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Easy Strawberry Danish Recipe
Breakfast snacks for those who get peckish first thing in the morning.
Using Pillsbury Crescent Rolls for the dough is a shortcut way to make danishes. This version tops the sweet cheese filling with strawberries, but feel free to use another berry of your choice.
Note: It's very important to make sure you've completely dried off your strawberries after washing them or they will make the pastry soggy.
filling adapted from Ina Garten
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- Yield:serves 8-12
- Active time: 15 minutes
- Total time:45 minutes
- To make pastry
- 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tube Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
- 1/2 cup strawberries (about 4 large), sliced (see note)
- To make icing
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
To make pastry: In a medium bowl, whisk cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Add egg yolks, vanilla, and salt and whisk until combined. Set aside.
Open Crescent Rolls and remove from container. Unroll crescents onto prepared baking sheet but do not separate the triangles. Use your finger to patch together any holes—you want to have one long rectangle of dough.
Place rectangle of dough so that one short end faces you. Spread filling down the center of the dough to be about 3 inches wide. Place strawberries along top of filling.
Use a sharp knife to cut 1/2-inch wide strips up one side of the dough. Repeat on other side. Alternate pulling the just-cut strips of dough from each side towards the middle to form a braid. Tuck in extra end pieces under the braid. Bake until pastry is golden and filling is cooked, about 20 minutes. Let cool.
To make icing: In a small bowl, whisk together confectioners sugar and heavy cream until smooth. Drizzle over pastry. Let sit 15 minutes or until set.
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In Humboldt County, Calif., the workflow management solution has helped enhance the county's permit application process and allowed citizens to browse permits online.
Less than five years ago, the Humboldt County, Calif., Planning and Building Department was operating according to stacks of paper, spreadsheets and index cards. Employees were walking across buildings to deliver basic information, and the lack of workflow accountability meant that uncompleted tasks often went unnoticed.
"It was in 2007 when we realized we needed to make some strategic investments in our inter-systems," said Steven Santos, the department's development assistant manager. "We were absorbing redundant data entry, tasks were taking days to complete, and we were getting complaints from the public about wanting more modern services."
One of the workflow issues the county experienced was consistent task log submission. County employees are responsible for completing tasks logs that specify how their time is being spent so they're paid from proper funding allocations. Without a consistent way of monitoring the assignment, task logs were often not completed — in some cases, staff members were six months behind.
Enter Interneer, a company that specifically designs applications to help companies manage day-to-day workflow and enforce task completion.
"Companies get to a point when they decide they don't want to do things ad-hoc," said Interneer CEO Romeo Elias. "We facilitate technologies from permit review process, hiring an employee, tracking time, etc. The software allows them to do this in an automated way."
With the Interneer platform, employees cannot exceed 28 days beyond the deadline for a task log. Additionally, the technology has enhanced the county's permit application process. Building permits, inspection records and transaction receipts are completed in one system.
This also allowed the county to provide the public with online access to browse permits. The platform lets the department tell the public how many inspections the inspector has in one day and in what order the inspector is doing them, which helps contractors plan their day by knowing where they fall on the list.
"As a consumer of government, the public cannot wait until we have more automation and access to data online, like what Humboldt did," said Elias. "It's amazing how quickly they are responding to these requests on their own. When a company is working with an off-the-shelf solution that is vendor managed, they cannot respond in a timely fashion."
Interneer's custom software cost the county about $50,000 in licenses and $80,000 in professional services and training, whereas an off-the-shelf solution from another vendor would have cost about $500,000, Santos said.
Interneer creates a working prototype based on spreadsheets or visual diagrams that display what a company is doing today. It integrates everything into one environment to simplify the learning process. Once the product is complete, a company can set reminders, notifications and quickly answer questions such as "Who has the latest data?" and "How long has it been sitting there?"
During the implementation process, Interneer uses what it calls the "phase" approach.
"The biggest risk of any software is going to be the change management issue," Santos said. "The company is usually going from something manual, and now, you're introducing something automated and more transparent. There's a cultural issue to get over. Everyone agrees that there are big problems, so we have to show them value of this platform."
Employees in Humboldt County are on board with this technology and continue to find new solutions to old headaches. Santos said the public is now requesting that the planning building department notify people when permits are about to expire. Whereas in the past it would be been too labor intensive and cost prohibitive, the county now has the ability to track the status and date of submission, and send out an email to the applicant.
"The return on investment is self-evident," said Santos. "The nature and the form of the complaints that we get from staff and the public have changed. Instead of complaints like, 'This doesn't work,' and 'How can we do this?' we're now in a domain where we can come up with new ideas. It has allowed us to be more proactive in ways that we would have never considered. We are able to provide a new level of service that we never would have been able to before."
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Jim Carrey has no problem suffering for his art, and even broke some bones on the set of his latest movie.
Talking about meeting the star on set, Danny said: "There he was on the screen and when he left the screen he was suddenly by your side, which didn't seem to make any sense. From the moment that he appeared, I was chatting away with him and it suddenly seemed very normal.
Then part of your brain just goes, 'Hang on, that's Jim Carrey!' and you must try not to give that away."
"We talked about very normal stuff, like what he'd watched on TV, but what is extraordinary is when the cameras are on and he turns into Jim Carrey the film star. He throws himself into it."
In one scene Carrey had to turn around and knock someone's drink over, Danny recalls.
"I watched him do the scene four or five times because he wasn't happy with it. He did something quite special and pulled off a classic Jim Carrey moment, which ended up with him fracturing a couple of his ribs.
"The next time I saw him walking by he had an ice pack and I said 'It was worth it, though' and he agreed it was totally worth it."
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Serena Williams wins Sony Open
Serena Williams now has the Key Biscayne women's record for most titles, with six. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Maria Sharapova played her best match against Serena Williams in almost 10 years and it still wasn't enough.
Williams came back from a set and a break down and swept the last 10 games to win the Sony Open final 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Saturday. Serena collected her sixth tournament title and 48th overall. Sharapova, who entered on an 11-match winning streak in which she hadn't dropped a set, fell to 0-5 in Miami finals.
Here are four thoughts after the first battle between the current No. 1 and No. 2 at the Sony Open since 2000:
• Serena's better is better than Maria's better: And Sharapova knows it. That's the ballgame.
For a set and a half, Sharapova played as well as she could possibly expect against a good but not great Williams, who struggled with her return early. While Williams racked up some untimely errors and labored to find rhythm on her serve, Sharapova looked remarkably clear on what she wanted to do: attack Serena's forehand and return big. The tactic earned her two breaks in the first set and she quickly got another in the second set as she played her best return game of the match to break Williams for a 3-2 lead.
Sharapova was flying and seemed well on her way to her first win over Williams since 2004. All she had to do was hold serve. But Williams broke her at love to pull even at 3-3, and Sharapova wouldn't win another game. Yes, Williams can flip the switch that quickly.
"Well, I think that's why she's No. 1 in the world," Sharapova said. "She's really capable of doing that. She obviously had to do a few things differently. I was controlling a lot of the points in the first set and the beginning of the second. Then towards the end ... I wasn't there."
Sharapova won 44 percent of her second serves in the first set, thanks in large part to Williams' poor returning. But that number dipped to only nine percent (1-of-11) in the second set, as Serena cleaned up her game and started crushing returns past her. Williams won the last four games of the set and Sharapova was left sitting on her bench on the changeover wondering what the hell just happened as her coach, Thomas Högstedt, admonished her to "stop whining" and keep fighting. But it was over. Williams had nonchalantly slapped her down with that love break at 3-2. That single game was a haymaker that staggered Sharapova. She never found her footing again.
• Serena's trademark ability to turn matches around led to a dominant two weeks in Miami: To say that Williams "romped" to the title would be wrong. She dropped only one set heading into the final but showed signs of sluggish play and lapses in focus in her three-set win over Dominika Cibulkova in the fourth round and even in her straight-set win over Li Na in the quarterfinals. She was playing well enough to beat anyone outside the top five on Saturday, but with Sharapova bringing her best early, it took Williams some time to adjust. Even down a set and a break, she never panicked and eventually muscled the match back on her own terms and rolled.
"I feel like I was just making so many errors," Williams said. "I just was like, Serena, are you really going to get to the final and not play up to your potential? I don't think I was as energized as I could be."
We've seen Williams do this so many times -- and yes, we've also seen her cruising along before letting go of the wheel for no good reason -- and yet it still never ceases to amaze. If anything, it's tournaments like these that are more soul-crushing for her opponents than her no-drama title runs. To step on the court against her and know that no lead is safe no matter the scoreline is to already suffocate under the pressure.
• Confidence-boosting or confidence-shattering loss? We'll see: Sharapova has now lost 11 straight matches to Williams over a 10-year span. But this was the closest that Sharapova had come to beating her since the 2005 Australian Open, where she served for the match twice and Williams battled back to save three match points and win 2-6, 7-5, 8-6. Since then, Sharapova hadn't won a set off Williams on hard courts until this match. That's the cruelty of this three-set loss. This was Sharapova's best effort in years and she still lost 12 of the last 15 games.
Serena agreed: "Today wasn't my day, I don't think. Maria played really the best I have seen her play, and I think she was moving unbelievable and she was hitting winners from everywhere."
"I certainly played a lot better," Sharapova said, comparing her effort to their previous matches. "I had my chances. There's no reason why I couldn't win the match. ... [I]t was a step in the right direction and there's no doubt that we'll be playing many more times. There's no doubt I'll be able to beat her."
Sharapova has shown tremendous resilience in bouncing back from bad losses over the last few years and she'll need to do it again. Last year she made the finals of both Indian Wells and Miami and failed to win a set. Then she went on to roll through the clay season and complete her career Grand Slam at Roland Garros.
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A 7-Step Maintenance Checklist to Help Extend the Life of Your Kayak.
When I left to home for the first time I kind of figured I would hear from my dad often to make sure I was focused on my studies — he didn't. Instead, he periodically called to check on my truck's tire pressure and to remind me about getting an oil change every 3000 miles. I always thought to myself, "Wow, is he really more concerned about my truck than me?" As I grew older I realized that wasn't nearly the case. In fact, it was actually all about me, making sure that I never got stranded or even worse, getting myself into some tragic accident — I regress.
So how does this all relate to the topic of maintaining a kayak? Well, ever heard the saying "a well maintained kayak makes a safe and happy paddler?" Probably not, because I just made it up but you get the point! It's not so much about keeping your kayak looking like it was unwrapped for the first time but more about maintaining a properly functioning kayak that will provide an enjoyable and safer paddling experience for years to come.
Here are a few tips that we've learned through the recommendation of manufacturers and our own experiences. In this case, we focus on both sit in and sit on top kayaks made of plastic.
ONE: Check and Repair Cracks and Deep Gouges
Polyethylene, what most plastic kayaks are made from, is a very durable material. However, it's not bullet proof. An oyster bed can slice through it like razor blades, sharp rocks will gouge it and dragging a kayak over hard surfaces will eventually wear it down. If you end up with a crack or hole there is very little you can do as a permanent fix except patch it with the same plastic it's made of. At first sign of a crack or what may lead to one, we recommend you bring your kayak to one of our shops so a professional can repair it for you. If you are a do it yourself kind of person or don't have easy access to any of our stores, consider the KC Welder welding kit, which can be purchased at any one of our stores or online.
TWO: Wash and Rinse
Dust, salt and other natural minerals can eventually corrode certain parts of your kayak, even worse, your plastic. Simply washing your kayak with a little soapy water along with a good rinse will help extend its life. It also a good idea to carry a sponge with you when paddling, such as the as the NRS Deluxe Boat Sponge. Not only can you use it to clean your kayak but it will also be useful to soak up any water on the inside of your boat while you are out on the water. Once you are done washing it, be sure to let your kayak dry thoroughly before storing it to avoid the growth of mildew.
THREE: Care for Your Plastic
These days, manufactures mix UV inhibitors into the plastic while molding kayaks, which significantly reduces color fading. However, after a few years of being out in the sun, colors will eventually fade and in extreme cases may even turn brittle. As a preventative measure or even if you are already experiencing some fading apply 303 Aerospace or Hobie UV protectant. Both will not only rejuvenate your kayak with a nice shine but will also leave behind a UV protective layer. (Tip: Apply sparingly and rub it in well.)
FOUR: Protect Your Metals Too
One would think that stainless steel is more durable than plastic but when it meets water, specifically salt water, not so much. It's always a good idea to spray a little lubricant on all metal parts. Not only will this provide a protective bond between metal and water, it will also aid in the addition and removal of accessories. Be sure to wipe down any residual grease or oil.
FIVE: Tighten all Screws and Bolts
Speaking of metal fittings, it's happened to the best of us. You are happily carrying your kayak when suddenly the handle pops off and there goes your boat. It wasn't broken — it simply unscrewed itself. Your kayak takes quite a beating and vibration from resting on your vehicle's rack can cause screws to loosen over time. Periodically tighten all screws and bolts to avoid this scenario.
SIX: Clean and Lubricate
Like a bicycle, it is important to keep all moving parts in good working order. Wipe down excess build up around rudders, pedal drives and foot pegs. As mentioned above, spray some lubricant on any metal or moving parts. It's also a good idea to lubricate rudder cables for smooth operation.
SEVEN: Store It With Care
Hopefully the idea of storing it is only for a few days at a time because after all, it's summer! Unfortunately, for most of us, paddling on a daily basis is only a dream so storing it for an entire workweek is common. With summer comes heat and extreme heat can actually cause plastic to warp. Be sure to store your kayak properly with products such as the NRS Kayak Hanger, Harken Kayak Lift System or the Malone J-Dock Kayak Storage System (pictured) amongst several others. If you plan to store your kayak outdoors, consider a Dannu Cover.
There you have it, your quick 7-step kayak maintenance checklist! Now, you may be scratching your head thinking, "I was told that kayaks are virtually maintenance free". This still holds true. Fact is, kayaks are built to withstand the elements of time but by taking a few extra steps in caring for your boat, you'll significantly extends its life span over and beyond the expected.


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Diane Nelson, Director of InstructionWest Vancouver Schools Premier Academy
Diane Nelson, Director of Instruction, is founder of West Vancouver Schools ten Premier Academy programs.
Chosen as one of Canada's Outstanding Principals in 2012 by the Learning Partnership, Diane was selected for her ability to communicate a compelling vision, to engage the community by consistently bringing together a highly knowledgeable and competent team of teachers, coaches, instructors, and other community members to work together to deliver quality programs for student-athletes. Diane is an exceptional leader, one who continues to lay the foundation for the success of her students and the betterment of the community through a strong and vibrant public education system.
Twice nominated (2002 & 2012) for the YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the categories of Entrepreneurship, as well as Education, Training & Development, Diane has been honoured for her achievements that contribute to the well-being and future of the community. The YWCA Women of Distinction Award is recognized as one of Canada's most prestigious awards for women.
With over 30 years experience in education, as both a teacher and administrator, Diane has obtained her Bachelor of Education, Diploma in Counseling Psychology, and Master's in Educational Administration, all from the University of British Columbia.
As a MindUP Trainer, Diane has provided numerous workshops and in-service for teachers to help them deliver an evidence-based curriculum that helps foster social and emotional awareness, enhance psychological well-being, and promote academic success. Diane inspires educators to create an optimistic classroom that promotes and develops mindful attention to oneself and others, tolerance of differences, and the capacity of each student to grow as a human being and a learner.
An educational consultant for the Vancouver Canucks' Community Partnership Program since 2005, Diane is the creator and author of the character education program called Fin's Friends. The program was written for teachers to help them provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to enhance ethical and responsible behaviour. This valuable classroom resource for teachers assists them with the teaching of social responsibility and character building. The program, written for Grades K-3, is being taught by primary teachers in over 3800 classrooms around the province. To date, the program is being used in over 35% of all K-3 classrooms in B.C. Diane last presented the program Nationally to educators at the Canada Character Conference held in Abbotsford, B.C. October 2015.
Diane's leadership style is marked by her entrepreneurial spirit. Her accomplishments are numerous including founding, owning and operating the Vancouver Griffins, the first women's professional hockey team in Western Canada, a member of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The team featured Olympians such as Nancy Drolet, Cammi Granato, Shelley Looney and Courtney Kennedy. In November, 2010, Cammi Granato was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Many of her Griffins' artifacts are on display in the Hockey Hall of Fame, including the signing of her first pro contract with the Griffins' organization. In 2002, the BC Sports Hall of Fame recognized Diane for her achievements in sport as part of an exclusive group of 35 outstanding women leaders and legends.
A long time athlete, she has competed in numerous sports including half marathons, 10km runs, triathlons, dragon boating, field hockey, figure skating, bodybuilding and swimming. Some highlights include 6 gold medals at the 1986 World Lifeguard Championships and Miss Vancouver, 1983 Bodybuilding Championships.
Diane's entire career has been about giving students an opportunity to better themselves and realize their hopes and aspirations. She firmly believes that enthusiastic and thoughtful guidance is the best way to assist our youth on the path that they choose.


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Bessa loaded her baggage, lost in her own thoughs. It was only when she felt a sinister menance in the Force that she focussed on her surroundings.
A Twi'lek mechanic noticed her unease and walked towards her. "Are you okay Madam Jedi?"
Bessa looked at him and blinked. "Are there any other Force users here at the moment?"
The Twi'lek shrugged. "I'm not sure, but there are some others wearing robes similar to yours but they look much... meaner."
Bessa nodded. Perhaps her mission was not yet over.
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Now that Daylight Savings Time is upon us, we have sprung forward one hour in time. Are you still missing that lost hour of sleep?
by John Gannam, from Life, September 8, 1947
Beds were frequently featured in mid-twentieth century advertising, though not always for sleep-related products. When the product was sleep-related, such as bedsheets, sleeping was not the focus.
by John Gannam, from Life, April 29, 1947
The advertisements frequently featured an attractive woman in or on the bed, though she was never actually seen sleeping. Instead, the viewer would see her either getting ready for bed, after putting her book down, or waking up, usually dressed in a nightgown (but not always), ready to start her day after a good night's sleep in quality bedsheets.
by John Gannam, from Life, July 14 1947
Some of the best known sheet ads are from Pacific Balanced Sheets. The company ran an ad campaign for its luxurious white sheets that, after World War II, were "becoming available in growing quantities" at stores. Later on the sheets were "soft combed Percival" sheets with only long luxurious cotton fibers, since the short cotton fibers were removed to ensure comfort. John Gannam illustrated the advertisements in watercolors, when many commercial artists were using gouache (a paint best described as an opaque watercolor with brighter colors).
by John Gannam, from Life, October 13, 1947
In the 1950s, pastel colored sheets were the fashion, at least according the advertisement by Lady Pepperel. The attractive woman is shown in bed enjoying her colored sheets, but sleeping does not seem to be a priority.
by unknown illustrator, from Woman's Home Companion, January 1953
Oftentimes, the advertisement featured the bed as a central location in the house, useful for other activities than just sleeping. Your bed was where you read …
by John Gannam, from Saturday Evening Post, January 1941
or where you bonded with your children. This is why, or course, you needed luxurious long-threaded cotton sheets, since you spent so much time, awake, on your bed.
by John Gannam, from Life, September 2, 1946
There were non-sleep related products which featured beds in their advertising. These products focused on the morning routine, which required the attractive woman to get out of her comfortable bed in order to enjoy the product in question.
by unknown illustrator, Saturday Evening Post, March 18, 1950
There were some advertisements which featured men in bed. This Howard Johnson's Motor Inn advertisement stresses how men would be required to go on business trips as part of their job. Unlike the women in the previous advertisements in their nightgowns (or less), this gentlemen, newspaper still in hand, never makes it out of his travel clothes. When he wakes up, there will be a private telephone and a free television for him to enjoy in his air-conditioned room.
by unknown illustrator, date and publication unknown
Modern Graphic History Library wishes you a good night's sleep as you adjust to Daylight Savings Time.
The John Gannam advertisements are from the Charles Craver Collection.
All other advertisements are from the Walt Reed Illustration Archive.


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The global ICT investment in government market is expected to reach USD 654.73 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The need to bridge the infrastructure and technological gap is expected to drive the ICT investments in the government sector.
Government spending in the ICT sector has gained momentum in several countries including China, India, Brazil, and Japan, whose central governments are encouraging investments from foreign companies. The adoption of ICT services has continued to witness tremendous growth owing to the increased business activities in the Asia Pacific and Middle Eastern regions, along with the growing investment flows, national infrastructure build-out, and government service footprint expansions.
The e-governance initiatives undertaken by the Indian government to simplify digital channels are driving investments in the ICT sector. The Digital India initiative is enabling the government to process integrated and streamlined data repositories. The government of New Zealand has bestowed the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with the responsibility of leading the ICT industry by enabling integrated digital service delivery, offering system-wide assurance and delivering sustainable business savings of USD 100 million per year by 2017.
The felicitous usage of information aids governments in making appropriate connections with the industry and helps agencies to solve problems and identify new growth opportunities for innovations. Governments use data standards for increasing interoperability and improving analytical capabilities for the entire public sector. In the wake of increasing privacy and security concerns, governments collaborate with other jurisdictions to effectively manage cybersecurity. They work closely with the ICT sector to seek expert advice, evaluate their plans, and achieve better value for money.
Full research report on ict investment in government market analysis: http://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/ict-investment-in-government-market
U.S. ICT Investment in Government Market, by solution, 2014 – 2025 (USD Billion)
Further key findings from the report suggest:
- The spending on software is expected to witness substantial rise as organizations are embracing digital business strategies for outcome-based solutions and technological innovations
- The growing transparency in the bundling of mobile services and pricing along with the increasing service provider consolidation is leading to a slower spending in the communication services segment
- The cloud computing segment is anticipated to account for over 10% of the overall investments by 2025 as government agencies are moving toward ramping up their investments in the cloud technology to bridge the infrastructure gap
- The Asia Pacific region is expected to be the fastest-growing region in terms of investments in the ICT sector; this growth can be attributed to the increasing collaboration between telecom service providers, solution providers, and device suppliers
- The need to develop an economy beyond the oil & gas industry has led to significant industrial refocusing along with the adoption of IoT and deepening smart city initiatives in the MEA region
View more reports of this category by Grand View Research at: http://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry/emerging-and-next-generation-technologies
Grand View Research has segmented the ICT Investment in Government Market study based on solution, technology, and region:
ICT Investment in Government Solution Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion; 2014 – 2025)
- Devices
- Software
- IT services
- Data center systems
- Communication services
ICT Investment in Government Technology Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion; 2014 – 2025)
- IoT
- Big data
- Cloud computing
- Content management
- Security
ICT Investment in Government Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion; 2014 – 2025)
- North America
- Canada
- Mexico
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- Spain
- Asia Pacific
- China
- India
- Japan
- Australia
- South America
- Brazil
- Middle East and Africa
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by Mary Logan and Darcy Dugan
Do you want to live more efficiently and reap the benefits of a closer community? Cooperative living is a great strategy for getting and staying out of debt while building community, resilience and security in a tenuous economy. But it requires a change in attitudes, and a return to more communal ways of living. You don't necessarily need to relocate into a brand new cohousing situation; there are a range of options. While we live in a close-but-separate multi-family dwelling, by design and by chance, we've achieved some important cohousing benefits – shared space and sense of community. So here's our cooperative living story, as told from the perspective of both top floor and bottom floor residents–I'm going to refer to the people who live with us as our nearest neighbors, as we don't really think of them as tenants, but as friends. Living together with extended family is nothing new, but here in Anchorage, we are often far from family, and friends are the family we choose for ourselves (Edna Buchanan).
Types of Cohousing
Cohousing options are as varied as one's imagination. In Anchorage, several cohousing initiatives have begun to infill with planned communities. Cohousing (or pocket neighborhoods) is described as a type of cooperative living in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of their own neighborhoods. Cohousing residents are consciously committed to living as a community. The physical design encourages both social contact and individual space. Private homes contain all the features of conventional homes, but residents also have access to extensive common facilities such as open space, courtyards, a playground and a common house (www.cohousing.org). Other options include communes, intentional communities, and rental housing cooperatives.
While cohousing communities that are designed from the ground up optimize many benefits of cooperative living, a wide array of simpler approaches can also provide many benefits that don't exist with isolated single family homes. One of the simplest and most common options is the sharing of a house by unrelated people, usually primarily for the purpose of reducing housing costs. This is particularly common among university students and young people first leaving home. This arrangement has the key cohousing characteristics of common facilities, resident management, and non-hierarchical structure and decision-making. A common but slightly more hierarchical variation of house sharing is when a homeowner rents out a bedroom in their house. With this approach, one gains the cost efficiency of shared living space plus regular community-building interactions with their house mates. In this common scenario, however, cooperative governance of the living situation is usually reduced, as the homeowner is likely to dominate in the decision-making process.
Close-but-separate living arrangements can generate benefits of cooperative living too. There is a growing interest in creating accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in single family homes. To the extent that ADUs exist in single family neighborhoods is largely unknown, as many are illegal suites, flying under the zoning radar, against zoning and/or code enforcement that limits the number of unrelated people living together. Vancouver's experiences with zoning and illegal suites in an expensive rental market are especially interesting (in the Tyee).
As usual, my father, HT Odum was my model for how to live in descent in an ecological fashion, and he exposed me to the concept of cohousing as well. While he was focused on modeling and writing rather than home design, he did pay attention to practical matters where he felt that they really counted. HT purchased a house in Gainesville, Florida in 1968 that was close to campus. He was considering peak oil even then. He created an ADU for the random return of children and extended family, with the thought that perhaps caregivers could live in the unit, if need be, as he and his wife Betty aged. North central Florida gets cold fronts in the winter, so HT made sure that the living spaces had several different types of heating sources–gas, oil, and a fireplace as backup. In opposition to the trends, he planted trees all over the property, and let the front yard get overtaken by shade and forest floor. He favored his beloved wetland cypress trees, which he planted down by the sinkhole pond. He piled pine needles on the concrete driveway to allow nature to break it down and send the land back to its original state. Snags were allowed to stand, and deadwood was allowed to lie. Ducks frolicked in the pond, and my augmented feeding with commercial duck food provided a microcosm experiment for me of what happens when surplus energy is supplied to a system–as you can imagine, it's not all good. HT and his brother Gene taught and role modeled age-old values of frugality, resilience, and ecological living that are finally re-emerging culturally from the jet backwash of fossil fuel living.
In Anchorage, we looked for permanent housing about five years ago with a bit of acreage to build a house where we could have a significant garden, and create resilience in a number of ways. We had been living in traditional suburban housing our entire lives, saving for the day that we could live our lives on our own terms. We found a 1 ¼ acre lot on the hillside where we could have a well and septic, and be within bikeable distance to jobs. Our builder insisted on no less than 2200 square feet, and we were constrained by many building codes, so we opted to design a home where we could live cooperatively. Our house is smaller than most newer houses in Anchorage, and it houses two households. Remodeling an existing home would have been greener, as the emergy basis of new housing is very high in Anchorage, but we couldn't find any likely candidates at the time in a very expensive, tight Anchorage real estate market. Retrofitting the suburbs will be necessary as we go forward.
Perhaps the most helpful component of remodeling or building anew for cooperative living is the separate entrance that affords privacy and a sense of autonomy for occupants. We designed a home with a bedroom and bath on each floor, including the main floor of the house, an important element for consideration of aging. We finished the walkout basement rental unit ourselves, learning many skills in the process. The main floor bedroom is designed to be flexible, typically used as shared guest space that is accessible to both units. Or the extra bedroom can be closed off and integrated with either living space, depending on our needs. Floors are all tile in order to allow for wood boiler hydronic heat and to avoid carpets, as wall to wall carpeting and its maintenance is not sustainable. Most garages in Anchorage are attached, and benzene and other fumes are a health hazard, so we opted for a detached garage with shared storage space for bikes, skis and gear. Our garage doubles as wood-fired boiler shed, ski waxing bench and chicken coop, and it is really more of a bike barn than a garage. Later on it could be converted to a real barn if need be, as cars fall out of favor. The garage gets minimal heat in the winter from either a garage heater or more commonly from referred heat from the wood-fired boiler. The plumber who did our heating had to order a thermostat for the garage online, as there is no place in Anchorage that sells thermostats that go below 50 degrees!
We used permaculture principles wherever we could, within the restrictions of zoning policies. We let Nature do the work on the property through self-organization. Building from scratch allowed us to leave the trees around the house—we hand cleared the lot and used the wood for our wood-fired boiler during the first years of its operation. Most of the property was left for nature to manage. We repopulated the part of the yard that had been cleared with a compost/soil mix, threw wildflower mixes on it, and then shepherded what came up, guiding the succession by weeding invasives by hand. And we thinned a friend's spruce forest to replant trees on bare spots. We opted for a permeable gravel driveway, inspired by Eugene Odum's long gravel driveway. Now, when the tires of our car or bikes leave the pavement to turn onto our gravel drive surrounded by the trees, my blood pressure drops and my heart opens. The sound and the feel of the gravel announce to my body the arrival home to a different way of living, separate in values and form from the empire at large.
Benefits of Cooperative Living
Economic pressures in the future will necessitate more extended family living, smaller housing footprints in square footage per person, and less single-family housing. For young adults who have school debt to overcome, or who are saving for a home, various forms of extended family living are a logical solution. Cooperative living allows for symbiosis, synergy of efforts and diversity of thought. Our neighbors have been multicultural, providing lessons on diverse culture through extended French and German families, languages, and ways of living and being.
Some of the many benefits include:
- Opportunities to share tools, skills, services such as babysitting, cars, snowblowing, convenient exercise partners, laundry, built in ride/car sharing, garden care, pet care (who let the dogs out?)
- Better nutrition–treats, meals, and cooking supplies migrate up and down the house
- Economies of scale for utilities, Costco runs, DSL (we justify the fast connection and other upgrades with the rent money!)
- Better home security with additional residents, and housesitting is unnecessary during vacations
- Community gardens and barns are easier when shared
- Expanded friendship circles; cheechakos and sourdoughs benefit by sharing their experiences and networks
- Added, consistent income streams! Our insurance and taxes for the home are offset (and then some) by our neighbors' rent payments. That monthly check makes a big difference in our independence and control over our lives!
Problems of Cooperative Living
Rules are one issue in any communal living setting, developing from a natural need for control and resulting in some loss of autonomy for members. Larger or commercial cohousing ventures may have less cohesive community and may need to fall back on legal contracts or formal mediation. These arrangements marry new social arrangements with traditional legal and financial contracts better suited to a growth economy and single family housing. We need to rethink our legal framework for housing.
From an economic perspective, debt-based arrangements work best in situations where there is more growth and more money in the future to pay off the mortgage, since debt requires interest, which requires growth of the economic system and the money system over the long term. Expectations of growth allow us to assume debt casually with the expectation that it will be easy to pay off in the future. Legal contracts that mortgage a large chunk of property over the long term among a group of people during tenuous times may create stress for those holding the contracts. Staying out of debt and living below our means provides a buffer of savings for resilience in a chaotic economy.
Code issues may be difficult to overcome in order to develop a creative sustainable cohousing situation. Current zoning favors monoculture housing of single family dwellings in un-walkable communities with strict separation of commercial and residential zones, so creating ADUs or cohousing may result in battles with your municipality and your neighbors to try to get them to think differently. We have one neighbor who is not fond of either our chickens or our cohousing, perhaps because they represent a diminished status for the neighborhood in her view. Our suite is now a legally permitted ADU, ahem. While the McMansion as a status symbol may be fading, most Americans still ascribe much of their wealth and status to their homes.
We've been quite delighted with our neighbors, who have become friends as well. Synergies abound. For example, on several workaday mornings, my husband has gone out to the garage at 5:30 in the morning to get on his bike to go to work, only to find that the smoothie sprite has deposited a fresh smoothie in a mason jar tucked in his helmet, with a whimsical poem attached. Or we come home to find a dessert elf has deposited cookies on our counter. What's not to love about this arrangement? And on the days that we begin to feel old, our nearest neighbors' youth and energy is contagious. For instance, our smoothie sprite was up at 5 am this morning, before work, in typical all-out summer-in-Alaska fashion, sledding on Flattop Mountain. Life is short, play hard! And our neighbors get to play hard because when they come home, the driveway is plowed and housing chores are taken care of already.
Darcy Weighs In
Cohousing for my husband Toby and me has created a perfect world. When we were first searching for living space and saw the email and photos of the Logan's unit, we were skeptical due to the distance across town from our jobs. (I wasn't sure how far I could bike happily and consistently). It was late November and we tramped up to their bright birch-encircled home with our Sorels. I don't think we could have anticipated the offer that was about to be posed: a tidy, thoughtfully-designed compact space, a parking spot in a garage, a hot tub ten steps away in one direction and a forested back yard fire pit twenty steps in the other, wireless internet, laundry upstairs, an attached guest room . . . and two strangers who immediately offered to open their home to us — sharing all these things like family. I particularly remember that five minutes into our introduction, one of them said "you're welcome to use the rest of the house when we're gone . . . it's a great space – you can throw parties." (The other quickly following up with "as long as they're not too wild!") Welcome to the best cohousing experience ever.
Back in the car leaving their driveway, it was a non-decision. The benefits were clear. Neither of us were new to co-housing (I'd shared a drafty new England dwelling with six other ladies in grad school) but this was a new level. The structural set up had been so well thought out the outset, and offered with such warm hands, that we couldn't pass it up.
Looking back, however, the best aspects weren't advertised in that first meeting. It's the fact we now have mentors upstairs that have ruminated on so many important aspects of life and are willing to share their wisdom. Toby and I are in our 30s with a lot ahead of us to learn, and seeing their lifestyle — from concrete things like devising an innovative heating system and greenhouse, to broader things like their commitment to sustainability, relationships, and community — has been extremely inspiring. Additionally, we have people a few vertical feet away who care. They know when we're home alone and might appreciate a dinner invite, when we're late from an outdoor trip, or when something comes up we might be interested in learning about. I think my mother sleeps better at night because of this. I know we do.
I will conclude by saying the bike (or drive) across town couldn't be more worth it. We feel the benefits of co-housing each day, and are also able to save money to eventually build our own home. With the experience we've had with the Logans, I think we'll work towards replicating the model when the time comes.


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This dictate succeeded in locally suppressing almost all technological advances for several cycles - innovations within the Rim were kept quiet, and those from outside remained outside. When Belasyse Finch joined Pharmacon?, however, he realised that the Rim was a vast untapped market, and that if only the Law Association could be conquered on this matter then there were billions of potential sales just waiting to be made. Surreptitious attempts at assassination and bribery, however, proved to be unsuccessful, and in the end Finch was forced to resort to the Association's own tactics. In a series of court cases that would become known as the Copyright Dispute, he argued that the Law to Suppress Innovation was itself an innovation that had cost the East Rim Consortium dearly (as, indeed, it had; though it had increased stability, by this time the Rim was lagging ever further behind the rest of the galaxy in terms of productivity and quality of life). This case rendered the Association bankrupt, leaving the Rim open at last to investment, advertising, innovation, technological development, and eventually - as a direct result of Finch's attempt to find new markets for Pharmacon within the Rim's borders - the [Sponsorship Crisis]?.


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Walters: No culture of racism existed
Former chief testifies police department did not tolerate racial discrimination or retaliation for reporting it
NEW HAVEN -- Former Police Chief James Walters and other retired commanding officers denied claims that there was a culture of racism within the Greenwich Police Department Tuesday in U.S. District Court.
Lawyers for the town went to the heart of the issue with Walters, the man at the center of a federal racial discrimination lawsuit filed by eight minority police officers.
"What was the policy, if any, against retaliation for claims of racial discrimination?" asked attorney Robert Mitchell.
"There is no toleration of anything along those lines," Walters replied.
Mitchell mentioned the police union's vote of no confidence against Walters.
"Did you retaliate against those who brought complaints?" Mitchell asked.
"No, I did not," said Walters.
The town called Walters to testify, along with former Chief Peter Robbins, Capt. Michael DeAngelo, former First Selectman Richard Bergstresser and Michele Redwine, the town's former affirmative action officer. Walters will return to the stand Wednesday for further testimony.
The eight officers said that under Walters' term they were denied promotions and special assignments based on race. They are seeking monetary and emotional damages.
Officer John Woodward, a black plaintiff, testified Tuesday that once Walters took over he was forced out of a firing range instructor job, a position for which he had received a commendation.
"It made me feel irrelevant and diminished," said Woodward.
When Robbins took the stand, Mitchell asked him if he had ever used racial epithets, as has been stated in previous testimony.
"Never," said Robbins.
"Did you ever hear racial derogatory remarks as chief?" said Mitchell.
"No," said Robbins. "My philosophy in my tenure as chief was to try to show diversity."
Mitchell also asked about grievances.
"During your time as chief did you hear about any grievances of racial discrimination?" Mitchell asked.
"Never," said Robbins.
But attorney Lewis Chimes, who is representing the six black and two Latino plaintiffs, brought up Sgt. Barry Ritch, who multiple people have described in testimony as making racially insensitive jokes and remarks.
"Is it your testimony that you never heard Barry Ritch make comments of a racial nature during your entire career?" asked Chimes.
"I never heard any," said Robbins.
Chimes then pointed to two documents showing write-ups for comments made by Ritch in the 1990s, which Robbins would have had to be aware of.
"Did you report that incident to the first selectman at the time," asked Chimes.
"I would have," said Robbins.
"Is there any evidence this was reported?" replied Chimes.
"No," said Robbins.
Chimes said that Robbins changed a police policy that required the chief to report all outside complaints to the first selectman when he came to hold the office.
During testimony from Redwine, who was the affirmative action officer from 1991 to 1997, she described the policies in place to report racial discrimination complaints within the town and said retaliation against bringing a claim was not tolerated.
Redwine said when a formal complaint was filed she often tried to resolve the issue with their immediate supervisor. A juror asked if Redwine was allowed to keep informal complaints confidential. Redwine said that was allowed, but then said she was required to document everything, which would be shared with her staff.
"They could come off the record," said Redwine. "But I had an obligation to record everything that came to my attention."
On cross-examination, attorney Robert Richardson pointed out that Redwine was charged with overseeing complaints from thousands of employees.
"Is it fair to say you had a fair amount on your plate?" asked Richardson.
"Yes," said Redwine.
Richardson also asked if Redwine felt a supervising officer who overheard racial remarks should be required to report it.
"Yes," said Redwine.
The affirmative action officer during the time Walters was chief will be called Wednesday along with the town's labor relations director Alfred Cava, current police Chief David Ridberg, a statistician and a federal drug task force supervisor.
The officers in the federal lawsuit also include James Cameron, Scott Johnson, Carlos Franco, Vincent O'Banner, Terral Hardy, as well as Detective Robert Brown and Sgt. John Rodriguez. Closing arguments are expected Friday.


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The new processors range from the 2344 HE ($209), meant for systems with up to two processors, to the 8347 HE ($873), which is intended for systems with four or more processors.
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Litchfield Inland Wetlands Commission to hear revised plan for Stop & Shop supermarket expansion
LITCHFIELD >> On the eve of a public hearing before the Inland-Wetlands Commission Wednesday evening, representatives from Stop & Shop met with The Register Citizen Tuesday to paint a clearer picture of what is being proposed in The Village Green Plaza.
The new supermarket is proposed to replace an existing 19,000-square-foot Stop & Shop on West Street (Route 202) that is located in leased space in a building that includes a Rite Aid and checks in at 34,000 square feet totall.
The new Stop & Shop, which has generated opposition from a group called PLAN Litchfield, would be built at the rear of the nearby Village Green Plaza, owned by real estate developer and former 5th District GOP candidate Mark Greenberg.
In the meeting Tuesday, the representatives speaking on behalf of Stop & Shop, explained the plans will have no adverse impact on wetlands, and that the proposal--initially submitted last year and withdrawn after compliance issues were identified--have been revised to address all of the issues that were raised.
The overall result is a project that represents the redevelopment of a village like plaza--whose buildings extend deep into the property from Route 202--where many tenants have struggled, at least in part because of a lack of visibility.
The new Stop & Shop would be built at the rear of the plaza, and two existing buildings located within the overall site would be razed as part of the project. To create space for some existing tenants that would be displaced, an addition of 2,500 square feet would be added to the building at the front of the plaza that houses the Litchfield Hills Wine Market.
The supermarket's parking area would take over the space one building now occupies, and, in addition to that, what observers would see from the main road is a supermarket facade that is roughly the same width of the front of the existing Stop & Shop.
"Even though there is an expansion ... when you really look at what is going on inside the store, there really is only about 5,000 square feet being developed for customers," said Anthony Colavolpe, managing principal for the New Haven-based Citron Group LLC.
John Hession, Vice President of Engineering Services for the Massachusetts-based EBI Consulting, said the new building will be similar in scale to the existing building.
And, he pointed out, when the application moves on from wetlands to the Planning and Zoning, that process will include a design review that should address concerns of project opponents, who have argued that a new, branded supermarket would corrode Litchfield's defining scenic and historic character.
After completion of the redevelopment project, the two existing buildings that would remain and the new grocery store would have a building footprint of about 55,000 square feet altogether and a total gross floor area of about 61,000 square feet.
In addition, the traffic flow in and out of the plaza would be significantly improved, according to site plans--even though the front part of the shopping center closer to Route 202 would not be changed or modified as part of the project.
A total of 369 parking spaces would be located in the entire shopping center after project completion.
According to a fact sheet provided by Stop & Shop, less than 50 percent of the expansion is devoted to new or improved departments. This is in response to customer demand and their desire to improve the shopping experience.
When the plans were first presented by Greenberg, and then withdrawn for tweaking, PLAN Litchfield proposed a zoning that would have significantly limited the size of new retail/commercial buildings. When the group declined to pay fees for consultants requested by the land-use panel, consideration of the amendment did not go forward.
"The former application is really a thing of the past. Some of the issues and concerns that were raised with respect to that application the team has completely addressed concerns," said Hession.
"This is not a virgin green field development site, it's really a re-development," said Hession. "Here is a property 1,000 feet up the street [from the existing supermarket] that unfortunately significantly under-utilized," said Hession.
Meanwhile, he said, the existing Stop & Shop is under-serving customers "by having an old antiquated store ... [and] the parking and lighting are issues for customers," Hession said.
Stop & Shop is currently in the process of seeking a drainage easement from White Memorial Conservation Center for property behind the proposed new Stop & Shop, and project representatives have also met with Litchfield Land Trust, which, according to Hession, was opposed to the previous application.
"The new application meets the rear yard setback, it meets the parking requirements [and] the [issues] peer view consultants raised," said Hession.
In fact, he indicated that all the concerns expressed about the initial plans served as a road map for upgrading the proposal for the benefit of the community.
Hession and Colavolpe agreed with an assessment that in terms of building a new Stop & Shop in Litchfield, the current plan represents what might be described as the plan with the least possible impact--given how it only redevelops parts of an existing plaza.
As for the current Stop & Shop square footage, Colavolpe said the supermarket has a long-term lease and it will be up to Stop & Shop to re-lease the current building.
Hession said Stop & Shop is actively pursuing a tenant for the space.
The public hearing will be held Wednesday at Litchfield Firehouse at 7 p.m. in Litchfield.


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May 2, 2011
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has fully implemented the Secure Mail Initiative (SMI), which uses U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation to deliver certain immigration documents in a safe, secure and timely manner.
Made possible by a partnership between USCIS and the USPS, the SMI enables USCIS to confirm delivery of permanent resident cards and documents pertaining to travel and employment authorization. With USPS tracking information, USCIS customers can easily stay up-to-date on the delivery status of their documents and USCIS can confirm that these essential documents were delivered to the proper address.
SMI provides USCIS customers many benefits, including:
- The ability to track the status of their documents with USPS tracking information
- Quicker delivery—on average, documents sent through USPS Priority Mail should arrive two to four business days sooner than with first-class mail
Customers who receive notices of approval can contact USCIS's Customer Service Center at 800-375-5283 to request tracking information for their documents. USCIS customer service representatives will provide customers with their USPS tracking number and current USPS delivery status.
Customers should wait at least two weeks after getting their approval notice before calling for information regarding their cases. When requesting tracking information, customers must also provide information from the receipt notice they received when they submitted their initial application. After receiving the tracking number from the USCIS Customer Service Center, customers can track the delivery status by visiting the Postal Service website at www.usps.com and entering the USPS tracking number into the Track & Confirm field.
SMI was one of several enhancements resulting from USCIS's 2007 final fee schedule. USCIS first piloted the initiative in July 2008, delivering all re-entry permits and refugee travel documents using USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation. USCIS has also used SMI processes since July 2009 for re-mailing all permanent residence cards, as well as employment authorization and travel documents returned by the USPS to USCIS as undeliverable.
For more information on USCIS and its programs, please visit www.uscis.gov or follow US on Twitter (@uscis), YouTube (/uscis) and the USCIS blog The Beacon.
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Martyred serviceman of Azerbaijani Army Dmitry Solnsev buried - UPDATED - 1 - PHOTO - VIDEO
Dmitry Solnsev, a serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army killed in the battles for the sake of the liberation of occupied territories has been buried at 2nd Alley of Honors, APA reports.
A farewell ceremony for Dmitry Solnsev, a serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army killed in the battles for the sake of the liberation of occupies territories, continues, APA reports.
The body of the serviceman has been taken to the Russian-Orthodox church. A religious ceremony has been held, prays have been said in the church.
A farewell ceremony being held for Dmitry Solnsev, a serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army killed in the battles for the sake of the liberation of occupies territories, APA reports.
The ceremony has been organized in front of the house of the martyr.
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Merkel: Impact of COVID-19 will linger for years
Teammate of Maradona: Diego was an antihero
Azerbaijani and Moldovan FMs hold phone conversation
Committee: Investigation is underway on burning of Agdam restaurant in Sweden
Lockdown issue will be dropped in Russia if precautionary measures observed, says WHO
Hulusi Akar: "Our cooperation with Russians on the work of Center of ceasefire monitoring in Karabakh continues"
1,728,577 coronavirus tests conducted in Azerbaijan so far
Number of confirmed coronavirus cases reaches 121,176 in Azerbaijan, 1,392 deaths
Azerbaijan documents 2981 fresh coronavirus cases, 1226 recoveries, 31 deaths in the last 24 hours
New chief appointed to Ganja City Main Police Department
Armenia PM visit to Russia is canceled
Hervé Le Tellier wins Goncourt Prize, France's most prestigious literary award
Azerbaijani Ombudsman addresses international community on memorial Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
Secretary-General of Iraqi Council of Representatives sends a letter to Azerbaijani President
Azerbaijan State Tourism Agency prepares video about the sights of Shusha - VIDEO
Nar 4G users grow by 35% in number
Coronavirus pandemic unlikely to end soon, WHO official says
Italy's two more municipalities adopt documents demonstrating solidarity with Azerbaijan
Ferry ship "Barda" put into operation after repair
Azerbaijan Prosecutor General's Office appeals to the population - VIDEO
Infectious diseases specialist: In order to prevent coronavirus infection strict quarantine regime of 2-3 weeks has to be imposed
98 civilians died, 414 injured as a result of Armenian provocation
ANAMA: We will clear those territories in a short time, will create condition for returning of people to their ancestral land
Iran to make proposals for the reconstruction of Karabakh
ANAMA addressed residents of liberated territories from occupation
OPEC+ to discuss extending oil cuts or gradually raising output
Kremlin comments on current differences of opinion in OPEC +
German ministers warn on pandemic's economic impact
Iran reports 371 coronavirus related deaths over past day
Areas where road, electric lines and water pipeline to be laid to Shusha are being demined
Kremlin: Changing the status quo in Transnistria may lead to instability
ANAMA: 80% of liberated territories are dangerous in terms of explosives
ANAMA: Cleaning of road, connecting Tartar and Sugovushan, from mines to be completed within 2-3 days
Report on use of mercenaries and foreign fighters by Armenia against Azerbaijan prepared
ANAMA calls on citizens not to go to liberated territories until they are cleared
ANAMA: 727 UXOs, 4,330 anti-personnel mines and 1,110 anti-tank mines detected since Sept 27
Tesla gets approval to sell Model Y SUV in China
First volunteers aged 18+ to be vaccinated with Russia's EpiVacCorona on Monday
Video about Javan Orujov who went missing during Khojaly genocide, presented - VIDEO
Ombudsman: Continuous correspondence and meetings are held to clarify the fate of the captured Azerbaijani servicemen
Azerbaijan's liberated lands from occupation to be covered with TV and radio broadcasting
Comprehensive prevention to be carried out in air space of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan State Tourism Agency prepares video about the sights of Shusha - VIDEO
Azerbaijan Prosecutor General's Office appeals to the population - VIDEO
Activities on the provision of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation are being held - VIDEO - PHOTO
Ministry of Defense releases video footage of the liberated from occupation villages of Kalbajar region - VIDEO
Armenians target Azerbaijan's residential settlements, civilian population, and civilian facilities - PHOTOSESSION
Azerbaijani MP suggests to establish shelters for beggars
Azerbaijan commemorates Khojaly genocide - PHOTOSESSION
14 years pass since establishment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations: They always come to your aid in any difficult moments - PHOTOSESSION - VIDEO
First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva attended opening ceremony of rebuilt Azerbaijan pavilion at Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy in Moscow - UPDATED
UEFA banned Nurlan Ibrahimov from football for life
Aziz Sanjar allocates assistance for education of Khadija, who lost both parents in rocket attack by Armenians on Ganja
Azerbaijani Parliament adopts a statement protesting the resolution adopted by the French Senate - FULL TEXT
Local structures of the Azerbaijani MES State Fire Control Service are launched in the territories liberated from occupation
Azerbaijan puts Seyran Ohanyan on wanted list in genocide case


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Are you so famous now that you don't even have to feed yourself, Taylor?
Taylor Lautner wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth (we think), but since beefing up and becoming the highest-paid young actor in Tinseltown, the 17-year-old star is certainly reveling in some serious Royal treatment.
Twilight's teen werewolf didn't even have to FEED himself at the Weinstein Company's post-Golden Globe party Jan. 17, sponsored by Martini & Rossi, where we spied the muscled boy-man getting finger (and spoon) fed by a pretty dark-haired brunette. And no, before you ask, it was NOT his ex-girlfriend Sara Hicks.
Taylor had his own table at Bar 210 inside the Beverly Hills Hotel, where his hot bod was presided over by a bodyguard, several handlers and a handful of male pals. We're pretty impressed by the maturity of Tay-Tay's posse too – when the female in question started popping appetizers in his mouth, the guys didn't make fun of him.
No wonder the actor – who split with country cutie Taylor Swift back in December – seemed so happy at the bash: he could have his cake, eat it – AND have someone else serve it too!
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