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Video: Cops Shoot Mentally Ill Black Man 16 Times

Police say they shot Joseph Mann, who was carrying a knife, in self-defense. His family says they should have helped him instead.

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New video released by the family of a mentally ill black man killed by Sacramento police last month shows he was standing far away from cops when they opened fire, killing him with 16 gunshots.

Police defended their July 11 shooting of Joseph Mann as an act of self-defense because they said the 51-year-old man was acting erratic with a knife. The footage released last week by the law firm representing the family in a lawsuit against the police department suggests otherwise.

Video shows Mann running back and forth across a street in front of squad cars before he comes to rest against a wall some distance from two officers. Mann does not appear to move toward the officers when they open fire.

Mann’s family alleged in a lawsuit against the police that his killing was an unwarranted act of police force and that police ignored Mann’s obvious mental distress, violating protocols for deescalating encounters with the mentally ill.

Bystanders first called police around 9:30 a.m. on July 11, reporting a man acting irrationally, armed with a knife and possibly a gun. Mann was acting “really crazy,” police spokesperson Sergeant Bryce Heinlein told the Los Angeles Times after the shooting. Police say he charged a patrol vehicle with a folding knife, before running back to the sidewalk. Two officers approached him from squad cars, guns drawn.

“The subject turned back towards them, armed with a knife,” police said in a statement. “Fearing for their lives and the safety of the community, two officers discharged their firearms striking the man multiple times.”

But the Mann family’s new footage casts doubt on the self-defense claim. The shaky video appears to show Mann standing upright on the sidewalk. He appears not to move, unlike the officers who move toward him from the street. Mann does not appear to make any sudden movements, but a rapid volley of shots ring out and Mann falls to the ground. No gun was found on his person.

Mann’s family said in the lawsuit that police opened fire on a retreating man, “tattooing him from heel to chest with gunshot wounds as he feebly attempted to leave the scene.”

But the violence could have been avoided altogether if police had followed protocol for dealing with the mentally distressed, the family says. Footage of the minutes before the shooting shows Mann walking away from police on the sidewalk while they trail him in squad cars, giving orders through a loudspeaker.

“Stop right now with your hands in the air and drop the knife,” one officer said through the broadcast system.

On video, Mann becomes visibly upset, shouting and throwing an unidentifiable object at the squad car from a distance. He paces back and forth across the road while another police vehicles approach him from three sides.

“He was displaying overt signs of being in the midst of mental crisis,” Mann family attorney John Burris wrote in the suit. “For example, he was doing karate moves and zigzagging back and forth across the street as he tried to walk away from the Officers.”

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Citing an ongoing investigation on Mann’s death, the Sacramento police department would not elaborate on their official policies for de-escalating confrontations with the mentally ill.

“Our officers receive a large amount of crisis intervention training through the academy and go through yearly crisis intervention training,” Sergeant Bryce Heinlein told The Daily Beast.

But the Mann family says the officers directly violated protocols that would have put Mann in the care of mental health professionals, instead of cornering him with squad cars and loudspeakers.

“The Officers confronted and aggressively pursued him down the Boulevard with their guns drawn while barking commands at him from the safety of their patrol vehicles. Inexplicably, the Officers failed to contact any mental health counselors, make an attempt to use less than lethal force or deescalate the situation,” Burris wrote.

“Instead, they abandoned their positions of safety behind their patrol vehicles and rushed toward Decedent Mann provoking a close range confrontation.”


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How to Host a Fabulous Mother’s Day Brunch Party

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Take a cue from these lovely ladies on how to host mom right!

As we are four working moms ourselves, no one understands the need to celebrate the lady of the house more than we do. But this year, we've decided to honor our own moms by throwing them a Mother’s Day Brunch!

Watch An Episiode of the Greater Boston Gala Girls and Their Tips for Mother's Day!

Alex, Jennifer, and Jocelyn are three sisters who's "Mothah" is one in a million, and Jen Gibbs' mom "Lolly" is one of the loveliest Southern belles you'll ever meet. Of course, every mom out there is a multitasker in her own right who tends to give more than she receives, so honoring her with a morning off is more than fitting.

We've created a soirée for these amazing ladies that includes a signature cocktail — "Oh Mama!" — which is as bubbly as the guest of honor herself, as well as a delicious spread, beautiful flowers, a soundtrack filled with classical music that screams spring, and even a "Famous Mothers Quote Game."

Let's just call a spade a spade, here: these ladies have given all to provide and care for everyone around them, so being able to turn the tables and treat them like the queens that they are for a day is a small price to pay. And at the end of the (Mother's) day, isn't she worth it?

Of course, if you want to send her out for a manicure and pedicure as well, know that we applaud you — loudly.

—Alex, Jennifer, Jocelyn and Jen, Greater Boston Gala Girls

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Christmas Dinner: It's Not Thanksgiving Anymore

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We head to Bottlerocket to get advice on what wines are best for Christmas

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No repeats! That's the mantra that many of us are now accustomed to, living in a society where we are confronted with so many choices. So it's no surprise then, that when Christmas comes around on what feels like the heels of Thanksgiving, that some of us are yearning for something just a little different.

Christmas Dinner: It's Not Thanksgiving Anymore Slideshow

Luckily, Christmas is the perfect time to break with one's own food traditions and try someone else's for a change. Therein lies the greatest difference between celebrating Christmas and Thanksgiving when it comes to food: While at Thanksgiving everyone expects for there to be a turkey, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and that weird sweet potato (or is it yam?) casserole with marshmallows in it (for what else would the kids eat?) plus pumpkin pie, at Christmas, it needn't be so.

Christmas food traditions vary wildly across the world. Italian-Americans celebrate Christmas with the Feast of the Seven Fishes, Australians have a lovely beach barbecue (yes, we are jealous of that), and many folks in Britain still indulge in what must seem like an odd delicacy to Americans — roast goose. The writer of this article grew up having dim sum on Christmas — surrounded by like-minded folks who didn't want to cook, it's the one thing open on Christmas.

Here, we've drawn upon dishes from around the world and offered twists on traditional dishes to give you an alternative Christmas menu. Give these a try and get ready for a jazzed-up Christmas dinner.

Will Budiaman is the Recipe Editor at The Daily Meal. Follow him on Twitter @WillBudiaman.

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Ronald Koeman calls crisis meeting at Everton after third successive defeat

Everton manager demands senior players ‘stand up’ after poor run
Everton have lost their past three games, including the 3-0 defeat to Atalanta
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Ronald Koeman has held a crisis meeting with senior players at Everton after admitting he is worried by the weakness, doubts and loss of defensive organisation in his team.

Everton spent almost £150m in the summer transfer market yet “are not at the level of last season”, according to their manager, who was scathing in his condemnation of the Europa League defeat at Atalanta on Thursday. The woeful performance came after Koeman had demanded a reaction to the 3-0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur last Saturday, and the manner of the third consecutive loss prompted clear-the-air talks with the likes of Wayne Rooney and Phil Jagielka at Finch Farm on Friday.

Koeman, who took responsibility for the 3-0 loss at Atalanta, said: “I will have a meeting with most of the players, with the key players. Not a young talent of 18 or 19 because it’s time for the experienced players to stand up. I am worried about what I saw yesterday. I wasn’t so worried after [the 2-0 loss at] Chelsea. It starts with the reaction in the second half against Tottenham. That 45 minutes and the first 45 minutes of yesterday are enough reason to be worried.”

The failure to adequately replace Romelu Lukaku, whom Everton confront at Manchester United on Sunday, has cost Koeman’s team, with only two Premier League goals scored this season. But it is Everton’s defending, and the impact on the £30m summer signing Michael Keane, that has most alarmed the Dutch coach.

“I am worried about our aggression on the pitch and how we defend,” he said. “I see a difference in how teams make it difficult for our strikers and how much space we give their strikers, how we let them turn, not following your man, not defending your man tight, not being aggressive. That’s what I am worried about. And, of course, confidence.

“Michael Keane is normally our best centre-back in our ball possession. Maybe now he has doubts in his football. If you have doubts then instead of going forward in your defending you make a step back. That’s all about confidence. You don’t go, always you step back if you are afraid. And I can name more players who are not performing and that are struggling. That all together makes the team weak at this time.”

Rooney returns to Old Trafford on Sunday for the first time since rejoining Everton and, despite being the only player to score for them in the Premier League this season, he is among those who Koeman has asked for a reaction. “I know we need to change some things but Sunday is not the time to change a lot of things,” the manager added. “Sunday is a game for men and experience. They need to show it.”

That gameplan would again exclude Jonjoe Kenny, despite Cuco Martina’s struggles at right-back since he arrived on a free transfer. Kenny, 20, impressed in Everton’s under-23 Premier League 2 title-winning side last season and the England Under-20 World Cup-winning campaign in the summer. The defender has featured only once, as a substitute last season, under Koeman, to the bewilderment of many Evertonians, but that may soon change.

“He is one of the talents,” Koeman added. “I know, because I hear a lot of times the name of Kenny. I mentioned one time that the under-23 competition is not the Premier League. The standard of performing is a training session by the first team. He is on my list, of course, but I think it’s not the moment to put Kenny in. But if I don’t get enough on Sunday and next week then maybe there comes an opportunity for the boy because he is a talent.

“But you can’t say that if someone is playing well for the under-23s he is ready for the first team. That is too easy. Tom Davies was an exception but now Tom Davies is struggling a little bit more. Last season he came in the team and he was playing out of nothing. Every weekend he was playing out of nothing. Now he is thinking, he is thinking, and he lost the spontaneity a little bit. If you saw the team yesterday [at Atalanta] there was no football that I like. They started and they went for it. We started afraid. That’s what we need to change.”


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Campaigners call for new homicide law for inciting suicide

Southall Black Sisters to launch women's campaign for a new offence of 'suicide aggravated by harassment or violence'
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Southall Black Sisters are to campaign for a new homicide law connected to inciting suicide, taking on the case of Nosheen Azam (above), who was found engulfed in flames in Sheffield in 2005

Growing concerns about the failure of police to properly investigate cases of women who have killed themselves after violence or abuse have led to a campaign for a new homicide law of "suicide aggravated by harassment or violence".

The campaign is to be launched next month by Southall Black Sisters, who say the law would also cover those who jump from high buildings after being jeered by onlookers or who kill themselves after being encouraged over the internet.

An estimated 10 women kill themselves every week after repeated abuse, Home Office statistics show. Attempted or successful suicide is more than three times higher among Asian women in the UK , especially among those aged between 15 and 24 years old, according to research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry in1992.

But prosecutions are rare: there is no law in Britain against encouraging suicide without physical help. Only coroner's courts can compel investigations into suicides.

"At best, convoluted efforts are being made to hold perpetrators of violent or abusive conduct to account when a suicide results," said Pragna Patel, a founding member of Southall Black Sisters, which has a history of forcing through new laws to protect women.

"At worst, such deaths are not properly investigated at all. In our experience, in the face of violence or abuse, many women feel that they have no option but to self-harm or kill themselves. This state of affairs is especially disturbing in the context of a complete absence of any … effective criminal prosecutions of perpetrators of abuse who are demonstrably culpable in causing a woman or vulnerable person to commit suicide."

Patel launched the campaign after taking on the case of 23-year-old Nosheen Azam, who was found engulfed in flames in her garden in Sheffield in 2005.

Azam had come to the UK from Pakistan seven months earlier to live with her British husband, Amjid Hussein. Almost immediately, she began complaining to her family that she was being abused by some of her husband's family, said Azam's father Mohammed. On the day she was found in flames, she had told her parents that she was frightened for her life, her father said. Nobody knows whether someone tried to murder Azam, whether she was goaded into taking her own life, or whether she made her own decision: the young woman now lies in a hospital bed, brain-dead with over 60% burns. She is, said her father, "a living corpse".

"There has been no concerted effort to find out what drove Nosheen to attempt to take her own life," said Patel. "If she had died, there would at least have been an inquest. Because there is no law of 'suicide aggravated by domestic violence', however, there is no motivation for the police to investigate whether it is a case of provable encouragement to suicide, despite that being nearly the same thing as murder."

A new homicide law could have wider applications in cases like that of Fiona Pilkington, who killed herself and her disabled daughter after repeated abuse by youths near their home in Hinckley, Leicestershire.

It could be used in cases like that of Shaun Dykes, the 17-year-old boy who jumped off a shopping centre in Derby in 2008 after being goaded by onlookers. Film footage appeared on YouTube.

Patel criticised the legal options available when a woman kills herself after enduring domestic violence. It is up to campaigners to ask coroner's courts to investigate why the suicide occurred. This, she said, is inadequate and "has enormous cost implications for campaigning groups like ours".

"There has to be some means of ensuring that those responsible for causing someone to take their life, are held criminally liable. The current state of affairs in untenable and cannot therefore be justified," she said. Patel wants the law to encompass mental damage. "If domestic violence or abuse results in psychological harm … there is no basis upon which to bring a criminal prosecution under the present law on manslaughter."


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After Attack on UK Embassy, New Sanctions hit Iran

- December 01, 2011

Washington, Dec. 1 – EU foreign ministers  placed fresh sanctions on 37 Iranians and 143 entities Thursday, hitting them with travel bans and asset freezes after a mob assaulted the British embassy in Tehran.

While the sanctions were conceived before the assault, the attack added new urgency to new Western sanctions on Iran.

The EU ministers also added new sanctions to Syria due to its continuing brutal crackdown on internal opposition.

Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday that all steps that pressure Iran to stop its nuclear weapons program and prevent the need for military action against the Islamic republic are positive.

Also on Thursday, German media outlets reported that prosecutors  are looking into evidence that Iran was planning attacks on U.S. forces based in the country. A top law official said Iranian elements may possibly be planning to attack U.S. personnel and facilities in the event of an American attack on the Islamic Republic.

"We have to concentrate on the different ways, both diplomatic and other, in order to bring about that Iran will not be nuclear," the former army chief of staff said in an Israel Radio interview.
Barak reiterated that while Israel is strong and did not seek war, it would not allow itself to be "pushed into a corner from which it has to act."

"The state of Israel is far from being paralyzed by fears...We have to operate with composure, quietly," he said.
After the United Kingdom severed diplomatic ties in the wake of an Iranian mob invading the British Embassy in Tehran, Barak commented that it is better if sanctions and diplomacy would move Iranian leaders to a decision to abandon their military nuclear program.

Speaking on arrival in Brussels where European foreign ministers were set to discuss the subject, British Foreign Secretary William Hague called for tightening of the sanctions against Iran. After the embassy attack, Germany, France and the Netherlands also withdrew their ambassadors in support of the U.K.

"Today we will discuss more measures against Iran. I hope we will agree an intensification of economic sanctions to increase the isolation of the regime," Hague told reporters.

“Our bigger, long term concern is of course the Iranian nuclear programme, the danger that poses to the peace of the Middle East and the wider world, the threat of nuclear proliferation spreading to other countries in the region, and it's for that reason that we will agree, I hope, today to intensify European Union sanctions on Iran," Hague said in a BBC radio interview earlier in the day.

Yet sources told Al-Arabiya News Thursday that the attack on the British embassy had been planned by Iranian authorities, and not spontaneous as it orginially appeared. The report said the Basij paramilitary forced had a large hand in the assault.

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Oregon Could See Higher Spending if Safety Net Program for Seniors Cut

Gov. Kate Brown has proposed severe cuts to Oregon Project Independence to help close a $1.8 billion budget gap for 2017-2019. But limiting support for the program will only push more seniors into Medicaid, which costs the state more than this program, which provides limited help for seniors wishing to stay at home. Sen. Tim Knopp and Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer may lead the bipartisan effort to save the program.

Oregon may not gain any savings if it tries to cut back on the popular Oregon Project Independence program, as many seniors in the program could end up routed into more expensive Medicaid programming without it.

Rodney Schroeder of NorthWest Senior & Disability Services, told The Lund Report on Tuesday that about half of the people in the program would be eligible for Medicaid, and those services would cost the state more, even though the state gets federal support for Medicaid but pays for all of Oregon Project Independence through the general fund.

Seniors often opt into the Oregon Project Independence program instead of Medicaid because the federal program makes them pay down their remaining assets till they are dependent on the program and gives them more services than they actually need.

“These are still people who are fairly low income,” said Schroeder. Seniors chip into the program on a sliding scale, with seniors drawing a more middle-class income paying for much of the service.

And while the average cost for the state per consumer in the program runs $500 a month, that amount leaps to $2,100 for the state’s share of a homecare worker on Medicaid. Schroeder said seniors who receive Medicaid caregiver benefits also would also become eligible for the Oregon Health Plan, raising the cost of that program. Most seniors on Oregon Project Independence are insured solely by Medicare, which is fully a federal program.

The program is eligible for people 60 or over and those with early-onset dementia, and helps  about 2,800 people. A pilot project expanded the program to include people with disabilities who are also not otherwise receiving Medicaid assistance.

Oregon Project Independence helps seniors stay in their homes by hiring a caregiver to cook meals, bathe or dress them, or simply provide relief for a primary caregiver, such as a spouse or relative.

Demand will likely grow as more baby boomers become eligible for the program, many of whom will be more dependent on Social Security than previous generations when pensions were more common. The number of seniors living in poverty has increased 61 percent since 2006, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Oregon Department of Human Services.

The program was among a list of cuts in Gov. Kate Brown’s budget, which was released in early December, cutting the program down from $20 million to $5 million.

The Department of Human Services has already had a tough handle on making its Medicaid programming sustainable since the adoption of the K waiver, which provided more federal dollars but forced the state to be more liberal with its services for seniors and disabled people. Oregon Project Independence, since it receives no federal funding, has none of those strict rules.

Like the general assistance program, Oregon Project Independence is a safety-net program with wide bipartisan support in the Legislature.

Jon Bartholomew, the state lobbyist for AARP, said that Sen. Tim Knopp, R-Bend, plans to make it one of his top budgeting priorities.

And the House chairwoman of the Human Services Committee, Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer, D-Portland, also plans to push for it. “It keeps people out of nursing homes. It’s another one I want to advocate strongly,” Keny-Guyer said. “It’s a very, very popular program.”

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Last time members of Congress were on recess, thousands came out to confront them. Videos circulated of representatives facing impassioned constituents demanding to know why lawmakers would play politics with their health care. Some of the most dramatic confrontations involved representatives in Republican-dominated states, such Utah’s Jason Chaffetz and Tennessee’s Diane Black.

Beginning this week through April 23, lawmakers will be back in their districts. Here are some key ways to make your representatives and President Trump feel the heat during the next two weeks:

1. Demand Congress vote on Trump’s new war in Syria. To start, Congress should not have left for recess without voting on President Trump’s illegal military escalation in Syria. As you’re meeting with, confronting, and calling your members of Congress, let them know that they must debate and rein in Trump’s attacks on Syria. You can also sign our petition here

2. Confront your representatives in person. There are a number of resources to help you find town halls and protests in your area, connect with the organizers behind the actions, or organize your own protest or meeting with a lawmaker. Check out’s Resistance Recess calendar and map, as well as the Town Hall Project’s map of town halls, both of which make it easy to find events. Even if your representative won’t hold a town hall or meet with you, you can join with others to call them out for their cowardice, as activists are doing in Chris Collins’s district in upstate New York and at Senator Portman’s office in Columbus, Ohio.

To help you plan, check out Resistance Recess’s tool kits on issues such as President Trump’s attacks on climate science and proposed draconian budget cuts, as well as Indivisible’s resources on how you can make your town-hall actions effective. Also check out Free Press’s talking points on Net neutrality, as many senators and representatives are just as eager as our president and FCC chairman to repeal rules protecting the open Internet.

3. Join the Tax March on Saturday, April 15 and demand to see Trump’s tax returns. Planned for Washington, DC, and cities around the country, organizers are demanding that the president release his tax returns, with the DC march and others also calling for Congress to pass legislation requiring President Trump and all future presidential candidates to release their returns. Find a march near you and more details here. And in the week leading up to the march, help spread the word by creating a video detailing why you want to see Trump’s returns. March organizers are asking people to post their videos to Twitter using the hashtags #Whatareyouhiding and #TaxMarch so Tax March partners can retweet them.

4. Keep calling. On the days you can’t confront your members of Congress in person, find their district numbers (typically located on their websites), and call them.


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Krishan Kumar Kaushal, former MLA and state Kisan Sabha general secretary, is declared candidate by the third front Himachal Lok Morcha in the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha elections from Naina Devi assembly segment. His candidature was announced after the meeting of the district committee of the CPI.

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The Veterans Affairs home loans are unique mortgage options that allow current and former members of the military to own a piece of the American dream by potentially qualifying for homes that they might have thought to be out of reach.

Veterans, active-duty service personnel, and select Reservists or National Guard members are among those who can qualify for VA loans. These flexible loans come with outstanding benefits like no down payment, no mortgage insurance, more lenient credit requirements, and also have the lowest average interest rates on the market.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) 2017 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers showed that 18 percent of recent home buyers are veterans, while three percent are active-duty service members.

However, misinformation and misconceptions about VA loans continue to hinder many veterans from actually benefiting from this program, which is a tangible way of showing gratitude towards their service to the people and the nation.

5 Most Common Misconceptions About VA Loans

#1 Misconception: It is a one-time benefit.

FACT: Getting a VA loan is a lifetime benefit.

Some veterans think that they must use the benefit immediately or lose it, or that if they used it once, they can’t use it again. The reality is that it is a lifetime benefit. You can use it again to purchase another property, as long as you have paid off your previous VA loan.

#2 Misconception: VA loans take longer to close than FHA or conventional loans.

FACT: There's not much time difference when closing VA loans compared to any loans.

Many home buyers think that VA loans take more than 60 days to close, but it certainly isn't true. The process has become much more automated and efficient with the Guaranty Program, and it can now be closed in 30 days or less.

Similarly, the average VA mortgage closes in 45 days, according to mortgage industry analysts Ellie Mae. While the average closing time for all loans is 42 days, which only has a three-day difference.

#3 Misconception: The VA appraisal is quite a nightmare.

FACT: The VA appraisal isn't really different from the average conventional appraisal.

Unless the buyer pursues a home in a very poor condition, then the appraisal process could really be terrible. The truth is that only VA-approved appraisers inspect the homes to make sure they meet minimum property requirements, and to make sure that they are “safe, sound and sanitary.” VA appraisers also tend to have stricter standards than a typical home appraiser. Otherwise, if the service member chooses a home that is in good condition, then the VA appraisal will be a breeze.

#4 Misconception: You can’t get a VA loan if you’ve had a foreclosure or bankruptcy.

FACT: VA loans only require that there has not been a foreclosure or bankruptcy in the past two years.

VA loans are more lenient than other loan products when it comes to bankruptcy and foreclosure. In some cases, it is also possible to get a loan within a year. This is a much shorter period compared to what FHA loans and conventional mortgages require, which includes a 3-year waiting period.

#5 Misconception: Hiring any real estate agent will do.

FACT: An agent who's had experience working with military buyers can help you better navigate the process.

While any realtor can technically help you, finding a military-friendly real estate agent who particularly had experienced working with military buyers before — and have the time to focus on your needs — can make a world of difference. For many veterans, housing needs go far beyond the usual housing criteria, such as the number of bedrooms, price range and location. An agent who specializes in VA loans can help save you an awful lot of headaches as they better understand the loan process, the VA appraisal, and has a special eye and heart towards your specific situation.


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When I started PT it was painful to move my neck and I had constant back pain. Now my neck movement is above normal and my back pain is gone. Thanks!

Many thanks to the team of folks that worked with me to work on eliminating pain and regaining range of motion after my injury. Staff was great and pleasant to work with. I couldn’t have done it without you! Thanks so much.

I had been bothered by upper back pain for several years/never so severe that I had done anything about it, but chronically annoying. I came to TherapyWorks and the causes of the pain (postural issues) were identified, and a combination of massage, ultrasound, and exercise succeeded in eliminating the pain entirely. I’m not sure I really thought it could be done, but thanks to skilled professional help – and a caring approach – all goals were achieved.

Wellness Therapy

I came to the Wellness Center via Physical Therapy at TherapyWorks. I already knew many of the staff when I started working out. They were helpful, friendly and provided a safe environment in which I feel quite comfortable. Since starting at the Wellness Center about 16 months ago, I’ve seen a dramatic increase in my fitness. I have more endurance, stamina, and strength. I have the confidence to try new things as well. My friends tell me I even walk differently. My first garden workout this spring was a bit easier, too. And the problem that first brought me in for therapy is now much improved.

I’ve been a Wellness Member continuously since November 2007. I stress “continuously” as this has been the only “gym” membership that I have stuck with. Why? The staff is friendly, helpful, and encouraging. Also, being older and less in shape, being a member of TherapyWorks Wellness Center is not as intimidating as being around the members of some of the larger gyms. I have increased my stamina and my strength, noticing a large increase in my daily activities.

Working out at a gym can be very expensive so I workout at TherapyWorks because it is very affordable. All of the people are really nice.

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I came to Acceleration to improve my running skills. Surprisingly I left a completely different person, and not to mention an athlete! I have more drive as well as all around motivation in everything that I do. There were times when I did not think I’d be able to keep pushing and keep running at Acceleration, but with the kind and encouraging words from James, I was able to accomplish as well as finish anything. Acceleration doesn’t just improve your bodies shape physically, but emotionally as well. Giving you immense drive to push through anything & everything life throws at you! Thanks James!

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There is finally justice for 17-year-old Jordan Davis, the young man gunned down by Michael Dunn after a verbal dispute over loud music in a Jacksonville, Fla., gas station in November 2012. Dunn was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury of eight men and four women who deliberated just five-and-a-half hours.

A different jury in February failed to convict Dunn on the murder charge, only finding him guilty on three counts of attempted murder for firing into the SUV at Davis' three friends. That jury deadlocked on the killing of Davis, with some apparently believing Dunn's claim that the teenager was threatening him. The state prosecutor quickly announced plans to retry the 47-year-old Dunn, much to the relief of the young man's parents, Ron Davis and Lucy McBath. They had expressed tremendous frustration with the original verdict and had stressfully endured weeks of testimony in the second trial. That testimony included Dunn's insistence that he feared for his life, according to WJXT.

"I see the young man lean down, I see his shoulders and he comes up with something in his hands," Dunn said. "And he bangs it on the door and says, 'Yes, I'm going to [expletive] kill you.'

"I saw the barrel of a gun," Dunn testified. "I was petrified. I shot because my life was being threatened. I was defending myself."

There was no gun, and this jury apparently didn't believe his story. Dunn is now facing a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

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Mark Sanchez missed his calling. Let’s face it, he never really figured out this quarterbacking thing. The torn labrum in his shoulder will keep him from throwing a football this season, but Dr. James Andrews never said anything about him catching. Besides, from what Sanchez has shown us in the past, he only needs on arm.

Sanchez was caught on HBO’s Hard Knocks snagging one-handed passes with ease in 2010 and called his mitts the best hands in the building.

The Jets tried sending Tim Tebow out as a receiver while Sanchez was quarterback, but it only produced comical highlights. They were probably sending the wrong receiver out there. Based on the butterfingers Geno Smith's receivers have shown us in the first half against the New England Patriots, Mark Sanchez may be the best receiver on their roster.

Why not earn some of that  $13.9 million he's being paid this season? If former Vikings quarterback Joe Webb could make the transition, why couldn't Sanchez?

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Result: Rotherham United 1 Wigan Athletic 2 Millers six-points above drop zone despite Wigan defeat

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And so the gap becomes six ...

Wigan held on in the face of second-half pressure from Rotherham United to edge the Championship survival clash at AESSEAL New York Stadium.

Substitute Jordan Bowery looked certain to score an 87th-minute equaliser but Ali Al Habsi produced a stunning stop to keep out the striker’s header and then saved Bowery’s follow-up shot on the line.

The visitors, occupying the third and final relegation spot, kept their season alive with their fourth away win on the trot and now lie six points behind the Millers.

Rotherham pressed throughout the second half but clear-cut chances were hard to come by.

In the first half, two moments of Premier League quality gave Wigan a 2-1 interval lead in controversial circumstances.

Former Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant struck twice in five minutes with free-kicks on the edge of the area.

Wigan striker James McLean looked to have dived as Kirk Broadfoot challenged, but referee James Linnington gave a free-kick which Pennant duly despatched in the 31st minute to Adam Collin’s right.

Rotherham players protested long and hard about the decision but to no avail.

In the 36th minute from a similar position Pennant guided one into the other side of the net to give the visitors a telling advantage in this Championship survival scrap.

Midfielder Paul Green missed a golden chance to put the Millers back in the game in the 44th minute, firing just over after a superb run into the box by right-back Jack Hunt.

But deep into time added on Matt Derbyshire headed home Ben Pringle’s cross to reduce the arrears.

Rotherham United (4-2-3-1): Collin; Hunt, Rawson, Broadfoot, Lafferty; Smallwood (Newton 87), Arnason; Sammon (Bowery 74), Green (Hammill 54), Pringle; Derbyshire. Subs not used: Thompson, Milsom, Richardson, Morgan.

Wigan Athletic (4-4-2): Al Habsi; Boyce, Maguire, Pearce, Bong; Pennant (Cowie 76), Bo-Kyung, Perch, Ojo (Kvist, 62); McLean, Fortune. Subs not used: Nicholls, McCann, McKay, Barnett, Waghorn.

Referee: James Linnington (Isle of Wight).


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DEAR DEIDRE: SECRET sex sessions with my cousin have been off the scale. Now she wants us to marry but my family have no idea about us.

I’m a 25-year-old-guy and my cousin is 22. Our families live near each other but our fathers are brothers who barely speak to one another. No drama, they just don’t get on.

I first had sex with my cousin in a hotel room after a wedding reception – and we’ve been dating since

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I first had sex with my cousin in a hotel room after a wedding reception – and we’ve been dating since

We were both invited to another cousin’s wedding. My dad didn’t go but I’m always up for a party.

While I was there I saw this beautiful girl across the room and knew I had to get close.

It sounds like a cliche but she was seven the last time I’d seen her and I was ten, and we had been splashing around at a pool party for a family birthday.

I walked over to her at the bar and said, “Hello. Do you remember me?” She said, “Yes, of course, I thought it was you but I almost didn’t recognise you with your clothes on.”

She laughed and flashed a smile and we got chatting.

We drank, we danced and we got along so well. She had a room in the hotel and told me to follow her upstairs after ten minutes.

Now she wants to marry but I’m not sure cousins can marry in the UK

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Now she wants to marry but I’m not sure cousins can marry in the UK

I knocked on her door and she pulled me inside. She was standing there in beautiful silk underwear and she looked irresistible.

We fell onto the bed, where she unbuttoned my shirt and we kissed. The sex was incredible. I’d had one-night stands before but they’d never been like this.

Later, I couldn’t stop thinking about her so the following evening I called and we met up in a country pub away from our families. I told her how I felt and she said she felt the same. We’ve been dating in secret now for almost a year but nobody knows.

She’s told me she wants us to get engaged. She doesn’t care what her family say but I think it will cause trouble.

I love her and want to marry her, but I’m worried about the implications. Cousins can’t be together, can they?

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Elizabeth Holt Goulding, 35-year resident of Dennis, passed away of natural causes on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, at the age of 95.

She was born May 8, 1913, in Ellsworth, Iowa, to Peter and Olive Holt, of Norwegian descent. She was the second youngest of seven children.

She was a graduate of Iowa State University, with a career as a dietitian at the University of Chicago and then at Monticello College in Godfrey. While there, she met and married Robert L. Goulding on Dec. 26, 1939, in Alton. Together they raised their family and operated E.H. Goulding and Sons, a family jewelry business established in 1854 by his grandfather.

After the death of her husband in 1971, she relocated to Cape Cod to be closer to her children, Robert and Ann, and their families. She continued her active life on the Cape at the Dennis Union Church, American Red Cross in Hyannis and golf at the Dennis courses.

Her love of gardening, walking the beach, basket weaving, cooking and bridge kept her life full. Her most cherished legacy was her family.

She is survived by her son and his wife, Robert and Linda Goulding of Norwell; a daughter and her husband, Ann and Martin Goulding of Dennis; five grandsons; two great-grandchildren; and a sister, Ann, who is still living and enjoying life at age 100 in Seattle, Wash. She was loved by all and will be deeply missed.

A memorial service will be Sunday, May 3, at Dennis Union Church.

Donations may be made in her memory to the Dennis Union Church, P.O. Box 2020, Dennis, MA 02638.


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Top 10 Metal Songs Where the Singer Hits Very Low Notes

In metal high voices and high pitched singing are more typical. Singers with low voices are relatively rare. Besides, even when the singers are able to hit very low notes they rarely use it.

The Top Ten

1 Wherever I May Roam - Metallica

His lowest notes are in another song but it's a cover song (Loverman).
This was the first Metallica song I ever heard and I didn't even know who played it but I loved it. I guess I just liked the powerful sound of metal music. - Metal_Treasure

2 Son of the Last Breath - Grand Magus

Vox: Janne "JB" Christoffersson (Sweden)
A very unique song - dark, melodic and beautiful. Starts slow and gets faster in the 2nd half. - Metal_Treasure

3 Damien - Iced Earth

Matt Barlow (standard baritone) reaches the beginning of the 2nd octave (C♯2) but it's not his lowest note ever (in some less known songs he sings in the 1st octave). - Metal_Treasure

4 The Siege - Christopher Lee

Yes, it's Sir Christopher Lee, the actor, who became a metal singer in his 80s! R.I.P.
He was also a classically trained singer.
This song is from his 4th and final metal album released on 27 May 2013, on his 91st birthday. He was the oldest heavy metal performer in history.
Lee stated that he moved onto "full on" heavy metal, after performing a more symphonic metal style on his prior releases (he certainly did! ).
Music was arranged by Richie Faulkner - Judas Priest's new guitarist.
by the way, Sir Christopher Lee is on Encyclopaedia Metallum. - Metal_Treasure

5 We Don't Need Another Hero - Northern Kings

Some of the lowest notes I've ever heard in metal are by JP Leppäluoto (Finnish metal singer). Just play the song sample.
The song is a Tina Turner symphonic metal cover and I didn't put it at #1 because it's a cover song. But they certainly made the song their own. - Metal_Treasure

6 Thorn - Blind Guardian Thorn - Blind Guardian

Hansi is a high baritone but his vocal range is pretty good and he actually hits the same low note Hetfield hits in Wherever I May Roam. This is rare for a power metal singer.
At the beginning of this song his low note on the word "king" is so awesome that I literally feel vibrations coming from his voice. - Metal_Treasure

7 Love You to Death - Type O Negative
8 No One Heard - Spiritual Beggars

Vox: Janne "JB" Christoffersson again - he's got one of the lowest voices ever. Also very powerful.
He used to sing for Spiritual Beggars before Grand Magus. - Metal_Treasure

9 Opium - Moonspell

Vox: Fernando Ribeiro (Portugal) - Metal_Treasure

10 Vampiria - Moonspell

The Contenders

11 Heart of Battle - Heroik

This is a very soft power/symphonic metal song with high operatic vocals but singer Jordan Delage has a wide vocal range and hits some low notes which is unusual for power metal singers. Some of these notes are on the song sample.
Heroik are a new band from Montreal, Canada. - Metal_Treasure

12 Loverman - Metallica

James Hetfield's lowest notes are in this song. One of my favorite cover songs by Metallica. - Metal_Treasure

13 Sacrificial - Moonspell

Vox: Fernando Ribeiro - Metal_Treasure

14 I Should Be So Lucky - Northern Kings

JP Leppäluoto turned this upbeat pop song by Kylie Minogue into a creepy and doomy monster song. - Metal_Treasure

15 Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns) - Blind Guardian
16 Bu Alemi Gören Sensin - Mezarkabul

My favorite song by this Turkish band and I know I like it partly for the vocals. - Metal_Treasure

17 Rebel Yell - Northern Kings

JP Leppäluoto covering Billy Idol. - Metal_Treasure

18 Kingslayer - Grand Magus
19 Hammer Smashed Face - Cannibal Corpse
20 The Magic of the Wizard's Dream - Rhapsody

There's a deep bassy voice in this song that isn't Fabio Lione's voice...
It's Sir Christopher Lee providing additional vocals.
The video clip is on YouTube - don't miss the opportunity to see Christopher Lee singing symphonic metal. - Metal_Treasure

21 Mr. Crowley - Moonspell
22 One Less - Demon Hunter

I don't know, Demon Hunter aren't on Encyclopaedia Metallum and they probably aren't a metal band. I personally think their music is punk-based and not metal-based. - Metal_Treasure

23 Collapsing - Demon Hunter
24 Born in Winter - Gojira

Here Joe Duplantier sings soft clean vocals and hits pretty low notes. - Metal_Treasure

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Top 10 The Simpsons Episodes with the Worst Ending

An now to look at the flip side of things. For every good Simpsons episode ending there are going to be a fair share of bad endings. You know, those endings where nothing really gets resolved, come off as insulting or just plain make no sense. Note not all of the episode on the list are bad we're just looking at the ending.

The Top Ten

1 Miracle On Evergreen Terrace

Unable to get the town their money back the Simpsons return home and find everyone looting their home not wanting to stay mad at them they decide instead to break into their home and take all of their stuff leaving them with nothing but a wash rag which the family all fight over. - egnomac

Worst episode ever. And Season 9 was the worst season of the Golden Age (1-10).

2 The Principal and the Pauper

In a jump the shark moment its revealed that the man everyone knows as Seymour Skinner is actually an impostor who took the identity of a soldier he served with in Vietnam who returns home to reclaim his life, at the end of the episode they strap the real Seymour Skinner on a train and ride him out of town and making the impostor the official Seymour Skinner and they just sweep everything under the rug making the whole episode entirely pointless. - egnomac

Worst episode ever. Even the creator of The Simpsons despised this episode.

This episode, "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace", and "Lisa the Simpson" are the worst episodes of Season 9.
*("The Principal and the Pauper" is non-canon.)

3 Lisa Goes Gaga

Still better to watch than "The Principal and the Pauper" or "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" or even "Lisa the Simpson".
The Simpsons best episode ever: "Homer's Enemy"
The Simpsons worst episode ever: "The Principal and the Pauper"

Aww the cry babies because Lady Gaga was in it.

4 The Frying Game

The ending is just one big cop out revealing that everything that Homer and Marge went through was all part of a prank reality show. - egnomac

5 Brother's Little Helper Brother's Little Helper

The ending really makes no sense after Bart goes completely bonkers stealing a tank and shoots down a Major League Baseball satellite contains documents on everyone in Springfield and Mark McGuire shows up distracts everyone with a long home run and steals the documents hiding them under his hat. - egnomac

No, this episode was hilarious from start to finish! - PositronWildhawk

6 Treehouse of Horror XVIII
7 The Squirt And The Whale
8 Kill Gil, Volumes I & II Kill Gil, Volumes I & II

Gil gets fired after he gives away a special doll to Lisa that was suppose to go his bosses daughter the Simpsons invite him to stay but he quickly overstays his welcome and when Marge is finally ready to tell him off he's already done instead of just being glad he's finally gone she tracks him down at his job where he's successful she tears into him for overstaying his welcome and gets him fired again. - egnomac

9 Day Of The Jackanapes
10 The Ziff Who Came to Dinner

The Contenders

11 Large Marge
12 Apocalypse Cow
13 Homer's Enemy Homer's Enemy

The episode was good but the ending really comes off as dark and mean spirited as Frank Grimes has a meltdown while trying to prove to everyone what an idiot Homer is and accidentally kills himself and during his funeral Homer while asleep asks Marge to change the channel and everyone laughs praising Homer as Frank Grimes casket is lowered as his funeral becomes an afterthought. - egnomac

More like the funniest ending. - PositronWildhawk

14 Wild Barts Can't Be Broken

A curfew is put into affect to all the kids in Springfield thanks to Homer and his drunk friends destroying the school and the kids being blamed for it so the kids get back at them by revealing all of their secrets via radio and when the adults find out leading to a standoff between the two until all the senior citizens get tired of all the noise and impose a curfew for everyone under 70 as all of the seniors voted and Homer didn't. - egnomac

15 Flaming Moe's
16 The Boys of Bummer

Despite it's flaws, it's still a decent episode despite the cruelty.

Worst episode of Season 18.

17 Three Men and a Comic Book Three Men and a Comic Book

Loved the episode but in the end you feel really bad for Bart, Millhouse, and Martin after putting their money together to buy the rare Radioactive Man #1 comic they end up fighting among themselves and the comic gets destroyed in a very hilarious and cruel way with it ending out in the rain as Santa's Little Helper tears it apart and just for kicks gets destroyed by lighting. - egnomac

I think the bad ending of this episode is supposed to reflect how pointless it was for the kids to fight over the comic. - Swellow

18 Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore
19 Trash of the Titans Trash of the Titans

After Homer carelessly dumps trash right under Springfield the trash begins rising up completely covering Springfield in garbage as a last resort the whole town is moved miles down the road and the old Springfield is left a complete dump as an Native American looks on in horror of the now trashed old Springfield. - egnomac

20 Little Girl in the Big Ten
21 Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)

Canon ending: Maggie Simpson shot Mr. Burns.
Non-canon ending: Waylon Smithers shot Mr. Burns.

22 The Twisted World of Marge Simpson
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Police Hunt Footballer After He Kills Referee During Match

  • After receiving a red card, the player shot and killed the referee
  • The incident happened in the Cordoba district of Argentina
  • He also shot another player in the chest but he survived

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It’s just a fucking game, for fuck sake; football should never reach such levels of tragedy.

After the referee, César Flores, brandished a red card – reportedly due to the fact the player floored someone on the opposition team – the player returned to the pitch, having grabbed a gun from his backpack, and opened fire on the ref, hitting him in the head, neck and chest.

This upsetting tale doesn’t end there, though, with another playing being struck in the chest, but thankfully it wasn’t another fatality. However, the gunman remains on the run and is currently being hunted by local police.

The fact someone could take football so seriously is deeply concerning, and a stark reminder to us all that perhaps we’re too invested in the (not so) beautiful game.

Just last month we had:

Source: The Guardian
Source: The Guardian

Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the horrific scenes in Argentina.


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Five New Smaller Bags Released

We  just released solutions for carrying those smaller items that tend to rattle around and get lost in your bags and pockets.  These include Credential Holder, an AA Battery Holder, a Passport Holder, and Large and Small Travel Pouches.

  • Our new Credential Holder features a clear window that always keeps credentials of various sizes in view, an adjustable neck strap, a zippered business card pocket on the front flap, a roomy interior pocket that fits a smart phone, and a back side that has two pen pockets and a pocket that fits a reporter's pad or small note pad.  Exterior dimensions:  5.7" W x 7" H x 0.3" D (14.5 x 17.8 x 0.8cm).  Weight: 0.1lbs (0.05kg).

  • Small AA batteries are one of those accessories that tend to fall to the bottom of whatever bag you're using.  With the new AA Battery Holder, you can store eight AA batteries in a soft, compact case that folds in half and is easy to find.  Exterior Dimensions:  3" W x 3" H x 0.5" D (7.6 x 7.6 x 1.3cm).  Weight: 0.05lbs (0.02kg).

  • If you travel a lot, especially in humid or inclement weather, you know how beaten up your passport gets.  With our new Passport Holder you can carry one passport, airline ticket, credit cards and other identification in a sleek leather case.  It features a front pocket for airline ticket stubs and three small pockets for additional identification, coffee gift cards, frequent flyer membership cards, and the like. External dimensions:  3.8" W x 5.5" H x 0.5" D (9.7 x 14 x 1.3cm).  Weight: 0.1lbs (0.05kg).

  • When forced to mix photo gear and clothing in a roller or backpack, your clothing often gets wedged into a corner.  The new Travel Pouch-Large is designed to hold your clothing and other items you want to protect in a lightweight and soft pouch.  It folds easily when empty and the mesh front keeps the enclosed items visible.  It features a webbing carrying handle.  External dimensions:  11.5" W x 15.5" H x 3" D (29.2 x 39.4 x 7.6cm). Weight: 0.3lbs (0.1kg).

  • Here's a smaller pouch for organizing your non-photo gear, such as toiletries and socks.  The Travel Pouch-Small is lightweight and soft, and folds easily when empty.  The mesh front keeps enclosed items visible.  It features a webbing carrying handle.  External dimensions:  6.7" W x 10" H x 2.5" D (17 x 25.4 x 6.4cm).  Weight: 0.2lbs (0.1kg).

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Chefs Michael Lombardi and Kevin O'Donnell opened SRV, or Serene Republic of Venice, earlier this year as an homage to the Italian city.

The upscale eatery, located in Boston's historic South End, is the city's first Venetian-style bacaro and wine bar. It's also the first Boston restaurant to mill its own flour in-house, sourcing grains from a nearby Massachusetts farm. The restaurant offers popular "cicchetti" or small bites, as well as hearty pastas, protein and fish.

We asked Chefs Lombardi and O'Donnell how to create the perfect Venetian-style picnic, and they gave us a mouth-watering selection of summertime dishes, perfect for serving alfresco.

Serve a meat and cheese board

Sydney Kramer

Gather a selection of cured meats and cheeses from the Veneto and other Northern Italian territories. We recommend Speck from Alto Adige or Sopressa Veneta. Cheeses like montasio, asiago or smoked ricotta pair well. Don't forget a selection of bread for crostini.

Pair with a dip
Make your own dip to eat with the crostini. We like Baccala Mantecato.

This is a multi-step process

1. Buy 1 lb of fresh cod.

2. Season the cod with 2 ounces of salt mixed with 1 ounce of sugar and leave for 12 hours.

3. Soak the cod in abundant water for 4 hours changing the water after the first 2 hours.

4. Poach the cod in milk until cooked through and then strain from the milk but reserve the cooking liquid.

5. Sweat 2 ounces of garlic in olive oil and then add 10 ounces of the milk from cooking the cod plus 2 ounces of toasted bread. Cook the bread in the milk until the bread is fully saturated and then process in a food processor until smooth.

6. Add the cooked cod to a kitchen aid mixer with a paddle attachment and break up the cod into the smallest pieces possible. Add in the bread, garlic, and milk mixture slowly until fully incorporated. Stream in 1/2 cup of good olive oil and set aside to cool.

Try tramezzini
These are crustless tea sandwiches that are very popular in Venice and perfect for a picnic. You can make them with anything from cured meat and cheese to roasted vegetables. We recommend tramezzini with smoked salmon, pickled mustard seeds, shallots, mascarpone and parsley.

1. Shred 1 cup of smoked salmon and mix it with 1 cup of mascarpone cheese.

2. Add the zest of 2 lemons and the juice of 1.

3. Add 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley, mustard seeds, and minced shallots.

4. Season with salt and spread the mix onto white bread.

5. Cut the crust off and then cut the sandwiches into triangles.

Whip up a fresh summer salad

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We'd pair the tramezzini with a bitter chicory salad. Add lemon vinaigrette, gorgonzola dolce and toasted walnuts.

1. Buy a selection of bitter chicories like treviso radicchio, castelfranco radicchio, belgian endive, and frisee.

2. Clean all of the greens and fold them together in a bowl.

3. To make the vinaigrette, mix 1 cup of fresh lemon juice and 1 cup of good olive oil.

4. Toast walnuts in a 350 degree oven and add to the greens.

5. Dress the salad gently and season with salt and black pepper.

6. Add in pieces of gorgonzola dolce and serve.

Swap with or add a seafood salad

For a heartier salad option, we love this seafood salad with calamari, baby octopus, steamed mussels, aleppo chili, parsley, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil.

1. Sweat 6 cloves of garlic with no color in a pot and add 3 sprigs of thyme.

2. Add 1/2 bottle of white wine and 1 lb of mussels.

3. Steam until the mussels open and then remove from the heat. Let cool and pick the meat from their shell. Reserve the cooking liquid.

4. Clean 1 lb of calamari and season it with salt and pepper. Cook it on a grill or quickly sauteed in olive oil. You do not want the calamari to become chewy so make the cooking hot and fast.

5. Add 1 lb of baby octopus to a pot of red cooking wine with a head of garlic cut in half and 4 or 5 sprigs of thyme, 1 tablespoon of black peppercorns and 2 bay leaves. Cook on a simmer until tender and cool.

6. Mix the three cooked types of seafood. Feel free to add in clams or any other cooked fish that you desire.

1. Mix 1 cup of lemon juice with 1 cup of olive oil and 1 cup of the strained cooking liquid from the mussels.

2. Add 2 tablespoons of aleppo chili, 4 tablespoons of chopped parsley, and grate one clove of raw garlic into the marinade.

3. Toss the dressing over the seafood and serve chilled.

Don't forget a bubbly cocktail

Ted Hawkins, SRV's General Manager, oversees the beverage program and says, "Nothing is better for a Venetian picnic than an Aperol Spritz!" He advises serving in a clear plastic cup.

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1 1/4 oz Aperol (Campari will do)
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Stuart Finlayson Gives Back with GoFundraise

Written by David Niu | Apr 2, 2012 8:50:03 AM

Stuart Finlayson's parents started three non-profits, and Stuart had noble ambitions to be a flying doctor to give back to the community. But after university, Stuart Finlayson went down the marketing and advertising route before creating his own web businesses. While in London, he saw what was happening with Just Giving in the UK and thought that he could improve on their model.

At the time, Stuart Finlayson was running another business and wanted to get someone else to run this new venture. But things came full circle when he fell in love with the purpose of the business and went back to the roots of giving back to the community that his parents embraced.

Stuart started GoFundraise in 2007 and innovated to reduce the costs of fundraising and to empower the fundraiser(s) to raise more money. In fact, for every $100 someone raises for a charity, typically only about $60 - $70 of it goes to the charity. The rest is eaten up by inefficiency and fees. But if someone uses GoFundraise, about 93% goes to the charity. That's a staggering increase of efficiency by up to 50%!

Today, GoFundraise employs 16 people and provides software to charities to empower them to more cost-effectively raise more money than they could've before. The company's three top strategic assets are:

(1) People - the staff's passion is also fueled by the knowledge that they are helping other people help others.

(2) IP - GoFundraise's technology streamlines the process and makes fundraising more efficient. They're committed to further innovating in the industry.

(3) Brand - having helped many people and organizations raise more money than they have been able to do themselves in the past, GoFundraise has created many evangelists and fans.

After five years at GoFundraise and more years at other startups, Stuart shared the following insights:

*Values > Performance - Stuart told me a favorite quote: "If you want a culture of smiley people, then hire smiley people." They vet every prospective employee against their culture and values. Even if the candidate possesses a strong skillset but isn't a culture fit, they'll pass on hiring the person. Everyone who is hired signs their values document.

*Daily Performance Reviews - GoFundraise conducts daily performance reviews. Everything is centered around their values. If there's behavior that doesn't align with their values, Stuart will bring it up to get them back on track.

*Weekly Catchup - Stuart Finlayson realized that the team was getting a bit disjointed. They implemented a company-wide Friday 3:30 meeting. Everyone goes around the room and updates everyone else for one to two minutes on what they're working on and what's forthcoming for them next week. This has increased communication within GoFundraise.

*Monthly Culture Prizes - To further reinforce their culture, Stuart gives out a monthly prize to whoever embodies their culture the best. The prize is along the lines of an iPad, but this just keeps their values front and center and top of mind.

*Employee Driven Goals - Moving forward, Stuart wants individuals to present their own goals for the month and quarter. These goals need to align with GoFundraise's vision. And if the entire team hits their self-set goals, Stuart wants to award the entire team. GoFundraise is just starting this, so I'll be interested to follow up to see how it went and what they learned.

*Instant Recognition - Stuart emphasized that he's always providing instant recognition. Never be afraid to give out positive feedback to individuals, especially in front of their peers.

*Top Down Culture - Both Stuart and I are fans of Cameron Herold. Stuart shared Cameron's message that setting a culture is difficult and the founder can even be ridiculed. But founders have to be consistent with their culture and to keep reinforcing it. This video is a great example that it may take awhile to get the right culture going, but the founder has to believe and be consistent.

*Conclusion - I just judged some startup pitches in Sydney this week, and I could see and feel how excited these entrepreneurs were about their product and vision. But afterwards, I shared that it's equally important, if not more important, to get the culture and values of their company right since this cascades through every activity that the company does.

These entrepreneurs would be well served to visit and learn from what Stuart Finlayson is building at GoFundraise. Not only is Stuart weaving a great feel-good story, but he also constantly obsesses on building upon his company's culture.

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From Silos To Success: Cisco’s Formula For Successful Reorg

Written by Dora Wang | Mar 4, 2015 7:00:00 PM

Not all organizational change is about big mergers or new CEOs. There are many other types of corporate change happening every day that don’t make a splash in the news, like implementing new technology or introducing a new policy initiative. It may not seem as big as appointing a new CEO, but when you’re dealing with thousands of employees, any change can be monumental.

Take the networking tech giant Cisco Systems. As a multinational corporation with 300 locations in 90 countries, 46 data centers, and more than 65,000 employees, a company-wide change would be a massive undertaking. But in 2008, Cisco did it. The company successfully reorganized its internal IT infrastructure, one of the largest and most complex IT environments in the world.

The Problem: A Fragmented, Siloed Structure

Cisco’s internal IT Network and Data Center Services department was stuck in an outdated, siloed way of doing work. With two separate departments, employees were duplicating effort and lacking focus. In many cases, employees weren’t even aware that duplication of work was happening. In addition, employees had to balance design, operational, and architectural issues, which was practically impossible due to resource and time constraints. No one knew who was responsible for what.

It was time to find a new solution to accommodate Cisco’s changing technology needs. It had to be simple, with communication and collaboration features, so everyone in the IT department was on the same page. This was easier said than done—a change to IT would ripple throughout Cisco’s global data centers.

The Solution: An Organizational Restructure

This solution was a process that took two years, beginning with a risk management analysis in 2006 that persuaded Cisco’s vice president of IT that an organizational restructure was necessary. Cisco IT moved from a silo-based organizational structure to a lifecycle-based model composed of six stages: Prepare, Plan, Design, Implement, Operate, and Optimize. This new structure provides clarity on every step of a project and allows team members to concentrate on their specific areas of expertise.

Organizationally, employees were moved to different teams to focus on each stage of the lifecycle model without distractions. For example, before the restructure, there was a single team focused on implementation, design, and operation. In the new structure, that team was dispersed into three different teams, each one solely dedicated to one stage.

Results: Clearly Defined Roles And Increased Productivity

The new organizational structure allowed Cisco IT to improve communication, customer satisfaction, and productivity. After the reorg, employees weren’t getting pulled out of meetings or getting called after their regular hours for emergencies—there was a clearly identified “expert” for each area. Employees had more time to spend training and mentoring newer employees, and outages were reduced from 1,000 hours per quarter to 300 hours per quarter. Client-impacting incidents went down from 150 per quarter to 70 per quarter, and employees had more time to talk to clients and educate them on Cisco’s processes.

At the core of Cisco’s successful organizational change was pinpointing one objective and sticking with it: improving focus for the IT teams. Every employee knew the metric for success, and everyone understood the purpose of the company-wide change.

To follow in their footsteps, keep these three rules in mind: clearly define the reason for the change, frequently articulate it to the whole organization, and define how you will measure success.


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16 Golden Rules for a Thriving Work Culture

Written by Sabrina Son | Jun 16, 2016 12:00:00 PM

There’s a lot of talk surrounding organizational culture — what makes it good, what makes it bad. More often than not, organizations just leave their culture up to chance. But that’s definitely not the way to go about it if your desire is to create an engaged workforce and a thriving business.

Culture matters. Just check out these findings from Jobvite and Workforce 2020:

  • 21% of job seekers consider a company’s culture when deciding to accept a job offer

  • 18% of employees reported that culture is a benefit that would increase engagement and loyalty

Culture has the power to influence recruitment and retention. And it makes sense. A poor culture drags down employee sentiment and productivity. Our Employee Engagement Report discovered that organizational culture is one of the top factors correlated to employee happiness.

The importance of creating a strong and thriving culture should be at the top of the list for organizations. And if you’re unsure of where to start, here are some golden rules you need to follow:

1. Create a mission

Every company needs a direction. Your mission statement highlights the company’s goals and what it’s striving to achieve. So to create and maintain a strong culture, it has to be molded from the top down. Creating a mission statement will keep employees all on the same page and driving in the same direction.

2. Stick with your mission

If you’re going to create goals, stick with them. Even if you hit a bump in the road (financial losses, turnover, etc.), it doesn’t give you permission to stray from the organization’s mission. Remember, your mission is your company’s GPS system — it tells everyone else where they need to go and why.

3. Live your values

According to our research, less than half of employees know their organization’s vision, mission, and cultural values. Plaster your values all over the walls, highlight employees who embrace them, and make your business decisions based off of them. If you, the manager, aren’t living your organization’s values, then your employees won’t either.

4. Maintain transparency

What are the benefits of hiding information from employees? It might seem less complicated to wait until you have confirmation or you’ve made a final decision, but doing that creates an air of assumptions. Be transparent with your information and keep employees in the loop so they know what’s going on in the business.

5. Be open to feedback

Employees are the ones in the trenches, so they should be empowered to offer up suggestions to improve their work environment. When you keep them happy, you’ll enjoy a much more productive, engaged, and loyal workforce.

6. Be adaptable

As part of keeping employees happy and listening to their feedback, you’ll also have to be open to change. If something’s not working in the culture, get your employees involved with finding a solution to the issue. This will also help eliminate the us-versus-them mentality between leaders and employees.

7. Recognize often

Don’t wait until the annual review to high-five an employee. Do it right on the spot. When an employee goes for a long period of time without any recognition, they start feeling unappreciated and unvalued. And when that happens, you end up with unmotivated and less productive employees.

8. Have some fun

A survey by PGi states that 88% of millennials are actively looking for a fun work environment. So give your employees a break from their tasks by having some fun. Whether it’s just a weekly team walk or a potluck, there’s nothing better than showing your employees that work can be an enjoyable place to be.

9. Balance routines with spontaneity

If you’re going to have a recurring fun event, don’t forget to throw in some spontaneous celebrations. Did someone close a big deal? Pop a bottle of champagne. Maybe your team has finally completed an important project. Take them out for dinner. Having only routines can get redundant, so shake things up once in a while to add some flavor.

10. “Culture” doesnt equal “crazy”

Many organizations think that having a strong culture means being crazy. But don’t mix up those two. Yes, some cultures are more outlandish than others, but create one that suits your workforce and the brand. Throwing around a beach ball or having Friday afternoon happy hours may or may not work for team morale at your organization.

11. Hire for fit

When it comes to creating a community, hire people that are already embodying your culture in their everyday life. Use your organizational values as a basis for interview questions as a means to measuring how well they’ll mesh organically into your culture. A business won’t be able to succeed if you constantly have employees butting heads.

12. Encourage casual collisions

Create spaces where employees can spontaneously interact with one another. Think longer hallways, open seating areas, or break rooms. Doing this will encourage and foster a culture of collaboration, which can result in some great innovative ideas.

13. Create flexible spaces

Mix private work areas with open spaces. Sometimes people need a quiet area to focus on a specific task. And sometimes others thrive on the energy of constant chatter. Give your employees the option to pick workstations that suit whatever task they’re tackling.

14. Offer growth opportunities

Employees don’t want to be boxed in for life. They want to be at an organization that will nurture their professional growth, so offer opportunities for them to expand their skill sets. Whether it’s offering extra training, moving them into another position, or letting them work on different projects, you’ll be able to keep them sticking around much longer. How much longer? Organizations that offer professional development have a 10% higher employee retention rate, according to our research

15. Measure your culture

Just like you’d measure finance and productivity, you need to measure and assess your culture. Are employees happy? Do they feel engaged, or are there factors that are keeping them from completing their work? Use a simple tool like a pulsing survey to source this information and keep tabs on how your culture is holding up.

16. Be unique

Zappos has their own culture. So does Google. And so does your own company. Don’t try to replicate other organizations. You can adopt certain aspects, but when you try to become a clone, your culture becomes inauthentic. So figure out what works best for your organization and your employees.

An organization’s culture is the heart of a company. A strong one keeps your employees engaged and working to their full potential. So if you want this for your company, then keep those golden rules in mind.

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in June 2015 and has been updated for freshness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness.


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I recently installed SharePoint Designer 2007 on my new Windows 7 64-bit laptop after installing SharePoint Designer 2010 on the same machine. When I tried to open a MasterPage or newitem.aspx list form, it would only open in SharePoint designer as text with all the options in the ribbon greyed out.

The reason for this is the ASPX, ASP, Master, etc were set to open as text in SharePoint Designer 2010. To change this, open SharePoint Designer 2010 and do the following:

  1. File –> Options
  2. Select the General tab
  3. Click “Application Options” next to “SharePoint Designer Application:”
  4. Select the “Configure Editors” tab
  5. Select ASPX ASCX ASHX….
  6. Make Sure that “SharePoint Designer (Open as HTML)”
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Using XSLT, AJAX and jQuery to improve OOTB SharePoint Lists

Using XSL can completely change the way that any standard list view is displayed. There is a great video from Laura Rogers demonstrating what can be done with the XSLT List View in SharePoint Designer here.

You can also build your own XSL sheets and use them in the style library by linking them in the web part properties.

Here is a standard web part view of a custom list:

Here is a standard web part view with custom XSL applied:

COM, jQuery and AJAX
Calling the SharePoint Client Object model with JavaScript, we can add items to the list without refreshing the page.
Inside the web part’s AJAX settings we can set the auto refresh so the list displays the new item (again without refreshing the page).
In this example, jQuery sets a fade-in animated gif to show the item being added to the list once send has been pressed. The fade-out effect is applied to the gif once success has been returned to the JavaScript function.
Building solutions like this can create complete customisable solutions using only custom lists in a modern integrated (no refresh) style.