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The Scene of The Crime
Place in fiction is a powerful factor.
At its most basic it's about getting a sense of the physicality of a location. Reading this descriptive rendering of place sometimes provokes a sense of familiarity, sometimes a sense of discovery.
At its most complex, place in fiction excavates layers, going beyond the mere physical make up of a location to reveal the historical, social, cultural and political strata that construct a place and its people.
When it comes to crime fiction - place is usually one of the elements of the work that is most commented on in reviews. What would a review of James Lee Burke be without commentary on the "sense of place" he creates in writing about Mississippi, or Ian Rankin's rendering of Edinburgh?
The way place is used in crime fiction lends itself to close consideration.
I've written about it as part of my Masters degree.
In The Millennial Detective: Essays on Trends in Crime Fiction, Film and Television, 1990-2010
I wrote a chapter, Crime Fiction and The Politics of Place: The Post 9/11 Sense of Place in Sara Partesky and Ian Rankin, and talked at length about Blacklist and The Naming of The Dead, and the way place not only informed the location of the novels but shaped the plot, the politics, the people and the crime.
Place, politics and people were central elements in my novel The Old School and I'm really excited to have been invited to come along and talk about this at The Scene of the Crime a crime fiction symposium being held at The University of Western Sydney's Writing and Society Research Centre on Wednesday 27th June.
Come along.
It's going to be a fascinating day talking about crime fiction.
The details are below. If you fancy a day talking crime with crime writers and crime readers then RSVP to writing@uws.edu.au
Crime Fiction Symposium
Victorian London, post-WWI England, the mean streets of L.A.: in crime fiction, place matters. It is crucial to the evolution of the genre and the signifying possibilities of specific texts. Has this changed in recent years? Intensified? Diversified? Think Rebus's Edinburgh, Wallander's Ystad, Ellroy's L.A.
How do crime narratives imagine the city and the country, the sprawling metropolis and the regional locale, urban decay and vanishing wilderness?
From Melbourne to Massachusetts, New Orleans to New Zealand, Botswana to Bankstown, from the Yorkshire moors to the Siberian tundra, from bayou to desert reservation: the scene of the crime and the journey of detection shape popular and literary crime fiction alike. 'The Scene of the Crime' asks, what is the relationship between crime fiction and representations of place?
Morning session-
Matt Mcguire: Ian Rankin's Edinburgh
Sara Knox: 'An Englishman's Home is His Castle': the crimes of Alan Bennett
Respondent: Jane Goodall
Afternoon session-
Ross Gibson: "A Hammer is Struck in the Mind"
Novelist Pam Newton: reading from 'The Old School'
Comments: Jane Goodall
Lunch will be provided.
10.30—2pm, Wednesday 27 June 2012, UWS Bankstown Campus, room 3.G.55
Please RSVP to writing@uws.edu.au
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World of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King Board Game Ready To Break Out
by Matt Miller on Jul 21, 2021 at 08:01 AM
For the first time, Z-Man Games is expanding the Pandemic formula into a licensed partnership, as today brought details of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – A Pandemic System Board Game. It's a mouthful of a title, but the game itself has the potential to be a big hit in tabletop circles.
Long before the real world was wrestling with the concept, a board game called Pandemic was released in 2008 and took tabletop enthusiasts by storm. Designed by Matt Leacock, the cooperative experience challenged players to work together as doctors, researchers, and scientists to confront a series of deadly illnesses and save the world. The clever system, which emphasizes specific threat areas that arise, again and again, is one of the foundational games of the modern board game era, and it's often recommended as an ideal launchpad into deeper thematic tabletop experiences. Pandemic became so popular that it has seen numerous expansions and offshoots, from fast-playing variants like Pandemic: Rapid Response, to a trip to ancient times to halt Rome's Fall. One evolution of the formula, Pandemic Legacy, helped usher in the new style of play known as legacy gaming.
Wrath of the Lich King is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated expansions and eras for the long-running MMO, especially for how it culminated important storylines first glimpsed way back in Warcraft III. The continent of Northrend was also a fan-favorite location, with numerous memorable sites to discover, including the imposing Icecrown Citadel that loomed in the distance.
The new Pandemic System board game embraces that celebrated corner of the Warcraft fiction and puts players in charge of individual heroes as they range out across the frozen continent. Playable characters include Sylvanas Windrunner, Thrall, and Varian Wrynn, who set aside their enmity to work together and confront the Lich King and his undead armies.
Our first glimpses of the game reveal a large board with interconnected locations, which should be familiar to experienced Pandemic players. But where the original saw those locations gradually filling with disease cubes, this World of Warcraft game sees the slowly encroaching ghouls and abominations of an undead scourge. Players visit iconic dungeon and raid locations like Naxxramas and The Nexus. And even as detailed plastic minis range about across Northrend, a large cardboard standee of Icecrown dominates the middle of the board.
Designed for 1 to 5 players and meant to be played in about an hour, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – A Pandemic System Board Game is currently targeting a $59.99 price point. Check out a trailer for the new board game below.
Matt Miller has been with Game Informer since 2004. He has a special interest in the evolution of game design, the tabletop hobby, and the crafting of interactive narrative.

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Melanie Carter returned home to join the Charger softball staff in the summer of 2010. Carter, who was a four-time All-American during her playing days in Huntsville, joined the Charger staff after a successful stint as head coach at Shorter College in Rome, Ga.
Helping guide the Chargers to a national runner-up finish in her debut campaign on the staff, Carter was part of the 2011 South Region Coaching Staff of the Year. Under her direction, the team went 48-6-1 en route to capturing the NCAA South Region championship along with the Gulf South Conference East Division title. The squad boasted an All-American along with six all-GSC selections.
At Shorter in the span of just four years, she took over a young program and turned it into a national powerhouse. She compiled 195 wins at Shorter, and guided the team to its first-ever berth in the Elite Eight in 2010. She was named the Southern States Athletic Conference and Region XIII Coach of the Year in her rookie season with the Lady Hawks in 2007, a season that began a run of three straight SSAC titles - a regular season championship in 2007, both the regular season and tournament titles in 2008 and a tournament crown in 2009.
In Carter's four seasons with the Lady Hawks, her teams made four consecutive appearances in the NAIA Softball National Championship, including a program-best fifth place finish in 2010. Shorter compiled three 50-win seasons under Carter's leadership - the only 50-win seasons in program history - including a school-record 51 victories in 2010.
Her teams at Shorter featured seven NFCA NAIA All-Americans, nine all-Region XIII honorees, and 17 SSAC all-conference selections, and Carter's student-athletes also excelled in the classroom as she had 15 players earn all-academic achievements.
During her collegiate career at UAH, Carter was a four-year starter, a four-time NFCA All-American and a four-time first team All-South Region selection. In 2001, Carter led the Chargers to an appearance in the NCAA Div. II College World Series.
Carter graduated from UAH as the holder of several career records including at-bats (795), runs (231), doubles (65), total bases (519) and RBI (233). Her career runs, RBI and doubles marks also stand as Gulf South Conference records. She was a four-time first team All-GSC selection, a member of three GSC championship teams, selected as the GSC East Division Freshman of the Year in 2000 and was a four-time GSC All-Tournament choice. In the summer of 2010, Carter was selected as a member of the GSC All-Decade first team.
A native of Fayetteville, Tenn., Carter graduated from UAH in December 2003 with a degree in Biology with an emphasis in Exercise Physiology and holds a M.A.T. in Physical Education from West Alabama. She is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.


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before filling my pockets with lavender-scented poop bags and kibble. Then I spend a solid 10 minutes trying to clip a leash on my very excited dog before michelin-manning it out the back door.
Every time that blast of cold hits my face, I think: "I'm a good dog owner, I'm a good owner, I'm a good dog owner" while gritting my teeth and dreaming about the fence we're going to get as soon as the ground thaws. By about the tenth minute, we've reached a local trail and Odie is prancing about like a king. I can't feel my nose.
There are no dignified photos of me in my dog walk getup, so here's one of Odie in the snow, pre haircut.
The walk home – about half an hour later – is usually a bit more eventful. Cars pulling out of driveways, kids walking to school, and retirees taking out their garbage in their pyjamas. Odie, whose universe used to be limited to a backyard, greets them all by jumping on them.
But last week he suddenly started barking. I was puzzled until I saw the stout elderly lady who had slipped and fallen. She'd been on the ground in her nightgown for nearly half an hour in -35 degree weather. Her nose was bleeding, but she didn't want a doctor. She asked for help getting up and into the warmth of her home.
I tied Odie to a post, put one of my billion layers over her legs, ran to get JF, and we helped her inside. After about ten minutes of hand-wringing over the possibility that she was concussed, I called the paramedics after all. Before leaving for work, I made sure they found her house.
On our after-work walk, Odie and I dropped in for a visit. Jean was fine, but her nose hurt like the dickens.
Morals of the story? Dog walking is a great way to meet people. Also, visit your older neighbours regularly. Also, spring will be awesome.
This entry was posted in Community Events, Family and Friends, Love, Small Town Living and tagged cold, Community, dog, Elmvale, michelin man, morning, neighbours, walk by Mikaela Lefaive. Bookmark the permalink.
Sounds like an episode of "The Littlest Hobo"!


Simple clock can add good feature to you website.
Step1 : Create a movie clip.
Step2 : Insert a texbox in dynamic text mode. Give it a name say "display_time".
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create table brazalete (
  id                        bigserial not null,
  paciente_id               bigint,
  constraint uq_brazalete_paciente_id unique (paciente_id),
  constraint pk_brazalete primary key (id))
;

create table cita (
  id                        bigserial not null,
  dia                       varchar(255),
  paciente_id               bigint,
  constraint pk_cita primary key (id))
;

create table consejo (
  id                        bigserial not null,
  descripcion               varchar(255),
  paciente_id               bigint,
  medico_id                 bigint,
  constraint pk_consejo primary key (id))
;

create table emergencia (
  id                        bigserial not null,
  fecha                     timestamp,
  lat                       float,
  lon                       float,
  paciente_id               bigint not null,
  constraint pk_emergencia primary key (id))
;

create table entrada (
  id                        bigserial not null,
  tipo                      integer,
  descripcion               varchar(255),
  historial_id              bigint,
  constraint ck_entrada_tipo check (tipo in (0,1,2)),
  constraint pk_entrada primary key (id))
;

create table historial (
  id                        bigserial not null,
  paciente_id               bigint,
  constraint uq_historial_paciente_id unique (paciente_id),
  constraint pk_historial primary key (id))
;

create table medicion_estres (
  id                        bigserial not null,
  nivel_estres              integer,
  fecha                     timestamp,
  historial_id              bigint not null,
  constraint ck_medicion_estres_nivel_estres check (nivel_estres in (0,1,2)),
  constraint pk_medicion_estres primary key (id))
;

create table medicion_frecuencia (
  id                        bigserial not null,
  fecha                     timestamp,
  latidos_pmin              integer,
  historial_id              bigint not null,
  constraint pk_medicion_frecuencia primary key (id))
;

create table medicion_presion (
  id                        bigserial not null,
  presion_diastolica        integer,
  presion_sistolica         integer,
  fecha                     timestamp,
  estado                    varchar(255),
  historial_id              bigint not null,
  constraint pk_medicion_presion primary key (id))
;

create table medico (
  id                        bigserial not null,
  nombres                   varchar(255),
  apellidos                 varchar(255),
  perm_marcapasos           boolean,
  especializacion           integer,
  constraint ck_medico_especializacion check (especializacion in (0,1)),
  constraint pk_medico primary key (id))
;

create table paciente (
  id                        bigserial not null,
  nombres                   varchar(255),
  apellidos                 varchar(255),
  sexo                      varchar(255),
  constraint pk_paciente primary key (id))
;

alter table brazalete add constraint fk_brazalete_paciente_1 foreign key (paciente_id) references paciente (id);
create index ix_brazalete_paciente_1 on brazalete (paciente_id);
alter table cita add constraint fk_cita_paciente_2 foreign key (paciente_id) references paciente (id);
create index ix_cita_paciente_2 on cita (paciente_id);
alter table consejo add constraint fk_consejo_paciente_3 foreign key (paciente_id) references paciente (id);
create index ix_consejo_paciente_3 on consejo (paciente_id);
alter table consejo add constraint fk_consejo_medico_4 foreign key (medico_id) references medico (id);
create index ix_consejo_medico_4 on consejo (medico_id);
alter table emergencia add constraint fk_emergencia_paciente_5 foreign key (paciente_id) references paciente (id);
create index ix_emergencia_paciente_5 on emergencia (paciente_id);
alter table entrada add constraint fk_entrada_historial_6 foreign key (historial_id) references historial (id);
create index ix_entrada_historial_6 on entrada (historial_id);
alter table historial add constraint fk_historial_paciente_7 foreign key (paciente_id) references paciente (id);
create index ix_historial_paciente_7 on historial (paciente_id);
alter table medicion_estres add constraint fk_medicion_estres_historial_8 foreign key (historial_id) references historial (id);
create index ix_medicion_estres_historial_8 on medicion_estres (historial_id);
alter table medicion_frecuencia add constraint fk_medicion_frecuencia_histori_9 foreign key (historial_id) references historial (id);
create index ix_medicion_frecuencia_histori_9 on medicion_frecuencia (historial_id);
alter table medicion_presion add constraint fk_medicion_presion_historial_10 foreign key (historial_id) references historial (id);
create index ix_medicion_presion_historial_10 on medicion_presion (historial_id);

# --- !Downs

drop table if exists brazalete cascade;

drop table if exists cita cascade;

drop table if exists consejo cascade;

drop table if exists emergencia cascade;

drop table if exists entrada cascade;

drop table if exists historial cascade;

drop table if exists medicion_estres cascade;

drop table if exists medicion_frecuencia cascade;

drop table if exists medicion_presion cascade;

drop table if exists medico cascade;

drop table if exists paciente cascade;

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Are you a movie fan? Then here's something we found very interesting: Presentation lessons from the movies! Even if you are not a big movie fan or haven't seen these movies, there's a lot to learn from them! Oh and also, these movies are Oscar winning!
Based on a true story, this presentation is based on the 2010 movie The King's speech. Even if you haven't seen the film, you'll get great pointers on making a better presentation or speech. And if you have seen the film, well then, every point will get reinforced!
Watch this presentation to know how important visual storytelling is. The presentation lessons are from the 2011 Oscar winning movie The Artist.
3. Want to see more? Watch the following YouTube video from the movie Apollo 13.
Then go ahead and read the "Ten Presentation Lessons from Apollo 13" written by John Zimmer on his blog over here.
Anymore movies we can learn from? Share your thoughts with us!


Tim Mee 'Nuns...' is a song of instructors about how to get into a holiday flat in Italy (Florence natch!!) so what's not to love?! Delightful stuff. Favorite track: Nuns Run The Apothecary.
12" black vinyl version of Florence, in reverse brown board sleeve and printed inner sleeve complete with lyrics. Includes download code.
Includes unlimited streaming of Florence via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
For a limited time, pre-order the upcoming new album from Darren Hayman "Florence" and pick up a copy of his previous record for Fika Recordings "Bugbears" for the special price of £20.
Best known as the singer-songwriter of the phenomenally successful and much-loved Hefner, Darren Hayman is now 15 years, and over 14 albums, into an increasingly idiosyncratic career path, where he has taken a singular and erratic route through England's tired and heartbroken underbelly. Darren is also writing the best tunes of his career; increasingly complex and mature songs, he is a thoughtful, concise and detailed songwriter.
Hayman's first two solo albums, Table For One (2006) and The Secondary Modern (2007), charmed the critics – with The Guardian opining that Hayman's profoundly English songwriting was "the match of Ray Davies". Mostly joined by his band The Secondary Modern – a loose, urban folk collective, underpinning Hayman's concrete sorrow with rural violins and tired pianos – he has released a series of albums, largely focused on place. This allowed for the exploration of nuanced subjects in detail, with a trio of albums based in Essex (2009's Pram Town and 2010's Essex Arms) and culminating in 2012's The Violence, a 20 song account of the 17th century Essex witch trials. From this he developed an album of English Civil War folk songs of the time (2013's Bugbears) and stayed with the historical theme for this year's Chants For Socialists, which saw him set William Morris' words to music, creating an album of kindness and hope that brought Hayman's most critical acclaim yet.
All songs written, performed and recorded by Darren Hayman in Florence between 21st Dec 2014 and 1st Jan 2015.


VIR 350 W filaments have a particular shape, a W Shape, which give strength and resistance to the turf.
Although an intensive usage, such as strong trampling, the grass will stand perfectly straight.
Thanks to a yellow- brown curly blade of grass and a lengthiness of 35 mm, it seems very natural.
Blade height: approx. 35 mm.


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Q: echo literal question mark in PS1 I'm new to shell scripting and trying to make myself a nice prompt to show me the state of my git branch, using colors and characters like "?".
when I have new untracked files, I want my PS1 to be like:
p/a/t/h/ (staging ?) $

i.e. pwd (branchName space questionMark) $
I've simplified my problem to this code (~/.bashrc):
parseGitBranch () {
     gitBranch=staging
     ifUntrackedFiles="$gitBranch ?"
     echo $ifUntrackedFiles
 }

 PS1="`parseGitBranch` $ "

My problem is that because of the space before the question mark, PS1 treats it as a wildcard and shows me any single letter file exists in my directory.
p/a/t/h/ (staging ?) touch a
p/a/t/h/ (staging ?) source ~/.bashrc
p/a/t/h/ (staging a) $

Without the space it works well but I still want the space after my branch name :\
p/a/t/h/ (staging?) $

I've also tried:
ifUntrackedFiles="$gitBranch"' ?'

echo -e
and a backslash before the mark outputs them both (staging \?)
How to escape the question mark in PS1?
Thanks!

A: In Bourne shell, not quoting a variable (i.e. $var instead of "$var") should be the exception. The problem here is your echo command. With echo ?, ? is substituted with every one-letter file in your directory, whereas with echo "?", the question mark is displayed as is.
Your function should then be:
parseGitBranch () {
     gitBranch=staging
     ifUntrackedFiles="$gitBranch ?"
     echo "$ifUntrackedFiles"
 }

And, since back-quotes are easy to confuse with single quotes and difficult to nest, use $(...) instead:
 PS1='$(parseGitBranch) $ '

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Md. Muddassir Quamar replies: The stated reasons for the 2003 Iraq war were presence of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and harbouring of terrorists that subsequently proved to be exaggerated and erroneous. The actual reason was lingering problems between the United States (US) and Iraq since early 1990s. Iraq had attacked and annexed Kuwait in August 1990. The US responded by launching Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait, which was achieved in January 1991. Despite the defeat, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein continued to defy the US and the international pressure to disarm and step down. He brutally suppressed the local uprisings against his rule and allegedly used chemical and biological weapons upon his own people. According to the UNSC resolution 1441, Iraq had also failed to comply with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) demands to furnish details of all its chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
In the meanwhile, the September 11, 2001 attacks galvanised the US public opinion and led President George W. Bush to take strong action to restore American pride. Thus began the "war on terror" against the declared enemies of the US. Iraq was named as one of the global "axis of evil." The US had already attacked the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in October 2001 for giving refuge to al Qaeda and its chief Osama bin Laden. With the benefit of hindsight, it can be said that the attack on Iraq was a serious miscalculation that not only harmed the US but pushed Iraq and the whole West Asia (or Middle East) toward chaos.
So far as Syria is concerned, there is no direct link with the US invasion of Iraq. In fact, the US under Barack Obama administration showed reluctance to join the war for effecting regime change in Syria. Obama was criticised for this by the regional allies such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel as well as the opposition groups inside Syria. Donald Trump administration has showed greater willingness to step up military involvement in Syria but has remained non-committal largely because of the Russian military presence.


For it is the day that I, setsuna16 have completed the holy quadrilateral of gaming!
Yes, that's right folks, Set went and got himself a PS3 today, at Best Buy. Nobody had any extra controllers for the life of them, which means I have to order them online. This brings me much sadness, as I hate A) paying shipping and handling, and B) waiting for packages to arrive. But what can you do?
More importantly, it is the day that I have finally gotten my 100th TV on DVD box set!!!!!! Technically, if you count the anime stuff it was actually awhile back, but I'm only counting the made in America stuff... so, yeah. It is a proud moment for me.
Lesser moment of the day includes a quad of kittens being born in my closet. They might keep me up all night. That will prove annoying.
Now, I'm off to go and fiddle with my new toy. In the words of Regine Hunter (Box set #... 80 something probably)... "Smooches."


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Article 50 makes every crisis we already face a lot more acute
Published: 6:59 AM April 1, 2017 Updated: 6:26 PM September 17, 2020
Caroline Lucas - Credit: Archant
There is much work to be done battling regressive forces. But we mustn't stop exploring bold new ideas to transform society
This weekend Green Party politicians and members from around the world are gathering in Liverpool for the Global Greens Congress. Delegates from as far away as Australia, Uganda and Japan will come together to discuss the challenges we're facing – and to think collectively about solutions.
One of the greatest threats that we're seeing across the world is the rise of vicious right-wing populism. From Trump in the US to Le Pen across the Channel and New Zealand First on the other side of the globe – fear threatens to capture our politics.
The truth is that people like Trump and Farage are right about one thing: corporate globalisation has hit the buffers. Once secure jobs have been replaced by precarious work. A global race to the bottom on wages and rights, combined with an international financial crisis, has seen salaries all but stagnate across the global north for decades.
Of course the problems created by our globalised economy are complex – and we should be honest about the fact that impacts have been asymmetrical, with some positives as well as the negatives. But what's unquestionable is the fact that people have had enough and are demanding change.
When you are angry, when you've been lied to, neglected or taken for granted, simple answers have enormous appeal. That's how a story that casts migrants in the role of villain can take root. One in which experts are derided and the truth no longer matters. And that's how we ended up in a situation where people's anger is being directed at others in their communities – rather than those at the top who have caused the problems we face.
Greens are at the front line of the fight against the far right. From standing up for refugees in Germany, to combating Geert Wilders' anti-Muslim bigotry in the Netherlands, to defending free movement here in Britain – we do not shy away from making the case for an open society, indeed we see it as part of national identities. We are proud to be citizens of the world, of our own countries and of our local communities – and we don't see these identities as in competition with each other.
But we also know that an open society must be matched with a fair economy. That's why, in our speech at the conference, Jonathan Bartley and I are outlining a number of ways in which we'd rebalance the British economy in favour of the majority. We would reverse cuts to corporation tax and the Labour-supported tax giveaway to higher earners. And we'll bring forward plans to overhaul inheritance tax so that it depends on the wealth of the recipient rather than that of the donor. We need an honest conversation about tax – and that means being open about the fact that those with the most need to pay more.
While far-right populism is mainstreaming in our politics, environmentalism is being truly sidelined. Despite a step forward at the Paris Conference in 2015, we're now facing a backlash against climate policy – especially in richer countries.
In the US, Donald Trump has scrapped the Clean Power Plan and in Britain, there's the Government's deep cuts to support for solar power and de facto ban on new onshore wind. After the hottest year on record last year, we should be witnessing the quickening of the shift to a low-carbon economy – but instead we're seeing politicians hand in glove with the fossil fuel lobby.
And in the UK, our environmental protections face the additional threat of Brexit. Just this week it was reported that so-called 'red tape' is set to be slashed. Could that mean ditching the Habitats Directive and the safeguards it gives to rare species? Could it mean sewage washing up on our beaches again? Could it mean an end to tackling the dangerous air pollution that blights our towns and cities? At our conference this weekend we'll be working with colleagues in the Scottish Parliament and Northern Irish assembly to build on the work we've already done – and put forward proposals for how we best protect our environment at this most volatile of times. In particular we are calling on the Government to implement an Environmental Protection Act to safeguard and extend crucial regulations as we prepare to leave the EU.
Though much of this weekend will be spent discussing battles against regressive forces, we're also going to be looking to the future and exploring bold new ideas to transform our society for the better. For starters that means furthering discussions around a Basic Income. This proposal – which would see a non-means tested payment going to every citizen – is one whose time seems to have arrived. With welfare states creaking and an increasingly volatile labour market, we believe that it's time to explore whether a Basic Income could set people free from the constant state of insecurity faced by so many.
Such an idea has been a core Green belief for decades – but with thinktanks like the RSA and Compass now exploring it, and books like Rutger Bregman's Utopia for Realists hitting the bestseller charts – the concept is now bursting into the mainstream.
Of course a basic income is just one strand of economic policy which needs exploring. We must also now look at others ways in which we can realise Keynes' dream of reducing the amount of work people do. Not only have people's hours at work remained stubbornly high, but increasingly people take their jobs home with them in their pockets too. Indeed if you look at the number of hours worked per family there's been an increase since the middle of the last century – as women entered the workforce and everyone worked until later in life. Greens value work, but we also know that it isn't the only important thing in life.
Finally, Greens have always analysed power structures as well as economic ones. That's why we're calling for more local democracy, a fair electoral system and, crucially, a citizen-led process to build a new British constitution.
A number of simple facts underline every conversation I'll be having this weekend. The planet is burning. The gap between rich and poor is getting wider. People feel locked out of politics and migrants are being blamed for all the problems we face. With Article 50 being triggered, every crisis we already face has become even more acute. The challenge of our times is to stand up tall at this moment of change - and I'm pleased to welcome Greens from across the world to Britain this weekend to plan for a future to be proud of.
Caroline Lucas is the MP for Brighton Pavilion and co-leader of the Green Party


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ANAMORPHISM
JUSTIN COOPER & CONNIE ANTHES
The very concept of a metamorphic entity is an enticing one. Take the humble insect, for instance, and its transition from pupa to imaginal stages, eventually emerging as something totally incompatible against its original form. Our imaginations are captured in the intermediate stages of this process– how did 'that' become 'this', we may ask ourselves. In art, arguably, there is little difference. We at times imagine a work built from an idea and in turn question the evolution of its objecthood. Justin Cooper and Connie Anthes have done exactly this, utilising the anamorphic process to scrutinise conventional ceramic production. What we are left with is not only the question of form, but of procedure and outcome. Such is the final objects distortion that we are asked to view it in very particular ways, and in doing so, reveal to ourselves the objects true nature. It is no surprise, then, that Anthes and Cooper's work Anamorphism stratifies the conceptual and tangible. It is this conflation that forces us as viewers to see the work as a new, modified entity, distinct from its multiple components.
Much like the works titular phenomenon, these art works simultaneously draw from disparity and uniformity. On the one hand, the ceramic prints represent a homogenised aggregation of materials; on the other, the works various mediums are demonstrative of heterogeneous structures. Together, these elements draw semblance between the formal and informal, the perceptible and the 'hidden'. It is this composite of ideas – digital macro, ceramics, plinths – that appear dichotomous. Nonetheless, the clever handling of the naturally occurring and manmade works to highlight the interhuman transaction between the 'useful' (the potential utility of the ceramic components) and 'beautiful' (the paroxysm of colour and strangeness of textures). Despite this, the artists make no attempt to deliberately obfuscate what distinguishes these separate characteristics. Such is the anamorphic portent: the artists have attempted a fully integrated system of mediums that recuperates aspects of accepted ceramic formula whilst in turn destabilising it. The intention here is to demonstrate the reformation of both found and natural composites, and conversely their reclamation as something bold, instead supplanting them with errant consequence.
Rather than rely on controlling variables, the duo seek to create an unpredictable aesthetic experiment; a unique textural amalgamation as the result of merging foreign materials discordantly. The main body of the work takes this further, presenting these experiments as photography yet ceramics, as complete yet anamorphic. Therein lies the value of process, like the transitional cocoon, as something individuated created from a combination of ancillary substances. Nevertheless, it calls into question the importance of result: 'how is this made and how is this shown?'
By investigating the traditional methods of ceramics, the artists successfully bring a craft, which some have viewed as submitting to virtual hibernation, to the contemporary fold. At the works heart lies, crucially, the concept of hybridity. As experimental discourse, Anamorphism constructs a theoretical language to describe its place in the current artistic landscape. Ideas of authenticity and ubiquity, for example, are highlighted here temporally due to the original nature of the work. In another way, with centuries of ceramics underlying art history, it is exactly this kind of piece brought into the contemporaneous fray that challenges two very different infrastructures: contemporary art and conventional craft. More and more the two have become synonymous with one another rather than estranged. Despite these two in and out 'cousins' bearing many differences, the coalescence of both has meant terms such as 'lowbrow' and 'high art', luckily, needn't appear in the present ethos. Essentially, by coupling (so called) kitsch in Anamorphism's subversive state with the less specific idea of contemporaneity, the works attempt a complexity of subject position that argue the 'melting' (or ceramic chemistry) is both new and old. The paradox is successful for two reasons: it is comprehensible, and it holds uniqueness.
The generic art object offers bifurcation in spades, often appearing as de rigueur in an environment dominated by a 'layering' of themes. Cooper and Anthes take this idea and actually do something with it, not merely content with your humdrum and clichéd postmodernist trappings. By examining found, natural and technologic materials, and in turn implementing them within an ostensibly contradictory format, the work manages to impose a functioning concept of duality that borders on new aesthetic idioms. If anything, the innovation of the art works operate in the same way anamorphism does – we are presented with something evolved; a 'one off' derived from the right combination yet uncontrolled formation of new objects.
-by Shane Hodges


Citation: PAN, W., GIBB, A.G.F. & DAINTY, A.R.J., 2005. Houseproud. Offsite Construction (OCS) Magazine, Winter 2005, pp.20-22.
Abstract: Recent government-backed reports have suggested that Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) are crucial to the solution for addressing the under-supply of housing and wide concerns over the need to improve performance. The great bulk of MMC is actually offsite technologies. This article reports on the practices and strategies of the top 1002 housebuilders regarding the use of Offsite-MMC. This survey revealed the top 100 firms' perspectives on barriers and opportunities affecting the likely future uptake of Offsite-MMC and investigated the current Offsite-MMC applications of the large housebuilders. The study combined face-to-face and telephone interviews with a postal questionnaire survey, which yielded an overall response rate of 36%. The responding firms together contribute more than 30% of the total UK housing unit completions.


SYT03U05SMC is an ultra-low capacitance Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS) designed to provide electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for high-speed data interfaces. With typical capacitance of 0.25pF only, SYT03U05SMC is designed to protect parasitic-sensitive systems against over-voltage and over-current transient events. It complies with IEC 61000-4-2(ESD), Level 4 (±15kV air, ±8kV contact discharge), IEC 61000-4-4(electrical fast transient - EFT) (40A, 5/50 ns), very fast charged device model (CDM) ESD and cable discharge event (CDE), etc.
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Q: Color Outer Boundaries by css for a map Region Is there any possibly to colour regions differently on Map by css?. I am not able to find relevant post
I have I map portion like this :

This region contain five sub regions as you can see .Every Subregion Boundary is Red .I need to make only outer Boundary(Touching the sea)is Black
here is the relavant code :
For Outer Region
            mapdata.parentId = "c0";

            mapdata.name = a;
            mapdata.title = "Arron";
            mapdata.cName = "_21";            **<--Class Name**
            mapdata.zoom = 0;
            mapdata.backUrl = "?v=arron&d=" + d;

            //get all arrondisments
            using (var query = new SiteAdminQuery())
            {
                DrawSingleArrondissment(a, query, paths);

                if (showCity)
                {
                    DrawAllCitiesForSelectedArrondissment(d, a, query, paths, false, true);
                }
            }

                mapdata.paths = paths.OrderByDescending(x => x.BoundaryDisplayOrder).ToArray();
            }

For Inner Region:
  key = arrondissementSetUp.arrndsId.ToString(),
                    type = "a",
                    mType = string.Format("{0}: {1}", HEM.Resources.Globals.arrnds, arrondissementSetUp.name),
                    url = string.Format("?v={0}&d={1}&a={2}", "arron", arrondissementSetUp.deptId, arrondissementSetUp.arrndsId),

                   cName = "_New21",      **<--Class Name**

                    path = arrondissementSetUp.mainViewPathId.ToString(),
                    BoundaryDisplayOrder=3

this is the css for Regions :
._21 {
    fill: #ffff7d;
     stroke: #000000;
    stroke-width: 1;
}

  .New_21{
    fill: #ffff7d;
     stroke: #d10909;
    stroke-width: 1;
}

I tried to use .class:After Property , but this is not working .
I found example in this post
CSS Outside Border
http://jsfiddle.net/A2tu9/191/ .
I search google with keywords like
"css :set outer Boundary/Border color","css :set inner boundary/Border", and like that ..
but not able to find any good Post . The regions are created with map Coordinates , So i cant able to post entire Code ..
Let me know If any other resource is required . I will post it
Please also suggest if this thing can happen with any other techniques

A: So it looks like your provinces are drawn out by SVG. There's not a single property that's going to do what you need it to do. What you need to do instead is AFTER you draw out the individual regions, you need to draw out the whole island again as a single SVG element (i.e. one solid shape that is the shape of the whole island, ignoring the individual regions), and set fill: transparent; stroke:black;
Because you're drawing it after, it'll sit on top of the existing island, and the black border will just cover the outside red one.


Learn New Sophisticated Strategies for Working With Difficult Couples With Felony Lies and Deception.
In the meantime, as promised, I want to share with you a favorite resource that you can use when you are dealing with felony lies in the aftermath of infidelity.
Likely you have already experienced working with couples both prior to and in the aftermath of infidelity. So you know how challenging this can be. There's so much at stake.
I hope you get some valuable insights from this transcript comprised of excerpts and a summary from a two-hour session. I share the interaction with the couple and also a dialogue with some participants in my ongoing training group.
Learning to work with felony lies with the most challenging couples takes great skills as a therapist.
This Felony lies transcript is from a session with a couple in the aftermath of infidelity. They show conflict avoidance and lie inviting dynamics.
This was their first session with me and I knew nothing about them or their history.
frustrated when the deceiver denies and the deceived wants to minimize or overlook the deception.
unsure how to help the deceived with what often feels like PTSD or near PTSD.
less skilled trying to figure out if the deceiver is either sociopathic or there is compulsive/addictive behavior.
when trying to rebuild trust the ongoing rage really saps your energy.
So, with all of these possible situations and difficult couples, it can sometimes be hard to feel secure in your choices of interventions, regardless of how experienced you are.
Whether you're trying to get the couple back on track during the middle stages after a felony lie or deception, or you think you've made substantial progress and a new deception gets discovered, this work is really challenging.
I can help you work with couples efficiently and effectively using strategies that I've developed with my husband, Peter Pearson, for over 30 years now.
Based on where you are right now, what you want to do is find a solution that specifically addresses your unique situation..
Ideally you want a resource that walks you through many of the steps you need to take next.
In the aftermath of deception and denial, knowing how hard to confront each partner – and how soon to start the challenge.
Key behaviors that a betrayer can do to build trust in their relationship aside from being "transparent".
Finding the most effective way to confront an obvious or suspected lie while maintaining the therapeutic alliance.
The best techniques to get couples back on track after there has been significant deception.
But it wasn't always easy. Even after I had some experience – like you – I often felt unsure and got frustrated or worn out. But my passion for helping therapists and their couples drove me to find successful ways to work with all kinds of couples.
After helping thousands of experienced therapists like you, I know I can help you, too.
Your free Felony Lies Transcript download will give you many new ideas for interventions with your couples.
However, if you want a more in depth understanding of how to create and sustain change with even the most difficult couples, I'd like to recommend High Impact Couples Therapy.
This training resource includes 5 one-hour CDs and a workbook with exercises you can duplicate for your clients. All of the strategies and interventions are build upon the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy, which I created with my husband, Dr. Peter Pearson, over 30 years ago.
The Developmental Model continues to grow more powerful and versatile with our constant innovations. It is a framework that will give you clarity and direction for your work with couples.
In High Impact Couples Therapy, Pete and I illustrate how to create a context for change that includes: illuminating the partners' vision, changing the process for discussing highly charged issues, managing emotional reactivity, and resolving intrapsychic conflicts.
If you would like to see more couples in your practice - and you would like to be better equipped to handle even the most difficult couples - this is the resource you need.
And enter discount code "HIGHIMPACT-40C" at checkout to receive a special $40 OFF your purchase – it's over a 20% discount!


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Lena Mossum
Los Europeos
Sonja – The White Swan
The man who killed Don Quixote
Wild Oats
Silence in the snow
My life in ruins
Talk of angels
Carla's Song
The possibility of an island
Lena Mossum is an award-winning costume designer who is an active member of the Oscars Academy. Her work is story driven and her passions lies within a close collaboration with the director. She has been based in Madrid for over 30 years and has worked all over the world which has given her an extensive knowledge in working with international projects.
Lena's passion for textiles led her to digital printing, she also helps other designers with this and has done works for the opera in Madrid, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid. Lena is a warm-hearted and dedicated person. She sees every project as an adventure no matter big or small.
Please visit Lena's IMDb profile for more information.
Award & Nonimees
2020 Goya Award nominee - Best Costume Design "Los Europeos". 2019 Goya Award nominee – Best Costume Design "The man who killed Don Quixote". 2008 Goya Awards - Best Costume Design "13 roses". 2003 Goya Award nominee – Best Costume Design "Carol's Journey"
Víctor García León, Terry Gilliam, Ken Loach, Anne Sewitsky, Andy Tennant, Liam O'Donell, Victor García León, Imanol Uribe, Gerardo Herrero, Javier Rebollo, Donald Petrie, Michele Houlenbeck, Emilio Martínez Lázaro, Juan Carlos Falcón, DavidTrueba, Manolo Gutierrez Aragón, Nick Hamm, Jorge Sánchez Cabezudo
A Contraluz Films & In Vivo Films, Maipo Film, Tornasol Films, Alacran Pictures, Apache Films, Gonita, Wild Pictures, Alta Produccíon, Castafiore Films, Lietuvos Kinostudija, Elephant Films, Avalon Productions, Lolita Films, Kanzaman Productions, 26 Films, Enrique Cerezo Producciones Cinematográficas S.A., Pedro Costa Producciones Cinematográficas S.A., Aiete-Ariane Films, Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinematográficas,KanZaman S.A. Mirabelle Pictures Productions, Artbox, Fasten Films, Canal+ Spain, Mod Producciones, Alta Films, Parallax Pictures
Los Europeos, Skylines, The man who killed Don Quixote, Sonja - The White Swan, 13 roses, Wild Oats, Carol's Journey, Silence in the snow, My life in Ruins,Talk of angels, Carla's song, The possibility of an Island


Multi-year academic boycott effort ends in failure, but they will be back.
Anthropologists reject #BDS and academic boycott.
According to the announcment by the AAA leadership, the results were: 2,423 members opposed to boycott against 2,384 who voted in support. According to AAA, 51% of the membership voted (making this the "largest turnout in AAA history").
While this vote was very close, it is worth noting that 49% of the membership didn't vote at all. This means that had 39 votes gone the other way, barely a quarter of the membership of the AAA would have imposed this boycott on the other 75%, tarnishing their discipline, and its reputation, in the process and dragging it into lawsuits. This shows the power of small radical groups to take over an organization and hijack it for its purposes.
On the other hand, given that 1,040 members already voted for BDS at the initial business meeting at the AAA annual meeting in Denver, which sent the motion to the general membership of the organization, these numbers suggest that nearly half (44%) of those who support were already physically present at that meeting. The BDS campaign seems to not have won over many converts since.
It is worth contrasting the overwhelming majority of pro-BDS votes at that meeting with the actual votes of the membership at large. Once again the highly mobilized nature of the BDS campaign creates a distorted perception of how popular BDS really is.
This is a stunning defeat for BDS activists who put all of their eggs in the AAA basket this year. Boycotters spent years planning this vote, including the highly biased and misleading Task-Force report, biased panels, packing the room at the AAA meeting in Denver, and a massive online campaign.
Yet, despite all of this, BDS activists barely expanded their constituency beyond those already agreeing with them at the Denver meeting.
Two organizations of Anthropologists, "Anthropologists for Dialogue on Israel and Palestine" and "Against Anthro-Boycott" led the effort in combating the resolution.
In their response to the news, titled "The Struggle Continues", the Boycott campaign acknowledged spending three years on their campaign and reiterated that 1,300 anthropologists have committed to "pledging to uphold the boycott through their own personal practice".
As if to confirm the allegations of those who claim that the AAA leadership is biased against Israel, the AAA has indicated that, despite the boycott, it will proceed with an anti-Israeli statement and further similar actions (see here for further coverage).
While 51% of those who voted rejected boycott, the AAA has decided to act as if they received a mandate from their membership to proceed with anti-Israeli activities. This too shows the bigger picture of the BDS strategy: it is not merely to boycott Israel. Rather, by focusing on whether or not to boycott, BDS moves the goalposts in a manner that condemnation of Israel is taken for granted.
AAA said its executive board feels comfortable without a separate vote for the planned actions and noted that even the anti-boycott resolution (which was defeated at the Denver meeting) expressed "concerns about Israeli government policies and practices".
In any case, it would be a mistake to conclude from this that BDS activity is over. BDS activists have indicated that they wish to proceed with their long march through American academic associations.
Already, there is a movement to initiate a boycott resolution at the Modern Language Association (MLA) and at the Middle East Studies Association (and here). In Anthropology too, there is likely to be a campaign again. While one hopes that AAA has tired of this campaign for a while, given the obsession with casting Israel as a 'settler-colonialist' state on the part of many Anthropologists and the relentless (and well funded) activities of BDS activists, one must assume that this is far from over.
Still, there is room for encouragement. If Anthropology, one of the most politicized and anti-Israel, anti-American, and anti-Western academic associations, doesn't sport a majority in favor of boycott, the prospects of BDS at other, more mainstream organizations, look bleak. That bleakness, perhaps, is hope for the rest of us.
i think that it is time to do a reverse boycott and refuse accreditation to these mamzeirim. do not acknowledge them in any venuem as in klingon disacomodation.
BDS is focused on hijacking small, low-profile, nonpolitical organizations for its own purposes, and getting them to pass ultra vires actions, in order to pretend that there is actual support in America for the cause of murdering Jews.
I'm not into the murder of innocents, including Muslims and Mexicans, and yet our United States President seems to be overly willing to allow both.
Since the Palestine-Egypt border is sealed more tightly and more deadly than is the Israel border, and that the Egyptian forces don't muck around with restraint or advance notices before retaliating to Palestinian violence in their direction, I always wonder where is the movement to boycott Egypt?


we arrived to the destination without getting lost. it was my first time there but the girls went there before. that's why they insisted to bring me there.
the variety of sauce, in my opinion is kinda limited. but i only take the sweet sauce, so it is actually fine with me.
as for the variety of food, i would say it is so so only. but given for that kinda location and price. it is acceptable. oh... not forgetting, they have swimming live shrimps! catch them yourself and watch them jump in the hot boiling soup!
drinks and ice cream is also free flow.
i like their chicken. if my memory doesnt fail me, i think it is lemon chicken. i went and refill my plate again and again!
i like the way they pack the butter. just need to poke a hole and walah~ squeeze them like u r squeezing icing on a cake.
there's this samosa look a like thingie which the filling is yam. it is very nice and we keep taking it. if you are willing to drive all the way to klang, this is definitely a recommended place to eat.
Love cooking & eating but dislike the smoke and the oily aftermath.


Aberdeen University are planning to host a beginners Team Race Training event on the 30/31st March. Teams are of 6 people all welcome.
Here is the link for AUSC's beginner TR event.
This entry was posted in activity, News, Other clubs, social and tagged event, racing, team on March 18, 2019 by Erwin Oosterhoorn.


Singapore, 13 August 2014 – Health & You Exhibition, the annual health and wellness exhibition jointly organised by The Straits Times - Mind Your Body and Lianhe Zaobao - LOHAS, marks its 10th anniversary this year.
Health & You 2014, with the theme "School of Health", will be held at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre Halls 401 – 403 on 16 and 17 August, from 9am to 9pm. Admission is free.
Mr Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Health, will be the Guest-of-Honour for the Health & You Exhibition 2014 Opening Ceremony, which will be held on 16 August at 8.30 am.
Health & Youth 2014 is an exhibition for all health and wellness enthusiasts. It offers the widest range of product options, lots of attractive deals and engaging activities for visitors of all ages. Health-conscious visitors can find leading health, nutrition and wellness products and services all under one roof. There are also various health checks available for visitors who are interested, some of which are complimentary – such as diagnostic hearing tests and free Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) consultation.
This year's Health & You Exhibition is set to bring visitors more exciting activities and product offerings designed around a school concept.
The exhibition hall will be categorised into 4 Thematic Zones, namely the Recess Zone, the CCA Zone, the Tuition Room and the Play Time Zone.
Visitors can find products such as health food, organic foods, health supplements, beauty and organic/natural personal care products, amongst many others.There will be great bargains, irresistible deals and lots of opportunities for samplings and trials.
An activity area where visitors can test their fitness level at a mini NAPFA Circuit (Sit up, Stand Broad Jump, Sit and Reach, Inclined pull-up, Shuttle Run).
Visitors can enrich their health knowledge with seminars and talks on topics such as "Cataract, Glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy", "Women's Health", "Knee, back and neck pain management", etc. Admission is free.
This is a zone where children and parents can have a go at the Arts and Crafts Corner (activities include sand-art making, coloring and drawing) or at the Free Play Corner where they can try rope skipping, hopping in gunny sacks or simply try out different types of ball games.
"Kids Got Talent" – Sunday, 17 August, 3pm to 4.30pm.
The Kids Got Talent contest drew more than 50 teams and an audition was held on 10 August to shortlist the best 22 teams for the semi-final happening on Saturday, 16 August. About a dozen teams will qualify for the finals on Sunday.
Besides the "Kids Got Talent" competition, there will be plenty of games and prizes to be won. There is also a Zumba Party by 1Fiesta where all are welcome to take part and groove to the music at5.30pm daily at the main stage.
There will also be cooking demonstrations at Health & You 2014, and over at the Health Promotion Board's (HPB) booth, there will be opportunities for visitors to sign up for the One Million KG Challenge – the first nation-wide weight management programme and the I Quit programme, which is a national anti-smoking social movement that adopts a community-based but personalised approach to build a network of support that helps smokers make their first or next attempt to quit smoking, as well as the Healthy Dining Programme.
At Health & You 2014, the screening segment will feature interactive exhibits to help visitors find out the screening tests that are suitable for them as well as how often these tests should be done. Eligible participants can also collect free home-based test kits (faecal immunochemical test) to check for colorectal cancer.
Visitors also stand to win great prizes in the Shopper's Draw and other contests.
Shoppers can take home a high-quality thermos flask and a specially designed Health & You non-woven tote bag. In the bag, they will find fantastic offers by exhibitors in the Healthy Savings Coupon Booklet which offers great savings even after the event, redeemable at the exhibitors' retail shops. There will also be a sample pack of Black Gold Black Garlic worth $13.00 each, courtesy of Medic Marketing in the bag.
To redeem, simply spend a minimum of $30.00 to qualify for the redemption. Limited to one gift per receipt per person, while stocks last.
Six lucky shoppers who spend a minimum of $30.00 stand a chance to win $500 cash each. Limited to five lucky draw coupons per receipt.
Your reporter, photographer and video crew are cordially invited to cover the Health & You Exhibition 2014 Opening Ceremony. Details of the event can be found below.
To RSVP, please contact Francis Mah at mahys@sph.com.sg or 6319 1028 before 12noon, Friday, 15 August.


I spend way too much time on Instagram. I can't help it; I love to look at pretty flatlays of makeup! Over the last couple months though, I've noticed an interesting addition to many of my favorite bloggers' photos: crystal facial rollers.
And oh Lordie, they are super cute. Seriously, a facial roller is the perfect photo prop. But I had my doubts as to whether or not they actually work – and I didn't want to drop a lot of money on a beauty tool just because it looks cute.
One of my favorite beauty bloggers, Miss Pettigrew from MissPettigrewReview.com, released a facial roller duo on Amazon. Most facial rollers cost anywhere from $15 – $30, but her duo is only $25. They were also on sale at the time, so I just had to scoop them up!
Okay, I really can't get over how cute these look on my nightstand. The duo came with a Rose Quartz "Unicorn" roller, and a Jade "Mermaid" roller.
Both rollers are really sturdy. The brackets are welded on to the handle, rather than glued. The rollers have a large cylindrical crystal at the top, as well as a smaller crystal at the bottom – the latter is perfect for reaching your delicate undereye skin.
The first thing I noticed about these rollers is how cooling they are! You can put them in the freezer to get them extra cold, but they are already refreshing.
The "Unicorn" Rose Quartz facial roller is supposed to help absorb your skincare products. I've been using it after applying my nightly serums, and I've noticed that it eliminates the usual sticky residue. I've also read that rose quartz crystals have healing and anti-aging benefits, but I can't really attest to that. My skin texture has been gradually improving, but that could be due to my serum and creams rather than the facial roller.
The "Mermaid" Jade Facial Roller is supposed to help reduce puffiness and prevent wrinkles. Fun fact, Chinese empresses used jade rollers all the way back in the 17th century! I like to stick the jade roller in the freezer, and then use the smaller crystal sphere on my undereyes. I have to wake up at 4 a.m. for work, and my eyes are usually so puffy! I used to wear serum coated eye masks for a few minutes each morning, but this is a more affordable and less messy alternative.
Overall, I really like the Miss Pettigrew Unicorn and Mermaid Face Roller Duo. I can't attest to whether they actually have anti-aging and healing properties. But, I do know that the rose quartz roller helps my face absorb skincare products better, and the jade roller soothes my puffy undereyes. I definitely wouldn't pay $25 for one roller, but I do think it is a good price for the duo.
Those roller balls are so cute! I have seen them on Sephora but didn't know if they actually were worth it. But now I want them just for the pictures. Just kidding, glad they are actually nice products as well!


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* @author Steve Jin (http://www.doublecloud.org)
* @version 5.1
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  public String name;
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The Broken System - #4: Who Am I Working For?
I was recently posed with the question: "who do you work for?"
Since I am self-employed (as part of a partnership), the easy answer would be to say I work for myself. That is not, however, what was meant by the question (and it would make a dull blog post if it was); the intent of the question was this: for whose interest am I most working for? Who am I trying to please? Who is my boss?
So who really is my boss?
We all, in the end, work for Oprah. That's a given. I won't add any more to that as it is self-evident.
Being a primary care doctor, I would like to say that I work for my patients. I would like to say that the only thing that matters is the health and happiness of the people in my care; but that would not be true. I fight to keep this focus in my office, but sadly it's still not the reality I live. The reality I live is that of a planet being torn out of its orbit by larger, more powerful celestial bodies, all trying to make themselves the center of my universe.
They certainly write a big chunk of my paycheck, commanding an increasing amount of my time. I have contracts with insurance companies, agreeing to what they pay. I follow rules of insurance companies to get the patients the care they need and what the insurers dictate, (which are sometimes at odds). Insurance companies have more access to patient records than patients do, or at least they have easier access. Insurance companies can decide if they will pay me or not, while the patient doesn't have that option.
Clearly, the pull of the insurers' gravity is stronger than that of the patient. Clearly my patients are not my real boss.
But who writes the check for the insurance companies? Employers do. Employers dictate just how strict of rules the insurance companies will keep me under. When they choose an insurance plan for their employees, employers dictate how much I can charge at each visit, what services I offer will be covered, what payment structure I will receive (capitated, fee-for-service, or high-deductible). Much of what I can or cannot do is dependent on this decision.
If you asked employers, however, they would tell you that they are "at the mercy" of the insurance companies. Despite the fact that the employer is writing a check to the insurer, the relationship is hardly one of control on the part of the employer. As owner of a my own business I can attest to the one-sided nature of my relationship with my employees' insurance carrier.
Are my patients' employers my boss? No, it's not really close. Insurance carriers win that contest with ease.
So what about my business? Is my practice my boss? Since I am a part-owner of my business, it is not quite as clear as it would be for physicians employed by a practice or hospital. But the reality is the same in many ways. My practice decides what contracts we will accept or reject. It tells me if I am seeing enough patients, dictating how much time I am spending on each patient. The practice pays for the medical record system, tells me when I can have time off and, in extreme cases, could fire me. I certainly feel like a factory worker at times, punching in at the start of a long day with a conveyor belt of patients coming in so I can make money for "the man."
But who am I fooling? Our practice is also totally dependent on insurers, going to great lengths to make what I do come out in a format that will please insurers enough to pay us. Our practice could go broke should the government go through with its threatened cut to Medicare reimbursement. We are a service industry, totally at the mercy of our "customers," or "clients." Our business is but a pass-through vehicle for me to be paid by insurers and a front to let me see patients.
I work at my practice, but not for my practice. My practice is not my boss.
A significant percentage of my patients are either Medicare or Medicaid, so a large chunk of my paycheck comes from the government. Many of the contracts I get from private insurers are based on a percentage of Medicare's rates, so the government is a very powerful force in determining what I get paid. In addition, while I can opt out of any insurance plan if I don't like the rates, and have the option of negotiating a better rate, dropping out of government contracts is much, much harder. There is also no chance for negotiation; I either take what they offer or don't have their patients.
The government set up our procedure-driven model of care that has so favored the specialist over primary care.
They pay for enormous hospital bills but not (up until very recently) for me to prevent those enormous hospital bills.
The government sets the rules for documentation - those rules that force me to put so much meaningless information into the record that I can't find the useful information I need.
The government says that I can't send many kinds or e-prescriptions, even though doing so would be more secure and less prone to abuse.
The government sets malpractice laws that favor the accuser and so makes my nurses quick to send people to the ER unnecessarily and makes me increase my test-ordering and documentation to avoid litigation.
The government doesn't just tell me to get on electronic medical records (which I had already done), but gives me a large number of hoops I must jump through to prove that I am using them "meaningfully."
The government promises to make those rules more invasive and onerous as time progresses.
The government is supposed to regulate the insurance carriers, drug companies, and device manufacturers, many of whom are making huge profits during a time of economic crisis. They "regulate" the drug industry, letting companies gouge with generic drugs, set prices inordinately high, and advertise directly to patients information that tricks them into believing things that aren't proven or that are patently false.
The government does nothing while more and more people outside the doctor-patient relationship plunge onto the system and plunder it for what they can get.
In short, the government stands watch while the health care system crashes and burns, the end result of which is that my patients are able to afford less and less care and I am too busy dealing with pleasing the system to give them the attention they deserve.
So who am I working for? The one for whom the system is designed, the patient, is not just competing for my attention but is on the periphery looking in while I deal with these other entities. The patient waits for an hour while I see extra patients and document profusely. The patient can't afford prescriptions I write because the cost of drugs is too high or the drugs are denied due to insurance formularies. The patient is afraid of me making a diagnosis for fear of losing their insurance. The patient pays more and gets less. I work harder and get less.
Who am I working for? Far too many people who are making it far too hard to do my job.
I wonder what care would look like if I actually did work for my patients? What would real care, not care that is torn apart by competing gravitational forces, be? What would the chart look like? How long would the visits last? How much would the visit cost, and how much would drugs cost?
What would care look like if the patient was really who I was working for?
I'll ask Oprah the next time I get a chance.


The Feds newfound patience on raising interest rates is just what President Trump wanted. Its explanation, however, is unlikely to please him. New research explores how access to technology helps put girls on par with boys. George Soros explains to Reuters' Chrystia Freeland how German Chancellor Angela Merkel's actions in 2008 could lead to the disintegration of the European Union. Consequently, a disorderly default of European sovereignties may lead to a global financial meltdown worse than 2008. He explains his analysis here. The withdrawal of the film by the noted Chinese director Zhang Yimou comes amid a broader crackdown on the discussion of sensitive subjects in China.


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package akka.japi.pf;

import scala.MatchError;
import scala.PartialFunction;
import scala.runtime.BoxedUnit;

/**
 * Version of {@link scala.PartialFunction} that can be built during
 * runtime from Java.
 * This is a specialized version of {@link UnitMatch} to map java
 * void methods to {@link scala.runtime.BoxedUnit}.
 *
 * @param  the input type, that this PartialFunction will be applied to
 *
 */
public class UnitMatch extends AbstractMatch {

  /**
   * Convenience function to create a {@link UnitPFBuilder} with the first
   * case statement added.
   *
   * @param type  a type to match the argument against
   * @param apply an action to apply to the argument if the type matches
   * @return a builder with the case statement added
   * @see UnitPFBuilder#match(Class, FI.UnitApply)
   */
  public static <F, P> UnitPFBuilder<F> match(final Class
 type, FI.UnitApply
 apply) {
    return new UnitPFBuilder<F>().match(type, apply);
  }

  /**
   * Convenience function to create a {@link UnitPFBuilder} with the first
   * case statement added. Should normally not be used.
   *
   * @see UnitPFBuilder#matchUnchecked(Class, FI.UnitApply)
   */
  public static UnitPFBuilder<Object> matchUnchecked(final Class<?> type, final FI.UnitApply<?> apply) {
    return new UnitPFBuilder<Object>().matchUnchecked(type, apply);
  }

  /**
   * Convenience function to create a {@link UnitPFBuilder} with the first
   * case statement added.
   *
   * @param type      a type to match the argument against
   * @param predicate a predicate that will be evaluated on the argument if the type matches
   * @param apply     an action to apply to the argument if the type and predicate matches
   * @return a builder with the case statement added
   * @see UnitPFBuilder#match(Class, FI.TypedPredicate, FI.UnitApply)
   */
  public static <F, P> UnitPFBuilder<F> match(final Class
 type,
                                              final FI.TypedPredicate
 predicate,
                                              final FI.UnitApply
 apply) {
    return new UnitPFBuilder<F>().match(type, predicate, apply);
  }

  /**
   * Convenience function to create a {@link UnitPFBuilder} with the first
   * case statement added. Should normally not be used.
   *
   * @see UnitPFBuilder#matchUnchecked(Class, FI.TypedPredicate, FI.UnitApply)
   */
  public static <F, P> UnitPFBuilder<F> matchUnchecked(final Class<?> type,
                                              final FI.TypedPredicate<?> predicate,
                                              final FI.UnitApply<?> apply) {
    return new UnitPFBuilder<F>().matchUnchecked(type, predicate, apply);
  }

  /**
   * Convenience function to create a {@link UnitPFBuilder} with the first
   * case statement added.
   *
   * @param object the object to compare equals with
   * @param apply  an action to apply to the argument if the object compares equal
   * @return a builder with the case statement added
   * @see UnitPFBuilder#matchEquals(Object, FI.UnitApply)
   */
  public static <F, P> UnitPFBuilder<F> matchEquals(final P object,
                                                    final FI.UnitApply
 apply) {
    return new UnitPFBuilder<F>().matchEquals(object, apply);
  }

  /**
   * Convenience function to create a {@link UnitPFBuilder} with the first
   * case statement added.
   *
   * @param object    the object to compare equals with
   * @param predicate a predicate that will be evaluated on the argument the object compares equal
   * @param apply     an action to apply to the argument if the object compares equal
   * @return a builder with the case statement added
   * @see UnitPFBuilder#matchEquals(Object, FI.UnitApply)
   */
  public static <F, P> UnitPFBuilder<F> matchEquals(final P object,
                                                    final FI.TypedPredicate
 predicate,
                                                    final FI.UnitApply
 apply) {
    return new UnitPFBuilder<F>().matchEquals(object, predicate, apply);
  }

  /**
   * Convenience function to create a {@link UnitPFBuilder} with the first
   * case statement added.
   *
   * @param apply an action to apply to the argument
   * @return a builder with the case statement added
   * @see UnitPFBuilder#matchAny(FI.UnitApply)
   */
  public static <F> UnitPFBuilder<F> matchAny(final FI.UnitApply<Object> apply) {
    return new UnitPFBuilder<F>().matchAny(apply);
  }

  /**
   * Create a {@link UnitMatch} from the builder.
   *
   * @param builder a builder representing the partial function
   * @return a {@link UnitMatch} that can be reused
   */
  public static <F> UnitMatch<F> create(UnitPFBuilder<F> builder) {
    return new UnitMatch<F>(builder.build());
  }

  private UnitMatch(PartialFunction statements) {
    super(statements);
  }

  /**
   * Convenience function to make the Java code more readable.
   *

   *

   *   UnitMatcher<X> matcher = UnitMatcher.create(...);
   *
   *   matcher.match(obj);
   *

   *
   * @param i the argument to apply the match to
   * @throws scala.MatchError if there is no match
   */
  public void match(I i) throws MatchError {
    statements.apply(i);
  }
}


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Q: method not allowed, when using onlyajax in controller action Background:
I'm attempting to make good RESTful APIs in cakephp, and delegate front end work to a front end templating language Handlebars. As elicited here (http://www.dereuromark.de/2014/01/09/ajax-and-cakephp/) , using the JsonView and making an extensionful api is a good approach.
Problem:

*

*Allowing only ajax by using $this->request->onlyAllow('ajax'); is returning method not allowed. I want to enforce this so my APIs are not directly called from the browser.

*Could you (the community) validate my approach to building such APIs.

Code:
    //At the controller
        public function joinWithCode() {
                //$this->request->onlyAllow('ajax');  //returns 405 method not allowed
                //$this->request->onlyAllow('post'); //works and does not allow access from browser
                $this->response->type('json');
                $data = array(
                    'content' => 'something',
                    'error' => 'something else',
                );
                $this->set(compact('data'));
                $this->set('_serialize', 'data');
        }
//routes.php
Router::parseExtensions('json');
Router::connect('/Classrooms/join', array('controller' => 'classrooms', 'action' => 'joinWithCode'));

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Q: Azure SQL connection timeouts (non-transient) I know there are posts around Azure SQL connection timeouts, but have not found the following case.
I've been using Azure SQL (S3 plan). Normally the DTU is very low, and there are no timeouts when apps connect to this DB.
The problem starts when we run batch jobs against the DB, such as updating certain column value for millions of rows. It may take hours to complete these batch jobs. During this period, the DTU value reaches the max and other apps fail with timeouts.
Are there guidelines on what should be done? Here are options I thought of.

*

*Upgrade to higher tier. This option likely works, but not attractive as the DTU is usually very low.

*Increasing timeouts for the apps that connect to DB. Not sure if this works, because timeout would have to be a very long time.

If there is a way to allocate a certain portion of DTU to the batch job (say 70%) and always keeps some DTU left for others, that'd be ideal, but I don't think it's possible. Any suggestion would be appreciated!

A: You can upgrade to higher tier before running batch job and then downgrade back to S3.

A: Increasing timeouts is rarely a true solution, and can often make things worse.
First see if the operations being performed by the batch job can be made more efficient, by reviewing the query execution plans for missing or insufficient indexes, inefficient query logic, opportunities for caching, etc.
You could add a configuration setting and self-throttling logic to your batch job that allows you to control how many operations it may perform in a given timeframe, and then use that to determine what works best in your situation.
Maybe an easier option would be to just add a step to the beginning of your batch job that temporarily scales-up the database to a higher pricing tier when it starts, and then scales it back down when it finished.
ALTER DATABASE MyDatabaseName MODIFY (SERVICE_OBJECTIVE = 'P4')


Grocery group Musgrave GB has hired Andrew Mounsey as Budgens sales director.
Mounsey joins the group's board on March 10 from Marks & Spencer, where he has been a member of the divisional executive within the Simply Food division. He has also worked for Thorntons, Adams and Woolworths, after starting his career with Bhs.
He takes over from Vince Maloney, who has become a Budgens independent retailer. Maloney planned to make this transition once Musgrave completed the divestment of the Budgens corporate estate.


If there is someone to blame for the week in June that Eric Tucker spent shuttling madly up and down Amtrak's northeast corridor, directing Off Broadway by day, acting in Cambridge, Mass., by night, he is the guilty party. Likewise for those three weeks this spring when he logged 14-hour days in Times Square, rehearsing two productions at once.
Who put all of that on the calendar at the same time? That would be Mr. Tucker, the artistic director of Bedlam, the four-year-old, New York-based theater company whose adventurously pared-down aesthetic and status as a critical darling has lately placed it in great demand, both at home — where its fleet-footed, much-lauded Jane Austen adaptation "Sense & Sensibility" is enjoying an encore run at the Gym at Judson in Greenwich Village — and elsewhere.
Mr. Tucker did worry, during those train rides along the New England coast, that he might be spreading himself too thin. "My goal in life right now is to never do that again," he said, good-humoredly, from Cambridge, where he was wrapping up a Bedlam run earlier this month.
As problems go, it's a nice one to have: figuring out how to navigate midlife success. When Mr. Tucker, 47, and Andrus Nichols, 38, founded Bedlam, they produced its first show, George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," for $32,000 in a rented 50-seat theater in TriBeCa. Cleaning the bathrooms was no more beneath them than directing (Mr. Tucker) or acting (both of them, with Ms. Nichols in the title role).
They just didn't expect it to work so well so soon; that it did they ascribe to the enthusiasm of reviewers. Small and unstarry with a cast of four, "Saint Joan" could easily have gone unnoticed. Instead it was a hit — a fact for which they're still grateful to Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal, the first major critic to look their way.
Mr. Teachout called it "the most exciting George Bernard Shaw revival" he'd ever seen — a show that came, incidentally, from a couple of unknowns.
Mr. Tucker, who was raised mostly in Idaho, earned a master of fine arts from Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence, R.I., and later spent years in Los Angeles. Forgoing the common route of assisting more established directors or cultivating famous connections, he formed a couple of companies along the way, directed a lot and just didn't stop.
"It's not been my experience that a conventional path is necessarily the most useful path," she said, in what might fairly be described as an understatement.
She and Mr. Tucker met in January 2009, in a monthlong acting intensive at Shakespeare & Company in Massachusetts. The following year in New York, when she produced a play called "The Libertine," she hired him to direct. The experience convinced him that she would make the ideal partner in a company.
Until last August, when they engaged a general management company, Ms. Nichols (who makes a part-time salary with the troupe) and Mr. Tucker (who makes a full-time salary) had been shepherding Bedlam's rise themselves, building a board of directors and gradually hiring people to take on some of their too many tasks. Still on their wish list, among other things: a managing director.
They credit their deep friendship and shared aesthetic with helping them get through the hairier times. David Elliott, one of their general managers, named another point in their favor: They were not fresh out of graduate school when success hit. "They do have the sagacity of age to understand that this is rare," he said.
Samantha Steinmetz, who plays Mrs. Dashwood in "Sense" and performed the title role in the Houston "Saint Joan," said there are more board members to schmooze now, yet Bedlam remains "sort of a family affair." She and Ms. Nichols, her best friend, met in the same acting class where they met Kate Hamill, the Bedlam member who adapted "Sense" and plays the fervidly romantic Marianne Dashwood. Ms. Steinmetz's partner, John Russell, who plays the knavish John Willoughby, met the Bedlam crowd through her.
For Bedlam and Mr. Tucker, a busy freelance director, the season ahead will bring more out-of-town productions, while Ms. Nichols also has plans for outside work. In New York, Bedlam's aim is to let "Sense" thrive as fully as it can, which could mean transferring to a larger space, Off Broadway or on.
The troupe's next new productions are aimed for 2017 and '18, Mr. Tucker said: a triptych for six actors that will match Shaw's "Pygmalion" with Shakespeare and Chekhov, requiring a colossal five to six months of rehearsal; a repertory pairing, possibly a coproduction with a much larger theater in New York; and, next spring, a run of "Cry Havoc" alongside a new show intertwining Shakespeare with text by veterans.
Bedlam is his priority, Mr. Tucker said, and helping it grow is going to involve "me saying 'no' more often" — being choosier about the opportunities that follow success.


Recently I have been trying to make better use of my freezer. Not only does it offer a great way to keep healthy, homemade items on hand for fast meals or snacks, it also stops us from wasting food.
So without further ado, here is my list of 10 homemade freezer staples.
The idea of making hummus used to be daunting. But once I realized how ridiculously easy it is, I became a convert. I now make a batch of hummus every week, freeze it in ice cube trays, transfer it to a freezer bag, and defrost a cube whenever anyone in the family has a hankering for it.
My recipe? 1 can of drained garbanzo beans (chick peas), 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice, 2 tbsp tahini, 1 crushed clove of garlic, 1/4 cup of olive oil, and 1/8 cup of water. Blend until smooth, et voila.
These very berry muffins from Weelicious.com are easy to make, healthy, and they freeze really well. I make a big batch of mini muffins and defrost them individually when my children want something sweet to eat. Just pop them in the microwave for 18 seconds and enjoy (but make sure the berries are not too hot before you serve them).
I often look through the freezer section of the grocery store to see if there are any products that I can make a healthy version of at home. That is how I came up with freezing these homemade whole wheat pancakes. To defrost, I just pop them in the toaster.
Granola bars are an excellent snack full of protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals from all those fruits, nuts, and oats. Sadly, however, commercially made granola bars often fail to live up to taste or nutritional expectations.
Instead, I make a big batch of these granola bars at home, wrap them individually, and freeze them. To defrost you can either get them out an hour before you want to eat them, or pop them in a lunch box and they will be ready to eat by lunch time.
I am a huge homemade granola fan. I like to avoid the super-sweet and/or cardboard-like and/or ridiculously expensive granola at the grocery store. But it gets a bit old having to make it every week. So now I make a double batch of this cranberry almond granola and freeze half. To defrost it, just leave it out overnight and it will be ready to eat in the morning.
If you have children, a list of 10 homemade freezer staples would not be complete without popsicles. Popsicles are a great treat for a hot summer day, as well as a good way to hydrate a sick child year round. But store bought popsicles are often chock-full of sugar and other unpleasant ingredients. These refreshingly healthy strawberry popsicles have just three ingredients – yogurt, strawberries, and honey – and they make a perfect freezer staple.
Not only is cheese sauce easy to make, it is also very versatile. You can whip up mac and cheese, cauliflower cheese, or lasagna at a moments notice. Or you can just defrost a little to drizzle over roasted vegetables. Whatever you choose to do with it, it is an excellent addition to your freezer.
This recipe provides a good basic guide, but you can add more or less cheese to suit your taste. I freeze it in ice cube trays, transfer it to a freezer bag, and defrost the cubes in the microwave when I need them.
I have a confession to make – I used to waste brown bananas. They would be left in the fruit bowl until their juice leaked out all over the other inhabitants. But not any more. Now, before there is any chance of leakage, I put those bad boys in the freezer. Then, when I feel like making this banana cinnamon breakfast topper or number 9 below, I grab a frozen banana, throw it in the microwave for 45 seconds, and I have the perfect ingredient ready to go.
I love cake, but I try not to eat it too often. As far as possible, I limit my cake consumption to the homemade variety. The only problem with baking at home is that I end up with a huge cake to eat. Thanks to my mum, who introduced me to the idea of freezing cake, I now have a supply of homemade cake in the freezer for when the cake urge strikes.
I love to freeze this tasty honey whole wheat banana bread from Cookie + Kate. You can freeze it in slices and defrost as little as one portion at a time.
How great would it be if you could have a warm, home baked cookie at any time of the day or night with very little effort? Well now you can. All you have to do is make your favorite cookie dough, roll it into a fat sausage shape, double wrap it in plastic wrap, and throw it in your freezer. Then when you want homemade cookies, just slice off as many as you want, put them on a baking tray, and bake. Perfect for an unexpected afternoon tea party or simply to satisfy your cookie craving.
Great ideas – I really do need to start using my freezer better. I am getting there. Freezing cake is a great idea – and I didn't know you could freeze hummus. Thanks for the post!
Yes, hummus freezes really well. I actually use it as baby food and just get it out a little bit at a time.
I've frozen cookies already baked or unbaked cookie dough balls, but never tried rolling it up like a log. Interesting idea – I'll have to try it!
I haven't tried freezing baked cookies. I'll have to give that a try.
This looks almost exactly like my freezer list. Since processed foods are so sketchy for us, I ALWAYS have a ton of stuff in the freezer! I haven't ever tried freezing hummus or granola though, I'll have to try!
Granola is a recent addition to our freezer. I was just getting fed up with making it all the time. It gets eaten fast in our house.
I love anything I can make ahead and freeze! With two little ones it comes in so handy! Thanks for sharing all of these great ideas!
We have two little ones as well, so I'm always looking to cut corners while still producing healthy food. It's not always easy.
I had no idea that hummus froze well!
It sure does. I have even read that you can pour a thin layer of olive oil on the top before you freeze it to help keep the moisture locked in. I haven't tried that yet, and I haven't had a problem with lost moisture. But then, hummus doesn't stay in our freezer for long.
I absolutely love this. I have a ton of freezer space and am sad to admit that I do waste food sometimes. Thanks so much for sharing! I have a hard time with things getting freezer burnt, so sometimes I don't know what I should and shouldn't freeze. Would you be able to tell me how long each recipe keeps in the freezer approximately? Like 1-3 months, or something like that?
I have kept everything on this list in my freezer for up to 3 months with great results. If you keep them in there much longer than that you do risk freezer burn. But if you wrap them well and/or use good freezer bags and squeeze as much air out as possible, you can reduce the burn.
Thanks Anne. And thank you for hosting a great link party.


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"On Monday at approximately 11:04 p.m., the Northern Ellis Emergency Dispatch (NEED) received several 911 calls reporting a shooting in the parking lot of WalMart in the 400 block of Hwy 67 in Midlothian.
Responding officers arrived and found one victim with a gunshot wound in the torso, another victim was transported to Baylor Waxahachie in a vehicle by a friend according to witnesses.
Midlothian Fire/EMS arrived and advised dispatch that they needed a medical helicopter to respond to the scene. Upon arrival of the helicopter, the patient was loaded and flown to Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
Officers were sent to Baylor Waxahachie where the friends had taken one of the victims to the ER. Officers on scene determined who the suspected shooter was and were told he was in the vehicle that took the victim to Baylor Waxahachie ER. The suspect was at the ER and was taken into custody by officers and transported back to Midlothian PD for questioning.
The investigation is in progress and witnesses are being interviewed and videos from the WalMart security cameras are being collected. We are not releasing information on the victims at this time, pending notification of family.
Once the initial investigation is completed, hopefully later today, we will release additional information as necessary."
Midlothian police provided an update Tuesday afternoon identifying the shooting victims and suspect.
"The investigation is still in progress, but it was determined the suspect and the victims knew each other and had met at Walmart, a fight started and the suspect discharged a firearm.
The suspect is identified as Brian Taylor Speights, w/m 22 years old, from Midlothian.
The first victim is identified as Andrew Douglas Woodrum, b/m 19 years old, from Cedar Hill, he had a gunshot to the torso and was transported by air ambulance to Parkland Hospital in Dallas in serious condition.
The second victim identified as Marshall Dillon Henry, w/m 20 years old, from Midlothian, had a gunshot wound in the arm and face and he was transported to Baylor Waxahachie in a private vehicle.
Speights was taken into custody at Baylor Waxahachie by officers and he did make a voluntary statement that he had shot both victims. Brian Speights was in the vehicle that transported the second victim to Baylor Waxahachie Hospital.
He further stated that on the way to the hospital, he called 911 and advised the operator that he had shot the victims.
Brian Taylor Speights is currently being held in the Midlothian jail pending arraignment and transfer to the Ellis County jail for (2) two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, a Felony of the Second Degree."