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Get off your broom challenge
I am still here! Still fighting the good fight, although i have n't been sharing it with you! Since the challenge begun i have lost 8 kgs. It used to be 10 but that did n't last! This week is the week before my period. It is coming, any minute now, and i have been so hungry all the time. I eat and after 10 minutes i am famished! What is up with that? I also gave in into the ultimate temptation at this time of the month! Chocolate! You see, i thought this year i would be baking for everybody cakes. So, i took a small bag of chocolate drops and one of chocolate glaze. They both ended up in my stomach. In 5 days i ate them all and wanted more. I did not get any, but still i wanted it.
Other than that my eating was very healthy. Many mini meals(lately maybe too many!) and lots of vegetables! I have been consuming lots of water and teas, and coffees too(i refuse to quit!). My work outs have been pretty decent. Except for the week i have been sick, i go to the kick box practice 3 times a week and i have the bruises to prove it. That is a lot of fun. I still think i am dieing during the warm ups(or wishing it, so they would end), but when the kick box actually starts i am on fire. I even enjoy the bruises. They remind me of what i accomplished.
I decided that 4 times a week is a difficult target for now. If i go 3 times one week and 4 the other that would be 14 practices a month. Half of the month working out is still amazing!
Now the holidays are upon us. There has n't been a year that i have n't gained weight till now. Lets see if i make it this year. I think the key is to have some ground rules.
1. No drinking. That's a tough one, but lets face it, these are empty calories.
2. No more than a candy per day.
3. If there is pie on the table, no more carbs besides salad.
4. Working out whenever there is practice.
5. Lots of water, as little salt as possible.
I am wishing happy and healthy holidays however you choose to spend it full of love, light and magick.
Be blessed.
A bonfire to remember!
Greetings blogfriends. The Winter Solstice is fastly approaching and i am excited and very well prepared for it. I have hung red ribbons on my trees in the balcony and red bows on the indoors trees. I have made with my family stars out of beautiful paper and stuck them to the walls. I have sprinkled glitter on pine cones and put them in my pots. And a few christmas lights here and there. I have decorated oranges with clove, made wreaths and beautiful pentagrams. But most importantly i am in a festive mood, ready to bake and sing and well celebrate.
But the night of Yule is not going to be about carols. In the darkest night of the year i am going to contact the darkest parts of my psyche. I am going to work on my shadow, acknowledge it and let go of everything that keeps me down. My fears, my weaknesses, my darkest of thoughts will be burned into the fireplace. For that occasion i have collected many twigs, pine needles, herbs, leaves and flowers. For every leaf, or twig that goes into the fire i let go of something that haunts me and gives me pain. It is a process i have begun at Samhein and will be completed at Yule. The first time i did that i had a bunch of natural items to burn in front of me and i remember thinking that i could n't possibly come up with so many things to let go of. A little bit later i found myself searching the house for herbs and things i could also burn. I did not want it to end. The feeling of freeing my soul and letting my spirit soar was nothing like i ever felt before. The Esbats that followed i repeated the process, waiting for that moment of ultimate release, waiting for Yule. So i collected A LOT! of things to go to the fire. For a while there was no room left in the coffe table to put a plate or a glass. My friends thought i have gone completely mad and felt sorry for Petros that had to put up with all the plants and flowers. I thought they were lovely, but everybody else thought it was too much except for a few witch friends that loved the smells, colours and energies.
I guess we are a weird group of people, quirky and perhaps a bit mysterious. But that is part of our charm do n't you think? What have you planned for the darkest night of the year?
Be blessed, be loved and be very very magickal!
A gift of magick
Since magic is altering the reality it should not surprise me when it is changing my life. But the feeling is overwhelming, and i am eternally grateful for it. It is molding my very soul into what i am supposed to become and guiding me towards the place i am supposed to go.
In witchcraft it is not just the effects that matter. The sensation of the experience takes your breath away, and makes you feel both more powerful and smaller than you ever felt.
Today i had the need to do something good for my mom and friend of hers and my husband. I just made one magical rosepetal for each of them(i have given you the recipe for it last year). It was not a ritual i intended to do. It was not something new, or elaborate but it was intense and powerful. The feeling caught me by surprise.
I thank the Goddess for it and all the gifts She has given me. And the smells are following me around everywhere i go as if it was spring.
I know i probably am not making any sense to you, but i needed to write this down and share it.
Be blessed my loves, be loved, be cherised, be healthy, lucky and grateful!
Herbal remedy-potion for colds
Greetings my beautiful blogfriends. How have you been? I am recovering from yet another cold without antibiotics. I am almost healed. My thumb is still in a splint but so much better, and Mercury is going to remain retrograde for just 5 more days. Yeih! Of course the total lunar eclipse on Saturday is going to be noticeable. I can't way for the madness to end. How are you holding on?
I am fighting my cold with magic and herbalism. It made me listen to my body and pay better attention. I made huge pots of this herbal remedy daily: St John's wort, chamomile, green tea, cinnamon, rosemary, sage, mountain tea(sideritis) and honey. I chose the herbs based on both the medicinal and magical properties. I charged with golden healing energy each cup. Also i chanted the spell for every cup as well.
The spell in greek is:
"Με τη δυναμη της Γαιας,
ο,τι θελω φερνω εις περας,
απ'την αρρωστια θεραπευομαι,
με φως κι αγαπη προστατευομαι"
Which translates:
With Gaias power,
I make my wish come true,
From my sickness i am healed,
i am protected with love and light.
As you can probably imagine it rhymes in greek and sounds so much better. I am glad i did that. It gave me strength and when i use antibiotics i feel weak. I usually take them because i have a sensitivity when it comes to my tonsils and if i do not treat the problem early it may get really bad. I feel grateful it is almost over, and i will get to enjoy the magical days that follow. After the Esbat the Solstice is just around the corner. There are decorations to be made and hang, gifts to be made and given, pastry to be baked and eaten. Not to mention, potions, candles, spells, rituals, creams, baths. I can't wait!
Be blessed, be loved and be very very happy!


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Perez to see more time against Chicago lefties
KANSAS CITY -- Omar Infante's ankle injury was supposed to be an opportunity for infield prospect Hernan Perez to get a taste of the big leagues. The way he has gone so far, he's down to a nibble.
He'll get a bigger chunk of playing time coming up in Chicago, where the Tigers will face lefties Chris Sale and Hector Santiago on consecutive days. Though Ramon Santiago is a switch-hitter, manager Jim Leyland prefers the right-handed hitting Perez against lefties.
"That's what he's here for," Leyland said.
Against righties, though, Leyland will opt for Santiago. It doesn't mean that he has frowned on Perez as a prospect, but his wording makes it clear that Perez isn't ready yet for regular big league playing time.
"He's young, very talented and I think he's a terrific, terrific prospect," Leyland said. "I really like him a lot, and I don't think he's far away."

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Voice Dialing
This lets you speak a name to dial a number instead of entering a number manually or choosing it from the phone book.
There are two types: speaker-dependent (recorded) and speaker-independent (recognition).
With speaker-dependent, voice dial entries (or "tags") must be explicitly created by speaking and recording the name 1-3 times. The phone will only respond to recorded names, and usually only when spoken by the same person who recorded them. The maximum number of voice dial entries is usually limited to a fraction of the size of the whole phone book.
With speaker-independent voice recognition, no recording is required. The name can be spoken by anyone, and the phone will automatically match the spoken name with the closest name entered in the phone book.
Speaker-dependent is the most common type, especially on older phones. If the type isn't specified, it is usually speaker-dependent.


text: 44.1 vs 88.2 ABX report at AES Reply #50 – 2010-07-20 13:13:35 Quote from: Cavaille on 2010-07-20 08:40:03Arnie, you suggested to improve this test by upsampling the downsampled material to the samplerate the original had. I very much see the logic in your suggestion. However, may it be that brick wall filtering could introduce audible obstacles into the signal that are unwanted?I think that the audibility of brick wall filtering in the downsampling is the actual object of the test.QuoteI´m referring to the thread "Audibility of 20kHz brick wall filtering". So far (only three people have participated, including me) it seems that brick wall filtering may be audible. Further tests by several people are required however.If I understand that test properly, it has a serious limitation - the program material being used is implulses, not real world music. Even impulsive sounds in music far fall short of the extreme spectral content of a steady stream of impulses. Listening to impulses is about as much fun as listening to white noise.QuoteAnd it is my impression that both downsampling & upsampling use brick wall filtering to avoid aliasing artifacts for downsampling and imaging products for upsampling. Is that assumption correct?It is my understanding that downsampling uses brick wall filtering, but that upsampling either uses no brick wall filtering at all, or uses brick wall filtering at the nyquist frequency of the higher sample rate. It is very hard to avoid brick wall filtering in digital, so that's rarely the goal. As I understand it, the major goal of higher sample rates is raising the frequency of any brick wall filters.QuoteSo, if I´m using brick wall filtering two times, wouldn´t that be even more audible? Or am I getting this wrong?I think that the frequency of the corner frequency of the brick walls is highly significant. I don't think that anybody disagrees with the idea that in general, the higher the better. The only questions I'm aware of are how high, and what phase response is required for sonic transparency.


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Result Mens Core Adult Windcheater Water Windproof Jacket (XL) (Black)
- Extremely Lightweight.
- Water , showerproof.
- Wind Proof.
- Vent panels.
- Breathable front chest vent panels.
The usual price range for a men active/performance shell jacket is between $15.14 to $290.00.
If you want to know about men's active/performance shell jackets in general, please go to our Men's Active/Performance Shell Jackets: Things to Know Before Buying in 2020 page to learn more!
Jane's Review: Should I buy this product?
Yes! I recommend this men' active/performance shell jacket based on its brand popularity. Let's go over the reasons why buying this men' active/performance shell jacket now is a good idea, and also things to consider before you decide on this item.
1. Result is one of the best selling, well known men' active/performance shell jacket brand!
Result is one of the best selling brands among other men' active/performance shell jacket brands. I found some YouTube videos that talk about this product, which means this is a widely known product/brand. I have attached the videos above and links in the additional research section down below, so don't forget to watch and read those!
One thing to be careful about here is that I'm not verifying if this product's maker is a household name or not. This section is more focused on whether this is proven enough by its consumers, whether people actually love this product.
2. This men' active/performance shell jacket has positive reviews on the internet
Some people have a great experience with a product, while some are unlucky and get a defected item and have to go through the whole process of returning them. Since people have different experiences about a product due to various reasons, don't read too much into one good or bad review. Reading multiple reviews with different ratings can help you picture how good/bad the product generally is.
This men' active/performance shell jacket has positivereviews on the internet, and based on current trends, it's likely that it's gonna stay the same a week later. I summarized what fans and haters say about this product above in the good/ok/bad table, so don't forget to read those since they paint the whole picture! And of course, if you want to read more detailed reviews, many of them are on Amazon!See More Reviews on Amazon
3. Take a look at its price history
Price is one of the most important factors in making a purchase decision. I analyzed the price of this product in four parts: its recent price change, when it was most expensive/cheapest, its price volatility, and a price prediction I made, just in case you want to wait.
First off, let's talk about its recent price change. The price of this product has gone up, resulting in a 3.90% price increase.
Next, we need to look at its highest price and lowest price. Historically, the highest price point for this men' active/performance shell jacket was $16.26, and the lowest price point was $8.85. The current price isn't close to either the highest or the lowest price point, so it's a fairly reasonable time to make this purchase.
What about its availability and price volatility? This is another aspect we have to dig into before buying something. I haven't seen this product being unavailable since I started reviewing this product. So as far as the availability goes, this product is solid. If you plan to make a repeat purchase of this kind of item, this is your product! In addition, the price tends to stay more or less the same. Not a lot of price movement is expected, but the price could still move in either direction by a smidge.
Considering all this, will the price go up or down in a week? Based on past price points, I expect the price to be $12.44 a week from now. It might be best to wait for a future price drop, but if this product checks all the boxes for you, don't wait to optimize for small gain.Check Current Price on Amazon
4. Manufacturer has generally positive reviews on their other products
The maker of a product is another factor you want to definitely consider before you buy anything. What if there is a piece missing or there is some defect in the product? With anything you buy online, there is a small chance of this happening. But don't worry too much, because Amazon has an amazing 30-day refund policy (Amazon❤). Still, you want to make sure that the manufacturer or the seller has been helpful in resolving this kind of problem and/or has been helpful to its customers about general product inquiries. The manufacturer of this product, Result, has generally positive reviews on the internet. It's generally a good sign if the manufacturer has good reviews overall. If your purchase decision heavily involves how well they make their products and treat their customers, and if you like this product, I'd go with this product!
5. There are other options, but don't look further if you're looking for the cheapest product
I found 8 brands that have similar products like this one: Tommy Hilfiger, Haggar, Levi's, Calvin Klein, The North Face, Carhartt, GIVBRO, and the same brand as this product. 'If you're looking for a cheaper alternative, then don't look further! this is your product! Among its alternatives, it's the cheapest!If you're looking for a men' active/performance shell jacket with best reviews, a product from Calvin Klein gets the best score on the internet. If your primary concern is whether the product is popular and well known, a similar product from the same brand as this product I linked below is a better option. I linked all the similar products in the similar products section so please check them out! Or you can check other similar products on Amazon, too.See Similar Products on Amazon
That's it! I hope you learned enough about this product to make a purchase decision now. You can always ask me about anything via the bird button on the bottom right corner. Thanks for reading — I'm going to add more analyses on this review, so stay tuned!


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Google's purge of its tired and least-popular services continues. After closing or combining about 30 offerings since last year's "fall spring-clean," the search giant today announced plans to retire 5 more services that are either redundant or largely ignored by Google's vast user base.
The features slated for the chopping block include:
iGoogle: Google's browser desktop is archaic in today's app-based world. "We originally launched iGoogle in 2005 before anyone could fully imagine the ways that today's web and mobile apps would put personalized, real-time information at your fingertips," writes Matt Eichner, Google's general manager for global enterprise search, in a Tuesday blog post. The service closes on November 1, 2013, which gives iGoogle users a generous 16 months to export their data.
Google Video: Ever since Google bought YouTube in October 2006, its eponymous (and redundant) video service has idled like an unnecessary appendage. Google Video stopped taking uploads two years ago, and Google will soon move the service's hosted clips to YouTube. Users have until August 20 to delete, download, or migrate their Google Video content.
Symbian Search App: The Symbian OS is pretty much history now that Nokia is switching its smartphones to Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. So it comes as no surprise that Google is shuttering its search app for Symbian users.
Google Talk Chatback: This outdated feature allows websites to embed a Google Talk widget so that they could chat with their visitors. Google wants sites to use its recently-acquired Meebo bar instead.
Google Mini: This offering for Google's enterprise search customers debuted in 2005 and is closing July 31. It capabilities are better handled by Google Search Appliance, Google Site Search, and Google Commerce Search, the company says.
"Closing products always involves tough choices, but we do think very hard about each decision and its implications for our users," writes Eichner.
Do you use any of the soon-to-be-cancelled Google services? And if so, will you miss them?
Contact Jeff Bertolucci at Today@PCWorld, Twitter (@jbertolucci) or jbertolucci.blogspot.com.


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Posttraumatic Stress Following Acute Medical Trauma in Children: A Proposed Model of Bio-Psycho-Social Processes During the Peri-Trauma Period." Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2014."
Posttraumatic Stress in Children After Injury: The Role of Acute Pain and Opioid Medication Use." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018."


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Sister's of the Bloodwind Post's Release Alterations
Thank you for enjoying and seeing what is shared on fawnsfall.com. Because of the alterations done for the Sisters of the Bloodwind posts all present readers and viewers are being informed that there's a new release schedule of 1 post per week.
The reason for the change is because the second book is still not completely available for readers. In order to reduce frustration, but still keep the enjoyment available for all there will be fewer posts available. The new release time and day is 12am Wednesday mornings.
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Homemade Predator Costume
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This homemade costume for men entered our 2010 Halloween Costume Contest.
A word from Rolando, the 'Predator' costume creator:
This was a homemade costume I made and put together after watching the first AVP film. I'm a big sci-fi fan so I thought it'd be fun. The wearer in the pictures is me (Rolando). My father took the pictures outside of our house at night.
The costume consists of many parts:
- latex skin (made and airbrushed by me)
- latex armor (also painted by me)
- latex hands and feet (also painted by me)
- mask and helmet (dreads attached, mask painted and helmet painted by me)
- custom blade gauntlets that have animatronics inside that make the blades go in and out
- tri-laser pointers in the helmet
- speaker attached to left gauntlet that connects to a small MP3 player that plays back the Predator's actual sounds from the movie
Overall, the costume took me almost a year to make. It was really fun.
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Note: This recipe is especially for teens who must avoid gluten, a type of protein found in many foods.
Prep time: 20 minutes
- 1 tomato, diced
- ½ onion, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- nonstick cooking spray
- 3 ounces chicken breast, cut into ½-inch pieces
- ¼ cup onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 corn tortillas (gluten-free)
- 2 ounces jalapeño Jack cheese
- Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C).
- In a small bowl, combine the tomato, half of the onion, lime juice, and cilantro.
- Coat a skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Add chicken and sauté until cooked through and juices run clear. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
- Sauté remaining half of the onion and garlic in nonstick skillet for 2 minutes.
- In another bowl, mix chicken with half of the salsa and set aside.
- Spray baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray and place tortilla on baking sheet.
- Spread chicken and salsa mixture on the tortilla.
- Spread cooked garlic and onions over chicken.
- Sprinkle cheese evenly over onion and garlic.
- Cover with another tortilla.
- Bake until quesadillas are warmed through and cheese is melted, approximately 10 minutes.
- Cut into four wedges and serve with remaining salsa.
Serves: 2
Serving size: 2 wedges
Nutritional analysis (per serving):
245 calories
20 g protein
10 g fat
6 g sat. fat
20 g carbohydrate
3 g fiber
50 mg cholesterol
190 mg sodium
285 mg calcium
1 mg iron
Note: Nutritional analysis may vary depending on ingredient brands used.
Variations and suggestions:
You can top with gluten-free sour cream and/or gluten-free guacamole. If you're pressed for time, try substituting with store-bought salsa (check the label to be sure it doesn't contain gluten).


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U-M gallery showcasing masterful assemblages of Beverly Buchanan
Exhibit curator and U-M Art Professor Marianetta Porter says Buchanan's works are "full of humanity, depicting the grace of everyday lives and the power of the human spirit. They remind us of our abiding connections to the places we call home."
Likewise, Susan Krane, director of the San Jose Museum of Art, says of this cleverly improvised architecture, "in (Buchanan's) hands the mundane structure becomes an economic and cultural metaphor, an image of a poor but proud rural history."
Porter adds, "Throughout her life, Buchanan has archived the richness of African American lives and culture through drawings, photographs, and assembled sculptures. In viewing her work, one becomes acutely aware that each piece is intimately connected to a person, a story, a distinct memory of the past."
In short, one of Ann Arbor's greatest and best contributions to the contemporary visual arts scene: Buchanan keeps her art close to the proverbial bone.
Buchanan has earned a 1980 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship; a 1990 Pollack-Krasner Foundation Award; a 1997 Georgia Women in the Visual Arts Honoree National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education; and New York City's Women's Caucus Art Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. This list obviously doesn't include her 50 first-rank solo and group exhibits. Nor does it include art added to 32 front line public art collections as well as scores of works held in private collections.
There's a lot of culture on hand at GalleryDAAS — running from shotgun shacks and saddlebag houses to community churches — that says a lot of the American experience and the African-American culture that's emerged from these modest places.
This series of ramshackle wooden miniature structures initially may seem slapped together. Yet in truth, these works exhibit an inspired stripping away of superfluous detail until only the essential elements of her creativity remains.
But there are also sophisticated flourishes in Buchanan's art that compound her insightful output.
In a way, Buchanan is one of the rarest of all supreme artistic talents: She's a perpetual beginner.
Take, for example, her 1990 wood and mixed-media "Williams Chapel AME Church, Orangeburg, SC" assemblage. Only roughly a foot in its three dimensions, this lacquered architectural marvel manages through its bottle caps, buttons, bottle, ceramic pot, and aged license plate, to tidily create a distinct social identity through these appropriated, incongruous elements; as well as the successive scrawling of names on all sides. Add the sole figurative element in the exhibit — a woman waving to all comers — and this delightfully compact artwork creates a sense of welcoming accentuating the congregation's generosity.
"Studio/Home" reflects a rich, gregarious personality. It also reflects someone who shrewdly knows how to grade her palette, even if the appearance itself is riotous.
For my part, I believe the raw constructions Buchanan has melded out of patched untreated wood are the most accomplished artworks in the display. In these subtle masterworks, Buchanan uses the grain of her material to create a sense of both character and dimensionality. Throwing together these works would not be easy, because one false move and the entire work is dominated by a single jarring element. Instead, combining components with the precision of a master jeweler, Buchanan pivots each of these unprepossessing sculptures expertly.
In particular, her monumental 2010 "Inside-Out" is an astoundingly sophisticated sculpture whose deceptive, casual appearance masks its considerable expertise. With multitudes of raw wood cross-crossing across floors, interiors, and exteriors, Buchanan shows us the geometric logic beneath the work's haphazard appearance.
Reflecting the remarkable bearing of any master working in any art (because this remarkable 29"x21"x17" white and cedar sculpture can be read literally and figuratively on multiple levels), Buchanan has created a complex marvel out what initially appears to be disparate pieces of cobbled wood.
What's needed, Buchanan seems to be saying through "Inside-Out," is to learn to see anew — again. And this isn't an easy thing to do.
"All in the Family: Improvisational Architecture of Beverly Buchanan" will continue through Feb. 1 at the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Gallery, G648 Haven Hall, 505 S. State St. Museum hours are 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. For information, call 734-764-5513.


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David Kessler L'97
Adjunct Professor of Law
David Kessler graduated from University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Fels School of Government in 1997. Following law school he joined Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP where he focused on intellectual property litigation, e-discovery and data management. In 2010, David joined Fulbright & Jaworski LLP as a partner in their New York office and is co-head of its E-Discovery and Information Management Practice and co-chair of the firm's Cloud Computing Task Force.
David regularly advises clients regarding tactical and strategic e-discovery, records management, data privacy and cyber security issues. For example, David has helped clients with emergency ex parte preservations orders; negotiations with opposing counsel regarding disaster recovery data; establishing that opponents had fabricated e-mails; and developed record management functions and litigation readiness protocols. He is a active member of the Sedona Conference's Working Group 1 on Electronic Document Retention and Production and Working Group 6 on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure. David was the co-editor of the Sedona Conference's recent Database Principles Addressing the Preservation and Production of Databases and Database Information in Civil Litigation and is also an Adjunct Professor at the Beasley School of Law at Temple University.
Articles and Book Chapters
"Search Terms Are More Than Mere Words," New York Law Journal, March 21, 2011 (with Robert Owen and Emily Johnston).
"Who Knows Best," Law Technology News, February 2011 (with Robert Owen).
"Court Clarifies its Own Decision in a Key E-Discovery Case: Reasonable Steps, Not Perfect Result," Executive Counsel Magazine, August/September 2010 (Co-author).
"Once is Not Enough: The Case for Using an Iterative Approach to Choosing and Applying Selection Criteria in Discovery," EDRM White Paper, July 2010 (Co-author).
"Outlier or Harbinger? Recent Case Invents New Preservation and Information Management Duties for Corporations," Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, May 2009 (Co-author).
"European Union Working Party Issues Opinion Regarding Guidelines for Addressing Conflict Between EU Data Protection Regulations and U.S. Discovery Obligations," Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, March 2009 (Co-author).,
"Production of Data Protected by Foreign Statutes," Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, September 2008 (Co-author).
More publications can be found here.


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The WrestleMania 28 press conference opens with Josh Mathews and Matt Striker from the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami. Striker talks about how many members of the media here and the top WrestleMania stars. We go to a video looking at the Hell in a Cell match.
Striker and Matthews talk about the big Team Laurinaitis vs. Team Long match. Captains David Otunga and United States Champion Santino Marella join them. Santino says Team Teddy will be victorious because of justice and because they are the good guys. Otunga calls Santino a bafoon and says justice will prevail because Team Johnny has the legal counsel - yours truly. Otunga talks about how smart he is. He says we haven't seen a physique like his since Rick Rude. They talk about John Cena vs. The Rock next and Santino says he can't predict it. We go to a video looking at Cena vs. Rock.
Mathews and Striker talk about the Hall of Fame now when The Miz interrupts. Miz, Striker and Mathews talk about Team Laurinaitis vs. Team Long as we hear the press conference getting ready to begin in the background. We see the media sitting down as Michael Cole comes out to the podium and welcomes us.
Cole talks about the city of Miami getting WrestleMania and introduces Commissioner Jose Diaz. He thanks WWE for bringing WrestleMania to Miami and talks about the different fans that will come to town this week. Diaz fumbles his words as he reads them from paper before introducing WWE's Senior VP of Events, John Saboor. Saboor first puts over Diaz in bringing WrestleMania to Miami and talks about how WrestleMania is a week-long celebration. He talks about Axxess, the Hall of Fame and then the big pay-per-view on Sunday. Saboor, a WWE employee, refers to the 2012 Hall of Fame headliner as "The Edge." Saboor goes on to talk about RAW after WrestleMania and the Road to WrestleMania 29. Saboor says WWE wants to leave more in Miami than they take out. He thanks them. Diaz goes to present Saboor with a plaque of some kind but Saboor cuts him off. Saboor wants to bring someone else out and introduces Triple H.
Triple H comes out and Diaz declares this week WrestleMania 28 Week in Miami. He does it again so the crowd will cheer louder and then presents Triple H with the proclamation from Miami. Diaz talks some more and then presents them with the key to the county. Saboor, Diaz and Triple H do a photo op now. Triple H comes back to the podium and thanks Diaz for everything. He says Miami has rolled out the red carpet for WWE this week. Triple H thanks the media and everyone else for coming out. He says since he has the key to the city, he will keep it open late tonight. Triple H talks about WrestleMania and what it means to the company now. He says this year is extra special because of the event itself and because of the location in Miami. He says it's really once in a lifetime.
Triple H talks about John Cena granting Make-A-Wish wishes, WWE stars visiting children, the WrestleMania Reading Challenge, WWE holding anti-bullying rallies this week and other good deeds the company is doing. Triple H says once that is done, they turn their attention to Sunday and just have fun. Triple H says he's going to make history by ending The Undertaker's streak. He says he will see everyone, including Taker, on Sunday. Cole comes back to the podium and talks about WrestleMania being the social media event of the year. He talks about some of the WWE Superstars that are live tweeting from the press conference. Cole introduces some of the stars tweeting - The Miz, David Otunga, Santino Marella, Kofi Kingston, Ricardo Rodriguez and out they come with mobile devices in hand, tweeting away.
The guys come out as "Wild Ones" play and they just tweet. It's like a Twitter fashion show or something. Cole thanks them for helping make this the social media event of the year and they leave. Miami Dolphins star Mike Pouncey comes out and briefly talks about being a fan of WWE and WrestleMania.
Cole comes back out and introduces WWE Divas Champion Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres. Beth speaks first and she's very friendly for the heel. She says to always expect surprises at Axxess and talks about Divas being excited for WrestleMania. Eve talks about the "be a STAR" program and WWE going against bullying. Beth has a breaking scoop and reveals that Maria Menounos broke two ribs this week. Beth goes into heel mode and talks about how they will beat up Kelly Kelly and send Maria packing. Eve says she and Beth will be supreme at WrestleMania and they leave.
Cole introduces Rosa Mendes next. She comes out and gives thanks in Spanish and then says the same thing in English.
Cole comes back out and introduces WWE Champion CM Punk. Punk, wearing jeans and a Colt t-shirt, says he was wearing a suit earlier but decided to take it off when he heard how hot it was. Punk mentions kicking Chris Jericho's ass at WrestleMania. Punk says everyone was sitting on their hands when he came out because Cole was boring them to death. Punk runs down Cole some more and attempts some jokes but they don't go over well with the crowd. Punk brings up Taker vs. HHH and how excited he is for that. He also brings up Rock vs. Cena and says they legitimately don't like each other. Punk jokes and says the crowd has been awesome.
Cole comes back out and puts over how big John Cena is. Cena comes out next and even he seems off. It must be the heat there because everyone seems uncomfortable today. Cena talks about WrestleMania and then the big Make-A-Wish pizza party. Cena talks about meeting a boy named Dylan in Cleveland a few weeks back. Dylan has beat cancer three times and is traveling to Miami with his family right now for WrestleMania. Cena says he has been waiting for the match against The Rock his whole life and the match has been in the making for a year. Cena says he will make Miami proud and thanks Miami before walking off. Cole comes back out and talks about The Rock next.
Rock comes out and talks about this being the biggest WrestleMania of all-time and the main event is the biggest match ever. Rock says the WWE stars are hungry to put on once in a lifetime performances this Sunday. Rock is ready to give a Hurricane style ass whooping to Cena on Sunday. Rock thanks Miami for everything and invites Cena out to the stage. Rock has crew come move the podium.
Cena comes out and they do a forced face off as some music plays. Rock smirks and says something to Cena before walking off. Cena mouths something to the audience about being #1 before Cole comes back out. Cole thanks everyone for attending and promises interviews with Superstars to come for the media. We go back to Striker and Mathews who plug the Hall of Fame and WrestleMania before ending it.


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Many seniors depend on personal care for their comfort, safety, and overall quality of life. Yet, even in cases that clearly require skilled caregiving, families often struggle with when to hire a personal caregiver.
There are a few different reasons for this. Professional caregiving can be costly, so families sometimes worry about affordability. Others don't fully understand the distinction between personal care and companion care. Also, many elderly adults will resist hiring a personal caregiver. Typically, this stems from feelings of unease or embarrassment about what this type of care entails.
But personal care can be crucial for any senior who wishes to age in place and maintain quality of life. Because of this, it's important to understand this type of caregiving and when it becomes a necessity.
Unsure whether to hire personal care services for an elderly loved one? The following guide should help clarify when it's the right time to hire a personal caregiver.
Generally speaking, there are two different kinds of home care services. First, there's companion care. This covers basic caregiving needs, like help preparing meals, light housekeeping, and running errands. Next, there's personal care. This covers more intensive caregiving tasks, including assistance with activities of daily living such as dressing, grooming, and bathing.
Usually, personal care becomes necessary when seniors can no longer safely perform these tasks by themselves. But personal caregiving may also be required in other situations. Limited mobility, an increased risk of falling, or a chronic physical health condition (such as arthritis, diabetes, or COPD) can require personal caregiving.
Based on the above, the need for personal caregiving may seem cut and dry. But that's rarely the case. Age-related physical difficulties don't come about all at once. Instead, they develop gradually over time. That makes it easy to miss signs that advanced care may be necessary.
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Even if you're unsure whether or not your loved one requires skilled caregiving, we strongly recommend speaking with local care providers. A consultation comes with zero risk, and if you hire a care service earlier rather than later, that's rarely a bad thing. On the other hand, failing to hire personal or private duty care can have devastating consequences.
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In an age of self publishing – including blogs, videos, and other Web-based media – why do we still seek to publish in traditional academic peer-reviewed journals? Vanity.
ResearchImpact-York published two academic papers in 2009. In 2010 we had one in press, two submitted, and one just rejected for a second time, from the same journal. Since our first post on May 30, 2008, ResearchImpact has published 206 blogs on Mobilize This!, an average of 6 or 7 each month.
Here's a comparison of blogging and peer-reviewed publishing:
TIME: I started drafting our paper on ResearchSnapshot clear language summaries in July 2009. I submitted with revisions in September. It just got rejected. I can write a blog in about one hour and get it posted in 20 minutes.
ACCESS: We published our first paper on York's KMb Unit in Evidence & Policy [Phipps, D.J. and Shapson, S. 2009. Knowledge mobilisation builds local research collaboration for social innovation. Evidence & Policy. 5(3): 211-227]. I have no idea who, apart from my mother, has read this paper. Mobilize This! has received 55,171 page views as of December 28, 2010 and has a subscriber list of over 1200. Blogs are accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Except for Open Access journals, most journals limit access to those who can afford a subscription.
RESPONSIVENESS: Blogging also has the added feature of allowing readers to respond by leaving comments. Try the comment feature below to leave your thoughts and let everyone know what you're thinking. Now, try to do the same with a peer-reviewed paper you've printed out.
PAYBACK: I am not an academic. Unlike scholars seeing tenure and promotion based on their publications, my publications do not have an impact on how my performance is measured.
If it takes less time to reach more people in a two-way fashion, why do I take the trouble to publish in peer-reviewed journals if it doesn't benefit me in any way?
Peer review provides a level of quality control; however, so does blogging. If you don't find our writing valuable you won't return to this blog or you'll tell us so. And even though I believe peer-reviewed publishing and blogging are complementary, both take time. So why do we continue to take the time to pursue both forms of dissemination when blogging seems to meet our needs?
In practical terms, publishing in peer-reviewed journals gives us credibility in the eyes of one of our key constituents: faculty. Faculty's currency is peer review. We gain credibility when faculty peers approve our work and find it worthy of publication. But the real truth is, publishing in peer-reviewed journals provides a sense of personal satisfaction that boarders on vanity. I enjoy the sense of satisfaction when faculty peers (finally) approve our publications. At the end of the day my ego is stroked when our work is accepted for peer-reviewed publication as well as when I receive comments on Mobilize This! Together, these two forms allow you, the KMb stakeholder, to know that our work is not only immediate, accessible and engaging (thank you, blogging!) but it also has the peer reviewed seal of approval (even if the seal is delayed by 12-18 months).
As Web 2.0 and open access move into the academy I predict we will increasingly see a blend of peer-reviewed and online media. To get to there from here all we need to do is change tenure and promotion, peer review, and the academic publishing industry. I'll get right on that….after my next blog…
Knowledge Dissemination: blogging vs peer review
In an age of self publishing – including blogs, videos, and other Web-based media – why do we still seek to publish in traditional academic peer-reviewed journals? Vanity.


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"If the goal is to make sure that we are being responsible about our debt and our deficit - if that's the conversation we're having, I'm happy to have that conversation," Obama said. "What I will not do is to have that negotiation with a gun at the head of the American people," he told a news conference.
Republican leaders quickly reiterated their demand that increasing the debt limit must be accompanied by spending cuts.
With an agreement to prevent the so-called fiscal cliff of sharp spending cuts and tax increases barely two weeks old, Obama faces another fiscal showdown with congressional Republicans.
A trio of deadlines looms around the end of February: the need to raise the debt ceiling, automatic deep spending cuts temporarily put off in the fiscal cliff deal, and the end of a stopgap government funding measure.
The United States could default on its debt if the borrowing limit is not increased.
Some Republicans have said they would require dollar-for-dollar spending cuts to match any increase in the debt limit. Obama's unexpected news conference could have been a pre-emptive strike aimed at influencing strategy sessions among Republican lawmakers scheduled for later this week.
A number of Republicans have said they would be willing to allow a US debt default or a government shutdown to force the Obama administration to accept deeper spending cuts than the White House would like.
Obama said he would agree to talk about steps to trim the US budget deficit, but made clear he wants to keep that discussion separate from the debt ceiling increase. He held to his position that deficit reduction should include measures to raise revenue and not come from spending cuts alone.
Republicans have rejected that approach, saying the fiscal cliff deal, which raised taxes for the wealthy while maintaining low tax rates for most Americans, should have put to rest the discussion over tax increases.
Obama must get "serious about spending and the debt limit is the perfect time for it," Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement just moments after Obama's news conference ended.
Republican John Boehner, the House of Representatives speaker, said: "The American people do not support raising the debt ceiling without reducing government spending at the same time."
If Congress fails to raise the US debt limit, the Treasury Department will become unable to borrow money to pay for government spending obligations, leading to a debt default that would damage US credit and have wide repercussions in financial markets around the world.
Protracted haggling over raising the debt ceiling in 2011 brought the nation close to default and resulted in a credit rating downgrade and financial market turmoil that slowed economic recovery.
Fiscal issues loomed large during the final news conference of Obama's first term, which came a week before a gala inauguration ceremony that will launch his next four years. Fights with Congress over taxes and spending have overshadowed much of his domestic agenda over most of the last two years with the president facing legislative gridlock that shows little sign of abating.
Obama raised the specter of a severe setback to the US economy if congressional Republicans persist with the threat of a debt default.
"It would be a self-inflicted wound on the economy," he said. "Even entertaining the idea of this happening, of the United States of America not paying its bills, is irresponsible. It's absurd."


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People bug EA all the time to bring back vintage old series like Wing Commander, Road Rash and Jungle Strike. All great games, and all worthy of t least a token attempt at mmodernisation. But there's one game that, for whatever reason, is always left out. Forgotten. And that's EA's Crusader series.
The first game was released in 1995, and had, for the time, amazing visuals, with 3D characters imposed on a lovingly-detailed static background. The action was tight, and both Crusader: No Remorse and its sequel, Crusader: No Regret (released in 1996) were hailed by critics.
Maybe it was the isometric viewpoint, which was soon to be made outdated with the advent of true 3D visuals, that caused the series to be forgotten.
Or...maybe it was the "quality" of the full-motion video cutscenes, some of which you can see above.


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This fluffy flat bread has large, irregular holes thanks to a wet, sticky dough and gentle handling during mixing.
Minimum rising time: 2 1/2 Hours
Oven temperature: 475°F
Baking time: 12 to 15 minutes
- Yield
- Makes 1 (12- by 5- by 1/2-inch) flat bread
- 2 1/2 cups (13.25 ounces/371 grams) Gold Medal "Better for Bread" flour*
- 1/4 cup (1.25 ounces/35 grams) whole-wheat flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast (also known as rapid-rise or bread machine yeast)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fine sea salt
- 1 1/2 cups (12 ounces/336 grams) water, room temperature (70 to 90°F)
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/4 cup plus 4 teaspoons (2 ounces/56 grams) extra-virgin olive oil
- Vegetable oil or nonstick vegetable-oil spray
- 2 tablespoons fresh whole rosemary needles
- 2 teaspoons coarse sea salt such as fleur de sel
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- *If unavailable, substitute 1 1/4 cups bread flour and 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- Special Equipment
- stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment and dough hook, 3-quart or larger bowl or dough-rising container, masking tape, heavy baking sheet, baking stone or second heavy baking sheet, large aluminum-foil-lined cast-iron pan or heavy, rimmed baking pan
- Mix and knead dough:
- In bowl of stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, whisk together bread flour, whole-wheat flour, and yeast, then whisk in sea salt. Whisk in water, honey, and 1/4 cup olive oil.
- Attach dough hook to stand mixer and mix on low (#2 on Kitchen Aid) until dough begins to pull away from sides of bowl, about 3 minutes. (Dough should be very sticky to touch and should not pull away from bowl completely. However, if dough does not pull away at all, gradually beat in up to 1/4 cup additional flour.)
- First rise:
- Using vegetable oil or nonstick vegetable-oil spray, lightly oil 3-quart or larger bowl (or dough-rising container). Transfer dough to bowl and lightly oil or spray top of dough. Using tape, mark outside of bowl to approximately double current height of dough. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let dough rise in warm place (75°F to 80°F, see Chef's Notes) 30 minutes. Using oiled hands, transfer dough to lightly oiled work surface. Gently stretch bottom of dough and fold up to center, then repeat with left side, right side, and top. Round dough package then transfer to bowl, smooth side up, and lightly oil or spray top of dough. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap. Let dough rise until doubled in size and depression holds when pressed gently with fingertip, about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Shaping and second rise:
- Brush heavy baking sheet with 2 teaspoons olive oil. Transfer dough to sheet and, using fingertips, very gently press into 12-by 5-by 1/2-inch rectangle. Brush top of dough with remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil.
- Lightly coat sheet of plastic wrap with vegetable oil or nonstick vegetable-oil spray. Cover dough with oiled plastic wrap and let rise in warm place until doubled in size and depression very slowly fills in when pressed gently with fingertip, about 1 hour.
- Bake bread:
- While dough is rising, position rack near bottom of oven and top with baking stone or heavy baking sheet. Set aluminum-foil-lined cast-iron pan or heavy rimmed baking pan on floor of oven and preheat oven to 475°F for 1 hour.
- Using fingertips, deeply dimple dough all over. Sprinkle with rosemary, coarse salt, and pepper. Quickly transfer baking sheet to hot baking stone (see Chef's Notes) and add 1/2 cup ice cubes to pan beneath.
- Bake bread, rotating pan 180 degrees halfway through, until top is golden brown and skewer inserted into center comes out clean (instant-read thermometer inserted into center will register about 210°F), 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer bread from baking sheet to rack to cool completely. Serve warm or at room temperature.
- Chef's Notes:
- •Dough rises best around 75°F to 80°F. If your house is on the cold side, you can set a container of very hot tap water near the rising dough and cover the dough and the hot water with a large plastic container or bowl-you will need to reheat the water every 30 to 40 minutes. Alternatively you can place the dough (and the small container of very hot water) in a microwave oven (not turned on) or a standard oven without a pilot light, but with the oven light turned on to provide gentle heat.
•If you want to make this bread over a 2-day period, you can refrigerate it overnight after the first rise. Once it has doubled in size (first rise), gently press the dough down in the bowl, then transfer to a large, re-sealable freezer bag that's been coated with vegetable oil or nonstick vegetable-oil spray. Leave a small end of the bag unsealed to allow for gas to escape during fermentation and refrigerate the dough overnight. The next day, bring the dough to room temperature at least 1 hour before shaping and baking the loaf.
•For proper texture, it's important for the bread to get a blast of heat as soon as it goes into the oven. For this reason, the oven needs to be preheated for a full hour, and it's important not to let too much heat escape when you put the bread in. When transferring the dough to the oven to bake, be sure to shut the door quickly.
- •Dough rises best around 75°F to 80°F. If your house is on the cold side, you can set a container of very hot tap water near the rising dough and cover the dough and the hot water with a large plastic container or bowl-you will need to reheat the water every 30 to 40 minutes. Alternatively you can place the dough (and the small container of very hot water) in a microwave oven (not turned on) or a standard oven without a pilot light, but with the oven light turned on to provide gentle heat.
- Flour: 100%
Water: 70.6%
Yeast: 0.81%
Salt: 1.8%
Oil: 1.1%
- Flour: 100%


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RATINGS BATTLE: It was Team "Lost" versus Team "Gray's Anatomy" at the party staged by luxury watch brand IWC in Geneva, where top television stars competed in a Formula One-themed challenge.
The event has established itself as the social highlight of the annual Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, or SIHH, and this time was no exception. Close to 800 guests thronged to the "Race Night" party on Tuesday, which celebrated the brand's association with the Mercedes team and the launch of its new Ingenieur high-tech sportswatch range.
Celebrities including Ewan McGregor, Zinedine Zidane, Adriana Lima, Jean Reno, Boris Becker and Luis Figo attended the dinner, which was followed by a live performance by Jay Kay, a.k.a. Jamiroquai.
Diners found earplugs with their entrees as F1 ace driver Nico Rosberg raced into the vast exhibition hall in his deafeningly loud car. Master of ceremonies Kevin Spacey jokingly followed him onto the stage on a scooter. The double Oscar winner later exhorted celebrity friends of the brand to compete in a pitstop challenge.
Two teams, headed by "Lost" star Matthew Fox and "Gray's Anatomy" heartthrob Eric Dane respectively, raced to change the car's two front tyres. In the end, Fox won out by a few milliseconds, according to IWC's super-accurate clock.
Fox said he has a mechanical bent. "I always liked watches. When I was a kid, I'd have fun taking them apart," the American actor told WWD, though he confessed he had some trouble reassembling the timepieces afterwards.
A trained and enthusiastic pilot, Fox will be seen in March in the movie "Emperor," as a top U.S. general under Douglas MacArthur (played by Tommy Lee Jones). He also stars in the summer blockbuster "World War Z" opposite Brad Pitt.


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Wheeler Clinic will host an informational session for prospective foster parents on Saturday, April 23, 2016 from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. at 88 East Street, Plainville.
This no-obligation event provides information about Wheeler's foster care programs. Mature adults who are single or married, working or at home, are encouraged to become foster parents. Those who are interested can stop by the session to learn about foster care without making a commitment of any kind. Wheeler's team of experts coordinates services for youth from diverse backgrounds with the goal of providing a nurturing home and a structured environment. Families are part of a team of professionals and are provided with financial support and training to ensure they are well-equipped to meet the needs of youth in their care.
About Wheeler Clinic's Foster Care Programs
Wheeler Clinic's Foster Care programs, funded by the Department of Children and Families, provide 24-hour support to families and youth. Wheeler Clinic's programs provide a higher level of care and resources, including supports to meet their needs and help them heal from trauma.
For information about foster care opportunities in Western Connecticut, call 203.755.4963. For information about foster care opportunities in Central Connecticut, call 860.793.7277, or email email@example.com.
About Wheeler
Wheeler provides comprehensive solutions that address complex health issues, providing individuals, families and communities with accessible, innovative care that encourages recovery, health and growth at all stages of life. Our integrated approach to primary and behavioral health, education and recovery creates measurable results, positive outcomes and hopeful tomorrows for more than 30,000 individuals across Connecticut each year. Learn more: www.wheelerclinic.org and www.wheelerclinic.org/become-a-foster-parent.
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As AMC is an institute of the University of Tasmania, students will receive most communication relating to the administration of their course from the University. This includes the notification of fees.
Please follow the below links for fees information:
Domestic Students
International Students
Course fees are also located on the information pages for individual courses.
Payment of fees
Please visit the UTAS payment detail web page for information on when and how to pay your course fees.


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If your product/service targets small business owners, exhibiting at this show is a must. Nowhere else can you speak with so many of your perfect target market face-to-face and make on-the-spot sales!
Network with other business professionals & check out the exciting exhibitor hall
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So here is the recipe...(I love recipes that I already have everything to make it in my pantry!)
1 Cup Water
1 tsp Olive Oil
1 Lemon Rind
2-3 Microfiber Cloths
Jar with a lid
Directions: Mix the vinegar, water, and oil, in a bowl. Soak your microfiber cloths in the solution, squeeze out excess water, and place in the jar with lemon rinds wrapped around.
Microfiber cloths are wonderful to use since they are great at trapping dirt and dust. You can pick up a pack of three, wash cloth size, at the Dollar Tree. The olive oil and lemon are wonderful at polishing furniture, wood baseboards and door frames, and even fan blades.
Give it a try! I have been thrilled with the results and the wonderful fresh lemon smell!
Update: I completely forgot to add...don't throw your lemon rinds away after you are done with your cloths! Leave them in your empty jar and add white vinegar, filling it to the top. Screw the lid back on and allow to set for about a week. The result will be lemon infused vinegar which you can then use for your Kitchen & Floor Cleaner and Bathroom Cleaner!
Linking to Frugal Days Sustainable Ways, Raising Homemakers, Healthy 2Day Wednesdays, Teach Me Tuesday, and Tiny Tip Tuesday, Living Green


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ModernWarfare3.com Leads Browsers To Battlefield 3 Website
With the military shooter battle between Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 shaping up to be one of the most intense rivalries in video game history, we've been waiting for more shots to be fired between the soon-to-be-warring factions. Consider this the latest escalation.
Aggregame points out the rather surprising news that ModernWarfare3.com, a domain you'd assume Activision would have purchased years ago, currently redirects visitors to the Battlefield 3 website. This redirect just went into place yesterday, but the ModernWarfare3.com domain was registered via GoDaddy in 2009.
Some have speculated that EA itself is behind this bold move, but the more likely scenario is that some devoted Battlefield fans (or devoted Activision haters) registered the domain before Activision thought of it and just now put this into place as a blow against the publisher.
If that's not enough goofiness for you, ModernWarfare4.com was also registered by someone other than Activision. The devoted PC gamer who picked up this domain is angry at Activision for removing dedicated servers from Modern Warfare 2 and is currently running a poll to help figure out what to do with the domain that the publisher would presumably eventually want to use.
The lesson? Publishers, get those domains registered early and often, even if it means rumor stories running on all of the blogs.
[Thanks to Austin for the news tip.]


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Wed, 04 Dec 19 19:30 to 21:00
Radley College Sports Centre, Radley College, Kennington Road, Radley, Abingdon OX14 2HR
90 minutes
This is the only 90 minute swim session of the week covering approx 3-4k. There will be some drill work as part of this session, but the focus is on swim endurance.
You must be able to swim 400m to take part in this session, please see https://oxfordtri.co.uk/pool-swimming for more info.
Swim hats are compulsory.
Sign up opens at 21:45 one week before the session and closes at 19:00 on the day of the session.


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Coaching Staff in Strengthening Partnerships
Welcome to Coaching My Staff, Strengthening Partnerships. This section is for anyone who supervises, coaches or trains 21st CCLC program staff.
In the Coaching My Staff section you will
- Consider how you will train and support staff around partnerships
- Check your staff readiness to effectively work with partners
- Select trainings from You for Youth that are most important for your staff
- 1Overview
- 2Key Terms
- 3Strengthening Partnerships Diagram
- 4Partnership Benefits
- 5Build on Strengths
- 6Potential Partners
- 7Partner Inventory
- 8Find Partners
- 9Strategies for Getting Started
- 10Identify Your Needs
- 11Identify Resources
- 12Summarize Your Needs
- 13Map Community Resources
- 14Consider How to Select Partners
- 15Create Partnerships
- 16Establish a Common Vision
- 17Clarify and Communicate Roles and Responsibilities
- 18Communicate Regularly
- 19Create an Advisory Board
- 20Share Data
- 21Ask Questions, Collect Data
- 22Make Sense of Data
- 23Distribute and Discuss
- 24Keep it Legal
- 25Final Reflection
- 26Learn More Library
- 27Acknowledgments
- 28Congratulations
- 29Check for Understanding
Implementation Strategies
- 1Building Partnerships
- 2Determine Needs
- 3Determine Needs — Coaching Moment
- 4Identify Partners
- 5Identify Partners — Coaching Moment
- 6Working With Volunteers
- 7Working With Volunteers — Considerations
- 8Recruit Partners
- 9Recruit Partners — Coaching Moment
- 10Maintain Partnerships
- 11Maintain Partnerships — Coaching Moment
- 12Pull It Together
- 13Additional Resources
Coaching My Staff
My Notebook
Strengthening Partnerships
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Strengthening Partnerships
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A group of school staff, partner representatives, and possibly students, that monitors partnership progress toward meeting its goals; recommended for all partnerships but most beneficial for schools and districts with a large number of partners
A term often used to describe programs that offer student instruction and enrichment activities during nonschool hours (see also: out-of-school time, increased learning time)
Practical process for locating resources, knowledge and expertise in a community
Any of several types of organizations that serve or are located in your community, including businesses, educational institutions, faith-based organizations, health care organizations and government agencies
Federal legislation that protects a student's personally identifiable information (PII)
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act requires that every school district and every school receiving Title I dollars must have a written parent engagement policy and must build school capacity to effectively implement the policy. The policy must be developed jointly with, approved by, and distributed to parents of participating children and the local community. As a school partner, a 21st CCLC program can be very important to implementing and sustaining the parent engagement plan. Copies of the plan should be available from school and district offices, and may be available on their websites.
A written agreement that establishes a formal working relationship between two partnering organizations; generally includes details such as the services to be provided, the responsible party, and the time period
A formal or informal process to identify and prioritize the differences between services that are currently available and services that are necessary to serve students and families; for example, a lack of a dance program and a high interest level among students indicating the need for a dance program
The ability of a school or community organization to provide resources or services for students
Non-school hours (before, after and summer) often used for student enrichment activities that augment regular school time instruction
A systematic process designed to build understanding about how a program works and what results it produces; this could include monitoring participation and attendance or comparing students who participate in a program with those who do not participate
A process used to identify potential partners in a geographic area; this can be initiated through direct contact with organizations or by reviewing Internet websites
A partnership that includes a common vision, goals, defined roles and shared responsibilities; one that involves both open communication and regular data sharing
Students are invited to express opinions and make choices about planning and implementing their own learning experiences


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MONTREAL – The Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec expects 2014 will be a year of market volatility as the improving U.S. economy adjusts to the gradual decrease in massive monetary stimulus by the Federal Reserve.
"The normalization of monetary policy will be a big headwind," chief investment officer Roland Lescure said Wednesday after Quebec's pension fund manager reported "solid" results in 2013.
Led by the value of its investments in U.S. equities, the Caisse generated a 13.1 per cent annual return on investments, beating its benchmark portfolio by 0.5 percentage points as the value of its assets exceeded $200 billion for the first time.
The Canadian investment giant said 2013 was marked by extremes as investor confidence and corporate profits propelled stock markets to new heights, while fixed income investments had zero returns as rising interest rates hurt the performance of long-term bonds.
Equities rose 22.9 per cent, producing an $18.2-billion gain, including $3.4 billion from its private equity portfolio.
Inflation-sensitive investments such as real estate and infrastructure grew by 12.5 per cent or $3.4 billion.
Lescure said it's highly unlikely that the S&P500 will match the nearly 30 per cent gain of last year.
"That happened four times over the last 50 years. We're not going to have a fifth time this year," he said at a news conference to discuss its results.
Caisse CEO Michael Sabia said the institutional investor is not going to substantially alter its plan designed to look at investments in the long term.
Unlike short-term investors that chase market changes, the Caisse will continue to invest in quality assets, including big name companies like Colgate and CGI (TSX:GIB.A) that deliver consistently strong results.
The Caisse added $6 billion of additional value above the performance of the markets over the last four years as it achieved an average 10 per cent annual return as assets increased by $68.5 billion from $132 billion at the end of 2009.
"I think we've more than met the requirements of our depositors," he said, characterizing the performance as "solid," which Quebecers can rely on for their retirement.
"Despite the ups and downs, the roller-coaster of the markets, we're trying to build an institution that just keeps on going through the ups and the downs, that doesn't get too preoccupied with the short-term but just keeps on going."
Net investment gains last year totalled $22.8 billion and net deposits were $1.2 billion as of Dec. 31, 2013.
At year-end, the Caisse's assets included $93.8 billion in equities, $69.2 billion in fixed income and $31.8 billion the inflation-sensitive investments.
The Caisse's eight largest clients, which each set different return targets and risk tolerance, had returns ranging between 8.9 and 15.5 per cent. The Quebec Pension Plan had the highest returns.
The Caisse invested $3.6 billion in Quebec companies last year and $10.3 billion over four years. Quebec assets have grown by $20.3 billion over four years to $53.8 billion, with $32.5 billion invested in the private sector.
Sabia said the financial returns from its Quebec investments were among the best it enjoyed last year, but declined to provide details.
In addition to increasing investments in Quebec, the Caisse said it is focused on supporting the development of entrepreneurship in the province that will drive future growth.
"We're going to keep on continuing to look for those opportunities and continuing to make those investments be it in a CGI, Bombardier Recreational Products (TSX:DOO), or other companies that are going through a tough time but companies that we're convinced have great potential like SNC-Lavalin," Sabia added.
Early last year, the Caisse created the Global Quality Equity portfolio focused on large, established companies exposed to global growth with the aim of generating more stable returns. The portfolio's assets have reached $17.2 billion.
Its real estate subsidiary, Ivanhoe Cambridge, spent $5.2 billion on acquisitions last year by strengthening its presence in large U.S. cities, repositioning its European portfolio and increasing its investments in Montreal and Quebec City.
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Current Affairs November 2013
1st November:
- Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud killed in drone strike.
- The election process in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram initiated with the issue of gazette notification by the respective Governors of the two States.
2nd November:
- India wins the seven matches ODI series against Australia by 3-2.
- Rohit Sharma makes record of most sixes in an ODI match with 16 sixes in his 209 run innings against Australia.
3rd November:
- India celebrates Diwali.
- Famous Pakistani folk singer Reshma dies due to throat cancer in Lahore.
4th November:
- Yuki Bhambri wins his first ATP Challenger level singles title of the season and second of his career after defeating American Bradely Klahn in the summit clash of the Traralgon event in Australia.
- China sets up station at the Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) sector in Ladakh near the Line of Actual Control, to monitor Indian planes.
5th November:
- India's Mars orbiter Mangalyaan took off successfully from the PSLV-C25 launch vehicle at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh.
- The Mars orbiter completed its first stage of its journey successfully when entered the Earth's orbit around 44 minutes after blastoff.
- Mangalyaan will enter Mars orbit in September 2014.
- A court in Bangladesh has sentenced 152 people to death for their actions in a 2009 border guard mutiny in which 74 people were killed.
6th November:
- Celebrity chef Tarla Dalal passes away in Mumbai at the age of 76.
- A R Rahman has been conferred an honor by Canada as a Canadian street in Markham.
- Piramal Enterprises Ltd. has acquired over-the-counter (OTC) brand Caladryl in India from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
7th November:
- According to the Wealth-X-UBS billionaire census report 2013, India has 103 billionaires.
- Mumbai is among the top five 'billionaire cities' globally with 30 billionaires.
- Allahabad High Court ordered Uttar Pradesh government to withdraw unauthorized security provided to 830 people and recover money spent on them within 15 days.
8th November:
- The India's Mars spacecraft successfully completed the second of the six orbit raising maneuvers for the Mars Orbiter.
- India successfully test fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-I missile from Odisha.
- 2018 men's hockey World Cup will be held on India.
- India wins by an innings and 51 runs against West Indies in the 1st test at Kolkata.
9th November:
- 1,200 People died in super typhoon Haiyan in Philippines.
- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decides not to attend CHOGM which is to be held in Sri Lanka next week. India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will head the Indian delegation at the Summit.
- World chess championship game starts in Chennai between World champion Viswanathan Anand and world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
- UN has conferred the 'UN Frontline Workers Global Leadership Award' to Martha Dodray from Darbhanga district of Bihar for her commitment and dedication in eradicating polio in India.
- The Supreme Court put a stay order till 6th December, 2013 on Gauhati High court verdict which had declared the setting up of the CBI as unconstitutional.
10th November:
- Total 10,000 People died in the typhoon Haiyan in Philippines.
- Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler becomes Miss Universe 2013 in a ceremony in Crocus City Hall in Moscow.
11th November:
- 1st phase of voting in Chhattisgarh held with high security.
- Woman shooter Heena Sidhu created history by becoming the third pistol exponent from India after Anjali Bhagwat (2003) and Gagan Narang (2008) to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup finals in Munich, Germany.
- Mumbai Cricket Association formally renamed the Kandivili ground as the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana Club.
12th November:
- UP Lokayukta has given a clean chit to BSP chief Mayawati in the alleged Noida
- The Competition Commission of India has approved Etihad's $325 million (Rs. 2,000 crore) deal to buy a 24 percent stake in Jet Airways.
- The annual consumer price inflation increases to 10.09 percent in October from 9.84 percent in September.
13th November:
- Usha Anathasubramaniam appointed as the first Chairperson and Managing Director of Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), the first all-women bank of India.
- The first office tower at Ground Zero site opened after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
- The Supreme Court said that it is mandatory for the police to register FIR if a complainant approaches it for the registration of a cognizable offence.
14th November:
- Children's Day and World Diabetes Day celebrated across India.
- India's first fully privately funded Rapid Metro Gurgaon starts of its commercial operations.
- The last Test Match of Sachin Tendulkar's cricketing life played in Mumbai.
15th November:
- BCCI excludes Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh in new contract list for the 2013-14 seasons.
- Maldives President Mohamed Waheed has stepped down from the post on the eve of the second round of the country's presidential polls.
16th November:
- Sachin Tendulkar become the first sportsperson to received Bharat Ratna.
- The Prime Minister's Office announced that Indian Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and highly regarded scientist CNR Rao will be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's biggest civilian award.
- The super aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya formally joined the Indian Navy.
- The 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM began in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Indian wins the Test Series 2-0 against West Indies. This is the last Test Match of Sachin Tendulkar.
17th November:
- Abdulla Yameen sworn in as new Maldives President.
- Malta will host the next Commonwealth summit in 2015.
- Actress Waheeda Rehman will receive the inaugural Centenary Award for the Indian Film Personality of the Year, a special honor to commemorate the 100 years of Indian cinema.
18th November:
- India successfully test-fired the advanced BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Pokhran, Rajasthan.
- 27-year-old Jamaican Usain Bolt has been named male World Athlete of the Year for a fifth time.
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce selected for the Women's Athlete of the Year award.
19th November:
- Chhattisgarh recorded 74.70 per cent voter turnout in 72 Assembly constituencies in the second phase of polling.
- A motion laid in the House of Commons, England congratulating Sachin Tendulkar on a magnificent career and for being an ambassador for the game.
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel selected for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2013.
20th November:
- India's first women's bank, the Bharatiya Mahila Bank has been inaugurated in Mumbai at the Air India building in Nariman Point.
- 14-year-old Prithvi Pankaj Shaw from Rizvi Springfield, Mumbai scores 546 in 330 balls in prestigious Elite Division Harris Shield Under-16 cricket tournament.
- Prithvi Pankaj has broken the earlier Mumbai schools cricket record of Armaan Jaffer who had scored 498 in Giles Shield semi-final in 2010-11.
21st November:
- Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals when he scored 86 against the West Indies. Kohli achieved it in just 120 matches and 114 innings.
- The 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) started at Panaji in Goa.
- Former Olympic gold medalist V Baskaran appointed as Coach of the Senior Men Hockey Team.
22nd November:
- Cyclonic storm Helen hits in Andhra Pradesh.
- Norway's Magnus Carlsen becomes world chess champion after defeating Five-time title-holder Viswanathan Anand in World Chess Championship match held in Chennai.
23rdh November:
- Supreme Court Chief Justice P Sathasivam inaugurated a day-long National Lok Adalat where for the first time 39 lakh pending cases are being taken up simultaneously all over the country for settlement. The Lok Adalats are taking place in the Supreme Court, 24 high courts and all the district courts of the country.
24th November:
- Iran and P5+1 (United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia) group of Nations reached a breakthrough deal on 24 November 2013 to curb Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for limited sanctions relief.
25th November:
- Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram ended with polling percentage of 71 and 82 respectively.
- A CBI court in Delhi convicted Parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the case of murder of their young daughter, Aarushi and their domestic help, Hemraj in 2008.
26th November:
- Apple has topped the 'World's Most Valuable List' compiled by Forbes magazine with a brand value of $104.3 billion.
- Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were sentenced to life in prison by a CBI court for the twin murders of their daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj in 2008.
27th November:
- India beat the West Indies in the three-match cricket series 2-1.
- A book of psalms from 1640 has become the world's most expensive printed book as it was auctioned in New York for $14.2m.
- Pakistan appoints Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif as new army chief.
28th November:
- Sachin Tendulkar became UNICEF's first brand ambassador for South Asia and will work in promoting hygiene and sanitation in the region.
29th November:
- India's economy grows 4.8 per cent in the three months through September.
30th November:
- India's Mars orbiter craft leave the Earth's sphere of influence (SOI) and begin the 300-day voyage in deep space to the Mars.


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George W. Bush's second inauguration as the president of the United States marks the continuing march of the Reagan Revolution.
In his fascinating, well-researched, and timely book Craig Shirley makes a compelling case that the lynch-pin moment in the conservative movement was not Goldwater's loss in 1964, nor was it Ronald Reagan's victorious quest for the presidency in 1980. The real moment that started it all was Ronald Reagan's losing campaign of 1976.
In 1976, Ronald Reagan challenged the establishment elitist orthodoxy of the Republican Party. Reagan disagreed vehemently with what he viewed as a leftward drift by the Nixon and Ford administrations on foreign policy. Détente, the idea that the U.S. and Soviet Union should seek "peaceful co-existence," smacked of appeasement to Ronald Reagan.
Reagan did the unthinkable: He entered the race for President in 1976 to challenge a sitting president from his own party. The establishment in the Republican Party went to work branding him as an extremist and out of mainstream American politics. Republicans in power (at the time) said that Reagan could only appeal to the far right of his party, and would be a general election disaster for the GOP.
What is remarkable about Shirley's stirring account of the start of the revolution is his description of the state of the GOP in 1976. The party establishment had been practicing a move to the left strategy for years, unhappy conservatives were beginning to talk about forming a third party, and open talk about a "brain dead" Republican party devoid of ideas was commonplace.
As I read his book, I felt I was reading the description of the Democratic Party of today.
The change in the direction of the Republican Party and our nation, and indeed the world, did not start with rearranging the deck chairs of the Republican National Committee— it started with that failed 1976 campaign for the presidency based on ideas: Ronald Reagan's ideas and the ideas of the conservative grassroots.
In 1976 as the campaign season rolled into Florida, the campaign of President Gerald Ford attacked Ronald Reagan for one of his "radical" and out of the mainstream ideas. Reagan had mused that Social Security should be voluntary, not mandatory, and had gone on to suggest that Social Security funds should be invested in the stock market. Ford and the Republican establishment attacked this idea relentlessly with seniors in Florida and defeated Reagan in the state. And Ford, with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld as key members of his administration, went on to secure the GOP nomination and then lose the presidency to Jimmy Carter.
In 2005, George W. Bush takes the oath of office for his second term as president of the United States of America. One of the central ideas and goals of his term, the privatization of Social Security, was an idea Ronald Reagan had 29 years ago.
No losing campaign in history has been more victorious than the 1976 losing campaign of Ronald Wilson Reagan. The inauguration of George Bush, and the ideas that fuel his presidency prove Craig Shirley's point—it all began in 1976.
For the many Democrats who will view Bush's inauguration with chagrin, I urge they read Shirley's book— it provides an object lesson on how a party thought to be on its deathbed changed course, rose to fight for what it believed in, and is still winning to this day.
Joe Trippi is a Fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and is the author of the recent book "."
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moderators wrote:VirginFlyer wrote:It is great to see the level of positive interaction here. One suggestion: rather than the generic moderators account, it would be great if you could create a user account specifically for yourself, with which to continue this positive interaction.
Great minds think alike,
Normally I do that and will once the new registration issue is sorted. I got an error when I tried to go through the process manually last night.
I wanted to do "VS Jeff" but Paul mentioned (VS) was an airline code. Any other suggestions?
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I think VerticalScope is a pretty neat username.


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As Joe Biden wings his way to Rome to celebrate the installation mass of new Roman Catholic pontiff Pope Francis at the Vatican, his boss will make a pilgrimage — of sorts — to Jerusalem. Despite his high-profile visit to Israel in 2007 as a candidate with little foreign-policy experience, Barack Obama never bothered to visit the close US ally during his first term — not even when Obama was in Cairo in 2009 for a speech to Muslim nations. Now he wants to pay a visit not so much to strengthen ties but to strengthen his own position in Israel. CNN reports on the goals of the trip from the perspective of the White House, which seems to want to set low expectations ahead of this week's visit:
The big push is about Iran rather than any movement on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and it's mainly to pull Israel back from taking unilateral action against Tehran. He will make stops at the West Bank and Yad Vashem, but that's mainly just to check boxes; oddly, Obama won't address the Knesset while in Israel. After his disastrous intervention in the peace process in the first term, Obama now seems to want to stay clear of any personal involvement, and will probably leave that to Secretary of State John Kerry.
If the Obama administration wants to set low expectations, the BBC wants to set them even lower. Mark Mardell quotes a former US ambassador to Israel in calling Obama a "rock star," but also notes that Israelis seem immune to his charm, and that spells trouble for Obama on this visit:
The main purpose of Obama's visit seems to be to re-make his image with the Israeli people. A recent poll indicated only 10% of them had a favourable view of the president.
Obama critics at home have long claimed that he's no friend of Israel and say the proof positive is that he hasn't bothered to go there as president. By making this the first foreign trip of his second term he at least gets that out of the way.
He'll be only the fifth US president to go to Israel, but his recent predecessors Bill Clinton and George W Bush invested a lot in the relationship.
Obama offended some early on in his presidency by going to Cairo to make a high-profile speech to the Arab world but not continuing on to Israel. The speech also offended some Israelis because of the way he made a case for Israel's existence based on the horrors of the Holocaust rather than Jewish origins in the region. Expect him to correct that on this trip. …
One aim of the visit will be to present a chummier image. A sense of unity is important if Iran is going to believe that the two countries are capable of concerted action over its nuclear programme.
But it is the speech at a convention centre in Jerusalem, where he will talk directly to the Israeli public and the public watching at home, that is the real centrepiece of this trip.
Martin Indyk, former US ambassador to Israel, says: "He's a rock star. They will welcome him. He's bound to get a bounce. And that is very important. This is a public who will punish a prime minister who mishandles his relationship with a popular president.
"Netanyahu eats [opinion] polls for breakfast. He will know if the balance changes."
Netanyahu just won an election, so it may not be much of a match, especially if Obama's only around 10% approval in Israel. Will he get a bounce? Certainly; that is to be expected from a personal visit, and unless Obama makes a major gaffe, his image will improve temporarily. However, Obama's problem hasn't been so much a lack of a visit as it has been his handling of Israeli concerns in the peace process and the firestorm of the "Arab Spring" surrounding Israel. That will take more than a one-week junket to resolve. Absent that, this is just a box-checking enterprise, as Mardell explains at length.
Politico says the point of going now is the abysmally-low expectations:
President Barack Obama spent his first term dismissing the idea of a symbolic visit to Israel: He didn't want to go there unless he had something concrete to accomplish.
But his four-day trip that begins Tuesday night is symbolism on steroids.
The Israeli government was just finalized Saturday night. The peace process is frozen. And Obama has a complicated relationship with both the nation and its prime minister.
Indeed, the White House seems to have concluded that expectations are now so low that it's the perfect time for Obama to make the trip. He has a chance to mollify some of his domestic critics and improve his standing with Israelis, all without the pressure of achieving a breakthrough on peace.
In other words, he's just checking off the box — and perhaps to immunize himself from accusations of being anti-Israel when his later policies and actions clash with expectations of Israel's supporters in the US.