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So much for aging gracefully.
We're all going to get older—if we're lucky—so we may as well embrace it or at the very least accept it; otherwise, we will spend the rest of our lives battling the inevitable, in vain.
Despite all the anti-aging products out there, our faces take a beating, with sagging skin, lines, tired eyes, brown spots, rosacea and more. The rest of our bodies aren't spared either, with painful knee and hip joints and gastrointestinal issues…you name it, it's only a matter of time before we get it.
"Is this what getting old looks like?" my friend asked me. Yes, we decided, it is. The only unknown here is when exactly does "old age" start?
Regardless, we're caught off guard—at any age—when our bodies speak to us in a language we don't expect, teaching us new terminology about diagnoses and treatments with which we're unfamiliar.
It had never occurred to me that at 58, I'd be presented with what's referred to as a predominately older person's ailment. I suppose I've been burying my head in the sand, given that so many people in my age bracket have also been dealing with this issue.
For whatever the reason, it came as a huge shock to learn that I had basal cell carcinoma…on my cheek.
When I got "the call," the dermatologist told me I am very lucky because this particular kind of skin cancer has a very high cure rate. I didn't feel that way at the time, but with all the dire situations my friends and family have come to endure, I have come to feel grateful for my diagnosis.
She suggested I call a local "Mohs" surgeon and gave me the names of two. I had thought Mohs was an acronym but soon learned that it is the name of the man who first developed chemosurgery to remove skin cancer: Frederic Mohs, MD.
His technique, known as Mohs micrographic surgery, calls for one layer of skin to be removed at a time, while the patient waits for the sample to be examined. If the margins are clear, the surgery is done, other than closing the wound. If not, the surgeon returns to the patient and removes the next layer, enabling the least amount of healthy skin to be damaged. Check out this website for more on Mohs.
Being the information gatherer that I am, I spoke with people who I knew had had skin cancer and surfed the Internet because that's what I do, for better or for worse. Most people I spoke with told me their Mohs procedures went off without a hitch while a couple of others said, "Don't do it!" Both naysayers were women who did not work with a cosmetic or plastic surgeon from the start.
I soon realized that the biggest issue for people I spoke with was that they were more upset that they had to deal with cancer on their faces which led to an unwelcomed scar than any objection to Mohs itself. Radiation was also an option and there were other surgical procedures, but nothing else has the same high cure rate as Mohs does.
My Internet search also took me to some scary sites with images of people's facial characteristics that I could not get off my mind when I closed my eyes at night. As we have all learned, such research can be a mixed blessing. While disturbing, I believed I had to brace myself for what was ahead.
Fast forward several months. I had the surgery in July and, needless to say, I am very happy to be cancer free.
The surgeon removed two layers of skin on my cheek. I had initially pictured a "layer" to be thin, like the crystal mica, with tons of them on the skin, but the reality is that the two layers produced a sizable hole that made me wonder if I'd have a direct route from my cheek to my mouth. I didn't, by the way.
Unfortunately, I've had some complications with the dissolvable stitches underneath the skin. I was recently told—two months after the surgery—that it could take several months in total for the stitches to absorb into my body and for my overactive immune system to chill out.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I've been scrutinizing my wound—about 2 and one-half inches long—and my new face complete with this scar in the mirror for months.
The first week after the surgery I didn't go out; I felt too self-conscious. Since the second week, I've been going about my business, but I still feel paranoid and fragile, like don't look at me the wrong way, or I will cry.
While I understand that removal of the cancer is the important part, and that I truly am so fortunate that it was an easy fix to make me well, the experience has wreaked havoc for me personally.
You might think I'm some kind of beauty queen to be reacting as I am but no, I'm just a regular girl who dreamed that if I went under the knife for my face I'd come out looking amazing, not disfigured.
My surgeon told me that I may want to return to the office for a scar revision, and we can start talking a few months after the scar has healed. I plan to do this.
One way or another, I'm going to have to move past this and see myself as the strong, vital and beautiful—that's what my loved ones tell me, anyway—woman that I once was and not as a sad woman with an unsightly scar who should hide out in her home.
For much-needed levity, my husband and I named my scar "Scarlett," which somehow morphed into "Charlotte." I am now wondering what other body part is about to show its age.


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Andy Murray lost in his likekly last appearence at the Austrailan Open, rallying from two sets down before losing to Roberto Bautista Agut in the first round.
The five-time Aussie Open finalist lost 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (4-7), 6-2 in a five-set, four-hour marathon, just days after announcing that this season would be his last, citing a right hip injury that has kept him out of action recently.
Murray, 31, dropped the first two sets, then came back to win the third and fourth sets in tiebreakers. Murray struggled all match with what was obvious pain in his hip, but battled through winning brilliant points, but also suffered costly unenforced errors.
The 22nd seeded Bautista Agut will now face Australian John Millman in the second round. Millman won his first round match in four sets over Federico Delbonis of Argentina.
After the match, Murray didn't specifically address his retirement in an interview on the court after the match but was shown a video tribute from the sport's biggest stars, including long time rivals Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
"I've honestly loved playing here over the years. It's an amazing place to play tennis. If this was my last match, (it's an) amazing way to end," Murray said. "I gave literally everything I had. It wasn't enough tonight."

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RAET1L gene
retinoic acid early transcript 1L
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From NCBI Gene:
RAET1L belongs to the RAET1 family of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-related genes, which are located within a 180-kb cluster on chromosome 6q24.2-q25.3. The REAT1 genes encode glycoproteins that contain extracellular alpha-1 and alpha-2 domains, but they lack the membrane proximal Ig-like alpha-3 domain. Most RAET1 glycoproteins are anchored to the membrane via glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) linkage (Radosavljevic et al., 2002 [PubMed 11827464]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
From UniProt:
Binds and activates the KLRK1/NKG2D receptor, mediating natural killer cell cytotoxicity.
Cytogenetic Location: 6q25.1, which is the long (q) arm of chromosome 6 at position 25.1
Molecular Location: base pairs 150,018,334 to 150,025,532 on chromosome 6 (Homo sapiens Updated Annotation Release 109.20200522, GRCh38.p13) (NCBI)


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Formed late 2001 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, The CRIBS consisted of Gary Jarman (vocals/bass), his twin Ryan (guitar/vocals) and younger sibling Ross (drums/percussion). Cutting their inaugural demo at their own Springtime Studios, the trio were ready to perform at the nearby Brudenell Social Club in Leeds, while support to the likes of CALVIN JOHNSON, VIC GODARD et al, created a stir among "squat/warehouse" venues. Two songs from that particular demo, `Baby Don't Sweat' and `You And I', made it on to a shared/split EP, released February 2003 alongside indie friend Jen Schande, urging major label interest in a quest to find a British STROKES.
Wichita Recordings won the battle, co-founder Mark Bowen impressed after apparently witnessing a gig at the Metro on Oxford Street. Flown from Chicago to London in order to co-produce the young trio, long-established avant-indie geezer BOBBY CONN bailed after one solitary song (`Tri'elle') and several gigs together, although engineer Ed Deegan took over the mantle for the remainder of the ToeRag Studio cuts. Having failed to register a chart place for `Another Number', a second single `You Were Always The One', cracked the Top 75, paving the way for the band's eponymous debut THE CRIBS (2004) {*6}. Endorsed by the NME (8/10), if no one else, garage-rock and an evidently deep love of The STROKES, PAVEMENT and ASH were all over the pop-fuelled, baby-steps set. Arriving only a matter of weeks on the back of FRANZ FERDINAND's classy Top 3 maiden LP, The CRIBS' adulterated geeky post-Britpop sound was mistimed and under numerous cries of "rip-off merchants". The likes of second minor hit, `What About Me', couldn't pull the wool over most people's eyes, but there was roomfuls of potential.
Healthier in respects to big hitters, four of them, all Top 40 and in the shape of signature tune `Hey Scenesters!', `Mirror Kissers', `Martell', plus the vinyl-only (BERNARD BUTLER-produced) `You're Gonna Lose Us', EDWYN COLLINS seemed to get the best out of the lo-fi band as knob-twiddler for sophomore parent set, THE NEW FELLAS (2005) {*8}. Attendant tours of the world garnered extra impetus for the brothers, while main stage festival appearances at Leeds and Reading took them to the offices of Warner Brothers in the States; Wichita retained their now lucrative UK contract.
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A chance meeting with one of the guitar greats – at least in indie terms – JOHNNY MARR, led to rehearsals, several work-in-progress songs and some road-test live shows throughout 2008, with growing speculation that he'd actually joined the band. This was proved not to be some recurring April Fools' day joke when he broke from his most recent stint at MODEST MOUSE to work with both CRIBS and producer Nick Launey. Although `Cheat On Me' did not quite get off the mark chart-wise in a download-centric, recession-hit music business, the companion album – in more ways than one – IGNORE THE IGNORANT (2009) {*7} locked in a Top 10 place. Rather than stick all their eggs in one basket and attempt at regurgitating a pop hit in the mould of `Hey Scenesters!', the unique indie-rock alliance fermented a brew of songs that might last more than a few plays, namely `We Were Aborted', `City Of Bugs', `Stick To Yr Guns' and the title track.
After their inevitable honeymoon period was over in 2011, and a quickie but amiable divorce was settled on between the brothers and a solo-bound MARR, The CRIBS's next venture would be crucial toward maintaining their long-earned stability. When Ryan split from girlfriend KATE NASH around the same time (causing a brief mental breakdown), coping and finding causes to carry on the band were indeed more important matters on their agenda. Shelved sessions with QUEEN producer Dave Richards, resulted in the call-up of two of the finest in the business: Dave Fridmann and Steve Albini, still heroes for a group still sucking the teet of other alt/indie masters from the States. Top 10 in Britain once again and bolstered by several flag-flying WEEZER-meets-PAVEMENT-like tracks, IN THE BELLY OF THE BRAZEN BULL (2012) {*8}, was just what the doctor ordered. `Come On, Be A No-One', `Glitters Like Gold', and the power-pop `Anna' and `Jaded Youth', sound-tracked a confident and fiery CRIBS set to again take on Britain and beyond; for live shows they'd added guitarist David Jones (of Manchester's NINE BLACK ALPS).
2013's PAYOLA {*6} rounded up all the band's outtakes and B-sides (including covers of COMET GAIN's `Saturday Night Facts Of Life' and The REPLACEMENTS' `Bastards Of Young'), and concluded their time at Wichita Recordings. In the meantime, Ryan and his new girlfriend Jen Turner (of Here We Go Magic) released a one-off single as Exclamation Pony: `Pseudo Individual' (b/w `Mazes'), that September.
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In answer to some backlash received on the back of their previous "alt-pop" record, the trio turned in a stellar performance for the Top 10, 24-7 ROCK STAR SHIT (2017) {*7}. Sounding more early REPLACEMENTS than Wakefield's answer to WEEZER, the reason was clear – legendary engineer Steve Albini was at the controls. Okay, some of the songs and ideas stemmed from the "Brazen Bull" sessions of 2012, but in the unshaven and unkempt `Give Good Time', `Year Of Hate', `Dendrophobia', `Rainbow Bridge' and `Partisan', there was still room enough to rock (and roll) in the garage for The CRIBS.
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- Trump had criticised 'weak' Sessions for failing to deal with intelligence leaks
The US justice department has "tripled the number of active leak investigations" and devoted new FBI resources to cracking down on leakers, Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, said in a press conference on Friday morning, promising also that the department was reviewing its approach to subpoenaing journalists.
"We respect the important role that the press plays and will give them respect, but it is not unlimited. They cannot place lives at risk with impunity," Sessions warned. "We must balance their role with protecting our national security and the lives of those who serve in our intelligence community, the armed forces, and all law abiding Americans."


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Rental of the estate of the Earl of Charleville c.1880.
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Rental of the estate of the Earl of Charleville c.1880.
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Legal agreements in the form of deeds and indentures relating to the Derenzy family's title and interest in lands in the vicinity of Tinnycross, County Offaly. The earliest deed dating from 1630, records Sir Mathew de Renzi purchasing the townland...
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Digby Estate Valuation and Survey
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Frequently Asked Questions - Erasmus+ Incoming
Application & Before the exchange
Who can participate in the Erasmus+ exchange programme?
International students and (teaching) staff from the partner universities of the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University are eligible to participate. A list of all partners can be found here.
Where do I have to apply for the Erasmus+ exchange programme?
You must apply at your home university. Please consult either the Erasmus+ coordinator or the International Office at your university for information about the specific application requirements.
Where can I find the course offerings of the Faculty of Sociology?
All courses (German and English) offered by the Faculty of Sociology are listed in the electronic commented course catalogue (eKVV). The eKVV contains detailed information about each course, including the title, a brief description, requirements, number of European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) points, class locations and schedules, and types of participation and examinations. In the section of the Faculty of Sociology you may search for courses according to the offered BA and MA study programs or check the list of Courses taught in English.
In addition there is an interdisciplinary study programme called Studium Internationale - Intercultural and Global Studies, organised by the International Office that offers the chance to look into various fields of studies with a focus on international and intercultural topics, and especially suits the needs of exchange students.
When are the actual course offerings of Faculty of Sociology available to be viewed online?
The course offerings are available to be viewed online in the electronic commented course catalogue (eKVV) in mid-January for the summer semester and in mid-June for the winter semester to be viewed online in the electronic commented course catalogue (eKVV). You can always find the course offerings of the past semesters and use it as a reference to get an impression of the teaching areas at the Faculty of Sociology.
How well must I speak and understand German?
The Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University generally requires German or English language proficiency at least at the level of B1, based on the Common European Reference Frame (CEFR). At the BA level, a deeper knowledge of German is highly recommended, because most of the courses are given in German (only a few are given in English). On the MA level, the english course offering is wider so that it is enough to fulfill the required proficiency in English while German knowledge is not necessary.
The university language center offers language courses at all levels before (intensive courses) and during the lecture period so that individual exchange students can improve their German language skills about one CEFR level.
How many courses will I have to take?
A workload equivalent to approximately 30 ECTS European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) points per semester is recommended and includes course participation, individual examinations, and German language courses.
May I only take courses in English?
No. You may take courses from the complete course offering of the Faculty of Sociology. In consultation with your home university you may also take courses from other faculties as long as they match with your course and interests of study.
Generally you should attend courses according to your study cycle (BA courses as a BA student and MA courses as a MA student). In exceptional cases it is also possible for BA students to attend courses from the MA programme. In this case you should justify your selection and have previous knowledge of the topic that will be discussed in the course. In any case you have to discuss the participation with your Erasmus+ coordinators at the home and host university and ask the lecturer if you may attend the course.
When and how may I register for courses?
You may register online for courses in the electronic commented course catalogue (eKVV). To do that you need your matriculation number and your personal password from the BITS, which will be given to you after you enrolled at Bielefeld University. You can register or deregister for courses at any time during the semester in the eKVV. Nevertheless, you should register as soon as you know that you will actually attend the course because only then you will receive e-mails from the lecturer, have access to the learning room with reading material for the course and receive ECTS points (in German Leistungspunkte = LP) at the end of the course.
The examination system of the Faculty of Sociology in Bielefeld mostly requires the elaboration of a final paper that must be submitted by the end of the semester. Deadlines for submitting the final paper vary from course to course and will be set by the course lecturer. A guidline on how to write final papers at the Faculty of Sociology in Bielefeld can be found here.
Learning Agreement & Documents
What is a Learning Agreement and why do I need it?
The Learning Agreement is a necessary document signed by you, your coordinator at your home university and the coordinator at Bielefeld University, in which all courses that you wish to take during your exchange as well as the courses they will replace at the home university and the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) points that will be recognized are listed. Its purpose is to provide a transparent preparation of your study period abroad and ensure the recognition of the courses successfully completed abroad. Furthermore, it is requisite for the Erasmus+ scholarship.
How do I complete the Learning Agreement form?
The Learning Agreement is divided into three sections. In the first section you enter general data about you, your home university and Bielefeld University. In the second section, "Before the mobility", you find the table A, in which you enter all the courses (with course number, title, semester and ECTS points) that you plan to attend at Bielefeld University during your stay. Information on courses are available in the electronic commented course catalogue. Below table A you find the table B, where you enter all the corresponding courses (also with course number, title, semester and ECTS points) from the course offer of your host university that will be replaced by the courses during your exchange. Finally, you as the student, your coordinator from Bielefeld University AND your home university have to sign the Learning Agreement BEFORE the exchange begins. The best method is to get the filled Learning Agreement signed by your coordinator at your home university first and then send it via e-mail to your coordinator in Bielefeld.
May I change my Learning Agreement?
Yes, you may! The Erasmus+ programme wants to provide flexibility in choosing the courses that interest you personally. Therefore, it is possible to change your Learning Agreement up to five weeks after your arrival. You have to inform your Erasmus+ coordinator at your home university and in Bielefeld about the changes, integrate all course changes in your Learning Agreement, and have it signed again to ensure recognition after returning to your home university.
How do I change my Learning Agreement?
Discuss the changes you would like to make with your Erasmus+ coordinator at your home university and in Bielefeld before you realize any changes. Then, integrate all course changes in your Learning Agreement. Do not change any aspects in the section "Before the mobility"! Below you find the section "During the mobility" including table A2 and B2, where you have to indicate the courses you want to add or delete (course number, title, ECTS) and state the reason of change. In table A2 you list the courses from the course offering in Bielefeld that you add or delete, in table B2 you list the equivalent course from the course offer of your host university that will be replaced by these added or deleted components during your exchange. Finally, get the Learning Agreement signed again to ensure recognition after returning to your home university.
Your transcript will be delivered by the Examination Office of the Faculty of Sociology. By the end of the semester, after you have completed the courses and examinations, your academic performance and grades will be registered in the electronic system of the Examination Office and you will be given a transcript of records in German. Together with this transcript of records the Faculty also provides a "Transcript Supplement" in English, which explains the terminology and structure of the transcript to make it easy to understand.
My stay in Bielefeld is ending soon and there are still missing study- and/or examination performances in my transcript. What can I do?
If it is foreseeable that you will leave Bielefeld before all study- and examination performances will be registered, you may ask the staff in the examination office to send you the official, stamped version of your transcript by post. Prepare an envelop with your complete name and postal address and forward it to the examination office a few days before your departure. Please consider the office hours of the examination office.
In the electronic examination management (in German) on the eKVV you can check your performances online by logging on with your enrolment number and BITS-password. In this way you can control, which performances have been registered and when your transcript is complete. This function is still available a few months after your departure so that you may revise the examination management from your hometown. As far as all study- and examination performances appear completely on your transcript in the electronic examination management in the eKVV, inform the staff on the examination office by sending an email that your transcript is complete and you wish them to send it to you. A few days later you should receive the official stamped transcript and the transcript supplement by post. In case you need a preliminary version of your performances completed during the exchange, you may download a PDF-version of your transcript from the electronic examination management until you receive the official, stamped version.
How can I earn ECTS points in Bielefeld?
Students at Bielefeld University can earn ECTS points according to two different types of performance: their study performance and their examination. Their study performance can be an oral presentation, a short essay, text summaries, a presentation or something equivalent and is generally not graded. The examination can be a final paper (the most common form), a research design, a written exam, or something equivalent and is generally graded. For each type of performance you can earn a number of credit points. For BA courses, the number of European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) points is usually 4 for a study performance and 2 for an examination performance. For MA courses, the number of ECTS points is usually 4 for a study performance and 6 for an examination performance. Students may choose individually for each course whether they want to complete an ungraded study performance only or complete a study and an examination performance in the course to receive a grade.
How does the grading system at Bielefeld work?
Students are graded on a scale from 1,0 to 4,0, where 1,0 is the best and 4,0 the minimum required grade to pass a course. An insufficient examination performance is graded with the grade 5,0. The grades correspond as following:
|1 = sehr gut (very good)
|outstanding achievement
|2 = gut (good)
|an achievement which lies substantially above average requirements
|3 = befriedigend (satisfactory)
|an achievement which corresponds to average requirements
|4 = ausreichend (sufficient)
|an achievement which barely meets the requirements
|5 = nicht ausreichend (insufficient/fail)
|an achievement which does not meet the requirements
In exceptional cases, namely if you will have to fulfill certain obligations to have the course recognized at your home university, you may ask the course lecturer to give you a grade, or to revise the number of European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) points you receive for taking a course. This may imply that you will need to make special arrangements or adapt course conditions to meet your specific academic needs that have to be approved by your lecturer and coordinator. They will inform the examination office about heir consent.
Events & Deadlines
Erasmus+ Sprechstunde/ Office hours:
Aktuell bieten wir eine online Sprechstunde an. Bitte kontaktiert uns zum Termin vereinbaren per Mail an email@example.com
// At the moment we are offering online office hours. Please contact us to make an appointment by mail to email@example.com
Courses taught in English - WS 2020/21
Alle Kurse für das kommende Wintersemester 2020/21 sind auch im eKVV online einsehbar! Englischsprachige Veranstaltungen finden Sie HIER.
All courses for the upcoming winter semester 2020/21 are also available online in the eKVV. You can find an overview of courses in English HERE.
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Painter Bob Olley creates Westoe Brass Band's latest CD cover
Latest News | February 7, 2015
Source: shieldsgazette
A WELL-KNOWN painter from South Tyneside has donated a piece of his artwork to help a brass band raise some much needed funds.
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Former Whitburn Colliery miner Bob Olley put his creative talents into practice to create Westoe Brass Band's latest CD cover.
The band, who practice at Harton and Westoe Miners' Welfare, in Low Lane South Shields, is one of the oldest in South Tyneside.
Formed in 1911, it currently has around 30 members from a wide range of backgrounds, and since the closure of Westoe Colliery in 1993, has relied on fundraising and grants to keep them going.
Now, after designing the cover for the forthcoming release of their CD, The Call of the Colliery, he has agreed to allow the band to sell prints of the painting and keep the proceeds.
Bob, 75, who has been commissioned in the past by worldwide icons, including Nelson Mandela, said: "I am a great supporter of the band and think that all colliery bands are an integral part of our mining heritage and should never be allowed to slide into obscurity.
"Listen to their rendition of the miners' hymn Gresford and I am sure you will be deeply moved, especially when you realise that it was written by Robert Saint, from Hebburn, to commemorate the 266 men and boys who lost their lives in the Gresford colliery disaster of 1934."
The painting is based on a photograph, taken by Hannah Edwardson, of the band playing at the Marine Park in South Shields.
It also contains images of the band's mining heritage with images of the Westoe Colliery tower, a Davy lamp and winding wheel.
Band member Dave Petherick said: "The band is very grateful to Bob for generously donating his talent and his time, and for kindly agreeing that all proceeds from the sale of prints should go to the band's funds."
The band, which started life as Harton Colliery Band, later becoming Westoe Colliery Band then more recently Westoe Brass Band.
The band plays in concerts across the region and competes nationally in competitions. Members rehearse ever Tuesday and Sunday evening at Harton and Miners' Welfare.
The painting is on display at Hawthorn Arts in Westoe Road, South Shields, where prints can also be bought.


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Sliced jalapeños that have been pickled are a staple for many snacks and meals. While many think "Mexican food" when they consider pickled jalapeños, Americans likely consume tons more of the tasty preserves than any other country. Go to a ball game, or the movies; the nachos stand is always popular! And what bowl of cheese and chips would be complete without those deadly green circles on top?
Swim meets, backyard cookouts, or watching football on the telly; all need some zest, some zing. Pickled pepper slices will certainly fill the bill.
Ordinary jalapeño slices can seem plain, even mundane, in many dishes. Enter the candied jalapeño slice, a truly genius innovation. Also known as Cowboy Candy, these sweet gems are a true taste treat. Even PJ, an avowed zest-averse spouse, likes a few candied jalapeños on our homemade nachos. (I haven't converted her to using them as an ice cream topping yet; but we've only been together for 25 years or so, I've barely gotten started with her.)
Cowboy Candy is very easy to make too. Some preparations use sugar, water and a bit of seasonings. However, the best of these jalapeño chips are made using garden-fresh pepper slices, cider vinegar and flavored with garlic, cayenne powder, celery seed and turmeric. This way the tidbits are properly pickled and will store longer in the fridge or on the pantry shelf.
I am completely swamped have a goodly supply of fresh green chiles, including serranos and cayennes. I picked a few quarts of jalapeños from my four bushes this week, so I decided to make my own Cowboy Candy. I wanted them a bit zestier, so I made sure about a quarter of the sliced chiles were serranos. (No cayennes; I like heat, but I'm not stupid.) I had about three pints or so of chile slices, so I used 1 1/3 cups of cider vinegar and 4 cups sugar to make the syrup. I used a half teaspoon each of turmeric and celery seed, a full tablespoon of garlic powder, and a teaspoon of fresh cayenne powder. First I simmered the syrup for a few minutes, to be sure the sugar was dissolved and the spices had time to flavor the juice. I put in the chile slices next, and simmered for only four minutes. Any more than that and the pickles would begin to cook apart.
I retrieved the pickles from the syrup using a slotted spoon, transferring them to half-pint jelly jars. I topped off the jars with extra syrup. Because they're hot, I covered loosely with canning flats and let the pickles cool. I topped off again once the jars were cool, put on plastic screw tops and put in the refrigerator. I could have processed them for long-term storage, but three half-pints won't last that long! They'll keep fine in the chill-box.
A couple small tricks. Put in a drop of two of green food coloring to keep the pickles from looking too yellow (a dun camo-green). I also cooked (in a separate small pot) a few slices of red, ripe jalapeños and serranos in some of the syrup (with a drop of red food coloring). At the end I combined all the pickles, stirred to provide a bit of color throughout the mixture, and then stored.
I'll let these pickles mellow for a few days, then it'll be time for a nice, big batch of nachos for dinner. With some on top of a bowl of Blue Bell vanilla ice cream, just because. Time to find that fire extinguisher…
Enjoy the (Chile Candy for Everything) Heat!


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This bright and cheerful rainbow scarflet is great for kids and adults.
And it's a great stashbuster too!
Better yet, it looks like you can add the curlicues to your hat as well.
The pattern recommends a worsted weight yarn and an H crochet hook.
If you enjoyed this free crochet pattern you might also enjoy more designs by Calleigh's Clips & Crochet Creations.


text: Airwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 until 1987. The program centers on a high-tech military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and its crew as they undertake various missions, many involving espionage. The show was created by Donald P. Bellisario. The first three seasons star Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord, and Jean Bruce Scott. ... more on Wikipedia


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Iron Peak (Oct 24, 2015)
h o m e | a b o u t | l i n k s | c o n t a c t | t r i p r e p o r t s
Day Hike
Gear: nothing special
Map: USGS Mount Stuart
Area: Teanaway
Reference: n/a
Stats: 7.32mi, 2549' gain (round trip)
Steve wanted to do another hike so I thought it would be nice to show him another one of my favorite areas. I had been tossing around a couple of ideas in the area (Bean, Earl) but I settled on this one. The idea was to do both Iron and Gene's. JimK joined us. It was nice to connect up with him again.
We started up the trail and the clouds were low. I wouldn't call it socked in but the far off views weren't there. Just below the saddle between Iron and Gene's I paused for a minute thinking I saw flecks of white. Sure enough..it was snowing. It was a light flurry but just as we reached the ridge it was a full on snow squall. It was cold enough and snowing hard enough that the ground got a light dusting of the white stuff.
The good news...it was snowing. This was an unexpected treat. The bad news...our limited views were gone. We decided to head up to Iron first hoping that if the snow let up we could do Gene's Pk afterwards. The wind whipped up pretty good and all of us got a good taste of the winter to come. It is an easy ridge walk all the way over to the Iron Pk highpoint.
We stayed a little while, enough time to eat a quick lunch. Just before leaving the summit the squall passed over and we finally got the views over to Mt Stuart and the upper Enchantments. My fingers were numb, it was a good reminder to throw another pair of warmer mittens into my day pack. We decided to pass on Gene's...it isn't going anywhere. It gives me a good excuse to head back. It's one of the few remaining Teanaway peaks left I haven't done.
On the hike back down it cleared enough that we would see almost all of Mt Rainier to the south. By the time we got back to the car we had blue sky above us.
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Paul Krugman tries to argue that just because people like Ron Paul predicted the financial crisis doesn't mean Austrian economics is valid. He doesn't use those words, but we do indeed know who he's talking about when he writes:
[I]f your approach (say) predicted the housing crash but then also predicted runaway inflation from Fed expansion — I assume everyone knows who we're talking about — it's not a good approach…. [W]hat about me personally? I don't have a turban and crystal ball hidden in a back room, and I've made some pretty wrong predictions in my time. The thing, however, is that all of these bad predictions involved stepping outside the models I understood.
So, in other words, Krugman is arguing that Keynesian economics itself offers a perfect model for making accurate economic predictions. The only reason he was ever wrong in his predictions was because he foolishly strayed from his Keynesian ways.
The Austrians, on the other hand, Krugman would have his readers believe, just got lucky. Sure, their economic theories allowed them to accurately predict the housing bubble and its bust, but their theories also predicted runaway inflation that hasn't occurred, so their whole school of thought is still invalid!
This is Krugman's go-to "gotcha" argument, which I addressed in this post, where I shared an excerpt from my book Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman directly addressing this constant mantra of Krugman's. To briefly review some of the fallacies of Krugman's argument here:
- Austrians define "inflation" as an increase in the money supply, not as an increase in consumer prices according to the government's index (CPI).
- The CPI is not an accurate measure of real price inflation.
- The Fed is paying banks to keep excess reserves.
- The U.S., with the dollar as the world's reserve currency, is able to export its price inflation as other nations follow suit and also devalue their own currencies.
- A general increase in prices across a basket of consumer goods (i.e., what CPI measures) is only one possible consequence of monetary inflation. Another is price inflation in asset prices, e.g., a bubble in stocks or the housing sector.
Now, the many problems with Krugman's strawman argument aside, let's turn to his own record and apply his standard.
When the dot-com bubble approached its peak, Krugman expressed his skepticism that there was a stock bubble and assured readers that the dive in stock prices was the signal of a "merely terrific" rather than "incredible" economy and that it had no place to go but up, writing even as the NASDAQ began to plummet that "the U.S. economy has cheerfully broken all the old limits" with "almost every fresh economic statistic" being "a cause for celebration", that "growth will have to slow" but would continue, he was straying from Keynesian economics?
When following the bursting of the dot-com bubble, Krugman dismissed concerns of a recession, writing, "But even if we do have a recession, so what?" because a "brief recession" would be no big deal, since it would not "reflect any fundamental problems in the economy", he was not getting that from Keynesian theories?
When the Fed responded to that bust by inflating to doing what Krugman was calling for and lowering interest rates and Krugman assured that the Fed's actions would do the trick with comments such as "Another few shots in the arm like that and talk of recession might well evaporate" and "The Fed can easily and quickly cut interest rates as much as necessary, as long as zero is low enough", he was leaving the safety of the trunk of the Keynesian tree and going out on a limb?
When the Fed's rate cuts didn't work and Krugman's answer was to call for even more monetary inflation and cuts in long-term as well as short-term interest rates, in order to spur investment in "things like housing", which is "highly sensitive to interest rates"; when he complained that he was "a little depressed" because "long-term rates haven't fallen enough to produce a boom" in the housing sector; when he expressed the hope that if the Fed "keeps on cutting rates", it would "finally accomplish something", that "the odds are still that rate cuts will eventually work", it was only because he had dared to explore outside of the womb of Keynesianism?
When Krugman continued to assure that the Fed's inflationary policy to lower interest rates in order to "promote spending on housing" was "the main answer", only to then bemoan how the Fed's repeated rate cuts had "yet to see any results"; and when he therefore concluded that the solution was to cut rates even more in order to "conjure up another dramatic boom" and argued that what the Fed needed to do was "to create a housing bubble to replace the NASDAQ bubble", we can understand that John Maynard Kenyes himself would have frowned this monetary policy prescription of Krugman's?
Gosh, given how often Krugman seems to have, by the logic of his own argument, strayed from his economic theories, it seems unfair to trash the good name of John Maynard by even calling Krugman a Keynesian.


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"It seems to me that to organize on the basis of feeding people or righting social injustice and all that is very valuable. But to rally people around the idea of modernism, modernity, or something is simply silly. I mean, I don't know what kind of a cause that is, to be up to date. I think it ultimately leads to fashion and snobbery and I'm against it." Jack Levine: January 3, 1915 – November 8, 2010
Friday, March 31, 2017
How Atheism Poisons Liberalism
Do you remember when liberal Christians were relevant? Me neither.
Which is easy enough to counter, considering that every single piece of liberal legislation passed in Congress, in every single state legislature and even in almost all cases, liberal statutes on the local level would have depended, absolutely on the support and work of liberal Christians. I mentioned the high water marks of American liberalism, the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Right Act to the doctored dolt, which would never have gone anywhere without the efforts of the Black Church members and others who put their lives, repeatedly, on the line. Not to mention every bit of 19th century reform, abolition, extension of the vote, etc. I also mentioned the second most liberal president in our history, Franklin Roosevelt who famously answered an inquiry into his ideology, "I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all".
Apparently his sci-track education didn't include much in the way of basic rhetoric or history or anything that would have included the information that having a PhD in science didn't grant him an indulgence making his ignorance an adequate replacement for knowing what he was talking about.
Among his demands were.
Name the liberal Christians who matter.
The starting list I gave included:
Methodists such a Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton and Debbie Stabenow Baptists like Kamala Harris, Lutherans such as Sherrod Brown, Jeff Merkley, Congregationalists such as Amy Klobuchar Catholics such as Patrick Leahy, Ed Markey, Jack Reed....
That was in answer to "Skeptic Tank's" list of "Bernie Sanders". I don't know if Senator Sanders would agree with his constituting such a list of one, so I note him being so .... um..... "honored" only for the sake of this argument.
I gave other information as demanded by the atheist blog rats who infest the ironically named "Religion Dispatches" like Putin rent-boy trolls. The atheists, as I have found they generally do, had nuthin'..
Atheists have had nuthin' for a long, long time. I mentioned that even such atheists as, perhaps, Bernie Sanders and Barney Frank, if such they are, were smart enough to understand that their presence in the House and Senate depended on the votes of liberal Christians since there simply are not enough liberal atheists to elect them. They also knew that anything that alienated Christians who would potentially support their election was not only massively stupid, it was a guarantee of futility. That is something I've been pointing out to enraged atheist brats since 2006 and the idea doesn't seem to make much of a dent in their bratty arrogance, that's more important to them than moving any kind of liberal progress in the United States.
That preference for their counter-productive venting and ridicule over making liberal progress is, I contend, the definition of the effect of atheism on American liberalism, especially since the mid-1960s. Before that the damage atheism inflicted on American liberalism was largely through Marxists attaching themselves to liberalism like parasites that kill their host. None of which was either a legitimate aspect of American liberalism or helpful. The only effect such actions have ever had was in diminishing the political effectiveness of liberalism, distracting liberals from their legitimate agendas, duping liberals into supporting the elevation of lies and pornography as the most clueless of icons of freedom - they both destroy freedom and human dignity - and into permitting and agreeing to the line of Supreme Court rulings in which the corporate fascists have used to lie us into the Trump-Ryan fascism we have, today.
In virtually every case, when you see the influence of that strain of ideological atheism at work on the American left, the results have been damaging to liberalism, diminished the power of liberals, defeated our agenda and undermined it through attacks on the moral foundations that all liberalism depends on. The falsification of history, the replacement of lies for fact, taking advantage of the ignorance of most Americans about what has worked and what has not, playing on the sympathies of liberals through phony melodramatic show biz crap, have been a big part of that effort.
Atheism carries no defining moral content that liberalism requires to make a case for its validity and to counter the selfishness that is the basis of those things liberalism exists to counter. It carries no absolute moral obligation to respect the rights of other people, to be rigorous in the respect for those rights, or even admitting that any rights you wish to brush aside exist. Atheism doesn't carry any moral content that identifies lies as wrong. Atheism doesn't even carry a requirement that an atheist tells the truth that they are an atheist.
I noted that, in response to another atheist troll at "Religion Dispatches" that there was no defining stand in atheism that would identify anything that Trump or Ryan or Putin or Stalin or Hitler, for that matter, as being wrong or immoral. Any moral stand that any atheist took, one opposing that list of anti-liberals or, for that matter, any alleged moral stand that supported them, would have to come from somewhere other than atheism. Atheism is morally nihilistic. I also noted that if an atheist came up with an assertion that equality and justice were moral absolutes, their greatest opponents wouldn't be Christians or Jews or Muslims they would be their fellow atheists. I've seen such discussions online, I've noted that the nuclear physicist held up to be an atheist expert in what makes people do bad things, Steven Weinberg, has pretty much stated that other than his feelings of loyalty to his family and his university department, he didn't feel he had any moral obligations in the world to anyone.
Atheism has been a catastrophe for liberalism far more than the vulgar materialism of what conservatism means in the United States now. When your ideological position includes shafting the poor, cheating the vulnerable, using the alien among us as a means of whipping up paranoia to gain power, destroying the very environmental basis of life continuing, you will find your opponents in Christianity, in Judaism, in Islam, in virtually all religions. You won't find any real opposition to that in atheism because there is none there to be found. Any atheist who asserts any moral position has to leave atheism to do that. Any atheist politician who ever proposed a liberal law or policy had to, as well.
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More and more I understand the rise of Donald Trump: ignorance makes you an expert on everything.ReplyDelete
and you really, really, REALLY, can't fix stupid.
"Atheism doesn't carry any moral content that identifies lies as wrong. Atheism doesn't even carry a requirement that an atheist tells the truth that they are an atheist. "ReplyDelete
Christianity, of course, does. You can't actually be a Christian unless you live up to its tenets. In fact, if you don't, you get drummed out of the corps.


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The Frankfort-Schuyler School Board presented it's final plan to residents, the $17.5 million budget is about $120,000 lower than this year's budget. If passed, residents within the school district will face a 9% tax hike, the closure of the West Frankfort Elementary school and the elimination of 10 fulltime positions, 5 through attrition.
The other 5 positions set to be eliminated; two custodians, an elementary teacher, and a forgeign language teacher. Two other full-time teaching positions will both be reduced to part-time.
A decrease in State aid contributed to the district's $1.2 million shortfall. Frankfort resident Jerry Plow addressed the school board at last night's meeting, telling the board "There's no winner in this situation, the students don't necessarily win. I think the only win is that we have a budget that's balanced the best it could be."
West Frankfort resident Mark Liberatore also had a chance to address the School Board, saying "They pulled the reins back with the government, with the money situiation, and you guys panicked because you didn't have a back-up, and now as a result, the house is on fire and now, the whole West Frankfort school is obliviated."
By closing the West Frankfort Elelmentry School, the School Board projects a net savings of roughly $500,000. The budget goes up for vote May 17, 2011.


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The face of Jupiter is being altered in front of our eyes by gigantic storms, scientists have discovered.
The gas giant is ringed with colourful belts and white zones which make it one of the most beautiful worlds in our solar system.
But surging tempests are creating massive 'disturbances' in the flow of these brights rings and even changing their colour.
The storm clouds are visible as bright plumes in the atmosphere
'If these plumes are vigorous… they may disturb one of these entire bands over time, though it may take a few months,' said Imke de Pater, professor emerita of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley.
'With these observations, we see one plume in progress and the aftereffects of the others.'
It's believed the disruptive plumes form some 80km beneath the cloud tops in an area 'dominated by cloud of liquid water'.
These plumes 'punch through' the upper clouds and then spread out like the anvil-shaped cumulonimbus clouds that produce thunder and lightning here on Earth.
'Our observations are the first to show that high concentrations of ammonia gas are brought up during an energetic eruption,' de Pater said.
It was recenty claimed that Jupiter smashed into a planet of the same size and mass as the rudely-named gas giant hell world Uranus.
A new study has found that the largest planet in our solar system had a terrifying close encounter with a 'planetary embryo' with a similar mass to Uranus.
In a paper published in the journal Nature, scientists said a 'giant collision' could explain the structure of Jupiter.
Uranus may also have endured a similar cataclysm and is believed to have been tipped onto its side due to an encounter with a large and unrelenting object at some murky point in its history (we've all been there).
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A team from the University of Colorado has now sketched a new outline of the story of this epic era and claimed it happened much earlier than expected about 4.48 billion years ago.
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Hamid greeted the Queen with flowers when she arrived.President's Press Secretary Joynal Abedin briefed reporters after the meeting.
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Dutch Queen Máxima, the UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, arrived in Dhaka on July 9.


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