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Nova Ren Suma Books In Order
Dani Noir (2009) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Imaginary Girls (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Fade Out (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
17 & Gone (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Walls Around Us (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
A Room Away From the Wolves (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Toil & Trouble (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Nova Ren Suma is a bestselling American writer of young adult, children, and literature and fiction books best known for her novels The Walls Around Us, Fade Out, Imaginary Girls and 17 & Gone. She holds masters in fine arts from Columbia University and a BA in photography and writing from Antioch College. Suma has a background in book publishing and worked for years as a copy editor and production editor for children's book publishers including Penguin and HarperCollins. She has also worked as an assistant editor at Marvel Comics.
Nova Suma published her debut novel Dani Noir in 2009. Her adult short stories have been featured in major publications including Orchid, Small Spiral Notebook, Gulf Coast, and Lit Magazine.
The Walls Around Us introduces us to Amber, a prisoner at Aurora Hills Detention Center who hasn't been free since the age of 13 when she was incarcerated for murder. But one night everything changed, the prison doors were left open, and the girls who were imprisoned decided to taste the freedom that they thought they'd never witness again.
Then there's Violet, a prominent ballet dancer traveling to New York to attend Juilliard. Her story is connected to that of her best friend Ori and how one afternoon ended with Ori taken to Aurora Detention Center. Violet, Ori, and Amber are all connected each with skeletons in the closets waiting to be revealed.
The Walls Around Us is narrated from the alternating point of view of Violet and Amber. Amber is a convicted killer, and her narrations convince the reader to see past the white and black line to the grey line that exists in between. The number of years she has spent in prison makes her lose her individuality and instead she takes comfort in seeing herself as just a piece of the unit of girls that share a similar fate. On the other hand, Violet is a narcissistic spoiled girl. Rather than feeling saddened over the loss of her friend for three years, she only views her flawed history with Ori as something that might affect her future.
What makes Nova Suma's novel incredible is the realistic view of the discrepancies in the justice system and the view of juvenile delinquency. The harsh reality of such disparities is evident when one evident when a suspect is acquitted while a multi-racial friend is incarcerated without question.
The author builds up anxiety bit by bit until it becomes a big suffocating wall. Additionally, the readers must also come face to face with the paradox of liking convicted killers and despising successful ballerina. The main characters in this book, Violet and Amber are two worlds apart from each other. Life gives them different opportunities right from the starting point.
In her way, the author vividly addresses the prejudices we all have to deal with in our daily lives. How it is easy to convict a person from a poor broken home regardless of her success and how hard it is to see the faulty of a rich girl. Even though all these issues are hidden from the main story, they all surface on their own without being forced to our faces by the author.
The prisons are filled with unfortunate, underprivileged girls some who are judged for whom they're and others imprisoned for what they are. It's also quite fascinating to see the grim side of ballet, an important art form that most of us view as clean and innocent. The ballerinas in this novel are raised to be competitive, mean and self-absorbed, and some take it to better than others.
Imaginary Girls
Beautiful and disturbing, Imaginary Girl is a novel that will your turning pages to see what happens next. As the story kicks off, we meet Chloe who's persuaded to swim across a reservoir at night by her sister Ruby.
A deadly and forbidden activity and to make matters worse, Chloe would be swimming over a lost town of Olive, which was flooded to make way for the reservoir. The idea of swimming at night over ghost towns with the possibility of scary webbed hands reaching out for your body is both evocative and scary- one that will leave you at the edge of your seat.
If that wasn't enough for the poor little girl, Chloe comes across a dead body at the end of her swim. Shocked after her finding the dead body, Chloe leaves town temporarily to live with her dad. But upon returning home, she discovers that not everything is as it seems and that something dangerous lurks beneath the charmed world that her sister has created.
Imaginary Girls is a fantastic tale about a compelling but uncomfortable relationship between two sisters. Chloe calls herself an "Echo" of her younger sister and the imbalance in their relationship becomes more troubling.
What seems very trues, especially for any person who has an older sister, is that Ruby doesn't control those around her with negative behaviour or threats, but instead she captivates them with the persuasiveness of her personality. And unknown to them that it's the poison that you love that deals the most damage.
Imaginary Girls is a compelling, layered novel with fascinating, haunting and frightening scenarios. It takes a very talented author to craft something as innocent as balloons into a reason to make the reader worried and afraid.
The relationship between the two sisters forms the basis of this story. It's not the type of relationship that's neat, that you can say it's bad or good. It's a relationship that's a complicated one that so complex that it makes it impossible for the reader to look at it in objective terms. Is Ruby bad for Chloe or is Chloe better without her? Probably. While Chloe is the main narrator in this novel, it is Ruby who will have the greater part of your attention. She is an interesting character, cruel, caustic at times and magical and the only thing that redeems her characters is her great love for her sister, Chloe.
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Cargill works toward deforestation-free supply chains by 2030
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Cargill wants to achieve deforestation-free supply chains by 2030 by implementing a set of land-use guidelines for suppliers, gaining greater visibility into the origin of goods, and determining what percentage of its current supply chain complies with these goals, according to the company's updated Forest Policy and a company press release.
"The Cargill supply chains that pose a risk to deforestation are primarily palm, soy and cocoa," April Nelson, a spokesperson for Cargill, told Supply Chain Dive in an email. "There are various means to monitor for deforestation from on-the-ground fieldwork, utilizing certification programs, industry collaborations, satellite-based technologies for which we partner with [World Resources Institute], civil society reports and having an effective means for people to report issues."
Cargill plans to work with suppliers in adopting these new policies, Nelson said. In palm production, Cargill allows suppliers to keep supplying a product if they make progress on an agreed plan; if no progress is made they cut ties. In soy production, suppliers found to be in violation of various government regulations or the company's policy are no longer eligible to be a supplier, Nelson said.
Cargill released three new policies this week that it says will help guide these efforts: a South America Sustainable Soy Policy, a Human Rights Commitment and an updated Forest Policy.
The company has been working to improve the traceability of palm and cocoa for a few years now. Cocoa production in Ghana is already 100% traceable, according to Nelson, and it expects the same of the Ivory Coast by 2020. There is more work to be done on palm where it is 96% traceable to mills and 55% traceable to plantations, she said.
Cargill's announcement of its soy policy means it wants to start taking similar steps within the soy supply. The company said it will release "a time-bound Action Plan" no later than June 15. The policy is intended to increase transparency, eliminate deforestation, promote "responsible production" and the rights of workers, according to the South America Sustainable Soy Policy.
This announcement of a sustainable soy policy comes two years after The New York Times published a piece highlighting "large-scale forest-clearing by Bolivian and Brazilian farmers who trade soybeans with Cargill," the report reads.
The investigation found one area in Brazil where Cargill operates saw more than 321,000 acres of deforestation between 2011 and 2015.
"If there's something there, if it's substantiated, we'll do something about it," Cargill CEO David MacLennan told The New York Times in 2017. "If that's accurate, it's not acceptable."
Cargill Cargill bolsters commitment to deforestation-free supply chains
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WILL & GRACE EXTENDS ITS EARLY SEASON THREE RENEWAL
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WILL & GRACE EXTENDS ITS TRIUMPHANT RETURN WITH EARLY SEASON THREE RENEWAL
Season Two Also Extended to 18 Episodes as Critical Acclaim Builds for Ground-Breaking Comedy
Stan is proud to announce that Will & Grace has been confirmed for a third season to premiere exclusively on Stan in 2019. Season Two, due to premiere later this year, has also had its episode run extended from 13 to 18 episodes.
The new seasons of Will & Grace began as an internet reunion that became a one-season return and then a two-season renewal before it even premiered last September. It has received critical acclaim since the show's return in September. "Watching it is like running into an old flame who looks fantastic and is as bright and fun as ever," said The New York Times. Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Will & Grace has been just as incredible as the original series: hilarious, poignant, contemporary" while USA Today added, "Watching the foursome is like taking in a tango by professional dancers."
Season One has been highlighted by an array of top guest stars, including Jennifer Lopez, Alec Baldwin, Minnie Driver, Ben Platt, Molly Shannon, Jane Lynch, Andrew Rannells and more.
WILL & GRACE — Season: 1 — Pictured: Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland —
Will & Grace stars Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally. Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, who co-created the series, write and executive produce. James Burrows directs and executive produces. Will & Grace is produced by Universal Television.
Brand new WILL & GRACE is currently streaming exclusively on Stan with the next episode premiering Friday 30th March, same day as US
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Where do Big Ideas come from though? And why is it that only some of them succeed while others vanish into oblivion? Starting a business and staying successful at it is tougher than it looks, and takes more than just an idea.
On this tough journey, all entrepreneurs need Inspiration and knowledge – and one source of inspiration that many entrepreneurs cite is Books. Here we get the dope from some successful entrepreneurs, on the books that have helped them on their journey.
Entrepreneurs can sometimes get so focused in the day to day challenges of running a business that the big picture gets left out. Here is a book to help entrepreneurs think beyond the daily bread. Sonu Ratra, President, Akraya Inc., an IT Consulting firm, mentions Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan. She says that this book taught her how to link together the 3 core processes of managing a business: people, strategy and operations. It also helped her understand that as a leader, her most important job was selecting and appraising the people that get hired.
Learn more about the books that have served as inspiration for entrepreneurs – and you could get started with your own reading list!


Continuing from the host of colourways released in 2018 for the Air Jordan 1, Jordan Brand have carried over the momentum in 2019.
This time around, a new iteration of the popular silhouette has surfaced and includes a few details never before seen on a general release.
This variation features a mixture of neutral grey suede and black leather underlays on the upper and around the ankle collar and lining, a hit of hyper crimson which takes a nod from the recent LA Union x Air Jordan 1. Other details included are the Wings logo in white and a stand-out feature is the label of 'SP19 AIR JORDAN 1 HIGH OG' on the medial side of both feet – an inspiration from the OFF-WHITE 'THE TEN' annotations. This is all sat on top of a white midsole and grey outsole to complete the look.
The Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG 'Neutral Grey/Hyper Crimson' | Launching in-store and online on Thursday 24th January (available online at 8:00AM BST). Sizes range from UK6 – UK14 (including half sizes), priced at £130.


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Exciting and Satisfying
We are a come-as-you-are type of company. Jeans, t-shirts, shorts, or however you feel most comfortable. While we have a laid-back kind of vibe, we know that what we do matters. We are proud that the products we create enable researchers to efficiently study human genetics and disease relationships and make important drug discoveries, disease diagnoses, and treatments. When a customer makes a new finding, it is satisfying to say we had a hand in it and to know that their work may go on to do big things. We stand at the crossroads of the DNA revolution, cloud computing, and big data. It is exciting to be here.
Teamwork and Passion
We have a passion for what we do. We all work together, challenge, and help each other every step of the way. When a customer has a special request or a problem, we are relentless in finding a solution. When someone has a new idea, regardless of their role in the company, we will discuss it in depth. If it's a good one, it might just be in the next software release. When someone gets stuck on something, we will talk it through. When we achieve a major goal, we celebrate as a team.
Partek is committed to its employees' health, well being, and work-life balance. We offer a competitive compensation package that includes health benefits and 401(k) matching. We provide free daily snacks and lunches on Fridays, standing desk options, and regular social activities. Schedules are easily adjusted to accommodate personal and family needs.
Discover what Partek positions
are available for you.
Some of the Partek Team
When asked why they choose to make a career at Partek, this is what they said:
Senior Field Application Scientist
Team member since 2011
"My colleagues are a team of unbelievably talented and nice people. It's rewarding to help build analysis solutions for the newest and most innovative technologies."
Personal fact: "I am actually from Faerie"
"I love contributing to the cutting edge of science."
Personal fact: I still play Pac-Man.
"Partek has an amazing staff and it makes me very happy to know that we are helping to find causes for diseases around the globe."
Personal fact: I'd like to be a beach bum!
"I enjoy turning data into discovery, which is the realization of my value."
Personal fact: I am crazy for cars!
"By working at Partek I have a career where I can make a large impact, both within the company and across the field of genomics."
Personal fact: I prefer IPAs.
"I love the feeling of coming in every day knowing that I'll face new challenges and be supported through each of them."
Personal fact: I like to knit and crochet.
Lead Graphics Developer
"I love knowing that the visualizations I write help scientists make new discoveries."
Personal fact: I tinker with electronics in my spare time.
"I take pride knowing that my work impacts the forefront of genomics research which can change someone's life."
Personal fact: I love Pixar movies, especially Wall-E.
Field Application Scientist
"My personal skills are valued as highly as my scientific expertise, which makes for a rewarding job."
Personal fact: I moonlight as a musician in an improv comedy group.
Sr. Software Engineer / DevOps
"Every day brings a new and rewarding challenge."
Personal fact: Weather tracking and prediction is my life-long hobby.
"Everyday is different and I get to challenge myself and grow all my skill sets."
Personal fact: On weekends, I'm a band roadie.
Employee Facts
Average number of years with Partek
Pizzas we've shared in the last year
Miles we would go to help each other or a customer out
Percent split on the Star Wars vs. Star Trek debate
Percent of us own a pet
Percent of us have outdoor hobbies
Kathi GoscheWorking at Partek 03.22.2019


Late Wednesday night, East Precinct officers responded to a residence at the Stacy Lee Apartments, located at 141 Northeast 147th Avenue, on the report of a domestic disturbance.
When officers arrived at the location they contacted people believed to be involved in the disturbance. As officers contacted several people believed to be involved in the disturbance, a responding officer fired his service firearm.
Police say 34-year-old Anita Ruiz retrieved a knife and charged at officers. As Ruiz advanced toward the officers with the knife in her hand, an officer fired one round from his firearm. Ruiz was not injured and was taken into custody without further incident.
During the investigation, detectives located and seized the knife believed to be possessed by Ruiz as she charged at officers.
Ruiz was lodged in the Multnomah County Jail on charges of Menacing and Unlawful Use of a Weapon.
The involved Bureau member's name will be released per Bureau policy. The involved officer will remain on paid administrative leave until the completion of the Bureau and Multnomah County District Attorney Office's investigation.


Prayer is conversing with God, plain and simple. And as our heavenly Father, God wants us to talk to Him about anything, any time, any place, in any frame of mind. So why do we make it so complicated? Brothers, it doesn't have to be hard. Whether you're new to the faith, an old-timer, or somewhere in between, it never hurts to start with a few basics.
You express your adoration for God when you worship Him. You praise Him for His attributes and actions, for who He is and all He has done, is doing, and will do in your life. God enjoys hearing your praise!
"Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being"—Psalm 146:1-2.
God already knows, of course, when you've strayed a little or a lot, but to acknowledge it – to agree with God about your wrong attitudes and actions – is to open the door to freedom from guilt and shame. Express sorrow for what you've said, thought, or done that is not pleasing to Him. Pour out your regrets, seeking God's forgiveness. Know and believe in His forgiveness even when you don't feel it. When you confess your sins, you receive God's mercy and cleansing. Confession ushers in a humble heart of gratitude that removes any barriers blocking your communication with our merciful, loving Father.
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"—1 John 1:9.
Say "thank you" to God! After all, He took your place on the cross, paying for your sins so that you can live with Him forever in paradise. Because of Him, you hit the biggest jackpot ever, and He gives us His love, protection, and provision to boot. Exercise a stance of gratitude to the One who gives all good gifts. We can (and should!) thank Him for what He teaches us through our hardships, too.
"I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord"—Psalm 116:17.
Don't be shy. It's okay to pray for what you want and need – and for the needs of others – your family, friends, pastor, leaders, missionaries, government leaders, and persecuted Christians around the world. Ask God for wisdom in every area of your life. Ask for His daily guidance, for courage, hope, and opportunities to serve.
"Let your requests be made known to God"—Philippians 4:6.
Never again do you need to say, "I don't know what to pray." Remember ACTS. I don't know who first thought it up, but a lot of Christian brothers and sisters around the globe use it to make their prayer lives more meaningful and productive. It's a great start to a healthy pattern of prayer.
Vince Miller is a speaker, author, and mentor to men. He is an authentic and transparent leader who loves to communicate to audiences on the topics of mentorship, fathering, leadership and manhood. He has authored 16 books and small group curriculum for men and is the primary content creator of all Resolute materials. Contact Vince Miller here. His newest book is 20 Lessons That Build A Leader.


Bicyclists won a temporary restraining order against plans to remove a cycle track on Potomac Street in Canton that has sparked a heated dispute between Mayor Catherine Pugh and bike advocates.
The mayor's chief of strategic alliances, James T. Smith Jr., had informed residents that the Department of Transportation would be "totally removing" the newly-installed cycle track and reverting to the old configuration in which cars could be parked next to the curb.
Demolition of the $775,000 track was to start on Monday, Smith wrote, to be followed by the submission of "multiple" new bike infrastructure concepts for Potomac Street.
The decision to remove the bike lane came after Mayor Pugh told reporters that Potomac Street "got to be up to code" and not violate a provision of the fire code calling for 20-foot clearances on roadways to allow fire and other emergency vehicles to pass safely.
Bikemore, the advocacy group that secured Friday's restraining order on behalf of two city residents, has described the removal of the cycle track as arbitrary and capricious.
The order was granted by Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy.
The complaint by Marisa Saville and Stephen Iannelli argues that the city has installed miles of reverse-angle parking and approved private developments that fail to meet the "20-foot-clear" standard.
Yesterday's legal action came in the wake of the Roland Park Civic League's call on the mayor to remove the cycle track on Roland Avenue, a longstanding source of contention in the North Baltimore community.
A third cycle track, installed on Maryland Avenue and Cathedral Street between Johns Hopkins University and downtown, has not been directly impacted by the growing dispute.
Bikemore, however, has told supporters that the Maryland Avenue track is now under re-evaluation by the Pugh administration and the Downtown Bike Network has been halted.
Pugh's spokesman, Anthony McCarthy, denied those charges, saying the mayor is fully committed to improving bike infrastructure, but must balance bike needs against public safety.
Mark Edelson, a lawyer representing the two plaintiffs in yesterday's hearing, said the city is jeopardizing hundreds of thousands of dollars of state and federal funding by its actions.
"This shortsighted decision puts this funding at risk. Our city was already forced to walk away from federal funding for transit and improved mobility. We will not allow that to happen again," Edelson said, referring to the cancelled Red Line light-rail project.
Liz Cornish, Bikemore's executive director, said the group offered Mayor Pugh "numerous recommendations" for handling the controversy before going to court.
"Bikemore had hoped this would have been resolved another way," she said last night.


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Escondido Resources GP records 4.13% increase in production in August 2021
Escondido Resources GP recorded an increase of 4.13% in total oil and gas production to 338.07 boe/d in August 2021 when compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData's USL48 database.
The oil and gas production of Escondido Resources GP grew 2.22% in August 2021 from 330.72 boe/d in August 2020.
On a YTD basis, the company's total oil and gas production decreased by 7.05% from the same period in 2020.
The company's oil production grew 3.59% to 6.35 bd in August 2021 from the previous month, while gas production up by 4.4% to 1.9 mmcf/d. On a YTD basis, oil production decreased by 36.36% in 2021 when compared with the same period in 2020, while gas production declined by 5.93%. Out of the total oil and gas production in August 2021, oil production held a 1.88% share, while gas production held a 96.9% share.
Looking at the states where Escondido Resources GP recorded the highest oil and gas production in August 2021, Texas figured at the top, accounting for a 100% share. The company produced 338.07 boe/d in the state in August 2021, an increase of 4.13% from the previous month.
On a YTD basis, the company produced 2,658.89 boe/d in Texas in 2021, recording a decrease of 7.05% from the same period in 2020.
Escondido Resources GP witnessed the highest oil and gas production in La Salle county in August 2021. Out of all the counties, La Salle county held a share of 72.51% for the firm. The company produced 245.13 boe/d in La Salle county in August 2021, an increase of 2.05% in production when compared with the previous month.
On a YTD basis, the county produced 1,998.23 boe/d for the company in 2021, a 9.22% decrease from the same period in 2020.
All publicly announced wells data are included in this analysis, which is drawn from GlobalData's USL48 database that provides insights into oil and gas permits and wells as disclosed by state ministry sites.
GlobalData collects the latest production data and analyses the trends when it is made available for public disclosure by state ministries. Differences, if any, between the period of activity and the article date may be attributed to delays in the issuance of data.
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Q: Hi, Do you know how to display an object over other objects on the app screen in Android Studio? (java) For example, I have a list on the screen and I want a certain action to bounce an image in the center of the screen (like a dialog) but the image does not appear when the app is running , it seems to be hiding behind the list. Do you know if there is a command that will cause the image to appear in front of the screen (above all other objects on the screen)?

A: You can use View.bringToFront()
or from the view's parent ParentView.bringToFront(childView)
Here is the function documantion:

Change the view's z order in the tree, so it's on top of other sibling views. This ordering change may affect layout, if the parent container uses an order-dependent layout scheme (e.g., LinearLayout). Prior to Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT this method should be followed by calls to requestLayout() and invalidate() on the view's parent to force the parent to redraw with the new child ordering.

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What to feed the child in a year: whether an adult food is suitable for a child or is it worth adhering to the children's menu.
Will it fit child a year food from your table or is it worth continuing to stick to the individual children's menu? And how can you expand the diet of the baby after the first year of life?
If you treat mothers who still have a lactation, do not rush to wean your beloved child from the chest. Research confirms the value of even episodic breastfeeding. child per year. So, in the morning and in the evening (or at any time and in any place) we continue to give the baby not only food, but also a feeling of peace, security and confidence in mother's love. During this time, the baby's ration has also significantly expanded: now it's not only breast milk or a mixture, but also other types of products.
We will examine in more detail baby menu. So, for breakfast you can offer porridge plus half of yolk, fruit puree (fruit can be added to porridge). One-year-old baby can be given as gluten-free (corn, buckwheat, rice), and gluten-containing cereal 1 (wheat, oatmeal, semolina). The volume of porridge remains the same – 150 – 200 ml. Do not forget to add butter to porridge (5 g). From drinks – tea, fruit infusion, juice.
Another variant children's breakfast – steam omelet, both from yolks and from proteins. The daily consumption of eggs – 2 pieces, but since you give an omelet only 2-3 times a week, a single portion will increase accordingly. By the omelet – a slice of bread and butter (at the age of one to one and a half years the kid can get up to 15 – 20 g of butter per day) or cheese and a drink (compote, jelly). Bread for a child of this age is better to choose white varieties, as it is easier to digest (volume – up to 40 g per day).
Lunch for child per year You can start with a salad of vegetables – from cucumbers, tomatoes or carrots, finely crumbled or grated on a coarse grater, with the addition of vegetable oil (5-7 g) or sour cream (5-10 g).
For the second, vegetable puree (after 12 months, turnip, beetroot, radish, green peas, and beans) and meat dish are added to already consumed vegetables (meat is boiled separately, not in soup) — mashed potatoes, souffles, or meatballs.
Potatoes should not be abused, as it contains a large amount of starch, which can provoke allergies, frequent stools, increased flatulence, excessive accumulation of fatty tissue. Therefore, it is better if the volume of potatoes will be no more than 1/3 of the total volume of vegetable puree.
After year child's diet expands through offal (tongue, heart, liver) and chicken meat. Fatty varieties of pork, lamb, as well as hard to accept duck and goose meat for such babies are not recommended. And, of course, no need to offer your child sausages, sausages or wieners. 1 – 2 times a week instead meat baby give low-fat varieties of river or sea fish (in the absence of an allergic reaction) – for example, hake or pollock.
Introduction of fish in child's diet per year It should take place according to all the rules for introducing new foods: from small amounts (5 – 10 g), gradually increasing the volume, observing the tolerance (stool, skin condition). Daily consumption rate fish for baby this age is about 25 – 30 g, so by offering fish a couple of times a week, you can give your child about 70 – 80 g of fish at a time.
Prepare jelly, compote, fruit infusion from drinks or offer your child juice (both freshly squeezed and industrially produced, but always specialized for children).
At noon (except for the children's cottage cheese and kefir already familiar to the child) it is possible to prepare dishes from cottage cheese (cottage cheese soufflé, cottage cheese makers with sour cream, closer to one and a half years (happy owners of a large number of teeth) – pancakes with cottage cheese (of course, not often – once a week) In addition, give juice or fruit puree, as well as – low-fat varieties of cookies (for example, every other day).
Note the need to use child nutrition per year only specialized children's kefir and cottage cheese (quality control of the manufacture and composition of baby food is higher than that of adult products). But from the usual purchased cottage cheese, you can cook cottage cheese makers and souffles (that is, you should offer the kid an "adult" cottage cheese only after the heat treatment). A one-year-old kid's dinner may consist of a vegetable-meat or vegetable-cereal dish (options offered by domestic nutritionists – soufflé of zucchini with meat puree, oatmeal porridge with pumpkin, beet stewed with apples, stew of vegetables with meat puree) plus juice or fruit puree .
Assortment offered fruit for children (as well as mashed potatoes and juices) at this age is replenished by introducing so-called exotic fruits (for example, kiwi), as well as citrus fruits (oranges), strawberries, and other types (if the child has not tried them before) – gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, cherries and cranberries. Usually, the baby is offered no more than 100 ml of juice and no more than 100 grams of fruit puree per day.
At bedtime – breast milk or fermented milk drink (baby kefir). AT child's diet per year should not include (as much as mom and – and especially grandparents) would like – cakes, pastries, and especially chocolate sweets. If you really want to pamper your baby with sweets – choose marshmallow, jam, jam (better if they are on fructose), marmalade. And remember the basic rules: feeding a baby from a year to a year and a half is four to five meals a day, that is, with a break between feedings for about 4 hours. Try to observe the diet strictly enough so that the child develops a conditioned reflex (that is, by a certain time the digestive system will be ready to accept and digest food).
Calorie meals for child per year different: the most high-calorie should be lunch, then downward – dinner, breakfast, afternoon tea. The daily volume of food (excluding liquids) is 1000-1200 ml (such recommendations are maintained for approximately one and a half years). Be sure to follow the rules of introducing new products, monitor the freshness of food and the cleanliness of the baby's dishes (as well as his and his hands) in order to avoid an intestinal infection.
1 Gluten is a plant protein found in some cereals: rye, barley, oats, as well as wheat, from which semolina is made that can cause small intestinal cell damage in young children — celiac disease and allergic reactions, since there is an enzyme deficiency in children peptidases that cleave gluten.


A cappella celtic fiddle and vocals, performing traditional tunes you'd hear at your favourite renaissance festival or Celtic Fest including ballads, jigs, reels, pirate tunes, and much more.
Definition of NeidFyre: Old English word for a fire ceremonially generated by intense friction between two pieces of wood.
Seeing how I love to play jigs and reels, and the imagery NeidFyre creates, I couldn't think of a better name to call myself when performing.
NeidFyre is comprised of me, Mel Ginsberg-Stevens. A Long Island transplant in Upstate New York, I've been enamoured of Celtic and traditional music for longer than I can remember. I began playing the violin some 24 years ago and singing about the same time. During the past four years I sang with different people in different incarnations of groups, but in 2002 I decided to take things into my own hands and began performing solo. The end result of these endeavors is Duck Feet Waddling.


WPILib provides seperate Robot Drive classes for the most common drive train configurations (differential, mecanum, and Killough). The DifferentialDrive class handles the differential drivetrain configuration. These drive bases typically have two or more in-line traction or omni wheels per side (e.g., 6WD or 8WD) and may also be known as "skid-steer", "tank drive", or "West Coast Drive". The Kit of Parts drivetrain is an example of a differential drive. There are methods to control the drive with 3 different styles ("Tank", "Arcade", or "Curvature"), explained in the article below.
Many FRC drivetrains have more than 1 motor on each side. In order to use these with DifferentialDrive, the motors on each side have to be collected into a single SpeedController, using the SpeedControllerGroup class. The examples below show a 4 motor (2 per side) drivetrain. To extend to more motors, simply create the additional controllers and pass them all into the SpeedController group contructor (it takes an arbitrary number of inputs).
Tank Drive - This mode uses one value each to control the individual sides of the drivetrain.
Arcade Drive - This mode uses one value to control the throttle (speed along the X-axis) of the drivetrain and one for the rate of rotation.
Curvature Drive - Also known as "Cheesy Drive" this is an alternate way of using one value to control throttle and one value for rotation. The rotation argument controls the curvature of the robot's path rather than its rate of heading change. This makes the robot more controllable at high speeds. Also handles the robot's quick turn functionality - "quick turn" overrides constant-curvature turning for turn-in-place maneuvers.
The Tank Drive mode is used to control each side of the drivetrain independently (usually with an individual joystick axis controlling each). This example shows how to use the Y-axis of two separate joysticks to run the drivetrain in Tank mode. Construction of the objects has been omitted, for above for drivetrain construction and here for Joystick construction.
The Arcade Drive mode is used to control the drivetrain using speed/throttle and rotation rate. This is typically used either with two axes from a single joystick, or split across joysticks (often on a single gamepad) with the throttle coming from one stick and the rotation from another. This example shows how to use a single joystick with the Arcade mode. Construction of the objects has been omitted, for above for drivetrain construction and here for Joystick construction.
Like Arcade Drive, the Curvature Drive mode is used to control the drivetrain using speed/throttle and rotation rate. The difference is that the rotation control is attempting to control radius of curvature instead of rate of heading change. This mode also has a quick-turn parameter that is used to engage a sub-mode that allows for turning in place. This example shows how to use a single joystick with the Curvature mode. Construction of the objects has been omitted, for above for drivetrain construction and here for Joystick construction.


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Fires, Floods, Heatwaves: We're Just Getting Started, Says IPCC
Without aggressive action, the world is on track for truly apocalyptic warming.
Damian Carrington
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as a part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
"It is unequivocal." Those stark three words are the first in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's new report. The climate crisis is unequivocally caused by human activities and is unequivocally affecting every corner of the planet's land, air and sea already.
The report, produced by hundreds of the world's top scientists and signed off by all the world's governments, concludes that it could get far worse if the slim chance remaining to avert heating above 1.5 C is not immediately grasped.
The scientific language of the report is cold and clear but cannot mask the heat and chaos that global heating is unleashing on the world. We have already caused 1 C of heating, getting perilously close to the 1.5 C danger limit agreed in the Paris climate deal. Downpours of rain have been accelerating since the 1980s.
Accelerating melting of ice has poured trillions of tons of water into the oceans, where oxygen levels are falling—suffocating the seas—and acidity is rising. Sea level has already risen by 20cm, with more now irreversibly baked in.
The greenhouse gas emissions spewed out by fossil fuel burning, forest destruction and other human activities are now clearly destabilizing the mild climate in which civilization began, the report shows. Carbon dioxide levels in the air are now at their highest point for at least 2m years.
When was the last time we saw heating this fast? At least 2,000 years ago and probably 100,000 years. Temperatures this high? At least 6,500 years. Sea level rising so fast? At least 3,000 years. Oceans so acidic? Two million years.
All this is already hurting people everywhere, the report spells out. Heatwaves and the heavy rains that lead to flooding have become more intense and more frequent since the 1950s, affecting more than 90 percent of the world's regions, according to the report. Drought is increasing in more than 90 percent of the regions for which there is good data. It is more than 66 percent likely that the number of major hurricanes and typhoons has increased since the 1970s.
If we don't reduce global emissions, we are on track for 4 C to 5 C, which is apocalypse territory.
So what of the future? Some heating is already inevitable. We will definitely hit 1.5 C in the next two decades, whatever happens to emissions, the IPCC finds. The only good news is that keeping to that 1.5 C is not yet impossible.
But it will require "immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions" in emissions, say the scientists, of which there is no sign to date. Even cutting emissions, but more slowly, leads to 2C and significantly more suffering for all life on Earth.
If emissions do not fall in the next couple of decades, then 3 C of heating looks likely—a catastrophe. And if they don't fall at all, the report says, then we are on track for 4 C to 5 C, which is apocalypse territory.
The report is clear there are no cliff-edges to the climate crisis. Each tonne of carbon pumped out increases the impacts and risks of extreme heat, floods and droughts and so every tonne of carbon matters. It will never be too late to act, the report shows. Instead, the real question is how bad will it get?
For example, extreme heatwaves expected once every 50 years without any global heating are already happening every decade. With 1.5 C warming, these will happen about every 5 years; with 2 C, every 3.5 years; and with 4 C, once every 15 months. More heating also means more disruptions to the monsoon rains on which billions depend for food.
More emissions also means the land and oceans become weaker at soaking up that carbon pollution, making heating even worse. With immediate rapid cuts, the natural world can still soak up 70% of our emissions. With no cuts, that falls to just 40 percent.
One of the most blunt sections of the report begins: "Many changes due to past and future greenhouse gas emissions are irreversible for centuries to millennia." This particularly affects the world's oceans and ice, which absorb 96 percent of global heating, meaning ice will keep melting and the oceans rising towards our many crowded coastal cities.
The likely range is between 28 cm and 100 cm by the end of the century. But it could be 200 cm by then, or 500 cm by 2150, the report warns. Extreme sea level events, such as coastal flooding, that occurred just once per century in the recent past are projected to happen at least annually in 60 percent of places by 2100.
"That might seem like a long way away but there are millions of children already born who should be alive well into the 22nd century," says Prof Jonathan Bamber, at the University of Bristol, UK, and a report author.
"We can no longer assume" that citizens of affluent nations "will be able to ride out the worst excesses of a rapidly destabilizing climate."
The many scientific advances since the last comprehensive IPCC report in 2013 mean better projections for specific regions of the world. It finds nowhere is safe. For example, even at 1.5 C of heating, heavy rain and flooding are projected to intensify in Europe, North America and most regions of Africa and Asia.
"We can no longer assume that citizens of more affluent and secure countries like Canada, Germany, Japan and the US will be able to ride-out the worst excesses of a rapidly destabilizing climate," says Prof Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at The Nature Conservancy. "It's clear we're all in the same boat—facing a challenge that will affect every one of us within our lifetimes."
The report is the sixth by the IPCC but the first to assess the risk of tipping points thoroughly. These are abrupt and irreversible changes to crucial Earth systems that have huge impacts and are of increasing concern to scientists. The collapse of major Atlantic currents, ice caps, or the Amazon rainforest "cannot be ruled out", the report warns.
"For the tipping points, it's clear that every extra tonne of CO2 emitted today is pushing us into a minefield of feedback effects tomorrow," says Prof Dave Reay, at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
So what can be done? The final section of the IPCC report addresses how future climate change can be limited. It finds that 2,400 billion tons of CO2 have been emitted by humanity since 1850, and that we can only leak another 400 billion tons to have a 66 percent chance of keeping to 1.5 C.
In other words, we have blown 86 percent of our carbon budget already, though the report says the science is clear that if emissions are slashed then temperatures will stop rising in a decade or two and the increases in deadly extreme events will be strongly limited.
"Unless there are immediate rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to 1.5 C will be beyond reach," says Abdalah Mokssit, secretary of the IPCC.
"But we never dictate any policy to any country—it is for the governments to take the decisions."
The scientists have now spoken, louder and clearer than ever before. Now it is for the politicians to act.
Did a PG&E Power Line Spark the Second-Largest Fire in California History?
Edwin Rios
On the Heels of Europe's Devastating Floods, Scientists Warn More Is Yet to Come
Jena Brooker
And You Thought That Heat Wave Was Bad?


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America's Only Distinctly Criminal Class: Four Great Films about Politics, Politicians and Campaigns, Part I
Kurt F. Stone
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Mark Twain once famously quipped, "There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." Somewhat less famously, he noted that "The political morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet." For more than 100 years, Hollywood has done its part to poke, prod and present the American political process on the big screen. Regardless of the subject or the genre, these films are among the best Hollywood ever produced. The four films to be viewed in this series present what, in Dr. Stone's estimation, are among the best political films of the past 85 years. Some are satires, other serious dramas. However, whatever the form, they guarantee a great movie-going experience, especially as we get ever closer to the next presidential election.
Gabriel Over the White House (1933): Walter Houston stars as a political hack who becomes president during the Depression.
The Great McGinty (1940) Preston Sturges' satire about a crooked politician who endangers his career with a single act of honesty.
All the King's Men (1949): The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, played by Oscar winner Broderick Crawford.
The Best Man (1964): Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson as two candidates running for president; one highly principled, the other utterly ruthless.
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Kurt F. Stone, DD, is now in his 23rd year with Lifelong Learning. His passion for film is, he says, "genetic," having been born in Hollywood, CA, and raised both in and around the movie industry. Stone is a multi-disciplinary sort of man, who has also written two well-received books on Congress, published nearly 900 essays, is an ordained rabbi and earns his living as a medical ethicist.
Recipient of the 2004 Excellence in Teaching Award
Upcoming programs presented by Kurt F. Stone.


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We need friends. All of us. God created us to be social people. To live in community. To care for others. And to be cared for. If you're missing this? Ask God to send someone your way... He already has that someone in mind - and has been just itchin' to get you two together.
Surprisingly, (at least to me, it's unexpected) TED has a talk/article on Loneliness entitled, How to Beat Loneliness.
"the long-term risk that chronic loneliness poses to our health and longevity is so severe, it actually increases risk of an early death by 26%.
Loneliness distorts our perceptions, making us believe the people around us care much less than they actually do, and it makes us view our existing relationships more negatively, such that we see them as less meaningful and important than we would if we were not lonely.
Breaking free of loneliness and healing our psychological wounds is possible, but it involves a decision — a decision to override the gut instinct telling you to stay away and to play it safe by isolating yourself.
If you feel emotionally disconnected, make a list of five people you've been close to in the past. Reach out to them and suggest getting together and catching up.
Make a habit of nurturing others.
Make a habit of connecting with others (to state the obvious).
Make a habit of getting better sleep.
Make a habit of being less judgemental and critical.
Make a habit of asking, "what is missing from my life?"
Friday night I had nothing to do. I waited for a text. From anyone. To do anything. None came. I waited for a call. None came.
I begin to wonder if I have any friends. I start to count them and then find reasons that none of them are actually my friends. I mean, if I had friends, wouldn't I have plans on a Friday night?
If you can't be bothered to read the articles, but you are tired of feeling alone, then, seriously. Pray about it. God absolutely desires for you to be part of community.
Next time I go to the lake, I'll bring along my big lens so that I can capture The Four O'Clock Talk that takes place on Cultus every late afternoon in the winter. Thousands and thousands of white birds fly in from all directions to gather at the same spot on the water. I stand on the shore and watch them approach. It's quite a sight.
Everytime I see it, I smile.
I love that they have each other.
I love that at the end of the day, they all know to gather together. For heat? To share food? To chat about their adventures? To flirt? To care for each other? Who knows. Doesn't matter. They have community.
On Saturday afternoon, I left the lake for a few hours to drive into Abbotsford. Just like those birds, other people were doing the same thing; driving to a pre-arranged spot to gather. We all met at 5:30, at Northview for a church service.
I'm thinking God must smile when He sees His people, the ones He made and loves, gather together every Saturday night. (Or Sunday morning, as the case may be.) We were not meant to do life by ourselves.
Loneliness has been a theme in my life too. I have learned to enjoy my own company and found meaningful ways to use the time. Still nice to be around others and be connecting in real ways though. I get it.


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Dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the natural sciences and Greece's unique habitats and wildlife, Goulandris Natural History Museum has a number of interactive, educational exhibits on display. The family-friendly museum was started by married couple and philanthropists Angelos Goulandris and Niki Goulandris in 1965. Greece's geology, biodiversity, and ancient history make it a particularly interesting place to study. With large displays of fossils, shells, rocks and minerals — as well as insect, mammal, bird, and reptile species — there is an emphasis on endangered species, environmental issues, and ongoing scientific research.
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Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 2:30 pm and on Sundays from 10 am to 2:30 pm. Closed on public holidays.
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This treatment is a combination of back massage and facial aiming at restoring energy and glow with Valmont products, the Swiss expert of Cellular Rejuvenation. The Orloff Spa is a haven of serenity in the heart of Kifissia busy shopping center, very accessible by foot. Every detail has been taking care of in order to provide cozyness and comfort to the guest. The Orloff Spa is opened everyday including weekends. Guests can add a sauna and hammam session to their package with an extra cost.
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Obviously all of those Christians that are losing their houses just don't have enough faith, or they wouldn't be in such dire straits.
I've looked into this obsession with the OT festivals a bit (someone at our church was (briefly, I most sincerly hope) advocating this). It seems to be an obsession mostly, best I can find out, with cultic groups that had Adventist influences way back when.. Not SDA, per se, I don't think, but influenced way back when.
And, http://www.identitynetwork.net/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=49477&columnid=2093 Elijah List "extreme prophetic"</a> types.
I'm no expert on Hagee's theology, but even though he associates with people like those found on TBN, I've never heard him teach on divine healing being a promise or that a person is in some particular sin if not healed. I used to be Pentecostal when I was a teenager, and I heard him fairly often; I could be wrong though. It is interesting how the article mentions that his son is in charge while the father is gone.
One of the worst offenders of Yom Kippur and Jewish typology is non other than David Hocking.
He has a newsletter with a section in it called, "Israel Watch." A lot of the things that go on in the middle east, he has a scripture for it.
Sometimes, he takes it so far, that he seems to insinuate that the Jews will get into heaven apart from faith in Christ.
He will actually say that the leaders in the Israeli government need to be in prayer regarding certain issues that are occurring in the middle east.
God will only listen to their prayers if they are Christians, not on the basis of them being Jews!
John the Baptist told the Pharisees and the Sadducees in Matt. 3:9, "and do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones."
Calling Hagee a friend, requesting riddleblog reders to pray for hagee is like mocking, for the wellbeing of an herectic. Which is totally contradictory in nature.
I don't think Hagee is the "faith healer" type.
A magazine featuring a woman on the cover gets placed in the no-no section? Sounds a lot like what they do at Seven-Eleven. Do Christian bookstores sell Slurpees, too?
While I don't frequent Christian bookstores, I didn't know they had "no-no" sections. I guess we're still backward, pious, and unenlightened here in western Pa. Although it got me thinking... there are better ways to use the no-no section: most of what's in the store can go there so that the few remaining books worth reading will be noticed.
October 7, 2008 | Chris M.
I don't frequent them either, which is why I wondered if anyone knew if they do Slurpees now. Last time I was in one it sure looked like that was next.
But I wonder if Modern Reformation goes under the counter as well. There's gotta be issues of Nicotine Theological Journal waiting to be burned.
No Slurpees in my Christian bookstore - they would make a mess on all the rip off t-shirt designs. Besides, they would have to be connected to Veggie Tales to be properly sold in a Christian Trinket Shop. :) Next time I'm in the one in my area, I'll look under the counter for all the stuff I can't find: MR, anything by Riddlebarger, Horton, et. al.
What really gets my goat is how thick people are in being taken in by these tele-evangelist morons.
Take God TV for instance. They have a huge campaign called 'Missions Week' (which lasts way longer than a week) trying to raise money from viewers. During this week they get money-loving, wig-wearing preachers dripping in bling to come on and tell viewers to 'sow a thousand dollar seed' into God TV with the promise that God will return their seed 'a hundred-fold'.
Yet nobody asks why a TV station that champions this 'hundred-fold' theology needs a campaign to raise cash! Of course the charlatans say that they're only giving viewers a chance to participate in blessing by giving to the station. But if God TV really believed the tripe they produce, surely they should plant all their money into poverty stricken churches in the sure knowledge that God will give THEM a hundred-fold.
God TV are only one example among many of the prosperity driven, charismatic garbage that sadly dominates religious sattelite TV. The emperor has no clothes. The church needs to point out the nakedness of this monstrosity that brings reproach to the name of Christ.
You are fortunate to have a choice of Christian TV to choose from.We have one grab bag on Sunday morning-Hillsong Church,Australia's megachurch-which preaches the Prosperity Gospel,and our 7 state capital cities have one Christian radio station,although there may some in rural areas.
The one we have here in Melbourne does an okay job,but they need to be discerning in their customer base,as I heard an ad for a Scientology front group being played.
Having been brought up dispensationalist,i can recall that a forthcoming service was announced as having the theme :"When will the secret Rapture of the Lord occur" " 7pm Next Sunday night in the lower church hall!!"
As a former employee of Cornerstone Church and former "home ministry" leader I can say that Hagee is in fact the "faith healer" type in that he teaches that divine healing is promised in atonement. One need only appropriate enough faith.


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An authenthic Gazpacho recipe from David Rosengarten
Whatever happened to David Rosengarten? You may remember the marvelously low-key television chef who preceded the food network rampage that made stars out of everyone from Bobby Flay to Giada di Laurentis. David's show "Taste" was a wonderful learning experience as David deep-dived into his subject matter with such thoroughness and thoughtfulness that you came away feeling you had some expertise in whatever food David was extolling on that particular day.
Beyond the television show, David created an immensely useful cookbook "The Dean and DeLuca Cookbook" (Random House 1996). This amazing encyclopedia of recipes and the story of their origins is a great source of authentic recipes from all over the globe. Dean and DeLuca was one of New York's first free-standing gourmet stores. It came alive in Soho and was a mecca for foodies from all over the city. It's still there and certainly worth a visit even though immense food halls like Eataly and the Whole Foods chain have cut into that feeling that what was on offer at Dean and Deluca was exclusively theirs.
And what of David Rosengarten? Completely self-taught, David's background – a degree from Colgate, a doctorate in dramatic literature from Cornell and a stint teaching theater at Skidmore – should have hinted at this Renaissance guy's restlessness. After publishing a subscription-only newsletter, "David Rosengarten's Tastings", for several years he abruptly "moved on to other ventures' in 2008. In May of 2010, he re-emerged with "Rosengarten Report". A monthly email newsletter that sells for 59.95 a year.
Now about Gazpacho. It strikes me as the absolutely ideal recipe to share with you as the country is gripped in this brutal heat wave. First off, it uses all those beautiful fresh vegetables that overflowing the farmer's market tables right this moment. It requires no cooking at all and very little preparation. You put everything into the food processor and fire it up. Put the finished soup into the refrigerator to get it icy cold. Then serve it alone or with any number of garnishes. I confess that I topped mine with sour cream which is certainly not part of David's authentic recipe but something I think is a very good accompaniment.
It will come as little surprise that like all classic regional dishes, Gazpacho is rife with controversy. The main one here is whether to incorporate the bread into the recipe. Of course, the carb police will object mightily but as David points out "For God's sake, the word gazpacho itself comes from the Arabic word for bread". He goes on to say that "without the bread…gazpacho is just V-8. We couldn't agree more. The secondary controversy is the use of a minute quantity of olive oil—all of two tablespoons for every six servings—that the fat police seek to eliminate. Give me a break! The final question is whether the tomatoes should be peeled. I suppose pre-food processor, there was some validity to this. But David points out that the resultant puree makes the peel virtually impossible to find in the soup. Here's the recipe:
Recipe for Authentic Sevillan Gazpacho from David Rosengarten
2/3 cup White Onions; chopped
1-6 0z. cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
4 oz Crustless French bread
1 large clove of garlic, peeled
12 oz. ripe red tomatoes cut into coarse chunks
6 oz. red bell pepper, seeded and cut into coarse chunks
2 tbp. Spanish or other fruity olive oil.
¼ cup Sherry Vinegar
Optional Garnishes:
6 tbsp. Finely-chopped onion
6 tbsp. Finely-chopped hard-boiled egg
3/4 c Small toasted croutons
6 tbsp. Finely-chopped green bell
6 tbsp. Finely chopped
In a food processor or blender puree tomatoes, onions, garlic, cucumber, red pepper, bread, olive oil and vinegar until very smooth, 2 minutes or more. Refrigerate several hours. Before serving, season with salt and pepper and strain through a sieve if desired. Thin with ice water if needed. Divide among 6 soup bowls. Serve.
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OK, so now I have made it two ways, one without the eggs and bread for the finicky hubby and one as per the recipe.. By the way, both versions do not come close to V-8 as a base, it's delicious and your right – so much lighter for our 100 degree + days, I just could kiss you and my food processor when it's lunchtime!!!
So glad you like it Ana. It's proving very popular as it is hotter than stink here. All best, Monte
jen lynch says:
Thank you for posting this. I remember his show well and I remember the gazpacho recipe, but I can' find my copy. I haven't made gazpacho in years, but I remember that was an excellent recipe.
I am delighted you have found it. It's about perfect for this time of year. All best, Monte


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A worker puts the finishing touches on the Dillon Ice Castles on Dec. 21, 2018. The castles feature dome, slides, fountains, tunnels and towers that are lit up with color-changing lights and music. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)
DILLON — The Ice Castles are returning to Town Park.
The Dillon Town Council unanimously voted to approve a resolution at their regular meeting Tuesday night, authorizing the town to enter into a new contract with Ice Castles LLC that would keep the castles in town for the 2019-2020 winter.
The decision comes following criticism from the town's Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee (PRAC) which has voiced concerns over the last two years about the state of the park after the castles came down — noting both damage to the park's lawn and the amount of time the park is unavailable to the general public into the spring months.
In June, PRAC members again noted that the continuation of the Ice Castles at the Town Park might be somewhat counterintuitive to future plans for the park. Earlier this year, the town completed a $1.2 million improvement on infrastructure surrounding the park — primarily in regards to parking and roadway upgrades on Buffalo and La Bonte streets — along with replacing two of the park's tennis courts.
But improvements are set to continue next spring. The town currently has more than $1 million budgeted for a new multi-use field and playground at the park. And with plans to tear up the lawn ahead of next summer, the town and Ice Castles have another chance to prove the castles can come and go without any major damage.
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Kent's accesso ShoWare Center opened in 2009 and has lost money each year but brings in an estimated $25 million per year to the local economy. FILE PHOTO, Brian Liesse
Kent mayor, ShoWare officials remain confident in arena despite operating losses
Facility lost $361,861 in 2017 but boosts local economy with crowds
by Steve Hunter
Friday, February 2, 2018 5:52pm
The financial operating losses at the city-owned accesso ShoWare Center in Kent went back up in 2017 just one year after the facility had its lowest deficit since it opened nine years ago.
The arena lost $361,861 in 2017, according to the ShoWare Center income statement. The arena had expenses of $3.11 million and income of $2.75 million. The events center lost $155,268 in 2016.
Despite the losses, SMG, which operates the facility, and new Mayor Dana Ralph remained confident that the numbers show better days are ahead for the $84.5 million arena.
"It was another great year," said Arletta Voter, ShoWare finance director, during her report Jan. 25 to the city's Public Facilities District Board, who noted food and beverage concessions were up $307,000 more than budget.
ShoWare staff had projected operating losses of $482,822 for the year, so anything less than that is considered a success at the 6,200-seat arena.
Tim Higgins, ShoWare general manager, explained to the board, which helps oversee operations, how staff determines a budget. SMG predicts a loss of $478,000 in 2018.
"We budget on our history – what we've done in the past," Higgins said. "Budgeting what we do know and what we are going to have. Nobody wants for us to come in and say we are going to have 25 shows and we don't and we show a significant loss. So I think that needs to be real and here's where we think we are going to be and in the meantime hustle to get it done."
Mayor offers support
Ralph attended the meeting and agreed with how SMG projects its annual budget.
"I do not believe in aspirational budgeting which is where we kind of started out eight to 10 years ago," Ralph said. "I would much rather us be very conservative. …and at the end if we get to celebrate, that's the best way to go. Going the other direction is way more difficult and causes way more problems. I appreciate coming as close as we possibly can at the time of preparing those numbers knowing that there's all kinds of possibilities of different events that will come here or not."
Board member Randall Smith said he agreed with the way the budgeting is done but wants to be sure that message reaches residents.
"I think that's good but you've also got a community out there looking at this and they're not thinking like we are thinking and they are not in business, so they are thinking why (the financial deficit) and what are we doing to stop that," Smith said. "We are working toward bringing it down, but we need to educate the community that we would rather do this and like the mayor said celebrate it at the end."
Ralph, who served six years on the City Council before voters elected her mayor in November, later explained at the meeting that she had doubts at first about the success of the ShoWare Center. She has since changed her opinion.
"I've had some skepticism in the past about how things were done," said Ralph, who has met with Higgins numerous times over the last six years about arena operations. "I am probably one of the biggest supporters of this building at this point. I have seen all of the significant benefits that it brings to our community. We are bringing in some amazing shows and in the upcoming years we will continue to build on that.
"It's very different than in the beginning. Now promoters are coming to us and saying they heard about this show and we want to do that. That is where the success of this building is going to come – it's other people saying this is a great place to be. I'm excited that we have this point."
Ralph said the operating losses don't tell the whole story.
"There are all of the other benefits it brings and that is the business in the downtown core and the number of people that come here and the number of people that are coming to Kent that didn't even know where Kent was," she said. "We need to talk about how important this building is to the region, to the city and be really proud of the fact that it is here."
The arena has an economic impact of about $25 million per year on the city, according to a consultant study several years ago, much of it area restaurants, including the Kent Station shopping center. About 410,000 people attended events last year at the arena, according to SMG.
"We are at this turning point where we either take it to the next level or we start going backwards and I am 100 percent confident we are moving to the next level," Ralph said.
The council covers the operating losses at the ShoWare with money from the general fund. Some of that money comes from the city's ticket admissions tax (5 percent on each ticket) at the arena, which brought in an estimated $350,000 in 2017.
Labor costs rise
During an interview after the meeting, Higgins said increased labor and maintenance costs hurt revenue last year. The arena pays minimum wage to ushers and ticket takers and that hourly pay goes up each year after voters approved Initiative 1433 in 2016 to raise the rate of $9.47 per hour to $11 per house and eventually to $13.50 per hour.
"Minimum wage went up 50 cents this year and goes up 50 cents next year and $1.50 in 2020," Higgins said. "So everything goes up. We have supervisors, so that pay goes up, too. We had to account for it in 2018."
ShoWare Center staff raised the projected budget for salaries and wages to be $1.8 million for 2018, up from a budget of $1.3 million last year. That cost came in at $1.8 million in 2017, in part because of more events such as 10 extra Western Hockey League playoff games by the Seattle Thunderbirds, anchor tenant of the arena.
"Ten extra hockey games sends up expenses," Higgins said.
But the extra hockey games also boosted the food and beverage sales, where the facility makes most of its money.
Other unexpected expenses last year included $50,000 in extra security measures, $45,000 to re-brand uniforms and signage with the new accesso ShoWare Center name; $25,000 to repair a heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit; and $25,000 in repairs to an elevator pit, Higgins said.
Strong start this year
But things are looking up for the arena in 2018 with a strong start to the first quarter concerts lined up. Concerts, similar to hockey, are revenue producers because of large crowds who buy food and drinks.
"This first quarter is significantly better than all of our other first quarters," Higgins said about the concerts lined up. "We will have through April eight confirmed shows and potentially 12."
More than 6,000 tickets have been sold (only single tickets remain) for the March 3 show by rapper G-Eazy. Comedian Jo Koy will perform before a sellout crowd on Feb. 17 and the ShoWare added a second show on Feb. 19. Tickets also are going fast for heavy metal band Judas Priest on April 15 and the country duo Sugarland on June 7. Tickets just went on sale for the March 16 performance by singers Tyrese and Keyshia Cole.
ShoWare Center operating losses
Total: $3.9 million
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