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Fen "Stone And Sea" (2019)
Years have passed since Dustwalker and Carrion Skies, two records I was keen to check out but felt far from the magic of their debut The Malediction Fields. Apparently I have been oblivious to their fifth full length entitled Winter, released a couple years back. This short, three track EP was just the right dose of music for my tasting. To no surprise Fen's sound is rooted in the period where Black Metal first diverged from its second wave and with earthly tones and naturalistic inspiration the trio conjure three tracks that play with a familiar theme of light and darkness, swaying between the two.
The mostly darkened avenues the music walks is rough and raspy, throaty howls yell over loose blast beats and gritty distortions that feel earthly and muddy in the mix. The production is raw with its crunchy guitars and muddy noise, the clashing cymbals cut sharply through but with a creek of chemistry to tie it all together. Its got a sloppy sound but that is the charm to some extent. Its earthly, human and perhaps mystical.
It has its heavy moments that conjure the atmosphere of natural wonder in the darkness of a moon lit night setting over forests and moors but the light upheavals mostly emanate from the peaking melodies that transcend the gritty foundations. The music builds to an eruption of triumphant lead guitar queued by clean and humbly imperfect vocal lines that break up the screams and howls, bringing in that uplift of light from an overwhelmingly darker and dusty sound across its span.
Its rises of the light are brief and infrequent but the overall structure makes for a charming midsection of acoustic guitars that usher in cultural roots. It should be pointed out that the EP is essentially one big twenty minute song. The opening 8 minutes blister through shrill and windswept bustling furies of energy and its mid section acts as an calm between storms. The third act infuses chunkier elements of groove and a bigger emphasis on the lead guitar that brings the song to its climax, one that is drawn out to the end. Its quite the epic piece of music and one I have fondly enjoyed! This more focused Fen is more to my liking.
Labels: 2019, 6/10, Black Metal, England, Fen, Melodic Black Metal, Post-Black Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock
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FILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. Doctors at Kyoto University Hospital said Thursday, April 8, 2021, they have successfully performed the world's first lung transplant from living donors to a patient with severe lung damage from the COVID-19.(NIAID-RML via AP, File)
Bangladesh today reported 289 Covid-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight five lives.
"The country reported 1.39 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 20,773 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, " Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.
In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus in Dhaka city and its upazilas is 189 while one Covid-19 related death was reported during the same period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 27,828 people and infected 15,67,981 so far, it added.
The recovery count rose to 15,31,740 after another 413 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.69 percent Covid-19 patients have recovered among the infected people while 1.77 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.
The DGHS said among the total 27,828 fatalities, 12,134 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 5,649 in Chattogram, 2,040 in Rajshahi, 3,591 in Khulna, 945 in Barishal, 1,263 in Sylhet, 1,363 in Rangpur and 843 in Mymensingh divisions.

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As we know that, there has been a strong link between the physical host and the locally installed storage devices. However, that paradigm has been changing drastically, almost local storage is no longer needed. As the technology progressing, more advanced storage devices are coming to the market that provide more functionality, and obsolete the local storage.
Storage virtualization is a major component for storage servers, in the form of functional RAID levels and controllers. Operating systems and applications with device can access the disks directly by themselves for writing. The controllers configure the local storage in RAID groups and present the storage to the operating system depending upon the configuration. However, the storage is abstracted and the controller is determining how to write the data or retrieve the requested data for the operating system.
File servers: The operating system writes the data to a remote location with no need to understand how to write to the physical media.
WAN Accelerators: Instead of sending multiple copies of the same data over the WAN environment, WAN accelerators will cache the data locally and present the re-requested blocks at LAN speed, while not impacting the WAN performance.
SAN and NAS: Storage is presented over the Ethernet network of the operating system. NAS presents the storage as file operations (like NFS). SAN technologies present the storage as block level storage (like Fibre Channel). SAN technologies receive the operating instructions only when if the storage was a locally attached device.
Storage Tiering: Utilizing the storage pool concept as a stepping stone, storage tiering analyze the most commonly used data and places it on the highest performing storage pool. The lowest one used data is placed on the weakest performing storage pool.
This operation is done automatically without any interruption of service to the data consumer.
Data is stored in the more convenient locations away from the specific host. In the case of a host failure, the data is not compromised necessarily.
The storage devices can perform advanced functions like replication, reduplication, and disaster recovery functionality.
By doing abstraction of the storage level, IT operations become more flexible in how storage is provided, partitioned, and protected.


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this weekend I was playing around with the demo version. I had a thriving station and got distracted and inadvertently hit the menu button and got popped back out to the solar system/earth orbit view. I could never figure out how to return to the interior of my station and I had to start over with a new build. I noticed after that when i exited the second station interior that the colony count on the game stats had gone up to 2. which suggests to me the system new there were 2 colonies in LEO.
so, is the fact that I can't return to the interior of my colony once I leave an artifact of the demo mode not having save capability?
or is there some other UI feature that I haven't found that would let me return to the interior of my previous colony?
Yes, I think you're missing something in the UI.
From the main menu screen, click on "Manage" to go to the Manage screen. Then click on the colony you want to load. You'll be in the exterior view; just click "In1" on the Manage palate to switch to the first interior space.
(The only difference between demo and full game is that the demo game doesn't actually save anything to disk, so you start over each time you launch it.)


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global institutional investment manager partners with MT Finance
MT Finance Limited ("MTF") an award winning independent bridging loan lender today announces it has entered into a relationship with a Global Institutional Investment Manager with over $1.4 Trillion of assets under management. Under the agreement the Fund has committed to initially acquiring up to £125m of bridging loan assets from MTF with an option to acquire a further £125m.
Established in 2008, by co-founders Joshua Elash and Tomer Aboody, MTF has grown over the last 8 years from establishment to having successfully completed in excess of £250m in loans in the last few years predominately funded from their relationships with high net worth individuals.
Throughout this time MT Finance has assisted property professionals, business owners, and individuals with their finance requirements. MTF's reputation in the market excels for delivering fit for purpose bridging loans at sensible rates, and its approach to lending is something that has been consistently recognised within the financial services industry with the company winning various sector awards including Business Moneyfacts Best Bridging Finance Provider 2016.
Joshua Elash, co-founder, said,"We are delighted to be partnering with an institution of such significant standing and this additional funding will enable the company to drive forward the ambitious growth plans we have in place to grow MTF into the market leading bridging finance provider"
Tomer Aboody, co-founder, said, "This is an exciting day in MTF's history and starts a new chapter of growth. We look forward to continuing to engage with our highly valued client and broker relationships. We move forward into 2017 with significant optimism for the future"
MTF was advised by the Financial Services Corporate Finance team at EY.
Joshua Elash said, "We would like to give our thanks to Nick Parkhouse and the team at EY who spent the time to understand the shareholders goals, worked with us to devise a long term plan and then set about executing the transaction supporting us through the entire process."
Nick Parkhouse, Executive Director and head of Financial Services Debt Advisory, said, "The team here is absolutely delighted for Joshua and Tomer and the whole team at MTF and look forward to continuing to support them in their future successes."
Charles Bischoff and Katie McMenamin at the finance legal team at Travers Smith LLP provided Legal advice to MTF.


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Jeni graduated from Central Community College - Hastings with an Associates Degree in Dental Hygiene in 1994. She has been with Dr. Hohman for 10 years. Jeni is in the office Monday and every other Wednesday.
Jeni and her husband Mike live in Elm Creek. She has 3 daughters, Shelby is a junior at Wayne State College, Emme is a freshman at the University of Nebraska - Kearney, and Ashley is an 8th grader in Elm Creek.
Cara has been part of the Hohman Family Dental team since 2009. She graduated from the UNMC Dental Hygiene Program in 1994. She is in the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, every other Wednesday and every other Thursday.
Cara and her husband Chad have 2 children, Garrett and McKenna. Garrett is a junior and McKenna is a 7th grader at Wilcox Hildreth School. In Cara's spare time she enjoys attending her children's activities and riding horses.
Carmen has been with Dr. Hohman for 15 years. Carmen and her husband, Frank, live in Holdrege. They have two grown children Quentin and Andrea.Their son, Quentin, and his wife live in Gretna, NE, and have two daughters. Their daughter, Andrea, and her husband live in Hickman, NE with their daughter and son.
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In this case, Samuel Johnson plead guilty to a federal weapons charge in 2012 (firearms possession). He was sentenced to 15 years in prison—5 more than he would have gotten because he had prior convictions. The Armed Career Criminal Act, which is a federal law that has jurisdiction over all states, has a clause that treats past convictions as violent felonies, even if no violence occurred. If an offender has 3 prior convictions, the fourth automatically generates a 15-year prison sentence.
The Act lists burglary, arson, extortion, and use of explosives as specific categories or prior crimes that can lengthen one's sentence. The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 majority, held that specific clause of the law unconstitutional.
How Does This Ruling Affect Me?
One of the reasons Armed Career Criminal Act clause was held unconstitutional was because different states may have different laws on prior offenses. Courts across the country have differed on what crime should be included in sentence lengthening, leading to inconsistent results. Faced with such uncertainty, defendants often take prosecutors' plea deals rather than risk the federal statute's 15-year sentence.
Thanks to this ruling, if you have prior federal convictions (depending on what they are), they will no longer make you eligible for a longer, 15-year sentence. However, it should still be noted that California has a very tough "3 strikes" law that has a long list of crimes that will make you eligible for life in prison if you are convicted 3 times of certain violent crimes. In that respect, our state's 3 strikes law is much tougher than the Armed Career Criminal Act. It applies to state charges instead of federal charges.
David M. Boertje has handled hundreds of cases, including felonies, misdemeanors, and violent crimes. He has attained not-guilty verdicts for multiple assault cases and has reduced murder charges to involuntary manslaughter. He will pour over the evidence against you and challenge everything we can to keep you out of jail. If you have been charged with a crime, either state or federal, contact attorney David Boertje today for a free consultation today. Consultations are 100% confidential.


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Der Schäferbach, auch Schäfergraben oder Graben Schäfergrund, ist ein Bach im Unterharz in Sachsen-Anhalt, der durch den Schäfergrund fließt und von  rechts in den Uhlenbach mündet, der zur Selke entwässert.

Ursprung und Verlauf
Der Schäferbach entspringt im Hochwasserentstehungsgebiet des Harzes in der Nähe des Heimbergs in einer Quellmulde, wie sie für den Unterharz typisch ist. Sie liegt ungefähr in der Mitte des Dreiecks aus dem Mittelberg, dem Fleischberg und dem Fitzgeroder Heimberg.

Im Oberlauf, im Bereich der Bleckerwiesen, hat der Bach einen links- und einen rechtsseitigen Zufluss. Etwa auf der halben Länge des Laufes erreicht die Bachaue mit ca. 200 m ihre größte Breite. Etwa hier misst in einem offenen Trapezgerinne bei Hochwasser ein Drucksensor den Wasserstand und ein Doppler-Ultraschallsensor die Geschwindigkeit. An Fließkilometer 1,755 steht ein 60°-Überfallwehr (Thompson-Wehr).

Im Unterlauf gibt es eine unterirdische Staumauer. Der insgesamt 2180 m lange Bach mündet auf einer Höhe von  von rechts in den Mittellauf des Uhlenbach, kurz nachdem dieser im Stauteich am Forsthaus Uhlenstein den Großen Uhlenbach aufgenommen hat.

Hydrologische Situation

Am Oberlauf des Schäferbaches wurden 1972 insgesamt 21 Drainagen angelegt. Bereits der Feldblock der Quellmulde wird so in den Schäferbach entwässert. Seit 1974 führten Bergbautätigkeiten (Erschließung einer Flussspatlagerstätte) zu einer lokalen Absenkung des  Grundwasserspiegels. Der natürliche Wasserfluss mit Boden-Feuchtigkeitszunahme endete damit. Seitdem gibt es trockene Perioden und episodisch plötzliche Sturzfluten, was die chemische und biologische Wasserqualität sehr beeinträchtigte.

Im Zuge des sicheren Haltens am Ende der Bergwerkstätigkeit stieg das Grundwasserniveau wieder und erreichte 1999 einen neuen stabilen Stand, der aber vom ursprünglichen Zustand verschieden ist. Der Schäferbach fällt in niederschlagsarmen Perioden zeitweise trocken, bei Hochwasser werden dagegen 20 m entfernte Wiesen regelmäßig überschwemmt.

Hydrologische Forschungsstation
Seit 1968 existiert eine hydrologische Forschungsstation der Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal.

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CAHP Awards 2022
Conservation: Architecture
Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario
Awardees: Sharon Vattay, Carlos Morell & Christopher Borgal (GBCA Architects); Eve Guinan (Eve Guinan Design Restoration); John Wilcox (Vitreous Glassworks); Jean-Francois Furieri (Iconoplast Designs Inc.); Eric Stewart (Historic Plaster Conservation Services); Fiona Graham (Graham Conservation); Sam Trigila (Clifford Restoration)
Massey Hall (178 Victoria Street) originally opened in 1894 and is an iconic entertainment venue in the heart of the city. Preservation efforts of the Hall included revealing and restoring the auditorium's plaster ceiling, uncovering and restoring stained glass windows, conserving and improving sightlines in the balcony and gallery, conserving and repairing the 1930s Art Deco lobby and repairing the exterior masonry.
Holy Angels Schools Exterior, Calgary, Alberta
Awardees: Elke Goebel (Iwanski Architecture); Samuel Boisvert & Donald Luxton (Donald Luxton & Associates Inc); Darryl Cariou (City of Calgary)
The 1919-built Holy Angels School (2105 Cliff Street SW) served as an education hub for more than 90 years. Restoring the building included restoring windows and shingles, repairing damaged brickwork, installing doors appropriate to when the era the school was built, revitalizing the entrance way, rehabilitating the cupola on the roof, improving roofing and rehabilitating mortar masonry. The restoration work enabled the former school to be transformed into a new creative hub called Holy Angels Arts Centre that is used by the City of Calgary and various community and arts groups.
Conservation of Darke Hall
Awardees: Donald Luxton and Samuel Boisvert (Donald Luxton & Associates Inc); Brad Taylor (JCK Engineering Inc.)
Darke Hall (2255 College Avenue) served as a cultural hub for over 80 years, showcasing theatrical performances, concerts, galas and other performances at the University of Regina campus. Over time, the building slowly deteriorated and in 2015 the building was closed, and demolition of the building considered. Considerable community action saved the historic building from demolition and a fundraising campaign was launched to fund the restoration efforts. Restoration work included extending the stage, renewing the slate roof, restoring stained glass windows, rebuilding a front staircase, restoring decorative gold stencilled painting, and making the building accessible, all while maintaining the building's historic character.
Windsor Station, Restoration of stonework and window replacement, Montreal, Quebec
Awardees: Jozef Zorko (DMA architectes)
Built from 1887-1889 as a railroad station and used as the headquarters for the Canadian Pacific Railway, the building was restored over a five-year period. The restoration project team replaced 1,115 wood-framed windows, rebuilt the north tower, rehabilitated the masonry on all facades, and restored the ornaments on the south tower (copper roofing on turrets), including woodwork, doors, cast-iron frames and bronze hardware.
Conservation: Engineering
Ottawa New Edinburgh Club Boathouse Rehabilitation, Ottawa, Ontario
Awardees: Louise McGugan, Stefan Gingras & John Cook (GRC Architects); John Cooke & Lisa Nicol, (John G. Cooke and Associates); Robert Martin & Cristina Ureche-Trifu (Robertson Martin Architects) and Benjamin Holthof
Built between 1914 and 1925, the Boathouse (504 Sir George Etienne Parkway) was a popular private canoeing club until the 1950s when it expanded to become a summer recreation spot that focused on various types of water sports and became a rentable event space. Restoration efforts, which were done on this building situated on an open body of water, included insulating the building to make it available for all-season use, bringing the building up to code, restoring doors, and replacing or repairing deteriorated siding and windows in a manner that preserved the historic character of the building. Project work also included improving accessibility, installing a lift, installing a new foot bridge reminiscent of the 1930s entrance to the Boathouse, increasing capacity limits, stripping the building of lead paint, repainting surfaces and restoring an area known as the 'Gentleman's Smoking Lounge'.
Conservation: Materials Conservation, Craftsmanship and Construction
David Dunlap Observatory, Richmond Hill, Ontario
Awardees: Pietro Frenguelli (+VG Architects); Ed Bowkett (Bowkett & Co.); Gerry Zegerius (Tacoma Engineers Inc.)
Constructed in 1932, the David Dunlap Observatory (123 Hillsview Drive) served as a University of Toronto's learning and research space for more than 70 years. When the university sold the observatory in 2008, the community acted to designate the buildings as a significant cultural heritage landscape. Restoration work on the Observatory and administration buildings included addressing metal damage and rust caused by condensation moisture in the metal domes and installing working windows to prevent future issues.
Mackenzie Hall Masonry Restoration, Windsor, Ontario
Awardees: Christopher Borgal & Carlos Morell (GBCA Architects); Jason Grossi (studio g+G architecture)
Mackenzie Hall (3277 Sandwich Street) is an iconic cultural hub and architectural landmark first constructed in 1855 by Alexander Mackenzie who later became the second Prime Minister of Canada. For more than 100 years, Mackenzie Hall served as a county court house and, more recently, has been transformed into a space to celebrate performance art and cultural events. Restoration efforts focused on masonry and mortar work on the exterior of the building.
Conservation: Small and Lovely
McKenzie Sharland Grocery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Awardees: Jeanie M. Gartly (J M Gartly Design Studio Inc.); Sam Boisvert (Donald Luxton and Associates)
Restoration work to conserve the 1912-built McKenzie Sharland Grocery (1113 Dominion Street SE) addressed flood damage from 2013, and included a new foundation, new wiring, new plumbing and the restoration of windows, doors, siding and exterior details.. The 110-year-old building is valued as a reflection of the 1910s development boom in the River Flats neighbourhood due to its proximity to the thriving local industries at the time.
Anglican Diocese of Ottawa Rehabilitation, Ottawa, Ontario
Awardees: Louise McGugan, (GRC Architects); Barry Padolsky (Barry Padolsky Associates Inc.); Jean Michel Carrière & Justin Vienneau (Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Limited)
Built in 1893, Roper House (71 Bronson Avenue) was home to a prominent Ottawa lumber baron's family until it was purchased by the Anglican Ottawa Diocese in 1950. It was designated as a heritage property in 1989. Restoration efforts included repairing and rehabilitating deteriorating masonry work, replacing roofing, upgrading windows and adjusting the building's entrance to be accessible, while maintaining the historic character of the building.
Documentation and Planning
The 2020-2030 Conservation, Design and Development Plan for Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, Quebec
Awardees: Jonathan Cha (Parc Jean-Drapeau)
Recreational use of Parc Jean-Drapeau began in 1875, when it became Montreal's first large public park. The parkland is situated on land that was formed over many millennia, as illustrated by geological formations, and was first occupied by various First Nations, and later French and English settlers. The award recognizes changes to the 520-acre park's mission shift from the administration, operation and development of a recreation and tourism site to the heritage conservation, enhancement and development of a large island park. The Conservation, Design and Development Plan recognizes and celebrates the site's cultural heritage and protects historic features within the park.
Danforth Avenue Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment, Toronto, Ontario
Awardees: Tamara Anson-Cartwright, Gary Miedema, Loryssa Quattrociocchi, Pourya Nazemi & Liz McFarland (City of Toronto)
City of Toronto urban designers and city planners embarked on a two-year heritage preservation project (2020-22) focused on future development of Danforth Avenue, between Coxwell Avenue and the Don River. The project is anticipated to increase population in the area and support up to 16,000 residents while incorporating the heritage sites scattered along the corridor.
Emerging Heritage Professional
Cynthia Aleman
Research and restoration contributions to various buildings in Quebec have earned Cynthia Aleman the Emerging Heritage Professional Award. Aleman's contributions to heritage conservation in Quebec include working on conservation projects at the Louis S. St. Laurent Building, the Residence of Canada's Governor General, Public Services and Procurement Canada, Société québécoise des infrastructures, Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec, and Quebec's National Assembly, among others. Since 2019, Aleman has worked with STGM Architecture's heritage division and has written reports on the condition of historic churches and buildings, studied how to raise and move heritage buildings, conducted brick-by-brick hammer testing, surveyed of doors and windows, completed iconographic research and familiarized herself with all manner of tools and equipment found on heritage conservation sites.
Ben Daub
Ben Daub, a second-year Master of Arts in Planning student enrolled in the University of Waterloo, was recognized for his research into urban heritage conservation and the role stakeholder evaluations play in selecting various heritage intervention types which include adaptive reuse, façadism, or demolition. The study also investigated the link between experience levels of urban heritage professionals and the heritage intervention project type they preferred. The research identified that more experience professionals preferred façadism followed by adaptive reuse while younger professionals preferred demolition more often than their experienced counterparts. In most cases, both groups of heritage professionals conclusively preferred adaptive reuse in low-intensity and façadism in high-intensity scenarios.
Donald Luxton
Born and raised in Vancouver, Donald Luxton trained as an architect and joined F.R Architectural Planning Consultants in 1983. After nearly 15 years with the company, Luxton established Donald Luxton and Associates in 1996, where he has led dozens of heritage conservation projects to restore and rehabilitate some of western Canada's most significant historical landmarks. Luxton has also helped establish and lead key heritage organizations in British Columbia such as Heritage Vancouver, the Victoria Heritage Foundation and the BC Association of Heritage Professionals. As a post-secondary school instructor, writer and mentor, Luxton has been instrumental in the development of the heritage profession in BC and Western Canada.
Graeme Duffus
Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Duffus began his career as an architect for DRKR Ltd in 1978 and served as Project Architect for the Robertson's Hardware restoration project as part of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Since the beginning of his career, he has been engaged in more than 330 heritage projects, with a concentration in conservation work since 2005. Founding principal of G.F. Duffus & Company Ltd., Graeme joined DRSA Architecture in 2016 and now serves as Principal and Director of Building Conservation. Alongside his work as an architect, Duffus has prepared conservation plans for major public and private buildings throughout the Atlantic provinces, produced various publications and given lectures, tours and seminars.
As a Toronto-based architect, the late Peter Stewart (1946-2021), led numerous restoration projects in the city, including the restoration of the Spadina House Museum, the Canadian Stage Theatre, and Montgomery's Inn. Stewart's career began in 1971, starting in the office of George Robb Architect, a business he eventually became a co-owner of with Peter and Don Scott in 1991. As owners, Don Scott and Peter Stewart shared a passion for heritage conservation. Beyond Toronto, Stewart's leadership on numerous heritage conservation projects included Dundurn Castle and Ancaster Town Hall in Hamilton, and the Lincoln County Courthouse in St. Catharines. Stewart also led substantial heritage planning studies such as the Old Port Credit Heritage Conservation District study in Mississauga and the Town of Caledon municipal-wide inventory of built heritage resources among many others.
2022 Awards Jury
Jean-Michel Carrière
David Edgar
D. Cameron Gillies
Cody Groat
Jennifer Guerin Groat
Helen Lee
Judith Mosley
Rosa Milito
Kate Robertson
Sharon Vattay
Ran Zaig
2022 Awards Committee
Michael Scott, Co-Chair
Craig Wadsworth – Co-Chair
Jeanie Gartly – Member
Aaron Murnaghan – Member
Christienne Uchiyama – Member
Carolyn Van Sligtenhorst – Member
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Blog "Commence" Baking: It's Graduation Season!
No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks! Congratulations to all the graduates this year, from preschool, grade school, high school, college, and beyond. As scholars across the country begin the next phase of their lives, we'd like to celebrate their achievements with yummy cookies! There is endless inspiration across Pinterest, Instagram, and Etsy; based on those ideas, in addition to some of our own, here are our Top 5 ways to decorate cookies for this graduation season.
NOTE: Graduation Cap and Diploma shapes will work well for just about any party, regardless of the theme. Hats off to you all!
This one is ideal for a younger grad, but for an older grad, it could be "School's Out Forever!"- depending on the grad's thoughts about his or her future, of course.
The future's so bright you've gotta wear shades! Use shapes like Sunglasses, Sun, and Stars to complete this theme platter. Use a lot of bright hues- gold, yellow, red, and orange- and add a touch of shimmer decoration for an extra-special treat.
Celebrate a "smart cookie" with some actual cookies! The Painted Pastry has a really cool design for this saying, here.
Use a thumbs up shape for: We "Like" that you're graduating (Facebook "like") or "Thumbs Up, Grad!"
"The tassel is worth the hassle"
A collegiate or older grad (ages 21+) might enjoy an adult beverage theme, with a simple phrase like "Here's to you!" or "Cheers!" Margarita glass-shaped cookies could be decorated with or without salted rims.
Use letter cookie cutters to spell the graduate's name or just his/her initials, or the name of the school that the grad will be attending.
We salute all graduates and wish you the best in your future endeavors. The sky's the limit!


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Никита Фёдорович Батуханов (, Эрдэни-Батухан; 1888 — 5 января 1942) — второй министр народного просвещения МНР. Отец монгольской актрисы и драматурга Эрдэнэбатын Оуюн.

Биография
Родился в 1888 году в улусе Нижняя Тарас-Баханского хошуна Балаганского района Иркутской губернии Российской империи. В 1914 году приехал в Ургу. В 1920 году на свои средства издал 5 000 экземпляров учебников чтения для школьников. 24 марта 1921 года был назначен первым секретарём монгольского Народного правительства. В ноябре 1921 года в качестве переводчика присутствовал на переговорах В. И. Ленина и Д. Сухэ-Батора с С. Данзаном по подписанию советско-монгольского договора о дружбе.

В 1924 году стал членом Малого государственного хурала, а в декабре был назначен министром просвещения МНР. В 1926 году лично сопроводил 35 учеников первой монгольской средней школы на дальнейшую учёбу в Германию и Францию. В советском полпредстве Берлина, куда Батухан приехал за школьным оборудованием, познакомился с гражданской женой Максима Горького М. Ф. Андреевой, которая посоветовала ему обратиться к Горькому за советами по вопросам организации образования в МНР. В результате завязавшейся переписки в августе 1926 года Батухан приехал к Горькому в Сорренто.

В 1929 году, как инакомыслящий, был вместе с Ц. Ж. Жамцарано выслан из страны. Будучи доцентом ленинградского Восточного института, снимался на киностудиях «Востокфильм» и «Союздетфильм». В 1933 году обучался там вместе с Ц. Дамдинсурэном; в 1934 году окончил образование. Репрессирован в 1939 году, скончался 5 января 1942 года в Вятлаге. Реабилитирован в 1956 году.

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Персоналии:Бурятия
Министры образования Монголии
Посмертно реабилитированные в СССР
Репрессированные в МНР
Деятели культуры и искусства, репрессированные в СССР


Hello and welcome to the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library website.
The Berlin-Peck Library is made up of several components. This website is the "virtual branch" of our library. On these web pages, you can find out about programs and services. You may reserve museum passes, renew and reserve materials, and connect to the multitude of online resources including downloadable electronic books and audiobooks. You can also find links to resources, view policies and much, much more by "surfing" our site. In other words, the goal of this website is to help you, as the patron, use the library to the fullest, and receive the most from its considerable resources.
I hope you will take the opportunity to also come into our Library, meet the dedicated and competent staff, use the computers and free internet access, check out materials, participate in activities and get to know us.
Part of our ongoing improvement process involves reviewing feedback from customers. As a result, I value your opinion of our library and the job we are doing. I am always open to suggestions for improving service and welcome your input. I take our spending of your hard-earned tax money very seriously. At any time, if you have a question or concern, please feel free to contact me by telephone at 860-828-7131, email at hmalinka@berlinpeck.org, or call for an appointment to see me. If I can be of assistance to you in any way, please let me know. The staff and I are here to serve you!
Helen has been Director of the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library for 6 years. Before that she was Head of Children's Services at the Lucy Robbins Welles Library in Newington and also worked in Children's Services at the Fairfield Public Library. This year she is on the Governance Committee of the 30-member Hartford region library consortium, Library Connection, Inc. In her spare time, Helen participates in local community theater and loves to dance.


Articles / Health / Exercise / Struggling to start an exercise plan?
Struggling to start an exercise plan?
Many of us don't like the idea of exercise, so we avoid it.
Here's the thing: our bodies were designed to move. Yet in developed countries like Australia, many of us spend far too much time sitting on our backsides.
The fact that we are more sedentary has become a health issue: in fact it's killing us.
The Department of Health says low levels of physical activity is the fourth leading cause of death due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide, with heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancers contributing to more than three million preventable deaths annually (six per cent of deaths globally).
The Department of Health says if all Australians did an extra 30 minutes of brisk walking at least five days each week, this would reduce "the disease burden" due to physical inactivity in the population by 26 per cent.
The good news — and any personal trainer will tell you this — is that it is never too late to start exercising. In fact, recent research has found no difference between people who had always been fit and those who decided to take it up later in life.
But even armed with this information, starting an exercise regimen can seem like more trouble than it's worth. A lot of this has to do with the perception that exercise has to be goal-oriented, and a lot of us don't enjoy feeling pressure to perform. However, it doesn't have to be that way.
"People often associate exercise with pain," says Brisbane-based sports and exercise psychologist Patrea O'Donoghue.
She says exercise can be anything you want it to be these days — the image of a macho instructor barking at you to do 50 push-ups is a thing of the past. A lot of people don't like showing their bodies in public, yet you can have your own trainer or yoga instructor on your phone via an app, or do a workout in the privacy of your home on a treadmill and cycling machine. And it doesn't have to cost a fortune.
See your doctor. If you've never really done much exercise, ask your GP to give you the all-clear to start an exercise program.
Assess your diet. There is not much point in starting to exercise regularly if your diet doesn't complement it. Even if your goal is not to lose weight but to rather get fit or healthy, a balanced diet will help.
Think about what you would enjoy doing — walking, cycling, tennis, golf, jogging, swimming, yoga, or even skipping.
Turn your exercise into a habit.
"If you decide, for instance, that you'll go for a walk or to the gym twice a week, take steps to follow through with it no matter what," says O'Donoghue.
"If you find that work or a personal commitment means you won't have time to go to the gym on the day you'd allocated, go anyway. Even if you just spend five minutes in the gym on that day, that's psychologically and physically better than not going at all, as you've maintained the habit and you're sticking to your commitment.
"If the person has been very sedentary in their habits and wants to make some lifestyle changes, I'd say to them, 'Let's start small'. I'd get them to look at one small thing they could do that they could attach to an existing behaviour, so they could say to themselves, 'When I get home, I put on my walking shoes straight away and go for a walk'. Even if they just start off with five minutes, depending on their level of health. Start with just one thing and stick to it.
"As they progressed, I'd ask them how long was acceptable to them to keep going so that the five minutes is turning into 15 minutes and so on. I'd ask them to tell me how many times a week they're committing to do it. It's not about saying it's good or bad whether they did it or not, but maintaining the habit and what's realistic for them."
O'Donoghue says she'd also ask the exercise newcomer to think about what successes they've had in their life (not associated with exercise) such as in their career or personal life, and ask them to think about how they achieved that success. "It might be a presentation or how well they cook — get them to extract the key principles from that and apply it to their exercise.
It's worthwhile knowing that research shows you don't have to do a big block of exercise in one hit. You can break it down into ten-minute blocks — walk to the shops instead of driving; go up the stairs instead of taking the lift; even doing housework, standing up while watching TV, or doing some gardening counts! Think about anything that contributes to you burning calories.
Before you start patting yourself on the back, O'Donoghue says it's important to recognise the difference between being healthy and being fit. Initially, regular exercise such as fairly brisk walking for half an hour for five or six days, is about getting healthy so that you are mildly out of breath as you walk — but if your aim is to get fit, your heart rate needs to go up when you exercise.
Older Australians also need to think about doing some light strength training up to three times a week, using exercises to work all the major muscle groups of your body (legs, hips, back, chest, abdomen, shoulders and arms) to maintain bone health and muscle mass. To avoid injuries, have a professional show you how to apply low levels of impact on the muscles. Elastic band exercises, for example, are ideal.
Are you ready to start exercising? What made you decide to give it a serious go?


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Turkey Considers Expanding Fleet of Surveillance Jets
19:46 04.02.2016(updated 20:33 04.02.2016)
Turkey's military is considering the purchase of two additional airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) airplanes from the United States in a response to increased tensions in the region, according to a media report on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – AEW&C aircraft can detect air, sea and ground vehicles at long ranges and direct traffic in a battle zone. The capability could be useful in monitoring conditions related to the civil war in neighboring Syria.
'We are faced with a different threat concept the than the concept we assessed when we ordered four aircraft,' Defense News quoted Turkey military's reasoning behind the likely decision to purchase more surveillance aircraft. 'New [threat] deliberations may force us into a new acquisition.'
In December 2015, Boeing delivered the fourth and final surveillance plane to Turkey, but the country could exercise an option to buy another two aircraft.
The skies over neighboring Syria are becoming increasingly crowded as the air forces of the US-led coalition and Russia intensify their respective efforts to destroy the Islamic State. The terror group, also known as Daesh, is outlawed in the United States and Russia, among other countries.
Turkey has recently came under intense criticism for allegedly purchasing oil from the Islamic State that the terror group has been stealing from Syria and Iraq, as well as supplying it with weapons.


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Fall to Grace è il secondo album in studio della cantante britannica Paloma Faith, pubblicato il 28 maggio 2012.

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Q: Why are grid and scalebar measures 1mm too long in a 1:10000 print? I used qgis 1.8 to compose a map from the WMS-service of the Belgian NGI.  I added a scalebar and grid to it.  When I measure it by hand, the distance between the longitudelines is 101mm instead of 100mm.  The distance between the lattitudelines is correct.
Even the scalebar is 1mm to long.
Has somebody encountered the same problem yet?

A: The WMS Pieter is using is most likely the test setup NGI is running for now. The url's from NGI are only available after signing up (free) at the NGI website, and provide imagery with a watermark over it.
NGI offers the normal (non-watermark) imagery as a paying service.
So I guess neither qualifies as public.
I'm assuming he made a printout, and measured on the print. Might very well be a printer setting. I would suggest testing an image savefile if it occurs in the file itself or not, to be able to rule out printer issues first, as that's my main suspect so far.

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Matt and I got married!
I'm a wife now! I love it more than anything. On October 24th, sixty-four beautiful human beings, our closest friends and family, congregated on 180 St. Paul Street in Rochester to support Matt and I while we said our vows to one another. The evening could not have been any more magical.
It's been a huge year... lots of change; moving, starting a new big job, and getting married - and even though it's been a lot to wrap my head around - it's been a journey that I'd relive a million times. My life has become more enriched and more valued, and in turn it's helped me to understand things in a way I never have before. I've never felt more full or more in love in all my life.
The morning of the wedding, my Maid of Honor, Shawna, and I got ready at the Del Monte in Pittsford - this was followed by a day at the spa and an evening with my family at Label 7. I can't say enough about the amazing staff at the Del Monte and Renaissance Hotel - they brought us safety pins in the middle of the night, rushed us snacks and toddies, let us hang my dress from a (likely thousands of dollars) antler chandelier, and dealt with Shawna and I belly-laughing non-stop throughout all of our waiting moments in the relaxation room at the spa. It was amazing and perfect, and I highly recommend staying there - even if you are from close by! Label 7 in Pittsford was the very best... it reminded me so much of all the local, farm-to-table restaurants I miss so much from Ithaca. They_had_truffle_fries. I love it there and it's my new fav.
Our wedding was very intimate - our goal number of guests was 50. It grew by 14 in the end. Very small was important because Matt and I could really only envision it that way. Cameron Mills was our Officiant. He has been a longstanding best friend to Matt - but he and his wife, Alicia, and their beautiful Ramona have grown to be our closest friends over the past two years. It was an incredible honor that Cam married us - no one was more fitting for the job. He told a beautiful story. Not a dry eye in the house! Shawna and Adam were our 'wedding party' - and if any of you know these two, you know they're enough party - they were truly all we could handle! ;) These two have seen me through it all - the only two people beside Matt who can make me laugh so hard I cry, and who can fix whatever ails me -- I love them so much. It meant the world to me that they stood with us and played such a huge, huge part in our wedding.
I wish I could go back to the day and watch it all. It was my most favorite day of all the days of my life. Two things I set out to do after the ceremony was to hug every single person who came, and to take moments to slow down and take everything in. I want to thank my sweet photographer and beautiful friend, Erin, for taking Matt and I outside halfway through the reception to get a shot of us dancing. It was a moment that Matt and I reflect back on often and are so thankful for.
Matt and I decided to write our own vows - we elected to give three promises followed by a couple of sentences about how we felt about each other. Matt memorized his vows - the perfect individual that he is. I wrote mine over and over on a scrap piece of paper from the hotel. The ceremony was short and sweet - and I cried. Of course. A trio of strings played Rylee, Shawna, and I in - this was Untitled III by Sigur Ros, and Nick Drake's "Fly" played us out. Kraig Adams filmed the day - and I cannot WAIT to see it. Have you ever watched his work? Ladies, grab a bottle of wine and prepare to cry the night away watching his stuff. The films he makes are so moving and perfect. He's crazy good.
Erin, (our Photographer), and I met at a coffee shop that I used to work at - coincidentally enough, she's the one who turned me on to John Larkin Photography. John is the amazing person that runs Studio180 where we were married! I've had the privilege of photographing Erin and her family for several years now and I've grown to love them so much! Erin and I are two peas in a pod. She photographed our wedding perfectly - this girl was actually laying in puddles to get shots.. the majority of these photos were photographed by Erin and edited by me (thank you to Sue Park for a few extras strewn throughout the gallery above). I appreciate you both so much for your photography skills. You're the very best.
From the bottom of my heart; I am so thankful for our parents, and extended family, Shawna; my sister and Maid of Honor, my brother and Matt's best man; Adam, both for keeping things light and keeping us laughing, our Officiant; Cameron, for delivering the most beautiful vows for us, our sweet niece Rylee for doing such a great job as our flower girl, John Larkin for the amazing Studio180, Kate for coordinating and recreating my vision more perfectly than I could've ever imagined, Susan Pulver and Ellie Minns (soon-to-be Jensen) for lending me my something borrowed, something blue; enamelware serving trays from the kitchen of their beautiful mother, Missy, as well as multiple vintage apothecary bottles that held my white peonies and seed pods. The incredibly talented Tracy Burgio of Kneads + Wants, who designed and literally handmade (no electrical kitchen tools used) our wedding cake and cookies. Our crazy delicious local/seasonal and housemade hors duerves by Lindsay Steinberg of Green Zebra Catering. Extra thanks to my Mother in Law for making one hundred chocolate mousse tarts!! Muchos gracias to SweetBeez | my urban beekeeping friends, who provided 3 gallons of unfiltered local raw honey to us for our wedding favors! Huge thank you to Hanna Hurwitz and crew from Eastman for their musical talents on the violin, cello & viola, covering not only Nick Drake but Sigur Ros (P.S I'm blaming you for making me cry like crazy when I walked down the aisle). Thank you to Edward at Arena's for the most gorgeous vine-wrapped bouquets. So many hugs and kisses to the outrageously talented Kraig Adams and Erin Lowcock for documenting our big day. Erica Stoy; on hair - for her amazing, amazing work. Thanks to Anna Vasquez of Nested Yellow for swiftly making my herkimer diamond earrings over the weekend and expediting them to me all the way from Portland so I'd have them in time for our wedding. Thank you so, so much to Kristin Coffin for designing and making my beloved eco-friendly engagement ring from the mountains of Colorado. Thank you so very much to my lady Chantal for being my travel buddy and sitting curbside with me in a gasless automobile after our food excursion to Ithaca <3 BIG THANKS to Ithaca Farmers Market , Hart's and the Piggery for their incredible meats and fromagere's; Keeley's Cheese Co., and Kenton's and all the other local vittles; jams, and pickled & spicy things we used for our scratch made cheese and charcuterie plates. Thank you also to the GreenStar for having really great vegan cheeses on hand. Big, big, giant thank you to all of our friends and family who traveled to be with us as we start this big journey!
our good friends, cameron & alicia, and their sweet baby girl, ramona, came to ithaca for an overnight a couple of weekends ago. alicia thought of doing a themed dinner, which was such a fantastic idea! since it was matt's birthday weekend - we gave him first dibs for the theme..
i need to preface this: a couple of months ago, matt and i were at cam and alicia's watching the 'homer the great' episode of the simpson's when homer becomes a member of the stonecutters and is heralded as the chosen one -- at some point in the episode homer mentions a stein hoist, and then this amazing song comes on - which, sidenote; is stuck in your head for days and days, "we do, we do," and morphed versions, like "beets do, beets do." it was hilarious, and obvious to me that we had a mutual unspoken acknowledgement to create our own stein hoist and to celebrate it annually forever thereafter.
and with that being said, matt chose a german theme so we could roll it into a stein hoist and listen to music like this all night. saturday afternoon, we met on the commons for a stop at the cellar d'or [a beautiful wine and cider shop owned by husband and wife, mark and olivia-- a must see if you're in the area]. the first time i visited cellar d'or - i described the type of wine i liked, rather poorly, to mark - yet he still managed a perfect match! he offered the lucchetti lacrima di morro d'alba (a mouthful, but a name worth remembering!) it's now my most favorite wine of all time! great job, mark!] for this stop though, we needed german wine; burklin-wolf was our pick!
cameron and alicia prepped a slow-cooked sauerkraut, so amazing-- and for dessert, i made a german pastry with apples and quark (a german cheese similar to ricotta). [extra thanks to the piggery for having natural and locally produced quark! they are so amazing]. for pre-dinner munching, i made soft pretzels (compliments to alton brown, my fav) with various mustards for dipping. cameron taught us how to make latkes (i know, this is jewish -- but we already had bacon for the main course so we nixed the german potato salad). um, the latkes were amazing, and i think those little potato cakes and i will be hanging out quite a lot in the future (thank you alicia for requesting these!) for the main course, cameron made rouladen with a gravy made from the pan drippings, which included bacon and pickles.. it was heaven on earth. we boiled up some spaetzel and then matt plated the dinner <3.
this was a perfect meal to pair with this upstate ny tundra we've been experiencing. it was a super hearty and really filling (or maybe it was all that german beer we used to keep our boot-mug's full?) either way, it was such a great time and i can't wait to do it again.
in the morning, for breakfast-- i made freshly juiced cucumber bloody mary's with crop organic cucumber vodka. whipped up a quick breakfast pizza using a pre-made shell from the coOp, and of course-- house-made piggery breakfast sausage. alicia's dad makes an incredible homemade hot sauce, we used to liven up the pizza and our leftover latkes -- it perfect way to kick start a sunday.
p.s isn't ramona such a peach?! i love her sweet smile!
ingredients and equipment: 1/2 cups of warm water (110-1105 degrees F), 1T sugar, 2 tsp kosher salt, 1 envelope of dry active yeast, 22 oz all purpose flour (i used 1/2 whole wheat, 1/2 unbleached white), 2 oz. unsalted butter, oil, 10 cups water, 2/3 cup baking soda, 1 large egg yolk, beaten with 1T water, and pretzel salt (i used margarita salt) :) you'll need a food thermometer, two small bowls, a whisk or fork, one large bowl, a clean flat surface, baker's bench knife or regular knife, a large pan or pot (something wide and shallow is best), and a baking sheet. it's helpful to have parchment paper, but it's not necessary. a myriad of mustards: honey, grain, spicy brown sugar, whatever you prefer, and/or a cheese sauce.
directions: combine the 1 1/2 cups warm water, the sugar, salt, in the bowl of a stand mixer (or regular bowl) sprinkle the yeast on top. set aside for five minutes, or until the mixture foams. add the flour and butter and using the dough hook attachment, mix on low speed until well combined. change to medium speed and knead until the dough is smooth and pulls away from the side of the bowl (about 4-5 minutes). remove the dough from the bowl, clean the bowl, then oil it well. return the dough to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap or a tight fitting towel (or these amazing bee wax wraps!!!) set aside in a warm place of 50 minutes to an hour, or until the dough has doubled in size. heat your over to 450 degrees F. line one or two sheet pans with parchment paper and lightly brush with oil. set aside. bring the 10 cups of water and baking soda to a rolling bowl in your saute or roasting pan. meanwhile, turn the dough out onto a lightly oiled work surface and divide into 8 equal pieces (or smaller if you'd like smaller pretzels), roll out each piece of dough into a 12-24in rope. make a u-shape with the rope, and holding the ends of the rope, cross them over each other and press onto the bottom of the u in order to form the shape of a pretzel. place on the sheet pan and repeat with the remaining pieces of dough. one by one, place the pretzels in the boiling water for 30 seconds. remove them from the water using a large flat spatula. return them to the sheet pans, brush the top of each pretzel with the beaten egg yolk and water mixture, and sprinkle with pretzel salt. bake until dark golden brown in color, 12-14 minutes. serve with varying mustards or a cheese (or beer and cheese) sauce!
*recipe adapted from alton brown (the best!)-- original version found here.
ingredients and equipment: 3-4 potatoes, 1/4 of a small onion, egg, flour (you could use bread crumbs or gluten- flour as an alternative), salt and pepper, a food processor or grater, a giant bowl, greek yogurt or sour cream, and your hands.
directions: heat a few tablespoons of oil in a pan over low heat. process or grate your peeled potatoes and onion into a large bowl, an egg and about a half a cup of flower, salt and pepper. now take your two paws, roll up your sleeves and agitate! get it all mixed up good. you're looking for a a thicker pancake-batter like consistency (not a lot of 'batter') but enough to sort of adhere the potato and onion shreds together. add a hefty bit of salt and pepper, and any other seasonings you'd prefer. by this time your pan should be hot enough to get a good sizzle when you place your latkes. grab a scoop, palm it like a burger patty, and slap it in the pan (be careful for spattering oil!) go ahead and place a couple in at a time. don't be afraid to let them sit for a bit -- a watch pot never boils! let them get a chance to cook and stick together, then flip (approximately 10-15 minutes on each side). voila. delish! (we used plain greek yogurt in place of sour cream for dipping) - i do this often, because it's a healthier option you can't even notice!
ingredients and equipment: 1 1/2 lbs. flank steak, stone ground mustard, 1/2 lb sliced cooked bacon chopped, 2 onions sliced, 1/2 a (16 oz) jar o fill pickles chopped, 2T butter or oil, 2 1/2 cups water, and natural beef bouillon, a thickening agent such as cornstarch or roux, a searing pan (preferably one that can go right into the oven), string or toothpicks, a mallet (optional).
directions: fry up your bacon in a lightly greased pan, place on paper towels to remove excess oil. chop your pickles. cut (or flatten with a mallet) the flank steak into thin filets; about a 1/4 inch thick and 3 inches wide. add 1-2T of butter or oil in your pan and place on low heat. generously spread one side of each filet with mustard, sliced onions, cooked bacon bits, and chopped pickles, and form a roll. use a string or toothpicks to hold the roll together. place the rolls in the butter and saute until browned. pour in 2 1/2 cups of water and bouillon, stir, simmer rolls for about an hour. remove the rolls, but keep the broth in the pan -- to make the gravy; add your roux or cornstarch to the broth to thicken, start with a little and then add until you've reached your desired consistency. plate the rolls and top with gravy!
ingredients and equipment: 4-5 medium-sized apples, peeled, cored, and sliced, lemon juice, a scant up to 2T of cinnamon, (a scant up to 2T of raw sugar, puff pastry, one egg, 1-4T of honey (depending on your taste), and about a cup of quark! recommended: table top apple peeler and corer and parchment paper, kitchen shears and a pastry brush.
preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. cover a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper or grease lightly. roll out your puff pastry (i bought an organic pre-made puff pastry from the frozen section at the coOp). you should shape it (if it isn't already) into a rectangle, place it onto your cookie sheet/parchment paper, then take a pair of kitchen shears and cut roughly 2 1/2 inches on both side of the long sides. each 2 1/2 inch slit should be about an inch apart, and match the slits on the opposing side. meanwhile, take your quark and mix in some honey - little by little. quark isn't really sour, but it's not really sweet either, I would recommend 2-3T of honey but taste it and gauge to what you like. spread the quark onto the middle of your puff pastry, avoiding the slits by about a half an inch. next, lay your sliced apples on top of the quark. sprinkle them liberally with cinnamon and sugar and then add a squeeze of half a lemon over all the apples (optional). now bear with me because this next part takes a tiny bit of patience. the dough braid: starting with one end of your pastry, fold the first cut of dough on the left onto the apples and angle it just slightly toward the far end, then take the right side's first cut of dough and place it over the piece of dough you just folded over the apples, you'll continue to do this from side to side until you've reached the last cut of dough - then, fold the tail underneath the end of your pastry to seal. it's harder to explain than to actually do - i know you can do it! now, take one egg and whisk it up and paint the top of your pastry with your brush (this will give it a shiny golden crisp). start checking the oven after about 20 minutes - when the top of the pastry starts to become a light gold in color, toothpick test your apples. They should be cooking along just fine - pull the pastry once the top becomes a golden-brown color. I used a tea filter and confectioner's sugar to top, but i think a glaze would be great, too - whisk 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar and 2-3T of milk, then drizzle over the warm top! yum.
ingredients and equipment: 5-6 medium sized tomatoes, 2 cucumbers, 2 cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, and hot sauce, a juicer (preferably cold press), and vodka (i used crop organic cucumber vodka). other fun things to consider; horseradish, worcestershire sauce, dilly beans, celery, bacon?!).
directions: cut your tomatoes and cucumbers small enough to feed through your juicer. i like to peel my cucumbers to avoid the bitterness of the skin. peel two cloves of garlic. juice the tomatoes and cucumbers and half a clove - i realize not everyone is a garlic fanatic like i am, so add your cloves half at a time until you reach your desired taste. salt and pepper liberally and add a your favorite hot sauce. pour 1-2oz of vodka in the bottom of your glass, and top with fresh juice. we garnished with celery, but dilly beans or bacon on a skewer are great options, too!
ingredients and equipment: the possibilities are endless here, but for the pizza pictured above-- one pre-made pizza crust (i used an organic sourdough flatbread from the coOp, but boboli or homemade crust would work just as well), your favorite cheese shredded (i used mozzarella and keeley's across the pond semi-soft cheese), sausage (i used the piggery's breakfast sausage because it is out of this world amazing), scallions thinly sliced, fresh basil, and 2-4 eggs.
directions: preheat your over to 400 degrees F. caveat: you won't need any sauce for your breakfast pizza, which feels weird but i promise, you won't miss it. fry up your breakfast sausage, while it's cooking shred the cheese and slice the scallions. once the sausage has cooled to the touch, chop it into bite-sized pieces. place the pizza crust onto the sheet pan, liberally sprinkle the crust with cheese, sausage, and chopped scallions. now, carefully -- crack 2-4 eggs one-by-one and place them around the pizza. be very careful not to let the whites run off the side. place it in the oven for approximately 20 minutes or until the edges are golden-brown and the eggs are cooked to your liking (i've found over-medium works best -- it's not so messy). while your pizza is cooking pluck 5-6 basil leaves, place them on top of each other and roll them tightly. holding tightly, chop once lengthwise down the center, then slice julienne - this technique works the best for me when i'm trying to get the perfect size and look for fresh herbs! sprinkle the basil on the pizza as soon as it's pulled from the oven. serve with a side of your favorite hot sauce!
do any of you watch downton abbey?
i am so hooked! i'm only on episode six of season three so don't tell me any spoilers! something so devastating happened in the last episode i watched and i can't stop thinking about it today. i wish i could say more, but i don't want to ruin it for anyone who plans to watch! even if this show seems like something you'd never be into, just watch three episodes-- i bet you'll be hooked too! it's incredible.
so, in an attempt to try to heal from last nights episode i'm just stalking all things downton... like these paper dolls. what?
and yes, i've already printed them and i'm beginning designs for lady sybil's custom dress.
and how about martha stewart's gingerbread downton abbey!? can she be any cooler right now? martha and i would be such great friends.
i don't have television, so i'm hoarding episodes right now (p.s if you haven't invested in amazon prime - it's amazing, students and teachers get a discount., you get instant videos/shows/music and free two-day shipping on most products). anyhow, i can't really imagine a time when i won't be able to watch the latest episode at my leisure.
i've been away! i've missed the time to write, but much to my surprise the winter season was quite busy with photography work. a lot of maternity sessions and already many inquiries for late summer weddings. it makes me happy! mostly because not much else makes me as excited as people in love and tiny human beings.
above is a little snippet of what i've been up to the last few months!
2. lots and lots of cooking and baking.
3. birthday celebrations with babies who have mustaches.
4. holiday parties, and more holiday parties (and cute faces).
5. playing snow when playing snow can be done!
6. pictures of food (so many pictures of food).
7. pear almond tartine in cast iron.
8. my new favorite kitchen item (both of them).
9. my brother flew in from the west for a visit.
10. a gathering of the most handsomest.
11. when i thought i could never love that sugar, i did.
12. pub crawl games for charity, such a very great idea.
13. homemade honey beets. i cannot stop eating.
14. big pine cone hunt.
16. dinner with my family at at agava in ithaca - such a great, great spot!
well - there you have it. it's been a whirlwind.
i'm going in like a lion - fingers crossed it sticks!
This is Matt, my favorite. It was his birthday yesterday! The day was filled with our normal shenanigans. We had machaca and homefries for breksas, traveled for coffees, and gathered a mix/six-pack of some tasty brews. I made him a Nigella Lawson dark chocolate Guinness cake - one of my most prized cakes baked to date.
It's easy to make the statement that Matt is truly one of the most amazing people I've ever met. He is generous, adventurous, hilarious, fun, talented and so, so intelligent. His non-stop and endless good-idea-machine-maker-brain is consistently pushing me past my creative boundaries. He inspires me daily, and without him I'd surely be a lesser person. Happy for him everyday, but extra happy for him on a such a celebratory day; the day he came into the world!


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No School on Thursday Nov 11 or Friday Nov 12 for Students!
Swain County Schools will be closed for Veterans' Day on Thursday, November 11. Schools will also be closed for students on Friday, November 12 for a mandated PLC day.
Reopening Info For 21-22
Swain County Schools Reopening Information for 2021-22 School Year
Board of Education Meeting - change of location
****CHANGE OF MEETING LOCATION: 101 MITCHELL ST, BRYSON CITY, NC 28713****
The Swain County Board of Education Meeting will be Monday, October 11, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. in the Swain County Administration Building, 101 Mitchell St,
Bryson City, NC 28713.
The meeting will be broadcast on the school system YouTube link at Maroon Devil Network.
To submit a public comment go to: https://forms.gle/pUfSVr8sPkUHbS1t8
Free COVID-19 Testing Site
Swain County Health Department in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, is pleased to be able to offer expanded no-cost COVID-19 virus testing capacity as part of a partnership between the state of North Carolina and OptumServe. This new community testing site builds on North Carolina's ongoing work to increase access to testing and slow viral spread in key locations and reduce the burden on public and private local healthcare providers.
Rapid and PCR Testing will begin on October 1, 2021 in Swain County at the Swain County Recreation Center (old Pepsi building) ), 30 Recreation Park Drive Bryson City NC 28713. This testing site will be open Tuesdays from 8am to 2pm and Fridays from 11am to 6 pm (subject to change based on need and availability). Anyone can be tested, with or without symptoms, including those who have no insurance, undocumented and homeless individuals. While walk-ins are accepted, we encourage residents to register and schedule an appointment at lhi.care/covidtesting or call (877)562-4850. Curbside testing will be available for those who are unable to leave their vehicle.
The Swain County School District calendar has been updated. Download your copy at https://bit.ly/2122SCSCalendarRev1
Contact tracing is key to slowing the spread of COVID-19 and helps protect you, your family, and your community
Online Registration Open!!
Online registration for this school year is available. You should have received a snapcode in your email to use for registration at https://registration.powerschool.com/family/gosnap.aspx?action=29469&culture=en. If you have not received one, please call Ms. Kathy at 828-488-3480 and she can give you the snapcode. We are encouraging all to register online. Computers will be available at the Swain Middle for anyone who would like to register at school.
Also, Open House will be on August 12th from 1 pm to 6 pm and the first day of school is Monday, August 16th.
Parents may wish to consider purchasing the voluntary Student Accident Insurance available online at www.k12studentinsurance.com. There are various options and coverages available. The voluntary coverage is a primary coverage and you may apply for this coverage on-line or by mail using the applications below. Please click on link for instructions and applications: https://www.swain.k12.nc.us/apps/pages/studentaccidentinsurance
Summer Meals 2021
All Kids 18 and Younger Eat Free at Swain County School Cafeterias
Swain High, East and West Cafeterias open for meal pick-up June 14th- August 6th, Monday- Friday 7:30am- 1:30pm (closed Mon. July 5th)
Families may pick up 5 or 2 days of meals at a time, 2 times per week for total of 7 meals/week. Groups of 10 or more kids call ahead for pick up/ delivery
High School: 828-488-2152 ext. 5237
Swain West: 828-488-2119 ext. 5535
Swain East: 828-488-0939 ext. 5435
No Summer Classes on Wednesday, June 16
Out of respect for Mr. Webb and his family, we will not hold summer classes on Wednesday, June 16.


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EPL results
Bayern Munich vs Arsenal: TV channel, stream, kick-off time, odds & match preview
Bayern München v Arsenal
The high-profile tournament continues with a showdown between the German champions and the outfit from north London
Arsenal face Bayern Munich in the English club's solitary International Champions Cup match during the 2017-18 pre-season.
The Gunners host their perennial Champions League nemesis at Shanghai Stadium in China as part of the showpiece tournament being held across the United States and Asia.
Your complete guide to the ICC
After two friendlies in Australia to kick off their schedule, Arsenal fans will have another chance to see new signing Alexandre Lacazette in action here.
Game Bayern Munich vs Arsenal
Date Wednesday, July 19
Time 19:20 (local) / 12:20 BST
TV CHANNEL & LIVE STREAM
In the UK, the match will be available to watch live on television on Premier Sports and by stream via the Premier Player app.
UK TV channel
Premier Sports Premier Player
In the US, the match will be available to watch live on television in Spanish on ESPN Deportes and can be streamed in English on ESPN3.
US TV channel
ESPN Deportes (Spanish) ESPN3
SQUADS & TEAM NEWS
Bayern Munich players
Goalkeepers Ulreich, Starke, Fruchtl, Hoffmann
Defenders Alaba, Bernat, Friedl, Hummels, Martinez, Rafinha, Gotze
Midfielders Coman, Ribery, Sanches, Thiago, Tolisso, James, Dorsch
Forwards Lewandowski, Muller, Pantovic, Wintzheimer
Bayern have included a number of young players in their squad including Mario Gotze's brother Felix, but high-profile new signings James Rodriguez and Corentin Tolisso are also present.
Manuel Neuer, Arjen Robben and Jerome Boateng are injured, while Arturo Vidal, Joshua Kimmich, Sebastian Rudy and Niklas Sule are recuperating after the Confederations Cup.
Potential starting XI: Ulreich; Rafinha, Hummels, Martinez, Alaba; Thiago, Tolisso; Muller, James, Ribery; Lewandowski.
Arsenal players
Goalkeepers Cech, Martinez, Ospina
Defenders Bielik, Bramall, Kolasinac, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal
Midfielders Coquelin, Elneny, Maitland-Niles, Nelson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Ramsey, Willock, Xhaka
Forwards Giroud, Iwobi, Lacazette, Malen, Nketiah, Walcott, Welbeck
Arsenal are without Alexis Sanchez, Rob Holding, Calum Chambers, Shkodran Mustafi and Hector Bellerin following their international exertions earlier this summer.
Jack Wilshere is recovering from an injury and Kieran Gibbs and Lucas Perez have been left at home ahead of probable departures.
Potential starting XI: Cech; Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Xhaka, Kolasinac; Ozil, Lacazette, Welbeck.
Bayern Munich are 8/11 favourites to win, according to dabblebet, with Arsenal priced at 10/3 and the draw available at 3/1.
Click here to view all of dabblebet's markets for this game and the rest of the International Champions Cup.
July ambles on, as it often does for Arsenal, with a lot of questions still to be answered.
Will Sead Kolasinac and Alexandre Lacazette be the extent of the Gunners' summer spending? They are two good additions on paper, but there would seem to be more holes to fill.
Is Alexis Sanchez really going to stay? Arsene Wenger insists so, but the money on the table from the likes of Manchester City would be a lot to pass up if he is going to walk for free next summer.
And is the 3-5-2 here for good? It worked - at least in terms of results, if not always performances - last season, but it would represent a dramatic turn away from Wenger's norm.
The coming weeks of pre-season should offer answers to those questions, but though it is hard to fault much Arsenal have done since the end of the 2016-17 campaign, there is the lingering fear that they will need to be more than adequate to catch up with their rivals.
Keeping pace was good enough to keep the Gunners in the Champions League for a long time, until it wasn't. Now they must push the boat out and aspire to have the best summer of any Premier League club rather than one which simply averts an uprising.
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