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Now talking about the title of this post, Tarte Tropezienne, A simple pastry that is actually easy to prepare, it's a cake with thick pastry cream sandwiched by two layers of brioche, a fluffy, buttery, sweet bread, and lightly dusted with powdered sugar on top.The Tropézienne is actually Polish, having been brought over to France by a Polish baker named Alexandre Micka living in St. Tropez. In 1955 he was hired to cater for a film crew working on a movie by Roger Vadim, starring unknown actors at the time. Each day the baker was requested to make even more of his very popular "tarte." One of the people working in the film, a 21-year old unknown actress, suggested to the baker that he name the tarte, "la tarte Tropézienne."
When I first had a quick look through the recipe, it seemed complicated with a long list of ingredients and preparation but when I carefully and intendedly read the whole recipe..I then found out that this gorgeous tarte is easy-peasy to make..what you need is time and being patient ! There are many recipes that can get a tarte done within a few hours or so but I chose the one that needs more time to get the dough ready to be baked becasue I personally thought that it's a proper way to make brioche!
By the way, I have to confess that this is not the first time I made it! After the first outcome failed to please myself and my husband which I figured out that what was wrong with it is a weird taste of the cream filling caused by kirch and orange flower water..so this time I decided to leave them out and added vanilla bean instead..
I was very happy with the brioche base which came out exactly the same as the first time and the cream filling was definitely better than the previous one although it's not thick and set as I expected even after being left overnight in the fridge but it's forgivable once I tasted it!
Have a look at the photos below and judge it by yourself!!
Here is my version..
The dough :
1+1/3 C Bread flour
1/2 t salt
2 T sugar
1 t active dried yeast
2 T warm milk
2 eggs
100 g butter, softened and cut into several pieces
1 egg + 1T milk for egg wash
The Cream Filling :
1 C milk
1 vanilla bean
1/4 C sugar
3 yolks
1 T cornstarch
1 T flour
2 oz (4 T) butter @ room temperature
50 ml whipping cream
1/2 T honey
Crumb Topping :
20 g butter @ room temp
2 T sugar
3 T + 2 t flour
Combine the warm milk and yeast in a small bowl. Let stand for a few minutes, then stir until the yeast is completely dissolved.
Sift together the flours, sugar, and salt into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Add the eggs and beat for 1 minute at low speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the dissolved yeast and continue beating at low speed for 5 minutes. Stop the machine, scrape dough off the hook, and beat for another 5 minutes.
Add the butter a few pieces at a time, beating for about 1 minute after each addition. Once all the butter has been added, beat for 10 minutes more.Place the dough in a large bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside in a warm place until doubled in size, about 2 to 3 hours.
Deflate the dough gently. Working your way around the bowl, take the edges of the dough, lift up and gently drop inward. Either cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap or place the dough in a large plastic bag that has been very lightly oiled and refrigerate overnight. The brioche will continue to proof.
For the crumb topping, place the softened butter in a small bowl and mix the sugar in with a fork. Add the flour and mix with your hand, pinching the mixture together to form large and small crumbs. Refrigerate.
Once the dough is ready, place on a baking sheet pan lined with parchment. Pat it gently into a 9" circle about 3/4" tall. Let the dough rise uncovered in a warm place for about an hour.Preheat oven to 400°F.
Gently brush the top of the brioche with egg wash and sprinkle with the streusel. Bake the brioche in the center of the oven for about 12 to 15 minutes. Start checking at 12 minutes; the brioche should be soft, puffed and golden. Remove the brioche from the oven and immediately take the brioche off the baking sheet and place onto a wire rack to cool.
For the pastry cream, slightly boil the milk and cut length-way vanilla bean , then set aside. Whisk the sugar with the egg yolks until pale. Add the flour and cornstarch and whisk until smooth. Discard the vanilla bean, gradually add 1/2 of the hot milk to the sugar-yolk mixture, whisking vigorously to prevent the eggs from scrambling. Pour this mixture back into the saucepan and cook over low heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture thickens and boils. Take off the heat and cool a bit. Pour into a bowl and cool slightly. Press a piece of plastic wrap on the surface and refrigerate until chill thoroughly.
Whip the cream with the honey until soft peaks form. Fold half the whipped cream into the pastry cream to loosen it up. Fold in remaining cream until smooth.
To assemble, cut brioche in half horizontally. Smooth cream mixture over bottom layer, and place second layer gently on top. Chill before serve.
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The Thorogood story reaches back into history, over a quarter century ago in Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Since 1892 this brand has been a haven of quality and comfort for countless people. What Albert H. Weinbrenner and Joseph Peffer would begin work together as cobblers at first would grow beyond their imaginations.
Within the next 25 years, the company would undergo several vital changes as times changed and business grew. From switching to 100% wartime production during WWII to developing safety footwear. Today, Thorogood calls Merrill, WI home.
Just shy of 100 years, in 1988 the company would be bought by locals. Some of these buyers happened to be employees. Twelve short years later, employees would take complete ownership as a benefit provided by the company.
When September 11th occurred, Thorogood donated boots to the rescue effort at ground zero. Five hundred total pairs were sent that were undoubtedly crucial to the incredible people there.
It isn't often one comes across a true American company which embodies these strong homegrown values. Aside from how the company supports freedom, they produce a beautiful pair of boots that will last a very long time with correct care and attention.
Since making a great product isn't enough, Thorogood provides many resources for customers who want their investment to last. One can even find restoration information on thorogoodusa.com.
We were fortunate enough to take a look at a pair of Thorogood boots and really liked what we saw. The pair we tested were durable, comfortable and built exceptionally well.
Quick Highlights:
– Full-grain leather and ripstop fabric construction
– Polishable toe
– GORE-TEX waterproof, windproof and breathable membrane
– Removable military-grade polyurethane footbed
– Vibram cup outsole with TC4 rubber
– Cement construction
– Made in America
– Fiberglass shank
– Non-safety toe
– 8" height
– USA flag lace charm detail
– Metal lace hardware
Black Men's Thorogood Veracity GTX Boots Review
For soldiers in the field, the Thorogood Veracity GTX waterproof 8" tactical boots serve their mission well. For those who don't mind getting dirty during an honest day's work or a never-to-be-canceled nature outing, these tactical boots are golden.
Those days when you hate that it rained because now you have to postpone that day of hiking you planned are a thing of the past. With these, you'll be just fine. Here's what they do for you:
For starters, the men's Thorogood Veracity GTX boots have a GORE-TEX membrane for waterproof protection. No more wet socks when moisture somehow seeps through just from walking across a dew-filled field of grass in the morning.
Of course, they also have a removable military-grade polyurethane footbed which also keeps your feet dry inside regardless of the weather conditions. Let the Spring showers and late thunderstorms boom in the sky. You can slosh around all day, and purposely plunge into puddles for laughs and your feet remain cozy.
You'll love the polishable toe whether you are a soldier, or just going on a date straight from work. You get to polish these babies, so they look shiny and well-groomed. There's nothing like making a good impression.
Cement construction with a Vibram cup outsole and TC4 Rubber won't let you slip and fall. You'll scale steep cliffs without losing your grip. No embarrassing banana peel moments that send you flying! Instead, you'll move confidently, displaying what great shape you're actually in.
Not to mention, you have three masculine colors to choose from: Go for rich black or full-grain leather. If you'd rather wear a ripstop fabric instead, you can. You'll find the right match for your wardrobe look. Best of all you can enjoy the high-quality craftsmanship and comfort that exceeds the standard. Thorogood has been around since 1892. Its Weinbrenner Shoe Company started in Wisconsin where rugged terrain abounds.

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Live the life at the edge of cliff..4000ft altitude...Misty clouds...Billions of twinkling stars...Fireflies...Indrawajra...Campfire...Stories & many more at Harishchandragad Paradise of trekkers.
In this pre-monsoon period, get ready to witness a phenomenon which will just put you in awe of nature. We are talking about the tiny little twinkling creatures, who come out in millions at night in a breathtaking phenomenon. Fireflies or lightning bugs make light within their bodies. This process is called bioluminescence and is shared by many other organisms, mostly sea-living or marine organisms. Ever imagined what it would be like to watch a million twinkling stars in the open sky above your head? Add a dash of a spectacular light show orchestrated by the humble fireflies.
Imagine yourself on the ridge in above of misty cloud and your shadow on the clouds hallowed by rainbow rings that's the indravajra...
The natural phenomenon appears when a low sun is behind a climber who is looking downwards into the misty cloud from a ridge. It is produced, when light refracts from water droplets in the cloud like a rainbow, Harishchandragad is one of the few places in the world where you could be lucky to see this broken specter called Indravajra in the pre-monsoon period.
-- Meeting Point Kasara Railway Station ticket counter on 1st June 2019 Evening 18:30 pm, we will be back to Mumbai by 18:00 pm tentatively.
-- Catch below Kasara train on 1st June 2019 from your respective station timetable given below,
- Dadar: 19:31 pm
- Ghatkopar: 19:42 pm
- Thane: 19:58 pm
- Kalyan: 20:21 pm
- Kasara: 21:32 pm
- Waiver Form Submission & board jeep We will take 10 min halt at dhaba for tea/light snacks & washroom.
- Enjoy cozy cold night drive for next 1.5hr
- Halt at Bhandardara/Mutkhel in route for witness/photos of fireflies.
- Back again drive of 3hrs reach Village Paachnai by early morning 04.00am
- Quick refresh yourself, post short brief we will start to trek immediately by 04.30am
- 2 hrs of hike reach Kedareshwar caves area from here we proceed kokankada direct.
- Visit Kokankada for premonsoon cloud movement & Witness of Indrawajra
- Post have bf/tea and refreshment, we will start our descend by 09.30am
- Reach Paachnai in next 2hrs Have lunch post we will travel to Kasara by the same vehicle by 14.00pm
- Reach Kasara Tentative 17.30pm Catch your respective train & Trek end with Happy Memories.
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- Personal Expenses.
- Sleeping Bag / Bedding
- Anything which is not mentioned in inclusion.
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Voters in Spain began heading to the polls on Sunday for a national election that is expected to mark the end of the nation's long-standing two-party political system with the anti-austerity Podemos party helping to upend the status quo.
The Guardian reports that the outcome is "unpredictable," while Euronews says that "only one thing is certain … and that's how uncertain this ballot has turned out to be."
For his part, Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias said Sunday, "After tonight, I am sure the history of our country will change."
The Guardian adds that the outcome "is expected to usher in a new era of coalitions and compromises at the national level."
Reuters looks at how those could play out:
Opinion polls suggest the ruling conservative People's Party (PP) of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will win the vote but fall well short of an absolute majority.
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The Socialists are expected to come second, while anti-austerity party Podemos ("We Can") and a second significant newcomer, the liberal Ciudadanos ("Citizens"), are vying for third place as kingmaker in post-election talks.
That prediction makes any of four outcomes possible - either a centre-right pact between the PP and Ciudadanos, a centre-left alliance between the Socialists and Podemos, a coalition between the Socialists and Ciudadanos or a minority administration.
The Associated Press reports: "Days or weeks of negotiations may be needed to determine the outcome."
Still, Podemos supporter Owen Jones writes that the election is making an important statement about the anti-austerity movement, and that "Europe's rulers should take note."
"Outside Spain," the Wall Street Journal reports, "the election has been closely watched as a test of whether the kind of austerity measures Mr. Rajoy applied while halting the country's slide toward insolvency are politically survivable."
A new paper from the Washington, DC-based Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) finds that the emerging recovery in the country is not due to austerity measures. "The idea that austerity brought about recovery by increasing investor confidence seems to be no more true in Spain than anywhere else," stated Mark Weisbrot, CEPR Co-Director and co-author of the paper.
"A strategy of fiscal stimulus and public investment, combined with revenue increases that maintain a sustainable debt burden, present a much more effective alternative," the paper states.


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Four-score-and-twenty years from now when school children ask, "But why did they call it the Patriot Act?" I wonder what tomorrow's history teachers will say.
Just 45 days after the September 11 attacks, with virtually no debate, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act. There are significant flaws in the Patriot Act that threaten your fundamental freedoms by giving the government the power to access to your medical records, tax records, information about the books you buy or borrow without probable cause, and the power to break into your home and conduct secret searches without telling you for weeks, months, or indefinitely.
Meanwhile Osama Bin Laden is still out there laughing his fool head off at how stupid Americans are. (Image Courtesy Mike Thompson & Detriot Free Press)
Friday, March 10, 2006
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Smith & Wesson Shot Show M&P10
" Danielle from Smith and Wesson shows us their gorgeous new .308 M&P10 line for both hunting models as well as the LEO version. Thompson Center has a hand in this as well as other predecessor successes. For more reviews like this go check out http://www.fourguysguns.com "


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I'm 16 years old and a junior in high school that's gay. I'm surrounded by a great circle of friends! I'm a genuine guy. I'm always open for conversation and advice if my friends ever need it. But no one ever asks me to hangout. I always have to ask them. I mean I get it, girls don't ask guys to hangout..right? But lately, i've been getting dicked over by everyone. Just today I was supposed to hangout with my friends but just 20 mins ago she told me her mom won't let her take the car. But that's a lie because I saw someone's facebook status saying that they were out with that same girl who asked me to hangout. This has happened to me a lot. I don't get any texts, no one bothers to ask me how my day was. I feel worthless and it's another Saturday night that i'm home in my dark room crying on my bed. I have a wonderful family and a wonderful lifestyle but at the end of the day I just want a friend. I don't deserve this. All I've done is be nice and caring about everyone.


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Mix Your Paint Right
Before painting a room, combine the cans of the same color wall paint together in a larger bucket and stir thoroughly to eliminate any variations in color that might occur. There is actually a color variation between cans of paint even from the same manufacturer and the same color. Mix the paint thoroughly between each addition. Mix it using a paint stirrer. Mix from the bottom upward to ensure that the heavier pigments blend thoroughly with the lighter thinner. If the paint is too thick, add a small amount of paint thinner.
When mixing leftover paints to create your custom color, only mix the same "type" of paint together.You'll find out when paints aren't compatible (for example an oil and water-based) because if you try to mix them, you'll end up with a lumpy mess.
Strain your paint. Experts recommend pouring the paint over a window screen to make sure there are not chips or other debris in your paint. It is best to tape the screen to your bucket. You definitely want to use this technique if you are using older paint, since you tend to get little chips of hardened paint that could ruin your new paint job. Sometimes a skin could also form on the top of your old paint. You will want to filter that stuff out so it does not end up on your wall.
Remember to wear protective gear including gloves, respirator masks and safety glasses when working with paint. If you need help, call the experts!
Helm, locally owned and operated, has been in business since 1970 and is an independent dealer of Benjamin Moore Paints and Finishes. Our trained specialists are available to assist you in selecting paint and supplies for your business.
We have 6 locations across the Metro New Orleans area, for your convenience, to serve you.


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Michael Doyle is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Of Impatica. He has founded several successful high technology companies including Computer Innovations which became Canada's largest personal computer sales and service organization with revenues of over one billion dollars annually. Mr. Doyle served as a member of Canada's National Advisory Council on the Information Highway and on the Ministers Council on Educational Technology. He started his career as a Systems Engineer with IBM Corporation and co-founded Impatica in 1998.
In this interview, Michael talks about Impatica, online rich media and PowerPoint.


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Kings Georgia, school Olympiads managing company, has announced plans to restore a 0.5-hectare woodland zone in Borjomi and to arrange the Kings'Alley.
The company will fulfill the project under the motto: Young Generation for the Tomorrow!
The company statement reads:
"Burnt woodland in Borjomi has confused each of us! We, the team of Kings Georgia, feel responsibility before the new generations and we will arrange Kings' Alley on the burnt territory in Borjomi!.
Kings Georgia will restore 0.5 hectare woodland zone in the name of Kings Georgia!
Each tree in the Kings' Alley will be planted on behalf of Kings Georgia members!"


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IT organizations are witnessing the rising tide of AI development silos across their enterprise. To stay ahead of the sprawl of stranded pockets of compute capacity, many are proactively building shared machine learning infrastructure for "centers of excellence." These private AI clouds for enterprises are more cost-effective, offer better scale, and elasticity of machine learning (ML) capacity that can stay ahead of business unit demand.
Recently, MLPerf, the industry's first objective AI benchmark suite was created to measure a wide range of deep learning workloads. NVIDIA set six records in AI performance, as scored by MLPerf. However, the road to setting AI workload benchmarks hasn't been an easy path. NVIDIA has dedicated time and resources to not only develop innovative technologies for AI infrastructures capable of achieving this, but NVIDIA has also built and tested these infrastructures to reduce issues for any other organizations that want to build an AI supercomputer of this power.
Lessons Learned in Scaling Enterprise AI
NVIDIA's experience building the world's largest AI infrastructures and a $2B per year R&D investment has created the essential tools of AI development and the world's leading solutions for scalable AI infrastructure. Beginning with DGX SATURNV, and proven in 1,000+ GPU clusters across the globe, we've distilled this innovation and expertise into a validated solution that's full-stack optimized, with a modular architecture that can grow.
The Fastest Path to Insights at Scale
Designing, acquiring and deploying AI infrastructure requires specialized expertise and resources lacking in even the largest enterprises. NVIDIA DGX-2 democratizes the power of large-scale infrastructure, making it easy for organizations of any size to deploy a Top500-capable AI system in under three weeks, as we demonstrated with our MLPerf submission. In the race to deploy AI, DGX-2 gives businesses a head start and the fastest path to the finish line.
The AI Private Cloud for Business
Today's IT needs to get ahead of silos of AI development, consolidating infrastructure, resources and expertise, for greater ROI and faster time to AI insights. DGX-2 enables every enterprise to deploy their own infrastructure that offers simplified access to massive computing capacity with elastic responsiveness to demand, powered by intelligent automation and orchestration tools for dramatically lower IT OpEx.
- Blog Discussing NVIDIA Setting Six Records in AI Performance
- Information on DGX SATURNV
- Information on DGX-2
- Top500 List - November 2018
- MLPerf Results


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"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." ~Twyla Tharp
I am special blogging about this art because it speaks to me. The lines, the color, the very essence of freedom that pours out of these paintings is impossible not to get lost in. I received a request to like this page recently and after visiting the page, I found myself almost unable to leave the page. I sifted through almost every image in the gallery, I imagine…at least that is what it felt like.
I opened up my facebook page this evening and the first post on my timeline is a gallery of the most recent works from this amazing woman! Her name is Jenn Brake. You can find her by 'Googling' Artwork from Jenn Brake and it will direct you to the artwork page. These images are profound to say the least, and while this is just my opinion, I still feel the need to share and hope that the viewers that see them will feel the same way.
It is not often that I come across art that truly speaks to me; however, this art work is truly original and you can tell that there is effort, life and soul in these pieces and they truly deserve to be recognized. Take a look at her page by googling as mentioned before and enjoy!
***If anyone has any problems pulling Ms. Brake's page up following the instructions given above, please leave a comment or email me and I will help you get in touch with her so that you can place an order. The featured piece on this blog post is one of her works as well. So beautiful!!!
Thanks for reading! Be sure to click the 'Follow Karma's Expressions' button on the right at the top for updates on future posts.
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How to Clean Tiles With Acid
Acid should only be used as a last resort when cleaning tile. When all other attempts to remove stains have failed, a mixture of water and hydrochloric acid can be used to eat away at the stain and restore the tile's original appearance. Hydrochloric acid is generally referred to as muriatic acid when used in this context and is available at home improvement stores and swimming pool supply stores.
Ventilate the room. When working indoors, open all windows and use a fan to help circulate the air and blow fumes away from your work area.
Fill a 5-gallon bucket with 1 gallon of water. Put the water into the bucket before the acid to avoid a dangerous chemical reaction.
Slowly pour 1 cup of muriatic acid into the bucket of water. Use a plastic or glass container to measure the acid; never use a metal container. Using a metal container can cause a chemical reaction that results in the acid fizzing and giving off dangerous fumes.
Brush the acid mixture onto the stained tiles using a large paintbrush. If any of the acid mixture spills onto another surface, immediately pour baking soda onto the spill to neutralize the acid.
Allow the muriatic acid and water mixture to sit on the tiles for two to three minutes.
Rinse the acid off the tiles with plenty of water. Use a stiff brush to scrub the tiles and ensure that all of the muriatic acid residue has been removed.
Things You Will Need
- Rubber gloves Charcoal filter mask Protective clothing Fan 5-gallon bucket Measuring cup Paintbrush Baking soda Stiff brush
- Pouring water into muriatic acid may cause a reaction that could result in acid spraying up out of the bucket. Keep children away from the area when cleaning tiles with muriatic acid.


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Illumina Partners with Chinese Diagnostics Firm
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Illumina Inc. has entered into an agreement with a Beijing diagnostics firm that will employ next-generation sequencing technology to improve health care in China.
Illumina will be working with Annoroad to develop a user-friendly prenatal DNA diagnostic system for the Chinese market.
Illumina said next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has evolved rapidly in recent years and is now regarded as an essential factor for enabling precision medicine.
As part of the agreement, Annoroad will provide its nucleic acid extraction, library preparation and data analysis software while Illumina will provide NGS instrument components and related reagents.
Annoroad has developed an array of NGS diagnostic applications in the field of human reproduction, cancer and rare diseases.
Illumina's (Nasdaq: ILMN) goal is to improve human health by working with the genome. It serves customers in the research, clinical and applied markets.


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My niece is totally on a health kick. She has been posting all these #whole30 recipes that she has been making, and I am telling you — they look delicious. She did share one recipe though, that really caught my eye, so I decided to try and make them too. Homemade Cauliflower Tortillas. These are SUPER healthy and don't have a lot of calories in them at all.
I used this recipe here. I did adapt it a little and add some garlic paste that I had on hand, which added some great flavor to them.
Cauliflower Tortillas
- ¾ a head of cauliflower riced or 2 cups riced and packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon garlic paste
- salt and pepper to taste
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Toss ¾ a head of cauliflower cut up into a food processor. Remove most of the stem and then pulse until you get a texture slightly finer than rice. You should have two cups when you are done.
- Place riced cauliflower in bowl and microwave for 2 minutes and stir, then another two minutes and stir again. Using a cheesecloth or a dish cloth, squeeze excess water out as hard as you can. It's hot, so be careful not to burn yourself.
- Place drained cauliflower back in bowl and add two eggs, garlic paste, salt and pepper and mix until well combined.
- Spread mixture onto a baking sheet into 6 small fairly flat circles.
- Place in the oven for 10 minutes then pull out of the oven. They should come up fairly easy. You can then flip them with a spatula and place back in the oven for 5-7 more minutes.
- Once they're done place them on a wire rack to cool slightly.
- Heat a medium sized pan over medium heat and place the tortillas into the pan pressing down slightly and brown them to your liking. This will add flavor, but also give them that toasty tortilla look.
We topped ours with some sliced chicken, avocado, cheese, homemade salsa, and cilantro.
Two of these yummy tortillas with all of the toppings I mentioned — only 159 calories.
What are some healthy recipes you have made recently?


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Sun expands RFID portfolio
Sun Microsystems has expanded its RFID portfolio with the release of a new version of the Sun Java System RFID software, which is designed to help enterprises to reduce reliance on middleware in RFID systems.
Sun Microsystems has expanded its RFID portfolio with the release of a new version of the Sun Java System RFID software, which is designed to help enterprises to reduce reliance on middleware in RFID systems.
Through support for the Java platform, the software will allow RFID devices, such as readers and appliances, to intelligently process information directly, instead of relying on external middleware for data processing.
The software allows Java technology-enabled devices to intelligently process and filter data directly on the device.
This delivers advantages such as shielding the network and end user from the potential avalanche of information that can be generated in large-scale deployments and simplifies network management by reducing the number of network components needed.
Sun's RFID software is available now for Java SE technology and will be available in early access for Java ME technology in Q305.
Sun is working with a number of RFID reader and device companies including; Intermec, SIS Technologies and ThingMagic to help create "a next generation of smart RFID readers and devices".
"The ability to run the Sun Java System RFID Software directly on SIS appliances is key to helping us simplify our customer's RFID infrastructure needs while increasing their ability to support and maintain the environments. As RFID networks expand, so too does the cost of supporting the RFID infrastructure," says Sean Clark, director of RFID Solutions at SIS Technologies.
"Sun's multi-platform Java technology-based RFID software combined with our Mustang appliance, creates a self-healing network where downtime is virtually eliminated, leading to a more significant return on investment (ROI)," he adds.
Large companies and governments worldwide are expected to spend US$6 billion on RFID hardware, software and services by 2010, according to Datamonitor. Additionally, Venture Development Corporation says the device market alone will be worth US$700 million in 2005. Sun says Java technology is poised to play a significant role in this market, having already been installed on more than two billion embedded devices, up by 14% since June 2004.
"We view RFID as a disruptive technology that will revolutionize the network and the way companies do business," says Sam Liu, director of RFID product management, Sun Microsystems. "Our latest offering helps customers unlock their network's potential and achieve competitive advantage by providing a clear picture of their business and by accelerating decision making from the edge to the enterprise," he adds.


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For many professionals, that first year in a new job can be a "honeymoon period," full of new and exciting challenges. But a study from Robert Half and Happiness Works shows that professionals with between one and two years on the job are less happy, less interested in their work and more stressed than those still in their first year. After three years or more on the job, happiness levels edge back up and interest levels increase. In fact, those with the greatest tenure (21 years or more) showed the highest level of interest in their jobs.
"Once they get past year one, the honeymoon appears to be over for many professionals," said Paul McDonald, senior executive director of Robert Half. "After 12 months on the job, employees are expected to work more autonomously and take on added responsibility. At the same time, aspects of the job that at first seemed novel and interesting may lose their luster."
McDonald added, "Managers should be aware of this second-year slowdown and take proactive measures to keep employees engaged. This includes providing stretch assignments and ensuring that workloads are manageable. By keeping an eye on it, companies can help minimize the risk of losing productive staff members who have already been through a learning curve."
Although managers can take steps to create a happier work environment, they aren't the only ones who can fan the flames of employee happiness. When asked who's responsible for keeping spirits high on the job, 25 percent of North American workers surveyed said it was their responsibility alone. Another 5 percent said it was all in their company's hands. The majority of respondents—70 percent—cited a combination of the two.
How to keep the spark
Robert Half offers five tips professionals can use to maintain their spark as they build tenure at an organization:
- Find your passion. Think about your company's higher purpose: How is it making the world a better place? For example, when you work at a law firm, you aren't only performing legal functions—you are helping clients navigate unfamiliar territory during what is likely to be a very stressful time for them.
- Deepen your connections. Having friends at work makes every day more fun. Go out of your way to socialize and build camaraderie with those around you.
- Mix it up. Don't wait for your manager to offer you new projects. Be proactive—talk to your boss about new assignments to broaden your skill set and contribution to the firm. This not only increases your engagement level but also your earning potential.
- Show gratitude. Take the time to thank coworkers for their help and compliment others for a job well done. This will brighten their day while also giving your spirits a boost.
- Sweeten the pot. Keep up with compensation trends and ask for a raise, if warranted, as you take on more responsibility.
Nic Marks, CEO of Happiness Works says that "progressive business leaders have always understood that happier employees are better employees. This research shows how managers and employees can work together to build a happier workplace environment for all."
|Editor's picks:
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A Book To Die For
Days away from the grand opening of her new bookstore, Dana Kirkpatrick couldn't be more excited, until her excitement turns to horror when she discovers a dead body between the bookshelves.
Now Dana must find the killer, protect a valuable book collection, and hopefully, open her store as planned while her own life is in danger.
Can the San Francisco transplant solve the case and open her bookstore before anyone else dies?More info →
A Beach House To Die For
Life in San Francisco was getting too expensive, too hectic, and too crowded for recently divorced Dana Kirkpatrick. When this big-city girl inherited a beach house in a coastal Costa Rica town, she took it as a sign and packed her bags.
Dana imagined the small beach town would have its challenges, but she never could have predicted legal troubles, local wildlife, and being adopted by a stray cat. And now she's suspected of murder!
It's not quite the fresh start she envisioned when she moved to the tropical paradise beach community of Mariposa Beach.More info →
A Reality Show To Die For
The whole beach town is abuzz with the arrival of the cast and crew of the popular reality television show, The Island.
For Dana Kirkpatrick the excitement of it all comes to a screeching halt when she finds a body washed up on the shore.
Dana's discovery pushes the production of the hit reality show and the peace of Mariposa Beach to the edge as the police investigate the crime and zero in on a suspect.
Dana isn't so sure that the police are on the right track so she starts sleuthing on her own trying not to incur the wrath of the investigating detective, the smarmy producer of the show, a bevy of self-absorbed Instagram models and the killer!
A Reality Show To Die For is a fun international cozy mystery set in a small town beach community on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.More info →


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Services: Senior Ride Programs, Non-Emergency Medical Transportation, General Paratransit/Community Ride Programs, Disability Related Transportation
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American Cancer Society - Greater Memphis - Road to Recovery CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19
Provides transportation to treatment centers and doctor appointments related to cancer.
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Amtrak - Memphis Central Station
Provides long distance rail service from Central Train Station in downtown Memphis, northbound to Chicago and southbound to New Orleans, with connections to more than 500 destinations.
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mesa para 3
fernando álamo
rocío arévalo
roberto rguez (ro.ro)
Inauguración: 1 de junio de 2012 a las 20,30 h.
Del 1 al 22 de junio
Galería Mácula, c/ San Antonio, 51
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
"They run as fast as they can. A gasp at the cost of effort. Other fall and no longer stand. Some, more resistant, sing a song to give encouragement. She says, do not let your head like one that has been vanquished. She says, wake up, come on, the struggle is long, the fight is difficult. Then they shout with all their strength to show their enthusiasm. "(Monique Wittig, The Guerrillas).


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Emergencies does occur just like that and it needs to be given appropriate attention in order to make it come out as a huge success in terms of the number of casualties and the like. This would be what is expected through it and every effort would be made towards it.
There are some cases in which aero ambulance companies do provide their services in getting persons up and down in a very fast manner. This would be the most effective method at times and it should be followed up in such a way.This could prove to be something which is worthwhile and make it a great effort, on the overall. It should be really helpful in getting along with things which are very much necessary to do along with everything else. It should occur in some subtle form which could prove to be that much useful, after all.
Medical evacuation services need to work in the fastest manner to actually prove this to be that much effective out of all. It should be considered as a method of getting along with all what is required in this regard. This preparation would mean a lot more than just the basics of it all. It needs to be backed up by the relevant medical team which has the necessary expertise. It needs to be provided in some way or the other, in order to make it the most successful attempt above the rest. This can give some amazing results, which could give it the upper hand in the future.
Concentrating on many areas is necessary when it comes to this subject matter. It should be handled quite well when given the chance to do so. This happens to come off as something which is always wanted in a manner which would be suitable, given any kind of situation. This situation would be able to widely call for a lot of things which might be affected in a mighty manner and it would be a cause of concern when thinking of it in a particular way. This happens to be quite a common occurrence which could allow much more to occur with regard to everything else which seems to be in the near vicinity. It could be in, in some means, a formation of the relevant topics in hand, building up to what is deemed as necessary and continue in the same manner for as long as it is achievable and wanted to be done so. Hence, it would be fair to think of it in such a way.


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FLACSO Argentina
Pre-Summit Event
We will be helding a Pre-Summit Event, about Net Neutrality, regulations of Internet Service Provide & Copyright Reform. This event will be held on 20th August, in the Auditorium of FLACSO (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales) of Argentina.
This venue is located in Ayacucho 555.
There's also a walking distance between the hotel and the Cultural Center.
Centro Cultural San Martín
Global Summit Program
The activities will take place at the Centro Cultural General San Martín, located at Sarmiento 1551, between Paraná and Montevideo streets in Buenos Aires. The Center is located in the heart of the city and is walking distance from many hotels.
The activities will take place in Room C, Room D, Hall A/B and Muiño Theater.
Hall A/B
Photo of A/B Hall, "Cofee Break", at Wikimania 2009 by Damián Buonamico, CC-BY-SA


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I am an independent Nail Technician at Peppertree Hair Designers. I've enjoyed doing nails for 18 years. Specializing in Manicure, Pedicure, Acrylic, Nail Arts/Designs and Gel (NexGen gel works without UV light).
It's very rewarding to me to see when each client express their joy and appreciation as they leave the salon. I live my job!


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When Cody Johnson's Cowboy Like Me debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Country Albums chart in January 2014, jaws dropped in offices all over Nashville. "I got a lot of 'Who is this kid?'" Johnson says with a laugh two years later. "I love that. That was a new horizon. And I'm gonna work to make sure people know exactly who I am." Johnson does that from the start in Gotta Be Me, a follow-up project that's loaded with solid country instrumentation and winsome melodies. In the first minute alone, he paints himself as a cowboy, raised on outlaw country, who drinks too much, fights too much and won't apologize for having an opinion. By the time the 14-track journey is over, he's shared his rodeo history in "The Only One I Know (Cowboy Life)," demonstrated his woman's influence in "With You I Am" and paid homage to his gospel heritage in "I Can't Even Walk." Johnson delivers it all with an uncanny confidence. His smoky baritone and ultra-Southern enunciations give him a voice as uniquely identifiable as country kingpins Jason Aldean or Tim McGraw. And he uses it to convey a Texas-proud swagger, a real-man charm and an unwavering honesty about who he is, where he comes from and where he hopes to go.
"I'm a God-fearin', hard-workin', beer-drinkin', fightin', lovin' cowboy from Texas," he grins. "That's about it." The hard-workin' part is key. The other parts are easily found in his music. It's intense, focused, sincere. And when he takes the stage, there's a Garth-like conviction to his performances. Johnson inhabits the songs, recreates their emotions because they're so familiar. And he's willing to lay bare those emotions because he's always been willing to risk. He lives in the moment behind that microphone, the same way he rode bulls in an earlier day.
"That's a very, very rough sport to be in," Johnson notes. "It's very, very rough on your body. It's very rough on your mind, and it's scary. I mean there's not a professional bull rider that won't tell you it's not scary. If it wasn't scary, we wouldn't do it." Johnson pauses for just a beat. "I'm kind of an adrenaline junkie." Needing a fix is part of the attraction in both the rodeo and music. In the former, there's always another buckle to chase, another bull to conquer for eight seconds. In the latter, there's always another fan to win over, another song to write. And in some ways, Johnson has been chasing something illusory, indefinable, since he first arrived on planet Earth in Southeast Texas.
Johnson grew up in tiny Sebastapol, an unincorporated community on the eastern shore of the Trinity River that's never exceeded 500 residents. Even today, it's more than 30 miles to the nearest Walmart, in Huntsville, Texas, a town best known as the headquarters for the state's criminal justice department. It's a rough and tumble area, and it comes through in the music. Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, George Strait, Billy Joe Shaver – their songs were all essential to the local clubs, and Johnson was exposed to their mysterious allure even before he was old enough to get in. "You could hear the music from those bars across that lake," he recalls. "I'd always hear somebody singing 'Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound' or something like that, and I always wondered what was going on across that water in those barrooms. It definitely intrigued me. I always wanted to go see what was on the other side of the tracks." At a young age, Johnson was given the tools to eventually work in those clubs, though his official education was grounded in the church. His father played drums for their congregation, and that was likewise the first instrument that young Cody picked up. "Learning drums first taught me about feeling the song – feeling that dynamic of when it's supposed to be big and when it's supposed to be soft," he says. "I think that still sticks with me as a songwriter and as a performer, and in turn it's helped me shape my band, because I know what I'm looking for on every front."
Johnson learned guitar next, and when a teacher heard him playing an original song, he convinced Johnson to form a band with a few other students enrolled in the Future Farmers of America. Just a few months later, that first band finished runner-up in a Texas State FFA talent contest, creating an internal buzz that Johnson would continue to chase. He didn't necessarily think it would be a career. He briefly went to Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas, but traded that in to become a rodeo pro. Johnson did OK in that sport – the oversized belt buckle he wears today was won fair and square on the back of a bucking bull – but he broke a litany of bones: his right leg, his left arm, two ribs and his right collarbone. Cody started recording his own music during that phase of his life, beginning with Black And White Label, which featured his dad, Carl, on drums. Johnson sold the CDs, pressed on his own CoJo imprint, from his pickup. Eventually, Cody took a job at the prison to pay the bills. His band kept hitting the clubs on the weekend, with Johnson kept banging away on the guitar on Fridays and Saturdays while overseeing some very hardened convicts whose crimes had cut them off from humanity. "There's a lonely style of music that a lot of those guys listen to," Johnson says. "I worked in the field for a while, and they sang old prison work songs. Some had kind of lost hope, and I can see now that you have to sing about people that don't have hope the same way you want to sing to give them hope." Meanwhile, his weekend crowds began to grow, and Johnson started landing hits on the Texas music charts. After the release of his third album, he won New Male Vocalist of the Year in the Texas Regional Radio Music Awards.


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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Markers and Prognosis
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00605540
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 31, 2008
Results First Posted : September 3, 2014
Last Update Posted : September 3, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|133 participants
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|Three-years Follow-up of Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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|January 2008
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|March 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|February 2012
Study COPD population
Patients with diagnosis of mild to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Forced Expiratory Volume in the First Second (FEV1) [ Time Frame: Baseline and after three years ]FEV1 values were measured by Spirometry using the KOKO Spirometer, before and 15 minutes after the inhalation of 400mcg of salbutamol.
- Exercise Tolerance [ Time Frame: Baseline and after three years ]Tolerance exercise was evaluated by six-minute walking distance(6MWD)according to the American Thoracic Society guidelines.Patients were instructed to walk, attempting to cover as much ground as possible within 6 min. A research assistant timed the walk, and standardized verbal encouragement was given.
- Body Composition [ Time Frame: Baseline and after three years ]Body composition was evaluated by Body Mass Index (BMI), which is dividing weight in kilograms by height in square meters.
- Dyspnea [ Time Frame: Baseline and after three years ]Dyspnea was evaluated by Medical Research Council scale (MRC). MRC scale consists of only five items and it is based on activities that cause dyspnea. The patient reports the degree of dyspnea by choosing a value between 1 and 5. A higher number indicates greater sensation of dyspnea.
- Health Status [ Time Frame: Baseline and after three years ]Saint George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)was used to evaluate patient's health status. SGRQ includes three domains: symptoms, activities and impact of the disease. Each domain has a minimum score (zero) and maximum (662.5, 1209.1, and 2117.8, respectively). A total score is also calculated based on the results of three domains, with a score maximum of 3989.4. The total score is referred to as the percentage achieved by the patient related to this maximum score. Minimum score means there is no impairment in the health status and high score means maximum dysfunction.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 95 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- COPD diagnosis according to the GOLD criteria
Exclusion Criteria:
- Asthma
- Inability to perform pulmonary function and exercise tolerance tests
- Recent myocardial infarction or unstable angina
- Congestive heart failure: class III/IV
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00605540
|Botucatu School of Medicine
|Botucatu, SP, Brazil, 18618-000
|Study Chair:
|Irma de Godoy, PhD, MD
|Botucatu School of Medicine
|Responsible Party:
|Irma de Godoy, PhD, UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp
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|First Posted:
|January 31, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|September 3, 2014
|Last Update Posted:
|September 3, 2014
|Last Verified:
|May 2014
Disease markers
Lung Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Diseases


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Volvo V90 – Rugged Good Looks And So Much More
9th November 2017
Last week, the Volvo V90 Cross Country was named Estate Car of the Year at the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers' Awards in Edinburgh – retaining the title won by the V90 in 2016.
The Cross Country has all the style, quality, practicality, comfort and cutting-edge technology and safety as the rest of the V90 range, but gets a rugged makeover to turn it into the perfect all-road, all-season estate car.
This includes all-wheel drive, increased ground clearance and a host of sophisticated electronic aids – such as Hill Descent Control and an Off-Road mode that alters the car's dynamics – for tackling tricky terrain or slippery conditions.
The tough exterior look – thanks to the wheelarch extensions, front and rear skid plates – are offset when get inside. The luxurious interior benefits from black walnut trim sections and leather-faced upholstery with unique stitching.
Like every V90 the Cross Country version is full of high-tech equipment designed to make your life easier and more enjoyable.
Find out more at www.petrolnews.co.uk or to drive a Volvo V90 Cross Country, visit www.fcsvehiclesolutions.co.uk or call James on 01235 773633.


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(Warning, this might tick you off 🙂 )
Here's the question that bothers me sometimes: In most dramatizations, characterizations, or anthropomorphic representations of Good & Evil, the Evil entity or force tends to be the more complex, interesting, and charismatic. Why is that?
If I remember right, this was one of the huge controversies with Milton's Paradise Lost, because his Satan was so much more suave than the forces of good. Now… on one hand, one could say, "Duh, that's because Man is depraived in nature, so of course people will be more attracted to Evil!"
But the thing is, that's bullshit. This kind of thinking is what drove the Dark Ages and made every person beholden to both a King and a Pope.
This is fiction we're talking about. In reality, I doubt that people, on a statistical scale, are attracted to real evil– and I mean terror, death, gore, slaughter, pain, atrocity, and holocaust. Real evil is not fun, or attractive, or clever, or suave. Real evil is bloody and tragic and senseless and blind. I tend to believe that people are, overall, decent and good. Because, otherwise, the species would have never risen to dominance or lasted this long. It's a practical matter, more than one of faith.
So why, in fiction, is the bad guy or anti-hero so attractive?
Consider context. In American culture, "Good" and "Evil" tend to be defined by the Anglo/Christian context, and so the use of Good and Evil in fiction tends to draw from that. So my explanation? The Christian definition of Good and Evil is perverted and contrary to our human natures. We're not tragically flawed, the religion is. We have a sense, deep down, that there's something good in the "Evil" character, and something wrong in the "Good" guy.
I've got some specific notions on why this is, and what the perversions are in particular, but I'll try to keep this from becoming a 40 page book.
Anyway, in fiction, you can do almost whatever you want to with the fabric of reality there. And the thing is, you can keep the reader captured as long as you can manage to walk a tight rope between belief and disbelief. And sometimes, belief is not realism, it's adherence to shared context. So, if the story agrees just enough with what you've been told, and just enough with what you've seen, you'll be carried along. The danger is, you might not realize what's reality and what is doctrine, and where the two might diverge.
So, yeah, I'm saying that Christianity diverges from reality. Thus the fictional good & evil are not the same as real good & evil, and at some level we know there's a difference but we might not know why.


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Tiger Tea by Hamish Allan
Print Code: 9768
Art PrintImage size in millimetres: 500 x 500
Tiger Tea, still one of NZ's best known brands of tea. The car featured is, of course, a Holden special.
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Screen Culture and the Social Question: Poverty on Screen 1880–1914
1-3 December 2011
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Convenors: Prof. Dr. Andreas Gestrich (GHIL), Dr. Ludwig Vogl-Bienek (University of Trier)
This conference will bring together different international research approaches looking at how the optical lantern ('art of projection') and cinematography were used in the context of the Social Question around 1900. The media history relevance of the Social Question to the establishment of these new visual media has hardly so far been examined. Nor have these media been critically investigated as social history sources. The conference aims to make a fundamental contribution towards establishing an innovative field of research in the area where social history and media history overlap.
Special event: Professor Mervyn Heard's Magic Lantern Show (2 December at the Foundling Museum)
Conference programme (PDF file)
Conference report (PDF file), published in: GHIL Bulletin 34 (2012), Vol 1
Related publication:
Screen Culture and the Social Question 1880-1914
Ed. by Ludwig Vogl-Bienek and Richard Crangle
New Barnet: John Libbey, 2013. - 276 p.
(Kintop Studies in Early Cinema ; 3)
Read more about this title (this link will take you to John Libbey Publishing)


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The Honours thesis is a supervised research project that is 20,000 words in length. In this unit you begin a substantial, independent research project in Studies in Religion. Regular meetings with a supervisor approved by the Studies in Religion Honours Coordinator will guide your progress. You will develop a plan for researching and writing the thesis, submit an ethics application if appropriate, familiarize yourself with disciplinary conventions and standards, engage with relevant literature, theories and methodologies, and submit drafts at agreed times.
7 x 0.5hr meetings/semester on average.
1x 20000wd Honours thesis (100%)
Semester 1
24 Feb 2020
Semester 2
24 Aug 2020


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I have to admit that this is my favorite feature in my blog. Sure, plenty of other people have whole blogs devoted to historical hotties, but they don't provide little blurbs about each person. I offer that little extra because usually their stories make them even hotter. Today's gentleman is an exception.
Victorian Mystery Man
I stumbled across this picture while doing an Internet photo search but there's no information on who he is and I haven't been able to find any. But it's a shame to just leave it at that. So I'll just make up a biography for him. Here goes:
Bartholomew J. Throckmorton
A mild-mannered apothecary from Newcastle, Mr. Throckmorton was renowned for his unique preparations. Wealthy customers came from all over England and abroad to purchase his tinctures, elixirs, tonics, salves, potions, lotions, balsams, balms, and his specialty, strawberry lemonade. In 1844 he concocted a special blend of tea in honor of Queen Victoria's 25th birthday that he called RoyalTea. The queen liked it so much that she knighted him. Sir Bartholomew enjoyed a prosperous and happy life, and died in his sleep at the age of 87.
There. I think that's a nice fake bio for such a nice-looking sir.


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My new book from Two Sylvias Press, PR for Poets, is a guide for beginning to mid-career poets to learn how to build an audience and promote their books. Think of it as a guide to getting read.
People have asked me many times while doing talks on the subject, "How do I get my book reviewed?"
The book review process can seem mysterious – but as a poetry book reviewer myself for the last fifteen years, hopefully I can take some of the mystery out of the process.
First Steps
I usually talk first about building a poetry community way before your book comes out. That means things like, joining or starting a writing group, going to other people's book launches (and trying to learn from them), and…writing some book reviews yourself. It makes sense that you would start contributing to the literary world when you're starting to even think about having your own book come out. If you don't feel like putting in the work, well, how can you expect other writers to do so?
If you're worried about your book reviewing skills, every book reviewer has had to start somewhere, even the reviewers at The New York Times Review of Books and Poetry Magazine. I started out reviewing for NewPages.com, a venue friendly to new reviewers. I recommend that you read lots of literary magazines and online review outlets to see what kind of book reviews you like and what you aspire to, style-wise. I like The Rumpus, Rain Taxi, and many of the literary magazines that run reviews. I noticed that there was a formula you can follow in many of the big review outlets. Then, send out some queries to literary magazines that take book reviews. Sometimes you even get paid!
When the Book Comes Out
So, you've written a handful of book reviews yourself, you have built a solid poetry community for yourself, whether online or in real life. And now your book is about to come out. What now?
The first thing to do, if your publisher doesn't do it, is to build a review kit. This includes a review copy of the book, whether your publisher provided you hard copies or just a PDF of your book, plus a "one sheet" or "sell sheet" which includes your headshot and bio, a few blurbs, all info about your book such as ISBN, price, and publisher, and a little paragraph summarizing your book. Including visuals like your book cover and your author photo is a good way to get attention. This is also great to have on hand to hand out to bookstores when you stop by and ask if they might be interested in stocking your book.
If you've built some good karma by reviewing books, it never hurts to reach out to a few contacts and ask if they might be interested in reviewing your book. You probably won't get a ton of review copies from your publisher (most poetry publishers might be up to provide ten to twenty) so ask for a PDF version of your book (called an e-version or e-copy) you can send out. You might send your book postcards to interested reviewers and put a note – "Let me know if I can send you a review copy!" and your e-mail address.
Another good resource? Literary magazines that have published work that's in the book may be interested in reviewing it. This has happened for me a few times. So, write a note to the review editor (if there is one) or the managing editor and see if they are interested.
I don't recommend blindly sending out your scarce author copies – always ask first, because lit mags (and reviewers) get overwhelmed with book copies and often know they won't be able to review even a fifth of what they receive. Don't feel bad – this is because so many books come out each quarter, and a literary reviewer has a fixed about of space in a column or time to write reviews (which takes away, usually, from their own creative writing).
If you're really into social media, you can always put out a call on Facebook, Twitter, your blog, or Instagram and see if you can find people who might be interested in giving you a review in exchange for an e-copy of the book, even just on Amazon or Goodreads. Any goodwill you've built with other writers and reviewers will benefit you now!
Paid Services for Reviews
It might feel distasteful, but there are several paid services that can help you get reviews for your book. Are they worth the money? Really, only you can decide, but I've given a short analysis below.
There's a service called NetGalley where you or your publisher can post an electronic copy of your book and any interested reviewers can download it for free. However, the service is expensive and the reviewers usually aren't poetry-focused, so it's hit and miss for us poetry-types.
Kirkus Reviews also allows you to purchase a review, but there's no guarantee that the review will be positive, and again, it's expensive.
You might also consider doing a virtual book blog tour. Sometimes you pay for this service, in which different blogs might host you and your book for an interview or a guest post, but it often results in some surprisingly thoughtful reviews that you didn't expect. Sometimes people with book blogs will reach out to you outside of a book blog tour. Take advantage of this.
For most poetry books, the timeline to get your reviews might seem awfully slow. I notice reviews can roll in for about 12 months after publication, usually, because the cycles of literary magazines are often quarterly or even bi-yearly. Don't stress out if you don't have twenty reviews within the first six months – that is normal for poetry books.
But, if you want to get a jump on reviews, send out your advance PDF and sell sheets as soon as you can before publication. Some review publications (like Publishers Weekly) can require a six-month lead time!
Your Publisher is Your Partner
Also, don't forget to talk to your publishers about places they've places reviews, or connections they might have to review outlets or reviewers. They are your partners! They may have resources you don't know about, or might be so encouraged by an author who wants to help that they will give you great ideas.
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When the coup against Malcolm Turnbull was inevitable, some in the Liberal party room thought Scott Morrison was a better choice than hardline reactionary Peter Dutton. They may have been wrong.
Tag: reactionaries
Three reasons Morrison cannot succeed
In a nutshell, it's dogmatism, religionism, stupidity. And a bit of Lord of the Flies savagery.


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Solutions. No ifs or buts or hows or whys... just answers. That's what Director Steve Vanhinsbergh says has given stoneCIRCLE its longevity as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Steve Vanhinsbergh, who, with his brother Jeff, runs stoneCIRCLE, is an engineer. He considers stoneCIRCLE to be an engineering company. The material it uses just happens to be stone... most of the time.
Machinery and technology tend to drive engineering and stoneCIRCLE has one of the best equipped factories in the South of England, with its CNC saws, waterjet and workcentres.
It even bought the American Slabsmith before Carl Sharkey's LPE Group introduced it to the UK.
Slabsmith produces highly accurate (in both dimensions and colour) digital representations from physical slabs using a sophisticated camera and advanced digital technology. It is an important tool for integrating marketing, design and manufacture in what these days is called 'Industry 4.0'. The company also uses Prodim digital templating. "You need a digital shop," says Steve. "It's all computerised here."
Steve describes himself as a habitual internet surfer of everything to do with the stone industry and came across Slabsmith one day on the internet.
He could see its benefits immediately for an industry where every slab of stone is unique and every job different, so he telephoned Slabsmith in America. He bought the system and now uses it on a daily basis. It supports the 330 years of experience that the 42 people at stoneCIRCLE have between them, including Jeff's 38 and Steve's 27. Steve says that level of knowledge is a comfort. "Someone will know the answer or have a sensible suggestion to anything that comes our way."
The Slabsmith can even help explain to customers what is not possible, "because a lot of people do want the impossible," says Steve.
Using technology goes back to the early days, when Steve's father, Bernie Vanhinsbergh, started the business in 1968.
And one of the ways stoneCIRCLE is celebrating this year's 50th anniversary is by publishing a cook book with recipes from around the world, representing the countries from which the stones the company uses come.
Bernie originally worked in memorial masonry, letter cutting memorials and house signs for other companies. At first he worked in the kitchen of his home, but as the work increased his wife, Valerie, objected and he built a concrete shed in the garden. It was not long before he realised his productivity could be enhanced and life would be easier if he bought an Incimar letter cutting machine.
The lesson was cemented in Steve Vanhinsbergh's mind when the company bought a second-hand Terzago. It was hydraulic with a digital readout showing the measurement for the width of each cut. It replaced a manually operated saw that stone had to be wound through with a big handle. It significantly improved productivity. "I knew then we should always buy the best technology we could afford."
The original saw had been added at Jeff's instigation. He had joined his father in the memorial business when he left school in 1981. Much of the lettering was still hand cut using pneumatic chisels. After a few winters of having his arms coated in ice, Jeff suggested that the firm might move into the production of granite worktops.
This was at a time when most stone companies did not want to touch granite because of the cost of diamond tools and the difficulty of working such a hard material. But Bernie encouraged his son and they bought the saw, the make of which is now forgotten.
Youngsters these days would be amazed at the production process then, with 3m slabs of granite being man-handled on to a buggy and transferred and positioned on to the saw bed using muscle power.
The slab had to be forced through the saw, which had neither a turning head nor a turning table, so to make cuts at right angles to the originals, the slab had to be turned on the table by hand.
The sink cut-out was produced and polished using an angle grinder and the tap holes drilled with a power tool. Today the Health & Safety Executive would have a field day.
B&V Masonry, which is the company behind the trading name of stoneCIRCLE, has now pulled out of memorial masonry all together. The industry has changed. It is easy to buy memorials from the Far East and people prefer cremations to burials, while crematoria insist customers buy memorials from them. In the end, the return on investment in time and stock did not justify remaining in the sector.
Steve discussed it with his family over a period of 18 months. "It was a difficult decision to make because of our roots," he says. "But it was the right decision." The space being taken up by the memorial showroom has been put to more productive use.
There are two stoneCIRCLE showrooms. One with the factory at Basingstoke, on a site that Bernie Vanhinsbergh bought from Queen's College, Oxford, in 1984, just before the company bought that first saw. The other showroom is in Newbury.
The showrooms display stone for the retail market, which accounts for about 40% of stoneCIRCLE's turnover. The rest comes from supplying the trade, often for major projects, which is the side of the business run by Jeff from the Newbury showroom.
Supplying the trade has always been an important part of the stoneCIRCLE mix. Major contracts are often supplied from abroad, usually Italy, but stoneCIRCLE says it is capable of doing anything the Italians can do and, being closer to the market and speaking English as a native tongue, it can usually respond more quickly and be easier to deal with than a company overseas supplying a variety of international markets.
Significantly, it would not expect its work to cost any more than Italian production and could even work out less expensive.
It has supplied 300-400 companies, about 100 of which it works with on an ad-hoc but fairly frequent basis, mostly in London and the South East.
Lately its customers have included artist Julian Opie, a leading light of the New British Sculpture movement. His work has included LED displays and paintings on shaped metal. With stoneCIRCLE he wanted bronze set into Portland limestone for Citizen M Hotel at Tower Hill, London.
Julian took photographs of people going about their daily lives and wanted bronze outlines of them inset into Portland limestone. The bronze was cut on the stoneCIRCLE waterjet and the recess for it to be set into in the Portland stone was cut using the Omag Blade 5 CNC machining centre that stoneCIRCLE bought last year.
Following the successful completion of the Citizen M project, stoneCIRCLE is now making another artwork for Julian in the same way for a project in Bermuda.
One of the first artistic projects was the Susanna Heron frieze for Henslow's Walk at the 2012 Stirling Prize-winning Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge. The 104 pieces of 75mm thick Jaumont limestone form a backdrop to the Laboratory's lecture theatre. There are organic forms inspired by the university's collection of plant drawings by John Stevens Henslow (hence the name) carved into the stone in shallow relief.
Another work of Susanna Heron's made with the help of stoneCIRCLE is currently being installed at St John's College, Oxford. It is another relief carving, this time 17.4m long and 3.7m high. It is produced from 772 pieces of Clipsham limestone, each about 600 x 450mm in depths ranging from 100mm to 160mm. Each level has been cut, again on the Omag, in steps from 60mm to just 1mm, with the 3mm joints pointed to follow the line.
Another spectacular artwork, this time in various marbles, is Tom Phillips' Tyburn Gallows wall at Westminster Cathedral, made by stoneCIRCLE and installed by Taylor Pearce.
There is stoneCIRCLE work in the Airbus A380, including 'J' shaped bar tops in first class. To keep the weight down, the white onyx used is on honeycomb backing, but for an aeroplane it has to be glued up in a vacuum otherwise any air pockets would expand and break the stone as the aeroplane rose to cruising altitude. Before stoneCIRCLE took over the work it was being carried out in Italy.
The company has also just refitted the bathrooms on a yacht called the Haida, which featured in the film Mama Mia. The bathrooms were fitted while the boat was in dry dock, which was interesting for the fitters as there was no guarantee the horizon would be the same when it was floating. That meant spirit levels and plumb lines could not be used. There was nothing for it but to use boundaries as data points. "We were scratching our heads for a bit," says Steve.
The company helped produce the Afghanistan war memorial built by PAYE Stone. It has just made a new staircase for Harrods in Crema Tirrena and Crema Marfil. It recently completed the bathrooms at the Mandrake Hotel in a variety of stones. And it made the award-winning 8m high x 30m long Portland stone feature wall at New Ludgate.
When architects and designers work abroad, they sometimes take stoneCIRCLE with them. As a result, the company's work can be seen in various parts of Europe, America, Russia... it supplied complex curved and twisted string courses for a project in Shanghai that flummoxed the locals.
The latest development is to supply watch faces from stone cores that it used to throw away. These are cut and polished into 1mm thick discs for a new company called Cloak Watches (see www.cloakwatches.com).
It is a small contribution, but stoneCIRCLE does make an effort to minimise waste and keep the encapsulated carbon content of its work as low as possible.
The modern, 2,500m2 factory the company built on land behind its previous factory in 2015 is well insulated and uses its roofs both for the collection of rainwater and the generation of electricity from solar panels (which earn it about £2,000 a year from the feed-in tariff as well as cutting its electricity bill from its utility supplier).
When it built the new factory it extended its stock yard to 3,000m2, which is where it stores the stone slabs it uses.
It does not generate all the electricity it needs from the solar panels and had to install a new electricity substation onsite in order to secure enough three-phase for the extra machines it installed in the new factory, although they are all set up so they only use as much water and electricity as absolutely necessary. When the machines are not working, both electricity and water are automatically turned off, which reduces waste, especially as the machines are left working overnight.
Neither could the rain be relied upon to supply all the water the machines needed, so last year a 100m borehole was sunk to keep the 72,000 litre water tank topped up. The only water the site uses from the mains now is for drinking, which has reduced the water bill from £5,000 a year to £500.
Steve believes that as stoneCIRCLE celebrates its first half-century, it is in a strong position to survive whatever the future brings – and he is not optimistic about post-Brexit Britain. "The politicians will mess it up," he says.


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Part One of this two-part series on procurement maturity looked at how procurement is (and likely always will be at some level) linked to savings, even as our perspective on those savings changes. But the scope of procurement's role has expanded. Technology and data are accelerating procurement along the value continuum and expanding our contributions beyond the bottom line. In Part Two, we look at how procurement professionals can leverage tools to increase our organizational effectiveness — and influence.
Stage three: Leveraging the Capabilities of Available Tools for Savings
Leadership teams must recognize that getting the desired return from procurement requires more than investing in the right team and skills; the organization also needs to put the right set of tools in place. Any expansion of procurement's approach to managing spend will put those tools to the test.
Every aspect of procurement technology — from spend analysis through supplier management solutions — creates a unique opportunity to leverage information on behalf of improved efficiency and increased value. That said, not all solutions are created equal. Only source-to-pay platforms that enable advanced integrated functionality such as embedded analytics and contract management allow procurement to grow beyond basic approaches to generating savings.
Just as our definition of savings is open to re-evaluation, so too are the expectations of enterprise procurement solutions. Beyond being the "right way" to work, they must also outperform manual alternatives and be comparable in usability to consumer applications (read more about Determine's platform approach to solution design here). The ability of any procurement solution — and the team using it — to have an impact beyond the boundaries of procurement will be determined by how easy it is for distributed buyers to get what they need quickly enough that they are not tempted to circumvent the process.
Stage four: Tapping into the Information Advantage
Having savings generation as procurement's primary motivation can translate to a wide range of choices in terms of execution. The more we know about products, services and suppliers, the more qualified options we can bring to light.
Savings should always be looked at as a measure of efficiency. Any means of increasing that efficiency rate should be considered part of procurement's purview. We can rationalize demand, leverage volume and make sure our pricing models match our suppliers' cost models as closely as possible. Being able to take a broader approach to generating savings requires us to know more about each category of spend, the associated suppliers and how both affect the ability of the enterprise to operate.
Another way of looking at the impact of savings is through the elimination of waste — cutting areas where the enterprise is spending money but not realizing sufficient value in return. For this, procurement must gather information on current material and service usage and how they support internal processes. Procurement's analytical capabilities open the door to purely internal savings through the adjustment of wasteful processes before doing the same with supply partners who are in a position to make further recommendations.
Although procurement's scope and capabilities are expanding significantly thanks (in part) to emerging technology, savings continues to be the most common measure of our contributions to organizational effectiveness. We are — and always will be — a function with a bottom-line focus. The difference today, is that we no longer need to see that as a limiting factor.
As we apply new approaches, we must still be able to capture and express our contributions in terms of efficiency improvement. The challenges of the present cement procurement's need for a solid technology foundation — one that allows us to access information, streamline transactions and maintain visibility during and after the fact — now and into the future.
*Spend management is increasingly complex. If you want to learn just how much more valuable and effective your company's P2P process can be, schedule a personalized demonstration of our modular, integrated Procurement Solution on the Determine Cloud Platform, or contact us with your questions anytime.


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Filed under: Randy Salerno | Tags: CBS 2 Chicago, drunk, Randy Salerno, Sad, snowmobile, WBBM
Chicago news anchor Randy Salerno died last night on a snowmobile trip in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Police reports said that "alcohol and speed are believed to be a factor in the crash."
Umm the one-person snowmobile, which had both the driver and Salerno on it, hit several trees at excessive speeds. And somehow the driver lives but Salerno slams into a tree at full force. Don't we hear about this kind of shit every damn time some drunk driver hits someone else? Why do THEY always live? Sad shit.
Lesson learned: If you're going to get drunk and snowmobile, make sure you're the only one on the damn thing. Even if you hit multiple trees, you'll most likely be alright. Just don't hit someone else in the process of flying off.
R.I.P. Randy Salerno – ISU Redbird alumni


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Cleveland Hall may find new life in the hands of an unnamed party.
Developer John Montgomery, who owns the historic house on East Main Street in Spartanburg, confirmed that negotiations are underway with a couple interested in purchasing the house to restore and possibly live in it.
Montgomery said he would not discuss details of the potential sale until after it was complete.
But, in a text message to the Herald-Journal, he stated, that it is now "highly likely that the building will not be demolished."
News of the negotiations first surfaced on social media Friday morning, and Montgomery confirmed that information to the Herald-Journal Friday afternoon.
"At this time, I have rescinded the rezoning application with the city planning office and am in discussions with a couple to purchase the property and restore the home. We are working through this now and hope to have a positive resolution on this in the next two weeks," Montgomery wrote. "Needless to say, it looks as if we will not be moving forward with the redevelopment project and (are) working to ensure the home is protected from demolition."
Those following the group's efforts were encouraged by the news, which the post referred to as "the best possible outcome."
"I am just thankful that it looks like Mr. Montgomery is working to ensure that Cleveland Hall will continue to grace the entrance to Converse Heights for another hundred years," Kelley Shippey Gilbert, a member of the Save Cleveland Hall group, said in a text message to the Herald-Journal. "I am hopeful that this situation will encourage Spartanburg residents to work together to identify and protect the unique places that make Spartanburg County so special. A small group of concerned individuals working together really can make a difference!"
"I'm very excited and encouraged to hear this wonderful news," William Wallace Tabbot commented on the group's Facebook page. "Let's use this as an example of what's possible when we again confront similar Historic Preservation concerns as they present themselves in the future for Spartanburg."
The special meeting of the Historic Architecture and Review Board to review the neighborhood's petition to have the house added to the city's historic register is still scheduled for Feb. 27. It will remain so unless all those who signed choose to rescind the petition.


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Tom Wallace is Chief Operating Officer at SecureTrust, a Trustwave division. He has been an executive leader at Trustwave for more than nine years. At Trustwave, Tom has held roles leading consulting and professional services, operations and delivery and implementation services. He joined Trustwave through the 2010 acquisition of Intellitactics where he led customer service for eight years. Prior to Intellitactics, he held several director-level positions related to field services, pre-sales engineering and customer assistance with Portal Software and Sterling Software. Prior to joining Sterling Software, Tom held positions with several companies providing IT services. Tom has a bachelor's degree from James Madison University and a master's degree in Management Information Systems from The American University.


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Sinus, or more commonly known as sinusitis in medical terms, is referred to an infection or an allergy of the sinus cavities. In this allergy, the lining of the mucus membranes are swelled and the normal flow of the mucus in the nasal passage is blocked. This blockage results in the sinus infection as the germs which had to be flushed out, replicate causing inflammation. Sinus can be caused due to many reasons. Some of the reasons which cause sinus are:
Many alternative therapies, like the chiropractic therapy, not only try to determine the causes, but also treat the symptoms of the problem at the same time. This chiropractic therapy treatment is done to certain specific bones, mucous membranes, joints and muscles through various techniques and measures. This therapy improves the patients' breathing process and the postnasal drainage as well. Sleeping disorders can be also cured which leads to less headaches than before. The sinus-specific chiropractic techniques such as sinus draining and endonasal technique, helps in relieving the enormous stress of the nervous system. This helps the body to work more efficiently and move the skull bones freely. This permits the body fluids to drain out easily. Sinus specific treatment generally involves soft massage of the nose, forehead and cheeks. Thus, it helps in releasing the pressure on the sinus cavities and easy flow of the fluids. These specific chiropractic techniques relieve the pressure by increasing sinus drainage. It also helps in treating the muscular pain or the spinal issues, and thus helps in curing the symptoms at large. It relieves you of the immense pain caused by the symptoms of sinus itself. Several other sinus-specific chiropractic treatments, which should be performed by trained practitioners, are:
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As outsourcing continues to gain steam in the healthcare, security and privacy officers must be more vigilant than ever that cloud vendors and other business associates who handle PHI comply with HIPAA and make privacy and security a high priority. Your relationship with your vendors begins with a well-negotiated contract, which is vital to protecting your interests and limiting potential liability in the event of a breach, but it's only half the battle.
Just because you have a contract in place, doesn't mean you can be hands off about privacy and security issues.
In this session, Steven J. Fox, a leading healthcare IT attorney, outlines some of the key terms and conditions that make up the contractual foundation that covered entities need when working with HIT vendors and other business associates. He'll also cover:
Fox will also moderate a panel discussion and examine what providers should expect from their vendor partners when it comes to protecting PHI and what vendors can realistically deliver.


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What I especially like about this interview with the people of Redneck Revolt is that they offer explanations as to why working people should not let themselves be divided racially/ethnically by the ruling capitalist class in the US. Divide and rule has always been a major strategy used to quell opposition to the rule and exploitation of ruling classes, and there is currently an obvious attempt to do just that here in the US. The interview also provides numerous examples of working class struggles throughout US history that have been expunged from the history books that most working class children are exposed to.
I have only one criticism of a view taken from one of the interviewees when he/she declared:
As Fascism is also inherently an anti-capitalist ideology, we have to understand that at this historical moment, when many are suffering under capitalism, and looking for better ways to live, that the working class, and particularly the white working class, is much more susceptible to reactionary and fascistic ideologies and influences.The premise that fascism is an anti-capitalist ideology is completely false. Granted fascist organizations will sometimes use fake anti-capitalist rhetoric to attract militants, but in their actions they always serve the powerful capitalist class. They as sociopaths are easily drawn to, and corrupted by, the ruling class because they are rewarded in a variety of ways by ruling class agents. Fascism must be understood as capitalist rule without all the niceties of civil rights and legal processes that adorn and serve to hide their rule. Thus fascism is capitalist rule without the soft leather gloves of some rather anemic civil liberities to reveal the hidden fists of authoritarian class rule. But it is still the same class rule.