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The White Villages Review

Heartily disappointed with the summer with weekend washouts and cool, windy or damp evenings throughout June, July and August, desperate for some late summer sunshine I booked a seven day cycling trip with Iberocycle in Spain. My first choice was a guided tour along the 'Camino de Santiago' in Northern Spain, finishing in Santiago de Compostela, to revisit areas I have toured in my teens with family. Unfortunately this tour could not be booked, so I delayed until early October to ride with another tour, 'The White Villages of Andalusia'.

The trip started with a hilly and scenic transfer from Malaga to Ronda in the south west of Spain where we were introduced to our trusty steeds for the forthcoming week, a choice of Trek road bike or hybrid. All of the bikes were well maintained and supplied with speedometers, small handlebar and saddle bags complete with tool kits, puncture repair kits, padlocks, water bottle etc. but leaving enough space for sun-creams and bananas.

We started with a relatively short but hilly circular ride from Ronda up into the mountains, into the beautiful cave dwelling town of Setenil de las Bodegas, with houses and shops built into the cliff faces, keeping them cool in summer and relatively warm in winter, before returning to Ronda.

Now those who know me will be aware that I LIKE hills! Well the Chilterns did not prepare me for days 2 and 3. Day two took us from Ronda into the hills surrounding Grazalema, a beautiful village clinging on to the side of another mountain, full of Spanish vitality, and then rapidly descending, (I hurtled downwards round hairpin bends clocking a top speed of 66kmph on this descent), on past the stunning sky blue colour, crystal clear Zahara reservoir, to our first true hill top 'white village' stop in Zahara de la Sierra. Our hotel windows opened onto a stunning vista of hills and reservoir, with para-gliders floating over the distant hills.

I had been looking forward to day three with some trepidation but a real sense of challenge. We left Zahara and immediately started climbing to Puerto de las Palomas 1357m above sea level. This was a climb of 11km along winding roads, rising 700m from our night stop and took just over an hour but was immensely satisfying with just enough time for the legs to recover with a short downhill before climbing again towards Benamahoma where we stopped for a most welcome coffee stop, before continuing on to Arcos de la Frontera, another hill top town. (Do you see a pattern developing? Everything is at the top of a hill!).

Days 4, 5 and 6, left the mountains but continued to be challenging with undulations of up to 200m climbs then drops, through cork and oak forests, (where the famous black Iberico pigs feed on acorns), past cattle ranches and olive groves towards the Jerez region and then up yet more steep climbs to Medina Sidonia. Day 5 passed acres of wind turbines and solar panels aiming for Vejer de la Frontera but rather than climbing on arrival to the village, we mutinied and diverted an extra 15km, (15km was preferable to the hill!), to Trafalgar, where Nelson met his sticky end, and on to golden sandy beaches at Los Caños de Meca.

Fortunately our accommodating tour guide collected us in the van and the climb back up to Vejer de la Frontera was in the comfort of the tour van.

The final day of cycling took us 85km down the relatively unspoilt Atlantic coast through Barbate, then to the tuna fishing port of Zahara de los Atunes and onward through Atlanterra and Bolonia, fortunately with the wind mostly behind us, to watch a host of kite surfers enjoying the strong breezes, eventually on to the bustling town and port of Tarifa with the impressive mountains of Morocco only a few miles across the Gibraltar straight.

Covering 250 miles in 6 cycling days with hills and heat to contend with was challenging but extremely satisfying. Shorter daily distances were also offered and help was always on hand if required.

I heartily congratulate Simon of Iberocycle, (originally from Bolton but now 25 years in Santander), for his superb organisation. His directions were accurately mapped out with clear instructions and hill profiles. Our 2 to 4 star accommodation was always ready upon arrival and our luggage there ahead of us. We were each given an informative, well written booklet, giving information about Spanish culture, eating habits, laws of the road, translations, and so many other things.

This holiday sampled the real Spain, far removed from the better known tourist areas along mostly almost traffic free roads. We sampled tapas and wines sitting in bustling family filled plazas but also savoured the peace and freedom of the countryside. Wildlife was plentiful. Birdlife was everywhere. We watched hawks hunting outside our hotel windows. Vultures flying overhead in the mountains however were a little more off-putting!

I could not fault this holiday and would thoroughly recommend it to Spokes members.


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Yesterday, July 6th 2011, ICAHD founder and Co-Director, Prof. Jeff Halper briefed the UK Minister of State for International Development, Rt. Hon. Alan Duncan, now visiting the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The brief revolved around civil society mobilization around the United Nations General Assembly decision on Palestine’s admission into membership, and the alarmingly growing trend of house… Read more »

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Augsburg Confession, Article XX Good Works--Philip Melanchthon

“First, they teach that our works cannot reconcile God to us or merit forgiveness of sins, grace, and justification. We obtain reconciliation only by faith when we believe that we are received into favor for Christ’s sake. He alone has been set forth as the Mediator and Atoning Sacrifice (1 Timothy 2:5), in order that the Father may be reconciled through Him. Therefore, whoever believes that he merits grace by works despises the merit and grace of Christ (Galatians 5:4). In so doing, he is seeking a way to God without Christ, by human strength, although Christ Himself said, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life’ (John 14:6).

This doctrine about faith is presented everywhere by Paul, ‘By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God’ (Ephesians 2:8).

…Consciences cannot be set at rest through any works, but only by faith, when they take the sure ground that for Christ’s sake they have a gracious God. As Paul teaches, ‘since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God’ (Romans 5:1)….

…Without faith, human nature does not call upon God, nor expect anything from him, nor bear the cross (Matthew 16:24). Instead, human nature seeks and trusts in human help.”

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Naegis Pharmaceuticals Inc.: developing novel, regulators of leukotriene pathways for serious inflammatory conditions

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Developing proprietary inhibitors of leukotriene synthesis (LTSIs) for treatment of Uveitis with potential for superior efficacy and better side effect profile – Proprietary molecules within the company’s portfolio (e.g. N0550) inhibit the 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) enzyme and have potential to be safer and more effective than existing leukotriene modifiers. The only currently marketed 5-LO inhibitor (which is approved for asthma) is associated with significant side effects which limits its market uptake.

Developing proprietary compounds that target LTA4H for treatment of COPD with a superior efficacy and side effect profile – Major chemotactic factors in patients with COPD are molecules called LTB4 and PGP which are both regulated by an enzyme called LTA4H. Clinical data published in May 2014 links aberrations in the LTA4H pathway with COPD. Currently no therapies that target this pathway are approved for COPD patients in any region. The Company is developing compounds targeting LTA4H to block the production of LTB4 while promoting the intrinsic anti-inflammatory function of the enzyme through break down of PGP. If successfully developed, a product with this profile will be the first in its class.

Naegis is developing novel, regulators of leukotriene pathways for serious inflammatory conditions. Naegis has developed compounds that impact specific enzymes, namely 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) and leukotriene-A4 hydrolase (LTA4H). These enzymes are critical to both the production of pro-inflammatory leukotrienes and to the promotion of intrinsic anti-inflammatory mechanisms. These targets are believed to play a role in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and ocular inflammation (e.g. Uveitis), serious disease conditions for which there are few effective treatment options.

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Seether Frontman Won't Stoop to Amy Lee's Level

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Most of us would love to have a hit song written about us. Seether’s Shaun Morgan isn’t one of those people.But that didn’t stop his ex-girlfriend, Evanescence’s Amy Lee, from penning “Call Me When You’re Sober,” a tune she later admitted was specifically written about her relationship with Morgan . And the timing couldn’t have been worse for Lee’s damning revelation, coming just weeks after Morgan checked himself into rehab for treatment of “a combination of substances” . His rehab stint, coincidentally, began on the very same day the Evanescence track was delivered to the nation’s rock radio stations.

As you might expect, Morgan wasn’t thrilled with Lee’s public airing of the pair’s dirty laundry. For the last year, the song has “followed me around and haunted me,” he said, and it chipped away at his reputation.

“People would say to me, ‘Yeah, man, I know what you’re going through,’ and I was like, ‘No, I don’t think you do,’ ” Morgan explained. ” ‘Your ex-girlfriend didn’t write a song about you, that millions of people have heard, saying you’re a bad guy. As soon as that happens, buddy, come up and tell me you know what I’m going through.’ “

Now, clean and sober, Morgan and his band are returning with their third studio outing, Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, which is set for an October 23 release. But don’t expect the LP to contain a response track.

“There isn’t necessarily a response as there’s a lament,” the singer for the South African rockers said. “I was bummed out. I was really upset that she would say and do those things. In any relationship, I don’t think it’s right to say and do those things when people break up, and she obviously felt the need to go out there and make me sound like a complete a–hole. What can I do? I just refuse to lower myself to that level. But it was a painful thing and it got me down – people coming up to me on the street and referring to that song. But I didn’t feel the need to write back and be mean.”

Instead, the Howard Benson-produced Finding Beauty – which the band hopes to begin mixing next week – boasts “Breakdown,” a song some might interpret as Morgan’s answer to “Sober.” But that’s not the case.

“It isn’t an aggressive song, and it isn’t even an angry song – I would prefer to refer to it as a lament rather than an angry backlash,” he said. “You couldn’t tell that the song was about one person. It’s probably more universal. I prefer to be a little more vague and respectful. There are some things I could have said and done too – there are always two sides to every story. And if anything, the song says, ‘Fine. Go ahead and say those things.’ But what’s the point of telling my side? That’s what the bloodthirsty want, and I don’t care what the bloodthirsty want.”

If there are any references on the disc about a failed relationship, Morgan said it will be about his most recent ex and not Lee.

“These songs are turning out to be somewhat more introspective, which is weird – you’d assume I’d be more pissed off and have more things to say,” he explained. “I don’t know how much I want to say and what I want to say. It’s tough, because I know what the expectations are for this album and that people will be looking for that Amy Lee reference, and I am trying desperately not to have any. I just ended another truly, truly horrible relationship with somebody, so if there’s anything about somebody on the record, it would be about her, not Amy. In retrospect, Amy and I, at our worst moments, were still better than this last girl and I at our best moments.”

Sonically, Morgan said the record is more balanced than anything Seether have done before and far more cohesive – thanks, in part, to the fact that the band had much more time to write and came up with more than 50 tracks to choose from. When the album hits stores, expect it to feature at least 10 songs, including “No, Jesus Christ,” “Rise Above This” and “FMLYHM,” an acronym for “F— Me Like You Hate Me.”

“That element of our band, as people know it, is still there, but there have been several developments,” Morgan said. “It’s been more experimental with us. We tried to explore the actual process of songwriting and the process of writing songs that have good melodies that are sing-able, that lean more towards the pop side. And when I got pissed off, I got really pissed off, and there are certain moments on the album that I almost didn’t recognize as being us because it was kind of brutal. But when I went into writing the songs, the label was sort of looking for ‘Remedy’ [from 2005’s Karma and Effect] and obviously a song like ‘Broken’ [from 2004’s Disclaimer II], and I said, ‘Those songs have been written, because it was the right time and the right place to write them. For you to expect me to write something like that, it’s just not possible.’ “

Seether plan to spend much of the fall on the road touring in support of Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. An arena tour, alongside Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin, has already been booked and will launch September 8 in Hutchinson, Kansas; gigs are scheduled through November 14 in Biloxi, Mississippi.


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Amsterdam is the largest city and capital of Netherlands. It has a very eventful history and . It has very beautiful museums such as the Civil Guards Gallery, the Anne Frank house and many others. The main transport is the bicycle, and the official language is Dutch. It has 3 levels of education : the dumbo, the havo and the vwo.

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I think Amsterdam is a very good place to visit because it is very beautiful and I think it is a very incredible place to stay.

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Homepages are Dead: The Rise of The All Landing Page Website

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How are you directing people to your website?

Let me count the ways. Holler if you see one that doesn’t need its own distinct landing page:

  • Google Search
  • Google Adwords or Social Advertising Campaigns
  • SEO Campaigns
  • Link Referral

See one? Perhaps you’re thinking “Google Search”?

Here’s the problem. It was actually a trick question – there’s no reason to have any other pages on your website apart from landing pages.

This article will show you why each of those traffic sources should be answered by an optimized landing page and break down exactly why homepages are dead. I’ll also give a few tips for how to optimize website pages being linked to internally (about us, contact us, etc).

Let’s get rolling.

Google Search

Even Google search traffic should be sent to a landing page.

If someone types your company name into Google you have to ask yourself a couple questions:

  • Who is this person?
  • Why would they be typing my company name into Google?
  • When they arrive on my “homepage,” what do I want them to do?

Now there’s two possibilities, really. They’re either someone who’s heard about your company and they want to learn more about you, or they’re an existing customer looking to login or go to a specific page of your website.

If they’re an existing customer you should optimize, very simply, for them to log in. Add a link at the top right of the landing page which reads “Already a customer? Login here.” or “Already a customer? Continue to our product pages.”

If they’re looking to learn something more about you, then that’s exactly the kind of person you send to a landing page.

Here’s an example of a landing page for someone arriving from a simple Google search to Influenster’s “homepage.”

homepages are dead

By the way, here’s the html and javascript to add a scrolling button to your Wishpond landing page:

Button HTML (where #wpcSection is the section you want to send people to):

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Javascript which makes the scroll occur:

   $(".scroll a").click(function(event) {
       event.preventDefault(); //stops browser updating url
       var id = $(this).attr("href");
       var divPosition = $(id).offset().top;
       $("html, body").animate({scrollTop: divPosition});

Google Adwords and Social Advertising Campaigns

Your ad campaigns should be built around corresponding landing pages.

Sending ad traffic to your generic homepage means you’re leaving money on the table. It means you’re splitting the attention of your visitors any number of different ways.

Let’s put it another way…

My girlfriend loves yogurt. But, as anyone lucky enough to live in a first-world country knows, there are a lot of yogurt options. You have every fruit flavor under the sun, fat percentages more complicated than US economics and that’s before you start on the different brands.

Sometimes I take the cart around the entire shop before circling back to find her still standing there, wandering up and down the cold aisle picking things up and putting them back down.

There’s a psychological term for this. It’s called “information overwhelm”, and it occurs when you’re so stimulated your body just kind of shuts down. Like when you open a text book and your eyes immediately glaze over.

Too much content, not enough head.

A landing page cuts through information overwhelm. It delivers a single yoghurt possibility – the one you were looking for in the first place before WalMart threw 1000 options at you.

And that’s why you need one, especially for an ad campaign.

If someone types in “WordPress landing page plugin” into Google and your ad pops up but then simply sends people who click to your homepage, you’re left hoping they’ll find their way to the product page by themselves.

But chances are they won’t. One of a couple things will happen: 1). They’ll be frustrated by not finding exactly what they’re looking for and they’ll immediately bounce or 2). They’ll get distracted by your About Us, Careers page or blog, and then bounce.

So here’s the solution:

homepages are dead

SEO Campaigns

Most businesses active with an inbound marketing strategy have a list of keywords they’re targeting. They’ve determined what their target audience is searching for and created SEO content optimized to appear when they do.

Let’s say you have five SEO keywords, and you’re ranking on the first page with a couple articles and a couple pages within your website.

Whatever URL’s are ranking best for your targeted keywords should be optimized with landing page optimization strategies.

Why do you think that our article “52 Instagram Tips,” which ranks in the first position for the search term “Instagram strategies,” features a signup CTA so prominently at the top of the page. Or why we’ve added a 30% scroll popup, prompting a free trial, to the page?

Why do you think our landing page “Pinterest Contest,” which ranks in the sixth position for the search term “Pinterest Contest,” doesn’t just send people to our homepage?

Link Referral

You don’t control all the links to your website. You can’t. You can try (and using UTM codes in your social posts, Q&A responses and guest contributions helps to see how people are getting to your pages), but you’ll fail.

People are going to cite your articles and ebooks. They’ll link to you from review websites and they’ll share your blog content without clicking your share icons.

So how can you be sure that, no matter what link people click to get to your website, that the page they arrive on is optimized for a specific conversion goal?

Optimize them all.

  • Have a scrolling navigation bar at the top of every page of your website which features a contrasting CTA button for your primary conversion goal.
  • On “features” or “products” pages with more than one section have multiple CTA buttons which drive visitors toward the same conversion goal.
  • Re-format all your website copy to be easily read (bullet points, section icons, etc). Bold or encapsulate the information you want to be seen most.
  • Include customer testimonials for (and specific to) every part of your service. Have a different testimonial for each product page as well as customer support, careers, etc.

Top Tip: When in doubt about where to send people, use your pricing page. This is the “end’ of your top-of-funnel, funnel. A/B Test your pricing page and optimize constantly to make sure it’s as good as it can be.

Optimization Strategies for Pages You Might not Think to Optimize

Then there are those pages you might not think matter that much. They’re not directly part of your sales funnel, so why would you have to optimize them for conversion?

That question is ridiculous. Why would you NOT optimize them for conversion? What do you lose by doing so? Think about what you could potentially gain.

We’re talking about your…

  • About Us Page
  • Careers Page
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• B.A. (cum laude), Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1975

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Amari Company, Inc., et al. v. John Burgess

July 11, 2011

The opinion of the court was delivered by: Elaine E. Bucklo United States District Judge

Many moons ago, plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging, inter alia, violations of the RICO statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1962. Now before me---several years, multiple amended complaints, and an incredible amount of motion practice later---is defendants' motion for summary judgment on the only remaining counts in the complaint, which assert violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(c) and (d). For the reasons that follow, their motion is granted in part.

To prevail under § 1962(c), plaintiffs must ultimately prove that defendants, being employed by or associated with the entities sometimes referred to in this litigation as the "Non-Party Corporations," which I will refer to collectively here as "IPA," conducted or participated in the conduct of those entities' affairs "through a pattern of racketeering activity." H.J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., 492 U.S. 229, 232-33 (1989). The essential elements of a this claim are "(1) conduct (2) of an enterprise (3) through a pattern (4) of racketeering activity." Sedima, S.P.R.L. v. Imrex Co., Inc., 473 U.S. 479, 496, 105 S. Ct. 3275 (1985). To prevail under § 1962(d), plaintiffs must further prove that defendants conspired to commit the foregoing violation.

The "racketeering activity" on which plaintiffs' complaint is premised is mail and wire fraud. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343. This type of RICO allegation requires plaintiffs to establish that defendants (1) have participated in a scheme to defraud and (2) have mailed or knowingly has caused to be mailed a letter or other material for the purpose of executing the scheme. Richards v. Combined Insurance Co. Of America, 55 F.3d 247, 249-50 (7th Cir. 1995). Although neither side's briefing is remotely helpful in elucidating whether plaintiffs' evidence is sufficient to raise a triable issue in view of the foregoing standards, my own review of the record---though the record, too, is utterly confused---minimally satisfies me that a jury could find in plaintiffs' favor.

Although each plaintiff recounts an individual tale of woe that is unique in some of its details, the basic story of plaintiffs' collective experience with IPA follows. Plaintiffs' first face-to-face contact with IPA was when a salesperson known as a Senior Area Manager ("SAM") showed up at their door, ostensibly (and sometimes, but not always, genuinely) for a previously scheduled appointment. The SAMs explained that IPA is a prominent and fast-growing business consulting firm endorsed by distinguished public figures, including three former Presidents of the United States, that specializes in consulting to small to medium-sized businesses. The SAMs then presented the panoply of services IPA provides and explained how each proceeds: The first step in any engagement is to have a Business Analyst ("BA") visit the client, obtain and review the company's financial and other relevant information, and provide a "comprehensive" diagnosis of how the company is performing and where improvements can be made. The SAMs explained that IPA's BAs are highly experienced business people generally, and that IPA assigns BAs to particular jobs based on the BA's expertise in the client's specific industry or field.

The SAMs then explained that during the BA's visit, he or she would collect substantial company information and communicate frequently with IPA's home office via phone and fax to consult with additional experts (including during the so-called "Council Calls," discussed below), and to access information for a comparative business analysis. At the conclusion of the business analysis (or "survey" as it is more frequently called), the BA would present his or her findings, which would reveal any deficiencies in how the client's business was run, and would propose recommendations that may or may not include hiring IPA's Consulting Services for a second engagement. The client would be billed for the survey but would only have to pay if it was satisfied with the results. All of the plaintiffs contracted for surveys, which all culminated in variations on the same, dire warning: the client's business was on the brink of imminent failure due to poor management controls. Luckily, however, the surveys also revealed a quick and efficient path to salvation: IPA's expert consultants could begin work the following day to turn the client's business around quickly and efficiently.

Plaintiffs all contracted for IPA's consulting services.*fn1

Within a day or two, a cadre of IPA employees (at least two and as many as four), billing by the hour, arrived at plaintiffs' businesses to begin their consulting projects. The consultants typically spent the first day gathering financial information and faxing it back to IPA's headquarters, and preparing an apparently customized "project plan," followed by a "Value Enhancement Program" with which to begin the project. The latter document typically provided a list of objectives, strategies, or improvements that were necessary to improve the client's business results.

Plaintiffs' descriptions of the consultants' concrete activities over the course of the following weeks are generally vague, but all plaintiffs assert that it became increasingly clear that little or no progress was being made with respect to the items identified in the Value Enhancement Program; that the supposed "experts" who performed the surveys had little to no experience in the relevant fields, and the consultants had no idea how to implement the recommended changes; that IPA could not substantiate either its endorsements by public figures or its claim to legions of satisfied customers; and that the bulk of the consultants' work product consisted of boilerplate "templates" that were not customized to address the problems identified in the surveys.*fn2

Plaintiffs later discovered, moreover, that a number of the representations made by the SAMs and the BAs, which plaintiffs had relied upon in deciding to engage IPA for consulting services, were misleading or untrue.

While plaintiffs' generally sloppy drafting and frequent citation to portions of the record not included in their exhibits in opposition to defendants' motion nearly led me to conclude that they had no chance of prevailing on their claims, their shortcomings were matched by defendants' failure to raise a single properly reasoned argument in support of their motion. The first argument defendants attempt is that plaintiffs cannot prove the predicate acts of mail and wire fraud. If properly supported, this argument would indeed sound the death knoll for plaintiffs' claim. But defendants' disordered pronouncements in putative support of their theory all miss the mark. For example, defendants insist that "there is no violation of RICO because defendants are engaged in a lawful business with legitimate business practices and a legitimate business model." This argument is unavailing because plaintiffs need not establish that IPA's entire business is unlawful or illegitimate; what they must show is that defendants engaged in a "pattern of racketeering activity" in conducting IPA's business. This means they must identify at least two related acts of mail and wire fraud that "amount to or pose a threat of continuing criminal activity." Corley v. Rosewood Care Center, Inc., 142 F.3d 1041, 1048 (7th Cir. 1998) (quoting H.J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Tel. Co., 492 U.S. 229, 239 (1989)). A plaintiff may satisfy this requirement by showing "that the 'predicate acts or offenses are part of an ongoing entity's regular way of doing business.' Midwest Grinding Co., Inc. v. Spitz, 976 F.2d 1016, 1023 (7th Cir. 1992)(quoting H.J. Inc., 492 U.S. at 242-43).

None of defendants' arguments even purports to examine a) whether the conduct plaintiffs attribute to IPA employees constitutes mail or wire fraud, or b) whether the conduct constitutes a pattern.*fn3 On the first issue, "[i]t is well established that the crime of mail fraud does not encompass all the strict requirements of common law fraud." Richards, 55 F.3d at 251. Instead, "the words 'to defraud' in the mail fraud statute have the 'common understanding' of 'wronging one in his property rights by dishonest methods or schemes,' and 'usually signify the deprivation of something of value by trick, deceit, chicane or overreaching.'" Id. at 252 (quoting McNally v. United States, 483 U.S. 350, 358 (1987) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)). The wire fraud statute has a similar focus, making it a crime to use the interstate wires in "any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises." 18 U.S.C. ...

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Cantinieres of the Sapeurs Pompiers

Sapeurs Pompiers, French firefighters.

Cantinieres attached to French fire fighting companies appear in photos and artwork. The early companies were organized more on military lines with members carrying weapons on parade. I don't know if  these cantinieres were just for parades or served during fires. One below was noted as being on duty during the Franco-Prussian War.

This lady,Marie BEHEN, served during the Siege of Paris.

Here she is again in an earlier photo.

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Monday, August 30, 2010

More Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines.

"L'Aviazione dalle origini al 1914"
 Looks like the artist that did TinTin did this collection.

 See the rest here. No Sarah Miles.

Victorian and Edwardian Women and Bicycles

I really like those movies made in 1960s based on H. G. Wells and Jules Verne stories. The series of "Great Race" type films that included Those Magnificent men In Their Flying Machines had elements of old fashioned manners meets new inventions. Fun stuff but written by modern writers spoofing old ways. The bike gag that happens in Those Magnificent men In Their Flying Machines to Sarah Mile's character was a device to have her character meet the American. Her skirt is caught in her bicycle chain and the American "helps" her.

Strange that Sarah's character was already established as riding a motorcycle and liking machines.
Maybe the gag was borrowed from a similar gag with the unpleasant Judy Garland character in "The Good Old Summertime"....

Woman (in general) had been riding bicycles from the late 1880s, long enough for the sport be to popular and "normal" by the times these movies were set with a base of knowledge that women riders could look back on. There were also pants for women riders and bicycles built for skirt wearers. The truth was and is that women look really great doing something this fun and healthy and made good subjects for art.
Going back until at least the late 90s, photographers and illustrators had fun with women bike riders starting with the wind element.

The non-lethal fall. Movie makers didn't do this gag as it involved  hiring stunt people I guess.

The "in underwear for no apparent reason" other that it's sexy. There are nude variations.

In the department of Victorian war game figures there is this 25mm figure....

It was hard to translate the caption on this one below but it's something like the woman telling the policeman that she's not breaking the morals, she's trying to cover where she wasn't given a "fig leaf". She's repairing her torn bicycle pants.

Last there's this strange card of an Indian on a bike carrying off a woman in her chemise. You tell me.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Long Skirt Gags

I thought that the skirt gags in history movies were just that, gags written by modern writers about a time they didn't live in. Take The Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines. Sarah Miles' annoying character loses her skirt twice in the story. Once to a bicycle (for a future entry on bike jokes).......

...and the stepping on gag.

Doing Rev-War and Civil War reenacting, I would get nervous around women reenactors' dresses, especially at period balls and dances. There was good reason to be cautious as illustrations of the skirt gag, based on possibly REAL accidents goes back to at least 1800. I'm pretty sure Tolstoy and Zola mentioned it happening in print.

It continued into the early 1900s....

By the early 1900s the gag started to include exposure of the victim...

A comic strip from La Vie En Culotte Rouge, a french military humor magazine had this series of cartoons involving wearing spurs to a dance.

Post card studios hired actors for the gag.

I haven't seen a period "woman on woman" example. The period jokes usually imply that men are pretty stupid and the women are the victims. The  TV show F Troop tried the "woman on woman" skirt gag. The act was deliberate....

Somehow at the end of the action, the men got the blame with 3 women walking out on Captain Parmenter.


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Cheerful neighbors looked on as we "harvested" chemical-free dandelions from their yards, and excited children were eager to help us collect the yellow flowers! Approximately 2 quarts of dandelion flower heads were collected. The wine recipe requires most of the green material to be removed from the flower heads, leaving a heaping pile of petals. The petals were then covered with boiling water and left to steep for two days.

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Today I have Valerie's Easter card to share with you. I used a bunny image from the same set of Digi Dee's Easter/Spring file (no longer available).

I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut it with Gina Marie Designs Cross Stitch Rectangles. I inked the edges with Broken China distress ink. The sentiment panel I played around with measuring to get the shape that was in the sketch from The Outlawz that I used as inapiration.

I originally was going to use ric rac on that panel but decided to use my Easter Egg stamp from Studio G. The sentiment is from Daizefli (another blog I can no longer locate). I inked that panel with Fossilized Amber distress ink. I added some brads as embellishments. The top brads have little white dots on them so I used my white gel pen to add dots to the image panel and to doodle the Easter egg row on the sentiment panel. The background designer paper is from a stamp set from year's ago.
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So you can see part one from yesterday. And of course since I posted pics of Arthur, I have pics of my special girl, Valerie, too.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Lisa Lynn said...

Donna, that card is precious and so are those pictures.

Pam said...

Love your sweet Easter card and the cute images (love that bunny). Valerie is such a little beauty! She and Arthur have such beautiful blue eyes!

Cynthia said...

Lovely Spring card, Donna. Thanks so much for joining the March Anything Goes Challenge at Catch the Bug.

MaryH said...

Love the design layout of this little cutie. What a special card for this special little sweetie too. What lovely blue eyes she has, and quite a clear complexion. How fast she is growing too. Enjoy! TFS & Hugs

Glenda Atkins said...

Another fabulous card Donna this time for your granddaughter, what a sweetie! Love the deep pink dress with the bow. Adorable! You are blessed.

debby4000 said...

Adorable bunny card.
Thank you for joining us at Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

Farida Rone said...

Great creation!
Thanks for playing with us at TTCRD.

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Nov 17 2016 (15:25)   Why this CUSAT research scholar called for help throughout a train trip to Ernakulam

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ERNAKULAM: A research scholar from the Cochin University of Science and Technology, who on Monday night took a train from Katpadi in Tamil Nadu to Ernakulam, has alleged that Tamil Nadu Railway Protection Force (RPF) officers didn't help her change her berth when she felt uncomfortable in the company of her male co-passengers.
"Your safety in the train is just your responsibility. No officials, no helplines will take care," Anoopa Narayan wrote with obvious sarcasm in a Facebook post, in which she penned an exhaustive account of her experience aboard Suvidha Express (02853). The post contains the hashtag #MyTrainStory, which the Railway ministry in August said travellers could use to share their experiences.
said she filed a complaint about her ordeal, the mere memory of which leaves her "shivering."
She explained that the men around her seat reeked of alcohol and cigarette smoke, and stared at her when she arrived. But she couldn't have sat in her own berth even if she'd wanted to (although she had a confirmed ticket), for it was already occupied when she boarded.
The man who was in it, Anoopa said, shouted "bad words" when she attempted to speak to him.
And she couldn't appeal to the train's Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) for help, for there wasn't one - at least, not until the train reached its destination.
"It was horrible to hear that there is no mechanisms to deal woman safety issues within the train," she said in her post.
After moving to a berth near "the only family passengers in that compartment," Anoopa starting called helplines, including women's safety helplines.
RPF officers who boarded the train in Jolarpettai said all they could do was clear her own berth. She was "crying and pleading" with them to help her change her birth, but in vain, she said.
RPF in Erode didn't help either, she explained. Awake "with stress and fear," Anoopa asked them to let her stay where the family was.
"I...(told) them that the family nearby will get down in Coimbtore, and (that) I will be the only women passenger in the train. They were not concerned...(for)..my safety, but instead were so eager to make me sign...the passenger feedback form. Despite...my requests, they left," she said.
So, after the family left, Anoopa spent the remaining three hours of her journey "all alone in a train compartment in the early morning...with (the) smell of cigarettes and drinks."
"If railways who charged me Rs.1255/- with dynamic pricing, cant even ensure me the confirmed berth, then what...(are) these officials meant for? If railways can't ensure the safety of a woman who pleaded for their help throughout journey (10 hours), then why do they investment crores in women security initiatives?" she asked.
The only silver lining was the response of the Kerala RPF, who Anoopa said called her many times during her journey to see how she was doing. But since the only stop in Kerala was the final destination - Ernakulm - they could only provide her with "moral support."

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Quite sad to see this state of affairs. It is quite shocking that there is no TTE to man the coaches. The passenger unfortunately boarded the wrong train. Trains bound from East to South should never be considered for sleeper travel. It was quite brave of her to take this trip

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New additions

AutoZone ($277; AZO) is being added to the Buy List and Long-Term Buy List. The retailer of automotive parts has compiled an impressive track record, with nine straight years of higher per-share earnings and sales. Growth has accelerated in recent periods, reflecting a push into the market of supplying automotive-repair shops. Per-share-earnings growth exceeded 30% for both the November and February quarters, while sales growth exceeded 10%. Encouragingly, cash flow and free cash flow have climbed with earnings. Free cash flow topped $20 per share in the 12 months ended February.

AutoZone earns an Overall Quadrix score of 95, reflecting above-average scores in all six category scores. Per-share earnings are expected to rise 25% to $18.69 for the year ending August. At less than 15 times the consensus, the stock trades at a 13% discount to the auto-parts group. AutoZone, showing encouraging share-price action, seems capable of reaching $335 over the next 12 to 18 months.

Walter Energy ($141; WLT), a leading provider of metallurgical coal, is being added to the Buy List. Volume growth and higher coal prices have triggered much-improved results, with revenue up more than 65% and operating earnings up more than threefold in the September and December quarters. Cash flow and free cash flow have also surged, allowing Walter to strengthen its balance sheet. Long-term debt represented 21% of total capital on Dec. 31, down from 71% at year-end 2008.

Walter is leveraging its improved financial strength, expanding its mines in Alabama and buying Western Coal for more than $3 billion in cash and stock. The April 1 purchase of Western, with operations in British Columbia, should improve Walter's ability to sell into Asian markets. Over the next several years, Walter expects the deal and other measures to nearly double its production capacity.Â At 11 times expected 2011 earnings of $12.74 per share, the stock trades at a discount to its peer group and its own five- and 10-year norms. Walter, with an Overall Quadrix score of 98, seems capable of reaching $175 over the next 12 months.

Fresh off an impressive February quarter, Oracle ($34; ORCL) is being added to the Buy List and Focus List. Oracle reported strong momentum in software, and though hardware revenue was somewhat disappointing, the unit's gross margin expanded — and its plan of attack still seems valid. Cash provided by operations jumped 50%, marking the fourth gain in as many quarters.

Analysts responded to Oracle's earnings announcement by hiking May-quarter profit estimates to $0.71 per share, the midpoint of Oracle's raised guidance, implying 18% growth. Shares also rose on the news, but at 16 times trailing earnings still trade 21% below their five-year average and 10% below the average systems-software stock in the S&P 1500 Index. Oracle was already a Long-Term Buy.

Hess ($86; HES) is being upgraded to a Focus List Buy. The shares have rallied 13% so far this year but still seems cheap, especially considering the recent rise in oil prices (oil trades at $108 per barrel, its highest price since September 2008) and the likelihood that per-share-profit estimates will rise. Hess, with its production unhedged, is more sensitive to oil prices than most of its peers.

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Ameriprise Financial ($62; AMP) is being removed from the Focus List. We still like the stock, but it no long ranks among our top 12 to 15 favorites, partly because of recent share-price action and partly because of a legal dispute. Ameriprise and subsidiary Securities America tentatively agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit by paying up to 48% of up to $400 million in claims related to the sale of notes of companies later charged with fraud. A judge rejected a previous offer to pay just 20% of claims. Ameriprise has the liquidity to absorb the hit, considering it produced $2.04 billion in cash from operations last year. Ameriprise remains a Buy and a Long-Term Buy.

We are dropping Ross Stores ($72; ROST), a retailer for off-price apparel and home goods, from the Focus List, Buy List, and Long-Term Buy List. In the last four quarters, cash provided by operations (down 24%) and per-share profits (up 31%) have drifted in different directions, suggesting a poorer quality of earnings. Moreover, Ross's price chart has turned choppy. Ross, first recommended in February 2010 at $47, is being dropped from the Monitored List and should be sold.

Travelers ($59; TRV) is being dropped from the Buy List. The property-casualty insurer's Quadrix Overall score has slipped to 77 on fading operating momentum. Revenue fell 2% in the December quarter, and operating cash flow declined for a fourth consecutive quarter. But Travelers remains a decent pick for patient investors seeking three- to four-year total returns. And at nine times trailing earnings, Travelers trades 16% below the peer-group average. Travelers is still a Long-Term Buy.

We are dropping Varian Medical Systems ($69; VAR) from the Buy List. Projected to grow per-share profits 17% in fiscal 2011 ending September, Varian offers excellent growth prospects. But the shares seem expensive, trading at 18 times the fiscal 2011 estimate, a 12% premium to the group average. Varian has been under pressure since reporting December-quarter results, and recent price action suggests a near-term move to $73 is not as likely as we had previously hoped. Varian is still a Long-Term Buy.

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In a highly anticipated move, NASDAQ OMX Group ($28; NDAQ) and partner IntercontinentalExchange ($120; ICE), offered about $11.3 billion in cash and stock for NYSE Euronext ($39; NYX). That's a 19% premium to the all-stock deal Deutsche Boerse proposedÂ in February. ICE seeks control of NYSE's futures and derivatives unit, while NASDAQ wants NYSE's stock and options business, which would essentially create a monopoly on U.S. listings. Deutsche Boerse has not yet indicated whether it will raise its offer, though at least one published report says it will not, and NYSE Euronext plans to consider the proposal at a board meeting by April 14. Either deal would face close regulatory scrutiny. NASDAQ has rallied 8% since the announcement. NASDAQ is a Buy and a Long-Term Buy.

Seeking to expand its presence in the analog-semiconductor market, Texas Instruments ($35; TXN) agreed to purchase National Semiconductor ($24; NSM) for $6.5 billion in cash, or $25 per share, a 78% premium to National's price before the news broke. TI's balance sheet contains $3.07 billion in cash and no long-term debt, and the company will borrow some of the funds needed. The combined company would control a 17% stake in the fragmented $42 billion analog-semiconductor market. TI sees the deal providing $100 million in annual cost savings. Shares of TI rose on the news, and the stock remains a Focus List Buy and a Long-Term Buy.

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Thursday, 8 May 2008

Portugeuse Chorizo and Pepper Soup

I've been neglecting this blog (though not my cooking). I made this dish in late April, but have only got around to posting now.

So, having just come from Spain, I felt like doing something that involved Chorizo sausage. Of course, being contrary, I made a dish from the other side of the Iberian Peninsula.

I first had this soup in a Portuguese restaurant in Melville, and was quite taken by it. This was my second time actually making it.

I put the recipe together from a few that I found online. In short, the soup consists of red peppers, tomatoes and chorico, with a bit of stock and some onions to add flavour. Oh, and paprika. It has to have paprika. Here's how I did it:

100g Chorizo, sliced thickly
1 can chopped tomatoes
2 medium red peppers, coarsely chopped
1 chicken stock cube, dissolved in around 2 cups water
1 cup red wine
1 medium brown onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp paprika

  1. Fry the chorizo with the paprika on low heat for a few minutes.

  2. Put the chorizo aside, and fry the onion in a little oil until soft. Add the garlic towards the end.

  3. Process the peppers and tomatoes in a blender until relatively smooth. (You want to leave the texture slightly coarse.

  4. Add the tomato, pepper, stock, chorizo and wine to the pot with the onions and garlic.

  5. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes to an hour, stirring occasionally. (This can be shorter or longer - the peppers cook fairly quickly, and everything else is cooked already.)

  6. Serve, preferably with crusty Porteugese bread rolls.

  1. I really can't remember how much water I put in. Two cups (500ml) sounds about right, but if it's too much, boil it off by simmering uncovered. If it's too little, have a kettle of boiled water on hand to top up.

  2. Other recipes talk about keeping the chorizo out until the end. In these, you put the tomatoes and peppers in finely chopped, but remove half soup to puree at the end, before adding the chorizo. My method worked pretty well, though, and allows you to put the chorizo in for the whole time. (The chorizo adds a lot of flavour.)

Monday, 21 April 2008

Sierpinski (fractal) biscuits

A little while ago BoingBoing, a "directory of wonderful things" which I read quite often, featured an article on how to make fractal cookies. The original article with instructions is at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. Well, I couldn't resist, and of course for a challenge opted to make Sierpinski triangle biscuits, where they made a (square cross-section) Sierpinski carpet.

Well, I say square, but of course since these are fractals, they actually have Hausdorff dimensions of log 8/log 3 ≈
1.8928 and log(3)/log(2) ≈ 1.585 for the carpet and "triangle" respectively, and no area. I take no responsibility if, as a result, the cookies are tasteless or those eating them are sucked into fractional dimensional space...

The recipe:

For this recipe you will need two different coloured biscuit doughs. The Mad Scientists used chocolate and plain vanilla, but I chose to add red colouring and orange essence to the vanilla. The original recipe is derived from an Instructable on making pixel cookies, with modifications for the chocolate. I have provided recipes for both doughs, with measurements in metric, and instructions that don't require a Kenwood. (I really don't think many people outside the United States have the vaguest clue how much butter a "stick" is.)

Vanilla mix

(or whatever flavour you choose)

2.5 cups flour,
3/4 cups caster sugar
1/4 tsp salt
225g butter
2tsp vanilla extract
2tbs cream cheese, softened
(about 2tsp of another essence and/or food colouring if you choose)

Chocolate mix

2 1/4 cups flour,
1/4 cup of cocoa powder
3/4 cups caster sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbs melted chocolate
210g butter
2tsp vanilla extract
2tbs cream cheese, softened
(about 2tsp of another essence and/or food colouring if you choose)

Making the dough

  1. Mix the dry ingredients, sifting the flour if necessary.
  2. Rub in the butter.
  3. Mix in the cream cheese and vanilla (and chocolate, if applicable) - this will require some kneading to get the dough right.

Making the fractals

The mad scientist article has quite good instructions. If you have difficulty imagining how to do the triangle, here's an example of them doing it with Fimo clay.

  • Don't let the chocolate get too hot. It's a very small amount, so using a double boiler is ideal (though if you're lazy like me you'll use a microwave). Like me, you may also burn the chocolate...
  • The chocolate dough is more crumbly than the vanilla (possibly in part because I burned it, but possibly because cocoa just doesn't have the same properties as flour). Anyway, be more careful with it. You're likely to have more success with fractals that use the chocolate as the "main" (big inner triangle) colour.
  • Use a very sharp knife to cut the biscuits. I used my hand-forged usuba bocho.
  • If you don't know how to rub butter, BBC Food has instructions.
  • I made half quantities of each of the doughs, but make the whole lot if you have some time (and want to end up with a lot of biscuits) on your hands.

Japanese food resources

Now that I am settling down in London somewhat, I shall be accumulating Japanese cooking resources. In particular, I'm quite keen to get back into making bento boxes for lunch again, preferably in proper, lacquer-style bento boxes. In general, though, I need to be buying various bits such as Dashi (no moto) - I see you can even get vegetarian versions, decent shoyu, mirin, cooking sake, miso, various seaweeds including nori sheets, wakame and kelp, Japanese rice, and a host of other bits and pieces.

So, a bit of a trawl through "t3h Int3rn3ts" brought up Japan Centre, an excellent, centrally located Japanese food specialist, which I absolutely have to visit this week, as well as, a food blog/personal site dedicated to bento, with loads of handy tips and ideas.

So, expect some Japanese articles in the next few weeks...

(Oh, and did I mention that my housemate has a plethora of authentic ceramic Japanese serving dishes, which he picked up at a major ceramics market in Japan on his recent world trip?)

And so I begin my life of blogging, something I have been resisting for quite some time now.

One reason for this has been that I see no great need to express private details of my life - I mean, what value does that provide to the world? My time could more usefully be spent working on Wikipedia. If I am to blog, I want to create some content or synthesis of information which is actually useful to people, otherwise I see little point.

But what to blog about? Over the last few years, I have developed a steadily stronger passion for cooking and baking, which I think is partly attributable to my mother. Friends have experienced two of my insane 9-course cooking missions, both of which (miraculously) went well. My approach to cooking often involves extensive research of the dish I want to prepare, of the culture, alternate ways of preparing it, how it should be served and eaten, and so on. As part of this research, I have often found personal cooking blogs to be extremely useful - accounts of how a recipe turned out, what worked and what didn't, and a few hints about pitfalls are often worth far more than any basic recipe. Well, I cook fairly often and I have a digital camera. I have something to blog about.

As the title suggests, however, this is more than just a cooking blog, for I am a shameless informavore. I am addicted to knowing things, and voluntarily blast my brain full of information on any topic which takes my fancy on a frequent and regular basis. As I perhaps implied last paragraph, this also applies to my cooking. So, I thought to myself, why not create a blog in which I document not only the process of cooking, but the background information that I acquire during the course of my research as well?

And so my first blog was born. I do hope that it provides you with entertainment or utility (inclusive or).