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Array Technologies, Inc. Wins 268 MW Supply Contract For California PV Solar Project
Company to deliver its Utility-Scale DuraTrack Single-Axis Horizontal Solar Tracker for First Solar Modules
Nov 15, 2012, 08:00 ET
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Array Technologies, Inc., a USA-based manufacturer and leading supplier of solar tracking systems and related products for utility, commercial and residential PV customers worldwide, has announced it has been selected to supply its DuraTrack™ horizontal, single-axis solar trackers for one of the world's largest photovoltaic plants. The utility plant will be located in California's Imperial Valley and will have an installed capacity of 268 MW DC.
The solar plant received Full Notice to Proceed on November 9, 2012—a noteworthy milestone for what will be one of North America's most important photovoltaic projects.
The southern California installation will be interconnected to the San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) grid as a Qualified Facility for a Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) under California Independent System Operator Corporation jurisdiction.
Array Technologies' DuraTrack single-axis tracker is widely regarded as the leading utility-scale tracker due to its smart, reliable and robust design and unique ability to conform to a diverse range of topography, environmental conditions, site configurations and module types.
For this landmark project, the DuraTrack will support First Solar's thin-film modules. Array Technologies' intelligent engineering provides a material-efficient tracking design for mounting these frameless modules and enables the lowest levelized cost of energy (LCOE) possible for utility-scale PV power plants.
The trackers will be delivered over a 9-month period and the PV solar plant will come into operation progressively during the second half of 2013. A pioneer in the solar industry, Array Technologies has over 700 MWs of installed product around the world and has recently entered into contracts to ship 900 MW over the next 12 months to meet the growing demand of the utility-scale PV market.
About Array Technologies
Array Technologies, Inc., provides unequalled expertise in engineering and manufacturing innovative solar tracking and racking systems for utilities, corporations, and small businesses worldwide. Array's patented tracker designs have established the standard for cost-effective, robust, reliable, and easy to install tracking solutions. Headquartered in Albuquerque, NM, Array Technologies' trackers and racks are manufactured in the USA. Visit us at www.arraytechinc.com.
SOURCE Array Technologies, Inc.


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A boycott by Los Angeles-area organizations against the Beverly Hills Hotel is growing, with the Reseda-based Los Angeles Jewish Home the latest group to protest the facility's Brunei ownership.
Brunei, which owns the hotel through an investment group, recently adopted the very strict traditional Islamic penal code Shariah, which calls for harsh penalties including stoning and flogging for adultery and homosexuality. That has triggered calls for boycotts by, among others, the Beverly Hills City Council, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and celebrities such as Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres.
The Los Angeles Jewish Home is moving its annual Legacy Circle Luncheon, which honors those who have included the organization in their estate plans, from the Beverly Hills Hotel to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, according to marketing director Bonnie Polishuk. She said the group's deposit for the event was returned.
The expanding boycott movement also applies to the Hotel Bel-Air, which is also part of the Dorchester Collection of hotels owned by the Brunei Investment Agency, a division of that country's Ministry of Finance.
The sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, last week called it a "great achievement" by his country in adopting the new laws.
"The decision to implement the (Shariah penal code) is not for fun but is to obey Allah's command as written in the Quran," the sultan said, according to The Associated Press.
Christopher Cowdray, chief executive officer of the Dorchester Collection, said the company recognizes the concerns of the public, but does not believe a boycott should be directed at the hotels or their workers. He would not discuss any cancellation of events planned at the facilities.
The two hotels employ an estimated 875 workers.
"The economic impact of this not only affects our loyal team members but extends to the local community, our valued partners and suppliers," Cowdray said in a written statement. "Today's global economy needs to be placed in a broader perspective. Most of us are not aware of the investors behind the brands that have become an integral part of our everyday life, from the gas we put in our cars, to the clothes we wear, to the way we use social media, and to the hotels we frequent.
"American companies across the board are funded by foreign investment, including Sovereign Wealth Funds."
Cowdray said they have continued to receive support from hotel guests and business partners.
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer and some Los Angeles City Council members have said they would refuse to attend events at the two facilities and the city of Beverly Hills called for them to be sold.
The Motion Picture & Television Fund says it won't hold its annual Night Before the Oscar party at the hotel as it has for many years. Richard Branson announced his Virgin Group and its 50,000 employees will not stay at the hotel.


text: If you've ever wondered how the cheese makes it to your table or cotton is turned into clothing, Field Trip! will answer those questions! Learn about the many uses for everything from chile to peanuts, honey, pecans, pistachios and more! Each week we'll take you on an entertaining Field Trip! to look at the production of agricultural products from "seed to consumer." Join us for Field Trip!


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You may want to hold your nose if you go below the fold. The National Review waded into the sewer of right-wing misogyny, and decided to spruce the place up by taking a giant steaming shit:
NatRev — What do women want? The conventional biological wisdom is that men select mates for fertility, while women select for status — thus the commonness of younger women's pairing with well-established older men but the rarity of the converse. The Demi Moore–Ashton Kutcher model is an exception — the only 40-year-old woman Jack Nicholson has ever seen naked is Kathy Bates in that horrific hot-tub scene. Age is cruel to women, and subordination is cruel to men. Ellen Kullman is a very pretty woman, but at 56 years of age she probably would not turn a lot of heads in a college bar, and the fact that she is the chairman and CEO of Dupont isn't going to change that.
Wow, hard to believe the author, Kevin Williamson, is still single, eh ladies?
So the thesis statement is might makes right, and Mitt Romney is an alpha male, yo, and that's how evolution works, so why argue with it or hide it? This is something to celebrate!
Well, for one thing, luck is not heritable, and Mittens owes his entire fortune to luck. Either that or he somehow overcame the handicap of being born the son of a CEO governor, while his opponent started from the enviable vantage of being the biracial son of a single Kansas mom living much of her life in third-world countries and went on to become the first black president of the United States. So evolution doesn't do us a lot of good here, Kevin. Find a good luck allele and we can talk. Until then my money is on the black guy.
The second laughfest is the author's infatuation with the concept of an alpha male and the harem society. This is an item of interest in anthropology for a number of species … like mountain gorillas. I suppose if Mittens had missed the apex of the evolutionary ladder by a notch or two and yet somehow retained his purported superior characteristics, he would have been a highly successful silver-back now munching the leaves of a banana tree surrounded by his sexy hairy harem and adorable frolicking young.
Of course we are not gorillas, our closest relative is the chimpanzee, where leadership is a far more fluid thing shared between male and female groups that function something like a criminal gang. In that society younger and less fortunate members are often beaten to within an inch of their lives, or gang raped, or both. It's true that in many cases the biggest baddest chimp male does more than his share of beating and raping, but can we all agree that chimp behavior is not an ideal roadmap for preferred human conduct?
Indeed, raping is one possible way spread your genes if you're a chimp — unless the females happen to have secret secretions that shut those invader sperm down, a belief that probably has far more currency among those who reject human evolution than those who study it. Another great way to win in evolution's casino is to steal your competitors food and mates, better yet just murder their children and rip off their testicles. Problem solved, victor Roma.
But generations of humans have worked real hard, with varying degrees of success, to eliminate those brutal reproductive strategies from our repertoire. I think we'd all say we've done that for the betterment of all and that includes idiots like Williamson. Lucky for him other bloggers can outline the shortcomings in his brand of submissive brown-nosing with just an affectionate symbolic scratch on the exposed belly, instead of biting off his penis and driving the point home by raping his mate.


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Honesty moment: I HATE required readings. I despise being told what I have to read. I think the only thing in school that I actually read when I was SUPPOSED to read it was my senior year readings. And I didn't even read all of them! haha. Most things I knew I would have to read a grade or so ahead of time and would read them early. I was big into fanfiction in junior high and high school. I read one about Lily and James during Hogwarts and they did an international magical acting competition. Hogwarts did The Crucible. Enough of it was thrown into the story that I wanted to read the whole play. Eight grade me begged my dad to take me to Barnes & Noble to go pick it up so I could read the whole thing. I did. Not sure if it was over a break or what and my eighth grade English teacher asked if we'd read anything interesting lately. I said The Crucible. She asked if I understood the historical background and all that. (Not only the Salem Witch Trials, but the communism hunt) I did. She was impressed and said a lot of high school juniors didn't understand it. My thought? They're idiots! Anyway. That's one example of one I read beforehand. Others I knew enough about that I could fake my way through it.
Punk is going into kindergarten. He has a required reading list for the summer. Seriously. I was like….. wut? Anyway. While looking at it, I came up with the thought of wondering if I could match YA/MG/Adult books to his list. His are all topics so you could match children's books to it. I have to admit, this was much easier than I expected except for one topic! Anyway. The topics are Bears, Friends, ABC, Frogs, Fairytales, Ocean Animals, Pets, and Free Choice (this one had me spazzing for a minute until I realised it was whatever book Punk wanted, not literally about free choice!)
Here's my required summer reading list based off of Punk's kindergarten list.
Bears: This was literally the first book that popped into my head. Probably due to me having just finished it when I had this idea. A big theme throughout the book is Sammy's bear.
Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
Friends: Again, literally the first book I thought of. Reagan and Lilah's friendship is amazing as is this book. Emery Lord has such an incredible way with words! *sings Emery's praises for days*
ABC: This was the one that gave me a the most trouble. I initially thought to leave it at All Fall Down since it's a children's rhyme. Then I decided to do books with an A, B, and C in the title. I do have to admit, I haven't read two of the three of these! I absolutely adore Code Name Verity though. It ripped me to shreds in all the right ways.
The Body Electric by Beth Revis
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
Frogs: Okay, admittedly harder than the others, I finally came up with this one. I remembered the bannerman's kids who come to join Bran as being from the swamp like area. And I'm pretty sure the boy was good at catching frogs. Or their sigil is a frog. Or something. Anyway. Swamp = froggy in my mind!
The Hunter's Moon by OR Melling
Fairytale: Yes, it was incredibly easy to jump to the Cinder conclusion, but I opted to go for a lesser known fairytale series. Woot for Celtic mythology!
Ocean Animals: Obviously I would go for Waterfell! Though it also deals with animals, it talks about the Marianas Trench and various animals in the ocean. Win.
Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott
Pets: Pandoras count as pets, right? I mean, they're pets in a way. At least companions, and let's face it, cats are not pets. They're companions at best and definitely supreme overlords.
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Free Choice: Okay, so this one totally fits my initial thought of Free Choice. Feyre is faced with the choice of death or living in Prythian. She's free to choose. Ha! This also fits free choice as in whatever I want to pick so I went with what I'm currently reading. Double win!
Thanks for making it through my post! Also, thank you for three wonderful (crazy) years of blogging. My blogging anniversary was actually on the 9th, but it snuck up on me and I forgot to write up a post. It's definitely been a rollercoaster ride! Anyway, to celebrate my blogiversary, I have several giveaways I'm going to be hosting in the next few weeks so keep your eyes peeled! Up first is a giveaway for any book I have reviewed in the last three years. But! There's more! I have a list of upcoming reviews that will be posted and those books will be included too. Check out my Reviews tab for a full list of books! Right now there will be one winner, but I might add more winners, so make sure you keep your eyes peeled for that too.
This giveaway is INTERNATIONAL (and only open to the countries where Book Depository delivers to) Entrants must be at least 13 years old to enter. Those entrants under 18 MUST have parental consent. Giveaway is open July 14th 2016 (12am EST) through August 20th 2016 (12am EST). No giveaway accounts. I reserve the right to disqualify entries in violation of my giveaway policies (Please see my Site Polices for full polices). All entries WILL be verified. Winner(s) have 48 (FORTY-EIGHT) hours to respond to email/tweet. Good luck. May the odds be ever in your favor! (:


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Friday Links (11/28/14)
Sorry, not many links today. I managed to find these before Thanksgiving and had hoped I'd have time to find a few more yesterday but by the time dinner was over, our guests (& their dogs) left for home and the kitchen was cleaned up, I was wiped out and fell asleep on the couch and today I've been busy with other things. But rather than wait until next week I'm posting just these because the Willa Cather reading challenge is only a week away. IF (& I'm keeping my fingers crossed) I can get most of my Christmas cards written this weekend, then I'd like to do it.
Books & Reading:
Hmmm, I thought I'd also posted a link to a Green Bean & Artichoke casserole that's similar to our favorite but it disappeared. Hopefully it will work this time.
Weird sounding pie(s)
Back when my husband and I were just starting to date (back when dinasaurs were still roaming the earth), my mom served grape pie one time when he came over for dinner. He didn't really like it and he's made fun of that unique combination ever since. So when I came across this Pumpkin-Avocado pie this morning I had to laugh at how much more "unique" it sounds. And I'm very tempted to try making it with out telling him beforehand that it is not a traditional pumpkin pie. It would be a great joke and if we like it I just might serve it for the extended family at Thanksgiving or Christmas. =D
And here are a few links I came across this morning.
Snail Mail:
Books & Reading:
Friday Links (11/14/14)
Letter writing & Snail mail:
Books & Reading:
Just for Fun
Friday links (11/7/14)
This week I don't have many interesting links to share and unfortunately I don't have time this morning to search for more because yesterday our dogs managed to put a hole of sorts in the patio fence while I was out running errands (luckily our yard is double-fenced so they weren't able to escape from the whole yard) so I have to run to Lowe's today for some wood planks and more nails and then repair the fence. They had a grand time running around the big part of the backyard and barking at all the neighbor's dogs though and today they keep trying to get around my temporary barricade so they can repeat yesterday's fun.
Snail Mail:
Miscellaneous ~ So far I really like the Bullet Journal; after using up the space that was left in my little spiral notebook I decided to try a Moleskine (one of their sets of 3 little notebooks) so I can keep experimenting with it without forking out lots of money. And I'm still trying to decide if using a bound notebook (like the Leuchtturm) is best or if I should use something like a Filofax or Day-Timer so that I can move pages of lists to another book (i.e. my TBR list) to keep them together.
Sunday Hymn
Being new to an area and looking for a new church home means visiting a lot of churches. And since so many churches these days only play contemporary Christian music I felt the need today for some hymns. So I thought I'd share this one that I came across - I like this hymn and the pictures they used for the slideshow.
About Me
My TBR list
Books read list (2014, 2015,....)
* Books You Recommend *
~ Please add your suggetions here
Jan's bookshelf: currently-reading
Inductive Bible Study: Observation, Interpretation, and Application through the Lenses of History, Literature, and Theology
2018 Reading Challenge
Jan has read 22 books toward her goal of 40 books.
2017 Reading Challenge
Jan has read 0 books toward her goal of 35 books.
My very long Blogroll
Snail mail, Books &
Reading, Christian, and Miscellaneous sites that I like &/or am challenged
(Those with a ♥ or + I try to check at least once or twice each week.)
1) Snail Mail Blogs:
♥ Letter Matters
(Mrs. Duffy's blog)
♥ Sharing Doubles the
Joy/Carol Ann
McCarthy (if link
doesn't open try her
home page & then
click on "blog")
♥ Dosanko Debbie's
Etegami Notebook
♥ Everyday Should Be a
Red Letter Day
♥ Letter Writers Alliance
♥ Winnie's Girl ----> Pie
- The Suburban Pen
- Cappuccino & Art
- Stamp of Approval --->
USPS Stamps
- Your Postal Blog
- Sarah's Scribblings
- East...West...
- Leigh Reyes's Blog
~ My Life as a Verb
- Letters & Journals
- Save Snail Mail
- Scribbling Glue
- Songs in the Key of
Ink: The Art of
Personal Letter Writing
- Bywater Wisdom ("or
lack thereof+)
- 365 Letters
- Oh, Write Me!
- Billet Doux & Little
- Mrs Murphy's
Mailbox Magic!
- The Postman's Knock
♥ The Lost Art of
Letter Writing . . .
♦ The Jane Austen
Letter Writing
Society (sounds like fun)
- US Zip Codes lookup
& map
♦ More links on Mail-
Art & Letter-writing
Resources page
- My DIYJapanese-
style envelope
tutorial and template
2) Books & Reading:
+ Books & Chocolate
- Lit Lovers site & Blog
- Rated Reads
- Compass Book
♥ Redeemed Reader
♥ Gospel e-books
(Kindle deals)
* Kindle Price Drop
- Inspired Reads
(Kindle deals)
- Pixel of Ink (Kindle
- Christian Novels blog
- Shelf Awareness
- Books & Chocolate
(Cindy's) ~ defunct(?)
- The Republic of
- Deborah Yaffe's blog
(author of Among the
- The Jane Austen
Society of North
- Jane Austen's World
- JASNA: Greater
Sacramento, CA
- My Jane Austen Book
- AustenProse
- Jane Austen Today
- Jane Austen in
- Central Valley Jane
Austen Society
- Austen Authors (for
readers who "need
more Austen")
- The Gaskell Web
- Mental Multivitamin -> now called Nerdishly
- A Literary Odyssey
- Across the Page
- 5 Minutes for Books
& What's on Your
- Journey-&-
- Windows & Mirrors:
sisters reading books
- Christian Bookshelf
- The Indextrious
- LiterariTea
- Becky's Book Reviews
and Operation
Actually Read Bible
- Smoke & Mirrors (&
her Borders Bookclub)
- Great New Books
♥ A Great Book
Study (was originally called
An Experiment with the Well-
Educated Mind)
♥ Semicolon: Books We
Must Have Though
We Lack Bread
- The Captive Reader
♥ Reading to Know
- A Living Pencil
+ Worthwhile Books
+ Reading Ladies Book
- Hope is in the Word
- Book Nut
- Sarah Clarkson (Sally
Clarkson's daughter)
- Mollie Reads (9/2018)
- No Thanks We're
Booked (9/2018)
♥ Country Girls Read
- Southern Girl Reads
- Books & Things (Katie
- Stuck in a Book
- Yummy Books
- A Large Cup of Tea
- In the Bookcase
- The Sunny Patch
- Fanda Classiclit
- Lost in a Great Book
- Classical Carousel
YA & Kid's Lit:
- Trelease on Reading
(author of The Read Aloud
♥ Read Aloud Revival (blog,
podcast & more) Sept.'16
- The Planet Esme Plan:
The Best New Children's Books
from Esmé's Shelf ~ not
Christian so use discernment,
but she does have lots of good
kid's books listed
- Plumfield and Paideia
- After Thoughts (new May'17)
- Story Warren (Allies in
- The Rabbit Room
- The Midnight Garden
- The Book Smugglers
- Reading Addicts (UK)
- Becky's Book Addiction
- Dickensblog
- AustenBlog
- Book Sale Finder
- Oxford Dictionaries
- GoodReads
- Shelfari ~ Amazon has
combined it with
GoodReads so they're
now one and the same :(
- the Barbara Pym Society
- BronteBlog
- Inspired by Life...&
- Jamie Langston Turner
- Julie Klassen's site
- Sarah Sundin's blog
- Tricia Goyer's site...&
her Blog
- Francine Rivers'
- Kristy Cambron's
- Joanne Bischof's
- "The Grove" (where story
finds a home) & also on
- Katherine Reay's
- BookSnob
- Mocha with Linda
- Reading with Tea
- Project Gutenberg
- The Online Books Page
- Read Central
- Page by Page Books
- Bookpeople of Moscow
- free book sites/public
domain sources
- Eldritch Press
- Digital Book Index
- Google books
- Internet Archive: Million
- Internet Archive:
Children's library
♥ LibriVox
- The Chronicles of
Narnia podcasts
* Oxford English Online
Dictionary (US)
* Grammar Girl
- My ever expanding TBR
- My Books read list
♦ more links on Books &
Reading page
3) Miscellaneous:
♥ The Pioneer
- All Things Bright and
Beautiful --> moved
- The Good Life
- Beth's Favorite
- Carlsbad Cravings
(her recipes look
- Budget Bytes
- Add a Pinch
- Three Many Cooks
- Good Cheap Eats
- Hurst Bean Blog
- DaVita's Kidney-
Friendly Recipes
(we still make - & love! - quite
a few of these recipes)
- My Double Life
- Felt & Wire
- Susan Branch blog
- The Matt Walsh blog
- Tony Reinke (author of
- Laughing With Lizzie
- Jane Austen's World
- Make Do and Mend
- Down to Earth
- Rosie's Ramblings
- Creekside Cottage (Mrs.
Rabe's blog)
- ScribblePreach
- Campaign for Cursive
- (another) Campaign
for Cursive
+ StoneGable
- Fresh Eggs Daily
- Living Homegrown
♥ Living on Less Money
+ The (Mostly) Simple
+ Prairie Home Therapy
- My cup runneth over
- Imperfectly Happy
- Home Ready Home
- This Simple Home ---
-> Simple Everyday
- The Frugal Girls:
Living Well with less $$$
- Spendwise Moms
- Money Saving Mom
- Living Well, Spending
- Melissa K Norris ~
Inspiring Your Faith &
Pioneer Roots
- Thrifty Jane Austen
- Reluctant Entertainer
- Lehman's (great
- Thriving Home
- Letters from Midlife
♥ Cakes, Tea and
- Karen's Bookshelves ~ (added August 2015 ~
books reviews from a
Christian perspective)
- The Vicar's Wife
- The Cross & the
Kitchen Sink (defunct?)
- The Green
- Stray Thoughts
- Kayla's Lifestyle Blog
♥ Coffee, Tea, Books &
+ Cottage Life on
Pilgrim's Farm ~ on hiatus
+ Georgia, Plain and
+ Modern Mrs. Darcy
- Not Quite Amish
- Nesting Place
- Finding North (lots of
BuJo info & ideas)
- Plant City Lady (for
dementia caregivers)
- GasBuddy
- CA & NV Earthquake
- Charity Navigator
(♥ Christian links ~
Bible Study & Reading
♥ Bible Study Fellowship
- BSF class locator ~
not as hard or in-depth as
Precept but a good
place to start & free
- Scripture
Compilations for
BSF lessons (Not
affiliated with BSF but
very handy)
- also BSF Buddy
♥ Precept Ministries
- Precept's Online
- class locator
- interactive guide
- blog
+ Beloved Truth - site
+ Beloved Truth Facebook
- Precept Austin
- my Precept Key word
markings: (based on
my 1st Precept
leader's system):
bookmark 1,
bookmark 2 / 2A or
bookmark 3 ~ not sure what
happened to this last file
- 5 W's & H chart
- How to do a chapter
study (This one isn't mine but
I can't remember where I got this
handy worksheet - if it was a free
download from Precept or if one
of my Precept Bible study leaders
created it)
- Kim's How to Study the
Bible Timesaver
bookmark (from an online
Precept Bible study leader)
- Biola's Unbound Bible
- Crossway's English
Standard Version
- ESV Online Study Bible
- ESV Online Bible
- HCSB Study Bible
- BibleGateway
- Bible Logos (NKJV)
- Bible Logos (ESV)
- NetBible
- Biblia.com
- Reformed Books Online
- Gospel-Centered
Discipleship (GCD)- new
Aug'17 but looks pretty
- Biblearc - for deeper
study of Scripture
- Bible Study Online (ESV)
- Precept A-U-S-T-I-N-S
ESV "Bible on One Page"
- Precept A-U-S-T-I-N-S
NAS "Bible on One Page"
- StudyLight
- Precept Camden --> Kari
Dent's blog
- her Key word symbols
- her favorite pens for
marking Just be
careful when using the
FrixIon pens - I like
them but it will fade off
of the page if left in the
sun. Ask me how I
know! ;-)
- Precept Revival's
study tips
- Blue Letter Bible
- E-Sword (free but
donations help)
- Biblos.com
- Bible Explorer (looks
similar to E-Sword)
- Logos
- Olive Tree
- BibleHub
- Prof. Grant Horner's
Bible reading plan &
more info here
- George Guthrie
+ Monergism
- Westminster Bookstore
Women & Theology
♥ HouseWife Theologian
(aka Aimee Byrd)
♥ A Daughter of the
+ Theology Gals podcast at
Bible Thumping Wingnut (there
several podcasts there but I
haven't listened to them yet)
♥ Tried with Fire (Persis)
♥ The Upward Call (Kim
+ Sally Clarkson (I don't
agree with everything, but I like
a lot of her posts, especially the
homey, tea, & bookish ones =D)
- Out of the
Ordinary (esp. Persis' posts)
+ Reformed Baptista
+ Sister, Daughter,
Mother, Wife (Lutheran)
+ enCourage (PCA blog)
+ A Narrow-Minded
+ Beautiful Thing
- Wit's End (Melissa Kruger)
- Elyse Fitzpatrick's blog &
podcast - I've been troubled
by some of her recent
comments so may be
removing this link
- The Thinking of
Things (new 9/2017) DITTO
+ Janet Mefferd
- One Quiet Life (♥ but she
rarely posts)
- Rebecca Writes
- Daily On My Way to
Heaven (Becky Pliego)
- By Grace Alone (Jessica
K's ~ Lutheran)
- The End Time (Elizabeth
Prata ~ some good but some?)
- Gritty Grace
+ Heavenly Springs
(Christina Langella)
- Conforming to the Truth
(Lisa Morris)
- Adorned (Jen Thorn)
* I'm All Booked (mostly
Christian book reviews by a
Reformed Baptist)
- The Verity Fellowship
(new to me so....)
- Renewed in Truth
- A Little Leaven (Beth S.)
- The Outspoken TULIP
- Michelle Lesley ~ books
- Satisfaction Through
- Abandoned to Christ /
Sunny Shell's site
- Brown Sugar Toast (her
Bible study series is pretty good)
- Naomi's Table (not 100%
sure about this one)
- With the Master (Susan
Heck ~ lots of women like her
studies but I have yet to try one)
- Nancy Guthrie
- Equipping Eve
- Sojourner
& her 2nd blog:
-> Solid Food
~ Deb Martin's blogs but
she changes them so
often it's almost
impossible to keep up)
- Danielthree18 (another
new-to-me blog)
- Whole Magazine - newish
blog from Australia - added 6/17
- The Verity Fellowship
(added June 2017)
- Jasmine Holmes: Not a
Mommy Blog
Reformed Baptist:
- 1689 Federalism
+ A Commentary of the
London Baptist
Confession of Faith 1689
+ The Confessing Baptist
(but on a really long hiatus)
- Reformed Baptist
+ Contrast
- Reformed Baptist Blog
(Jeffrey Johnson's blog)
- Chantry Notes ~ this is
sad but I'm removing the
link to his blog until the
court outcome - see
here & here). Yes, innocent
until proven guilty, but Pastors
shouldn't hide the story either.
- Means of Grace (BH)
- Reformed Baptist Blog (?)
- Reformed Baptist
Academic Press
Apologetics / Discernment:
Even here, use discernment as some discernment blogs are more discerning than others! Also, several of the links listed under Women & Theology are sort of discernment related.
♥ Fighting for the Faith
Chris Rosebrough's
- Stand to Reason
- CARM -- Christian
Apologetics & Research Ministry
- Stand Up for the Truth
(seems good except for their
endorsement of David Hocking -
info about that here & here)
- Sola Sisters - no longer
- Christian Answers for the
New Age
- DiscernIt (Kim Olsen -seems ok)
- Discern.org
- TruthKeepers - earnestly
contend for the faith
- Lighthouse Trails (some good,
some iffy)
- Apprising Ministries
- Do Not Be Surprised
- Herescope
Podcasts/Internet Radio:
♥ Fighting for the Faith
(Chris Rosebrough)
♥ The Whitehorse Inn
♥ The Mortification of
Spin (ACE)
+ The Thinking Fellows
site and podcast
- Gentle Reformation blog
& podcast
- The Confessing Baptist
(no longer updating :-(
+ Issues, etc. ~ Christ-
Centered Cross-Focused
Talk Radio (Lutheran)
- SermonAudio
- Bethel Evangelical Free
Church (UK)
- RefNet (from Ligonier)
- Jess Ranch Community
Church semons
- Echo Zoe (blog &
- Pilgrim Radio (new to
- For the Church (Gospel-Centered
Resources from Midwestern Seminary)
- Voice in the Wilderness
radio (new to me & not
sure about a couple of the
pastors they have on)
Misc. Christian Blogs & web sites:
- Mortification of Spin
- Whitehorse Inn / Modern
Reformation blog
- Core Christianity
- CCC Discover
- High Plains Parson
- The Riddleblog (one of
the WHI co-hosts)
+Reformed Arsenal
+ The Museum of Idolatry
(Chris Rosebrough)
- Mere Orthodoxy
- Steak and a Bible
- HeadHeartHand (David
- Alliance of Confessing
- ACE/Ref.21's blog
- Informing the
Reforming (Tim
Challies' blog)
+ Echoes & Stars (Matt
Redmon's blog)
- Veritas Manet - Truth
Remains (*New to me)
- By Grace Alone (Scott's)
- Canon Fodder (Michael
- Biblical Woman
- Flying Scroll (Lutheran)
- Martha Peace ~ (some good
but some I disagree with)
- Credo Magazine
- Time-Warp Wife
- John MacArthur / Grace
to You
- PyroManiacs (Phil
Johnson & others)
+ The Spurgeon Archive
(June'17: recently updated &
- Denny Burk
- Tim's Blog - Just One
Train Wreck After
- Creeds of Christendom
- London Baptist
Confession of Faith
- 1689 London Baptist
Confession for the 21st
- Heidelberg Catechism
- The Canons of Dordt
- Center for Reformed
Theology & Apologetics
- The Reformed Reader
- The Didache
- The Confessing Baptist
- Founders (Reformed
- 1689 Federalism:
Confessional Baptiist
Covenant Theology
- Randy Alcorn's blog
- A Cry for Justice
- Brent Detwiler: Helping
Christians judge
righteously, think
biblically and live
courageously (some good,
some not-so-good)
- Thou Art the Man (Todd
- Joyful Exiles
- The Reformed Reader
- Voddie Baucham
- Heidelblog (R.Scott
- Blogging Theologically
(Aaron Armstrong)
+ Cranach (Gene Veith's
- The Cripplegate
- Spirit Empowered
Preaching (Art Azurdia)
- The Spurgeon
- Abraham's Seed
- Joe Thorn
^ his Valley of Vision
reading schedule
- A Gentle & Quiet Spirit
- Christian Reformed Ink
- Inerrant Word
- Speaking the Truth in
- Susan's Sitting Room
- Telling of His Wonderful
- Being Taugth That We
May Teach (Al Martin)
- World View Weekend
(Brannon Howse)?
- Chapter 3 Ministries
- The Aquila Report
- Growing Together in
Grace and Knowledge
- Musings from Under
the Bus
- Steadfast Lutherans
- Daniel's Place -
(Reformata et semper
- Helm's Deep (?)
- Covenant Baptist
Seminary / CBTS Blog
- Credo Covenant
- Gospel Homemaking
- Reformed Libertarian
- The Wardrobe Door
- Reformed Report
- Dee Brestin
- Stand Firm (???)
- The Gospel Project -
- Grace Gems!
- Sunday Gatherings
- Writing & Living
(Staci Eastin - defunct?)
- Internet Monk
- All Things New (Deb
- First Thoughts
- Entreating Favor
With reservations (not sure
about yet - may be semi-Reformed
&/or Reformedish):
- the Gospel Coalition &
their the Gospel-
centered woman
(Reformed-ish but the way they
defended Driscoll and
Mahaney/& here is shameful
so I no longer have a high
opinion of TGC)
- SGM Survivors
- The Wartburg Watch
- the Beginning of
Wisdom (Jen Wilkin's)
- Pulpit & Pen (some
good posts & some not-
Advent/Christmas related:
- Christmas Bible readings
(NJ's page)
- Ali's Adventures
- Gleanings from the Field
- A Letter from Kabwata
(Conrad Mbewe's blog)
- Rafiki Foundation, Inc
- Coles in Japan
6) Pen, Ink & Paper:
♥ A Place to Flourish
♥ Margaret Shepherd's
Calligraphy blog
- IAMPETH (master
- Fountain Pen Network
- Fountain Pen Geeks
- Gourmet Pens
- Addicted to Pens &
- Inkophile
♥ Pen Addict
- JetPens' Blog
- Ink Nouveau
+ Goulet Pens
- The Well-
Appointed Desk
- JStationery
- Fountain Pen Revolution
- Quo Vadis Planners
& Notebooks
- Delectable Pens
- Fahrney's Pens
- Fountain Pen Hospital
- Papyrus
- American Stationery
- Kate's Paperie
- Paper-Source
- Paper & Ink Arts
- Pomegranate Press
- Flax Art Store
- Cat's Life Press rubber
- Highlander Celtic
- Rifle Paper Co. & their
- Maido
- Paper Tree
- Castle in the Air shop
and their class listings
- Scrapbook Territory
- Nostalgic Impressions
To read fast is as bad as to eat in a hurry.
—Vilhelm Ekelund
poet (1880-1949)
LWA member since 2009
Staples - what speed do you read? This is kind of fun. :)
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I'm not sure where to put this blog or how to classify it. This blogger is a daughter of a friend and while I'm pretty sure she's a Christian, it isn't a Christian blog, or books & reading or letter writing & mail art. It's basically about their travels so I'm putting it here for now:
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Money Plant (Lunaria sp.) are a genus of hardy biennials/perennials from the Brassicaceae (previously Cruciferae) family which includes mustard, cabbages and cresses; this genus is native to southeast Europe and western Asia and includes just a biennial and annual species. They are grown for their pretty flowers and round, translucent, silvery seedpods called silicles; it's also a vital nectar plant popular with butterflies. Also called Honesty, Moonwort, Satin Flower and Silver Dollars, the name lunaria is derived from luna, the moon, and refers to the shape of the seedpods. Lunaria rediviva, a perennial, will grow to 24"-30" with finely serrated oval-lance-shaped leaves sometimes tinged with maroon its small, fragrant flowers have four petals and are borne in branching clusters on long, sturdy stalks in the spring; they may be purple, lilac or white. After blooms are spent, flat green pods develop inside which are the seeds. Over the summer months the pods and stalks will dry and turn a golden brown color while the pods become silvery and paperlike.
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Winning elections, especially above the local level, is about money — always has been, always will be. For presidential campaigns we've experimented with public financing and learned that it doesn't work for the top candidates. No one bothers to try below that level.
Instead, we've focused on campaign finance laws with limited success. Our efforts have proven mainly that people with lots of money can buy political influence. The candidates know they need the money to be successful, and the good ones learn quickly where to find it.
Make no mistake, that system influences how the winning candidates perform when in office, at least if they want to run for office again.
When you're running for a state office, you can't shake enough hands, kiss enough babies or give enough brilliant speeches to win. You've got to have television advertising, public relations consultants, lots of signs, billboards and other slick campaign materials, etc.
The salary of a state senator is just under $16,000, plus expenses, and you can't finance a contested election for that. Arkansas' governor makes less than $90,000 a year, but to get elected our next one will have to raise dollars in seven figures.
Candidates depend on campaign contributions, which we've tried to limit especially as to the contributors. But that has led only to the formation of shadowy political action committees that spend freely on mud-slinging to get their favored candidates elected.
It's disappointing but not surprising to see political figures like state Sen. Paul Bookout, D-Jonesboro, and Lt. Gov. Mark Darr get in trouble over campaign financing. The temptation has always been there, the chances of getting exposed slim.
Campaign finance laws on the state and federal levels are failing.
In Arkansas we require candidates for public office to file statements of disclosure and then basically trust them to do so honestly. We have formed an Ethics Commission, investing it with the power to investigate all sorts of ethics violations, including those dealing with campaign finance. But we've given it only nine staff members.
The result is that candidates can file their required reports (or not — many don't bother) with little expectation that anybody will ever read them. Even their opponents often don't see the value when the election is over.
The idea behind Arkansas' system is that disclosure will keep the candidates honest. However, few of the reports ever see the light of day.
As an editor, I urged my newspaper's reporters to check campaign finance disclosure reports carefully, and for major races we often produced stories listing major contributors and expenses. Some reporters found good stories; others just hated to deal with numbers. Reports may be filled in by hand and hard to read; some are vague and-or inaccurate.
And there are a lot of reports. Bookout filed 13 documents in 2012; the basic campaign report is nine pages long. Since 2006 he has filed 154 financial disclosure documents, and he has never had a contested race.
Last year, perhaps out of habit, I checked campaign finance reports before the general election for all contested legislative races in Northeast Arkansas. Typically, I didn't check candidates without an opponent since there isn't much news there. That's obviously something we must rethink.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette frequently has campaign finance listings for statewide races covering several pages. Arkansas has only 29 dailies. Even if all of them reported faithfully on campaign finance, that would cover less than half the state. Few weekly newspapers have shown much interest in such reporting.
That's disclosure, but it's not enforcement.
Citizens must help with disclosure. Legislators are not about to appropriate more money to the Ethics Commission to investigate their own political activities.
With online technology anyone can now see the reports filed by candidates for state offices — from legislators to prosecutors and judges to the constitutional officers. Candidates for local offices file locally, and few of those are available online.
If you want to see, for example, the filings of a certain legislator or legislative candidate, just go to the Arkansas secretary of state's Web site — www.sos.arkansas.gov. Click on Elections, then on Financial Disclosure and finally on Search Financial Disclosure Reports.
That gets you to a search form, where you type in the name of the candidate. Use the last name only, which will bring up a list of people with that last name. Otherwise, you may not get all the reports because some may be filed under his full name, others under only first and last. You can also narrow the search as to the filing period. If not, you get a list of every report filed by that person since the secretary of state created this online database.
Remember, a candidate only has to file in certain periods, generally when he or she has had total contributions or expenses exceeding $500 for that period.
My suggestion to make the process more effective is, first, to simplify and streamline it. The Election Commission manual explaining the process covers 44 pages of small type, much of it in legal language. Then require that each report be published promptly in a daily or weekly newspaper as a legal notice.
That way everything gets disclosed, and you'll find the candidates becoming much more thorough and honest.
Surely, these reports are at least as important as foreclosure notices.
Roy Ockert is editor emeritus of The Jonesboro Sun. He may be reached by e-mail at email@example.com.


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It has been a year since BP helped make the ultimate oil company screw-up: blowing up an offshore oil rig, killing 11 workers, and then unloading 170 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. As tempting as it is to pretend this never happened, we have to survey the wreckage. Because without a clear understanding of what has changed since the disaster, we will be blindsided when a similar accident happens in the future–and if you thought the Deepwater Horizon incident was vaguely apocalyptic, just wait until the next time around.
Changes In the Gulf
The NRDC offers a great summary of the disaster's long-term effects on the Gulf. Some of the more disturbing findings: Oil tar balls are still floating around the Gulf, but nobody knows how many; an undetermined amount of oil has been deposited onto the deep sea floor; 100 marine mammal carcasses were found around the time of the spill, but there could be up to 250 times more dead marine mammals that quickly sunk to the sea floor.
The scariest part is that long term effects on the Gulf are still mostly unknown. While damage to certain ecosystems (i.e. coastal marshes, deep sea corals, sandy beaches) has been observed, no one has made any sort of quantitative assessment about just how bad the situation is.
The Natural Resoures Damage Assessment (NRDA) currently being undertaken by BP and the government has gathered some data already, but it's completely under wraps because the federal agencies involved don't want to compromise their legal case against BP. Eventually, some information from the NRDA will be released to the public, but not in the near future.
Changes in the Offshore Drilling Industry
BP would like us to believe that offshore drilling is quickly becoming safer than crossing the street. In the company's first corporate responsibility report since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP claims that it is working on better safety metrics as well as "Enhanced training and development programmes, particularly around the
practical aspects of process safety techniques." Just because they spell words the British way doesn't make them more believable. Remember how BP eventually stopped the oil disaster by pumping mud and cement into the leaking well? That ad hoc "capping stack" technique is now the standard for the oil industry, according to Ed Markey. It may have succeeded once, but we would hope that the oil industry could work on some more technologically advanced techniques to match its space-age offshore drilling practices.
The government is reportedly working on regulations to strengthen the safety of blowout preventers (these should have stopped the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the first place), offshore wells, and cement barriers–but these regulations have not yet been implemented. In the meantime, offshore oil projects continue to be greenlit. Eleven deepwater wells have been approved since the disaster.
Changes in the Oil Spill Cleanup Process
No major government legislation has been passed that would offer better spill response in the case of another disaster. Oil companies claim that they have updated their spill response plans, but The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (that's the replacement for the doomed Minerals Management Service) is taking up to two years to approve each plan. Oil companies are allowed to continue drilling even before their plans are approved–as long as they certify in writing that they can handle a spill, which they're all to happy to do. And while a report from the Coast Guard reveals that the organization does have ideas on how to better deal with oil spills the next time around, the document also admits that "The Coast Guard has not demonstrated consistency in the implementation
of lessons learned from major oil spill exercises or incidents."
The Takeaway
Not much has changed in the offshore drilling industry, and nobody really knows whether the Gulf Coast ecosystem is in shambles. And yet, offshore drilling projects are still being approved. Could another BP-style oil disaster happen again tomorrow? Definitely. And if it happens next time in the Arctic, where drilling companies have 3.8 million acres under lease, the cleanup process could take much longer–the cold, dark region has little infrastructure, unlike the Gulf Coast.
There are only so many times we can poison the ocean before serious consequences emerge. So if you'll excuse us, we're going to make some additions to our emergency disaster kit.
[Photo of an oil-covered bird that isn't from the Gulf, but is what the birds will look like wherever the next spill is from Flickr user marinephotobank]
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Gov. Sam Brownback still supports a federal law against gay marriage that he backed as a member of Congress and says the issue is settled in Kansas because of the state constitution's ban.
Brownback faced questions Thursday from reporters with two cases on gay marriage before the U.S. Supreme Court. Brownback has long supported the traditional definition of marriage.
In one case, the high court is being asked to strike down a gay-marriage ban in California enacted by voters. The other case is a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996.
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Roland Bello
Parsnips, celery root, and sweet potatoes bring depth to this unfussy gratin. Best of all, it requires no "arranging"—you just spread the root vegetables in the baking dish.
- Yield
- Makes 12 servings
- Active Time
- 20 min
- Total Time
- 1 1/4 hr
- 1 lb parsnips (about 4 medium)
- 1 medium celery root (sometimes called celeriac; 3/4 lb total)
- 1 lb sweet potatoes
- 1 1/2 lb russet (baking) potatoes
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- Special Equipment
- an adjustable-blade slicer; a 3-quart gratin or other shallow flameproof baking dish (not glass; 13 by 9 inches)
- Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 400°F.
- Peel parsnips and cut crosswise into 3-inch lengths with a knife, then cut lengthwise around core into 1/8-inch-thick slices with slicer (discard core). Transfer to a large bowl.
- Peel celery root and all potatoes (prepare russet potatoes last to avoid discoloration) and halve lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 1/8-inch-thick slices with slicer. Add to parsnips along with salt, garlic, pepper, nutmeg, broth, and 1 3/4 cups cream, tossing to combine. Transfer to gratin dish, spreading evenly.
- Cut out a piece of parchment or wax paper to fit just inside gratin dish, then butter 1 side of parchment. Cover vegetables directly with parchment, buttered side down, then put dish in a shallow baking pan (to catch any drips). Bake until gratin is bubbling all over and vegetables are tender when pierced with a knife, about 50 minutes. Discard parchment.
- Just before serving, preheat broiler. Drizzle top of gratin with remaining 2 tablespoons cream and broil 4 to 6 inches from heat until browned, 2 to 3 minutes.
Cooks' notes:
•Gratin, without final addition of cream (2 tablespoons), can be baked (but not broiled) 6 hours ahead and cooled completely, uncovered, then chilled, loosely covered. Reheat, covered, in a preheated 400°F oven until hot, about 30 minutes. Drizzle with cream and broil just before serving.
•If you're also making the chestnut, prune,and pancetta stuffing bake this gratin in lower third of oven while stuffing bakes in upper third.
•If you're also making the chestnut, prune,and pancetta stuffing bake this gratin in lower third of oven while stuffing bakes in upper third.


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Life on Titan Would Be Explosive and Smelly
Life on Titan: Stand Well Back and Hold Your Nose!
Methane-ethane lakes on Titan. Credit: Copyright 2008 Karl Kofoed
Research by astrobiologist William Bains suggests that if life has evolved on the frozen surface of Saturn's moon, Titan, it would be strange, smelly, and explosive compared to life on Earth.
Bains presented his work at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting, which began on Monday at the University of Glasgow.
"Hollywood would have problems with these aliens," said Bains. "Beam one onto the Starship Enterprise and it would boil and then burst into flames, and the fumes would kill everyone in range. Even a tiny whiff of its breath would smell unbelievably horrible."
"I think it is all the more interesting for that reason," Bains added. "Wouldn't it be sad if the most alien things we found in the galaxy were just like us, but blue and with tails?"
Bains, whose research is carried out through Rufus Scientific in Cambridge, UK, and MIT in the USA, is seeking to work out just how extreme the chemistry of life can be. Life on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, represents one of the more bizarre scenarios being studied.
Titan is twice as large as our Moon and has a thick atmosphere of frozen, orange smog. At ten times our distance from the Sun, it is a frigid place, with a surface temperature of -180 degrees Celsius. Water is permanently frozen into ice and the only liquid available is liquid methane and ethane, which the Cassini/Huygens mission has shown is present in ponds and lakes on the surface of the moon.
With its thick, distended atmosphere, Titan's orange globe shines softly, encircled by a thin halo of purple light-scattering haze. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
"Life needs a liquid; even the driest desert plant on Earth needs water for its metabolism to work," said Bains. "So, if life were to exist on Titan, it must have blood based on liquid methane, not water. That means its whole chemistry is radically different. The molecules must be made of a wider variety of elements than we use, but put together in smaller molecules. It would also be much more chemically reactive."
The solubility of chemicals in liquid methane is very limited, and strongly dependent on molecular weight. With a few exceptions, molecules with more than 6 heavy (non-hydrogen) atoms are essentially insoluble. So a metabolism running in liquid methane will have to be built of smaller molecules than terrestrial biochemistry, which is typically built of modules of around 10 heavy atoms.
However you can only build around 3,400 molecules from such a small number of atoms if you are limited to the chemistry that terrestrial life uses, i.e., carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulphur and phosphorus in very limited chemical contexts.
Bains explained, "Terrestrial life uses about 700 molecules, but to find the right 700 there is reason to suppose that you need to be able to make 10 million or more. The issue is not how many molecules you can make, but whether you can make the collection you need to assemble a metabolism. It is like trying to find bits of wood in a lumber-yard to make a table. In theory you only need five. But you may have a lumber-yard full of offcuts and still not find exactly the right five that fit together. So you need the potential to make many more molecules than you actually need. Thus the 6-atom chemicals on Titan would have to include much more diverse bond types and probably more diverse elements, including sulphur and phosphorus in much more diverse and (to us) unstable forms, and other elements such as silicon."
Energy is another factor that would affect the type of life that could evolve on Titan. With sunlight a tenth of a percent as intense on Titan's surface as on the surface of Earth, energy is likely to be in short supply.
"Rapid movement or growth needs a lot of energy, so slow-growing, lichen-like organisms are possible in theory, but velociraptors are pretty much ruled out," said Bains.


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The state of our union is … on hold?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to President Trump Wednesday morning asking him to postpone his State of the Union address, scheduled for January 29, or deliver it in writing because of the government shutdown.
Citing frozen funding and furloughs for the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security, Pelosi wrote, "Sadly, given the security concerns and unless government re-opens this week, I suggest that we work together to determine another suitable date after government has re-opened for this address or for you to consider delivering your State of the Union address in writing to the Congress on January 29th."
Here's what you need to know:
Can Pelosi really do this? Yes. "The House and the Senate have to pass resolutions to actually green light the State of the Union. Neither have done so yet and Pelosi controls whether the House passes one at all," CNN explains.
Is security really a concern? Pelosi expanded on her security concerns in remarks to reporters: "We would have the president of the United States, the vice president of the United States, the entire Congress of the United States, the House and Senate, the Supreme Court, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Cabinet of the United States, and the diplomatic corps all in the same room," she said, according to The Washington Post. "This requires hundreds of people working on the logistics and security of it. Most of those people are either furloughed or victims of president's shutdown."
The White House did not respond immediately to Pelosi's letter, but Republicans scoffed at the security issue and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen dismissed any concerns. "The Department of Homeland Security and the US Secret Service are fully prepared to support and secure the State of the Union," she tweeted.
Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, said Wednesday that Trump should deliver his speech anyway. "There are no security concerns that have been raised, and it has nothing to do with that," Scalise said. "I'd encourage the president to still come and we'll find a place for him to speak."
The politics at play: While Pelosi framed her suggestion to Trump in security terms, it was also a shrewd political power play and a signal that she's willing to use the leverage she now holds in a divided government. Her letter "could deny Trump an opportunity to make his case for border wall funding in a prime-time televised address," the Post noted. The White House had reportedly been preparing to use the address to hammer Democrats for their steadfast refusal to give Trump the money he wants to construct a barrier along the border with Mexico. Pelosi told reporters that Trump could still give the address from the Oval Office if he wants, but that still wouldn't be the same as an address delivered to Congress. "Elevated by all the pomp and pageantry of a State of the Union address, even Trump can manage to appear presidential—which could pose a political hazard for Democrats scrambling to avoid being blamed for the longest shutdown in American history," Jeff Greenfield suggested at Politico.
The risk Pelosi runs: There's a chance Pelosi's move backfires if it's seen as trying to keep Trump from speaking to the American public, CNN's Chris Cillizza notes. Donald Trump Jr. tried to make that argument in an interview with The Daily Caller, a conservative website: "Speaker Pelosi is clearly attempting to block my father from giving his State of the Union speech, not because 20 percent of the government is shut down, but because she is terrified of him having another opportunity to speak directly to the American people about her party's obstruction, unfiltered and without her friends in the media running interference for her."


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How about an Oktoberfest? It's getting to be that time of year soon anyway and an amber lager will be easier to pull off with extract and will be a little more forgiving than a pale one.
Since it's your first lager be sure you pitch enough enough yeast, either the slurry from a gallon starter or multiple packs/vials.


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|Interesting old-fashioned biopic suffers from miscasting (and it's not Brosnan, although he takes a little getting used to). Based on the true story of Archie Grey Owl (Brosnan), an Ojibway trapper in 1930's Canada who changes his occupation and becomes an ardent early environmentalist and celebrity lecturer and writer. Only after his death does the truth come out--Archie was in fact Englishman Archibald Belaney. Film bogs down in its romantic aspects with Galipeau, as Grey Owl's young Mohawk girlfriend, sadly out of her depths.
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Seafood Supper
>> Wednesday, March 7, 2007
The perutbesi clique and frens where out looking for late night supper last Saturday. It was already 12.10am when we went from one restaurant to another, inquiring if they still serve 'ikan bakar' (bbq fish) at that hour. Our first stop was Phuket at Padang Lalang, Kuantan. They still take up orders but they are closing at 1am. Thus, we decided to go across the road to Santai Restaurant & Cafe. Santai is indeed very nice and comfy looking. They open till 3am but the menu is just so-so. Santai serves dishes like keoy teow soup, fried rice, tom yum etc. They have steam fish instead of ikan bakar. The price is also slightly higher but it is a great place for drinks and chit-chatting.
Santai Restaurant & Cafe
Finally, we decided not to be choosy as our tummies are growling of hunger. We opt for Restaurant Tanjung, which is just beside Santai. Tanjung is suppose to close at 12am but they still take up last minute order if there are requests from midnight eaters like us :) Tanjung offers variety of fresh seafood and they even have bbq chicken wing there.
Before: Mantis prawn ('Lai liu har'-pissing prawn)
After: Mantis prawn cooked in 'Kung Bou' (hot and spicy) style (RM33)
Before: Fresh scallop
After: Scallop cooked with ginger and garlic (RM 2 per piece)
Before: 'Kai Yuk Yue' (Chicken meat fish)
After: Ikan Bakar (RM13)
Stir fried baby french bean (RM6)
Most of us gave the dishes we have a thumb up. Fresh and taste good :). Tanjung is located on your left if you are coming from Kuantan town.
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Horizon Bancorp, Inc. is an independent, commercial bank holding company serving Indiana and Michigan through its commercial banking subsidiary, Horizon Bank. Horizon Bancorp, Inc. may be reached online at www.horizonbank.com. Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HBNC.
Michigan City, Indiana — Dave Rose, Market President of Porter County Indiana for Horizon Bank, has announced his retirement as of July 7, 2017.
In 1980 after receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from Indiana University, Rose started his banking career with Horizon and has served in the capacity of Senior Auditor, Senior Operations Officer, Senior Retail Officer and most recently as Market President.
Throughout his career at Horizon Bank, Rose has always been an advocate for local businesses to become community partners. He actively promoted this "give back" mentality through his day to day actions and interactions with fellow employees, community members, and local businesses. He is the first to roll up his sleeves and help in any community project. Looking back on his career, Rose says, "Working for one outstanding financial institution like Horizon, its' committed employees and communities that we serve for almost 4 decades is truly a rare opportunity that I will never forget and will always continue to support."
Rose is very active in the communities around him. He currently serves on the Boards of Porter Regional Hospital, Porter County Community Foundation and Valparaiso Economic Development Commission. Rose has served on the Board of Directors of the Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce, the Valparaiso Economic Development Commission, Boy Scouts of America Calumet District, United Way of Porter County, Dollars for Scholars, Porter County Community Foundation, Porter Stark Services, Valparaiso Rotary, John G. Blank Center for the Arts, and the Michigan City Redevelopment Commission. He is the past recipient of several distinguished awards, including the Valparaiso Community Leader of the Year, Horizon's John A. Garrettson Leadership and Burton B. Ruby Community Service Awards.
As for the next chapter for Rose, he says he plans to spend a great deal of time traveling and looking for new opportunities to support our communities.
Assuming Dave's role as Market President of Porter County will be Mark Ritzi. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Ball State University. As the top mortgage officer at the Bank for the last 17 years, Mark is also a well-known and an active volunteer in Porter County where he has called home for the past 25 years. Mark will continue his role originating mortgage loans, with some anticipated added mortgage loan support, and will also lead Porter County's sales and business development efforts.
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International Hot Dog Search, Part Two
Last week I was on the hunt for the most interesting international hot dogs that I could find in Queens. This week the search continues. In a different experience than the whole hot dog post, here hot dogs are used as toppings, fillings, and garnishes. The combinations of ingredients in the following dishes are at times unexpected and even a little odd, but never boring.
Mama's Empanadas
The original Mama's Empanadas shop on Northern Boulevard has an extensive menu of both corn and wheat dough empanadas with traditional as well as creative fillings. On the creative side, along with chicken parmigian (their spelling), mac and cheese, and kielbasa with sauerkraut, are two hot dog based fillings: hot dog-n-cheese, and chili-dog. Of course I had to order both. The two empanadas came out extremely hot, incredibly crisp, and not greasy at all. The chili-dog was filled with a ground beef mixture that had large chunks of soft onion and jalapeno, with some thin hot dog slices here and there. A very juicy mixture, it tasted great with the flaky crust and a hit of their spicy, vinegary red sauce. But the hot dog flavor was overpowered by the chili. In the hot dog-n-cheese empanada, however, the hot dog was the star. A nice combination of crunch from the crust, soft hot dog, and then the salty, melty, yellow cheese. I felt like a kid eating an after-school snack.
Price: $1.50 each
85-05 Northern Boulevard, Jackson Heights (map) (718) 505-9937
Pio Pio To Go
Pio Pio To Go is right across the street from Mama's Empanadas, and it's where I found salchipapas. Salchipapas are a great fast food/snack dish popular in Peru and other South American countries. Salchi is short for salchicha (sausage) and papa is potato; put them together, and you get one of the best-named snack foods anywhere. Hot dogs are pan-fried, sliced, and mixed with fried potatoes.
At Pio Pio, the hot dogs are sliced on the bias and placed on top of the fries. The long slices of hot dog are very soft in the middle, and crisp and chewy on the outside. The hot dogs had a great beefy, garlicky flavor. Much like last week's knish dog, these were the best and highest quality hot dogs of this week. In a dish like salchipapas, hot dog quality is key, since it is the most important ingredient. The french fries below became quite soggy, a consequence of being covered by a thick layer of hot dogs. Aside from that, the salchipapas, served with ketchup, are a great use of hot dogs, and pure fun to eat.
Price: $4.00 plus tax
84-13 Northern Boulevard, Jackson Heights, NY (map) (718) 426-1010
La Papa Astoria
La Papa Astoria has the most interesting use of hot dogs that I have come across so far in my hot dog wanderings. La Papa specializes in "Kumpir, a baked potato with fillings, a popular fast food item in Turkey", as they say on their website. A huge baked potato is split, the potato is scooped out, mixed with butter and kasseri cheese, stuffed back into the potato skin, and then topped.
I ordered the La Papa Classic: "(The traditional Turkish way) Beef franks, Russian Salad, Pickles, Green Olives, & Corn." Again, so much fun to eat. All of the listed ingredients, plus a heavy sprinkling of grated cheese to top it off. A completely unique taste experience. Every spoonful was different. The warm, smooth mashed potato mixed with the sweet and crunchy corn kernels, the salty chopped pickles and olives, the meaty, garlic flavor of the hot dogs, while the grated cheese slowly melted into the potato.
The only unenjoyable part for me was the Russian salad. I didn't really need to top my baked potato with a mayonnaise-heavy potato salad, but that's just personal preference. The hot dog plays a supporting role along with the rest of the ingredients, but its flavor is a nice addition to the whole experience. I ate the potato, I still don't understand it, but I love that it exists.
Price: $6.00
25-13 30th Ave, Astoria (map) (718) 777-7879
Renee's Kitchenette & Grill
The two pictures above are both the same dish, Filipino-style spaghetti, as prepared by two different restaurants, Renee's Kitchenette, and Jollibee. Renee's is homestyle prepared food, and Jollibee is a fast food chain, so I wanted try both.
Filipino spaghetti is quite different from American spaghetti, for a few reasons. Firstly, the tomato sauce is sweetened with sugar. Secondly, it is topped with yellow cheese, and thirdly, and most importantly for our purposes, has sliced hot dogs as an ingredient.
Renee's version was first. The spaghetti was sparsely topped with a very sweet sauce with ground meat, a few soft hot dog slices, and a sprinkling of cheese. Once mixed together, the hot dog was almost completely lost. The meat and sweetness took over. When I did get a bite with hot dog, it was a nice addition, but the hot dog itself was a very mild pork hot dog without much flavor.
Jollibee's spaghetti, on the other hand, had a whole lot of sauce, also very sweet but slightly more complex—I'm sure fast food scientists did all kinds of testing for that—with black pepper, ground meat, tiny chunks of chewy, salty ham, and hot dog, and a large amount of orange cheese melted across the top. This spaghetti, once mixed, had much more flavor, because it had more sauce, but also because it had the addition of ham, and more chopped hot dog throughout. Even though there was less ground meat, it tasted meatier. The hot dogs in both of these spaghetti plates were in the background, more of a garnish than anything else, but there nonetheless.
Renee's Kitchenette & Grill Price: $5.49 69-14 Roosevelt Ave, Woodside, NY 11377 (map) (718) 476-9002
Jollibee Price: Individual serving $6.40 (includes soda) 62-29 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside (map)
Lessons Learned?
So what have we learned over these past two weeks? That there are many, many ways to eat hot dogs. That these dishes, created out of necessity or hot dog surpluses, combined with the local or favorite ingredients of the specific country, are really something special. That hot dogs are fun and almost inevitably make people happy. What other kinds of hot dog dishes are out there?
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Walking & Hiking
With over 950 km of public footpaths, and bridleways, walking is an ideal way to discover the spectacular scenery, abundant wildlife and fascinating history of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. What more excuses do you need to get out there and explore?! Have a look at the picture gallery on our Facebook page to find out what you're missing by staying at home!
And if map reading and navigation are a problem we've found a fantastic website with a series of map reading short videos which can point you literally in the right direction!
Pembrokeshire Coast National Trail – (link opens in new window) – A spectacular 186 miles (299 km) long National Trail covering some of the most varied coastal scenery in Britain, stretching from St Dogmaels in the north to Amroth in the south.
Walks in the Park – a selection of over 200 circular walks, ranging from a one hour stroll to an invigorating 9 miles (15km) cross-country hike. Also listed are a selection of short walks, gentle strolls, and wheelchair and easy access walks.
Walks for All guide – this guide contains 16 walks, of varying length and difficulty, that have no stiles or steps. The walks are ideal for families with young children or pushchairs, less able bodied people, and anyone that just wants a leisurely stroll. You'll also find information about accessible beaches and viewpoints, as well as a list of relevant publications and organisations.
Walkability – a project which helps people of all abilities who live in Pembrokeshire to enjoy the spectacular countryside & coast around them.
Steps2Health – a project offering guided walks in the Park and surrounding urban areas, aiming to encourage more and more people to enjoy the health and social benefits of regular brisk walking.
Footpaths and Bridleways – provide access and enjoyment to all the areas of the Park. The National Park Authority is improving more each year to give walkers, horse-riders and cyclists even greater opportunities to get out and enjoy the countryside.
Easy Access Paths – for those with limited walking ability because of age, infirmity or disability – paths with better surfaces, easy slopes and no stiles or difficult gates.
Access to the Countryside – Government legislation introduced on May 28th 2005 has given the public greater access, sometimes referred to as the right to roam.
Filming with a drone (UAV) in the National Park – The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority has released drone guidance for recreational users that seeks to limit the disturbance the aerial devices can cause to protected wildlife.
As well as reiterating general safety advice from the Civil Aviation Authority's Drone Code, the guidance will help recreational users of drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to understand the impact their use could have on rare species and on other people's enjoyment.
Countryside Code – please remember, most of the land in the National Park is privately owned and often part of a working farm with valuable animals and crops. Please read this so that everyone can enjoy your visit.
The network of public footpaths and bridleways generally cross privately owned land but are maintained by the National Park Authority and form the basis for a wide range of walking and horse riding opportunities.
The walks promoted on the website are distributed across the National Park, taking in the ever changing coastline and the secluded Daugleddau waterway as well as the ancient woodland and magical Preseli Hills of North Pembrokeshire.
The National Park offers bridleways and a choice of walks for all ages and abilities ranging from rugged stretches of Coast Path to leisurely strolls, ideal for families with young children or pushchairs and less able-bodied people. We have an extensive section on Easy Access Walks for you to explore. Most of our promoted walks are circuit routes so that you can return to your starting point without having to retrace your steps.
Walking is of course very good for your health; it can help to relax you and best of all, it's free! Our website can help you find your nearest walk so that you can get out and about and appreciate Pembrokeshire's wonderful coast and countryside. So have a look at our interactive walking map just for starters!
If you want to contact us regarding the condition of a public path or a problem you have encountered when using public rights of way, please email email@example.com
For more walking opportunities and ideas, follow the link to the Walking Pembrokeshire website.
Source: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park