves from McDuff, who obtained his right from Malcom Canmore.


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MCQ on Prokaryotic Cell Structure
1. Which of the following is the typical feature of a prokaryotic cell?
a) absence of DNA
b) absence of nucleus
c) absence of RNA
d) absence of cell wall
2. The region in prokaryotic cell where double stranded single circular DNA is present is called as
a) nucleoplasm
b) nuclues
c) nucleoid
d) protonucleus
3. Ribosomes in prokaryotic cells are
a) 80 S
b) 70 S
c) 60S + 40 S
d) 50S + 40 S
4. Extra chromosomal self replicating ds circular DNA molecules present in bacteria are called
a) episomes
b) plasmid
c) plastid
d) extra chromosomes
5. The membranous infolding which is thought to be the site of DNA replication in bacteria is called
a) plasmids
b) nucleoids
c) mesosomes
d) pili
6. The cell wall of eubacteria is made up of
a) cellulose
b) peptidoglycan
c) phospholipids
d) chitin
7. The extracellular appendage which helps in movement in bacteria
a) pili
b) flagella
c) flagellin
8. Extremely fine extracellular structures involved in cell to cell contact is
a) flagella
b) cilia
c) pili
d) spinae
9. In some bacteria, there is a slimy layer outside to cell wall considered as virulence factor is called
a) capsule
b) plasmid
c) outer layer
d) fimbriae
10. Which of the following are characteristics of prokaryotic cells?
a) Absence of nucleus
b) Absence of cell organelles
c) Presence of 70S ribosomes
d) All of the above
Check your understanding: Labelled Diagram Quiz on Bacterial cell
1. b) absence of nucleus
2. c) nucleoid
3. b) 70 S
4. b) plasmid
5. c) mesosomes
6. b) peptidoglycan
7. b) flagella
8. c) pili
9. a) capsule
10. d) All of the above


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Sometimes leak information about the upcoming device ruins its launch by opening all of the surprising stuff to the public just right before the actual launch of the device. Most of the time we have seen the same strategy with Apple devices and this time now with Google and Samsung on the launch of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Galaxy Nexus, which was firstly dubbed as Nexus Prime.
Google and Samsung have finally introduced the Galaxy Nexus and Android 4.0 today with the announcement in Hong Kong. The latest Google new Nexus phone is dubbed as Galaxy Nexus, is the same phone that we seen with the name of Nexus Prime they have changed the name of the device at last moments and introduced the new device. So here's what is it? Here are the specifications of new Galaxy Nexus:
- 4.65-inch 1280×720 Super AMOLED HD display
- 0.01 MS response time
- 1.2 GHz dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP4460 processor
- 1 GB of RAM
- 16 or 32 GB internal storage
- 5-megapixel camera, capable of 1080p video
- Built-in image stabilization
- 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Gyro
- Barometer
So what's up with the sketchy specifications of the new Nexus, if none of these have surprised you then you must be surprised to know that Samsung and Google had postponed the launch of this device to fix some patent infringement features of the device behind the sympathy statement of Steve Jobs death. Android 4.0 seems to be the major update for all android devices, as the developer notes that it will also come to three months old Samsung Galaxy SII, even Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) can be run on every other device who supports the Gingerbread. It seems that Google is trying to fix the software fragment of Android devices. At the current time the software will take some time to come out for other devices and Android 4.0 carries a lot of the UI of Android 3.0 (HoneyComb for Tablets).


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The notion of capital overaccumulation, as constructed by Marx in Volume 3 of Capital on the basis of his "preliminary definition" of "absolute overproduction", is considered in this paper as the key element of Marx's crisis theory. Following what the author considers as the logic of Marx's analysis, the paper concludes that economic crises shall be identified neither with the law of the tendential fall in the profit rate, nor with some supposedly intrinsic underconsuption of the labouring classes. Instead, crises shall be comprehended as the outcome of the fusion of a variety of factors which suppress the rate of profit. An economic crisis can be described, therefore, as a conjunctural overaccumulation, i.e. a conjunctural production of commodities (means of production and means of consumption) in such quantities and prices, that they temporarily hinder the accumulation process. In the last instance, all categories of factors affecting the value composition of capital and the profit rate are overdetermined by classstruggle, main object of which is the (level of) exploitation of the labour force.
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Oh, hey. It's Sunday October 9th, 2016. Absolutely nothing going on in the news, so, obviously everyone is bored and trolling the internet for some things to read about other things. Fear not, news-hungry readers of the world. I am here with an update on THE most important story of the season: The academic job market for German Studies. Great news! Since my last update, the list of advertised tenure-track positions in German has MORE THAN DOUBLED. News that is whatever the opposite of great is: that brings the total to 14 positions, and that includes one sad little medievalist. (Just remember, Germanists: Whatever despair you have, the medievalists have it worse. Those poor unfortunate fuckers.)
So, since I was off for a cycle, let's do a speed round, shall we? Not because you have something else you need to go watch/read about/do, mind you, but because speed rounds are fun. You should see how fast I'm typing now, just out of solidarity with the idea.
Colby. Two-year VAP. Who doesn't want to freeze their gonads off teaching at Billy Bush's alma mater while they languish for two more years on the market?
Georgia Tech. "Interest in teaching business- and technology oriented German is crucial for this appointment." No shit?
Murray State. I've seen this job multiple times in the last few years and I cannot for the life of me figure out what its deal is. Someone tell me.
Princeton. WHICH OF THEIR OWN PHDS WILL THEY HIRE THIS TIME I MUST KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT
San Diego State. NAGJ.* (*That's my new shorthand for Not A German Job). And yet, here it is on the German list, effectively trolling a bunch of sad PhDs into joining a billion-applicant pool for a job with no real department.
Stanford. That fucking Mellon fellowship they advertise every year, hip hooray. The best that can be said about this 9000-applicant shit-storm is that unlike the Harvard famous postdoc (that only goes to Harvard grads anyway), they don't double the indignity and make you pay to apply.
Alabama. Huh. Someone retired or died and they're actually replacing a tenure line. Not too shabby. (I am too lazy to look up who. I assume it's their Goethe person. That's my clairvoyant guess.)
Georgia. MAGJ.* (*Mostly A German Job). Double appointment with film. Twice the department meetings, half the sense of professional security!!!!!!! (Fun fact: Almost everyone I know with a double appointment got tenure in one and denied in the other. This made for a VERY FUN LIFE FOR THEM.)
Illinois. That's the sad li'l medievalist job. You literally have to be luckier than Siegfried (before he gets stabbed) to get a medievalist job these days. (Never mind, bad comparison. Something something Parzival something.)
UMass. NAFGJ.
UMass #2. NAGDMFGJ.
UNC-Chapel Hill. FFSNAMFGDGJ.
K bye, I'm sure you have nothing to do or read, but I'll let you go anyway.


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n the distance, Bird saw a glimmer of light, his first sign of hope since entering the maze. How long had he been lost in this labyrinth? It seemed like days, maybe even weeks, though given his tendency toward the overly dramatic, possibly only hours. In this darkness, who could tell? What was time anyway, when the passing of each minute felt like an eternity?
He should investigate the light. Really he should. But Bird was too hungry to move. He didn't know when he'd eaten last, though he remembered what. Someone had tossed sunflower seeds and scraps of bread onto the sidewalk. Always the same seeds, always the same slightly stale bread, as if he wouldn't know any better, as if he had the indiscriminate palate of a vulture. The pigeons had devoured most of it, anyway, those greedy, overstuffed gluttons. Bird darted between their legs, pecking at whatever he could get his beak on before taking a kick to the chest or a wing to his head. He could still feel the bite of Glock, the pack's enforcer, on his neck. The ugly brute, with speckled feathers that looked like guano, had made clear it was time for Bird to scram. "Shithead," Bird muttered as he scurried away.
To think, those tasteless crumbs might end up as his final meal. Too depressing. Bird wanted to go out on a blaze of fruit, like pineapple. Or blackberries. Or mango. Oh yeah, a sweet, juicy mango.
Stop it. Thinking about food at a time like this would get him nowhere. Bird needed to focus on the light, which, by the way, he wasn't totally convinced truly existed. It might be a trick, some sort of optical illusion. Or maybe he was hallucinating. Isn't that what happened when you were starving, you started seeing things? That raised an interesting question: If the light was a figment of his imagination, and he followed it to freedom, would he gain independence, at least in his mind? Whoa, existential. The implications were too deep for Bird's pea-sized brain to contemplate. Even if the light were real, he'd already been down so many blind alleys, come to so many dead ends, his sagging spirits couldn't take another disappointment. Never much of an optimist, Bird had long since exhausted his meager reserves of pluckiness. He decided to plot his next move after a good long nap.
Sleep wouldn't come. The metal walls around him hummed and vibrated, a soothing white noise that lulled him toward unconsciousness. But every time he was about to drift off, a sharp bang or thump would startle him back into wakefulness. Was this someone's idea of torture? He couldn't begin to guess who or what was on the other side. More prisoners? At one point, he had called out to these potential fellow captives—Hello? Who's there? Anyone? Anyone?—but there had been no response. Only the echo of his own voice, which had surprised him with the sound of fear.
Bird was familiar with traps and cages. He'd been warned to stay away from nets. Had heard horror stories about zoos and laboratories. But this place was something altogether different, the long dark tunnels with their twists and turns and slides. Bird searched through his memory for some reference, some long forgotten tale that might explain his surroundings, but there was nothing. Probably because no one in his predicament had ever made it out alive.
Well that was a cheerful thought.
Enough. Mustering what little strength he had left, Bird roused himself for one more foray and flew toward the light, his wings brushing the sides of the ever-present, unforgiving steel. The glow grew brighter as he approached, and Bird allowed himself to mistake it for sunlight. He swore he could feel its warmth and blinked at the strength of its rays. Too late, he saw that while the light was most definitely real, its promise of escape was not. He clanked, head first, against the razored edges of a metal grate that barred a small rectangular opening. His beak bore the brunt of the impact; aside from a few lost feathers, no bodily harm done. The same couldn't be said for his wounded spirits. Overwhelmed by the futility and desperation of his plight, Bird slumped against the cold hard wall of the maze. He could smell his own death.
Smell his own death. What a clever turn of phrase. If Bird did survive this ordeal, he would be sure to include it in his memoir. Assuming he could muster an audience for his tale.
Bird wasn't like the other starlings. Uncharacteristically quiet and shy, a bit of a loner, he found it hard to make friends. Large groups caused him anxiety, drained him of his energy. Quality, not quantity, was his motto when it came to relationships. He had been close with his siblings, but they were scattered now, some leaving the city in search of open country and fresh air, others busy with families of their own. His older brother Grey—such an uncanny mimic, he could pitch his voice to sound like a car alarm—had been killed in a recent thunderstorm, crushed by a falling tree. Bird had warned him not to build his nest in the park—the ancient cottonwoods were notoriously fragile despite their sturdy appearance—but Grey, never one to change his mind, had, as per usual, ignored the advice. Should've listened to me.
Not that Bird was gloating. He'd been horrified and grief-stricken when he'd heard the news about Grey. So much so that he'd needed to visit the scene of the accident, to confirm the details with his own eyes. And also to retrieve, if possible, a family heirloom: a certain twig that had been part of their parents' nest, and their parents' nest before them. Bird, now being the eldest, considered himself the rightful heir.
It had been awhile since he'd flown to the park. He and Grey had feuded of late, over what he couldn't quite remember, except that it had something to do with Bird calling his brother an elitist snob. Under the circumstances, he wished he could take the words back. Even if they were true. Even if he had meant them. So he'd grown unfamiliar with the route.
After wandering in circles for the better part of an hour, Bird crossed paths with Casanova and asked for directions, god knows why because, typical pretty boy cardinal, Cass was a complete ditz. Couldn't tell up from down. "The park? I feel like it's over that way, maybe," he replied to Bird's query, pointing with a less-than-definitive sweep of his wing toward a wide swath of the city's Northwest Side. That was helpful. Not. If Bird were given to self-reflection, he'd have to admit that he sort of, definitely, enjoyed making Cass look stupid. Every now and again, beauty ought to be taken down a peg or two.
After that fruitless tete-a-tete, Bird aimed for one of the towering brick piles humans seemed to favor of late—nest stacked on top of nest stacked on top of nest. Any other day and he would have complained about how these monstrosities took up space better occupied by grass and trees, but today he welcomed the chance to land and catch his bearings from such a lofty height.
Here's where he'd pause in his memoir for a little foreshadowing. "A fatal mistake," he'd note. Ominously.
Normally, rooftops were safe—no dim-witted, sharp-toothed dogs to contend with—so his guard was down; intent on scanning the horizon, he hadn't heard the squirrel. By the time he sensed the approaching danger, the rodent—don't be fooled by the fluffy tails, squirrels are rodents—was closing in fast. Bird panicked. There, he admitted it. He panicked. Bird's mother always said he lacked common instincts and he guessed she'd be happy he'd proved her right. He froze, recalling his ability to fly just as the squirrel prepared to attack.
Take-offs had never been Bird's forte. For most starlings, a simple jump sufficed and poof, lift-off. Not Bird. He'd always mirrored the technique favored by much larger members of his species, using a running start to generate the airflow critical to flight. Mother called this his "illusion of grandeur." "Duh-lusion," Bird had corrected her, mentally if not verbally. At the moment, though, Bird wished he were a little less quirky and a little more competent. With the squirrel now just feet away, he judged he would have time to take maybe three or four steps, half of what he normally required, before attempting his ascent.
One, two, three, four, and Bird was miraculously airborne. But not high enough. Just as he was congratulating himself on foiling the squirrel, a paw clipped his left wing, costing him precious balance. Struggling to right himself, Bird lost what little altitude he'd gained and sputtered over an inconveniently-placed vent pipe. Down he went. Plummeting into the narrow chute, his feet flailed for non-existent toeholds against the smooth steel. Gravity had him in her grip, sucking Bird deeper into the void. For a brief moment, he managed to twist sideways and wedge his body, head to talon, between the walls. Then what? Bird was screwed and he knew it. There was no point in prolonging the inevitable. He cursed everyone and everything, including his own sentimental obsession with a goddamned twig, then gave himself over to the free fall and braced for a crash landing.
That had been days, weeks or perhaps hours ago.
Bird wearily lifted his head and peered through the slits in the grate. He could make out furniture—a bed, dresser, nightstand—and windows. Beyond that, the outdoors. The outdoors. How many days and nights had Bird shivered in the cold and rain, longing for shelter, for walls or a roof over his head? Now he wanted nothing more than to feel the elements on his skin, let the air caress him, tickle him, even toss him. What was a little rain? He'd take a hurricane over this stuffy tube.
Thinking about hurricanes reminded Bird of Grey. Had his brother been frightened in the storm? Had he felt helpless and alone? Had he been killed instantly or had he lain there waiting for a rescue that never came? Bird tried to picture Grey cowering in his nest or gasping for his last breath, but the only image he could conjure was one of strength and pride. Grey had always been fearless and if Bird could inherit his brother's twig, why not a little of his character too.
There had to be a way out. With renewed purpose, he hopped to his feet and began to pace, working the blood back into his legs.
As he strode back and forth, Bird heard voices. Human voices. He stood still, trying to make out the words. "Rat," they said. "Or bat," they added. "Maybe a pigeon or squirrel."
Him. They were talking about him.
Sweet Jesus, humans were idiots. How could they possibly mistake him for a pigeon or worse yet a rat? Did all creatures look and sound alike to them? Could they not tell the difference between a garbage eating, freakishly reproductive parasite and a graceful, elegant aviator? Bird stamped his feet and flapped his wings at the insult.
The female human screamed.
"They're more afraid of you than you are of them," Mother was fond of saying. Though their size advantage alone ought to assure people of their dominance, the animal kingdom had conspired to keep them on edge: Pigeons perfected the dive-bomb attack, rats popped out of dumpsters, mice scampered across kitchen floors. Simple yet effective scare tactics. The payback he had witnessed from humans—poison pellets and traps hidden in alleys, bowls of toxic anti-freeze left out on porches, cars used to flatten enemies until the carcass all but melted into the pavement—always struck Bird as excessive use of force, especially in retaliation for receiving little more than a startle. If these people thought he was a rat, my god, it occurred to Bird, what would they do to me? He thwacked his wings against the maze. "I'm a starling, I'm a starling." Thwack, thwack. "Not a rat, not a rat." Thwack, thwack. "You like to feed me yummy seeds and bread." Thwack. "I'm your friend." Thwack. "Let me out." Thwack. "Let. Me. Out." Thwack. Thwack. Thwack.
More screams.
Bird paused. Clearly his outburst had been counter-productive. Or had it? He heard movement near the grate. They had understood him after all. Bird was their friend and he just wanted to go home. They would set him free. Maybe even offer him some mango.
At the thought of fruit, he started salivating and realized how thirsty he was. Bird modified his release scenario to include a bowl of water, but he'd scarcely had time to envision wetting his beak when the grate slammed shut. The light went out.
There would be no deliverance. Clearly, the humans had decided against him. He'd committed no crime, but they'd sentenced him to die in this infernal maze anyway. Bastards. For the first time since plunging into this nightmare, Bird cried. He cried for Grey and the loss of the childhood they'd shared. He cried for Cass and all the beauty in the world he would never see again. He cried for himself and a life that though far from perfect was decent enough to want to keep living. He cried himself to the point of exhaustion and when sleep overtook him, he didn't bother to dream.
Hours, possibly minutes later, Bird awoke, his sense of hopelessness replaced by a new emotion. Anger.
So, these people were afraid of him. Alrighty then. He would give them something to really scream about. Bird began running back and forth in the tunnel, pounding his feet against the floor and slapping his wings against the walls with the force of all his fury. Let them think he was a rat, hell, he'd whip up such a frenzied racket, they'd mistake him for a possum.
The maze rumbled like thunder. The sound was wild and primal and Bird felt elated, the kind of high that comes when you mix too little sleep with too little food and add a dose of terror. With or without anyone to behold his final act of rebellion, Bird felt proud that he hadn't gone quietly to his end.
In the midst of this self-congratulatory reverie—Bird took a moment to contemplate who would play him in the movie version, should the story of his adventure ever surface—he was blinded by a spear of light, coming from the direction of the grate. The grate that was no longer there.
Overjoyed at his good fortune, Bird didn't stop to question this unexpectedly positive turn of events. With a surge of adrenaline, he shot once more toward the opening. This time there was no crash, just a rush of air. Bird was free.
And then not. He'd escaped one trap, only to find himself in another: the room with the bed and the dresser and the nightstand. And a man. With a net.
You idiot. Bird chastised his gullibility. Determined to evade capture, he aimed for the window. He would smash his way through the glass or die trying. What actually happened: he became snarled in a curtain before he even reached the pane. Bird thrashed against the drapery, managing only to further entangle himself in its folds. Then he felt the hand close around his breast and throat.
He waited for the snap of his neck. Would he hear it first, and then die? Or would it happen simultaneously? Bird strained against his captor, his ears thrumming with the sound of his pounding heart.
But the hand wasn't cruel or harsh. It held him firmly, yet gently. Bird stopped squirming, slowed his breathing. A pungent odor hung in the air, as sharp and sour as rotten cheese. It was Bird. The smell of his own death? Not exactly. More like the smell of his own panic. Bird should have been mortified—this surge of noxious hormones marked him as a scaredy-cat, dashing his hopes of impressing the humans with his bravery—but instead he was ecstatic. All things considered, a little body odor was eminently preferable to, if less poetic than, execution.
There was little time to rejoice in the thrill of being alive. As the hand placed him in a cage of wire mesh, Bird recognized a developing pattern: a false hope of salvation followed by the bleak reality of confinement. The cage provided a strong dose of the latter and forced him to ponder his potential fates. Perhaps he was headed to the pet store, where he'd go crazy listening to parrots beg for crackers. Or maybe they would ship him off to the zoo and sentence him to live out his days as some flamingo's bitch. Worst-case, this cage was a one-way ticket to the dread laboratory that had featured so prominently in what Mother passed off as bedtime stories; there, he would be poked and prodded and eventually sliced and diced into pieces with less dignity than a chicken nugget. He gazed up at the humans with their towering trunks and big, fat heads and wondered why. Why they hated him. Why they feared him. Why they built mazes in their nests.
The cage swung off the floor, down the stairs and out the door. Outdoors. Trees, grass, earth, sky. Hello and good-bye.
The man with the net paused. The door to the cage sprang opened. The hand reached in and once again closed around Bird. Before he could register what was happening, he was stunned to find himself flung aloft.
Catching a draft, he spread his wings and soared, the wonder and awe of the moment recalling the magic of his first flight. In a fit of pure giddiness and delight, emotions mildly foreign to Bird, he swooped in a celebratory loop-de-loop—I'm alive! I'm alive!—before going weak in the wing at the sight of the dread rooftop, the scene of the crime as it were, and the vent that had nearly been the end of him. It looked so benign, it was hard for Bird to conceive of the horror that lurked within and the death sentence he had so inexplicably avoided. He shuddered and turned his gaze to the street, where he spied the man with the net walking toward a row of parked cars, the now-empty cage dangling from his hand. The man stopped to crane his neck, shading his eyes with his hand, to catch one last glimpse of Bird whirling above in the sky.
Bird dove and released his bowels. Just because he could.
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Project Wild
Canadian Wildlife Foundation, SaskOutdoors
Teachers, parents, and students praise this classic K-12 environmental education program used internationally. Project WILD instructors have taught thousands of Canadian students from kindergarten through high school — and more than 120,000 Canadian educators can't be wrong! With the interdisciplinary Project WILD Activity Guide, you'll explore topics from what types of habitats migrating birds need to make it to their wintering grounds to how new fishing technologies have affected fish populations. The guide features 121 complete lesson plans about wildlife and the environment that can each be adapted for any age, grade or subject.
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Cost: $50 + tax
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Current Situation and Prospect of Rice Vermicelli Drying Technology
Abstract: Rice vermicelli is a traditional staple food in China. With the improvement of people's living standards, the demand for high-quality rice vermicelli has increased significantly. Its drying process is an important part of the production process of rice vermicelli.
The present situation of rice noodle drying technology in China was expounded, and the advantages and disadvantages of various traditional and new drying technologies were compared. The drying methods such as hot air drying, microwave drying equipment and infrared drying were mainly introduced. The existing problems were analyzed from the aspects of the influence on the quality characteristics of rice noodle and the energy consumption of drying, and some new drying methods were put forward. The possibility of application of drying technology in rice vermicelli drying process.
Key words: rice vermicelli microwave drying; drying technology; quality
Rice vermicelli is one of the traditional staple foods in China. It has a long history of production in China. It is loved by the masses for its bright appearance, smooth and delicate taste. At present, the processing scale of rice vermicelli in China has reached about 10 billion yuan, which occupies an important position in rice processing. Its origin mainly distributes in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou and other South and Southwest China.
The traditional drying of rice noodles is mainly natural drying and hot air drying. Some new drying technologies, such as microwave drying, infrared drying, freeze drying and combined drying, are also used in the research of rice noodles drying. Previous studies have shown that the drying process of rice noodles has a great impact on the quality of rice noodles. Choosing appropriate drying process is an important guarantee for the production of high-quality rice noodles.
The drying process of rice noodles is a complex and changeable process. Because starch materials have special aging phenomena in the drying process under different conditions, and aging has a significant impact on the moisture diffusion in the materials, the drying models of rice noodles under different drying conditions are quite different.
In the future, the drying theory and experimental study of rice vermicelli should be strengthened, the moisture diffusion in the process should be analyzed, and the drying mathematical model of rice vermicelli should be established and perfected to provide direct technical support and reference basis for the development of new drying technology of rice vermicelli.


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It's hard some days, isn't it? To make yourself do what you don't feel like doing. You know you must, you should, deep down you really want to, but the push isn't there. Maybe you haven't had your caffeine yet, or the brew isn't doing the job.
Writing is like that some days, even writing this post. I don't have the benefit of caffeine, ever, and I am basically a Type B person, a dreamer more than a doer. But to make those dreams happen, I got to push. We all have to push sometimes, to get what we want.
There is always something in the way.
The cat puked on the carpet, usually-sweet little Tommy dumped his Cream of Wheat all over the kitchen floor and your car battery went dead. Nevertheless, that presentation you haven't prepared yet is due at 2:00 p.m.
Sound like one of those silly movies? They make those movies because nearly everyone can identify with them.
You don't have to be perfect, either. Who told you you did? Your mom? Your pop? Yourself? Do you even know a perfect person? A perfect mom? A perfect dad? Do you like them?
Life is constant challenges, ups and downs. As Kristen Lamb says, "This is life. Focus on your love and passion, but also be fearless with yourself. We all procrastinate, make excuses, hide, or deflect. We are human. A pro takes problems seriously, the amateur takes them personally."
Check out Kristen Lamb's blog. She focuses on writers, but what she has to say applies to everyone, and she says it much better than I do.


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Alberta grizzly bears number less than 700
An Alberta grizzly bear count by an independent scientist pegs the population at 691, but the province has not stated if that's enough to list the species as threatened.
Dr. Marco Festa-Bianchet, an expert on large mammals, noted in a report released Wednesday that some local grizzly bear populations may be declining.
Cutting down on "human-caused mortality" such as vehicle collisions with bears and "motorized access to habitat" would help stabilize the number of grizzlies, according to the report.
Environmental groups have been lobbying the Alberta government to declare the grizzly — currently considered "may be at risk" — as threatened, so that a current hunting ban becomes permanent and steps can be taken to protect their habitat.
There were 841 bears in Alberta in 2000, according to a count done that year by the provincial government.
The Endangered Species Conservation Committee will make a recommendation on whether or not to change the bears' designation after reviewing Wednesday's report, said the province in a news release.


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IMPORTANT: Please E-mail Your MLA To Release Dr. Cleary's Health Study On Shale Gas
It has been learned that the NB Chief Medical Officer's health report on shale gas has been ready for about a week. The government appears to be delaying its release.
Please find below the draft text of an e-mail YOU can send to your MLA!
MLA email addresses at this link: http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/bios1/index-e.asp
Members of the 57th Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
(listed by riding in numerical order and e-mail address)
Please forward wide and far to your friends.
Thank you for your action!
Mark D'Arcy Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Members of the 57th Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
(listed by riding in numerical order + e-mail address)
Dear _______________, MLA
RE: An Open Letter to MLAs for the Immediate Release of the Complete Health Study on Shale Gas Sector
I just learned that the Health Study on Shale Gas has been completed by Dr. Eilish Cleary, the chief medical officer of health in New Brunswick. It is my understanding that Dr. Cleary submitted her report to the Alward government about one week ago, and that the report was scheduled to be released in September 2012.
The health implications of introducing shale gas development in this province is one of the most important issues facing New Brunswickers today. I respectfully request the following:
1. The Alward government should take care to release the report immediately and to neither delay nor censor it.
2. The MLAs hold meaningful public consultation on whether to allow or disallow shale gas development in New Brunswick. This consultation should start with legislative hearings, and later include public meetings on the government's final recommendations.
It will be very troubling to our democracy if either of these two steps is not forthcoming.
All discussion and decisions on shale gas regulations are premature.
It is my understanding that the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Eilish Cleary, has developed recommendations on the shale gas industry "at preventing or mitigating potential adverse public health effects associated with the industry".
In the CBC interview with Dr. Cleary (see reference below), she explained that the health study would document how the industry could impact human health, how to mitigate or prevent the risks, as well as how to measure the actual impact of the industry on the health of New Brunswickers if the shale gas industry was to proceed in this province.
Dr. Cleary said she would make recommendations in each of the following 4 areas: (1) Physical risks; (2) Risks to the community and mental health; (3) Risks from exposure to environmental sources; and (4) Risks to the long-term health of the population.
Furthermore, the public has not yet been consulted on whether or not the province should move forward with shale gas exploration and fracking. Dr. Louis LaPierre publicly admitted, at the shale gas regulations meeting in Norton, NB on July 04, 2012, that the mandate given to him by your government did not include the ability to recommend a moratorium or ban on shale gas development.
Lastly, during a speech delivered in Moncton last October, Premier David Alward advised that Members of the Legislative Assembly would be organizing town hall and information meetings later that month "to hear directly from their constituents on this important issue."
We have a right to know and to be properly consulted.
I look forward to an honest and open discussion of all the health, environmental, and economic implications of shale gas development in New Brunswick.
Sincerely yours,
Minister Responsible for Citizen Engagement
Province of New Brunswick
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Health study may examine impact of shale gas sector
Chief medical officer will issue recommendations in the summer - CBC News May 22, 2012
Premier David Alward, October 3, 2011 - Speech to Moncton Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise Greater Moncton
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As a community-based farm, we are changing our focus from maximizing profit to maximizing production for greater community impact. With reduced revenue and public funding in 2019, we are asking for the crowd's continued help in funding our current shortfall, so that this next cohort of farm learners (15 participants for the 2019 season!!) can get a meaningful education in feeding our (their) communities without taking on an undue burden.
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"As of this morning, search and rescues are still the main priority," Air Guard Chief Master Sgt. Gonda Moncado said . "And search and rescues will remain our first priority until every last person that needs to be rescued is rescued."
Texas air assets consist of 16 of their own helicopters and another 55 from nine other state National Guards. The final reports yesterday stated 397 rescues were made, Moncado said. Galveston Island, Houston and Port Author are the top-priority areas, she added.
Guard members airlifted victims to higher grounds in Texas City and Southeast Texas Regional Airport for transportation to shelters and evacuation hubs in San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Dallas, and other areas. The shelters provide space, food, water and medical attention, Moncado said.
As efforts shifted into the afternoon today, high-water vehicle search operations progressed. More than 1,000 of these vehicles are available to the Texas Guard. Engineers began clearing areas and roads of fallen power lines, trees and other debris to provide accessibility to first responders, she said.
Moncado said ground search and rescues today are a matter of going door-to-door, aiding those who want to be evacuated. Those who don't are still encouraged to leave because most areas don't have electricity or potable water.
Since the Guard's efforts are focused on recovery and rescues, points of distributions for clean water, ice and food may not be available in many areas for days, she said.
"Other activities are happening; roads need to be cleared, and we can't operate with electrical wires and debris in the roads," Moncado said. "This is going to be an ongoing operation, and it's going to go on for days, maybe weeks."
As relief operations continue in Texas and along the Gulf Coast, Moncado noted the resilience of the Gulf residents and National Guardsmen. Ike is the fourth major storm this hurricane season, and she said she couldn't be more proud of her fellow citizen-soldiers and -airmen.
"Our forces are well aware that at any given moment we may be called on to help our fellow citizens," she said. "This is what we sign up for, and we're honored to do anything we can to help."


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On Saturday, Nov. 3, we did something pretty incredible: hosted a launch party for Fatventure Mag, Vol. 1, at Bluestockings Bookstore, Café & Activist Center in New York City! It was our first issue's big debut and the turnout was frankly incredible — so many people came out to support the zine, hear us read, and learn more about the project. We cannot put into words how grateful we are.
But we can surely try.
In case you couldn't make it to the launch party, here's a quick summary of what happened:
- After Bluestockings volunteer Mandy introduced the space, the Fatventure Mag co-creators (that's us! Samantha and Alice!) introduced impetus behind the zine, talked about the overwhelming support we received on our Kickstarter that launched in May, and gushed about how beautiful the first issue is.
- Samantha read her letter from the editor (which was previously published on BUST Magazine) and Alice read her letter from the editor, as well.
- Vol. 1 interviewee Vanessa Friedman read a 2017 piece she wrote for SHAPE Magazine about why she left the Pacific Crest Trail after hiking 454 miles — a piece she described to the audience as a "precursor" to the more in-depth essay she later wrote for Autostraddle.
- Party-goers (which included Vol. 1 contributing artists Jacey Chase and Sonia Hupfeld!) were encouraged to mingle, buy copies of Fatventure Mag, snag some embroidered patches, and hang out to ask questions or make other purchases from Bluestockings.
- Samantha and new social media manager Danny Cassou also curated a playlist for the party, which you can listen to on Spotify — it's best experienced on shuffle!
Some words from editor in chief Samantha Puc:
Damn, y'all. I truly do not have words for how grateful I am that so many people have supported this endeavor since the beginning. So many of you came to our launch party on Saturday and it was so humbling to stand in front of you and read from our first issue — which is real! It exists in the world! I'm still not over that at all.
I loved getting to meet you, chat with you, hear your thoughts on Fatventure Mag and bodies and outdoorsy activities. Some of you opened up about your own experiences growing up in our obsessive diet culture; some of you thanked me and Alice and Vanessa for opening up about ours. As the night went on, the ball of anxiety that sat in my chest before people started to arrive totally dissipated. It was replaced by a big, brimming, joyful ball of light that's still there as I write this, two days later, totally in awe of each one of you.
Thank you. We literally wouldn't be here without you. I'm ridiculously excited to get the ball rolling on Vol. 2 and to see how much higher Fatventure Mag can climb. We're just getting started, which is an overwhelming and incredible feeling.
Some words from associate editor Alice Lesperance:
I still can't believe that Saturday night happened. We were in New York, at a bookstore that I've loved since I was 14, introducing to the world a magazine that we created. Wild, absolutely wild. I am so thankful to Bluestockings for hosting our launch party, for all of the good and necessary work they do. I'm thankful to all of the people who showed up for us, to hear our words and share their own. And I'm thankful to Sam and the rest of the Fatventure Mag team for making this whole thing a reality.
One thing I'll always remember about our launch party is feeling so nervous before getting in front of that microphone, but then feeling so calm and seen when I saw the faces in front of me. Fatventure Mag exists for you, and because of you. We made it together, all of us. Thank you so much for your support.
If you live in New York and want to purchase a copy of Fatventure Mag, Vol. 1, you can do so at Bluestockings Bookstore, Café & Activist Center, located at 172 Allen St. To order a copy online, visit our shop! 25% of the proceeds from issue sales will be donated to Gender Is Over – If You Want It!, LTD to support grassroots efforts for furthering trans rights.


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Spicy arugula, briny olives and buttery Manchego come together in this simple salad with complex flavor.
- 1 bag baby arugula
1 large tomato, diced
3-4 black olives
1-2 ounces Manchego cheese, shaved
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons red or white wine vinegar
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
- Wash arugula and dry completely.
On a serving plate, top arugula leaves with diced tomato, olives and shaved cheese. Whisk together olive oil, vinegar and salt and pepper. Drizzle dressing on top of salad.
Andrea Beaman
By the time she was 28, Andrea Beaman was diagnosed with thyroid disease, which she credits as her motivation to embark on a healthier lifestyle through natural and sustainable food choices. Her health improved after two years of natural food choices and therapies; those adjustments became the catalysts that changed her life and profession. She attended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, where she currently teaches her mission to encourage a healthier world through nutritious meal solutions.
Andrea is a Natural Nutritionist and Holistic Health Counselor accredited with the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She is also the author of her self-published book, "The Whole Truth," and her follow-up cookbook, "The Whole Truth Eating and Recipe Guide."


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Colorful Bubbles for Close Protection
Mobile phones have become a necessity and have made our lives more convenient and fun. A case that can fully protect your smartphone has also become important. Phone Bubble was designed based on the concept of airbags and its smart design can fully protect your mobile phone.


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That was some smack-down Publicis administered to Ascential last week, slap bang in the middle of the Cannes organizer's highest-profile event of the year.
The French holding company's newly installed CEO Arthur Sadoun revealed Tuesday that Publicis would not participate in Cannes or any other industry awards shows for the next 12 months, rather it will concentrate on investing in its AI platform Marcel. It will return to the awards fray in September 2018.
The announcement caused Ascential's shares to drop 3.5%, just one day before it hosted shareholders in Cannes for an investor presentation, so if the timing was intended to produce maximum impact it certainly achieved its aim.
On Saturday, the Cannes organizers announced they were setting up an advisory committee "to help shape the future of the festival," with numerous senior marketers led by Unilever's Keith Weed and Procter & Gamble's Marc Pritchard. Ascential said it wanted to "ensure it continues to respond to the needs of the industry."
Publicis' move was met with a mixture of agreement, bemusement, and opportunism by competitors such as WPP, Omnicom, and Interpublic Group.
Speaking on Wednesday at a lunch hosted by the Financial Times, WPP's CEO Martin Sorrell said: "Cannes has got to be rethought big time and repositioned. Some of it is diversionary, at best, unacceptable at worst."
He said WPP had already halved its official attendance at the Festival of Creativity to 500 people, from 1,000 last year, though wandering around La Croisette, Le Palais, and les plages of Cannes it was difficult to believe there weren't more WPP folks than that in situ.
But when I interviewed Sorrell, he told me Cannes costs WPP "tens of millions of dollars" and it was that and the perceived price gouging that comes with having the Festival here in June that is the real driving force behind the holding companies' pushback against Cannes and what it has come to stand for. He said alternative locations such as London, New York, Paris, or Berlin should be considered.
He added it was increasingly hard to justify the perceived excesses of Cannes, which he dubbed "too much of a money-making machine," at this uncertain time geopolitically and economically when the world is in turmoil and agencies' clients are on a concerted mission to cut costs.
While you could never describe La Croisette as austere, there was definitely an attempt to curb the excesses of previous years. The Gutter Bar was much more subdued than normal, with barriers hemming in revelers on the pavement for much of the week rather than allowing them to spill onto the road.
Yacht row had also been reigned in to crack down on inappropriate behavior. Cannes worked with local government on Le Cote d'Azur this year to put restrictions on yachts entering the harbor and only allow access to festival pass-holders during primetime hours. The Daily Mail was identified as a prime culprit for excessive behavior last year and didn't bring a yacht this time.
The organizers also brought in a stricter admissions policy for the five main hotels and bars on La Croisette, again restricting entry to official festival-goers or forcing people to register for a hotel access pass.
Part of this can be put down to an understandable need to increase security, especially after the appalling terrorist attack in Nice two weeks after last year's festival. Part of it was designed to crack down on the significant number of people who traditionally snuck through loopholes to attend Cannes without engaging with the official festival.
Mooring private yachts in the harbor, cruising the Croisette without a pass, renting properties in the hills around the city to host dinners and events, and locating yourselves on idyllic islands adjacent to Cannes are all techniques that have been, and continue to be, used to tap into the magic of the festival without having to shell out for expensive delegate passes and official accommodation.
While Sorrell and his fellow holding company CEOs agree Cannes has become too expensive, WPP won't be following Publicis in pulling out of the Festival. He doesn't believe a boycott is the best way to achieve change, though he told me via email "they [Ascential] want everybody to be part of their committee. It will end up being a 'camel' – the process will be cumbersome and unwieldy."
But advertising and other creatives love getting recognition for their work and this is a prime motivational factor in attracting and retaining the best talent, which could come back to haunt Publicis.
At the McCann party on Thursday evening CEO Harris Diamond was in usual bullish form as he rallied his troops after a successful festival that saw the agency responsible for State Street's Fearless Girl campaign win more top awards than any other firm. Fearless Girl ended a triumphant week by taking the Titanium Lions Grand Prix, its fourth of the week after also winning in PR, Glass, and Outdoor.
Reaffirming his commitment to creativity, Diamond quipped that McCann had already been inundated with résumés from Publicis creatives desperate to escape their new non-awards-entering environment. Sorrell also hammered home this point.
The competition to win top creative honors here is certainly fierce. This year, WPP's Ogilvy lost out to Omnicom's BBDO for the top agency award by just four Lions, 144 to 140, but Sorrell was still happy to head up on stage and collect the Cannes holding company of the year award for the seventh year running.
Winning these awards certainly matters to the creative industry types that gather in Cannes every June for their annual dose of sun, contemplation, and inspiration.
But the increasing presence of consultancy firms such as Accenture Interactive, Deloitte, and McKinsey, social media behemoths Facebook and Google, and tech giants such as IBM and Oracle is just one other sign of a festival that is fundamentally changing.
The big four holding companies number negotiating the best rates with media owners among their core skills – they are used to going toe to toe with the procurement departments of the world's largest companies.
Last week's developments may just be the latest stage in one of these ongoing negotiations. But Ascential would be wise to pay full attention to the mood music coming from Sadoun, Sorrell, and his peers.
If the committee consultation process does indeed turn out to be nothing more than a "camel," they will all get the hump.
* Haymarket, the owner of PRWeek, runs Spikes, an ad festival in Asia, as a joint venture with Ascential.


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Like I said, it's a new year!
We're just full of surprises for you!
It's not one gift I have to give today, it's 3 of them! Before I tell you about the trilogy of additions I would like to announce something though. During the last 2 months of 2006 we broke the barrier of 1K unique visitors per day!!
We're getting big now! Why is this? And how can we get even bigger? Well, I'm hoping you can help answer the first question, I'd be happy if you posted a short comment on why you think the site is growing. I need the thoughts of other people than just me to keep everything going in the right direction.
The second question remains, and as an answer I will be using apache mod rewrite to make all the sites pages more search-engine friendly. Google ( and buddies ) don't seem to like pages being shown as "index.php?dyze=page" . . . so I will try getting pages to be seen as /page/name.htm instead . . . should be nicer. It's amazing we've grown this much with almost no help from the search-engines!! ^_^
Ok, now for the list of additions. We'll start with the new logo and background. I thought it was time for a change, so here you go. It's still a Christmas theme though, since it is officially Christmas still . . . although it does feel like it's over already. A huge amount of pages have also been updated, actually I'm pretty sure I have updated every single page on the main site ( that is, pages with the ?dyze=page extension. ). More info, updates and a few images here and there have been added here and there . . . and are being uploaded as we speak . . . err, read/write. I've tried my best not to delete anything. Ok, on to the new stuff :
Games - 100 brand new games have been added to the "Games" section. All kinds : puzzles, racing, action, adult, etc. Have fun. ;) Remember that we still have the biggest collection of flash games on the internet ( well, apart from NewGrounds ). Theres not much info or previews, but there's a lot to play.
( http://cyberd.org/games.html )
PSP - Well, since NewGrounds has one I thought we might as well get one too . . . a PSP section that is. We have 24 wallpapers and a list of links to useful guides on how to do stuff with your PSP.
( http://cyberd.org/stuff/psp/ )
Wallpapers - I added a bunch ( 99 ) of wallpapers ( not mine ) to the gallery. I'll repeat that they are not mine, they are merely a collection of wallpapers that I like, that used to be available on 4chan, but are no more. Link follows.
( UPDATE - Seems like my gallery script doesn't show more than 9 folders, so I added a second gallery and added some other stuff too. Here you go, new link below. )
( Moved to FTPDB )
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Rumbullion! Is a spiced rum concoction, based on the kind of rich, full-bodied rums the seafaring fraternity would have enjoyed centuries ago. At the core of this fabulous winter warmer lies a blend of the very finest high proof Caribbean rum, with creamy Madagascan vanilla, zesty orange rind, a secret recipe, and finished with a handful of cinnamon and cloves and just a hint of cardamom. Each bottle is wrapped in crinkled brown paper, wound with twine and sealed with black wax.
Cool off this summer with a Captain Morgan Banana Colada. A smooth and refreshing cocktail to sip all summer long. All you need is 1 ounce of Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, 1 ounce of Captain Morgan LocoNut, 1 /2 banana (plus 2 slices for garnish), 1 ounce of coconut cream, 3 ounces of pineapple juice, 1 cup ice , and 1 ounce simple syrup. Combine all these yummy ingredients in a blender until smooth, then pour into a tall glass. Sip, enjoy, and pretend you're on a private island.
A successful brunch has more than waffles, muffins, and bagels. It takes a Captain to bring the team together and make a cocktail recipe worthy of the joyous occasion. To fix a Team Captain for you and your friends, combine 1.5 oz Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, 1.5 oz orange juice, 0.5 oz sour mix, and 3 oz lemon lime soda in an ice filled glass. Stir to combine, garnish with a lime wedge, and get back to brunching like a Captain. - Visit to grab an amazing super hero shirt now on sale!