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Do you remember Tinkertoys, that set of wooden sticks and spools you could build things with, wonderful things as tall as you were when you were a kid? I talked about Tinkertoys at church last Sunday, when I facilitated a question-and-answer session following Art Wright's three-week lecture on "Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife."
I talked about how all people build a "framework of understanding" to make sense of their experience. If you step outside and a bird flies past you say, "That's right; birds fly," and you hang that experience on your framework of understanding (this is where I always picture a Tinkertoy framework, with experiences hanging from it like Christmas tree ornaments). But if you step outside and a cat flies past you've got a problem; there is nowhere on your framework of understanding to hang that experience. You have to decide: "Did that really happen? Did a cat really fly past? Or did someone throw a cat across my field of vision? Or am I hallucinating?"
Birds? No problem. Cats? Big problem.
I said, "You've spent your whole life building and re-building your framework of understanding and it's precious to you. You don't want anybody to mess with it. But somewhere in there is your understanding of heaven, hell, and the afterlife, and I get the feeling that for some of you Art Wright's lecture was troubling, that some part of it messed with your Tinkertoys."
I saw heads nodding around the room.
That led into an interesting exchange about what we use to build our frameworks of understanding in the first place, and we acknowledged that much of what we have heard about heaven, hell, and the afterlife comes from books, movies, songs, and popular theology. Not all of it is authoritative. For believers, the Bible is authoritative; it's that one source we can gather around and study together with general agreement that what's in there is true.
My guess is that much of what Art Wright was teaching in his three-week lecture was biblical. He is a New Testament professor, after all, which means that he's spent a good bit of time studying the actual text of the New Testament. I've done that myself, and I'm often surprised by what's not in there as well as by what is. Sometimes it "messes with my Tinkertoys," and forces me to rebuild some part of my framework of understanding.
I don't like that.
My framework of understanding is precious to me. But it's more important to me that it be right than that it be easy, and Scripture is the best way to ensure that. It is, in almost every way, the "blueprint" by which my framework must be built.
And I mean all of scripture: not just the parts I like.
Sharon Parks has a name for that framework of understanding: she calls it "faith." I think that's a good name for it, and even though there are ways to build frameworks of understanding that don't include God, those are not ways I'm interested in. I want to build a distinctively Christian faith, one with Jesus right at the center of it. As far as heaven, hell, and the afterlife are concerned, I'm content to follow him. If I can trust Scripture on this (and I think I can), the Way that he is is the Way that leads to life abundant, overflowing, and everlasting.
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It may be senior year for some of your favorite McKinley High students, but the third season of "Glee" may feel a lot like the series' freshman season.
"Honestly reading the first script, it reminded me of 'Glee' Season One so much," star Lea Michele tells PopcornBiz of the series' renewed focus on its abundant core characters and storylines after a second season that was rife with pop artist tribute episodes and prominent/dominant guest stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Kristen Chenoweth.
"We're sticking to the story lines of our regular characters, because you know we had a great season last year but we did kind of go all over the place with guest stars and had a lot of fun with that," explains Jane Lynch. "And we're kind of honing in on these stories of these kids, especially in light in the fact that several of them will be graduating at the end of the year. With graduation looming ahead, it's not just about working for Sectionals, Regionals, Nationals—it's kind of about what these kids are going to be doing with their lives."
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That all-important final year of high school will provide much of the show's signature teenage angst, says producer Ian Brennan. "That's the thing is that's what's like the tragedy about high school: it's like as soon as you get used to being there and you finally feel at home you have to leave," Brennan explains. "And I think that's a very melancholic 'Glee' sort of thing. We toyed early on with just having it like 'M*A*S*H' and the Korean War goes on for ten years, but it didn't seem right. It seems like you can't really tell a high school story without the fact that it ends."
And of course there's going to be plenty of musical numbers. "I know that I'm going to be in the school musical," offers Michele, whose character Rachel Berry proposes that New Directions launch a production of "West Side Story" with her in lead as Maria. "It's one of my dream roles. And I know that they're going back to a lot of classic songs. From the first script it was not a lot of Top 10 hits – It was older songs, which I love and I'm so excited to sing. A lot of Broadway, which makes me really happy. I know we have some great storylines with Chris Colfer as well as Darren Criss, and I'm so excited to work with Darren. I really love him."
The faculty members will have their own ongoing plotlines as well. "My character is continuing her campaign for Congress on the Sue Sylvester American Liberty ticket," says Lynch. "She's going to be more right wing than Michele Bachman at this point I think. It's going to get heavy and it's going to get intense."
Michele admits she's of two minds when it comes to reducing the stunt casting and theme tributes. "Here's the thing: I love having our incredible guest stars, so for that I really hope that they continue to bring people on," she says. "I think it's also a great opportunity for people who may not be singers to get to come and sing and have fun. The theme episodes are incredibly hard, so if we don't do too many of those this year I think I would be okay. And then obviously the center storylines for the characters are so great. I love focusing on the main characters, but I still love our guest stars."
The actress offeres one final tidbit from the first episode: "The only bit of top secret information that I can give you is that I was really hoping that in this upcoming season I would get no slushies and no mess," she reveals. "And then like page two, script one, I'm already a mess!"
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Even as West Virginia has yet to officially announce his addition to the roster, Charles Sims is set to begin integrating himself into Mountaineer football.
According to Mike Casazza of the Charleston Daily Mail, Sims is on campus and enrolled at WVU Monday. That means Sims will be eligible to join his new Mountaineer teammates for "voluntary" summer workout sessions.
Sims announced June 21 that he would be transferring to WVU. That move came a month or so after it was reported that the running back was abruptly and unexpectedly leaving Houston. As Sims will be a grad student at WVU, he will be eligible to play immediately in 2013.
A first-team All Conference USA selection in 2011 and a second-team selection last season, Sims led the Cougars in 2012 with 851 yards rushing and 11 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 37 passes for 337 yards and three more scores.
Sims might not be the only experienced addition to WVU's backfield, however. Over the weekend, it was reported that former Pittsburgh running back Rushel Shell would be transferring to either WVU or Kentucky. Shell, who unlike Sims will have to sit out the 2013 season, will make his decision after taking visits to both schools.


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- Warner Bros. Television Animation, Amblin Entertainment
- Animaniacs Episode Guide
- Cartoon Characters: Wakko, Yakko, Dot, Thaddeus Plotz, Spartacus, Buddy, Weed Memlo, Lon Borax, Slappy Squirrel, Skippy Squirrel, Elmyra, Guenther, Bugs Bunny.
- Vocal Talent: Jess Harnell (Wakko), Rob Paulsen (Yakko), Tress MacNeille (Dot), Frank Welker (Thaddeus Plotz), Maurice LaMarche (Spartacus), Jim Cummings (Buddy), Jeff Bennett (Weed Memlo), Paul Rugg (Lon Borax), Sherri Stoner (Slappy Squirrel), Nathan Ruegger (Skippy Squirrel), Cree Summer (Elmyra), John Mariano (Guenther), Greg Burson (Bugs Bunny).
- Directed By Alfred Gimeno.
- Produced By Rich Arons, Rusty Miller, Peter Hastings, Sherri Stoner.
Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg.
Senior Producer: Tom Ruegger.
- Written By Paul Rugg.
Story: Tom Ruegger, Paul Rugg, Sherri Stoner.
- Music By Richard Stone, Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein.
Theme: Richard Stone.
- Edited By Joe Gall.
Additional Film Editing: Al Breitenbach, Kelly Ann Foley, Theresa Gilroy-Nielson, Susan Odjakjian.
- Story Editors: Tom Ruegger, Paul Rugg.
- Voice Direction: Andrea Romano.
- Storyboards: Joe Banaskiewicz, Christopher Dent, Charles Visser, Barry Caldwell, Tony Cervone, Mario D'Anna Jr., Bob Doucette, Lance Falk, Jenny Lerew, John Over, Larry Scholl, Roy Shishido, Neal Sternecky, Al Zegler.
- Model Design: Julienne Gimeno, Bob Doucette, Dareel Bowen, Barry Caldwell, Sue Crossley, Lance Falk, Frederick G. Gardner III, Greg Peters, Larry Scholl, Kexx Singleton, Al Zegler, Mark Zoeller.
- Character Layout: Ed Baker, Mark Christiansen, Kevin Frank, Tim George, Chuck Harvey, David Kuhn, Mike Milo, Phil Mosness, Cynthia Petrovic, Ryan Roberts, Joe Sibilski, Perry Zombolas.
- Prop Design: Frederick J. Gardner III.
- Sheet Timing: Jeff Hall, Tom Ray, Bill Knoll, Donna Mouliot, Costi Mustatea.
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- B.G. Key Design: Dan McHugh, Marty Strudler, Frank Frezzo, Ed Haney, Dan McHugh, Hugh Pettibone, Lou Police.
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- Background Layout: Tenny Henson, Chris Aguirre, Jim Fletcher, Ernie Guanlao, Ed Haney, David West.
- Ink And Paint Supervisor: Bunny Munns.
- Checking Supervisor: Howard Schwartz.
- Color Key: Bunny Munns, Richard Daskas, Carolyn Guske, Robin Kane, Chris Naylor, Eric Nordberg, Tina Maraccio, Linda Redondo, Don Schump, Cathy O'Leary, Mike Williams, Britt Teegarden, Kathleen I. Evans, Kathryn Gilmore, Pamela Long.
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- Sound Reading: Bradley Carow, Denise Whitfield, Steve Siracusa.
- Videotape Supervision: Jay Weinman, Scott Williams.
- Sound Mixers: Thomas J. Maydeck, C.A.S., Russell Brower.
- 2nd Engineer: Pat Rodman.
- Mix Coordinator: Richard Freeman.
- Sound FX: Russell Brower, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Thorne.
- Sound Effects Editor: Andrew I. King.
- Music Editor: Tom Lavin.
- ADR Recording: Mark Keatts.
- Dialogue Editors: Mark Keatts, Nick Brooling, Bob Lacivita, Andrew I. King, Aaron L. King, Pat Rodman, Jeff M. Slimey.
- Voice Recording Engineer: Harry Andronis.
- 2nd Engineer: Danny Shaw.
- Post Production Facility: The Post Group.
- Sound Services Provided By: Monterey Post Productions.
- Voice Recording Studio: Alpha Studios.
- Recording Administrator: Leslie Lamers.
- Voice Over Assistant: Erin Keeler.
- Amblin Story Consultant: Douglas Wood, Mary Woods, Christopher Keenan.
- Assistant To Senior Producer: Bobbie Page.
- Laboratory Services: C.F.I.
- Production Assistants: Bruno Boscher, Bill Devine, Shaun MacLaughlin, Tom Pniewski, Ralph Soll, Marcus Williams, Geno Dubois, Dustin Foster, Bobbie Page, John Morris, Paul Trandahl.
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- Production Administrators: Chuck Ansel, Alyson Brown, Maria Womack.
- Production Supervision: Barbara Simon Dierks, Ken Duer, Joey Franks, Clive Nakayashiki, Liza-Ann Warren.
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More than 5,000 gun rights advocates swarmed the Capitol for a rally Thursday, cheering as a parade of lawmakers who opposed New York's new gun control law lauded the Second Amendment and blasted the new law's backers.
"This is probably one of the most egregious acts by government I've seen defying our nation's history," said Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua. "It's time to repeal this law."
Called the SAFE Act by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, its principal backer, the gun control measure broadened the definition of banned assault weapons and made magazines containing more than seven bullets unlawful. It also increased penalties for illegal gun possession, reduced public access to gun permit information and allowed mental health professionals to report concerns about a gun-owning patient harming himself or others.
The bill passed quickly last month, through a "message of necessity" that waived the legally required three-day waiting period. The Senate, led by a Republican-dominated coalition, passed the measure by a 43-18 vote less than two hours after the bill's text became public. The Democrat-dominated Assembly passed the bill the next day, and Cuomo signed it.
While Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos voted for the bill and allowed it to come to the floor — a key action that allowed it to become law — rally organizers directed their enmity toward Cuomo. One attendee, though, held a sign that said, "Hey, Skelos, try growen' a pair." Speakers at a smaller rally held earlier this month, headlined by former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, denounced Skelos more directly.
Several members of the Republican conference spoke at the rally to denounce the bill.
"I have never seen a crowd this big," said Sen. John Bonacic, a Republican from the Hudson Valley. "You inspire me to fight on."
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That group's president, Tom King, had said 10,000 people would come to the rally. A dense crowd filled West Capitol Park as well as sidewalks along Swan Street, State Street and Washington Avenue, and organizers said over 80 buses brought in ralliers from around the state. State Police Lt. Robert Poisson said the crowd was "over 5,000," though estimation is an inexact science. He said there were no law enforcement issues, and that from a police perspective the rally was "quite uneventful."
NRA President David Keene traveled to town for the rally, and said Cuomo pushed the bill "on the altar of his own ambition and on the ego of Michael Bloomberg of New York City."
Cuomo has defended the gun law, often noting that public opinion polls have found at least 2/3 of voters surveyed support it. He has characterized the dissent — including resolutions passed by half the state's counties — as the actions of a "vocal minority." A Siena Research Institute survey released earlier this month found 50 percent of Upstate voters supported the measure, compared to 46 percent who were opposed.
"People don't agree about gun control," Cuomo said Wednesday. "It's difficult. Look at the conversations in Washington D.C."
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Bryan Talbot and Ramsey Campbell sign Creatures of the Pool
Saturday 26 September 13:00 – 14:30
Forbidden Planet London Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR
To promote the release of Ramsey Campbell and Bryan Talbot's new book Creatures of the Pool, FORBIDDEN PLANET and PS PUBLISHING have gathered a horror-host of talent together for a one-off spook-tacular signing. This will be a free-form, open event, bringing guests out from behind their tables and giving their fans a chance to meet them and talk about their work. Come and meet: –
• Doug 'Pinhead' Bradley • Ramsey Campbell • Pete Crowther • James Hannah • Angus McKenzie • Bryan Talbot • Rio Youers
You can discover why Gavin Meadows gives guided tours of Liverpool; find out what brought settlers to the Pool, what used to take place in the cellars of Whitechapel – and what drove Virginia Woolf's uncle mad. As Gavin and his partner Lucinda delve deeper, they're confronted by the truth behind the legends and they encounter what has always lived under the city. Read Creatures from the Pool – and find out what will come up from the dark…
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Summer Grilling the Cypriot Way
When summer temperatures climb well above 100 degrees in Cyprus, the grilling begins.
On this small island in the eastern Mediterranean, cooking moves outside in the warm weather to wood-fired clay ovens and charcoal grills. When Stelios Papageorgiou and his wife Dora grew up in northern Cyprus in the 1960s, summer meals often came from the grill—especially on weekends, when their fathers grilled kebabs (souvla) and meatballs (sheftalia) outdoors.
Those traditions live on in Cyprus today, with halloumi (a brined cheese made with sheep and/or goat's milk), koupepia (stuffed grape leaves), salads, and pickles round out the grilled meal. "In summer everybody makes souvla," Stelios says. "When you go to visit a friend, souvla, koupepia, sheftalia, and halloumi are always on the table."
Stelios, 55, and Dora, 53, are the longtime owners of Zenon Taverna,* a Greek-Cypriot restaurant in Astoria, Queens—a neighborhood that's home to a famously large community of immigrants from the Greek mainland and neighboring islands. There you can get your very own taste of the Cypriot grilling tradition, souvla and all.
* Stelios and his family fled Cyprus following the 1974 Turkish invasion. Listen to how he became a chef in the U.S. in his own words.
To see just what goes into these specialties, we spent a morning in the kitchen with the Papageorgious and their daughter Elena to see how it's all done. Working in a New York kitchen has its drawbacks—limited grill space means they have to par-cook some dishes under a broiler and finish them on the grill for char—but their recipes haven't changed much from what they learned years ago.
Both seafood and lamb make appearances in Cypriot grilling, but mostly for special occasions; pork is the country's mainstay meat (though notably not among the north's Muslim-Turkish population).
Lountza is a Cypriot pork delicacy that's usually prepared in specialty shops, but when the Papageorgious couldn't find any they decided to make their own. First they marinate pork tenderloin in dry red wine, coriander seeds, salt, and pepper for ten days so it takes on a slightly cured ham-like texture. Then they smoke the meat in an oven.
In Cyprus, dense slices of savory lountza are pressed into panino-like sandwiches with salty halloumi, tomato, and cucumber—a popular beach snack. At Zenon Taverna the dish comes deconstructed: lountza and halloumi get browned under a broiler (a time-saving necessity in a busy kitchen with a small grill) and then lightly charred on the grill. They're plated simply with a sprinkling of fresh lemon juice.
Loukaniko, a fragrant pork sausage, also starts with a cure. Fattier cuts of pork are marinated with red wine, coriander, salt, pepper, and fragrant schinus seeds (from a Cypriot pepper tree), which the Papageorgious bring back from their annual trips to Cyprus. Then they trim the excess fat, grind the meat, and stuff it into pork intestine casings.
As with the lountza, the loukaniko is first cooked under a broiler and then charred quickly on the grill and cut into bit-size pieces as an appetizer. The coarsely ground sausage is fairly lean, all the better to let the bold flavors of the marinade come through. Loukaniko's flavor varies from home to home—some are all about chunks of leek, others about orange peel—but the Papageorgious' sausage keeps coriander front and center, crushed seeds included.
Then there's sheftalia: ground pork, fresh parsley, onion, and breadcrumbs (to absorb some of the fat) mixed into elongated meatballs and wrapped in caul fat. These are grilled all the way through on the grill until the caul fat is well browned and crunchy. They're topped with lemon juice and stuffed into a pita with parsley, tomato, cucumber, onion, and dabs of piccalilli, tahina, or tzatziki.
Ground pork also makes an appearance in traditional Cypriot koupepia. (In health-conscious America, the Papageorgious have learned to make their stuffed grape leaves with ground chicken, as shown here.) First the ground pork is lightly sautéed with onions. Then comes cooked rice, dried mint, parsley, tomato paste, and lemon juice. The mixture is rolled into grape leaves and boiled for 45 minutes, then served warm, with a spritz of fresh lemon juice.
In Cyprus, small portions of these dishes—called meze—are eaten with salads, olives, pickles, and dips as part of long, leisurely meals. These meals, shared with friends and family, wind on into summer nights, served course by course over five or six hours.
"Meze is one of the most important things in Cyprus," Stelios says. "When we meet the family we have the meze. It's a lot of food. You have to sit there for hours, talking and eating and drinking."
So What Is Cypriot Food?
Located at the confluence of trade routes connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, Cyprus has been influenced by centuries of traders and invaders from France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, and Britain.
"All those cultures passed through [Cyprus]," says Elena, 27. "We got the best of the food," Stelios adds. (You can listen to him wax rhapsodic about his country's food here.)
He's joking, but those diverse influences are apparent in Cypriot cooking, where Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors are seamlessly mingled.
Cyprus is closer to Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey than it is to Greece. But Greek-Cypriots, like the Papageorgious, have deep cultural and culinary ties to Greece, dating back to Alexander the Greatís conquests.
Still, food in Cyprus is distinct. While Greek cooks generally favor dill and tomato sauces, Cypriot dishes are lighter and brighter, seasoned with mint, cumin, coriander, thyme, bay leaves, and even curry powder. (The ground spice blend, sourced from an Indian grocery, livens up the Papageorgious' moussaka and several meat sauces at Zenon Taverna.)
Greeks usually grill their meat whole, but Cypriots prefer to chop lamb and pork into smaller pieces (called souvla) and slowly cook them over moderate heat for juicier end results. Curing meat in wine is also a Cypriot specialty. And when it comes to sweets, Cypriots prefer fragrant rose water, while Greeks typically favor honey.
Lemon juice and vinegar also impart sharp, tangy flavors to many Cypriot dishes. Take tzatziki—yogurt blended with shredded cucumber and garlic, a Greek standard. Rather than adding dill (as Greeks sometimes do), the Papageorgious spike theirs with vinegar and mint, giving it a refreshing, acidic bite.
Olives and pickled vegetables are also beloved in Cyprus. Piccalilli, a vinegary, mustardy minced vegetable relish with roots in British India (the Brits also occupied Cyprus during the 19th and 20th centuries), is always on the table with grilled meats, and earthy-sour pickled caper leaves are often tossed in with summer salads.
For more intel, be sure to check out the best things we ate in Cyprus.
— Anne Noyes Saini and Mark Rinaldi
Mark Rinaldi writes about global cuisine and culture over at his blog, Cooked Earth, where he is cooking and documenting a meal from every country on Earth, alphabetically. He likes hot chilies, cold beer, and death metal.
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A deadly anniversary
A sad, but important, anniversary is marked Saturday.
One hundred and fifty-eight years ago, April 13, 1861, Fort Sumter surrendered to Confederate troops, ending the first battle of the Civil War.
A day earlier, the rebels had opened fire on the fort that sat in the middle of Charleston Bay in South Carolina.
The battle erupted two months after the Confederate States of America was formed in February 1861 by delegates from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana. By the time of the shelling of Fort Sumter, those six states were joined in the confederacy by Texas.
Certainly the movie "Lincoln" and the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin have sparked a revival of the study of the Civil War.
What has always struck us is the sheer number of Americans who died in this family fight. A New York Times story said that new research indicates the official figure of 618,222 — 360,222 from the North and 258,000 from the South — may be far too low.
A demographic historian at New York's Binghamton University now estimates the figure at 750,000 — and the Times story says other historians are beginning to agree with that figure.
But the point today is that the bloodiest war in United States history was the family fight that began with the shelling of Fort Sumter. Sometimes today one hears fringe elements talking about this state or that state "ought to secede" over an issue like Obamacare.
Those may be idle comments, but secession shouldn't be bandied about lightly. We proved once it is a very deadly subject.
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Energy storage a key to wind, solar backup
The Boston Globe
October 30, 2011
Let's imagine that new wind turbines or solar panels are being installed near where you live. Maybe if you are lucky enough to live on the coast, it's a new system to generate power from the ocean's waves.
What happens on those days when there's no breeze, no sun, or no surf - or on those blazing July afternoons when your town's electrical needs exceed what nature can provide?
The answer is that you'd get power supplied from more traditional sources. In New England, that means a plant powered by natural gas, radioactive rods, oil, or coal - producing greenhouse gases or facing the challenge of handling spent nuclear fuel.
But a handful of companies around the region are designing new kinds of energy storage systems that could provide a different answer, perhaps helping to speed the spread of renewable power. Using large-scale battery banks or serpentine pipes filled with compressed air, they hope to capture the power produced by a wind turbine or solar panel and release it to the electrical grid when it is most needed. Both approaches would have zero emissions...
In New Hampshire, not far from Seabrook Nuclear Power Station, a start-up called SustainX is designing and testing compressed air storage systems. Founder Dax Kepshire [Th'06, '09] says the technology could store power from any sort of generating facility. ... Founded in 2007 as a spin-out from Dartmouth, SustainX has raised $24 million in private financing, along with a $5.4 million grant from the Department of Energy.


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Bangkok (băng´kŏk´), Thai Krung Thep, city (1990 pop. 8,538,610), capital of Thailand and of Bangkok prov., SW Thailand, on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand. Thailand's largest city and one of the leading cities of Southeast Asia, Bangkok lies in the heart of the country's major commercial rice-growing region. The metropolitan area includes Bangkok proper, the industrial city of Thon Buri on the west bank of the river, and Klongtoi Wharf, c.5 mi (8 km) downstream, which, along with Bangkok's artificial harbor, handles the bulk of Thailand's foreign trade. The city is the hub of a continental Southeast Asian railroad network and has modern highways; congestion on its roads led to the opening of an elevated light-rail system in 1999 and subway system in 2004. Its nearby international airport (opened 2006) is one of the busiest in Asia. Bangkok's once numerous canals were formerly an integral part of its transport system, but development has resulted in many being filled in.
Processed food, wood, and textiles are leading exports. Industrial plants include rice mills, cement factories, sawmills, oil refineries, and shipyards. Textiles, motor vehicles, electrical goods, and food products are also manufactured. The city is a famous jewelry trading center, dealing in silver and bronze ware and precious stones. Ethnic Chinese dominate both commerce and industry in Bangkok, whose population includes sizable Indian, Pakistani, European, and American communities.
The city began as a small trading center and port community serving Ayutthaya, the capital of Siam until its destruction by Burmese invaders in 1767. Thon Buri became the capital in 1769, but in 1782, King Rama I, founder of the present Chakkri dynasty, built his royal palace on the east bank of the river and made Bangkok his capital. The vast, walled Grand Palace complex encompasses the Wat Phra Kaew, the royal chapel housing the sacred image of the Emerald Buddha. There are more than 400 other Buddhist temples in Bangkok. During World War II the city was occupied by the Japanese and was a target of Allied bombing raids. More recently the city has been endangered by subsidence; the sinking is due both to the effects of development (including the depletion of aquifers beneath Bangkok) and to natural geologic process.
Bangkok is home of the regional headquarters of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), as well as many other international businesses and organizations. Bangkok's educational and cultural facilities include five universities, a fine arts academy, the national theater, and the national museum, which has a large collection of Thai antiquities. Of particular interest is the daily floating market, in which merchandise is sold aboard boats on canals.


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DragoonWraith wrote:Again, though, doesn't really work for low fantasy.
D20 just doesn't seem granular enough to me, particularly when dealing with the ability damage. In your system, a base attribute of 5 doesn't give a lot of leeway when you're talking about racking up ability damage in a fight.Morty wrote:I'll consider it if I ever switch from d20 to d100, which remains a possibility at this stage, if I find out d20 really doesn't suit my purposes.
Cool. I'd like to see it.Also, I've recently had an idea for a health measurement system that doesn't rely on HP and doesn't rip off other systems blatantly... but I'm not sure if it doesn't belong in my system's thread.
TheCripple wrote:Lets take a d20 example. For this, I'm setting 1 die of damage plus 1 die per 3 points over the opponents defense. There is a -1 penalty per (1/4 Threshold) points. Any shot that deals over 20 damage for a Medium creature is an instant kill, it takes another 5 points for every size category higher. On to examples, with what should be obvious stats, with what is rolled on the dice shown for attack.
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Meshe Fruit Bowl
Kitchenware Design Focus: Meshe Fruit Bowl
A Good Kitchenware design example, the Meshe is a creative Fruit Bowl design. Meshe was designed in 2010, and here is a how it is described by its designer: Meshe is a fruit bowl unlike any other with a very organic design, the design symbolizes the relationship between man and women with its spiral built.
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While free movement is at the heart of the European project, the merits and impacts of intra-EU mobility have come under significant scrutiny recently amid public anxiety about competition for jobs and exploitation of welfare systems. This report provides a detailed assessment of free movement, motivations for migration, and challenges countries may need to address as intra-EU mobility enters its next phase.
The U.S. government has increased its attention to public security issues in Mexico and Central America since 2007. This report suggest the policy emphasis has begun to shift away from the earlier focus on combating drug trafficking and transnational crime toward addressing the citizen security crisis.
Thailand is well positioned to take advantage of the benefits of migration. This brief examines the country's migration challenges and two basic approaches to regularizing labor migration: Memoranda of Understanding with migrant-sending neighbors and nationality verification as a preliminary step for work permit application by unauthorized immigrants.
Predeparture orientation programs have emerged as an important tool for the protection of migrant workers for a number of Asian states. This brief examines the strengths, limitations, and areas for improvement of this intervention.
A discussion with Dr. Noppawan Tanpipat, Vice President, National Science and Technology Development Agency; Frank Laczko, Head, Migration Research Division, IOM; Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, Regional Research Officer, IOM, and Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute (MPI); and Kathleen Newland, Director of Migrants, Migration, and Development, Migration Policy Institute (MPI).
This brief provides a background on the displacement and evacuation of migrant workers caught in the Libyan civil war. It highlights questions raised as a result of this crisis regarding the response of the international community, discusses lessons learned from the Libyan experience, and identifies policy recommendations for addressing the protection needs of labor migrants during humanitarian crises.
This discussion highlights the best practices and experiences of different countries in engaging and maximizing the contributions that diasporas can and do make to the development of their country of origin, and more broadly the experience of policymakers in both sending and receiving countries and the related challenges and opportunities they face.
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VANCOUVER, WA -- The mystery surrounding the buyer of Nautilus Inc.'s commercial assets may have been resolved—somewhat.
In the completion of the sale that was announced last week, Nautilus said that it had relinquished the licensing of certain assets of its commercial business to Xiamen World Gear Sports Goods Co. Ltd., an affiliate and permitted assignee of Fit Dragon International Ltd. Under terms of the agreement, Nautilus will receive $10.9 million—$7.9 million at closing, $2 million within 60 days and another $1 million over the next three years. The Vancouver, WA-based company also retains certain rights to the Schwinn brand and will continue to market Schwinn fitness products in the consumer channel.
Xiamen World Gear Sports Goods, or World Gear, is also known as Xiamen, China-based manufacturing plant Land America Health and Fitness Co., which Nautilus planned to purchase in 2007. After Sherborne Investors took control of the Nautilus board in 2008, it terminated the $63 million purchase. Gregg Hammann, who lauded the proposed purchase as Nautilus' CEO in 2007 and now is the CEO of Power Plate International, declined Club Industry's request to discuss matters concerning Nautilus.
Fit Dragon International, which few in the industry had heard of when the sale was announced last month, currently has operations in Asia, North America and Europe, with approximately 3,000 employees. In a statement last month, Reed Brown, general counsel for Fit Dragon, said Nautilus' Schwinn and StairMaster brands will be marketed through Fit Dragon's affiliate, Core Fitness LLC, which will be hiring current and former Nautilus employees who were responsible for both brands.
Nautilus says it is continuing to work with Robert W. Baird & Co. to divest its remaining commercial assets, including Nautilus-branded strength and cardio lines as well as its manufacturing plant in Independence, VA.
The company also announced that a federal income tax refund of approximately $12.1 million, which it previously expected to receive by March 31, is now expected to be received before Jan. 31.
"With the sale of these commercial assets and our anticipated federal tax refund, we enter 2010 with a much improved balance sheet and as a more focused and healthier company," Nautilus CEO Edward Bramson said in a statement.


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An exceptionally warm hat for the snow-shoveling Super Hero in your life. An easy-to-work, double-layer design with a subtly contrasting turn-up brim to give four layers of fabric to keep the ears cozy.
An excellent introduction to shaped double-knitting, this pattern features easy to follow written instructions and some charts.
If you would like a hand with this project, please see my companion Tutorial, The DK Hats.
The Super-Hero Hat is pictured in Celestial Merino 2-ply Fingering Weight. Hat A is in Navy and Scarlet; Hat B is in Royal Blue and Turquoise.
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Easy Strawberry Shortcake
WHEN I married in 1946, my sister-in-law was a big help in sharing her recipes and cooking expertise and I aspired to be as good a cook as she was. Many of her recipes are still our favorites. Although I've tried a few other recipes for strawberry shortcake over the years, I always come back to this one. --Janice Mitchell, Aurora, Colorado
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes2 servings
- 1-1/2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 7 teaspoons sugar, divided
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- In a small bowl, mash the strawberries; stir in sugar. Cover and refrigerate until serving.
- For biscuits, in a large bowl, combine the flour, 4-1/2 teaspoons sugar, baking powder, salt, cream of tarter and baking soda. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in buttermilk and vanilla until moistened.
- Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface; knead 8-10 times. Shape into two 4-in. circles. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450° for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown.
- To assemble, split shortcakes in half. Place cake bottoms on dessert plates. Top each with half of the strawberry mixture. Replace shortcake tops.
- In a small bowl, beat the cream until it begins to thicken. Add remaining sugar; beat until stiff peaks form. Dollop onto shortcakes.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 896 calories, 47g fat (20g saturated fat), 83mg cholesterol, 842mg sodium, 109g carbohydrate (57g sugars, 4g fiber), 10g protein.
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As the US Department of Justice continues its investigation into Google's $125m book-scanning settlement with American authors and publishers, the EU has cranked up its own review of the controversial pact.
On September 7, Bloomberg reports, the European Commission will hold a hearing where interested parties can comment on the settlement, a tentative agreement that would give Google a kind of legal monopoly in the digital book market. Participants were invited to the EU hearing three weeks ago.
The EU first said it would examine the Google Books settlement in May, after a complaint from Germany was backed by Britain and France. But at this point, the commission says it's merely conducting a fact-finding mission, not a formal investigation.
With its invitation to the September hearing, the commission said it is "seeking precise details on the exact scope of the settlement" and "how many European works or publications will potentially be affected."
In October, Google settled a lawsuit from the US Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers over its Google Book Search project, which seeks to digitize works inside big-name libraries across the globe. The settlement creates a "Book Rights Registry" where authors and publishers can resolve copyright claims in exchange for a cut of Google's revenues.
But it also gives the web giant an eternal license to scan and sell and post ads against "orphan works," titles whose rights are controlled by authors and publishers who can't be identified or located. And that license is something anyone else would have.
Earlier this month, the US DoJ confirmed its antitrust probe of the pact when deputy attorney general William F. Cavanaugh sent a letter to the federal judge overseeing the proposed settlement. "The United States has reviewed public comments expressing concern that aspects of the settlement agreement may violate the Sherman Act," Cavanaugh wrote.
"At this preliminary stage, the United States has reached no conclusions as to the merit of those concerns or more broadly what impact this settlement may have on competition. However, we have determined that the issues raised by the proposed settlement warrant further inquiry."
Google did not immediately respond to request for comment. But when Bloomberg asked about the EU hearing, the company said: "This is a really important issue to discuss - how we can use the Internet to bring back to life millions of books in Europe that will otherwise be lost... This is at the heart of what we have done in the US in agreement with authors and publishers."
Naturally, Google doesn't see the problem with its settlement, which still requires court approval. In May, Google senior vice president and chief legal officer David Drummond said that "anyone who wanted to go scan" books could "come up with a similar outcome," meaning anyone else could reach their own settlement. But that would involve scanning millions of library books without regard for copyright and getting sued for multi-millions of dollars.
Yes, Google's $125m settlement is the result of a lawsuit from American authors and publishers, but it would no doubt have an enormous effect on foreign authors as well. Mary Minow of the LibraryLaw Blog estimates that around 50 per cent of the books already scanned by Google are not in English, arguing that at least three million works covered by the settlement are foreign works. And many of these, she contends, will be orphans.
"The largest group of non-active rights holders are likely to be foreign authors," she writes. "In spite of Google's efforts to publicize the settlement abroad, I suspect that most foreign rights owners of out-of-print books will fail to register with the Registry.
"For one, they may not know that their book is still protected by copyright in the US. In addition, they may assume that international network of reproduction rights organizations would manage their royalties and not understand the need to register separately."
For instance, under the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), foreign copyright holders needn't register with the US in order to maintain their rights stateside. But if Google's settlement goes through, authors couldn't protect themselves from Google abuse without explicitly registering with Google.
"If I'm a French author, TRIPS says I don't have to register claim in the US to be afforded copyright protection," says Peter Brantley of the Internet Archive, which has launched its own book scanning operation and has loudly objected to Google's pact.
"There is concern that the Google settlement's claiming mechanism runs counter to TRIPs... Clearly, there are a set of issues that impact international authors." ®


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text: Share: May 22, 2011 Drinking Water What does new science tell us about the risks to drinking water?Most Poughkeepsie Journal readers are aware New York state has rich natural gas reserves. Accessing them requires using a controversial extraction process called hydraulic fracturing (more commonly "hydrofracking"), which involves injecting a solution of chemicals, silica and a great deal of water into shale boreholes to release trapped gas.Environmentalists and homeowners have raised concerns about the effects of hydrofracking. These concerns range from noise pollution, property devaluation and greatly increased truck traffic on rural roads to well water contamination. Fears have been fueled by the documentary film "Gasland," which featured footage of homeowners near fracking sites who were able to set fire to the water coming out of their kitchen taps.In a series of websites and blogs, the natural gas industry has claimed that fiery taps are the result of methane gas that occurs naturally in shale-rich areas conducive to hydrofracking. They've also noted that since the wells featured in "Gasland" were not tested prior to hydrofracking, it is likely that flammable hydrocarbons were always present.The debate has been acrimonious. After all, there's been little scientific evidence on either side. Just anecdotal stories from homeowners whose wells became flammable and useless after hydrofracking. And plausible claims from gas-drilling companies that flammable hydrocarbons could occur in the absence of hydrofracking.Enter science.In a recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists from Duke University have shown that in both New York and Pennsylvania, the likelihood of a drinking water well being contaminated by methane is much higher when the well sits near an active hydrofracking site.Wells more than a kilometer from hydrofracking sites had low methane concentrations (about 1 mg/liter, which poses no threat), while wells closest to hydrofracking sites had methane concentrations 20-60 times higher. Not only are wells at the high end of contamination an explosion hazard, but according to the U.S .Department of the Interior, once they exceed 30 mgs/liter — they require mitigation.In the study, dangerous methane levels were recorded only once in a well situated more than a kilometer away from hydrofracking activity. On the flipside, there were 14 wells with elevated methane within a kilometer of hydrofracking activity, and 10 of these wells had methane levels well above 30 mg/liter.It is also true that some of the wells near hydrofracking did not have high methane concentrations. So what the study shows is that there is a strong likelihood hydrofracking may cause significantly elevated methane concentrations in some — but not all — drilling situations.Does this study prove that hydrofracking causes dangerously high levels of methane in drinking water wells?The type of science used here is called correlation. The authors were able to relate the concentration of methane in drinking water wells with their distance from hydrofracking operations. This is strong but imperfect evidence. It is similar to the evidence that lung cancer risk increases with tobacco use. Not every smoker gets lung disease. Nevertheless, the correlative evidence for smoking is that it increases the risk of lung disease to populations of smokers.What does this study mean for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing in New York state?First of all, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is an unbiased, esteemed, peer-reviewed scientific journal. It is not influenced by groups who support or who are opposed to hydrofracking. This means the science, unlike blogs or movies, can be trusted. Clearly we need more studies. But this study strongly suggests that until the methane contamination concerns can be disproven by further work — hydrofracking should not be allowed in New York state.We hope that regulators read the paper. Share: Feature Study ties hydrofracking, water contamination › May 22, 2011


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Five months after a former student was convicted for sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman, Stanford University banned hard liquor in undergraduate on-campus parties, a policy the school said was enacted to root out the negative consequences of high-risk drinking at college.
President John L. Hennessy and Provost John Etchemendy announced the new student alcohol policy in a letter sent Monday to all new and returning undergraduates. In a letter to undergraduates, Vice Provost for Student Affairs Greg Boardman reminded the students that "we are all partners in a shared Stanford experience." It is "our obligation to one another," he wrote, to "embody respect, accountability, and a sense of community." He urged students not to "work around" the new rules, but to be help solve a national problem.
Beer and wine are the only alcoholic beverages that can be present at all on-campus undergraduate student parties, the new policy says.
The decision to enact the stricter rules comes after the Brock Turner sex assault case, where a 22-year-old woman who was intoxicated said she was assaulted and raped by the former university swimmer in January 2015. Turner also had been drinking, and as part of his sentence must undergo mandatory drug and alcohol counseling.
Campus spokeswoman Lisa Lapin told the Chronicle that the policy was not directly related to the Turner case, but came out of general concern and is part of the school's efforts to examine educational efforts and policies around alcohol use.
Still, the policy is an outgrowth of dialogue that has been taking place among students, faculty and staff since March — the month Turner was sentenced to six months in jail after being convicted of three felony counts of sexual assault. The relatively light sentence -- he could have faced up to 14 years in prison -- received national attention of what critics say is universities' blind eye toward "rape culture."
Stanford University law professor Michele Dauber, however, believes that banning hard liquor could actually increase the number of sexual assaults on campus.
"It may have the unintended consequence of driving that behavior indoors with closed doors, rather than at public parties so students may actually have an increased risk of sexual assault," she said.
Dauber also said Stanford's ban supports the idea that alcohol is to blame for sexual assaults. According to court records, Turner blamed his actions on binge drinking and a party culture on campus.
"We need to understand alcohol helps victims become more helpless, but it doesn't turn normal people into offenders," Dauber said. "Alcohol did not make Brock Turner commit his crime."
The university cited social anxiety in its reasoning for many students who start to drink and feel alienated, which the university said is "unacceptable."
"High-risk drinking is not a problem unique to Stanford," the university said, "but we believe that the strategies we pursue to address the negative consequences of this behavior must be rooted in our particular campus culture and our respect for one another."
But some students said they don't think the ban will make a difference. Instead, Sam Davis fears that it might encourage students to imbibe hard liquor "more secretively."
"I don't think it's hard alcohol specifically," he added. "It's intertwined with the college culture we have now."
Other universities in California have various alcohol policies: At the University of California at Berkeley, students over 21 can have alcohol but not in common areas like dorms or study areas, and minors cannot be in the presence of alcohol. At San Jose State University, minors can be arrested for having alcohol and students can't keep empty bottles or cans as decorations. At Santa Clara University, dorms are subject to inspection.
NBC Bay Area's Sara Halvorson contributed to this report.


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Liberty spikers stand tall in Texas, fall to champion Iowa St.
April 6, 2013 | Dallas, Texas
Playing in the Dallas Convention Center, as one of 360 teams competing on 52 courts, was an incredible experience for Liberty University's men's volleyball team in the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation Collegiate Club Volleyball National Championships held this past Thursday through Saturday.
"It was terrific," Flames head coach Bryan Rigg said. "I love Texas. Everything's bigger in Texas."
Adjusting to the depth perception of playing in a larger arena wasn't too difficult, but there were other challenging factors to consider, besides the competition.
"You were surrounded by courts, 10 feet to your right and left, and hearing 30 whistles on one play from the refs made for a totally different atmosphere," Rigg said. "I bet we had to stop five plays per match with balls rolling into play."
The Flames exceeded expectations, finishing fifth out of 24 teams in the Division IAAA field after coming in with a 7-19 record that qualified them as the 20th seed.
"Our work as a whole for the three days was probably some of the best volleyball we've played all year," Rigg said.
Liberty won four of its five matches in Thursday's and Friday's pool play to advance to the Gold Bracket, or championship flight. There, the Flames lost to top-seeded eventual tournament champion Iowa State 19-25, 29-27, 15-9 in Saturday morning's first match of the single-elimination playoffs.
"We probably should have won that one," Rigg said. "In the second game, we were leading 23-21, two points from closing it out. Unfortunately, they held on and gained momentum going into the third game. They had a very good outside hitter, who was the overall MVP for Division IAAA."
Senior setter Jamie Stedjan earned honorable mention all-tournament team honors, leading the Flames with 131 assists and 18 blocks, ranking second with 34 digs, just one behind libero Josiah Williams, and adding nine kills.
"He had one very inspirational play in the Iowa State match where he jumps off the playing court and leaps over a row of chairs to save a ball and brought it back into play," Rigg said.
Liberty opened the tournament by beating Penn State-Harrisburg 25-11, 25-19, Central Michigan 25-17, 25-18, and Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 18-25, 25-15, 15-10.
"The first day was very important," Rigg said. "We went 3-0 to put us on our trajectory for the Gold Bracket."
In Friday's pool play, the Flames lost a three-game match to Vanderbilt, 25-23, 24-26, 15-7, before bouncing back to beat Washington State 25-20, 15-25, 16-14.
"Vanderbilt had an amazing outside hitter," Rigg said. "Probably 75 percent of every kill they got came from him. Washington State was a much smaller team, but had very good defense and passing."
Outside hitters Derek Abildness (51 kills, 20 digs, eight blocks) and Ethan Chase (46 kills, 19 digs, 10 blocks, seven aces) led Liberty's attack while middle blocker Sam Eisbrenner (33 kills) posted a team-high 22 blocks (1.4 per game) and Williams and Steven Abbott combined for 64 digs to anchor the defense.
After reaching the Silver Bracket in the Division IAA tournament, last year in Kansas City, Liberty did at least as well by making it to the Gold Bracket in Division IAAA in Dallas.
"Half the team was young guys who had never made it to the tournament before," Rigg said. "We were a little younger, but I think our team this year was better."
The Flames' desire is to compete in the Division IA bracket of next year's national tournament, which will be played in Reno, Nev. Divisional placement and seedings are largely determined by a team's regular season national ranking.
"On the flight home, I was able to speak with some of the freshmen and sophomores," Rigg said. "The core that is staying is really solid and they are dedicated to move up into single A next year. Our goal for the fall is, after hosting two or three tournaments, to be nationally ranked going into January of 2014."


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I'm trying to do something that I thought would be quite simple: Rename all attachments of a given extension.
Everything works except the actual rename. I can't figure out how to rename the files... Using Execute doesn't work, since it takes only up to 2 parameters, and I can't Execute, for example, "cmd.exe /c ren file.exe file.xxx".
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Main Material : silicone and silver |
Length (mm) : 70 |
Fitting Type : Post or Stud |
Dimensions (mm) : 70 x 16 x 16 |
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Metal : sterling silver |
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Wire Material : silver |
Finish : oxidised silver
Add a pop of colour with these vibrant long chain drop earrings. the silicone is very lightweight so perfect for everyday wear.
Colours may vary slightly from the picture. Best colour description - vermillion orange.
Designed and handmade by Jenny Llewellyn.
Taking care of your silicone jewellery
• All silicone pieces glow in the dark
• To see pieces glow, place under a bright or UV light
then take to a dark room and see them glow!
• The silicone is very flexible but should be handled gently, please
take care not to pull silicone parts away from the silver
• Do not spray any cosmetic products directly on to the jewellery
• For silicone parts: wet your hands and gently rub the silicone between fingers, (a little washing up liquid can also be used). Dry with a hair dryer. Once completely dry dab a little unperfumed talcum powder over the surface and rub off excess.
• For Silver parts: Matt Finsh - use a green scourer and rub over silver parts to remove any stains/marks on the surface. Or brush a little toothpaste or pumice powder over silver parts and rinse off. For shiney finish, a silver cloth can be used
• For gold plated pieces: Dust with a soft cloth or wash in warm soapy water, rinse and pat dry. Be extra careful with Gold Plated Jewellery not to scuff, keep separate from other jewellery which may scratch it. Keep protected in a jewellery box.
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Nineteen Macomb County schools ranked in the top 5 percent in Michigan for academic achievement under a new rating system adopted by the Michigan Department of Education.
The Michigan Department of Education released data Thursday that provides new measurements of student achievement on the state's two assessment exams: the Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) tests for students in grades K-8 and the American College Test for high school students.
According to the department, Reward Schools include the top 5 percent on Top-to-Bottom rankings of all Michigan schools and the top 5 percent of buildings that made the greatest academic progress over the previous four years.
'We applaud the hard work and achievement of the educators and students in our Reward Schools because they zeroed in on improving learning,' said Mike Flanagan, state superintendent of public instruction.
'We need to instill that goal in so many more schools in order to help all kids be career- and college-ready and successful in life.'
The 19 county schools are: Ashley Elementary (Anchor Bay); Great Oaks Elementary (Anchor Bay); Krause Early Elementary (Armada); Cherokee Elementary (Chippewa Valley); Fitzgerald High; Schofield Elementary (Fitzgerald); Global Preparatory Academy; Violet Elementary (Lake Shore); Green Elementary (L'Anse Creuse); Carkenord Elementary (L'Anse Creuse); Lee Elementary (Richmond); Crissman Elementary (Utica); Davis Junior High (Utica); Duncan Elementary (Utica); Messmore Elementary (Utica); Morgan Elementary (Utica); Switzer Elementary (Utica); Black Elementary (Warren Con); Jefferson Elementary (Warren Con).
One school, Fitzgerald High School, made the Reward list after previously being listed as a 'persistently low achieving' school under state standards.
'This confirms that setting high expectations, communicating those expectations to parents and students and quality, focused instruction does make a difference,' said Barbara VanSweden, Fitzgerald superintendent. 'We are celebrating today but realize that the work continues so that all Fitzgerald students are successful in the classroom and are prepared to attend college and pursue a career.'
The new rating system was established after Michigan was granted a waiver from meeting all the guidelines of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
The system includes two other categories called Focus and Priority schools. Focus schools are identified for having wide achievement gaps from the highest- to lowest-performing students. Priority schools are those that rank in the bottom 5 percent or have a graduation rate of less than 60 percent for three consecutive years.
The five county schools designated as Priority Schools East Detroit High School (East Detroit), Mount Clemens High School and three facilities for special needs students operated by the Macomb Intermediate School District: Bozymowski Center, Glen H. Peters School and Maple Lane School.
Two dozen Macomb County schools landed in a third new category called Focus Schools. These schools were designated because of significant gaps between the highest- and lowest-achieving students.
Schools on that list include: Crothers and Peck elementary schools (Center Line); L'Anse Creuse Middle School – Central and Graham Elementary (L'Anse Creuse); Merritt Academy (charter); Seminole Academy (Mount Clemens); Prevail Academy (charter); Koepsell Education Center and South Lake High School (South Lake); Stevenson High School and Collins, Burr, Dekeyser and Dresden Elementary schools and Jeannette and Heritage junior high schools (Utica); Kennedy Elementary and Lincoln High School (Van Dyke); Fillmore and Lean Elementary schools, Flynn and Grissom middle schools and Sterling Heights and Warren Mott high schools, (Warren Consolidated).
The primary task facing the Focus schools is raising the level of the lesser-achieving students, said the MISD's Pritchett.
'Those kids need to be identified and those schools need to address that gap,' said Judith Pritchett, chief academic officer for the MISD. 'The intent is not to meet in the middle; the intent is to bring the bottom up.'
With six schools on the Reward list while seven earned Focus designation, Utica Community Schools' experience reflected the highs and lows of the new rating system.
'Our focus in Utica Community Schools has not changed,' said Christine Johns, superintendent. 'We're going to continue to focus on all kids and getting them ready for college and careers.'
Johns said the achievement gap is an issue district officials have confronted and they'll continue to address it in the wake of the state report.
'The challenge is we have some youngsters in the bottom 30 percent and we have some work to do,' she said.
The Michigan Department of Education also released school grades as well as details on which schools made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the federal No Child Left Behind initiative.
On an A-B-C-D letter-grade system, three schools earned A's, 61 posted B's, 123 were awarded C's and 10 received D's. For various reasons, 31 schools did not receive a grade.
Meanwhile, 195 of 228 (86 percent) county schools demonstrated academic achievement to meet AYP standards.
Additional information on the Michigan Department of Education report is available online. Reward School information can be found at www.mi.gov/rewardschools; Focus School information is available at www.mi.gov/focusschools; Priority School information is at www.mi.gov/priorityschools; and Top to Bottom ranking information is at www.mi.gov/ttb.


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The Player Piano Group was founded in 1959 by Frank Holland, who also founded the Musical Museum, to bring together all those interested in these instruments. In 2013 the PPG registered as a Private Limited Company, limited by guarantee in England & Wales. Company registration number 08491302.
The group publishes printed bulletins and encourages contact between members and supporting an online open forum, social networking web presence and video media sharing experiences.
Regular social meetings, where instruments are displayed, played and admired give opportunities for meeting others of similar interests, enjoying music or a good old fashioned sing-a-long and (where would we be without it) the great hospitality of the events host.
The group has also arranged public concerts at London's South Bank Centre and other venues covering music from classical to modern and also runs a regular postal music roll auction in addition to providing information about sources of music rolls, both new and old, suppliers of restoration materials, professional restorers, museums, and many other topics.
The player piano was introduced around 1900 and produced in large numbers until the 1930s. The player piano is both a musical instrument and a machine. The mechanical mechanism plays the piano by means of a perforated roll of paper. Many of these fascinating and complicated instruments are still in existence, from the earliest type, namely the 'piano players' that were a mechanical mechanism in a cabinet which could play any ordinary piano, to the most sophisticated of the genre.
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As an award winning dealer, we offer a large selection of new and pre-owned recreational vehicles, tent campers, travel trailers, fifth wheels, motorhomes and more. In fact, we are the largest volume dealer of pop ups in Maine.
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Homemade chicken nachos
Prep: 5 mins Cook: 8 mins
A super-quick Mexican snack to enjoy with a Margarita or three
Nutrition and extra info
- kcal484
- fat25g
- saturates8g
- carbs35g
- sugars5g
- fibre3g
- protein31g
- salt2.28g
Save to My Good Food
- 200g plain corn tortilla chips
- 2 cooked chicken breasts, shredded into small pieces
- 6 spring onions, thinly sliced
Spring onionsp-ring un-yun
Also known as scallions or green onions, spring onions are in fact very young onions, harvested…
- 140g red leicester cheese, grated
- 1 small jar red or green sliced pickled jalapeño peppers
Jalapeno pepperha-la-pee-no pep-per
A member of the capsicum family, jalapeño chillies range from moderately to very hot.…
- small bunch coriander, leaves roughly chopped
- your choice of salsa, hot pepper sauce (like Chipolte Tabasco), crème fraîche, guacamole or extra jalapeños, to serve
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Layer up the tortilla chips in an ovenproof dish or baking tray with the chopped chicken, spring onions, cheese and pickled jalapeños. Bake for 8 mins or until the cheese is melted.
To serve, sprinkle with the coriander and eat with your favourite accompaniments.
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3rd Jun, 2012
I have made these nachos twice now and everyone loved them. It's so easy and really tasty. So the chicken wasn't entirely plain whilst cooking it I sprinkled on a little paprika. Topping the nachos with with salsa and sour cream really tops the nachos off well. Definitely will be making these again.


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WASHINGTON—Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the U.S. bishops' overseas humanitarian aid agency, is deeply committed "to Church teaching in fulfilling its mission of mercy," the U.S. bishops' Administrative Committee said in a September 11 statement the first day of its annual fall meeting in Washington.
The bishops strongly endorsed the 70-year-old agency after critics "raised allegations about CRS' adherence to Church teaching and its identity as a Catholic institution" and questioned its pro-life credentials, the statement said.
"Last year, CRS served more than 100 million people in 91 countries," the bishops said.
"Those making these public critiques, albeit, we hope, in good faith, do not speak for the Catholic Church and we advise the Catholic faithful to exercise caution and consult the CRS website for clarification before endorsing or giving credence to the groups' critiques." The bishops "urged the Catholic faithful to continue to support Catholic Relief Services."
"The U.S. Catholic bishops stand firmly behind CRS in its commitment to promote and defend human dignity and the sacredness of every human life from the moment of conception until natural death, and at every moment in between," the bishops said.
"Its service around the world makes us all proud," the bishops added.
The full statement can be found at http://www.usccb.org/catholic-giving/opportunities-for-giving/catholic-relief-services-collection/support-for-catholic-relief-services.cfm
Specifically, the bishops said, "it is and has been CRS' policy never to distribute or promote artificial contraceptives or abortifacients or to promote abortion."
"All of CRS' life-saving work to provide food and clean water, to fight malaria and other diseases, to promote education, and to help the poor find ways to support themselves and their families fully conform with Catholic teaching," the statement said.
CRS' staff training program for its nearly 5,000 staff around the world include an agency-wide tutorial, "Protecting Life," that informs staff of Church teaching on the sanctity of life, contraception and abortion and explains CRS' requirement that they uphold the teaching in their work.
CRS vets its activities and partnerships with other groups or governments so that they do not violate Catholic teaching. The agency operates in highly complex and rapidly changing environments and welcomes questions and concerns offered in a spirit of Christian charity. If weaknesses or problems are found assessment and action are undertaken to correct the problem, the bishops said.
CRS represents the U.S. Catholic community at the invitation and with the support of local Church leaders. CRS' activities must be acceptable to those local Churches, follow their policies and the policies of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. If questions or concerns are raised by the local Church in any countries served, they are addressed and resolved.
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