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The Welfare House (Asilo de Beneficencia), headquarters for the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, is the first monumental building constructed at the Ballajá Quarter in Old San Juan.

In 1838, Governor Miguel López Baños proposes to the Municipal Government the construction of a seclusion house for imprisoned women. In 1840, architect Pedro García presents the Municipal Government his blueprints and budget. The following year, Santiago Cortijo, engineer commander, is entrusted with the construction of the project. Artillery Captain José de la Pezuela takes charge of the construction work, while García and Cortijo start working in reconstruction projects in the city. The original project had been enlarged so as to build a general establishment for public welfare.

The construction of the Welfare House, as it was generally known, started in 1841, and in 1844, before its completion, it opened its doors to the needy. In 1846 the blessing of the chapel takes place, the first Mass being celebrated on November 18. The building was completed in 1848 under the government of Juan Prim, Field Marshal.

The building is of a rectangular shape with its branches distributed around two great patios, with a second story in between them. It consists of two stories on its posterior side, taking advantage of a lowering of the land. The main façade consists of just one story of Greco-Roman style of the Doric-Roman order.

During its first years, insane persons, inmates, prostitutes, old people, beggars, invalids, orphans, stray young people and other unfortunates all lived together in the Welfare House. In 1858 steps are initiated for the segregation of the insane. In 1872 the Institute was declared a provincial institution, being then transferred to the Parliament. Institutional reforms are immediately started and, as a consequence, the building undergoes minor repairs and improvements. It is during those years that Dr. Manuel A. Alonso, initiator of our literary “criollismo” and patriarch of Puerto Rican literature, occupies the seat of Director of the Welfare House.

From 1896 to 1897, in answer to measures initiated in 1879, a second story on the front part of the building is constructed. Construction foreman Luis G. Rubio was in charge of the project, adopting the architectonic style that predominates in the façade, with round arches on the top floor windows, in contrast with lintel bays with individual cornices on the lower floor. The front door is accentuated with eight Doric columns, which end on a triangular gable.

During the first two decades of this century, the building is mainly used for the mentally sick, and the structure undergoes periodic modifications. The Department of Health occupies the building from 1923 to 1929, when the U.S Army takes possession of the same for military purposes. During the ensuing decade, the military removed the floor tiles, ceilings, wooden stairways and masonry and replaced them with reinforced concrete. They built two reduced symmetric wings, complementing its present “E” shape in the second floor, and added the garages on the abutting West side of the lot.

On November 17, 1978, the U.S. General Services Administration deeds the building to the Government of Puerto Rico. The building was abandoned and started to rapidly deteriorate until 1985 when Governor Rafael Hernández Colón announced that the building was soon to be restored and will serve as headquarters for the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture, a project that took place under the direction of architect J.R.C. Davis Pagán.

The formal inauguration in October 1992 coincided with the celebration of the Fifth Centennial of the Discovery of America and Puerto Rico. The main purpose of this project points towards the conservation of our national patrimony and the remodeling of the Ballajá Quarter, rescuing it from forgetfulness and imparting sense to this important urban space that has been defined as the institutional sub-sector with the most monumental scale in the city.


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Sudan is the largest country (2.5 million sq km) in Africa and most seriously affected by desertification. The hyper-arid, arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid lands cover an area of 178 million hectares lying between latitude 18o N and traversing the country from eastern to the western borders. All this area is affected to various degrees by one or more of the desertification processes. Mindful of the threat of this phenomenon and in response to the UNESCO 1992, the Senate of the University of Khartoum passed a decree in October to establish a center under the name of Desertification and Desert Cultivation Center affiliated to the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum and located at Shambat (Khartoum North). The main objectives of the center are (1) to conduct, encourage and co-ordinate basic applied research in the area of desertificatioin (2) to award postgraduate diploma/M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees (3) to establish data bank of desertification (4) Co-ordination and collaboration with governmental and non-governmental institutions and bodies to raise public awareness of the threat of desertification and (5) avail scientific advice services. In May 2001, the center was upgraded to an Institute (DADCSI).

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As the title states, Wishes and Other Stuff is a collection of slightly eerie short stories. The fourteen anecdotes, two poems, and ten artist’s renderings in this book range from slightly eerie to true horror. A frustrated woman seeks to have her fondest wish come true in the title story, Wishes. Punkinhead tells of a child menaced by a malicious Halloween prop. A man seeking to control a woman’s feelings makes a grievous error in Wrong Cat-Headed Goddess. No two stories or drawings are alike and each elicits a different emotional response. Enjoy!

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This gorgeous card set was designed by another Close to My Heart Consultant, Amie Kiger,  I have made a few tweaks and received permission from Amie to bring this workshop to Memphis.  You will make 8 cards and the beautiful Card Holder in this workshop and the cost is only $7.

Thank you Amie!  When you have time, go check out her beautiful artwork.  She is truly talented!

My card workshop is this weekend.  Here is the picture of what we will be making:

I will be offering this workshop twice and you can sign up for both or either one.  Everyone who attends will receive a special gift.  All workshop attendees can shop early at my "Craft Garage Sale" as well.  You will be able to shop an entire week early and get first dibs at my gently used and new stamp sets and retired items!

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It's the Holiday Season and that means...
 It's Time for Tinfoil!

Tinfoil Tree Ornaments, to be precise.

I wanted to give you a sneak peak at some pretty little snowy tree ornaments.

They would look marvelous with a {nearly} handcrafted card.

The Tinfoil Tree Ornaments go quite well with the larger Tinfoil Cone Tree that you see in the background. To get the tutorial on that, go *here.*

With the Holidays upon us, I wanted to remind you of all the amazing things you can do with the most humble of materials: aluminum foil.

While you're at it, check out these 15 original creations made with foil:

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E.ON Strikes Three-Year LNG Deal With RasGas

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FRANKFURT--E.ON SE (EAON.XE) Wednesday said it has agreed on deliveries of liquefied natural gas from Qatar, part of its continued effort to diversify its gas sources and tap an increasingly liquid LNG market.

E.ON said it will source up to around 2 billion cubic meters of LNG from RasGas Company Limited, a joint venture between state-owned Qatar Petroleum and Exxon Mobil Corp. The deliveries will take place over the next three years, E.ON added.

The LNG will be delivered to the regasification terminal on the U.K.'s Isle of Grain, where E.ON has booked capacities, the company said. It didn't disclose financial details of the supply deal.

The agreement with RasGas is E.ON's third LNG deal in about a year and the second with Qatar in just eight months. The deal is part of the company's plan to diversify its gas supply away from its dominant suppliers Russia and Norway.

Russian gas supplies in particular have become controversial in the past few months due to mounting tensions between the West and Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine. Like other European utilities, however, E.ON has repeatedly said it was confident about the reliability of Russian gas supplies. E.ON is one of the largest customers of Russia's natural gas export monopoly Gazprom OAO.

Nevertheless, E.ON has been on the lookout for new gas sources. Last October, it struck an agreement with Qatargas over a five-year supply deal worth up to 10 BCM. The gas will be delivered to the Dutch regasification terminal GATE in Rotterdam.

In June last year, E.ON agreed on a 20-year supply deal with Canada's Pieridae Energy for LNG shipments from the LNG terminal in Goldboro on Canada's east coast, which is planned to be finished in 2020.

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Birthday Card From Kati Weaks.

Kati made me this birthday card and the inside says to live healthy eat slowly and lie about your age--a quote from Lucille Ball.Thanks Kati I loved it.
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Happy late?/early? Birthday. This is a cute saying in this card and so true.


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Parabolic Trend Failure of the Day: Nevada's Real GDP

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2016 economy future looks bright for Nevada

Local experts met Monday to talk about the economic outlook for 2016, and it looks like experts are feeling optimistic about the future of Nevada's economy.

Parabolic growth trend failing spectacularly, gambling in a dust bowl, ongoing water shortages, reaching the later stages of a cyclical recovery with not much to show for it, stock market offering more than a year of nothing burger, 10-year TIPS yielding just 0.22%, and a global economy teetering on the edge?

Who wouldn't be optimistic? Time to hit the roulette tables! This baby needs new shoes!

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Maple Autumn Fantasy

Living in a city enclosed with summer all year round (with the usual spurts of tropical showers, of course), I find the warm autumnal browns and reds simply irresistible.  After seeing so many similar scenes in the movies and dramas, I often dream of walking down a road like this:

So when I found a bunch of gems in this color palette, I just had to make these:

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Autumn is a very colourful season and it is gorgeous to look at - but unless you like the cold and wind - I still prefer the summer!

p.s. your pieces are extraordinary!

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The Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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p.1 The second boat of the Atlantic fleet passed down the rapids in safety yesterday.

The tug Bronson arrived in port from Montreal today with five light barges.

The tug Walker, with two barges of coal from Charlotte, reached port today.

The pinflat Rochelle loaded 10,000 bushels of wheat at Richardsons' elevator this morning for Montreal.

The sloop Madcap from Simcoe Island discharged 1,500 bushels of oats at Richardsons' elevator today.

The sloop Idle Wild from the islands unloaded 2,000 bushels of peas at Richardsons' elevator this morning.

The S.S. Rosemount and consorts Melrose and Selkirk arrived from Chicago last night with 180,000 bushels of corn, and will clear this evening for Fort William.

Capt. Donnelly says the east wind which has prevailed during the past few days has greatly lowered the water in the St. Lawrence rapids. The first big barge taken down by the Donnellys scraped on bottom several times. Another barge left Coteau at daylight this morning to run the rapids.

p.6 Dumped Further Down - Board of Health wants dredged mud to be dumped further down the river.

General Paragraphs - The schooner Eliza White, from Frenchman's Bay, is unloading barley at Clark's malt house.

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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring May 22, 2015 as “Harvey Milk Day” in the State of California.

As one of the first openly gay politicians to hold office in the United States, San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk is remembered as a hero in the movement for acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. His courage in facing a hostile public and his insistence on being treated the same as anyone else contributed greatly to the advancement of this cause. Milk succeeded because he was not just a gay leader but a champion for his district, a brilliant coalition builder and community organizer who brought the real concerns of ordinary people to city hall. His legacy lives on in the vibrant neighborhoods of San Francisco, which he helped restore to vitality at a time when American cities were in crisis.

Today, on the 85th anniversary of his birth, I urge all Californians to remember Harvey Milk for his contributions to the more open, free and honest society that we live in today. We should also remember how he died, at the hands of a fellow supervisor, a killing that Milk himself had anticipated because of the virulent opposition he faced. On this day, let us rededicate ourselves not only to the cause of equal rights for all people, but also to the peaceful and democratic process envisioned by our nation’s founders.

NOW THEREFORE I, EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Governor of the State of California, do hereby proclaim May 22, 2015, as “Harvey Milk Day.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed this 20th day of May 2015.

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Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation Announces Delivery of One MR2 Product Tanker Vessel With Three-Year Employment

PIRAEUS, GREECE -- (Marketwire) -- 01/24/13 -- Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation ("Navios Acquisition") (NYSE: NNA), an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Bellatrix, a new building MR2 product tanker vessel of 49,999 dwt, was delivered today from a South Korean shipyard.

Nave Bellatrix has been chartered out to a high quality counterparty for three years at a rate of $13,331 net per day plus 50% profit sharing. The charterer will receive the first $1,000 of profits above the base rate and the owner will receive next $1,000 of profits. Thereafter, all profits will be split equally to each party.

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American Association of Bank Directors Questions Material Loss Reviews' Claims That Bank Directors Always to Blame for Bank Failures

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 02/05/13 -- The American Association of Bank Directors (AABD) has issued a Summary Report analyzing the Material Loss Reviews (MLRs) conducted by the Office of Inspectors General of the FDIC, Federal Reserve Board and the Department of Treasury, noting that many of the Material Loss Reviews are flawed and cannot be relied on. In reviewing a sample of MLRs of failed banks, AABD found one constant throughout -- the bank failure was always determined to be the fault of the failed bank's board of directors.

"The AABD review found that the sampled MLRs were so flawed in their methodology and assumptions as to render their findings unreliable," noted David Baris, AABD's Executive Director.

Federal law requires the appropriate Office of Inspector General among the federal banking agencies to ascertain why a failed bank's problems resulted in material loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund. The performance audits by the IG offices must "...obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for its finding and conclusions based on its audit objectives."

"It appears the MLRs only tell one side of the story," Baris said. "The Inspectors General interviewed representatives of the banking agencies in charge of the failed banks and let them comment on the draft report, but the former directors and executive officers of the bank were not afforded the same courtesy."

Baris further noted, "Many of the MLRs we reviewed seem to suggest that the worsening of the economy, in some cases residential real estate prices falling by more than 50 percent, was a condition, not a cause of the bank failure. This defies logic."

"In most of the banks that ultimately failed, the bank examiners considered management and the bank to be highly or satisfactorily rated at least up to two years prior to failure, after many of the loans that caused the losses had been underwritten. It wasn't until loan losses mounted that examiners concluded that bank directors and management were to blame for deficient loan underwriting and loan administration. The MLRs assume that the later assessment of the board and management is correct and the earlier assessment is incorrect without substantiating that assumption."

According to AABD, the accuracy of the MLRs is important for many reasons. The banking agencies rely on the MLR findings to formulate policy and rules, and the FDIC considers the findings to help decide whether to sue former directors of failed banks. Congress relies on their accuracy in its legislative and investigative duties.

"MLRs are public; the reputation of the board and management of the failed bank also is at stake," Baris added.

The AABD issued a series of recommendations to the Inspectors General, including inviting directors and executive officers to review the documents on which the IG office is relying, to be interviewed, and to comment on the draft report; reflecting the comments of the directors and officers in the final report; and posting comments from former directors and officers on already issued MLRs.

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Following are the model question papers for Assistant Beat Officers (ABO) written examination of AP Forest Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Candidates can download the model question papers and practice at their convenience.

The question paper for ABOs consists of the questions from Essay, General Knowledge and General Mathematics.

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The Moslem cleric Abdurrahman Wahid, also known as Gus Dur, headed the world's biggest Moslem organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU).

Wahid also became president of the world's biggest Moslem country, Indonesia.

Wahid loved jazz, football, European and American movies, and democracy.

He worked as a journalist for the prestigious Tempo news magazine.

As Chairman of NU, Wahid was successful in increasing the quality of the pesantren (Moslem schools).

Wahid supported religious tolerance and moderate liberal ideas.

Wahid accepted an invitation to visit Israel in 1994.[19]

Wahid was president of Indonesia from 1999-2001.

He promoted free speech and human rights.

He defended British author Salman Rushdie.

He visited East Timor and apologized for human rights abuses committed by Indonesian forces during their American backed occupation.

Wahid knew that the Moslem militants were linked to the American trained military. Fundamentalist Islam is a tool to keep the rich elite in power.

Back in the 1960s, the CIA had arranged for the Indonesian military to be put into power in Indonesia.

When he became President, Wahid sought to reform the military and end the control of Indonesian institutions by the American trained generals.

Wahid found an ally in Agus Wirahadikusumah who was made Commander of the powerful Kostrad regiment.

Agus began uncovering a financial scandal linked to Kostrad.

Agus then died rather suddenly.

The military wanted Wahid removed from the presidency and began to stir up trouble.

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In the year 2000, there was trouble in part of Indonesia called Maluku.

The Indonesian military set up a Moslem militia called Laskar Jihad (similar to the CIA's al Qaeda)

Laskar Jihad was transported to Maluku by the military.

Wahid had ordered the military to block Laskar Jihad from going to Maluku[40]

Laskar Jihad were being financed by Fuad Bawazier, the last Minister of Finance to have served under Suharto.

Most Moslems are hospitable and moderate. The fundamentalists are promoted by the CIA as a way of keeping Moslems weak.

There was trouble in West Papua.

Wahid wanted to follow a policy of moderation. This was opposed by the military and its alleged puppets, such as Megawati, in other political parties.

On 24 December 2000, there were attacks directed against churches in Jakarta and in eight cities across Indonesia.

It is suspected that the American trained Indonesian military was behind the attacks.

Wahid was forced out of office.

Wahid discussed his suspicions regarding the involvement of the Indonesian government and military in the terrorist bombings on Bali, in an interview in the documentary Inside Indonesia's War on Terrorism which was aired by SBS Dateline on October 12, 2005.

Wahid was saying in 2005 of the Bali bombings: "The orders to do this or that came from within our armed forces... There is not a single Islamic group ... that is not controlled by (Indonesian) intelligence."

Indonesia's intelligence services are said to work closely with the CIA.

The series of 38 church bombings on Christmas Eve, 2000, killed 19 people in 11 Indonesian cities. (Source: Kopassus)

Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) was blamed.

However, in February 2001, the respected Indonesian newsweekly Tempo published a cover story suggesting links between the bombings and the Indonesian military, the TNI.

The article pointed out that Edi Sugiarto, who was quickly arrested and confessed to assembling 15 of the bombs used in the town of Medan, has long run a car repair shop in the province of Aceh, where a separatist group named GAM has been fighting for many years.

Members of TNI and Indonesia’s special forces, Kopassus, regularly went to his shop for repairs and just to hang out.

As a result, GAM claimed he was a TNI lackey and burned down his shop and house in 1997.

Phone records also indicated that Sugiarto called Fauzi Hasbi seven times before the bombings.

Hasbi is a leader of JI, but Tempo outed him as an Indonesian government mole.

In 2005, two years after Hasbi’s death, the Australian television program SBS Dateline provided additional evidence of Hasbi’s long-time links to the TNI.

Fasbi also called Jacob Tanwijaya, a businessman well connected with the TNI, 35 times.
That businessman in turn talked on the phone to Lt. Col. Iwan Prilianto, a Kopassus special forces intelligence officer, over 70 times. (Source: Kopassus)

The 'terrorism' is often linked to Christian gangsters, Moslem gangsters and the American trained military.

aangirfan: Admiral Dennis Blair 'lied' about church killings.

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Monday, December 14, 2009

A statue of young Obama has been unveiled in Indonesia

The statue will remind Indonesians of US control of Indonesia.

In 1965, the US and UK toppled the first president of Indonesia because he was not prepared to be an American puppet.

"In four months, five times as manypeople died in Indonesia as in Vietnam in twelve years." - Bertrand Russell, 1966. (CIA Compiled Indonesian Death Lists in 1965 / genocide in paradise )

In 1998, the US reportedly toppled the second president of Indonesia because he was not giving enough contracts to Americans and he was becoming too independent minded. (SUHARTO - BIG DADDY)

According to Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II by William Blum (Indonesia 1957-1958)

"In the early months of 1958, rebellion began to break out in one part of the Indonesian island chain, then another.

"CIA pilots took to the air to carry out bombing and strafing missions in support of the rebels.

"In Washington, Col. Alex Kawilarung, the Indonesian military attache, was persuaded by the Agency to "defect".

"He soon showed up in Indonesia to take charge of the rebel forces...

"Sukarno later claimed that on a Sunday morning in April, a plane bombed a ship in the harbor of the island of Ambon - all those aboard losing their lives - as well as hitting a church, which demolished the building and killed everyone inside.

"He stated that 700 casualties had resulted from this single run.

Adam Malik, former vice president in the Soeharto era, was reportedly an agent of the CIA.

"On 15 May, a CIA plane bombed the Ambon marketplace, killing a large number of civilians on their way to church on Ascension Thursday...

"Three days later, during another bombing run over Ambon, a CIA pilot, Allen Lawrence Pope, was shot down and captured.

"Thirty years old, from Perrine, Florida, Pope had flown ... in Korea for the Air Force...

"He was to spend four years as a prisoner in Indonesia before Sukarno acceded to a request from Robert Kennedy for his release.

"Pope was captured carrying a set of incriminating documents, including those which established him as a pilot for the US Air Force and the CIA airline CAT...

"On 27 May the pilot and his documents were presented to the world at a news conference, thus contradicting several recent statements by high American officials.

Friday, December 04, 2009

HAARP - is being used to create tsunamis and carry out mind control?

The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is funded by the US Air Force, the US Navy, the University of Alaska, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).[1]

Reportedly, its purpose is to investigate the ionosphere and establish whether some of its properties can be used for communication or surveillance purposes.[2]

Started in 1993, the project is proposed to last for a period of twenty years. (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program - Wikipedia.)

According to

"Months before the end of World War II, an American intelligence agency launched a top-secret project aimed at devising ways to trigger massive earthquakes and tsunamis that would wreak havoc among enemy civilian populations, recently uncovered documents reveal."

According to

"Top-secret wartime experiments were conducted off the coast of Auckland to perfect a tidal wave bomb, declassified files reveal.

"An Auckland University professor seconded to the Army set off a series of underwater explosions triggering mini-tidal waves at Whangaparaoa in 1944 and 1945."


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MaWaRu Maid-san wo Nemigi is an excellent WarioWare clone which can be described as a collection of mini games that usually lasts a few seconds. The player only has a short moment to figure out what the objective of the level is and go about completing it.

The game is in Japanese so the instructions given at the beginning of each stage is useless, although it's not that hard to figure out what you have to do after a try or two. Arrow keys are mostly used for movement, and the Z key is assigned as the action button. You can only fail four times before losing the game, indicated by the number of maid characters in between levels.

Requires the latest DirectX version to be installed.

Name: MaWaRu Maid-san wo Nemigi
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Tide Of The Century to Hit Mumbai On 24 Jul

July last week seems to be a bad time for Mumbai.

Exactly four years ago, in 2005 July, Mumbai saw its worst ever floods. This year, it could be a re-enactment of the catastrophe. Local Weather office predicts High tides of more than 4.5 meters during the last week of July.

Mumbai will see the "Tide of the Century" on 24-Jul-09. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has indicated the possibility of a high tide of 5.01m & 5.05m on 23rd and 24th July 2009 respectively.

Incidentally, this year, the South West Monsoon was delayed by more than a couple of weeks now. Normally, the monsoon hits Mumbai by first week of June. This time, Mumbai didnt see a rain drop till 20th of June.

Low lying areas of Mumbai are prone to flooding if it rains heavily. Sometimes they could experience flooding even with moderate rains

Civic authorities called for better preparedness and closer co-ordination among government bodies, corporate & general public to minimize the impact of the catastrophe. Mumbai May Face Flood Like Situation Similar To 2005

Here is a List Of Flood Prone Areas:
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Bharat Mata (Lalbaug)
Bimbisar Nagar (Goregaon)
Kalpana Theatre Junction (Kurla)
Narayan Nagar (Ghatkopar)
Bombay oxygen Nullah (Mulund)
Kranti Nagar (Kurla)
Usha Nagar (Bhandup-Nahur)
Chirag Nagar (Ghatkopar)
LBS Road (Andheri)
Veena Nagar (Mulund)
ESIS Colony (Mulund)
Lower Parel
Gajarband (Kurla)
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Mumbaites are advised to be aware of the potential flooding zones & avoid walking / travelling through any flooded routes.

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ESI Pehchan Card

Employees' State Insurance Corporation of India, social security system tailored to provide socioeconomic protection to workers in organized sector, announced the introduction of Pehchan Card.

Using this ESI Pahchan card, workers can get Health Care services, financial transactions, anywhere in India.

Eligible workers can contact their nearest ESI facility to register for this Pehchan card.

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Bartz rather enjoys the loops. During one of his early Loops he became known as the wandering hero who always popped up in the nick of time. Another time he decided to only use the Berserker job class. He doesn't remember much about that Loop.

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Information in this article applies to:

I currently have the EPM900 with the 4K-limited tools and I've licensed the PKLPC-8K upgrade. How do I install the PKLPC-8K?

Follow these steps to install the uVision LPC Studio (4K version) that came with the EPM900.

  1. If you have the Keil evaluation tools (the 2K-limited tools), uninstall them. Make sure to delete the KEIL folder.
  2. Reboot your computer.
  3. Insert the LPC900 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
  4. Install the 4K version of the compiler from the CD.

To upgrade to the PKLPC-8K, you must contact the Keil sales department with the serial number of your EPM900. After upgrading, you will receive a PKLPC-8K serial number.

The necessary files for upgrade are on the bottom of this article under the 'Attached Files' section.

Once you have received the Serial number and have downloaded the files:

  1. Run the self-extracting zip file. When prompted, Tell the file to unzip into the KEIL folder. It will automatically overwrite the old files.
  2. Open KEILTOOLS.INI in Notepad.
  3. Find the line that starts with SN=Philips LPC.
  4. Change the line to SN=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx where xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx is the serial number.
  5. Save and close TOOLS.INI.
  6. Make sure the emulator is connected to the your computer. If it is not, you will receive a C500: missing security device message when you compile the project.
  7. Each of your program modules must be re-compiled using the PK-LPC8K version. Make sure that you use the Rebuild All Target Files option (Project â Rebuild All Target Files) the first time you re-build each project using the PK-LPC8K version.

Note that the serial number provided only works with your board.

Make sure the EPM900 board is not touching anything that could short the connections such as the packing bubble wrap or a metal surface.

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2013

ere are some charts on the breakdown by country of contributions and contributors to Wiki Loves Monuments 2013. Better late than never. I meant to publish this together with retention stats, but those are still in the pipeline, and may follow after Wikimania.

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  1. Jan Ainali says:

    How is the first top 20 list made? In 2011 and 2012 Sweden had 409 contributors (I don’t have the 2013 number at hand), which seem to be more than both China and Thailand.

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    Jan, it is sorted by uploaders in 2013.

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[LITOPYS UPA: Chronicle of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army]

Medychna opika v UPA [UPA Medical Services] redaktor Modest Ripetskyj, Toronto: V-vo Litopys UPA, 2000 584 p.: ill., 24 cm.(Litopys Ukrains'koi Povstans'koi Armii; t. 32)Includes bibliographical references. ISBN: 0-920092-46-2 (book 2)

In this second volume of "The UPA Medical Service", we continue to present material on this subject, first addressed in Litopys UPA, Volume 23. The introduction to the first volume provided, in brief, the history and structure of the UPA medical service and the underground Ukrainian Red Cross. Most of the materials presented in the first volume pertained to the period 1942-1944, when the insurgent struggle was at its height. There were also some documents and materials from 1945-1947, the post-World War II period when the entire territory of Ukraine came under Soviet Stalinist occupation or that of the satellite countries.

The material and information used to compile the first volume came mainly from sources outside Ukraine. The published memoirs were by underground participants who lived abroad after the war.

In this, the second volume of "The UPA Medical Service", we present, in addition to material by authors living outside Ukraine, some supplementary material covering the period 1942-1947 which was obtained from Ukraine. This volume also contains documents, memoirs and articles pertaining to the most critical period for provision of medical care to wounded and sick insurgents, 1948-1950. By this time, UPA units had already been disbanded and were obliged to operate in total secrecy. Enemy terror had reached its peak and included not only physical destruction of underground members and arrests and forced deportation of the population, but also underhanded provocations against the underground and the innocent population.

In conditions of such brutal terror, professional medical personnel became completely helpless. Caring for the sick was left to medical students with limited education, hastily trained paramedics and nurses and at times, practitioners of folk medicine. Sometimes, ill insurgents were cared for by individuals who had no medical knowledge, but simply, good hearts and a love for their people.

The materials published in this second volume of "The UPA Medical Service" are organized into six chapters.

The first chapter deals with the Ukrainian Red Cross (UChKh). Some articles, memoirs and sketches on this subject were published previously, in the first volume. These include articles written by Liudmyla Ivchenko about the Ukrainian Red Cross (UChKh) in Kyiv and Dr. Toma Vorobets about the UChKh in Lviv; a memoir by Sofia Stepaniak about Dr. Kharytia Kononenko and the UChKh in Volyn and a memoir by Iryna Savytska about the organization of the underground UChKh in Western Ukraine.

In this, the second volume, we publish a longer article by Halyna Viun, "Under the Mark of the Red Cross in Poltava", in which she supplements the information provided by the authors mentioned above. Until the outbreak of war, Halyna Viun worked as a bookkeeper in Poltava. With the arrival of the Germans, on August 18, 1941, she and several other local activists undertook the task of organizing the Ukrainian Red Cross society (UChKh) in the Poltava region. She served as head of this society until August 1, 1942, when the German occupation authorities officially disbanded the Ukrainian Red Cross.

The first task facing the UChKh was helping Red Army prisoners of war who were living in horrific sanitary conditions and suffering inhuman brutality from the occupying Germans. UChKh workers also began to provide care for widows, orphans and all victims of Soviet terror.

The UChKh society in Poltava became a centre around which gathered the nationally conscious and creative elements of the Poltava population, including members of the underground OUN.

When the Gestapo began a wave of arrests, torture and physical annihilation of Ukrainian patriots, Halyna Viun made fairly successful efforts to save them. After the final disbanding of the Ukrainian Red Cross, it became very difficult to continue providing medical and humanitarian help in Poltava. Some activists, among them Halyna Viun, managed to escape arrest by the Gestapo. Some of the most active underground members entered the UPA in Volyn.

The following participants document the activities of the underground UChKh in Western Ukraine:

Other authors whose memoirs are published in the next four chapters of this volume provide additional information about activity in the underground UChKh.

Chapter II contains materials about the UPA medical service in Volyn and Polissia. The struggle against the Nazi German occupation and the formation of the first UPA units on this territory began in late 1942. The most active period for the UPA and its rear line, in terms of combat and military-administrative activity, was 1943-1944.

This development of national liberation activity required a simultaneous expansion of the system of medical care both for UPA soldiers and the local population.

Until now, it has not been possible to recreate the events of this period in detail and support this accounts with underground documents. The reports, orders and instructions related to UPA military and administrative activity were, for security reasons, carefully concealed in underground bunkers or destroyed.

Now that access to Soviet state archives has opened up in Ukraine, it has become possible to research the history of the Ukrainian national liberation movement using underground sources which had been seized by Soviet security organs.

collection of such documents is Litopys UPA, new series, volume 2, Volyn and Polissia: the UPA and the Rear Line, 1943-1944.

This collection contains 319 documents, which also include orders, reports and instructions pertaining to the area of medicine and health. Reprints of these documents, with additional information and explanations, are presented in Chapter VI of this volume.

It is important to note that during the Second World War, there was, in Volyn and Polissia, a serious shortage of medical and health personnel. The only school for field paramedics, which operated in Rivne during the Soviet occupation, was completely destroyed by the war in 1941. Some Ukrainian doctors who had practiced in Lutsk, Rivne and Volodymyr Volynskyi had left for the west in 1939-1940. When the Germans arrived, the Nazis removed Jewish doctors and Volyn was left almost without physicians.

In early September 1941, while Volyn was still controlled by the Wermacht and the German civilian administration had not yet taken over the local government, the leaders of the temporary Ukrainian county administration in Rivne made an appeal to physicians in Lviv. Alarmed by the critical situation of medical and health care in their region, they asked Lviv doctors to come to their aid and send at least a few physicians to Volyn.

The representatives of the Lviv doctors, in the persons of Dr. Osinchuk and Dr. V. Karkhut, with support from the chief of the German military health service, who was staying in Rivne at the time, managed to achieve some successes. Six Ukrainian doctors were sent to provide medical care to the Volyn population. Among them was Dr. M. Vasyliv-Kornyliv, who was named chief of the Volyn district health directorate, which was headquartered in Rivne.

The chapter "UPA Medical Service in Volyn" opens with an article by Dr. M. Vasyliv, who gives the history of the Rivne nursing school and emphasizes its role in providing medical personnel for the UPA. Dr. Dmytro Sahaiko, a surgeon and instructor at the nursing school, entered the UPA in spring 1943. He had served as director of the surgical hospital in Rivne and brought with him to the UPA the entire nursing staff.

Later, Dr. Sahaiko ("Enei", "Bravyi") became chief physician of the medical service of the "Zahrava" Military Region in Volyn.

Complementing the article by Dr. M. Vasyliv is the information provided by Tetiana Bak ("Yaryna"), the Nad-raion UChKh leader in the Kostopil region.

In her autobiographical account, she also provides information about Dr. D. Sahaiko and gives the names of his nurses and the pseudonyms of his co-workers in the underground hospital.

Following this account are memoirs written by nurses who worked in the UPA medical service or UChKh in the Kremianets region. These include memoirs and information authored by Larysa Tomchuk ("Topolia"), Antonina Mazurchuk ("Vyshnia") and Anna Bobrovska ("Nezabudka").

Chapter III contains memoirs and sketches authored by witnesses and participants of the UPA medical service or the underground Ukrainian Red Cross in Halychyna.

Oleksa Zeleniuk, an advanced student of medicine, performed the duties of a physician in the UPA, devoting himself exclusively to surgery. In contrast to other authors, he spends little time describing his personal experiences and the conditions of the UPA struggle and focuses more on professional medical concerns.

Oleksandr Bolekhivskyi worked as a field paramedic in an UPA unit in the Stanyslaviv region in 1943-1944. He was seriously wounded and thus had the experience of also being a patient. His memoirs are an interesting portrayal of his personal experiences while being treated underground by a UChKh nurse and subsequently, in a Hungarian field hospital.

The detailed memoirs written by nurses depict the very difficult conditions in which they performed their humanitarian work during their years in the underground. These memoirs also recount the fates that befell the nurses, including brutal NKVD investigations, imprisonment and deportation.

Yevheniya Hutsuliak-Andrusiak writes about events in the Chornyi forest region of Ivano-Frankivsk oblast. Yaroslava Romanyna-Levkovych, in her memoir "Beyond the Limits of the Possible", and her sister Yevheniya, in her memoir, "The Lace of Fate", describe the events that took place in Lviv oblast. Maria Levytska-Zahoruyko informs about the UPA medical service in the Zolochiv region.

Romana Simkiv describes the nursing course in the Dolyna raion.

One of the memoirs by Ivan Shvak-Shul ("Orlyk") presented in this chapter describes the activity of the UPA medical service in the Ternopil region. The other recalls Iryna Babuniak ("Nina"), an advanced student of medicine, who died heroically while providing medical care to wounded UPA soldiers during combat near Chortkiv.

Olha Klymtsiv writes, in fictional form, about Liuba Veres, a pharmacist, who was killed with a group of insurgents who blew themselves up with grenades in a bunker in the Rohatyn region.

Stepan Babiak ("Orlenko"), senior messenger and paramedic in the company commanded by R. Hrobelskyi ("Brodych") in the Lemko region, attempts to depict the work of an UPA paramedic with reference to episodes from his life. Bohdana Troshko ("Bohdana") describes how, as a hastily trained paramedic, she treated wounded insurgents as late as the 1950s; when she became seriously ill, she had to treat herself.

Chapter IV consists of biographical information about the physicians who were active in UPA medical units and the UChKh system. Owing to the difficulty of finding complete information about underground doctors, the biographies are presented in a variety of forms. The same is true of the biographies of leading members of the nursing and paramedical staff.

Included in this volume of "The UPA Medical Service" are biographies of the following physicians:

In addition to biographical information about the above physicians and medical students, this volume also contains brief biographies of those members of UPA and OUN medical and health units about whom it was possible to obtain information. Among them are Myroslav Hrebeniuk ("Barvinok"), Kateryna Havryliv ("Zelena"), Hanna Panashiy, Nadiya Savchak ("Khrystia", "Sonia") and Oleksander Vorobiy ("Halia").

Chapter V provides biographical information about doctors who practiced their profession legally and at the same time, co-operated with the Ukrainian underground. Many of them could not be identified. These doctors include:

Chapter VI presents documents relating to the activities of the medical and health service which are reprinted from Volume 2 of the new series of Litopys UPA, Volyn and Polissia: the UPA and the Rear Line, 1943-1944.

These documents come from the following collections: the Central State Archive of the Higher Organs of Ukraine (TsDAVOU) and the Rivne Oblast State Archive (DARO). Some information was also obtained from the Central State Archive of Non-governmental Organizations of Ukraine (TsDAHOU) and the State Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv.

The documents are organized into three subchapters.

The first subchapter consists of orders issued by the UPA Supreme Command (HK UPA) in 1943-1944. During this time, the HK UPA was the highest sovereign authority and implemented a state of war on the territory of its activity. The UPA structure was organized in terms of the front and the rear line. The front included UPA combat units, while the rear line included OUNSD military and administrative activities. The military authority the UPA Supreme Command, headed by Dmytro Kliachkivskyi ("Klym Savur") and military Chief of Staff Leonid Stupnytskyi ("Honcharenko") governed the front and the rear line. Under the authority of the Chief of Staff came the following divisions: organization/operations, intelligence, communications and supply, training and the medical/health service. Under the authority of the rear line commander were the following sections: organization/mobilization, Security Service (SB), social/political, materiel management, communications, civilian administration and the Ukrainian Red Cross.

A good deal of information on medical/health matters is found in the following orders of the UPA Supreme Command:

All the above orders are signed by the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Dmytro Kliachkivskyi (pseudonym "Klym Savur", "Panas Mosur"). Order no. 16 is also signed by the military Chief of Staff, Leonid Stupnytskyi (pseudonym "Honcharenko"). Order no. 18 is also signed by the chief physician, Sydor Savchyk.

In addition to orders dealing with administrative and supply issues relating to the medical/health service, there are some that deal with professional medical matters, such as:

The second subchapter consists of orders issued by the UChKh Commander, including:

The third subchapter presents documents of Group Commands (Military Regions), nadraions, raions and local sections of the UChKh. They serve to supplement the documents of the UPA Supreme Command.

These documents include:

After these orders come documents no. 224, 226, 229, 243, 268, 281 and 301.The documentary materials mentioned below are found in Chapters 1 and 4 of this volume.A copy of the "Minutes of the Interrogation of P.P. Marchenko" and the "Information Note by the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR Riasnyi to the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine, D. Korotchenko, about the Discovery of the Nationalist Underground in the Poltava Region" are appended to the sketch by Halyna Viun "Under the Mark of the Red Cross in Poltava".

Documents obtained from Soviet collections are appended to the biographical information about Dr. Matviy Lotovych.

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The style in which each memoir published here is written has been left unchanged, in order to reflect the author's personal approach to the reality he or she experienced. The language of the memoir reflects the author's intellectual and educational level, which heightens the documentary value of the account.

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The Archive of Litopys UPA, Medical Sector, contains a large number of materials and documents which could not be published in the two volumes of Medychna Opika UPA. Here one finds unfinished memoirs of participants or incomplete information about physicians, medical men, nurses and other UChKH workers. All of these materials require scrutiny and supplemental information. An effort will be made to publish these materials in one of the future volumes of "Litopys UPA-Biblioteka", in order that they may be available to those researchers who are interested in this subject matter.

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I would like to thank all those who helped in the preparation of this volume. Special thanks to all members of the UPA Medical Service and the Ukrainian Red Cross, who, in their memoirs and illustrative materials, left for us this picture of the unusually difficult conditions in which they were forced to practice medicine and care for UPA soldiers and members of the armed underground.

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I am also grateful to Prof. Petro J. Potichnyj, the Responsible Editor of the "Litopys UPA" for his editorial advice, to my wife Mariika ("Oksana"), and sons Andrii and Yurii for cooperation in the preparation of this book, to Mykola Kulyk for help with adminstrative matters and Lesia Duk and Omelian Hrabets' for completing the editorial-technical tasks.

Modest Ripeckyj

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Monday, July 27, 2015

This week in the kitchen

Monday/27-Jul-15: Patrice and Wim came to dinner, so we had to stretch a bit to feed six people. Dinner was Spatchcocked Chicken Under a Brick (web), which turned out super. Actually not under a brick, but under two. Not sure why squashing the cooking chicken makes a difference, but it was delicious and quite attractive taking it off the grill. I used some of Jody's Moroccan spice for seasoning, although it wasn't very loud. Quickly defrosted twelve sausages and grilled those too. Made a bowlful of potato salad, loosely following Potato Salad II (p87, Joy), added hardboiled eggs, red onions, black olives, cornichons, cucumber, radishes. And some steamed broccoli. For dessert there was Crème Fraîche Ice Cream (MC), and we ate it all. Good dinner, not overflowing.

Tuesday/28-Jul-15: Lunch out today. Dinner was odds and ends that needed to be eaten. That's all. Authentic French Bread (out of head) in the bread maker overnight.

Wednesday/29-Jul-15: Ate at the marché des producteurs in Massignac. Not much happened in the kitchen.

Thursday/30-Jul-15: At out before a concert this evening. Not much happened in the kitchen.

Friday/31-Jul-15: Shopped this morning. Dinner was Grilled Masala Salmon (p46, MJ@Home; cookbooker). First "marinated" with dry spices, then topped with a mustard mixture. Very easy and yummy. Grilled only rather than grilled and baked. Served with suggested sides, South Indian-Style Green Beans (p145, MJ@Home; cookbooker) and Basmati Rice with Lentils (p212, MJ@Home; cookbooker). Yummy stuff all. Some chocolate-hazelnut pudding things from the shop for dessert.

Saturday/1-Aug-15: Lunch was Toast with Avocado, Fried Eggs, and Soy Sauce (web). Surprisingly tasty, this. And easy.

Terry and Shirley gave us a load of blackberries yesterday. I used them to make Classic Blackberry Crumble (web). Then I made some plain vanilla ice cream to accompany it. Peg and Jim made the rest of dinner. Some chicken bits in a creamy mushroom sauce and some potatoes and some cauliflower with a turmeric sauce. Wim and Patrice joined us for a gezellig dinner.

Sunday/2-Aug-15: Barbecue again tonight. Paprika Pork Chops (web) were tasty and easy. Any good rub would achieve the same effect, but this was a good one. Served with the recommended side dishes. Grilled zucchini tossed with grainy mustard and olive oil. Ed didn't want to grill the corn on the cob, so I boiled it, then charred it on a grill pan. Basted with lime-butter after. For dessert we had some treats Peg&Jim bought from the boulanger yesterday.

Progress on goals
This week: #1 BACKLOG: no; #2 UNUSED: no; #3 GRAINS: no; #4 VEG/FISH: 1
This month: #5 PASTA: no for July, no for August; #6 BREAD: no for July, no for August  #7 FotW: no for July; August is vacation

Monday, July 20, 2015

This week in the kitchen

Monday/20-Jul-15: We had our main meal early today before going to a concert in the evening. I made the "An Hour in Provence" menu from RushHour, including Pan Bagna (p85; cookbooker), Romaine Salad with Garlic Dressing (p86; cookbooker), and Peach Compote with Basil (p87; cookbooker) A very nice menu with a very helpful timetable for getting it all done. Good results.

Tuesday/21-Jul-15: We'd planned on going to a movie this morning, but got in so late last night we blew it off. Still, I cooked up the crockpot dish I'd planned so we'd have dinner when we returned. Crockpot Balsamic Pork (web, although I got it in an email). Almost no work and delicious. Used up some little potatoes as crushed potatoes similar to what I made a week or so ago. Because it's so hot, I just finished them under the broiler, which works if you pay attention. They go very black really fast. And some of the leftover taboulleh.

Wednesday/22-Jul-15: Using up broccoli and potatoes, there was Warm Broccoli and Potato Salad (p15, MDSalads) for dinner. An old favorite. Still good.

Thursday/23-Jul-15: Wrapped up three days of cleaning today. But Peg&Jim won't arrive till tomorrow. Clean+1. Oh well. A nice dinner we had for them tonight. Marinating overnight there was Fiery Grilled Turkey Breast (web), which was yummy, but didn't not take the advertised 40 minutes to cook. Piggies that we are, we ate it all. Served with brown rice, which burnt because I was out of the room when the dinger went off. And a half dose of Cabbage Salad—Salad Galam (p50, Delightful; cookbooker). Yummy salad this, and not too much trouble. Some mini magnums for dessert.

Cooked some Slow Cooker Cardamom Rice Pudding with Fresh Peaches (web) during the day. It seems to have been designed for the newer, hotter cooking crockpots, since it wasn't done after the allotted time. Cooked in longer on High, rather than on Low, and it finally got ready. Put it in the fridge since P&J didn't arrive arrive today as expected.

Friday/24-Jul-15: Shopping this morning. Peg and Jim arrived in the afternoon. We missed boules, but went up to Chez Mamie's for a drink. Dinner was Espadon Grillé à la Sauge Frite (C&V, but not online afaics), grilled swordfish topped with fried sage leaves and fried lemon zest. Served with polenta and Baked Eggplant Slices (p114, TooMany), a really old favorite. For dessert we had the rice pudding from yesterday with slices of fresh nectarines.

Saturday/25-Jul-15: Picnic lunch today at Chris&Paula's charity "do" for Chernobyl kids. Dinner out with a band playing. Nothing much happened in the kitchen.

Sunday/26-Jul-15: Out again today. A quick dinner with a bit of soup from the freezer, then kind of sloppy Joes with the balsamic pork from Tuesday with some of Mama's Garlic Coleslaw (MC Handybook)

Progress on goals
This week: #1 BACKLOG: no; #2 UNUSED: yes; #3 GRAINS: yes; #4 VEG/FISH: 3
This month: #5 PASTA: no; #6 BREAD: no; #7 FotW: no for July

Monday, July 13, 2015

This week in the kitchen

Monday/13-Jul-15: Dinner was a half recipe of Shrimp Fried Rice (web). I used two eggs for the two of us and made a sort of flat omelet, rather than scrambling, and sliced into strips. Added some red pepper flakes with the ginger. Used skinny haricots verts rather than show peas. I used trio rice that I froze a while ago; this worked fine. Used frozen cooked shrimp and added them near the end with the egg bits. It was good. Then some juice popsicles.

Tuesday/14-Jul-15: Used up lots of odd bits from the freezer tonight for a halfish recipe of Poor-Cousin Paella (p249, Seaver), cooked chicken, the last bit of some defrosted chicken stock, cooked chicken, chorizo, one squid body. Added a (small) jar of artichoke bottoms and a tomato, for the first time ever. About a teaspoon of chipotle powder makes it all really yummy. A great recipe for using up odd bits.

Wednesday/15-Jul-15: For lunch I made Zucchini-Tuna Salad, a recipe I copied from a book I didn't keep. A pretty good variation on tuna salad. You start with equal piles (1 cup) of shredded zucchini and carrots. Stir in a can of tuna, drained and flaked. Then enough mayo to make make it a good consistency. Then add some chopped sweet pickle (I used cornichons), celery seed, and pickle juice. I added some lemon juice for the tartness and a bit of piment d'Esplette. Good stuff.

Dinner was Spaghetti Pangrattato with Cripsy Eggs (web), a very satisfying kind of meal. Then a salad. Then two squares of dark chocolate with almonds each. Then off to hear Gregorian chant.

Thursday/16-Jul-15: Shopping today. Relatively cheap, although there was lots of meat. (We are way ahead of past years in the amount we're spending on groceries. I'm not sure why, really. A bit worrying.)

Dinner was a half recipe of Fish in Red Chili Chutney (web). Pretty good, although not especially hot. Served with basmati rice and a half recipe of Pachadi—Indian Cucumber Salad (p147, GreeneGreens; cookbooker). Can't say this was especially Indian, but it was good. No radishes. Mini magnums for dessert.

Friday/17-Jul-15: Nothing happened in the kitchen today. Went for a balade gourmand this evening.  Almost seven kilometers up and down in the heat. Whew!

Saturday/18-Jul-15: Tosca and Mike for dinner this evening, so I was in the kitchen most of the day. Made up the broth for Buttermilk Ice Cream (MC) in the morning.

Made Sweet and Hot Peach Relish (p179, BigFlav), which was good, but hotter than I intended. This went with Spice-Rubbed Grilled Chicken Breasts with Sweet and Hot Peach Relish (p178, BigFlav). The spicy rub goes on the chicken after it's mostly cooked. I put it on the tray with chicken and Ed tripped leaving the kitchen, spilling most of it. So only once side got brushed with the sauce. Made the recommended to-withs, Parsley Salad with Bulgur, Mint, and Tomatoes (p216, BigFlav) and
Roast Beet and Carrot Salad with Lemon-Mint Dressing (p204, BigFlav). The parsley salad is like a taboulleh with more veg in it. The beet and carrot salad is yummy; need to make that more often. For dessert there was ice cream and fresh raspberries. A nice evening all in all.

Sunday/19-Jul-15: Lovely lunch out with Tosca and Mike. No action in the kitchen.

Progress on goals
This week: #1 BACKLOG: no; #2 UNUSED: no; #3 GRAINS: yes; #4 VEG/FISH: 3
This month: #5 PASTA: yes/no; #6 BREAD: yes/no; #7 FotW: yes for June; no for July

Monday, July 6, 2015

This week in the kitchen

Monday/6-Jul-15: Not much happened in the kitchen. Went out for a movie in the evening. Add some cheese on the way there. Then a box of popcorn. That was dinner.

Tuesday/7-Jul-15: Off to the ear doctor today. He gave me a prescription for new hearing aids. All but the bank account say Hooray! In NL these were almost 100% paid for. The French system pays only for the old-fashioned analog ones. Boo.

After a Groupon/Flunch lunch, we went to the tile store and ordered the tile for the kitchen walls. To be delivered in September. I was hoping for end-July or early-August, but we'll take what we can get.

This is turning into a year of big expenses, one after the other. Refrigerator, strimmer, pressure cleaner, washing machine, kitchen tiles, hearing aids, new glasses for both. What else is in the offing?

Easy dinner of leftover soup, then leftover swordfish with some trio rice, then we split the slice of chocolate-walnut tart I bought yesterday. (We both thought it tasted more like chocolate and pecan, but the sign said walnut/noix.)

The temperature has come down today, and tomorrow should be cooler still, i.e., tolerable. We might be able to sleep without the a/c tonight.

Wednesday/8-Jul-15: The Gitem man came this morning to fix the non-working burner on the stove.

Lunch out before the glove factory tour in St. Junien.

A big salad for dinner.

Thursday/9-Jul-15: Yay! the new washing machine arrived this afternoon. All bells and whistles. First load of clothes washed, next one queued for in the night.

Dinner was Barley Salad with Tuna & Mozzarella (p62, PatSalads). Needed lots of salt, but otherwise quite good. Barley has a nice chewiness. Real mozzarella chopped up would be better than the mini balls, which are fairly tasteless. Then a mini magnum each.

Friday/10-Jul-15: Managed to finish the list and get shopping done today. Dinner was Green Tea Salmon, a recipe from the inside lid of a box of Celestial Seasonings Tea. Poor instructions, but it turned out okay. Served with some Hot and Spicy Wrinkled Beans (p106, Chinatown) and brown rice that was a bit crispy because I forgot to turn off the fire. Then a salad with Asian Dressing (p61, MDSalads); made a half recipe and have another salad's worth left. Then a fruit juice popsicle.

Saturday/11-Jul-15: Main meal early today so Ed could go off to choir. Mostly from the freezer. Tarted up the "juice" from some chicken paprikash by adding some peas and cooked chicken. Served over spaetzle. Made a salad but didn't have time to eat it.

Sunday/12-Jul-15: Another meal from the freezer. An Indian red lentil thing. Served over basmati rice,  with Karhai Broccoli (p148, MJ@Home). Then some mini magnums for dessert. Ed had chocolate chocolate, I had white chocolate.

The new washer has a big don't-like feature. Because it's an all-electronic thing, the timer can't be used to turn it on. The automatic delay feature works by setting the number of hours after which you want it to be finished. And the minimum you can set is 3 hours. If it's 11:30 and you want to start it at noon, you just have to wait to noon to push Go. European washing machines heat their own water and we have low electricity rates from noon to two, so starting at noon is a Good Thing.

Progress on goals
This week: #1 BACKLOG: no; #2 UNUSED: no; #3 GRAINS: yes; #4 VEG/FISH: 4
This month: #5 PASTA: no; #6 BREAD: no; #7 FotW: yes for June; no for July


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Thursday, May 28, 2015

CCEE1522 Tools!

Joanne has given us a DOOZY of a challenge today:

Heat Embossing
Paper Piecing

Wow.  I had to really think about this, and here's what I came up with:

Please join us, and link your card to our blog HERE.  See you next week!


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Friday, September 18, 2015

ADFD- Sept New Releases- Mucha Style Flowers

Hello there!  More new digi goodness is on the A Day For Daisies blog today.  Some gorgeous flowers.  Check out the blog for more fabulous inspiration.  And visit the ADFD store to shop :-)
ADFD - Mucha Style Bachelor Button 2
watercolor pencils
DCWV - blue glitter paper
white lace trim
black glitter ribbon
Cuttlebug embossing folder - leafy branch
blue, black bling
pop dots

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you'll check out the rest of the new releases today :-)

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Friday, September 16, 2016

CIU#105: Name Game

Hello and Happy Friday!  It's time for another great challenge over on the Cut It Up blog.  Our theme is Name Game.  So use something that begins with the first letter of your name.  For my project -  C is for Cat :-)  Our wonderful  sponsor is Craftin Desert Divas.

I used my fuse tool to make a planner shaker for the month of October.

We R Memory Keepers -fuse tool, 6x4 photo sleeve
Chic 'N Scary Cricut cart - cat @ 2" (using the flip feature) and skull border @ 1"
black sequins
orange seed beads
Pretty Pink Posh - silver, orange -med & dark - sequins

Thanks for stopping by today.  Come play along with us at Cut It Up.

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  1. This is too fun! What a great way to add some festivity to your planner!


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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Art of Telling Stories: Brendan Cahoon

The Art of Telling Stories is a series of posts designed to take a deeper look at what it means to tell a story. Writers tell stories constantly, but many other people in many other vocations tell their stories as well, in other, often more subtle, ways. Today's guest is Brendan Cahoon, a Production Assistant at the television station WMUR in Manchester, NH. He is also an Emmy-nominated editor for the news-magazine style show New Hampshire Chronicle.

Thanks for taking the time to interview, Brendan! Tell me a little bit about who you are and what you do.

Allow me to go back a bit and briefly explain my background. I've been involved in the technical side of entertainment for 30 years, I was just 15 when I worked my first professional job at an outdoor summer theater. I got a 2 year degree in Broadcasting, but ended up working for a laser show company right out of school. In 1989, I headed south and worked at Epcot at Walt Disney World, working on the nighttime effects show, IllumiNations. I was there for 8 years, then moved up the street to work at Sea World as their only laser technician. By 2003, I had finally grown tired of Florida and headed back home to NH where I was eventually hired at WMUR, the ABC affiliate television station in Manchester.

Editing system similar to the one Brendan uses.
My official job title is Production Assistant, but I am considered a "utility tech." This means I can do numerous jobs around the station including audio, camera, set design and construction, lighting, etc. One of the things I've found I seem to have a talent for is editing for the news-magazine style show New Hampshire Chronicle. I have been doing this for about 6 years now and am somewhat proud to say I was nominated for a regional Emmy for my work a few years ago.

Would you consider yourself to be a storyteller? Why or why not?

In his book How to Tell a Story, Mark Twain writes "I do not claim that I can tell a story as it ought to be told. I only claim to know how a story ought to be told." As an editor I sometimes think of myself as a storyteller by proxy. The process by which a story segment, or package as we call it, is finished, is a little different than what other stations do. A producer researches an idea, then takes a videographer and goes out and shoots the story. Once that's finished, The producer goes over the footage and writes a script, then hands off the footage and the script to the editor.

Here's where I come in.

As an editor on Chronicle, I often will get a script that's nothing more than dialog. Simply the interviews and the voice-overs that comprise the package. My job is now to take that audio, combine it with the visuals in a way that makes sense and makes it interesting, add music and turn it into something that looks effortless.

To me, this is my version of being a storyteller. When I edit a package I take ownership. Even though someone else wrote it, and someone else shot it, I take on the responsibility for bringing that story to life, for creating the feelings it makes and the emotions it brings forth. Often times this means moving parts around or even deleting some things that don't work. The executive producer on the show gives her editors a lot of leeway in that regard since the segment producers often aren't available during editing.

How would you define storytelling?

Director Andrew Stanton (Toy Story, Wall-E) said, "Make me care. Emotionally, intellectually, aesthetically, just make me care." He goes on to say that a good story will make the audience think... though not too much. Give them 2+2, but not 4. Bob Mankoff, the cartoon editor for the New Yorker, receives 1000 submissions a month, but as he says, the ones that make it into the magazine are the ones that make you think.

A few years ago I got to do some judging for the regional Emmys. I watched about half a dozen entries from the west coast and was, frankly, unimpressed with how some of the packages were done. But, the one I ended up rating the highest was a simple piece about school nurses. That was the one that I connected with the most emotionally. It kept my attention. It made me care.

How do you think the many pieces involved in television - such as types of camera, camera angles, lighting, audio, etc. -  play a role in the way a story is told?

Obviously all those things have a part in the process of making TV, but one of my core beliefs is that all the technology that's available, those are only tools. They are only "things" which we use to tell a story. I had a professor in college who said that if you're watching a film or TV and at any time the viewer thinks  "that was an interesting way they used that shot", then you have failed. You have allowed the viewer to step out of the story and notice something that wasn't important. I once worked on a student film where part of the plot took place in a sewer. Rather than shoot in a sewer... we built one. One of the things I remember about that set was the amount of detail the art department put in to it. The color of the walls, the amount of extra trash strewn around, and even a forced perspective set piece to make the set look longer than it really was. All of this was done so that the viewer wouldn't see it and think "set". It kept the viewer in the story.

Now that said, each tool can be used in ways to elicit a response as well. Using blue lighting will make a scene feel cold. Low camera angles are used to make someone look imposing. Music is the ultimate method of perpetuating emotion. Just about every movie trailer is meant to play to your emotions. Listen to the score from Star Wars and you can practically see every scene in your head. But again, these tools should only be used to advance a story and not be obvious.

Talk a little bit about the role of storytelling in editing. What is an editor's most important role in telling the story?

The word that comes to mind here is pacing. Each story has a different pace to it. If the package is about race cars, the shots are quick, and the story moves along fairly fast. If the piece is about an artist, then your pace will be slower, you linger on the shots longer to the viewer gets more information. For the type of editing I do, recognizing the differences is key. A story can feel "off" if the pacing isn't right.

Another big aspect as well is something I've already mentioned, music. As the editor, I'm responsible for choosing the music used in a package. This is a pretty big deal since the music has to match the pacing as well as the emotions that the producer wants. I have a pretty eclectic musical background, so I can usually choose music that suits a piece pretty well. I will also use several different pieces of music during a package to keep it sounding interesting and less repetitive, this moves a story and the pacing along as well.

What is your favorite project that you've worked on? Why?

As I mentioned previously, I was nominated a few years ago for a regional Emmy. The piece I was nominated for was about autistic kids learning surf and to be honest it was a rush job. I got handed the script on a Friday and the package aired on Monday. Besides the script, the only direction I got from the producer was "inspirational". I chose the music and started editing on Saturday and finished the piece Sunday night. It shows that even under a harsh deadline you still have to apply all the tricks of the trade to make a good story. While I admire the work I did, it's not one of my favorite pieces.

About 5 years ago I gave a story suggestion to Chronicle about a summer program at the University of New Hampshire that brings masters of violin repair and construction to the campus for a series of workshops. As it happened this piece was shot just before the show went on a summer break, so I found myself with 3 weeks to edit the story. I changed things around, spent one week alone just looking for music - a three-part violin concerto, added graphics, color corrected every shot, and tweaked every shot to within frames of where I thought it should be. The result ended up being a piece that may not have been exactly true to the original script, but... it was how I thought the story ought to be told. Because of the effort and energy that went into that package, it's still one of my favorites.

Is there anything else you would like to share?

The phenomenal storyteller Geoffrey Lewis wrote:
 "Not long ago, I was down in Marrakesh in North Africa. Every night I used to go out in the marketplace there. They had snake charmers and acrobats and magicians and dancers... all kinds of people entertaining. But the people who gathered the largest crowds were the storytellers. Some of them would come out of the desert in a loincloth, just talk for two hours, then disappear. I would sit and listen to them for hours. I was enthralled by what they were doing. Pretty soon, I began to pick up pictures of what they were saying, although I couldn't understand the words. And that's what we do... we tell stories."

Geoffrey is the narrator for a spoken word/musical group called Celestial Navigations and through listening to his work, I think I would like to be able to stand on a stage and tell stories someday. Right now though, I'm satisfied staying behind the scenes. As Neil Gaiman once said in a commencement speech "Do what only you can do... make good art!"

Thank you, Brendan, for taking the time to provide such an intriguing and fascinating look into the world of storytelling!

You can check out Brendan's Emmy-nominated piece, Surfing Through Autism on Youtube. Also, look at a cartoon of Neil Gaiman's commencement speech quote on making good art, and you can find Celestial Navigations here. Finally, if you're interested in storytelling, watch Andrew Stanton's TED Talk!