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Because Of You, This Year…

December 28, 2012

Because of you, this year…

We have donated local and organic produce to over 10 different non-profits and ministries that serve those less fortunate in our city.

Photo: Rose Baca // neighborsgo

UA team member Amber (left) and Jason (right) loading donated produce in the car of Sarah Squires (center), executive director of Wesley-Rankin Community Center in East Dallas | Photo: Rose Baca // neighborsgo

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We have helped many local farmers survive another year.

UA team members with the Orths at Eden Creek Farm in Blooming Grove, TX: Steven, Steve Orth, Kristine Orth, Andy, Liz, Samantha

UA team members with the Orths at Eden Creek Farm in Blooming Grove, TX: Steven, Steve Orth, Kristine Orth, Andy, Liz, Samantha

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We have advanced the organic food movement in Texas through sorting and distributing almost 1,000,000 pounds of produce to over 1200 families.

Urban Acres produce sort in action

Urban Acres produce sort in action

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We completed an extreme makeover on our current farm store in Oak Cliff and prepared to move to a new location in early 2013.

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Thank you for a wonderful year!

Happy 2013,

The Urban Acres team

Sputnik-Shaped Kohlrabi

December 27, 2012
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What are these sputnik-shaped veggies in your co-op style produce share?  KOHLRABI!  It’s local too, from our friends at Gundermann Acres in Wharton County, TX.

Kohlrabi is a member of the cruciferous (cabbage) family and tastes a lot like broccoli stems. The word kohlrabi is actually German for “cabbage turnip” – and that’s exactly what they look like.

How To Prepare Kohlrabi

The skin is slightly tough, so use a peeler or a sharp paring knife.  Slice in matchsticks or ribbons for salad, or slice however you need to for one of the recipes below.  You can also eat the stems, which taste very cabbage-like.

How To Eat Kohlrabi

You can definitely eat kohlrabi raw – peeled, sliced and added to a salad, or just eaten by itself sprinkled with sea salt.  But kohlrabi is also wonderful cooked – here are some recipe ideas:

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Kohlrabi Home Fries // Photo credit: Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times

We’d love to know what you think of your kohlrabi…

Do Your Kids Run Wild?

December 22, 2012

The latest in Urban Acres swag…100% organic tshirts for the free-range toddler in your life and super-soft organic baby onesies!

Both the tshirts and onesies are:

  • Ethically sourced
  • 100% organic
  • Made by local vendor FreeLisa

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Come down to our store to grab a few – perfect for last-minute Christmas gifts or stocking stuffers.

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It’s Official ~ We’re Moving!

December 20, 2012

You might have seen this sign on Beckley Ave. in Oak Cliff on your way to/from the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge…

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Yup, IT’S OFFICIAL!  Our Urban Acres store is moving to the corner of Beckley & Greenbriar this spring, right by Methodist Hospital.  We’re taking over the old gas station building right next to Mama Connie’s Diner.  Our new place has a covered front area as you can see in the photo which will become a patio.  We also have lots of fun plans for the inside – we’ll keep you posted on progress!

Until then, we’ll still see you every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at our current store at 1301B West Davis!

Local Bounty Just In Time For The Holiday…

December 19, 2012

Our farmers are harvesting – here are all the wonderful local produce items we’re  planning* for this weekend’s co-op style produce shares…there are a few more items in your share; this is just the local ones.  Have a wonderful holiday!

*Please remember that when working with fresh produce, availability can sometimes change last-minute.  We do our best to let you know what’s coming ahead of time, sometimes there are slight variations in the shares that we can’t predict at the time this is posted.  Thanks for your understanding!

Here are some recipe ideas for ya…

Chili Garlic Mustard Greens

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Most often found in Asian grocery stores, the Daikon radish looks like a large, white carrot, though it has the flavor of a radish. It is used as a food herb in Asian herbal medicine. Both the tuber and the seeds are used medicinally.

Its uses are many, treating such problems as cough and asthma, low energy, and yeast infections. Daikon also treats many digestive issues, including nausea, irritable bowel syndrome, indigestion, and heartburn.

Easy Daikon Salad

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Green Garlic Soup

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Kale, Mushroom, and Chickpea Stuffed Sweet Potatoes (try with regular potato!)

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Creamy Kale Salad with Beets

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Arugula Salad with Beets and Goat Cheese

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The Pioneer Woman’s Roasted Carrots

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Beetza (uses beets and kale)

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Straight from the Texas valley, Texas Red Grapefruit are sweet, juicy and tree-ripened, literally stored on the tree to peak of perfection.  The Rio Star grapefruit combines the two reddest varieties – Rio Red and Star Ruby grapefruit. It has an overall blush on the exterior peel with a deep red interior color which is 7 to 10 times redder than the Ruby Red.

Spinach and Grapefruit Salad

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Thank you for being a part of Urban Acres and supporting Texas farmers and local, organic produce!  We ♥ our farmers, and we ♥ you!

Tater Tot the Pig and His Friends Visit Urban Acres

December 15, 2012

Today, we were paid a visit by our farmer friends Steve and Kristine Orth of Eden Creek Farm in Blooming Grove, TX.  And they didn’t come alone – they brought their slew of fuzzy farm animals, like Tater Tot the pig!  We love it when our customers get to meet the farmers face to face.

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Kristine Orth and Tater Tot

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Images from the Holiday Market

December 15, 2012

The Second Annual Holiday Market is in full swing!  We’ve got beautifully crafted items from several local artisans and plenty of food samples.  Come on down between now and 3pm!

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Pam Rogers & Angi Brown and their handmade jewelry – Doubleheart Studio

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Suzanne Countryman and her handmade cards and paper bows

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Alazan Ceramics

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Everyone is in love with the candles, body scrubs and body creams from local artisan, Free Spirit Creations!

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Liz modeling a hand-woven scarf from artisan Andrea Glanzer

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Mom, 52, chases intruder out of house, pins him down

A mother in Connecticut shows WVIT's Todd Piro how she chased, tackled and pinned down a would-be burglar who threatened her family.

A Connecticut woman confronted an intruder, chased him out her her home and held him down until police arrived.

Pauline Bragg, 52, was in her Willimantic home on Sunday night when she noticed a man inside.

“I looked and there's this guy, this big shadow standing there with a flashlight,” Bragg said.

The suspect, identified by police as Ramon Rivera, ran out of the house with Bragg right behind him.
“I didn't think, 'I'm going to decide to go chase him.' It was a reaction, you know,” said Bragg.
According to Bragg, who is the mother of a teenage boy, the chase continued into the backyards of three other homes.

“We got in a scuffle. He picked up a two-by-four and hit me,” Bragg said, still nursing bruises from the altercation.

As Bragg pinned Rivera down, she called out to neighbors for help, but said no one offered to assist her.
“I looked right at them and said, 'Get over here and help me.' And you know, nobody wants to get involved,” Bragg said.

Some neighbors called 911, and police arrived and took Rivera into custody. According to Bragg, Rivera told police that he had not broken into her home, but that the two had been involved in a domestic dispute.

“All of a sudden, he said. 'I don't want to be with you anymore,' like trying to make it sound like it was domestic violence, like I was a crazy woman trying to keep her man,” said Bragg.

Police quickly determined the two did not know each other.

Rivera is charged with second-degree assault, third-degree assault, second-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief and fifth-degree larceny. He is being held on $200,000 bond and is scheduled to be in court Sept. 28.

According to police, Rivera has 25 prior arrests.

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The University of Wisconsin Press

History / Slavic Studies / Popular Culture

When Pigs Could Fly and Bears Could Dance
A History of the Soviet Circus
Miriam Neirick

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book

“A beautifully written, compact history of the Soviet circus.”
—Janet M. Davis, author of The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American Big Top

For more than seven decades the circuses enjoyed tremendous popularity in the Soviet Union. How did the circus—an institution that dethroned figures of authority and refused any orderly narrative structure—become such a cultural mainstay in a state known for blunt and didactic messages? Miriam Neirick argues that the variety, flexibility, and indeterminacy of the modern circus accounted for its appeal not only to diverse viewers but also to the Soviet state. In a society where government-legitimating myths underwent periodic revision, the circus proved a supple medium of communication.

Between 1919 and 1991, it variously displayed the triumph of the Bolshevik revolution, the beauty of the new Soviet man and woman, the vulnerability of the enemy during World War II, the prosperity of the postwar Soviet household, and the Soviet mission of international peace—all while entertaining the public with the acrobats, elephants, and clowns. With its unique ability to meet and reconcile the demands of both state and society, the Soviet circus became the unlikely darling of Soviet culture and an entertainment whose usefulness and popularity stemmed from its ambiguity.

Portrait of author Miriam NeirickMiriam Neirick is assistant professor in the department of history at California State University, Northridge.

“A well-written account of some aspects of the history of the Soviet Circus. The book is skillfully crafted.”
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Propaganda, Hygiene, and the Revolutionary State
Tricia Starks

The Body Soviet is the first sustained investigation of the Bolshevik government’s early policies on hygiene and health care in general.”
—Louise McReynolds, author of Russia at Play: Leisure Activities at the End of the Tsarist Era

The cover of When Pigs Could Fly is based on a Russian Circus poster.

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A Guide to Finding On-Campus Jobs

Places to workWith all the stress and confusion new students have in their first semester of classes, there isn’t a lot of time to sensibly think, “Where should I work?!” Take heart! I am going to show you how to apply for on campus jobs before you even get here!

It’s really simple. Follow my instructions and you should be set! You can always leave a comment if you’re confused about anything. Click on the top right for the guide to enter fullscreen, then use the arrow on the right side of the screen to go forward! Good luck!

The list on CareerLink is updated all the time, so new jobs will appear! If you don’t see an opening on here that you know exists once classes start, you can go into the office of whatever department houses the job and ask for an application!
JSYK: University Dining Services is the largest hire on campus! I worked for Price Commons and Catering this summer and it was a blast!

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Advice on choosing the right veil for your wedding dress

By Silver Sixpence

Firstly this piece is not about telling every bride that they should be wearing a veil.  We know that veils aren’t everyone’s thing and we dig that!  For those who are into veils we have put this together to help you work your way through the tulle and the netting to find out what the hell those wedding professionals are talking about and assist you to decide on the best veil style to suit you and your special day.

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Veil types and definitions

  • Shortest length
  • Generally made out of larger netting instead of fine tulle
  • Usually worn just covering eyes or down to chin
Fly away / Shoulder length
  • A cute 60s inspired veil that finishes at around shoulder height to mid back
Elbow length / Fingertip
  • The name speaks for itself as these veils finish at approximately the elbow or fingertip length
Ballet / Waltz
  • Given this name as brides are able to Waltz while wearing the veil
  • Usually falls between the knees and ankle
  • Sometimes called a sweep veil
  • This is quite a formal and traditional style that falls to the floor and usually extends a short distance to ‘sweep’ the ground
  • Often worn with 2-3 tiers
  • The grandest of the grand
  • Think Royal weddings with this one, they not only touch the ground but extend up to a few metres beyond the ground
  • An incredible statement piece but a tough veil to tame on the day!!
  • This is the tier of the veil that is worn over the front of your face when walking down the aisle
Two tier / Three tier
  • This is simply the number of layers of tulle in the veil
  • Traditionally veils have 2 tiers with the top tier worn over the face during the ceremony but many brides also choose just one or even 3 tiers
  • A circular shaped veil with lace edging all the way around
  • It can also be an entire circle of lace fabric instead of tulle
Pouf / Bouffant
  • Think swinging 60s – these short, mostly shoulder length veils are an absolute mass of gathered tulle creating a ‘pouf’ framing the face

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Tips for choosing the right veil for you and your wedding dress

Try veils on when you go dress shopping to see what styles you are digging and what seems to work with your gown

When going for your hair trial, bring your veil along if you can so that you can see the hairstyle with the veil and double check it works with your dream hairstyle.

If you think you might want to take your veil off during your wedding day, have a bridesmaid watch how the veil was put in so that she knows what pins to remove without wrecking your whole hairstyle.

Look to your gown for hints on what veil to choose. For example, if you have a busy dress with all over lace and lots of detail, go for a very simple and understated veil.  If you have quite a simple dress you can go all out with a fancy pants veil with lots of detail.  If you are wearing a polka dot dress, generally avoid a polka dot veil as this can look a bit ‘twee’.

Consider a little detail on your veil such as a cute fabric bow on the gathered band or even a small beaded motif that matches your gown.

Try to match the colour of your veil.  If you are wearing a champagne dress, go for a more dark cream veil, not a bright white one.

Consider a splash of colour.  If your gown is a traditional ivory but you want a little colour in your outfit, why not go for a very pastel blue or blush coloured veil for something really different!

Think about the design of your dress when considering your veil length.  If you have a lovely feature such as a low back, it’s always best to have the veil finish either above or below this feature so that it doesn’t cut it in half.

If you are wearing a shorter dress (ie knee or tea length), generally a veil shorter than the hem of the dress is best.  The only exception to this would be an authentic looking 1920s dress as they traditionally wore a longer veil with a shorter dress.  If you are wearing a floor length gown, a chapel or cathedral length veil can work well with this.

Birdcage veils work across one or both eyes can be annoying as hell to look through all day!!  Mine drove me nuts and I ended up pinning it up on top of my head during the reception because I was sick of looking through netting all day.  They look fabulous though!!

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Vintage Bride magazine – Issue 6 on sale next Thursday!

We are super excited to share with you all that our next issue of Vintage Bride magazine will go on sale in select newsagents nationally next Thursday 11th June!!

Our list of current stockists on the magazine page will be updated at the end of next week for those who aren’t sure where to find a copy and we will open up sales directly through our online store on Tuesday 23th June.

Until then here is a little peek at the gorgeous cover!

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Welcome to Vinyl Stylus.

Here, you’ll find Rocks In The Attic – a disc by disc journey through my vinyl collection, without the musty smell that accompanies it in person.
Everything is covered – lots of rock, from the ’50s to the present day, along with soul, punk, dance, electronica, pop, jazz, reggae, soundtracks, comedy records…

Also featured are Rocks In The Attic’s Buyer’s Guides, which take an in-depth look at a specific artist’s back catalogue.

Take a look, and please leave a comment if you have something to say.

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      Um…thanks for your comment, Jona.

      I can’t really say it clearer than exactly what I wrote on my blog:

      “As usual, with these sorts of things, it all got blown out of proportion and became widely known that Neil Young and Skynyrd didn’t get on.”

      Pretty simple really. But thanks for trying to fact-check me anyway.

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Modern Web Apps with HTML5 Web Components, Polymer, and Java EE MVC 1.0

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In the upcoming Java EE 8 release, there is a new kid on the block: Model-View-Controller (MVC) 1.0. It’s not a replacement for the other web framework, JavaServer Faces (JSF), but it offers an alternative, more traditional, action-based approach more like Spring MVC. Since MVC doesn’t provide a component model like JSF, you can use it with any front-end technology you like. One of the emerging standards for building rich UIs in the browser is HTML5 Web Components, and Google’s Polymer project, which implements it and provides additional features for building powerful applications. This session shows how to build a modern web application using these bleeding edge technologies together.

Speaker: Kito Mann

Kito D. Mann is the Principal Consultant at Virtua, Inc., specializing in enterprise application architecture, training, development, and mentoring with JavaServer Faces, HTML5, Web Components, portlets, Liferay, and Java EE technologies. He is also the editor-in-chief of (, co-host of the Enterprise Java Newscast (, and the author of JavaServer Faces in Action (Manning). Mann has participated in several Java Community Process expert groups (including CDI, JSF and Portlets) and is also an internationally recognized speaker. He holds a BA in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.

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How To Research Your Photographic Competition

“How do you know that?”

That’s a question I get asked all the time. If someone asks me a question, I know exactly how to spend 5 or 10 minutes researching it to make an informed decision about it, and then I can have an intelligent conversation on it.

But what I’ve realized over the years is a lot of people don’t understand how to do that. I guess you can say that researching is an art in itself.

So when I was talking to a “traditional” photographer who was having trouble with his business the other day, it didn’t surprise me that he really didn’t understand how to look at photography through the eyes of our modern day era.

“Yes, there really are a lot of ways to make money at photography. You just have to look at what your successful competitors are doing,” I told him.

“And how would I ever do that? Its not like they’re going to tell me what they are doing,” he said.

“Sure they will. Just watch.”

Let’s say we’ve decided we want to sell some of our photography online. We want the flexibility of being able to run the business from anywhere, and we like the idea of fine art photography. Etsy is just the place to go to find out what people are doing.

We’ll start by using a tool like Craftcount. Craftcount tracks Etsy top sellers by category. So if we look at photographers, here are the top 15 sellers on Etsy in the photography category:

Craftcount to find your photography competition

Now that you have top sellers, you can dive in and find out what they are doing.

Let’s look at number one:

How To Research Your Photographic Competition

She photographs nature and travel, and sells fine art prints through Etsy. She also has sold her work through a variety of retail outlets like Target and Trader Joe’s.

She sells her fine art prints in all sizes. But I can also se she has a couple of niches that are very interesting – nursery wall art and iphone cases. Hmmm…

Think there is potential with turning your photographs into cases for smart technology? Yep, me too. That’s definitely something to pursue.

I also like niching, and the concept of using photographs to create nursery wall art is also an intriguing concept. How well could you do with soft images exclusively for moms looking to decorate their newborn’s rooms in a different way?

And if you did it right and started gaining a lot of exposure, you may even have a major company pick up your concept and bring it to the masses. Have you seen the way Target introduces new designers into their stores? Or Macy’s?

So with 5 minutes of time and looking quickly at one source, the ideas are already starting to whirl.

Yes, it really is that easy. You just have to look.

What can you find?

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L-1 Intracompany Transferee

The L-1 visa is a non-immigrant visa for employees of multinational companies who are being transferred to work temporarily in the U.S. at an affiliate company in either a managerial or executive capacity (L-1A) or a specialized knowledge capacity (L-1B). The L-1 foreign national is called an “intracompany transferee.”

Qualifying Relationship Between the U.S. and Foreign Companies: To qualify for the L-1 status, the prospective employee must have been employed abroad with an affiliate, parent, branch, or subsidiary of the petitioning U.S. company. The key to the qualifying relationship is “effective control,” which means one entity, either the U.S. or the foreign company, must exercise control over the other. A 50/50 joint venture ownership meets the requirement.

In addition, the U.S. or foreign entity must be a company that is or will be doing business as an employer in the U.S. and in at least one other country directly or through a parent, branch, affiliate, or subsidiary for the duration of the foreign employee’s stay in the United States. Doing business means regular, systematic, and continuous provision of goods and/or services. The Code specifically states that doing business does not include the mere presence of an agent or office of the qualifying organization in the United States and abroad. The Code, however, does not require the foreign national to be coming to a pre-existing office. The foreign national may come to the U.S. to be opening or to be employed in a new office.

Period of Employment Abroad: The employee must have been employed overseas with the foreign branch of the company for a continuous period of one year within the three years prior to filing the petition or entry into the United States. If the foreign national was employed overseas and made business trips to the United States, time spent in the United States must be deducted from the total amount of time employed abroad. The foreign national must establish a full year of employment outside of the United States.

Nature of Position: The period of employment abroad must have been in either managerial/executive or specialized knowledge capacity.

            Managerial/Executive Capacity: The Code of Federal Regulations defines “managerial capacity” as an assignment within an organization in which the employee primarily: (1) manages the organization, or a department, subdivision, function, or component thereof; (2) supervises and controls the work of other employees, or manages an essential function within the organization, has authority to hire and functions at a senior level within the organization; (3) exercises discretion over day-to-day operations of the activity or function for which the employee has authority.

The Code defines “executive capacity” to mean an assignment within an organization in which the employee primarily directs the management of the organization or a major component or function thereof; establishes goals and policies; exercises wide latitude in discretionary decision-making and receives only general supervision from higher level personnel.

One important advantage to this classification is that an L-1A executive or manager will often be eligible for “Priority Worker” classification for permanent residence (green card). This allows the multinational manager or executive to apply for permanent residency without undergoing the extensive process of labor certification.

            Specialized Knowledge Capacity: The Code defines “specialized knowledge” as a special knowledge possessed by an individual of the petitioning organization’s product, service, research, equipment, techniques, management, or other interests and its application in international markets, or an advanced level of knowledge or expertise in the organization’s processes and procedures.

Family Members: Dependent family members (spouse and minor children) of an L-1 nonimmigrant are eligible to apply for L-2 derivative status. Spouses in L-2 status may apply for employment authorization after obtaining the L-2 status. Children and spouses in L-2 status may also attend U.S. schools without changing to student status although a student in the derivative L status will not be granted practical training opportunities that come with the F-1 student visa.

Maximum Stay in the U.S: L-1 status is generally approved for an initial period of three years. However, if the U.S. employer is a start-up company, L-1 status is originally granted for only one year. The L-1A (manager/executive) can be extended up to a statutory limit of seven years; the L-1B (specialized knowledge) is limited to a total of five years. The employer is not obligated to retain the employee for the entire five- or seven-year period. Unless the parties contract otherwise, the employment relationship is “at will” and either party is free to terminate the relationship at any time. If, however, the employee/employer relationship endures for the entire five-year or seven-year period, the foreign national must spend one year physically outside of the United States before regaining eligibility to apply for a new period of L-1 status.

Application Process: The U.S. employer must file a petition on behalf of the employee with USCIS. Once this petition is approved, the employee can then apply for a visa at the consulate to come work in the U.S. The State Department requires an in-person interview to obtain an L-1 visa so an appointment must be made with the appropriate U.S. consulate to apply for the visa.

If the foreign national is already in the U.S. in a different status, he or she can apply for a change of status at the same time the employer files the L-1 petition, but keep in mind the employment abroad requirement explained above must still be met. Also, the change of status does not provide for the L-1 visa, which is necessary for re-entry to the United States. So, if the foreign national travels outside of the U.S. he or she will need to apply for a visa at the U.S. consulate before returning.

The supporting documentation filed with the petition can be quite extensive, especially if the U.S. company is a new enterprise. For example, documents about the company should include, among others, a business plan, evidence of the U.S. company’s assets, its incorporation documents, proof of the relationship between the U.S. entity and the entity overseas. Information related to the employee should include his work history, skills and education and a description of the proposed U.S. position.

Quotas: There are no quota restrictions for L-1 visas.

Other Information: See also the E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrant visas and the EB-5 immigrant investor (green card) for other business-related options.

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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Alaska Day 13-14

Sunday May 28, 2006 Rawlins to Thermopolis Wy
Our friends Sam and Inez Thormton of Fayetteville AR caught up with us and we left Rawlins (about 7,000 ft el), heading for Thermopolis, and crossing the Continental Divide at 7,174 feet. More snow fences, two trees, big sky......Fierce winds on Hwy 287 would catch the left side awning and make a tremendous noise. We stopped at a pullout and Sam assisted Herb in securing it with a bunjie. We took tons of pictures in the Wind River Canyon and Wind River Indian Reservation. Big Horn River ran along side the highway, with a quaint railroad on the side of the mountains entering a small tunnel which was shored up with wooden beams.

We checked in at Eagle RV Park in Thermopolis, which had become a Passport member a week ago. However, we paid the full $24 with Good Sam discount, since it was a holiday. The park is mature with gorgeous tall trees, and affords nice place to sit in late afternoon watching weekend Memorial Day vacationers have their family cookouts. Winds have calmed, and temp is 53 low overnight. We got a good medicinal soak at the hot mineral springs (free) at the Hot Springs State Park. If you are Rving, you can go in the RV entrance and park next to the bath house, change into your suit and walk across the street to the baths. After your soak, come back to your RV, change clothes and be on your way, no charge. We found a small full hookup RV park next to the river behind the Holiday Inn, within walking distance of the baths for only $12.50. No phones, check it out if your are in the neighborhood.

Monday May 29, 2006 Thermopolis to Cody Wy
Partly sunny with 20% rain forecast, it was a short drive to Cody, and more awesome scenery of hills. We could see the snowcaps of Yellowstone in the distance, probably enhanced by the predicted snowfall of last night. As we came into Cody, we saw a light dusting of snow on the ground along the highway. We are at the Parkway RV Park about one mile past the Buffalo Bill Museum. Best price we could find in town and a nice place. Room for Jake to run a bit and convenient to the museum and Wal-mart. We will try to get our mail delivered tomorrow or maybe send it to Great Falls MT. The three day weekend has thrown us a curve on our schedule. After much discussion, we are going to leave Cody and head Northwest and go over Beartooth Pass on the WY-MT border. Wilma and I traversed this pass several years ago on the our BMW motorcyle during our trip to the BMW National rally in Missoula MT. Wilma's eyes really lit up when she heard the news.

See our pictures of these two days here.

Walldog, Willie and Jake

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Review: A Girl’s Night In Box Subscription

I love box subscriptions. They allow you try to new, fun products without having to A) actually find products to try and B) invest a lot of money to do so. My new box subscription is A Girl’s Night In: “A perfect subscription box for the introverted woman” by Shereen Lehman.

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Where Does the Money Go?

Research costs money.  Finding a cure for autoimmune diseases is near and dear to my heart, so last year’s Christmas bonus was used to make a small donation toward research (this is not a big deal; many people donate much larger amounts, but I figure that even small donations add up).  Since making that donation, I’ve discovered that I should have done my homework first and found a different organization.  Name recognition isn’t everything.  How is the money used?

The donation form for this organization had a few extra questions:

  • Do you want a thank-you gift acknowledging your donation?  No.  Just send me the tax receipt.
  • Do you want to receive our print magazine?  No.  I’d rather hear about research projects, but that’s not what you publish.
  • Do you want to receive e-mail updates?  No.  Your website is the least helpful of all the websites I’ve used for information.  I’d rather get more in-depth information elsewhere.

Obviously I didn’t add any commentary, just indicated my preferences.  The results were interesting, though.

  • A gift arrived.  I like it, and use it, and even posted a review.  But I said I didn’t want it.  Gift, postage, and paying for someone’s time to send the thing all took money that could have gone toward research.
  • Magazines started arriving in my post office box, despite the fact that I’d declined the magazine option.  On my tax receipt, the price of a subscription had been deducted from my donation amount.
  • I keep getting e-mail updates.  Even though I have jumped through the hoops to unsubscribe (many times), I still  keep getting e-newsletters.  What’s worse, I get a second copy of some of them with some strange name attached.  No idea where they came up with the name, and the unsubscribe feature doesn’t work.

Before I make another donation, I will investigate the organization a little more carefully to see how funds are used.  What type of research is being done?  How much of the money goes toward autoimmune research?  Are they looking for a cause-of/cure-for autoimmunity, or something else?  How efficiently is overhead kept to a minimum?  How much progress has been made in research funded by the organization?

Because I’m more interested in results than PR.

Edit to add links to rating sites for charities.  If you know of other good ones with free internet information, please add them in the comments.

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  1. Great Post!

    This is what I refer to as:

    I also want 100% of my donation (or as much as possible) to go towards research or whatever the charity claims is their intended focus & mission.

    How horribly frustrating to receive tchotchkes (even “useful” ones), magazines/newsletters, unwanted emails… yuk!

    I would immediately be on the phone to the top level executive of this organization, requesting my donation be returned.

    I would also inform them that their staff if not paying attention, not following instructions, and that unless these issues were resolved, I would be blogging about the situation and posting the organization’s name, phone number, website, and names of all executives and Board of Directors.

    Thanks for shining a light on this hideous breech.

    Warm Outraged Socks,

    • Thank you for commenting.
      I didn’t name names, but I’m blogging about a type of arthritis, which narrows things down considerably. Name recognition… magazine… Conspicuous absence from my list of RA resources… I don’t think anyone would have any trouble figuring out which organization I’m talking about.

  2. It is very hard to find an organization that uses your money for research. The one you mention above seems to use your money to make more money. When I was first diagnosed years ago, I looked into them and found that far too much of my donation was going to administrative costs. I stopped donating after the first year and was amazed at how relentlessly they pursued me for additional money. To this day I am hesitant to even give to someone participating in their walk because I know it will start a barrage of mail to my home.

    Since my experience with them I always check a charities rating and information on the charitable giving rating sites before sending a donation.

    As an aside, when JDRF kept hounding me for additional donations I wrote them an letter and said that if it didn’t stop I would no longer give my annual donation. To their credit the mailings did stop. You could give that a try.

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Yours to Tell: Dialogues on the Art and Practice of Writing

“As I sat in the Odyssey Writing Workshop classroom where Melanie and Steve Tem were serving as writers-in-residence, I thought how fortunate the students were to participate in that magical experience. Through their unique ‘dialogues on writing,’ Melanie and Steve explored topics in a way that was both liberating and illuminating. Writers could disagree on how to write! And they could prompt each other to dig deeper into their thoughts and processes, eliciting unique insights. Students were delighted and fascinated. Now this book allows more writers to benefit from their invaluable explorations.”
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Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem are no strangers to the writing business. Between the two of them, they have published more than 600 short
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In this book they go over everything from the mechanics of writing, to how to find the time to write, to dealing with all the paper writers tend to collect. They discuss plot, point of view, setting, characterization, and more, all in an informal tone that invites you to become part of their conversation. Learn how to find your stories because they are Yours to Tell.

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It was the best of times…it was the BLURST of times???

Allllllllright, Ottawa traded Ben Bishop, he of genial giantism and excellent goaltending, and who was previously acquired for a 2nd round pick, for Cory Conacher and a 4th round pick. I will take this over the usual “2nd round pick for Andy Sutton” ilk any day of the week.

Reaction to this one is a bit of a pendulum: early on it was all “Tampa Bay GM Steve”…Yzerman? Whyzerman? Never heard of him…”gave up way too much for the ephemeral and nebulous experience that is NHL goaltending” or “CONACHER AWESOME.” Bishop could be a starter, or he could never play again. Keep in mind that this is the man who gave up two 2nd round picks and a third round pick for Anders Lindback, who had also never been a starter. (Fun Fact: If one sat on the other’s shoulders under a giant trenchcoat, the combined Lindback / Bishop freak would be fourteen feet tall and three thousand pounds.)

Now the pendulum is swinging back the other way: did Conacher benefit from playing with a generational talent in Stamkos? Are his possession stats and zone starts a cause for concern? (Yes.) Is he having an outlier season for an undrafted and tiny forward? Did we actually get hosed? Tampa paid nothing for Conacher and got a good season out of a rookie. And they parlayed that into a guy who could end up their starting goaltender, a guy who has outright won games for Ottawa that Ottawa had no right winning.

This is what swinging for the fences looks like in Ottawa. Most teams throw a huge number of years and money at a player with only a year or two left in their prime. Ottawa trades what amounts to a 2nd round pick for one of the best rookies of the year and hopes it’s not a fluke. I don’t really mind this when you consider that it fits the long term plans of the club, the prospect cupboard is full, and Murray basically had to trade Bishop anyway. What was he going to do–pay him RFA money to maybe not play at all? It’s a risk, sure, especially when you consider that Bishop could have been the cornerstone in any number of bigger trades, but it could have also been WAY worse. Ottawa held on to their 1st round pick; they kept all of their premier prospects; and they didn’t trade for Marian Gaborik.

The problem with Conacher is that he’s here to score, and score only. He can’t be conveniently demoted down the lineup and play a checking role if his scoring touch goes cold . He needs to finish, and finish consistently. His shooting percentage this season is a ridiculous 17% (which is actually less than his shooting percentage last year in the AHL, if you can believe that), but you can’t help but wonder if we’re on a train to regression town.

Whatever. It’s a risk, but I’d much rather risk a goalie for a forward than the other way around. Goaltending is a mystery wrapped in a pastry gone cold. (Think about it.) Remember Vermette for Leclaire? I wish Bishop all the best; he seemed like a really great team guy and is in his prime. He gets to play with some big names in Tampa.

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  1. If you keep acquiring guys that seem to have potential, eventually some of them are going to turn out to be stars (just look at EK). So maybe Cory works out, and maybe he doesnt, but its the right move because its another chance at someone great.

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  3. 45-save shutout by Bishop. Conacher needs to light it up tonight in Barfalo, this trade is looking like a bust unless he gets 2-3 goals in his first game.

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Durian Egg Tart - MFF Pahang #6

Saturday, December 8, 2012

I had my first durian egg tart or durian custard tart  bought from Karak in 1999.. long ago.
It was a treat from my housemate from Kuantan. She always passes by Karak whenever she drives back to KL. She told me, whenever she passes by and if they are available, she must buy. Back in those days, the amount they make is not as much.

Durian bakes are extremely popular in Karak. I used to buy it from Yik Kee, I'm not sure if there are other shops doing it as well. It's situated on the main road. I do hear they have branches in Klang Valley and in Genting Highlands too.

I made these with dunno-what-grade durians, but as long as your durians taste good, the tarts will taste good. My durians are reasonably sweet, and my filling's sweetness is just right. But I think if I used more sugar, it might be better as pastries do taste better when it's a bit more sugary. It also makes the custard smoother. But then again, it's still up to you and up to the durian :)

I remember a lot of my readers who tried my egg tart recipe said the crust is very fragile. I formulated another crust recipe this time, using the white as well, instead of only yolks, so that it will be less fragile, but still quite crumbly when eaten, but it also taste less rich with less egg yolk. Just make sure you emulsify the butter with egg well, before you put in the flour,

Now even with so much pulp, the egg tarts are not as strongly durian as those sold. My durians are nice to eat, although not graded. I wonder if the commercial egg tarts has durian essence added in since the smell is soooo strong. My custard's texture gets rougher with more durian as I have done the filling twice with different ratio of durian. But then again, I'll gladly trade the less intense fragrance than to use some durian essence.

I think if I add some flour to prepare the filling, the outcome could be smoother, just like the filling for seri muka. But I have no time to experiment anymore. I made this yesterday and here it is today. Phew!

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Durian Egg Tarts
Recipe source: WendyinKK

250gm softened butter (I used salted Tatura)
1 egg
2 Tbsp caster sugar
400gm all purpose flour (9.0% protein)

Durian Custard Filling
500gm durian flesh, only
500gm water
7 eggs (grade B)
250gm sugar (amount depends on durian)
250gm milk
1 very small pinch salt

1. With a mixing spoon, mix butter with sugar and egg until it comes together and turns creamy. Try not to incorporate air by whisking. Add in the flour mix until a dough forms.
2. Bring the dough together to form a lump. Cover and let the dough rest for 30 minutes.
3. Roll out dough into 6-7mm thick. Cut with a 3.5 inch round cutter. Place dough disk into a fluted egg tart pan, and press the dough to form.
4. Chill the formed tart crust dough until they are very firm. (Usually I do this the day before)
5. In a saucepan, put water and durian flesh and bring it to a boil on medium heat, stirring all the time. The flesh will melt away, leaving behind the fibres. Strain it. Leave to cool.
6. Mix eggs with salt and sugar (try not to incorporate air). Add in milk. Combine with cooled strained durian paste. Strain the whole custard mixture.
7. Preheat oven to 170(fan)/190C.
8. Remove crusts from the fridge and place them on a baking tray. Pour the custard filling until it's almost to the rim.
9. Bake it for 25 minutes until the surface of the tart sets. (If you made smaller tarts, it will need a shorter time)
10. Leave it to cool down to warm and remove from the tart pan.

*I got 22 pcs of tarts and only 1 Tbsp of extra custard.  How many pieces and how much filling is needed depends on your technique on shaping the crust.
Disposable aluminium ones might give you around 26-30 pcs.

This is all I got from this recipe
 I am submitting this to Malaysian Food Fest Pahang Month hosted by Wendy of Table for 2....or More

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Smiley December 8, 2012 at 11:06 AM

9s smelly,durian durian durian...I coming...
Enough reserve for me ya..

Rosita Vargas December 8, 2012 at 11:17 AM

Receta espectacular como siempre y muy bien hecha gourmet e irresistible,ahugs,hugs.

Suet Ling December 8, 2012 at 11:56 AM

i can feel the durian smell now..hehe
good try...the crust look great!!

Jeannie Tay December 8, 2012 at 5:04 PM

I like this but my sons don't eat durians!

Vivian Pang December 8, 2012 at 5:28 PM

I not yet eat durian tarts. Hope I can get my tarts done beautifully as yours :) Do you think blend the durian flesh till fine then added into milk egg mixture is an good idea? Then drain the custard before used.

Mai Lin,  December 8, 2012 at 9:20 PM

This is a must try in this durian season ! Nice crust, nice custard. Thanks for the idea.

Nisa's Mom December 9, 2012 at 11:18 AM

oh wendy, you kill me... I love durian, but is too expensive here..and one day I bought durian, and the taste was yuck .. nothing better than fresh durian. I think I need to change the filling ingredients

WendyinKK @ Table for 2..... or more December 9, 2012 at 2:22 PM

LOL, follow the trial of durian, and you shall find it :)

thanks :)

Suet Ling,
Thanks! hehehe.

Scale down and makan sendiri :)

No I won't do that. Cooking and straining will remove those fibres that interfere with mouthfeel. Plus you will introduce too much air in. The durian pulp is viscous and it may trap air bubbles.

Mai Lin,
Make more for ur nephews!

Nisa's Mom,
I have other recipes for regular egg tarts.

Phong Hong December 9, 2012 at 2:30 PM

Wah, durian egg tarts! Have not tasted these before but I know they are delicious. Love durians and love egg tarts, so this definitely gets thumbs up from me :)

Chef and Sommelier December 9, 2012 at 5:32 PM

Hi Wendy! The crust looks even and thin - hallmark of good egg tarts!

lena December 12, 2012 at 8:55 PM

so tempting! i think it's time for me to start action in my kitchen again!

Ms Mao April 6, 2013 at 2:11 PM

How do you prevent air from getting into the egg mixture? Just crack the eggs without beating them and mix tog with salt and sugar?

WendyinKK @ Table for 2..... or more April 6, 2013 at 9:06 PM

Ms Mao,
Whisk it lightly until the eggs is homogenous. Try not to create to much bubbles during whisking.
Unlike making cakes where we purposely incorporate air into the eggs

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Power and Energy

Here you’ll learn the difference between power and energy, and some other terminology.

Water Tower as energy storage analogy

A classic analogy used to describe power and energy is based on water towers. Water in the tower is energy and the flow of water out of the tower is power. Energy can be stored, like water. It can also flow. When energy flows, it can do work like moving stuff or lighting a house. The speed at which energy flows is called power. The same amount of energy can be released at high power (which will occur quickly) or at low power (which will take more time).

Energy is measured in Joules. A ton of wood might have 18 billion Joules of energy stored in it. Power is measured in Watts, which are just Joules per second. So if you burned that ton of wood in a week, your furnace would be putting out 18 GJ/week, which converts to 29.7 thousand Watts. If you burned it in a month, the furnace would be running at 6.8 thousand Watts. In the end, no matter how quickly you did it, you still used 18 GJ of energy. By the way, the amount of energy required to lift an apple 1 meter is about 1 Joule.

Power lingo in the electric industry

Rather than the standard units of Joules, electric companies bill by the kilowatt-hour, as you can see by looking at your most recent utility bill. This is just another measure of energy, akin to the Joule. 1 kW-hr is the amount of energy used if it is pulled at 1000 Watts for 1 hour. If you convert hours to seconds, you’ll find that this is equivalent to 3.6 million Joules.

There is a specific amount of energy in each nuclear fuel atom that can be released in a nuclear reactor. Thus, any kilogram of the same kind of Uranium has about the same amount of energy in it. In the nuclear industry, we use the term burnup to describe how much of this energy has been used up. It’s often discussed in units of Gigawatt-days (units of energy) per metric tonne (units of mass), or GWd/MT. The maximum theoretical burnup of Uranium is about 940 GWd/MT, with typical reactors reaching about 45 GWd/MT and fast reactors pushing 200GWd/MT.

Nuclear power vs. nuclear energy?

When discussing electricity provided by nuclear reactors, the terms "nuclear power" and "nuclear energy" are used completely interchangeably. The preferred term is nuclear energy, as nuclear power brings to mind things like the USSR, the USA, and bombs.

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Will work for pizza

pepesI saw this article about Pepe’s clam pizza being named the best in America and thought back to the days I worked at their annex, The Spot. In 1989 I was twenty-seven, had quit my job, paid off my car loan with my mother’s help, moved from my own apartment into one with a roommate and enrolled in college full-time to earn a BA in English. I remember the days, weeks, months leading up to my decision. I was tired of the work I was doing (exactly the work I do today) and craved a change. After much thought and discussion with family and friends I decided to retire from the business industry I was in to pursue a career in writing. The first step was the Bachelor’s degree; I had my sights set on an MFA in Creative Writing thereafter.

Through a friend of mine I landed a job waiting tables at the Spot. The only experience I had at the time was filling in at a few summer banquets and weddings for someone I knew who owned a beach club. There, I learned how to stack plates of food on a large oval tray, hoist it up onto my shoulder and serve without toppling the whole setup all over the table. I also learned how to snatch fried calamari and bruschetta from the cook and stuff them in my mouth before arranging the appetizers on our guest’s plates. I applied at The Spot in December of 1989, the manager hired me on the spot on my friend’s recommendation, I started at SCSU the following January.

I worked Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays on the floor, Thursdays at the take out counter, and got to know the regulars. Like the woman who called in a pizza to go every Friday night at five. Her husband would pick it up at six, she said, without fail, at the end of every call. Her husband would saunter in, his gait unsteady and reeking of booze, around nine. Every week. And every week we said “he’s going to catch hell when he gets home.” I imagined him telling his bride he was stopping off for a quick one at the bar before picking up the pie, both of them believing him this time. After he’d leave I’d feel a little sad, knowing his wife was going to be pissed about the late hour, drunk husband and cold pepperoni pie.

There was the couple who came in on Sunday afternoons; he was a musician with inky black hair that brushed his collar, she was dark blond with a tiny waist. They weren’t old but not kids either, maybe late 30’s or early 40’s. They’d order their own pizzas so he could layer his with bacon or sausage, his wife would order hers plain, no cheese at all, not even grated. She didn’t want the extra salt she told me. A young family of four also ate pizza with me most Sundays. They’d arrive early, before the crowd. Mom and dad would let the young boy and his sister run laps around the restaurant until one of us nicely asked them to sit down so we wouldn’t trip them, wouldn’t hurt them. Over time we watched the woman lose a lot of weight and start wearing makeup and guessed she might have a boyfriend. One day, when they came in at their regularly scheduled time, she was noticeably pregnant. Everyone seemed happy, no suspicious behavior or cagey looks; I worked there long enough to meet their third child.

I ate a lot of pizza, can vouch for the white clam pie. I took home a lot of ‘stiffs,’ pizzas ordered but never picked up. I’m assuming if I broke some law that the statute of limitations has long passed. I’d happily heat my oven to 400 degrees to warm the pie through and eat more slices than I care to admit. And I can honestly say I never got tired of eating pizza.

My last year at school I met my, now ex, husband. I had applied to Grad programs across the country, all of them “reach” schools, unaware I should have applied to a couple of “safety” schools and wasn’t accepted to any of them. Deciding it was fate, I wanted to stick around and see where our relationship would go, I stayed put, went back to work full-time after graduation and forgot all about my writing career.

If I had moved out of CT I would not have the opportunity to eat at Pepe’s, one I had two Friday nights ago with my friends. We were the last ones in the restaurant, three of us managing to almost polish off a large and a small pizza. There’s always a silver lining wrapped in a white clam pie.

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• 2 vintage or antique silver plated spoon handles
• Pewter charm - semi truck
• Swarovski Crystal Elements bead - you choose the color
• Magnetic clasp for ease in wearing - made of stainless steel (we can replace this with a lobster clasp upon request - please contact us for details)

This is a stock photo - it is possible that you will receive a different flatware pattern. As each is individually stamped the placement may vary ever so slightly.

As we are always looking for ways to improve our quality, we have modified and strengthened our semi truck charms!

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Custom orders are always welcomed, but must be approved prior to ordering.

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There is a very easy way to measure your wrist. Simply take a string and loosely wrap it around the largest part of your wrist....hold it loose enough to represent what a comfortably fitting bracelet would be for you. Take that string and measure it with a ruler to determine the length.

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In a rush? We do offer expedited shipping options. Combined shipping is available, so if ordering multiple items you are welcome to check with us for the best available pricing before ordering.

Your bracelet will arrive wrapped in a Kraft paper brown gift box that is tied with a Raffia or similar bow. We then carefully wrap your box in bubble wrap and place it into a bubble mailer for secure delivery.

A copy of your invoice will be included. Please let us know if you would prefer that we do not include it in the event that this will be a gift. We are happy to include a gift note upon request.

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Teach, Love, Inspire keychain - personalized - apple charm - hand stamped - crystal - gift for teacher or educator - purple

Teach, Love, Inspire key chain with personalized school year and teachers initial on an apple charm. Makes a thoughtful gift to the special person that makes such a difference in the lives of our children.

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• 1" silver plated or aluminum disk
• 3/4" silver plated or aluminum disk
• 3D apple charm stamped with one personalized initial
• Stainless steel key ring

• Swarovski Crystal Elements ™ bead - you choose the color

The initial you would like stamped on the apple

The two years you would like stamped on the top disk

If you would like silver plated or aluminum disks

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Custom orders are always welcomed...please be sure to convo us in advance so that we are sure to be able accommodate your request.

We can easily convert these from a keychain to a necklace. Message us directly for details.

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In a rush? We do offer expedited shipping options. Combined shipping is available, so if ordering multiple items you are welcome to check with us for the best available pricing before ordering.

Your key chain will arrive wrapped in a Kraft paper brown gift box that is tied with a Raffia or similar bow. We then carefully wrap your box in bubble wrap and place it into a bubble mailer for secure delivery.

A copy of your invoice will be included. Please let us know if you would prefer that we do not include it in the event that this will be a gift. We are happy to include a gift note upon request.

Your keychain is made to order, and is hand crafted in like style and fashion to the photos in this listing. Like a snowflake, no two are ever exactly alike, and stamping depth and placement may vary ever so slightly with each piece. We do not use a template, and each letter and character is hand stamped one by one. This is what makes them unique...and truly made from the heart!

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1.Implementation of MTOM for AXIOM

MTOM (SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism) describes an abstract feature for optimizing the transmission and/or wire format of a SOAP message by selectively encoding portions of the message. This implementation focuses on implementing MTOM on top of AXIOM.

1.1. Architecture

1.1.1. De-Serializer

  1. Transport module has the responsibility of identifying MTOM messages. Depending on the message type (MTOM or pure SOAP) transport has to choose the appropriate builder (MTOMStAXSOAPBuilder or StAXSOAPModelBuilder). Identifying of MTOM messages can be done by looking at the “Content-Type” and “type” headers of the message.
    • Content-Type: Multipart/Related;boundary=MIME_boundary;

  2. MTOMStAXSOAPBuilder assumes that the Input Stream provided to it contains an MTOM encoded MIME message. It passes the Input stream to MTOMHelper.
  3. MTOMHelper extracts the root mime part (which contains the XOP soap message) from the InputStream. Then it instantiate an XMLStreamReader using the SOAP message inside that root mime part and return it to the MTOMStAXSOAPModelBuilder.

  4. MTOMStAXSOAPModelBuilder deferred builds the AXIOM using that parser. When it comes across an xop:include element with the below mentioned namespace it creates an OMBlob node instead of an OMElement node.
  5. This OMBlob nodes keeps the “CID” value read from xop:include element and a reference to the MTOMHelper in it.

1.1.2. OMBlob

OMBlob reads the MIME part referenced by it only when a request (When somebody invokes getDataHandler() method of OMBlob) comes for the actual binary data referenced by it. At that point OMBlob uses its MTOMHelper reference to access the MIME message and “CID” to identify the part. MTOMHelper first check whether it has already parsed the corresponding MIME part. If not it parses MIME parts one by one till it meets the correct MIME part. MTOMHelper achieves deferred parsing of the MIME message.

The binary data coming as base 64 encoded strings will remain as OMText nodes. OMText node contains an getDataHandler() method which can be used to extract the binary data from OMText, when the user is aware (by looking at the WSDL) that the OMText contains base 64 encoded binary. Also the binary attachments which are not qualified to be optimized should remain as base 64 encoded strings inside OMText nodes, to preserve the infoset in both ends.

1.1.3. Serializer

MTOMXMLStreamWriter should to be used when the message needs to be optimized using MTOM. This will ensure that OMBlobs in the AXIOM will be attached to the message by MTOM optimizing. This MTOMXMLStreamReader buffers the output stream taken from the internally initialized XMLStreamWriter.

The “complete()” method of the MTOMXMLStreamWriter has to be called only after serializing the whole document. Only at this point the MTOMXMLStreamWriter starts creating the MIME message.

  1. AXIOM with OMBlobs which needs to be optimized should be serialized with MTOMStAXWriter.
  2. MTOMStAXWriter generates a content id (CID) for the OMBlob & stores that CID & OMBlob reference pair in a HashMap.

  3. Creates an XOP:include element with the correct namespace and uses the above generated content id as the value for the “href” attribute. OutputStream from the StAXWriter has been buffered.

  4. MTOMStAXWriter starts creating the MIME message only after the complete() method is called by the user and assumes that the whole AXIOM has been serialized.
  5. Buffered output (SOAP Message) from the StAXWriter is used to create the root MIME part.
  6. Creates MIME parts for all the value pairs in the HashMap mentioned in 2. CID is used for the CID of the mime part while the content in the OMBlob is used as the content.

Content in the OMBlob will be serialized as base64encoded strings when plain XMLStreamWriter is used to serialize an AXIOM containing OMBlobs. This can be used when the whole message is not qualified for MTOM optimization.

2. To Do

Have to look at following specifications.

3. References

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From polkit homepage:

polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes: It is a framework for centralizing the decision making process with respect to granting access to privileged operations for unprivileged applications.

Polkit is used for controlling system-wide privileges. It provides an organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones. In contrast to systems such as sudo, it does not grant root permission to an entire process, but rather allows a finer level of control of centralized system policy.

Polkit works by delimiting distinct actions, e.g. running GParted, and delimiting users by group or by name, e.g. members of the wheel group. It then defines how – if at all – those users are allowed those actions, e.g. by identifying as members of the group by typing in their passwords.

Polkit can be installed with the package polkit, available in the official repositories.

Authentication agents

An authentication agent is used to make the user of a session prove that the user of the session really is the user (by authenticating as the user) or an administrative user (by authenticating as an administrator). The polkit package contains a textual authentication agent called 'pkttyagent', which is used as a general fallback.

If you are using a graphical environment, make sure that a graphical authentication agent installed and autostarted. Cinnamon, GNOME, GNOME Flashback, KDE and LXDE have an authentication agent already.

In other desktop environments, you have to choose one of the following implementations:

  • lxpolkit, which provides /usr/lib/lxpolkit/lxpolkit
  • polkit-gnome, which provides /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
  • polkit-kde, which provides /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1

Make sure that its executable is autostarted on login.

Polkit definitions can be divided into two kinds:

  • Actions are defined in XML .policy files located in /usr/share/polkit-1/actions. Each action has a set of default permissions attached to it (e.g. you need to identify as an administrator to use the GParted action). The defaults can be overruled but editing the actions files is NOT the correct way.
  • Authorization rules are defined in JavaScript .rules files. They are found in two places: 3rd party packages can use /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d (though few if any do) and /etc/polkit-1/rules.d is for local configuration. The .rules files designate a subset of users, refer to one (or more) of the actions specified in the actions files and determine with what restrictions these actions can be taken by that/those user(s). As an example, a rules file could overrule the default requirement for all users to authenticate as an admin when using GParted, determining that some specific user doesn't need to. Or isn't allowed to use GParted at all.

The actions available to you via polkit will depend on the packages you have installed. Some are used in multiple desktop environments (org.freedesktop.*), some are DE-specific (org.gnome.*) and some are specific to a single program (org.archlinux.pkexec.gparted.policy). The command pkaction lists all the actions defined in /usr/share/polkit-1/actions for quick reference.

To get an idea of what polkit can do, here are a few commonly used groups of actions:

  • systemd-logind (org.freedesktop.login1.policy) actions regulated by polkit include powering off, rebooting, suspending and hibernating the system, including when other users may still be logged in.
  • udisks (org.freedesktop.udisks2.policy) actions regulated by polkit include mounting file systems and unlocking encrypted devices.
  • NetworkManager (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy) actions regulated by polkit include turning on and off the network, wifi or mobile broadband.

Each action is defined in an <action> tag in a .policy file. The org.archlinux.pkexec.gparted.policy contains a single action and looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC
 "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"

  <action id="org.archlinux.pkexec.gparted">
    <message>Authentication is required to run the GParted Partition Editor</message>
    <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/bin/gparted</annotate>
    <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate>

The attribute id is the actual command sent to D-Bus, the message tag is the explanation to the user when authentication is required and the icon_name is sort of obvious.

The default tag is where the permissions or lack thereof are located. It contains three settings: allow_any, allow_inactive, and allow_active. Inactive sessions are generally remote sessions (SSH, VNC, etc.) whereas active sessions are logged directly into the machine on a TTY or an X display. allow_any is the setting encompassing both scenarios.

For each of these settings the following options are available:

  • no: The user is not authorized to carry out the action. There is therefore no need for authentication.
  • yes: The user is authorized to carry out the action without any authentication.
  • auth_self: Authentication is required but the user need not be an administrative user.
  • auth_admin: Authentication as an administrative user is require.
  • auth_self_keep: The same as auth_self but, like sudo, the authorization lasts a few minutes.
  • auth_admin_keep: The same as auth_admin but, like sudo, the authorization lasts a few minutes.

These are default setting and unless overruled in later configuration will be valid for all users.

As can be seen from the GParted action, users are required to authenticate as administrators in order to use GParted, regardless of whether the session is active or inactive.

Authorization rules

Authorization rules that overrule the default settings are laid out in a set of directories as described above. For all purposes relating to personal configuration of a single system, only /etc/polkit-1/rules.d should be used.

The addRule() method is used for adding a function that may be called whenever an authorization check for action and subject is performed. Functions are called in the order they have been added until one of the functions returns a value. Hence, to add an authorization rule that is processed before other rules, put it in a file in /etc/polkit-1/rules.d with a name that sorts before other rules files, for example 00-early-checks.rules.

The layout of the .rules files is fairly self-explanatory:

/* Allow users in admin group to run GParted without authentication */
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.archlinux.pkexec.gparted" &&
        subject.isInGroup("admin")) {
        return polkit.Result.YES;

Inside the function, we check for the specified action ID (org.archlinux.pkexec.gparted) and for the user's group (admin), then return a value "yes".

Administrator identities

The addAdminRule() method is used for adding a function may be called whenever administrator authentication is required. The function is used to specify what identities may be used for administrator authentication for the authorization check identified by action and subject. Functions added are called in the order they have been added until one of the functions returns a value.

The default configuration for administrator identities is contained in the file 50-default.rules so any changes to that configuration should be made by copying the file to, say, 40-default.rules and editing that file.

polkit.addAdminRule(function(action, subject) {
    return ["unix-group:wheel"];

The only part to edit (once copied) is the return array of the function: as whom should a user authenticate when asked to authenticate as an administrative user? If she herself is a member of the group designated as admins, she only need enter her own password. If some other user, e.g. root, is the only admin identity, she would need to enter in root's password. The format of the user identification is the same as the one used in designating authorities. The Arch default is to make all members of the group wheel administrators.

Polkit operates on top of the existing permissions systems in Linux – group membership, administrator status – it does not replace them. The example above prohibited the user jack from using the GParted action, but it does not preclude him running GParted by some means that do not respect polkit, e.g. the command line. Therefore it's probably better to use polkit to expand access to privileged services for unprivileged users, rather than to try using it to curtail the rights of (semi-)privileged users. For security purposes, the sudoers file is still the way to go.

Disable suspend and hibernate

The following rule disables suspend and hibernate for all users.

polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.login1.suspend" ||
        action.id == "org.freedesktop.login1.suspend-multiple-sessions" ||
        action.id == "org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate" ||
        action.id == "org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate-multiple-sessions") {
        return polkit.Result.NO;

Allow mounting a filesystem on a system device

The following rule enables mounting a filesystem on a system device for the storage group.

polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system" && subject.isInGroup("storage")) {
        return polkit.Result.YES;

See also