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The Low-Down on Greens Height
The demand for faster putting greens is putting added stress on turfgrass — and on golf course superintendents, according to Charlie Hadwick, superintendent at The Country Club of Lincoln in Nebraska's capitol city.
"The fastest way to increase speed is lower cutting height," Hadwick says. "But that presents a whole new range of problems, increasing the stress level on grass and increasing likelihood of algae and moss invading greens."
Typical mowing height for golf greens has been about 0.125 inch (⅛-inch) for years, and a good all-round Stimpmeter greens speed was somewhere around 7.5 to 8.5 feet. But a lot of golfers have been demanding faster greens for longer rolls and superintendents are frequently asked to alter agronomic practices to meet the demand. It's making it tougher to keep greens "green" and growing.
"There's a misconception that golf course superintendents like to pour on the water and the fertilizer to keep greens lush," says Hadwick. "The reality is, many of us have to put grass on a 'starvation diet' to keep growth to a minimum. We are having to manage greens as a putting surface rather than a landing area."
These days, Hadwick's crews aim for a greens mowing height of around 0.100 inch to maintain a speed within a range of 9.5 to 10.5 feet. It has changed some of his management practices. "We typically use a smooth roller on our greens mowers now, instead of a grooved roller. The smooth roller tends to ride up on the turf a little better and be a little gentler on the grass."
He says some courses have gone to rolling greens after mowing as a way to increase speed. "The trouble is, that's another piece of equipment to buy and maintain, plus the added labor cost to operate it."
Fertility has changed to slow grass growth, too, according to Hadwick. "Some superintendents have cut back on nitrogen (N) to below 2 lb. per 1,000 sq. ft. per year. At the same time, we've had to up the potassium (K) level to improve stress tolerance." Where ratios used to be 1-1 or 1-2 N to K, they now may get up to 1-3 or even 1-4 N to K.
Monroe Miller agrees that the demand for greens speed puts added demands on superintendents. He has been superintendent at Blackhawk Country Club in Madison, Wis., for 30 years and was named this year's winner of the United States Golf Association's Green Section Award.
"We're having to cut greens a little shorter all the time," Miller says. "Used to be, a greens speed of 8.5 feet was pretty good. Then, we had to increase it to 9 or 9.5 feet. Now, our benchmark is about 10 feet for daily play. That's not impossible to achieve, but for the agronomist it's certainly more stressful than 8.5 feet."
It means superintendents have to really keep on top of turf conditions, he adds, and pay close attention to water and fertility. "We now roll greens, in addition to mowing and sometimes double-cutting. Fortunately, we've not had to up our fungicide use, but conditions in the Madison area make it a pretty good place to have a golf course. We don't get as hot as some areas, or as humid."
One area where greens are kept a little higher is Las Vegas. There are plenty of 100-degree days and over, plus constant threat of water shortage, to challenge turf managers. P. J. McGuire, CGCS, oversees three golf courses in the Sun City Summerlin retirement community on the far west side of Las Vegas. The area encompasses 2,500 acres, with 7,781 homes and over 14,000 residents.
"We mow 364 days a year and keep three courses open for more than 150,000 rounds of golf a year," McGuire says. Palm Valley and Highland Falls are both 18-hole championship courses. Eagle Crest is a newer executive course with a par 60. Greens are a typical combination of bentgrass and Poa annua and McGuire uses recycled water from a local sewage treatment plant for irrigation. "Our water tends to have more salt, which can be a complicating factor, especially under summer stress."
Because it's a retirement community with more senior golfers, McGuire has been able to maintain a greens mowing height of around 0.125 inch during spring and fall. To minimize heat stress, he keeps greens cut at about 0.140 inch in summer, and returns to that same height in winter. "Growth stops and the ground gets a little harder in the winter, both of which tend to make greens a little faster."
The demand for greater green speed is changing how some courses are laid out, as well. "Many greens aren't ready for 10-foot green speeds," says Charlie Hadwick. "Greens that are undulating and have more character can't take faster speeds without too many 4 putts. The demand for faster and faster greens will mean flatter and often more boring greens in the future."
Bill Kubly, golf course builder and president of Landscapes Unlimited, says his firm has rebuilt greens for several courses, making them more "subtle." "Greens that were designed for speeds of 8.5 to 9 often are too severe for speeds of 11 and 12." When Landscapes Unlimited redid the Golf Club of Oklahoma in Tulsa recently, all the greens were rebuilt to accommodate faster speeds.
Landscapes Unlimited opened its new Arbor Links Golf Course in Nebraska City a little more than a year ago. "Even there, we're aiming for speeds of 10 to 11 feet," says Kubly. "If you go to the Sandhills Course at Mullen, Neb., the greens are maintained for 12 to 13 feet speed. On a real windy day, it can almost blow your ball off the green. The demand for speed is almost to the point of being ridiculous."
He says there are a number of new bentgrass cultivars being introduced, which are designed for planting greens without Poa annua. "The goal is a 'perfect' green with a more consistent surface. Still, courses may have to alter greens design if they are going to continue trying to increase speed."
Jeff Latka says lowering cutting height is one of the last things superintendents need to do to increase speed. "You can roll it, vertical mow to thin the canopy, keep the greens dry and even use a growth regulator," which Latka does on occasion prior to tournaments. He is superintendent at Champions Run Golf Course near Omaha, which hosts the Omaha Classic, a part of the Nationwide Tour.
"The continuing demands for faster greens speeds is starting to bite us in the foot," Latka says. "There are examples where these recent hot, dry summers have stressed grass to the point where a too-short mowing height just kicks it over the edge."
New courses have the advantage of being able to plant newer bentgrass varieties, which can take more aggressive management to enhance speeds. "Older courses, like ours and many others, have to use other methods to get higher speeds."
Latka keeps Champions Run greens cut to about .145 inches spring and fall, reducing them to .125 for tournament play. "Our goal is to build as healthy a grass plant as possible before the tournament in August, so a lower cutting height won't stress the grass as much.
"Cutting height, however, is still based on the turf condition here. I won't sacrifice health of the grass just to increase green speed. I need those greens to be here and playable the Monday after the tournament leaves town."
Larry Gilhuly says it's time to rein-in the trend to faster and faster greens. Gilhuly is an agronomist and director of golf for the Northwest Region of the USGA. "We've gone way too far in trying to increase speeds," he says. "When the Stimpmeter came out in 1976, the average greens speed across the country was about 6.5 feet. Twenty years later, when the Portland (Ore.) Golf Club hosted the Senior Open, the green speed was 9 feet 11 inches. Last year, Portland Golf Club's regular play speed was 10.5 to 11 feet."
The trend has actually slowed play, says Gilhuly. "Where is the fun in taking 4 to 5 putts to get off the green? The search for speed has required elimination of some interesting hole locations and created some ridiculous hole locations. Ball mark and old hole recovery is taking more time. And, we're seeing more agronomic problems, including more moss invading Poa annua greens and bentgrass greens."
Gilhuly advises superintendents and turf managers: "Do yourself and your greens a favor in 2004 by focusing on smoothness, reasonable green speeds for the average player and healthier turf."
Gary Burchfield is a freelance writer who resides in Lincoln, Neb.
Edward Stimpson, the 1935 Massachusetts Amateur Champion, developed and introduced the Stimpmeter more than 60 years ago. His device was modified by the USGA's technical department in the mid-1970s and made available to golf course superintendents and course officials in 1978.
The Stimpmeter is designed to be a helpful management tool for superintendents, although it is not intended to be used for course comparisons, according to the USGA. Essentially, the device is an extruded 36-inch aluminum bar with a V-shaped groove along its entire length.
Raising the Stimpmeter to an angle of approximately 20 degrees causes a golf ball to be released from a ball-release notch 30 inches from the end that rests on the ground. Typically, three golf balls are rolled down the V-shaped groove, one at a time, and the distance the balls roll is measured. A second measurement is made, rolling the balls in the opposite direction. The average of the two distances for the three balls is calculated to determine the green speed.
(For accuracy, the three balls should come to rest within 8 inches of each other when rolled in both directions. Follow the precise directions when using a Stimpmeter to measure your greens.)
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U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-2nd District, continues to inch closer and closer to running for governor. Whether or not he actually does it is anyone's guess, but the Democrats seem to increasingly think he is going to do it.
And why not? The man himself is telling the world publicly that he is thinking about it.
If he does, he will set off the greatest scramble in recent political memory for his second district congressional seat.
At least two members of the Baldacci political dynasty (former Gov. John Baldacci and his brother Joe) are said to be considering a run. In the words of one Republican operative I spoke to recently, "John will run for Congress if Mike runs for governor, as he is 100 percent lost in the real world."
But they are not the only Democrats taking a look at a run. State Sen. Emily Cain, D-Orono, is certainly interested, as she recently indicated that she is "more serious than ever" about a potential run if Michaud gets out.
The parade of Democrats lining up to run doesn't end there. Virtually any Democrat of any stature (and some who don't have any to speak of) are considering throwing their hat in the ring. It isn't every day that a virtually invincible congressman with a lifetime seat gives up said seat.
On the Republican side, things get even more interesting.
The most prominent name that continually comes up in conversations with Republicans is former House Minority Leader Josh Tardy.
Tardy is quietly looking at the race and assembling the architecture of a campaign machine, while waiting for Michaud to make his decision. If he were to follow through and actually run, he would undoubtedly be one of the early front runners.
I have also heard that former state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin may be thinking about a run. This would be complicated by the fact that (last I checked) his home was actually in the first district, but that problem can be solved relatively easily if he wanted to run.
2012 nominee Kevin Raye is likely not going to run again after having twice attempted to take down Michaud, but people will mention his name nonetheless.
Then there are lesser known but potentially interesting names that get passed around behind the scenes among Maine politicos, such as former Bangor Mayor Cary Weston and current Auburn Mayor Jonathan LaBonte. Both have natural political gifts, a strong geographic advantage and a compelling rationale for how they could win.
However, they are the more unlikely candidates, as both may have their eyes on higher office further down the road. But watch them nonetheless.
And of course, there is always the possibility (nay, likelihood) of relatively unknown business leaders diving into the race, instantly changing it with the ability to self fund and create a "job creator" theme for their candidacy.
No matter who ends up throwing their hat in the ring, the race will be competitive. The eventual nominees from each party will be running in an open seat, in Maine's most conservative congressional district, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+3, indicating that it is ever so slightly Democratic leaning.
That means that Republicans will be extra hungry to pick the seat up and will have plenty of air cover from the National Republican Congressional Committee to give them a realistic chance at taking it.
Likewise, Democrats will be eager to maintain their grip on a seat they have held for 20 years, unwilling to let the largest congressional district east of the Mississippi slip to the GOP.
So, if Michaud ends up running for governor, the second district will become a massive free for all, with national and local money pouring in and a huge field of candidates on both sides being a real possibility.
It would be a race for control of a district covering roughly 80 percent of the state, unlike anything we have seen in decades. I'm kind of looking forward to it.

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Prop 30's backers have reached the tipping point: they've repeated their nonsensical talking points so long that they have gone down the rabbit hole into a Wonderland of Total Illogic.
Prop 30 is Gov. Brown's temporary tax measure. its backers say the measure protects schools -- and it protects schools because budget trigger cuts, which the backers themselves would put in place, would force $6 billion in immediate reductions to schools.
Prop 30's backers -- who, to repeat, are threatening $6 billion in school cuts -- are attacking Prop 38 and its main sponsor, wealthy civil rights lawyer Molly Munger, for pursuing her measure and demanding she stand down. Munger, the Prop 30 backers say, is a threat to schools because her measure, which seeks to increase school funding for 12 years by raising income taxes, could lead to the defeat of Prop 30.
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It's OK if you don't. So let's boil it down. According to backers of Prop 30:
If you threaten to cut schools by $6 billion, you are protecting schools.
If you propose to raise taxes to injections billions into the schools, you are threatening schools -- not to mention democracy and the future of California.
That this is the central political debate in California speaks volumes about just how confused political elites, media and voters are. And why we need a much simpler constituion and a rational budget system.
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The Bay of Cadiz
The Bay of Cadiz, located in South-west Spain, has a coastline that is a mixture of sandy beaches, marshes and saltpans as well as a complex network of inlets. The relatively high population density of this region of Andalusia's west coast hasn't affected the near virgin state of its lowlands. The marshes, dunes and Salinas between Cádiz and San Fernando present a distinctive flat landscape.
The Gulf of Cadiz, outside the relative confines of the Mediterranean, faces directly into the open expanse of the north Atlantic, however, the Bay of Cadiz is relatively sheltered and more enclosed. The eight race areas are spread within the bay and sailed to from three venues ranging from Puerto de Rota in the extreme North to Puerto Sherry and the Centro Nautico Elcano further South.
With a prevailing south-westerly wind during the summer, but with the potential for the strong south-easterly Levante to blow out of the straits of Gibraltar, and the hottest surface temperature in Spain, most courses will see challenging yet satisfying conditions when racing starts in September. Spain's Mediterranean climate is modified here by westerly North Atlantic winds and occasional warm dry air from the Sahara desert.
Puerto de Rota
The small fishing town of Rota, 20 kms from Puerto Sherry will be the home of the 470 men and women for the duration of the championship. An ancient town that stands at the extreme northern end of the bay, Rota is sandwiched by the Atlantic on one side, and two national parks on the other.
It is also a town of two extreme contrasts. The old town inside its ramparts has almost a medieval atmosphere, whilst nearby is a major US naval base, one of three in Spain established in the 1950's during the Franco era.
The most exposed racing areas of the event, the 470's will be sailing on two courses to the south and west of the venue, in deeper water to the west of the restricted area of the US Naval base. The marina itself is located almost in the heart of the town, it very sheltered and provides two distinct launching areas for both fleets, as well as a boat lift and support boat facilities, a caravan park and restaurants.
Rota was the host of the 470 class at Mundovela in 1992 as well as the venue of the World Masters Championship in 1997 - The fleet know the venue well.
Puerto Sherry
Puerto Sherry, the largest venue and host to the Mistral Men and Women, Europe, Finn, Yngling, Tornado and Star classes lies two kilometres south of El Puerto de Santa Maria, one of Andalusia's principal tourist locations, on the northern side of the river Guadalete two miles across the water from the City of Cadiz. The marina itself is surrounded by natural parkland and boasts fabulous facilities including a four star hotel, swimming pool and a plethora of restaurants and bars.
Launching for all the fleets is via a wide slipway on the eastern side of the marina sheltered by two breakwaters. The six classes will be sailing due west of the marina with the Tornado and Star classes furthest out in the centre of the bay.
Centro Nautico Elcano
Hosting the Laser class, the Centro Nautico Elcano was designed as a purpose built dinghy and championship venue by the Cadiz Town Council in 1999. Comprising a large dinghy park, boat sheds, offices, a bar and restaurant and even a gym, the venue is well equipped to deal with the large number of sailors and supporters expected.
Located to the south east of the city of Cadiz, Elcano is the closest of the three venues to the city of Cadiz and is situated in a sheltered area of the bay close to the Ramón de Carranza bridge, making it ideal for access into the Bay of Cadiz and the area to the south east known as Barriada de la Paz.
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About Shakespeare in the Schools
The Shakespeare in the Schools Partnership Initiative, led by Dr. Barbara Mather Cobb, is a partnership between the university and schools in the region. Partner teachers are provided with training, resources, and support in incorporating Shakespeare into their curricula.
The National Common Core Standards and the standards set by Kentucky Senate Bill 1 make clear that students should be engaging with challenging texts in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Every activity in the Shakespeare in the Schools curricula is keyed to the Common Core Standards.
Because we work as a partnership, teachers adapt the program created by Dr. Cobb to their own needs, and the teachers in the partnership work together to meet the goals set at the local, state, and national levels, to help our students to be well-prepared for reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking in secondary and post-secondary education and in the work world beyond.
When elementary and middle school students "play" with Shakespeare, they make it their own. By making Shakespeare their own, students are ready and willing to engage Shakespeare's texts, and other "challenging" texts, now and in their futures.
A student who has studied Shakespeare before high school is far less resistant to, and far less intimidated by, Shakespeare in high school. Shakespeare in the Schools students will say, "Shakespeare? I've been reading his plays since I was nine!"
Jillian Starman, of CPE, called the Initiative "the best kept secret in Kentucky." Kentucky Education Commissioner Dr. Terry Holliday, who participated in a third-grade Shakespeare in the Schools unit at Murray Elementary School in 2012, said of the initiative, "we need to spread this."
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The Dark Knight Rises Blu-Ray/DVD comes out on December 4th, and while it won't contain deleted scenes or a director's cut, it will be packed with behind-the-scenes features and concept art. And, as we get closer to the release date, a few bits of those extras have ended up online.
You can read the entire list of bonus features over at Business Insider, and some of them sound downright fantastic—especially the hour-long documentary about the history of the Batmobile, featuring Adam West.
As for what's available online, here's what we've seen so far. If you've spotted any other Dark Knight Rises bonus features, drop a link in the comments.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
I'm Back, with Matcha and Cocoa Snowballs!
Being a Year 13 student is not easy, the work just comes crashing on us like waves and never stops. Even baking has to step aside as I prioritise university applications, personal statements, tests and internal assessments first.
The list is endless.
But thankfully, I finally got the chance to breathe, take a break and bake something last week. My friend C., whom I've known since kindergarten, keeps on reminding me during our French lessons to bake and update my blog. She's one of the few people that reads my blog (she even showed her mum!), and it's always nice to know that other people appreciate what I do. So a shout out here to C. - Thank you for all the encouragement! :D
The name of these little treats might be a little confusing - the snowballs, in fact are just matcha and cocoa cookies dusted in icing sugar, so they resemble snowballs. But texture wise, they resemble snow too - because they melt in your mouth. They are so addictive it's hard not to pop these small little cookies into your mouth one by one until they're all gone!
They are incredibly easy to make, and I really enjoyed making them as I weighed the dough out equally and rolled them in my palms until each was a perfect sphere. Unfortunately, maybe the oven temperature was not correct or maybe because I didn't chill the dough overnight, they flattened out a bit so they are more like, snow domes. The dough is quite versatile too - I'd imagine that the matcha and cocoa powder can be swapped with espresso powder to create a coffee flavour.
Once they were properly cool and well dusted with icing sugar, I packaged them into small plastic bags as (extremely belated) birthday gifts - one for C., and the other for A., whom I chat to every single Biology lesson. So, Happy 17th to those girls!
Right, so back to work for now. I hope that I'll get to do some more baking soon!
Matcha and Cocoa Snowball Cookies
Adapted from Vanlily Sweetie Life (original recipe in Chinese)
Makes 25-30 (both flavours combined)
90g Butter, at room temperature
Pinch salt
30g Icing sugar
50g Ground almonds
100g Cake flour
6g Matcha powder
10g Cocoa powder
Icing sugar, for dusting
1. Using a wooden spoon, beat the softened butter and icing sugar until well combined.
2. Sift in the ground almonds and cake flour, mix well.
3. Spilt the dough in half. Gently knead the matcha powder into one portion, and the cocoa powder into the other portion.
4. Wrap the two doughs separately with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes. (original recipe says to chill overnight)
5. Preheat oven to 170 C.
6. Working with one dough at a time, take 10g of dough and shape into balls. Place them on a parchment lined baking sheet. Repeat until all the dough is shaped.
7. Bake for 15-30 minutes until lightly coloured.
8. Let cool for a while, and transfer them to a cooling rack. Whilst the cookies are still warm, dust them with icing sugar.
9. When thoroughly cool, dust again with icing sugar and store in an airtight container.
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That looks damn good, Wendy! :D
I am so jealous of your baking/photography skills! If only I had a fraction of your talent!
Oh, see you tomorrow in Bio! :(
Those look yummy! I saw these shortbread cookies a while back. Have been wanting to try them out but I was distracted by other recipes and have very little to spend in my kitchen lately! Sigh ...
Great bakes and photography as well as styling! Keep it up!
WELCOME BACK!! :) Hang in there with school and thank you for taking the time to still bake and post on your blog.
Those sounds sooo good! I looked for the matcha powder after seeing the recipe for the shortbreads (which sounded really good too!), but I couldn't find it anywhere I live. :(
I'll have to keep looking... that sounds great!! :)
hahahah i envy your skills :)
Good to see you again!! XD
Another wonderful recipe, I just can imagine the wonderful silky texture of these little snowballs.
Good job, like you always do.
School is really hard, above all in China, I know, but you have to think you're going to finish :) At university everything will be different!
I really hope you'll be avble to post some other delicious sweetness in the next future :D
This look absolutely gorgeous! If only I could have a bite now! :)
ohmygosh! i have been watching your space, honest! =D so glad that your baking again! this looks delicious, and your photography is simply fabulous!
take good care :D
Those look so good! I really like using matcha in things like these cookies.
they look lovely~ yum yum I'll try the recipe one day and let you know how it turns out. ^.^
Hello, I found your blog purely based on luck - but I'm loving everything I see so far! I was searching for some recipes that called for green tea. I just have a question about this recipe - have you ever made these snowballs without the almond powder? Because I unfortunately am allergic to almonds, but I'm dying to make this. Thanks!
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No, I haven't tried these without ground almonds, but I think a good substitute would be ground hazelnuts, or even replace it with more flour. I guess the snowball texture will be a little different, but if you do try it - let me know the results!
Hope that helps.
Thanks for the reply, Wendy! I did try this recipe using more flour instead of almond powder, and it turned out just as wonderfully. Thanks for the suggestion!
Hi Wendy, would you have the recipe for just the green tea snowballs alone?
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For just green tea snowballs, omit the cocoa powder and use 12g matcha powder.


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Gallery: Hey ladies, put away your cleavage!Though Chenoweth, 44, admits her busy schedule leaves little room for dates, she has found some time for her new beau since meeting Pavelka, 34, in October. The couple were spotted sharing lunch in West Hollywood in early November, in addition to a more recent café visit near Pavelka's Texas home.Chenoweth's drive to make time for Pavelka might be due to her on-set accident while filming The Good Wife in July. The actress told People that the injury "slowed me down and I've realized life is short. I want to do things that make me happy."


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A lot of water has gone under this bridge since then. What an amazing change our family has seen. Our prayer is that these 1 million hits and counting will be a web-portal-view of God's love, care, and wisdom. May Christ be seen on these virtual pages. He only can have the credit for working joy and goodness in our lives, for bringing these beautiful babies into the world, for building such an incredible team of prayer warriors and helpers to allow us to raise these children.
As we hear about the recent anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, I am reminded of one of our first doctor visits after finding out about the quints. The doctor strongly recommended that we "selectively reduce" the pregnancy. It sounds so scientific and "acceptable" when framed in politically correct terms like that. We immediately said, "No. That is not an option." When queried as to why, Carrie's quick response was, "Because it's murder." That stopped the doctor in his tracks and he quickly changed the subject.
What if we had "selectively reduced?" Would we have picked Will, David, Marcie, Seth, or Grace? It's a horrible thought, I know, but that was still the reality we faced that day. They weren't named yet or fully formed, but they were no less our children then than they were now.
When I think that over five million babies have been slaughtered in these past 40 years in the name of convenience, I am brokenhearted that we as a nation can be so callous. We so often allow pride and self to come before personal responsibility and love for others.
Again, for me what it boils down to is a reminder to pray for our nation, our legislators, our leaders, the individuals facing these decisions, etc. Only the Spirit of God can truly change the hearts of the people.
Wow, I started off this post simply to comment about the number of blog views. My mind wandered a bit. (It must be those three cups of coffee.)
Now for the gratuitous baby pictures:
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I was reading a short story on the train. I finished half of it, and put it away to continue reading later.
"serdang..please mind your step"
then i browsed through my phone. somehow i was so engrossed in that, and didn't notice that the train had stopped at my station.
I looked up..
Shoot! How long had the train stopped?
I picked up my bags and ran.
and the door shut in my face.
Oh well, might as well finish off the story i was reading. It's a beautiful story, and because its so beautiful i'll give you a glimpse of it.
This is a true story, and it happened in the time of at-tabi'een. A man by the name of Abu Abdul Rahman was finally returning home after 28 years in the frontline, fighting to spread islam. Imagine the excitement he must have felt, finally returning home to his wife after 28 years. And in those days there was no skype, no whatsapp, no facebook.
That's a huge enough sacrifice to make for the sake of islam,
And in addition : when he left her to go out and fight, they were newly married.
Now he's finally coming home.
He opened his door..
To find that a young man was in the house.
They wrestled each other, they shoved and pushed until they were both thrown out of the house and the neighbours came to see what the commotion was all about. 'Why is this old man doing, trespassing into this house?' They grabbed the old man to stop the fighting and so he wouldn't escape.
Abu Abdul Rahman protested: "O people, let me go! This young man trespassed onto my wife! By Allah, if i had my spear with me, i would have destroyed him!"
The young man also bawled, "Let me go! By Allah, i saw with my own eyes, that man intruded into my house with his weapons!.. This is proof that he intended evil, he really intends evil!"
The people became confused. They knew that this was the house of the young man. What was the old man talking about? Is he really the man who left for jihad a quarter of a century ago? Is he 'Puruq', also known as Abu Abdul Rahman?
Then a woman came out from the house. She knew who this man was.
"Yes, that is Puruq. This is Puruq, O Rabi'ah!"
The young man in the house was none other than Abu Abdul Rahman's son. When he left for the frontier, his son was still in the womb. Now he had grown up to become a fine young man. All this while, throughout the 28 years, his wife stayed loyal to him while bringing up their son, educating him in the faith and sending him to learn with the best scholars of the time.
Who was this son?
He was Rabi'ah ar-Rayi bin Abu Abdul Rahman. He was one of the ulama' and fuqaha' of his generation and also one of the teachers of Imam Malik bin Anas, the founder of the Maliki madhhab. And what produced this great man?
A great wife and a great mother.
This story is so awesome, the word 'awesome' echoes in your mind. (AWESOME..AWEsome..Awesome..awesome..some..me..)
And their blood, sweat and tears in the path of allah still manage to touch hearts and make tears flow long after they have left the earth.
So another 'train incident' ended up producing blessed fruits, because if i had gone out at my original stop, i wouldn't have finished the book.
There's a very powerful lesson in the story about bringing up excellent children. It doesn't begin with which kindergarten you send them to, or which milk formula you feed them with.
It begins with choosing an excellent mother for them.
And since there's not yet a Ms. Author as of today,
I'm not in a position yet to talk about that. maybe later. (I'll stop there before you ask me 'how much later?')
And because i love all you readers out there,
I'm giving you a gift.
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I want you to download it and print it out. I want you to read it, and feel the warmth and sincerity in this story, and understand its implications.
And then act upon it, and be serious in making ourselves complete muslim individuals so we can then bring up a whole generation of Rabi'ahs.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
I dare you to read this and not cry
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- Anonymous said...
Not sure how to feel..sad, or feeling awesome :P
Above all, inspiring. Thanks for the 'hadiah' :D
- June 26, 2013 at 5:34 PM
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Tak nanges pon... ^^"
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insyaallah, ibu..bukan sebarangan ibu, bapa..bukan sebarangan bapa! ummah Islam terbaik akan kita bina dgn menjadi muslim terbaik pada saat ini
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The Isha Yoga Center situated at the foothills of Velliangiri, on the outskirts of Coimbatore, is the headquarters for Isha Foundation. Isha is a sacred space for self-transformation, where you can come dedicate time towards your inner growth. The center offers all four major paths of yoga – kriya (energy), gnana (knowledge), karma (action), and bhakti (devotion), drawing people from all over the world.
The Center is dedicated to fostering inner transformation and creating an established state of wellbeing in individuals. The large residential facility houses an active international community of brahmacharis, full-time volunteers and visitors. Isha Yoga Center provides a supportive environment for you to shift to healthier lifestyles, seek a higher level of self-fulfillment and realize your full potential.
The Isha Yoga Center is situated 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Coimbatore, a major industrial city in southern India, is well connected by air, rail and road. Major airlines operate regular flights to Coimbatore from Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Train services are available from all major cities in India.
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Taxis can be booked from the airport as well as the railway station. Alternatively, you can contact the Yoga Center's travel desk to book a taxi to the center.
The desk is open 24 hours a day.
Exuding a serene ambience, the accommodation at the Isha Yoga Center welcomes you into a relaxing space that blends rich, earth-tone hues within a simple yet elegant setting. A distinctive interior design and Isha's own furniture line underscore the rustic and cozy feel of the guest units, all while offering world-class facilities.
Accommodations at the center are available by prior booking only. It is recommended that you book at least two weeks in advance of your visit.
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We want to like Google's Nexus Q. It isn't shaped like a run-of-the-mill media box, it's got a ton of — dare we say? — hot wires snaking out of its rear Matrix-style, it's got several components built in the U.S.A. and it glows! That's about as nice as we can be to the orby Nexus Q, because when it comes right down to functionality there are really 0 reasons to spend $300 on Google's Magic 8-Ball.
But that's okay (for now), because where there's room for improvement, the eager developers and hackers always have you covered. Here are six "fixes" and proof-of-concepts that give us hope that the Nexus Q is more than just an expensive paperweight.
With the initial stock of the Nexus Q completely selling out on the Google Play Store, there's clearly demand for Google hardware (although the actual number of units Google sold is uncertain). Being hacks, this list covers some tech that's little more than a proof of concept, but they represent the Q's potential. In the Google world, potential is all you need to design the future
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A streaming media box is not worth $100, let alone $300 if it can't stream Netflix. Sure, it can pipe video from Google Play and YouTube, but no Netflix? You gotta be kidding! Luckily, thanks to the work of "kornyone," Netflix is a go on the Nexus Q and so is the ability to launch tons of other Android apps.
2. Run Games
Less than 24 hours after Google took the wraps off the Q, software engineer Philippe Hausler and Christina Kelly from Apportable immediately got to work cracking it open. While they weren't able to control any of the games they managed to get running on the Q, they did manage to get Swords and Soldiers on it. It's only a proof-of-concept, but it's enough proof that the Q can run games. Now it just needs a controller.
3. Pong
With no controller of its own (the Q uses an Android smartphone or tablet as one) and even fewer buttons, there isn't really much to work with. YouTube user "detansinn" cobbled together this super primitive Pong hack that uses the Q's volume wheel and play/pause button to control a rudimentary paddle and ball. It doesn't do two-player and doesn't even keep score, but, as detansinn indicates, it's a proof of concept that could lead to more use of the Q's volume wheel as a controller. It's like going back to the good ol' Atari days!
4. Web Browser Remote
As we already mentioned above, the Q can only be controlled wirelessly with an Android smartphone or tablet. QRemote, by YouTube user Tomi Blinnikka, gives you a third control option: a Web browser. It's still in early development and only controls music, but with time it's possible we'll see the QRemote being used to control a whole lot more.
5. CyanogenMod / XBMC
Folks dissatisfied with the limited capabilities of stock Android have, for years, flashed their Android devices with CyanogenMod. For those unfamiliar with it, CyanogenMod is a redesigned, open source user interface based on Android that gives users more control over what apps, features and customizations can be had on their devices. Developer Jason Parker managed to port the popular and versatile XBMC media player, albeit without sound working. Once audio gets fixed, the Q can finally be a real streaming media player.
6. Google Chrome
Google TV attempted to put a Web browser on every TV, but never really found its place. The initial Google TV boxes were expensive, had clunky software and laughable app support. It's better now, but it's still very much a failed experiment. It would seem that Google didn't learn anything from that whole ordeal because the Q, a device the company described as "an Android computer for your home" can't even surf the Web out of the box. Again, developer "kornyone" cleans up Google's mess with this USB input and Chrome browser add-on. To the Interwebs we go!


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Oh my. It's been a crazy crazy week!
School started and that means a couple of things. I am tired by 8pm and my voice is hoarse.
My class is pretty great. I have some awesome and hilarious kids. Super bright too! But I do have something else that I've never dealt with. Criers. There are 3. They are all boys. Go figure. One day at a time....
Well it's 920pm so I better go to bed! :)
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Oh my. It's been a crazy crazy week!
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Well back to school night is over! It was semi stressful because I love creating more work for myself. And my team and I love creating more work for ourselves in the form of cute pinterest crafts we saw for back to school night. Either way it was a success and now I can breathe and spend the long weekend with my boys before I'm a teacher full time again. No more mid morning naps with King. Tear.
Oh Ally finally got around to sharing some of her wedding pics! Heres a cute pic from ally's wedding! I have cute sisters. Also the bride and her maids.
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
This week has been busy. I had a two day training on a new writing program for my class and I've gone into my room everyday trying to get things organized and ready for school to start.
More importantly Jon and I celebrated our anniversary on Tuesday. We got a couples massage and then went to dinner. We laughed during dinner because we were so relaxed from our massages that we wanted to sleep. We also had a kooky waitress who kept us entertained. We ate and went home to our little angel. We decided that he was the best thing we've done in our marriage thus far. Hopefully one day we will have another babe running around...and by babe I mean a mini Meghan. I mean K loves to play with my make up and brush my hair with the wrong side of the brush but he also thinks my make up brush is a stick to hit a ball with. He would choose a ball or car over me anytime! I would love a little girl to do all the girly things with me. But i will also say that we are so lucky to have Kingston. If he's the only child we have I will always love and cherish him. :)
Wanna see a funny picture? Josie texted me this today. This was in our apartment in rexburg! It was summer 2008. 4 years! Wow. I'm old.
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Lazy Day
King and I have stayed pretty busy this summer. We've been on several planes to several different places (some unintentional), we have been to the beach, the pool, the park and the zoo. We have ran alot of errands together and even taken a few naps. It's been a great couple of months. I've been there as he started taking his first steps and now he is walking everywhere! I've tried to teach him as much as his little one year old mind can handle. He even knows what app on my iPad is the one he loves. Let alone he knows how to turn on the iPad. I mean he's still so young and he does silly things, like right now he's got a golf ball and he's smashing into a Lego... Whatever floats his boat!!?
But I am so glad I've been able to be with him this summer. Our school schedule is moving to traditional so I won't have my breaks with him like I did last year but that just means I've have an extra long summer next year :)
I'm excited to start a new year with a new group of kiddos. I love my job. I feel lucky to have a job that I love going to.
But I sure will miss that face!
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
Kingstons dresser
So a while back and I mean a good few months ago I found a steal of a deal on a wonderfully sound and stable dresser at the DI. I had plans to make it new for that baby of mine. Well it only took my friend Katie planning a craft night at my house to make me actually do it. And it turned out awesome! It's a perfect shade of gray for his room and I can finally put his clothes out of his reach! Well actually he will probably open the drawers but whatever. I also remade a side table I have. I was trying a ikat fabric type of paint look but I just don't know if I like it. I haven't finished but I'll post the top of the table anyway.
All in all it was a good night. No kids and painting. I kinda needed it.
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Friday, August 3, 2012
It's here
This morning Jons anniversary present arrived. It's taking up a lot of space so far. It even came with three d glasses! What the heck? I can't imagine sitting on the couch with glasses on to watch tv. Ha ha. But maybe I'm just in the Downton Abbey mindset where tv didn't exist. Please watch that show if you haven't yet. It makes me wonder if I come from royalty or maybe my ancestors were servants. Guess I should do some genealogy?!
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In the Wisconsin Senate race, Democrat Tammy Baldwin appears to have a narrow lead right now over Republican Tommy Thompson. Well, this should really help Thompson, especially among women. Watch this video clip.
We don't hear the question in the clip, but it was obviously something along the lines of why did you become a lobbyist, which he did after leaving the Bush administration. The millions he's made have become an issue in the race. What the clip does show him saying is this:
So, I l left. I left the government after four years, after George Bush got elected the second time. And my wife likes to shop. Okay? And she said, "You know, Tommy, you've been in politics for 38 years. Why don't you go out and see if you can make some decent money so I can go shopping without having to put everything on a credit card?"
That is pretty amazing. First of all, as a Cabinet secretary, he was making what most Americans would think of as pretty good dosh, around $190,000 then. And second, this is like the stuff of early 1960s stand-up routines. The fellas in their Munsingwear shirts at the 19th hole over Beer Nuts. I doubt men talk this way even at pricey country clubs anymore, although Thompson probably represents that set as well as anyone, so maybe they do. Just sociologically amazing that there are people who still say things like this.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. (Oct. 11, 2009) - The U.S Men's National Volleyball Team warmed up for the 2009 NORCECA Continental Championship with two exhibition victories over Puerto Rico on Friday and Saturday in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
On Friday, Team USA served up a 3-1 (25-18, 25-19, 23-25, 25-23) victory, led by Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) with 25 points, including a match-high 10 aces and 15 kills. The U.S. Men finished with 14 aces in the match.
"The conditions were hot causing lots of slipping and floor wipe stops," said U.S. Head Coach Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.) via e-mail.
Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) scored 20 points on 17 kills, two blocks and one ace. David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) added 10 points on four kills, a match-high four blocks and two aces. Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) scored 10 points on nine kills and one block. Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.) scored 10 points on seven kills, two blocks and one ace.
Hector Soto led Puerto Rico with 17 points on 17 kills. Victor Rivera added 14 points on 14 kills.
Behind the setting of Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) the U.S. Men completed 52 of 110 kill attempts (47 percent) with nine errors and seven blocked hits. Patak completed 15 of 30 attack attempts (50 percent) with one error. Rooney completed 17 of 38 attack attempts (45 percent) with three errors.
Puerto Rico completed 57 of 116 kill attempts (49 percent) with 10 errors and nine blocked hits.
As a team, the U.S. Men had 68 percent positive receptions and 47 percent excellent. Lotman led the way with 26 receptions, 73 percent positive and 50 percent excellent.
Team USA out-blocked Puerto Rico 9-7. Puerto Rico had two aces compared to the United States' 14.
Knipe started Lotman and Rooney at outside hitter, Lee and Millar at middle blocker, Patak at opposite, Winder at setter and Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) at libero. Riley Salmon (League City, Texas) and Andy Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.) played as substitutes.
Saturday's match went to five sets, but the U.S. Men won again, 21-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-21, 15-12.
Patak again led the U.S. Men in scoring with 18 points on a match-high 15 kills, one block and two aces. Nils Nielsen (Fallbrook, Calif.), who is playing for a professional team in Puerto Rico, chipped in to help the U.S. Men and finished with 13 points on 13 kills. Salmon scored 12 points on eight kills, two blocks and two aces. Lotman added 12 points on 11 kills and one ace.
Soto led Puerto Rico with 18 points on 14 kills and four blocks. Victor Bird added 13 points on 10 kills and three aces.
Puerto Rico out-blocked the United States 13-10. The United States had nine aces while Puerto Rico had eight.
The U.S. Men completed 56 of 114 kill attempts (49 percent) with nine errors. Patak completed 15 of 22 attempts (68 percent) with one error. Nielsen completed 13 of 23 attempts (57 percent) with two errors.
Puerto Rico completed 58 of 111 kill attempts (52 percent) with 10 errors.
The United States was 66 percent positive and 50 percent excellent on 86 receptions. Salmon had 23 receptions with 74 percent positive and 54 percent excellent. Lotman had 20 receptions with 80 percent positive and 70 percent excellent. Libero Alfee Reft (Oxnard, Calif.) had 20 receptions with 45 percent positive and 25 percent excellent.
Among other U.S. scorers, Hein had seven points on six kills and one block. Tom Hoff (Park Ridge, Ill.) added six points on two kills, two blocks and two aces. Millar totaled two points on one kill and one block. Winder tallied two points on two blocks. Lambourne, who played as a serving substitute, scored two points on two aces.
Knipe started outside hitters Lotman, Nielsen and Salmon, middle blockers Hein and Hoff, Winder at setter and Reft at libero.
NORCECA Men's Continental Championship
Oct. 12-17 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico
U.S. Men's Roster
No. Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
2 Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
3 Evan Patak (Opp, 6-8, Pleasanton, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
4 David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6 Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
8 Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9 Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, Palmdale, Calif., BYU)
10 Riley Salmon (OH, 6-6, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
12 Tom Hoff (MB, 6-8, Park Ridge, Ill., Long Beach State)
13 Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawai'i)
14 Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
16 Andy Hein (MB, 611, Carol Stream, Ill., Pepperdine)
17 Jonathan Winder (S, 6-8, Irvine, Calif., Pepperdine)
19 Alfee Reft (L, 5-10, Oxnard, Calif., Hawai'i)
Head Coach: Alan Knipe
Team Manager: Bill Neville
Assistant Coach: Gary Sato
Therapist/Trainer: Charlie Sullivan
Team Doctor: Andrew Gregory
Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson
Medical Support: Aaron Brock
Pool Play Schedule (All times PDT)
Group A
Oct. 12
3 p.m. Cuba vs. Dominican Republic
5 p.m. Puerto Rico vs. Barbados
Oct. 13
1 p.m. Barbados vs. Cuba
5 p.m. Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico
Oct. 14
1 p.m. Dominican Republic vs. Barbados
5 p.m. Puerto Rico vs. Cuba
Group B
Oct. 12
11 a.m. USA vs. Mexico
1 p.m. Canada vs. Panama
Oct. 13
11 a.m. Mexico vs. Canada
3 p.m. Panama vs. USA
Oct. 14
1 p.m. Mexico vs. Panama
3 p.m. USA vs. Canada


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Stuffed Khandvi rolls with slow roasted tomato, garlic and fennel sauce
Biting my tongue (shutting my mouth to keep the peace) has not really been one of my strengths over the years. I have grown better at diplomatically responding and not having so much of an emotional response but, shutting my mouth…nope, not really improved in that department. So when people just assume that I get the cooking bug from my mum, it just isn't true. Sorry mum, I know you read these posts-it gets better don't worry…read on.
I face timed (is this even a grammatically acceptable term) my folks today to show them what I had made using the new Tefal Ingenio 13 piece induction cookware set that john Lewis sent me. There was much excitement over the handles that just clip on and off from a cleaning and ease of storage perspective but even the weight of them validates quality. I use Tefal non-stick pans in my cookery classes to make tandoori Halloumi and paneer dishes and so this was an especially welcome gift. They asked me to explore more and think of different cookery styles and I thought of my mum, who cooks soul soothing traditional food; her stuffed okra retain shape and colour without ickiness, her potato curry is yellow and gentle rather than heavily smothered in spice and tinned tomatoes and her puri are puffs of pleasure, particularly for my toddler.
The number of pretend arguments that happen in my parent's living room over Khandvi is just now background noise under the debates about extending the house and that property across the ocean and I recall the efforts to scrape off disaster versions from tin pans. My parents used a lot of tin pans back in the day. But of course it's all about non-stick these days and given that dad and I both love Khandvi, we have even more reason to make it with reduced risks now.
Khandvi is traditional vegetarian gram flour pasta that is pleasantly sour and lightly spiced. It is silky and thin and make for perfectly gratifying bites of loveliness. When my husband wants to suck up to me, he buys me macaroons or Khandvi. See what I mean?
The non-stick pans make for easy Khandvi making- the mixture won't stick to the pan, when any excess dries, you just peel it off the pan and pop it away (I just eat others eat cake batter). I even used one of the larger frying pans to spread the Khandvi onto.
SO the stuffing; well I have been watching a bit of Indian Masterchef recently (don't judge me, OK fine do) and they stuffed it with paneer and desiccated coconut. I like this idea and I have created a sauce/chutney that totally lifts the whole experience; slow roasted tomato, garlic, fennel and chilli. I am not sure what the best part of this recipe is, but my goodness they are good.
Ingredients to make approximately 8 rolls
1 cup of plain natural yoghurt
½ cup of gram flour
¼ cup water
1 tsp. minced ginger
Salt to taste
100g paneer, grated
3-4 tbsp. desiccated coconut
3-4 tbsp. finely chopped fresh coriander
For the chutney
225g small cherry or baby plum tomatoes
One bulb of garlic
Salt to taste
2 tsp. fennel seeds soaked in warm water
3-4 fat red bullet chillies
For the tempering
2 tbsp. sesame oil
5-6 curry leaves
2-3 green chillies
- Start by slow roasting the tomatoes and garlic on 150 degrees, for approximately 45 minutes. Make sure the tomatoes are all cut side up before you roast them and then drizzle them very lightly in rapeseed oil. Once the tomatoes have cooled to room temperature, blitz them smooth with the chillies, garlic, and fennel seeds and salt. Leave the paste to a side.
- To make the Khandvi, combine the gram flour, yoghurt and water in a mixing bowl and beat it until the lumps are softened and removed. Add the minced ginger and salt. Then pour the mixture into a non-stick saucepan (on a low flame) and with a spatula, mix it circular motions until it starts to leave the sides. You can check if it is ready by spreading a small amount onto the side of a non-stick pan and if, after it cools it can be peeled away then it is ready. Once the mixture is ready, work quickly by spreading thin lengths with a wide spatula onto the non-stick surface. Once it has cooled, spread the paste onto it, thinly. Next sprinkle a thin layer of paneer, desiccated coconut and finish off with coriander. Cut even sized lengths (mine were 3-4 inches wide) and then carefully roll them
- To make the tempering, heat the oil and add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and chillies and once the seeds pop and a perfume of the curry leaves is released then turn the heat off. Evenly drizzle the tempering onto the Khandvi.


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By now, many will have already seen this article or others like it describing the Warner Bros. campaign to get pastors to talk about Man of Steel this past Sunday, which was Fathers' Day, using a guide developed by Pepperdine theologian Craig Detweiler. The main thrust of the sermon is centered around this question: "How might the story of Superman awaken our passion for the greatest hero who ever lived and died and rose again?"
The CNN story goes on to set up the "debate" surrounding this marketing tactic on the part of Warner Bros. as between Christians who think this is a good way to show the world that we can get behind something in pop culture and those who think films are "pumped out from Hollywood's sewers."
What is fascinating to me about this set up is that it simply takes the messianic parallels as given and obvious. The film is just obviously about Jesus and a parallel to his story–so now the only question is whether or not Christians are willing to trust Hollywood to speak the story of Jesus to them through a "worldly" medium like film. As Detweiler himself is quoted in the article, "All too often, religious communities have been defined by what they're against. With a movie like `Man of Steel,' this is a chance to celebrate a movie that affirms faith, sacrifice and service."
My concern is that "faith, sacrifice, and service," while all wonderful attributes to have, do not sum up the story of Jesus. In fact, by making that the distillation of Jesus' life and ministry, the sermon notes seem to direct us away from what should be the most troubling divergences between the story of Superman and the story of Jesus by focusing on the archetypal parallels.
No one should be surprised that Man of Steel, or the mythology of Superman more generally, has strong parallels to the Jesus narrative. You would be hard-pressed to find a story archetype in Western literature that cannot be traced back to the biblical narrative. With regard to superhero archetypes especially, the parallels to the story of Christ and the messianic archetype (which does not originate with Jesus) are more than obvious. So what, then, could these sermon notes be other than a reminder, saying, "Hey! Stories like Man of Steel are retellings of your religion's story of salvation. But with way more explosions. Let's look at this clip!" Superman is a story of hope. Kal-El is a character (like Spock, like Gandalf, like a lot of characters in the world of science fiction and fantasy) who deviates from his origin, his true nature, choosing to become more human and embracing those characteristics (usually emotion, empathy, etc.) which are made to be the epitome of humanness, and suffering some consequences for it.
The problem is that to say the story of Jesus can be encapsulated in a single statement about the hope of salvation makes that story completely one-dimensional and misses the what of salvation entirely. And by the way, this one-dimensional view of salvation is probably how many Christians view their own faith: Jesus has punched my ticket into Heaven–now that's something I can put my hope in! That's why we love stories like this–or any other myriad versions of the story of hope in salvation from… something.
It's that something that makes up the really vital difference between Superman and Jesus. Man of Steel is an origin story, establishing the basic relationships between Superman and everyone else so that a few more films can be made before another reboot. One of those relationships is between Superman and the US government–that is, Superman and the empire. Some (especially Evangelicals) will find that comparison offensive, but it's certainly true. You don't earn the title of "World Superpower" without being an empire. So Superman goes "on call" for the empire at the end of the film. He's not its soldier, like the Marvel parallel Captain America. He still maintains some independence, but he also has no interest in subverting the empire in any way. Now, I don't mean a coup d'etat like his friend General Zod stages on Krypton. But the US perpetrates plenty of injustice worldwide on a daily basis. What would be really Christlike is if in the second film, we see Superman staging nonviolent protests against drone strikes on innocent people, or helping to shut down Gitmo, choosing not to use his immense power when he very easily could–we could go on and on like this. Instead, Superman becomes a symbol of hope for the empire itself. The film may portray Superman's struggle with his identity, and I think it does a good job of that, but at the end of the day, Superman is not just a human–he's an American.
Admittedly, the nonviolent Superman probably wouldn't make for a very interesting film. Superman's power is not in his ability to speak radically in a way that moves an agenda of radical subversion against an oppressive empire. He punches stuff. And flies. And cuts stuff with his heat vision. All of that is fantastic–I really enjoyed the film. But none of it represents the mission of Jesus. There's no account of Jesus fighting Tiberius through the streets of Rome (the Colosseum didn't exist yet) which, I must admit, would've been badass.
The hope that Jesus brings is salvation from the oppressive force brought upon the poor, the weak, the widowed, the orphaned, the sick by the powers of the world–the Roman empire and all those in service to it. And he does this through a radically nonviolent means of subversion to the point of his death. This is the fuller, deeper meaning of the hope of salvation. The moment we begin to compare Superman and Jesus in this respect, the parallel falls apart.


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Yellow and green colors, most noticeable along the top edge of the view, indicate intermediate clouds. White and blue indicate high clouds and haze. The rings appear as a thin horizontal line of bright blue. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteStorm's Birth Cassini's radio and plasma wave science instrument first detected the lightning radio signals associated with this storm on Dec. 5, 2010. The tempest is visible as a spot on the terminator between night and day in the northern hemisphere. The spot appears slightly brighter than the surrounding clouds in an area about two-thirds of the way north of the equator. At this time, it measured only 1,100 miles east-to-west and 800 miles north-to-south. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteThe Growing Storm The earliest image of the storm, taken Dec. 5, 2010, is in the top left of the panel. The storm appears only as a small, white cloud on the terminator between the day side and night side of the planet. The next view, in the top middle of the panel and taken Jan. 2, 2011, shows that the head quickly grew much larger and a tail began to trail a great distance eastward. By the April 22 image, in the bottom left of the panel, the tail is south of the head and is well established by this time. Between the time of the May 18 image and the next image shown here — from Aug. 12 — the head of the storm was engulfed by the part of the storm's tail that spread eastward at the same latitude as the head. The Aug. 12 image, in the bottom right, shows that the head has lost its distinct identity and is now just part of the jumble of the storm. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteTrue Colors This mosaic shows the storm's effects encircling the planet and was created using 126 images taken in succession as different parts of Saturn's northern hemisphere rotated into Cassini's view. Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters are usually combined to create a natural color view. Because visible red light images were not available, images taken using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 752 nanometers were used in place of red. So the color is close to natural color, but is not exact. The head of the storm is near the center, and a train of vortexes appears as blue spots just to the south of the head. These blue spots are parts of the storm's tail that have already encircled the planet and are approaching from the west. The blue color indicates they have some high, semi-transparent haze but no thick clouds underneath because there are no white or yellow colored clouds shown here. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteThe Whole Storm Seen here is a part of the storm when it was already encircling the entire planet. At the head of storm the clouds at different heights crisscross each other. The red color shows deep clouds with no towering tops. These clouds, visible as bright red at the northern part of the storm, are very interesting to scientists who study wind shear, or the speeds of clouds at different altitudes. The wind shear is depicted in the different colors in these areas. The blue oval area on the far right is a hole in the deep clouds of the atmosphere. Data from Cassini's composite infrared spectrometer show this blue area is a cold spot in the stratosphere. The blue color means it is high haze, but underneath there are no deep, or lower, clouds because there is no red color here. White and yellow colors at the head of the storm show these are high, thick clouds characteristic of convection and the solid anvils of towering thunder storms. Click the link below to see the entire storm around Saturn from head to tail. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteGroovy Storm This false color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows detailed patterns that change during one Saturn day within the huge storm in the planet's northern hemisphere. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteStorm Head The head of Saturn's huge northern storm is well established in this view captured early in the storm's development by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in late 2010. Saturn's atmosphere and its rings are shown here in a false color composite made from three images taken in near infrared light through filters that are sensitive to varying degrees of methane absorption. Red and orange colors in this view indicate clouds that are deep in the atmosphere. Yellow and green colors, most noticeable near the top of the view, indicate intermediate clouds. White and blue indicate high clouds and haze. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteStorm Tail This false-color mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the tail of Saturn's huge northern storm. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteRainbows in the Storm Cassini scientists study the fine details in images like this to learn about wind speeds and cloud depths in the storm. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteEleven Hours These two natural color views taken 11 hours — one Saturn day — apart by NASA's Cassini spacecraft help scientists measure wind speeds in the huge storm seen here in the planet's northern hemisphere. The view on the left is earlier than the view on the right. Scientists use these time-lapse images to track specific, small, and sometimes subtle features in the clouds. The smallest features visible in the image are the most useful. However, tracking the clouds in this storm is difficult because the features don't always last one Saturn day. 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The Palestinian campaign for statehood, waged at this year's United Nations General Assembly, has not sat well with Washington, and now some members of Congress are doing something about it: They are placing holds on parts of the $500 million in annual assistance the Palestinians receive from the US.
The congressional moves come as the Palestinian drive for international recognition advanced Wednesday when the executive board of UNESCO, the UN Education, Science, and Cultural Organization, voted in Paris to recommend to the agency's 193 member states that an independent Palestine be admitted as a full member.
The Obama administration, which opposes the UN statehood bid and vows to veto it in the Security Council, nevertheless is against any cutoff of Palestinian aid. While in Israel this week to meet with his Israeli counterpart and with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said "now is not the time" to withhold funding that provides "benefits" to both the Palestinians and to Israel.
There is irony in Congressional action aimed at punishing the Palestinians for steps the US does not like, some analysts say. The move is being spearheaded by members of Congress who consider themselves among Israel's best friends. But even Israeli officials have argued for maintaining the aid, much of which goes to train and support Palestinian law enforcement forces and to build up the Palestinian justice system.
"These members of Congress are going far to the right of the ruling coalition in Israel by placing these holds, and are actually undermining it," says Dylan Williams, director of government affairs at J Street, a Washington pro-Israel advocacy group that favors a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
US aid to the Palestinians falls into three categories: direct budgetary assistance, humanitarian assistance administered through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and security assistance. "Holds," which are a means usually at committee chairs' disposal for stalling funding or other measures, have been placed on all three lines of Palestinian aid.
Most attention has been heaped on Republican members of the House who are reported to have placed the holds, including House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) of Florida and chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, Kay Granger (R) of Texas.
But a number of Democratic members of the House have also spoken in favor of suspending aid to the Palestinians over their statehood bid, including Reps. Gary Ackerman and Nita Lowey, both of New York.
"There may need to be a total cutoff of all aid to the Palestinians for pursuing this course of action which is very dangerous and ill-advised," Representative Ackerman said recently.
But even groups like J Street that oppose the UN statehood bid and advocate a return to direct negotiations say it is halting aid that could prove to be dangerous – as much for Israel as for anyone.
Mr. Williams calls the hold on security assistance "shocking" because of the impact it is likely to have on Israeli security. "You are really whittling down the ability of the Palestinian security forces to cooperate with the Israelis," he says.
The holds placed on Palestinian aid affect funding approved in fiscal year 2011, but a number of measures are also under consideration for restricting funding to the Palestinians in fiscal year 2012.
The hold on the security funding was reportedly placed in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
A House Appropriations measure would restrict funds if the Palestinians pursue their UN statehood bid or do not return to direct negotiations with the Israelis. A Senate measure calls for cutting off funding if the Palestinians achieve any form of enhanced UN membership – but includes a waiver Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could exercise if she determined that maintaining the aid was in the national security interest.
The Palestinian bid for full UNESCO membership risks putting the UN agency back in US crosshairs, where it was for decades until President George W. Bush decided to reinstate the US as a member in 2003.
A UNESCO vote on admitting a sovereign Palestine is expected later this month, but Representative Granger lost no time in announcing Wednesday that a "yes" vote would jeopardize US funding of the organization.
But the Palestinians' strategy, according to several regional experts, is to build up international legitimacy by seeking full membership in a series of international agencies – with full UN membership as the ultimate prize.