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Bethlehem, Pa., February 20, 2013—The Moravian College Wind Ensemble (MCWE) will perform on Friday, February 22, at 7:30 p.m., in the Foy Concert Hall. The concert, entitled "Anniversaries and Equal Rights," will feature The Morning Call columnist Paul Carpenter as guest narrator in Samuel Hazo's Today is the Gift and James Curnow's J.F.K.: In Memoriam. Also featured will be the Overture to Peronelle by Dr. Larry Lipkis, Moravian College's Bertha Mae Starner and Jay F. Starner Professor of Music and Composer in Residence.
The music on this performance marks several anniversaries of the struggle for Equal Rights in the United Sates, including: Roland Barrett's Month of the Cold Moon (based on the 1838-39 Native American "Trail of Tears"); Brant Karrick's They Shall Run and Be Free (commemorating the Underground Railroad and the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War); Samuel Hazo's Today is the Gift (honoring Rosa Parks and efforts toward desegregate in the U.S.); James Curnow's J.F.K.: In Memoriam (reflecting on this 50th anniversary of the assassination of our 35th President, a strong proponent of Civil Rights); Dana Wilson's To set the darkness echoing (written as a reflection on the American Civil Rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr); and James Hosay's We Hold These Truths (compiling many of the songs of the Civil Rights movement). The MCWE will begin the concert by performing Fanfare for Freedom by the well-known African-American composer, Quincy Hilliard.
Foy Concert Hall is located on Moravian College's Priscilla Payne Hurd Campus in historic downtown Bethlehem, Pa. General admission is $10, and $5 for students and seniors. This performance will be live-streamed on the Internet. For a PDF of the program and a link to the live-stream, point your browser to the MCWE Web site ten minutes before the performance at http://home.moravian.edu/public/music/instrumental/windEnsemble/index.htm.
If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Bill Bauman of the Music Department at 610-861-1650 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college. Moravian partners with students to build a strong foundation for their future. Visit the College's Web site at www.moravian.edu.


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Sorry i decided to make this instuctable after i made the converter
Step 1: Get Your Parts
1.S-Video connector link
2. RCA connector and cable ( I salvaged mine)
3. 470pf ceramic capacitor (I already Had One)
4. Wire
5. Solder
6. Soldering iron
Step 2: Build
Pin Out
1. Y Ground
2. C Ground
3. Y Data
4. C Data
First connect the Capacitor to pins 3 and 4, then connect 3 and 4 to RCA Data.
Second connect pins 1 and 2 to RCA ground.
third close it up and try it out.
Step 3: Try It Out
Of course your have to fiddle with settings.
First put your TV into TV\Video Mode.
Then on your computer right click on your desktop and select Properties.
Next select the settings tab and click advanced and turn your display to TV.
You also may need to adjust your resolution settings.
this project will work but wont give you excellent quality text but is good for movies and other media.
If you use pins 3 and 1 you will get b&w.
If you use pins 4 and 2 you will get color.
i have found a few on jameco.com but not sure which to get
I did a cable without the capacitor but it only works for less than a second, then everything goes black.
Do you believe if I use the cap it'll work? Also in what kind of electronics I can find one? I cant find a place that sells a pf anything.

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Parents and community members are urging greater accountability from the Des Moines school board, with some demanding an investigation into the influence former superintendent Nancy Sebring asserted over elected officials.
Sebring resigned abruptly last month after staff discovered she used a district email account to exchange sexually explicit messages with her male lover.
Other emails obtained by The Des Moines Register show Sebring repeatedly attempted to dissuade school board members and others from criticizing a district charter school operated by her sister, Nina Rasmusson.
In one message, Sebring tells Rasmusson "we're having a little trouble reigning (sic) in two of our new board members." She refers to an unnamed board member as a "dear friend" in another.


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Gear Review
Tim Petterson
not good design
The tent is really poorly designed. The poles on top are sticking out as such that if you are entering the tent at night, you may get the end of the pole in your eye (height at around 5.3-5.5").
The floor is not fixed, so there is a lot of wind coming in from all sides. Also I don't think the single layer design is best-in-class.
where did you try this at?
where have you tryed this tent at?
jody fine
Why is it 800 bucks?You can get big tents with lights for under 300.
ken brown
Tim, sounds like you are rating this tent without any real experience, just speculation. I would rather hear from someone who actually set it up, and used it in wind & rain, I've been looking at this tunnel tent design for awhile now because of it's efficient design (weight vs space) would like to see sod flaps on the perimeter and a stove jack out the back as an option.
sharon turnbull
I am serious about tenting.What are the
specifics about this tent? Is there a floor attached and sealed by manufacturer? What is the length, the width, the height? does it have a fly cover? Please contact me, thank you
I don't think Tim has actually used this tent. I recently used it for 4 days in Maine where it poured for 3 of the days. Yes, the awning poles are a bit low, but if you're aware of them it's not an issue. I got not wind coming up through the bottom. The tent body has a 6-8" collar at the bottom that is overlapped by the bathtub floor. We got zero water inside the tent even though it is a single wall design.
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College Football
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LA Tech at Utah State
Saturday Oct 22, 2011 - 3:00 pm - Logan, UT | Odds: Utah State by 6.5, Total Points: 56.5 | Team Pages: LTEC | UTST
|Total 56.5
Line Movement
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Historical Results of Games with Similar Lines
Since the start of the 2006-2007 college football season there have been 359 games with over/under lines between 55.5 and 57.5. In these games:
- Games have gone over the line 170 times (47.4%)
- Games have gone under the line 187 times (52.1%)
- Games have pushed the line 2 times (0.6%)
Historical Results of Games with Similar Line Movement
Since the start of the 2008-2009 college football season there have been 119 games where the closing over/under line moved 2 points lower than the opening over/under line.
In these games, the under performed better, going 66-51-2 (56.4%). Game totals went under the line by an average of 11.9 points.


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Dear Janit
I want you to stop making romancy eyes at that ginger tom from down the road. I have seen him skulking about the street at night up to all sorts of mischief and skullduggery no doubt.
I believe him to be an immeasurable oaf and frankly, he smells.
I do hope this does not come between us.
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OMG!!! It's an update! *gasp* :O haha. not really, but its something. :) ...so yeah, this site has pretty much been dead for the past...idk...whatevers. but a friend and I have been working on a website lately, and since people keep coming here and asking about the midis, i figured I'd redirect you all to that new site. It's still in progress though, nothing's really up yet, but I did list a few midis so far. so instead of running into this "dead end" site, you can all now head over to the new destination --> Project RANDOMNESS. And as I mentioned before, it's a pretty bare site right now, but we're working on adding and improving stuff. Hopefully our new site will turn out better than the one here, dead in the ditch. haha. XD
Also, I've unlocked the midi page, but many of the links are dead and at this point, it's really not worth reviving them. But there's a BETTER site on the way! :D
Well everyone, take care and I hope you've all had a great weekend! :]
~ Akemichan
Hi everyone. Unfortunately, I just don't have the time anymore to continue updating this site. There are no plans of closing this site, but I will no longer add anything to it. And as for the midis, I've just deleted the page since most of the links are dead anyway, and I don't really have time to fix them. Sorry about that. :( ...So I say my goodbyes. And I hope everyone has enjoyed my site while it lasted.
Thanks to everyone that has visited my site! :D ...I appreciate all the feedback, and I hope that one day I'll be able to bring something better to the online community. (I have ideas for a music site, but plans are just tentative.)
For those that are in search for good anime midis, please check out these sites. They provide a large amount of midi from various anime. Enjoy!
Kaze No Uta Midi House - http://www.knumh.com/
Kit's Anime MIDIs - http://kit50.t35.com/index.php
Anime Zen - http://www.animezen.net/midis
Minasan, Jaa ne! :)
...Hey everyone! It's been a while, huh? ...Anyway, I'm really sorry, but unfortunately this update is no good news. ...I'm not going to be doing requests anymore. I just don't have the time... I don't even know when I'll be able to add to this site anymore. I'll keep it open for now, but it's likely that nothing will change. I'm just so busy and stressed out right now... I'm really sorry though to those that actually were hoping to see something new. ...Just try to enjoy what there is for now.
Just a quick update to say that the upcoming site I keep mentioning will most likely and hopefully be up by December (at the earliest). School is taking over my life more than ever and I'm lucky to even have time to be able make this small update today. I know I kept talking about the future site and about it coming soon, but I had to push the opening date to December due a ton of schoolwork and homework that unexpectedly was thrown on me from the first day of school. X( ...I'm having to stay up late every night just to keep up, so I can't even say when the next update will be. I guess you can say I'll be going on hiatus for quite a while until I have time to work on stuff like this... Gomen nasai minasan.:( ...I'll pop in and out every so often to check any comments, guestbook signatures, etc. but other than that... I won't really show an appearance... Well, I hope everyone is handling life fine. I'm slowly mentally dying... XP Anyway, take care! Mirai ni itsuka jaa mata ne! :D
~ Akemichan
Sorry. Another non-midi update... X( ...Reason? ...If all goes as planned, my friend and I want to start up our new site within a week or so... So that's why I haven't really committed my time and effort to this site. I'm saving all the good stuff for the next site. Hopefully it'll attract more visitors. ^ ^ ...It should... Afterall, midis aren't the only thing this upcoming site will include. So I look forward to creating a whole new site for everyone, and I hope everyone will look forward to it too. :D
Note: We (my friend and I) tentatively want to start the site in about a week, but that's just tentative. There might be a delay depending on our agenda and if we have everything ready or not. We are still not fully experienced when it comes to all that html junk, so it's very likely that we will run into problems along the way. But let's just hope for the best! ^__^
See all the links at the top? ...Yeah, that's what a desperate loser does. The objection of this desperate loser? ...It's the loser's way of trying to attract attention. ...Or maybe it's just so their only 2 visitors and them can have a bit more fun with the features of this site! XD Haha. I'm an idiot. I just want to see how this goes. If there's no activity with them, I'll remove them, but for now let's just enjoy ourselves, ne? ^ ^
Oh! And did you notice that I moved the chatbox to the top? So now people won't have to scroll all the way to the bottom, just to make a statement. I was much easier to type in my guestbook, but now I've made more options available. This site now has a guestbook, a chatbox, and just recently added, a forum! Yay! Go all out and have fun! (Behave too though... ^ ^)
Other sections like the Image Gallery have yet to be worked on, but I've added something to the Ramblings section. I asked a question in the Ramblings section, so if everyone could check that out and leave a comment or something, that'd be nice. ^ ^
I apologize to everyone for the lack of updates. I've been really busy for the past month working so hard that I feel dead, both physically and mentally. I'm still in the process of recovering from the stress that has temporarily taken over my life. But I'm at least happy that all that mind-boggling, frustrating, and stressful schoolwork is all over. In other words, I graduated; high school is finally over! =) Yes! I am a proud graduate of the Class of 2007! ^__^ ...But my work is not finished! X( College is straight ahead in my path of life! ...But let's not think about college or the future right now. I'd like to just relax and enjoy my temporary freedom. ^ ^
Anyway onto the actual update... I'll just mention the series that were added:
Sorry, Demona. I wasn't able to find that particular BLOOD+ midi you requested (but I did however find another BLOOD+ midi, so I hope that'll be satisfying enough for now), but if I ever do bump into it, I'll be sure to let you know. I seem to have the hardest time finding the midis you request. It's not that I don't put as much effort into finding them as I do for other people. It just so happens to be really difficult to find over the net, likely because they don't exist as of now. You seem to request midis of songs that are pretty new or possibly not that popular/well-known. ^ ^; And keep in mind that I do not and have not created any midis on this site or any site for that matter. So whatever midis are out there (on the net) are what I am limited to.
Sorry for not updating sooner. I've been uber busy with school work. >__< ...But anyway, this a very small update. All I did was update the Unfulfilled Requests section. I haven't had time to add new midi yet, so unfortunately, there won't be any new midi for a while. Balancing school work with website management is quite difficult. The only time I really get time to work on this kind of stuff is during breaks and such. So it'll probably a while 'til anything new is added. Sorry to those that were hoping for a bigger update (more midi).
Another update! Yay! ...I've updated the BLEACH and Fruits Basket section, and I added a Trinity Blood section. Enjoy! ^__~
To Demona: Yes, this is another message for you. Don't you feel special? :D ...Anyway, I was able to find "Broken Wings," but it's the piano version. Is that ok?
Yay! I'm on spring break, so I have more free time now. ...But I haven't escaped the homework and projects! Grr! >o< ...Anyway, I've added two new sections: Ah! My Goddess and Azumanga Daioh. I only added one midi to the Ah! My Goddess section though... I was too lazy to add more. Sorry. ...But I added a whole ton to the Azumanga Daioh section. That section probably has the most midis now. ...Well, enjoy! And I hope everyone's weekend went well! ^__^
EDIT: I updated the Unfulfilled Requests section and changed the Song Rotation.
To Demona: Sorry. I tried to find your requests, but it seems that your requests are pretty hard to find. If they're recently released songs, they probably don't exist in midi form right now. But when I do find them, I'll add them to the site.
I just added a section titled, "Unfulfilled Requests." It's pretty much a list of unfulfilled requests, just like the title mentions. If you want more details, please check it out for yourself.
EDIT: I've added .hack//SIGN in the midis section. So check that out when you can. ...Oh! And I just found out that my midis being hosted at Filehut are now working! What happen to them before, I don't know. But I don't consider them a very reliable source, so I'll continue to move those files over to FileDen when I have the time. Besides, FileDen gives twice as much space and 5 times the bandwidth as Filehut's. Though I honestly don't need that much space or bandwidth considering I'm only uploading midi, which are significantly small in size compared to mp3s and such.
I hope that one day I'll be able to move all my midis to a non-free site, but I don't know when that'll ever happen. I always say I'll do things, and my words are rarely ever followed by the appropriate actions. So it may never happen. Who knows...
I've changed the songs in the song rotaion section. It now features "Kesenai Tsumi" from Fullmetal Alchemist, and "Houki Boshi" from BLEACH. Enjoy! ^__^
I added a new page! ...It's called Song Rotation and it features a random song from either J-Pop or anime. I know it's not midi-oriented, but I wanted to have a small music page too! ^ ^ ...Currently I have "SEASONS" up (plus a few remixes), by Ayumi Hamasaki. It's a J-Pop song... I also put up the lyrics too for anyone that wants to sing to it or whatever. ...I'll be changing the song whenever I get the chance. Though I'll try to change it at least every month or so. Enjoy! ^__^
Ahh! I have so much homework nowdays... XO ...Anyway, I'm fixing all the broken links as well as adding more when I have time. So the following series are now working (list also includes series that have not been updated, but have midis that work):
* Series in bold have been added to.
Sometime later... in the future... I'll be moving all the midi to a bigger non-free site. But I don't know when. Maybe summer time... Not quite sure. I've been busy pretty much every day, so I don't get a lot of time to do the things I enjoy. ...Having to manage and update a site isn't exactly fun, but I want to be able to provide anime midi for other anime fans to enjoy. ^ ^
Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been really busy. ...First of all, I just noticed today that the files being hosted at myfilehut.com are not working... neither is that site... So I'm slowly re-uploading my files to another host. ...Some of the files I've already fixed (AIR, Astroboy, BLEACH, & Full Moon O Sagashite). I've also added more midi, so you check that out sometime. Enjoy!
Updated Series:
Konnichi wa minasan! ...I'm back! ^__^ ...Sorry for not updating sooner. My life's been very busy with school work and such. ...And I'm not very good at keeping up with website updates too, so please forgive me...
Anyway, I've changed the header for the updates... I think it's easier to read this way. And I've also added more midi! Yay! ^ ^ ...I've added new midi for the following series:
Yay! ...Finally! Another update. ...I'm trying to update when I have the time. I've been really busy with school lately. ...Anyway, I've added 3 new sections. Enjoy! ^__^
Hi again! ...I added to a few sections... And because I'm feeling lazy, I'll just list the updated series.
Because this is just a free site, I'm limited to uploading only 100 files. So this probably will be the last update... At least for now it is... Enjoy what there is. I don't really plan on doing much more to this site anyways. I somewhat feel it's a waste of time when I can't even put everything up, so when I manage to find some other site to host off of, I'll start using that one. But until then... Enjoy. ^ ^
I haven't been updating this site... And the reason is that no one visits nor posts any requests (except for one person). So I don't even bother anymore because no one seems to even know this site exists. So anyways... I'll start updating again either when I feel like it or someone decides to help me out by giving me suggestions. Ok. Until then. Jaa! ^__~
~ Akemi
First of all... (I know this is late, but) Happy Mother's Day!
Ok! ...Yes. I have added another bunch of midis.
Ok! And we start of the day with 10 more midis! ^ ^
Total: 25
Added 5 more midis:
Total: 15
Hi again! I just added 5 more midis.
Total: 10
Konnichi wa minasan! ^_^ I have no idea what I plan to do. This is my first time doing something like this, and I'm not very experienced either. So if my site looks like a total mess, you know why. But please comment. I'd appreciate it. ^ ^


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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A gigantic landfill that takes in trash from southern New Mexico is seeking to extend its life to 200 years.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that the proposal is part of the first permit renewal process for the Corralitos Landfill since its inception nearly two decades ago.
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Mon., Mar. 2 - Jail time suspended.
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North Carolina's official toast boldly proclaims that ours is a state where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great. But we can never be that great state as long as so many of us are so unhealthy.
According to the non-profit United Health Foundation North Carolina ranks 33rd in overall health, continually among the bottom third of states. One in three children is overweight or obese while 26.5 percent of white, 42.9 percent of black and 24.8 percent of Hispanic adults are obese. Twice as many overweight adults have high blood pressure and one in 10 adults have diabetes. We rank 31st in physical inactivity. 24.4 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 32.6 percent of non-Hispanic blacks lead sedentary lifestyles.
We are paying a huge price for our poor health. Obese workers have 21 percent higher health costs and will cost employers more than $250,000 in lost productivity over their careers, clogging doctor and hospital waiting rooms. The average health insurance premium for a family of four now costs $15,745. Coupled with the fact that 27.6 percent of North Carolinians under 18 live in poverty and you can understand why 1.5 million under age 65 have no health insurance and even more are on Medicaid.
Here's the good news. 53 percent of all deaths and a large percentage of chronic health conditions are preventable, but the cures won't come from new wonder drugs, medical procedures and certainly not from government. For too long we, as individuals, have failed to understand and be proactive in our own health outcomes.
A new statewide health care initiative, A Healthier NC, has been launched following a day-long health care forum and a yearlong collaboration of leading health professionals. This campaign has four main elements. The first step is to educate citizens to know what healthy looks like. Too many of us don't know our blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index and blood sugar numbers. Many of the 1.2 North Carolinians with pre-diabetes or diabetes are not even aware of it. Step two is to inform people of their responsibility in better health and lower costs, followed by education on smart access to health care. For too many the emergency department is the first line of care, but is also the most expensive. A relationship with a personal physician will lead to better health and lower costs.
One reality of health care isn't often discussed. While doctors and hospitals are good at curing illnesses they are not good at treating behavioral issues. Weight loss, increased physical activity and breaking addictions to smoking, alcohol and drugs require a strong support group. Individuals need to join together through businesses, neighbors and civic and religious groups to help each other.
To make this both fun and demonstrate results the exciting element in this campaign is a statewide health care challenge. A Healthier NC's goal is to involve 1 million North Carolinians in 15 million hours of activity with the goal of losing 10 million pounds of weight. This challenge was patterned after one in Oklahoma City, where the mayor challenged that city to lose one million pounds…and they did.
We can do better. We can be healthier and greatly reduce health care costs. Get started by visiting the website Ahealthiernc.com. What have you got to lose?
Tom Campbell is former assistant North Carolina State Treasurer and is creator/host of NC SPIN, a weekly statewide television discussion of NC issues airing Sundays at 5 a.m. Contact him at www.ncspin.com.


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I always order Sicilian Pepperoni Rolls from Old Chicago so I made a copycat version so that I can have them at home! They are another way of making Pepperoni Pizza Balls but with bread dough instead of biscuits. The addition of pepper jack cheese makes them more spicy.
Last month, I made mini pepperoni loaves and now I tried pepperoni rolls. They are a knockoff of Sicilian Pepperoni Rolls from Old Chicago. I am the only person who craves those things? After I made the mini rolls, I found out that one of the ingredients in the Old Chicago version was ranch dressing. Now, the previous recipe was fantastic but I wanted to try them with the addition of ranch dressing. I started out with one loaf of bread dough that had been thawed and allowed to rise. One loaf made 12 pepperoni rolls.
I cut off pieces of dough and flattened them into a long, skinny rectangle on a greased cutting board. I spread ranch dressing on the dough and topped it with pepperoni, a slice of pepper jack cheese, shredded marble jack cheese. Then, I sprinkled on garlic powder, dried onions (Old Chicago uses green onions but my family wouldn't like that) and pizza seasoning.
Roll up the rectangles and pinch one end to seal in the toppings.
Place the rolls pinched side down in a grease muffin tin and press down on the top to flatten them a bit and make them fill up the cup a little more. Brush the rolls with melted butter and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and pizza seasoning. Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Serve with pizza sauce.
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Buy gold , take your money out of the bank ,get out of the U.S. dollar , get yourself a garden , store up non perishable food items , stay away from doctors , get out of debt, prepeare yourself for the created , upcoming pandemics , virus's , flu bugs and epidemics, that will be unleashed on the American public to cover up the real reason America should be in an uproar .
The intentional annihilation of our currency and the destruction of our Country , all to benefit the filthy super trillion dollar elitists, of "The Illuminati" that control the world ,
Life in America, the way we know it, is about to come to dramatic and swift end . Make sure you will be able to defend yourself , when the distraction begins . Dont take the bait . Stay in your homes , stop paying the illegal income tax the government continues to steal from the efforts of your labors. Vote for the Libertarian candidate in your area . Lets take back our country from the government Mafia and the banking Cartel . Abolish the I.R.S. Audit and then eliminate the Federal reserve . Lets get a grass roots effort together to issue a new currency in America restored to the gold standard and rid ourselves of the tyrannical rule America is currently under . Enough is enough!!!!!! It might already be to late . America is 17 trillion in debt , and the Ponzi organization called the federal reserve continues to print 85 billion in new debt each month , just to pay ther interest on the current debt . i cant make this stuff up . America is paying its maxed out visa card , with its maxed out visa card . OMG


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"An old German family favorite. Meringue cookies made with almonds and spiced with cinnamon and lemon. A must for every Christmas!"
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ground almonds
egg whites
1 cup
confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon
grated lemon zest
3/4 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
I had the same problem with my Merengues not fluffing up until my mom (!) told me that letting the eggs warm up to room temperature (or close to it) makes all the difference. It works!
My comment is "I don't know what I have done wrong". The egg white never whips into stiff form. It is just liquid. I cannot put it onto the baking sheet b/c it is all liquid like milk. I whipped that eggwhite for over 10 mins and my ears almost fell off (the electric blender was too loud) but it was still like egg white. I bet it will taste good if I can bake it because the mixture taste good.
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Hey what can I say, these are so yummie. It takes time to get it going, this is a recipie that you need to take slow and easy or you can get into a mess ( LOL ) I have also tried this recipie with pecans since I live in a town that over produces in pecans and it came out well (I just cooked the pecans in a butter and vanilla...yummie
I just tried making this recipe (with a few revisions to suit what I had on hand) and I also had the problem of the whites not stiffening up. I looked it up in an old family Betty Crocker cookbook- make sure the egg whites are at room temperature before starting. I used mine right out of the fridge, so I'm going to let it warm a bit and see if they'll whip up better.
I have yet to make this but I am curious as to when you cut the star shapes. Do you roll it out and cut it obviously before baking? TIA
I have made this recipe for years, before seeing this exact recipe. Everyone LOVES these cookies and asks me to make them year after year for Christmas. I do not do the meringue on top... My recipe calls to chill the batter overnight, then use as much confectioners sugar as necessary to roll out the sticky merigue batter and cut the star shapes... so the sugar mixes making a stiffer dough. It is very sticky and messy, you will think there is no way to roll out and cut shapes, add more confectioners sugar and work it in. Bake star shape exact same, you could top with the meringue before baking, I leave plain, they are very sweet. As I said EVERYONE LOVES them. The do crack easily though.
So I made these for my cooking class when we did Germany and my teacher was in awe. He couldn't believe that their was no flower or baking soda or anything in them besides the few ingredients. Thanks so much for the amazing recipe!!
I have always been terrified by meringue's and swore I would never even attempt them but I couldn't bring myself to throw away spare egg whites so I thought I'd give this a go and I was amazed at how easy it was and so yummy! I can't wait to make another batch, this is definitely going on my list of gluten free sweet treats.
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Almond Meringue Cookies
Serving Size: 1/36 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 36
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Calories from Fat: 40
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World Painted Blood
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Expendable Youth
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Beauty Through Order
Seasons In The Abyss
Hell Awaits
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Chemical Warfare
Raining Blood
Aggressive Perfector
South Of Heaven
Silent Scream
Angel Of Death
This was an awesome gig. I've waited a long, long time to see Slayer and I wasn't disappointed. I got to the venue early and stood outside just as Slayer did a soundcheck ... awesome ... Tom Araya sang the whole of World Painted Blood, so I got to hear it twice on the night!!!
Tom apologised to the crowd for twice delaying this World Tour ... in the end it was worth the wait. The setlist was fantastic (see above
He also said he was doing well following his successful operation ... good news. Bad news ... he no longer bangs his head! Still, I'd prefer that to him having to call it a day and never playing again and that being the end of Slayer ... fuck that! You don't need to head bang, Tom ... we'll do it for you!!!
Great opening songs. Didnt expect Expendable Youth but kinda rocked to it anyway! Then came War Ensemble as you'd expect. Jihad sounded a little short but it's the first time I'd heard it live so maybe it was just me?! Glad they played it cos I fuckin' love it!!!
Payback was awesome and angry. Tom enjoyed it!
Didnt know it was Beauty Through Order on the night. Couldnt make it out but knew it was from the new album so was expecting a few "new" tracks in the set.
Seasons was awesome - it always is. I love the slow parts to that song. Hell Awaits and Mandatory were good again, then came Chemical Warfare. Fuckin' love that song and was hoping for it and got it!
Raining Blood from a lacerated sky ... oh yeah!
Aggressive Perfector. Been a long while since I heard it so couldnt make it out but thats just me!
South Of Heaven opened the encore. So pleased it did. I think it's the perfect song to open the encore and it was awesome to hear live again.
Silent Scream came and went. Again, it's been a while!
I was just waiting for Angel Of Death at this point and got it! Only one problem ... Tom's fuckin' microphone packed up right at the start of it!!! Waited an age to hear it live again and his fuckin' mic packed in! He couldn't believe it himself! First night, last song ... fuckin' technology!!! Wankers!!!
Anyway, we sang for him till his mic got fixed half way through. And that was that. First gig of the World Tour and I was fuckin' there to see it ... awesome!!!
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The calamari looked innocuous enough when our server brought the appetizer: familiarly curled squid rings breaded and fried to a light golden brown, with aioli for dipping. My wife ate a few. I ate a few. We looked at each other.
"Where's the squid?" she asked.
"I don't know," I said and took a close look at one of the rings. It looked like fried calamari, but beneath the fried breading, there seemed to be nothing but...more fried breading. "I don't even know how this is scientifically possible."
634 Washington Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63102
Category: Restaurant > Asian Fusion
Region: St. Louis - Downtown
"It's like it's there. But it's not."
Schrödinger's calamari.
I scraped as much breading as I could from another piece of squid. There was something underneath, after all: a spindly, off-white ring of squid, utterly desiccated. I snapped it in half with my fingers. It went crunch. I summoned our server. She examined the evidence. She made a face. The face looked like this: o_0. She said she'd tell the kitchen about the calamari. In the meantime, did we want a replacement order?
We did not.
The spirit of scientific inquiry notwithstanding, it is with some regret that I report that the calamari was the second-worst dish we had at dinner that evening at Takaya New Asian.
Takaya New Asian opened in January as part of the new Mercantile Exchange development downtown. Owners Eric and Jenny Heckman also operate Tani Sushi Bistro in Clayton, a restaurant I liked when I reviewed it in 2008 and to which I've returned several times since, and happily. Yet Takaya is such a spectacular failure that, as Pitchfork once memorably claimed about a new Weezer album, you have to consider whether the older work is as good as you remember.
The problems are apparent as soon as you walk in the door. The blissed-out faux-Portishead lounge music like the soundtrack to a soft-core flick on Cinemax. The open fireplace in the center of the dining room. The cushy booths big enough to hold an entire bachelorette party and the bride-to-be's inflatable replica of Jon Hamm's penis.
Slideshow: Inside Takaya New Asian
Is it 1997? No. Did the hostess, having run out of menus on one of our visits, ask us to share a single copy? She did. Does the menu feature Asian-fusion cuisine? You bet your bulgogi sliders it does.
Those sliders, selected from among the menu's list of appetizers and small plates, were one of the more successful dishes I encountered at Takaya. An order brings three (two, at lunch) miniature sandwiches with marinated steak on brioche buns. The meat was tender and flavorful, gently sweet, though the bread could have been fresher. Another appetizer, Korean-style grilled short ribs, featured a similar marinade — sugar and soy sauce, with hints of garlic — but tougher meat.
Grilled hamachi jaw is a "signature" appetizer. (The menu uses the term frequently — and spells it correctly, unlike "makerel" and "massago.") I thought it logical to try a signature appetizer. Our server took my order. She returned a few minutes later: the kitchen didn't have any grilled hamachi jaw that evening.
Another "signature" appetizer is mozzarella tempura — a fancy term for fried cheese sticks. These are crunchy and gooey but maybe not as salty as you want from fried cheese and, oh, God, I'm critiquing cheese sticks at an upscale downtown restaurant.
There's a sushi selection, which features nigiri sushi, sashimi and the over-the-top Americanized rolls for which Tani is known, such as the "Oh My God" roll, which arrives at your table completely engulfed in flames. At Tani the delicate knifework and no-nonsense presentation of the nigiri sushi impressed me. Here, ragged slabs of fish sat atop rice swabbed with too much wasabi paste. A piece of "makerel" was weirdly juicy, as if plucked from a bin of brine.
Dinner entrées include "specialty" sushi presentations, as well as more conventional — and certainly not "New Asian," however you choose to define that nebulous phrase — dishes, such as teriyaki (your choice of chicken or beef). Among the sushi entrées is "hamachi carpaccio." This, the menu boasts, isn't merely another "signature" dish, but Takaya's absolutely most outstanding, must-try dish. I thought it logical to try an absolutely most outstanding, must-try dish. Our server took my order. She returned a few minutes later: the kitchen didn't have any "hamachi carpaccio" that evening.
In its place our server directed me to a similar preparation with very thin slices of raw tuna and equally thin slices of avocado fanned around a plate. The tuna and avocado sat in an iridescent puddle of various sauces — soy, ponzu, something vaguely chile-mayonnaise-esque (it was difficult to tell) — that looked like an oil slick and tasted like tuna water.
The worst thing we ate on the night of Schrödinger's calamari was pan-seared sea bass in a garlic-miso sauce. A large hunk of fish sat atop a mound of rice, with a few paltry asparagus stalks doing garnish duty. The fish was inexplicably, mouth-hauntingly bitter — until I turned it over to reveal a crust of diced garlic that had been burnt black.
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When Guest was a child, the 6-year-old son of a diplomat then living in New York, he used to look outside his window and peer at the people walking on the street below. He would then jump off the windowsill and imitate their walks. He would also give them voices, becoming these strangers, or at least who he imagined they might be. So often during his childhood, adults would say to him the same thing: "I'm glad you're amusing yourself, young man." He was. He still is.
When he was in college, at New York University, Guest found himself rooming with a fellow theater student named Michael McKean, otherwise known as Spinal Tap's singer-guitarist David St. Hubbins (and, before that, Lenny Kosnowski on Laverne & Shirley). They would arise at 8 every morning and begin "making the movie"--creating and becoming characters, performing for the invisible camera. By the time they arrived in class, they would be in the third act, cracking themselves up even as their classmates struggled to keep themselves awake. Guest and McKean annoyed those around them--"they thought we were manic"--but couldn't care less. "To us it was funny," Guest says, smiling, "and it's the same thing I'm doing now, except now it has a little more structure." Small pause. "Perhaps."
The perhaps is a wise addendum: Yes, Guest and Eugene Levy receive writing credit on Best in Show, which is about, more or less, nine oddball dog lovers who converge at the Mayflower Dog Show and prove far less manageable than their pets. But the film was completely improvised by its stars, among them McKean, Levy, SCTV veteran Catherine O'Hara, and Fred Willard, otherwise known as the most unappreciated comic actor this country's ever produced (just to look at him is to laugh). Levy and Guest gave them only the names of their characters and told the actors to fill in the blanks; the result is 90 minutes' worth of gold panned out of hundreds of hours' worth of shooting. Willard compares the process to playing tennis, a comedian's game of serve-and-volley.
As with all of Guest's films, including 1989's The Big Picture (starring Kevin Bacon as a wannabe filmmaker willing to sell out himself and everyone around him) and 1998's Almost Heroes (with Matthew Perry and Chris Farley as two bumbling explorers), Best in Show pokes gentle fun at those who take themselves so seriously they become buffoons. These dog owners are fools who eventually get in their own way; they're delusional, naïve, earnest to a fault, dreamers who ought to stay in bed. We love them, perhaps because we so pity them: Gerry Fleck (Levy), the man with two left feet (literally) who sings songs to his Norwich terrier; Meg (Parker Posey) and Hamilton Swan (Michael Hitchcock), yuppies who met at Starbucks and believe their weimaraner was traumatized after watching them have sex; and Leslie Ward Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge), the trophy wife of a fossilized old man. And then there's Harlan Pepper, played by Guest with a Deep South accent on loan from a Civil War museum. Actually, Guest says, he came up with the voice while driving through the mountains in his pick-up truck. At first, Harlan's voice made him sneeze, non-stop. He is not joking.
"I think my observations are about people who take themselves seriously, which isn't even that conscious," Guest says. "I was interviewed by a guy named Elvis Mitchell about two years ago for his NPR radio show The Treatment, and he truly was the first person--and I've done, oh, a thousand interviews--who said, "What's interesting about these movies is...,' and then he started to talk about how these people take themselves so seriously. I felt like Rain Man, a moron, because I said, "You're right, but I never thought of that.' I'm not being facetious. He really was the first person who said there's a running thing here, and since that time, I've actually thought about it, because I operate on a very spontaneous level, which may after the fact look cerebral in some way.
"But the way I play music is the same way I do these movies. It sounds like a tangent, but when I play as Nigel Tufnel, the solos I play are not the solos I would play as me, but they're channeled in some weird way so that it comes out as this guy. That's the way I do these parts. They come from this blank state of mind. So when Elvis said that, I said, "This is interesting, because I think you're right,' but it comes back to this issue of people who view themselves seriously, and maybe there's something funny about that. I hope I'm not one of those people."
Throughout the course of this hour-long conversation, Guest will repeatedly insist he has no agenda when making his films; he doesn't see them as parts of a significant sum. He swears he's not kidding. And swears again. "I'm serious," and of course he is.
As a child, Guest loved the Marx Brothers ("Groucho is the guy") and revered Peter Sellers, the ultimate blank slate upon so much great comedy was written. He cared little for the Three Stooges, wondering why grown men would choose to hurt themselves for a few cheap laughs. He preferred instead the grace of Buster Keaton and the ballet of Harold Lloyd; Guest found his comedy in the contemplative, rather than the combative. He also loved the surreal--funny walks, funny voices. He liked smart, and he liked serious. Comedy without a tinge of the somber is merely silly, and he will have little of that. Getting a laugh is hard work; comedy is not to be tended to by the frivolous.
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VH1: How do you feel when you look back at the stuff and he makes it seem like you're the one still trying to get on with him?
Tahiry: I have to remember that it's an old episode. That's why I acted all emotional the other day and actually instagramed the conversation where he was texting me because he sits around in interviews and he says stuff like, "My relationship is great and this and that and the third;" and behind the scenes it's something different. One day I just got fed up and was like alright since you wanna act like you guys are all chilling and skipping to the rainbow, this is what's really happening. I'm tired of looking like im the crazy one, like I am the bully like I am the one running after him. At some point you're like enough.
VH1: It's been eight years of up and down, back and forth, are you ever tired of it?
Tahiry: Of course! I'm human. I'm sure he has been sick of it too. We go back and forth through friendship, we question getting back together a few times. At some point that's why we stay away if I can't deal I'll disappear, I don't answer his texts, his phone calls, his anything and I'm sure he goes through his couple months then he comes back for another dose. Even in friendship it's just been really, really hard to figure out.
VH1: It seems like you put him before yourself.
Tahiry: I did, I have.
VH1: Why?
Tahiry: I can't explain it. Love him to death, so I can't explain what I have. Today though, I don't.
VH1: People on Twitter always want to find you a "good" man. Do you understand why people feel that way?
Tahiry: Absolutely! I mean they're watching the show. He really drives my blood pressure. And they see me going through the motions. I can understand from a female's perspective and from a man's perspective.
VH1: Right now you're good?
Tahiry: I'm so busy at work. I'm always on the road or I'm taping or I'm in some kind of interview. There's so much going on that even me trying to go on dates, it just never happens. I have to tell people don't give up on me.
VH1: If you met somebody would you be willing to wash your hands with Joe–not even a friendship?
Tahiry: It's not about me meeting somebody. It's not that I haven't met somebody and that's why I haven't washed my hands with Joe, that's not it. Joey, we're eventually going to have to figure out how we can coexist as people. You get what I'm saying? Joey is somebody who is going to be a part of my life. It's probably going to be difficult if I start dating someone else because he would have to understand that and Joey would have to respect that also. The point is that me and Joey we're always clashing or we're trying to figure out our friendship. We don't even know what's happening. So that's where we're at today : we're trying to figure it out so we can stop clashing.
VH1: That's understandable.
Tahiry: I think that we've ran from this forever and now the show forced us to deal with this issue that we've been avoiding the last four years in between the relationships. My relationship with Joey doesn't depend on me seeing anybody else.
VH1: How has the show changed the dynamic between the two of you?
Tahiry: It's been very therapeutic for me because even in lashing out and putting out eventually I come to my senses and today we're able to sit down and figure things out, and not argue about s— that happened seven years ago.
VH1: Does it make you more mad when you're venting a point to him and he says, "Let's just have a threesome?"
Tahiry: He's been doing that forever, so now I'm hip to it and I point it out. You can do anything but throw me off my real conversation, and piss me off. I'm getting hip to not allowing him to get up under my skin.


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The Signs of Emotional Abuse
I am seeing more and more clients, both men, women, and even children who are living with emotional abuse. Unfortunately, many do not have a name to put with the pain. They often believe they are the ones who cause the problem – certainly not the abuser. I have decided to bring this often-unrecognized abuse into the open by first describing exactly what it is, then listing the signs and symptoms. If you feel your relationship may be verbally and emotionally abusive, talk to people you trust. Contact me for further information, talk to clergy, call your local battered women's shelter, educate yourself, but seek professional help. Do not allow verbal and emotional abuse to escalate to battery!
Emotional Abuse is any behavior where the abuser attempts to control and subjugate another human being using fear, humiliation, intimidation, guilt, coercion, manipulation etc. Emotional abuse is any kind of abuse that is emotional rather than physical in nature. It can include anything from verbal abuse and constant criticism to more subtle tactics, such as repeated disapproval or even the refusal to be pleased.
Emotional abuse is like brain washing in that it systematically wears away at victim's self-confidence, sense of self-worth, trust in his or her own perceptions, and self-concept. Whether it involves constant berating and belittling, by intimidation, or under the guise of "guidance," "teaching", or "advice," the results are similar. Eventually, the recipient of the abuse loses all sense of self and remnants of personal value. Emotional abuse cuts to the very core of a person, creating scars that may be far deeper and more lasting than physical ones. In fact, there is research to this effect. With emotional abuse, the insults, insinuations, criticism and accusations slowly eat away at the victim's self-esteem until s/he is incapable of judging the situation realistically. The victim takes full responsibility for the abuse. Self-esteem is so low that the victim clings to the abuser.
Victims of emotional abuse can become so convinced they are worthless that they believe that no one else could want them. They stay in abusive situations because they believe they have nowhere else to go. Their ultimate fear is being all alone.
There are ten identified types of abuse. Some abusers fit into a single category, while others may fit into several or all of them
Abusive Expectations
• The other person places unreasonable demands on you and wants you to put everything else aside to tend to their needs. It could be a demand for constant attention, or a requirement that you spend all your free time with the person. The abuser subjects you to constant criticism, and constantly berates you because you do not fulfill all this person's needs.
Unfortunately, no matter how much you give, it is never enough.
Aggressive forms of abuse include name-calling, accusing, blaming, threatening, and ordering. Aggressing behaviors are generally direct and obvious. The one-up position the abuser assumes by attempting to judge or invalidate the recipient undermines the equality and autonomy that are essential to healthy adult relationships. This parent-child pattern of communication (which is common to all forms of verbal abuse) is most obvious when the abuser takes an aggressive stance.
Aggressive abuse can also take a more indirect form and may even be disguised and "helping." Criticizing, advising, offering solutions, analyzing, proving, and questioning another person may be a sincere attempt to help. In some instances however, these behaviors may be an attempt to belittle, control, or demean rather than help. The underlying judgmental "I know best" tone the abuser takes in these situations is inappropriate and creates unequal footing in peer relationships. This and other types of emotional abuse leads to what we know as learned helplessness.
Constant Chaos
The other person may deliberately start arguments and is in constant conflict with others. The person may be "addicted to drama" since it creates excitement.
The abuser denies the victim's emotional needs with the intent of hurting, punishing or humiliating. The other person may deny that certain events occurred or that they say certain things. If the victim confronts the abuser about an incident of name calling, the abuser may insist, "I never said that," "I don't know what you're talking about," etc. You know differently. The other person may deny your perceptions, memory and very sanity.
Withholding is another form of denying. Withholding includes refusing to listen, refusing to communicate, and emotionally withdrawing as punishment. We call this the "silent treatment."
The abuser disallows and overrules any viewpoints, perceptions or feelings that differ from their own. Denying can be particularly damaging. In addition to lowering self-esteem and creating conflict, the invalidation of reality, feelings, and experiences can eventually lead you to question and mistrust your own perceptions and emotional experience. Denying and other forms of emotional abuse can cause you to lose confidence in your most valuable survival tool: your own mind.
In this case, someone wants to control your every action. They have to have their own way, and will resort to threats to get it. When you allow someone else to dominate you, you can lose respect for yourself.
Emotional Blackmail
The other person plays on your fear, guilt, compassion, values, or other "hot buttons" to get what they want. This could include threats to end the relationship, totally reject or abandon you, giving you the "cold shoulder," or using other fear tactics to control you.
The abuser seeks to distort or undermine the recipient's perceptions of their world. Invalidating occurs when the abuser refuses or fails to acknowledge reality. For example, if the recipient tells the person they felt hurt by something the abuser did or said, the abuser might say, "You are too sensitive. That shouldn't hurt you."
Minimizing is a less extreme form of denial. When minimizing, the abuser may not deny that a particular event occurred, but they question the recipient's emotional experience or reaction to an event. Statements such as "You're too sensitive," "You're exaggerating," or "You're blowing this out of proportion" all suggest that the recipient's emotions and perceptions are faulty and not be trusted. Trivializing, is another form and occurs when the abuser suggests that what you have done or communicated is inconsequential or unimportant, is a more subtle form of minimizing.
Unpredictable Responses
This involves drastic mood changes or sudden emotional outbursts. Whenever someone in your life reacts very differently at different times to the same behavior from you, tells you one thing one day and the opposite the next, or likes something you do one day and hates it the next, you are being abused with unpredictable responses. This behavior is damaging because it puts you always on edge. You are always waiting for the other shoe to drop, and you never know what the abuser expects of you. You must remain hyper-vigilant, waiting for the other person's next outburst or change of mood.
An alcoholic or drug abuser is likely to act this way. Living with someone like this is tremendously demanding and anxiety provoking, causing the abused person to feel constantly frightened, unsettled and off balance.
Verbal Assaults
The abuser is consistently berating, belittling, criticizing, name calling, screaming, threatening, using excessive blaming, and sarcasm and humiliation; blowing your flaws out of proportion and making fun of you in front of others. Over time, this type of abuse erodes your sense of self-confidence and self-worth.
Does Your Partner?
• ignore your feelings?
• disrespect you?
• ridicule or insult you then tell you it is a joke, or that you have no sense of humor?
• ridicule your beliefs, religion, race, heritage or class?
• withhold approval, appreciation or affection?
• give you the silent treatment?
• walk away without answering you?
• criticize you, call you names, yell at you?
• humiliate you privately or in public?
• roll his or her eyes when you talk?
• give you a hard time about socializing with your friends or family?
• make you socialize (and keep up appearances) even when you do not feel well?
• seem to make sure that what you really want is exactly what you will not get?
• tell you you are too sensitive?
• hurt you especially when you are down?
• seem energized by fighting, while fighting exhausts you?
• have unpredictable mood swings, alternating from good to bad for no apparent reason?
• present a wonderful face to the world and is well liked by outsiders?
• twist your words, somehow turning what you said against you?
• try to control decisions, money, even the way you style your hair or wear your clothes?
• complain about how badly you treat him or her?
• threaten to leave, or threaten to throw you out?
• say things that make you feel good, but do things that make you feel bad?
• ever left you stranded?
• ever threaten to hurt you or your family?
• ever hit or pushed you, even "accidentally"?
• seem to stir up trouble just when you seem to be getting closer to each other?
• abuse something you love: a pet, a child, an object?
• compliment you enough to keep you happy, yet criticize you enough to keep you insecure?
• promise to never do something hurtful again?
• harass you about imagined affairs?
• manipulate you with lies and contradictions?
• destroy furniture, punch holes in walls, break appliances?
• drive like a road-rage junkie?
• act immature and selfish, yet accuse you of those behaviors?
• question your every move and motive, somehow questioning your competence?
• interrupt you; hear but not really listen?
• make you feel like you cannot win? damned if you do, damned if you don't?
• use drugs and/or alcohol involved? are things worse then?
• incite you to rage, which is "proof" that you are to blame?
• try to convince you he or she is "right," while you are "wrong?"
• frequently say things that are later denied or accuse you of misunderstanding?
• treat you like a sex object, or as though sex should be provided on demand regardless of how you feel?
Your situation is critical if you:
• You express your opinions less and less freely
• You find yourself walking on eggshells, careful of when and how to say something.
• You long for that softer, more vulnerable part of your partner to emerge.
• You find yourself making excuses for your partner's behavior?
• You feel emotionally unsafe.
• You feel it is somehow not OK to talk with others about your relationship.
• You hope things will change…especially through your love and understanding.
• You find yourself doubting your memory or sense of reality.
• You doubt your own judgment.
• You doubt your abilities.
• You feel vulnerable and insecure.
• You are becoming increasingly depressed.
• You feel increasingly trapped and powerless.
• You have been or are afraid of your partner.
• Your partner has physically hurt you, even once.
Following are some of the signs and symptoms of emotional abuse:
• Feelings of depression
• Withdrawal from social interaction
• Isolation from friends and family
• Low self-esteem
• Fearfulness
• Increased anxiety
• Guilty feeling
• Feeling of shame
• Mood changes
• Nervous feeling
• Nervous feeling
• Not trusting others
• Frequent blaming on others
• Self-blaming
• Pessimistic behavior
• Substance or drug abuse
• Extreme dependence on others
• Avoiding eye-contact
• Telling lies
• Aggressive behavior
• Emotional instability
• Suicidal attempts
If you are being abused or if you notice that somebody is being abused, consult and seek help from support services like social service agencies, police, legal advisers, and health professionals. Although, we cannot punish some forms of emotional abuse like ignoring, insulting and isolating, you can always consider reporting to your family and friends. Many states have laws to punish emotional abusers. In some jurisdictions, failure to report child abuse cases is punishable either by imprisonment or in the form of fine.


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About 40 students disrupted today's meeting of the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents.
"You are not serving our best interests," they chanted in unison. "We will stop your functioning."
They noted that it may not be immediate but that they would one day halt the University System from its daily operations.
They started by coughing and then stood together. They repeated that several times until the coughing grew loud enough for regents Chairman Ben Tarbutton to stop the meeting and offered the group to appoint a spokesman to address the regents for five minutes.
Instead, the students delivered their message in a two-minute, call-and-response method. They said they were students from nearby Georgia State University and other schools and that they were upset about rising tuition and fees. They also blamed the regents for limits the General Assembly put on the HOPE Scholarship last year.
The protesters also complained that recent policies are reducing the number of blacks in public colleges and leading to the segregation of higher education.
Last, the shouted that the regents deserved a pay cut.
Since the regents aren't paid, Tarbutton quipped, "Y'all can cut my pay all you want."
The students finished and walked out of the room, several of them whistling while others waved and shouted goodbye to several regents by their first names.


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- Nnaemeka Oruh
- February 17, 2005
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It was within the first six days of January 1996 that they left. About fifteen young men, bubbling with energy and of sound health. If they had stayed in their tiny village of Obuohia Ibere, they would have at least been useful to the largely agrarian community. But in the country, money defines who is man, and who is a watered down version of man. There were no opportunities to make the desired money, for the country was firmly tucked into the pockets of one man who had an obsession to see everybody reduced to walking corpses. Unfortunately for those kids, cybercrime had not become a popular means of aggrandizement. Otherwise, that would have been an opening to riches.
They saw no opportunity in their motherland, so they decided to leave the country in search of greener pastures. The country had rejected them, and they decided to go and seek for an opening for definition in of all countries, Gabon. So what is the ferry to Gabon? At a token, canoe owners stationed at Oron, AkwaIbom State were willing to invade the Atlantic Ocean, with their human cargoes. About seven days later, we heard the expected news! The canoe had capsized and out of the about fifteen young men, two came back alive to us.
That was not the first time. In 1990 a similar thing had happened. About seventeen young men from that village of Obuohia had also lost their lives through the same process. Nigeria had refused to be HOME for them, and they had risked leaving her in search of another home, and got consumed by the Atlantic. This was to be expected, "KPAKO CANOES" couldn't be assured ferries through the turbulent Atlantic. All these happened during military regimes.
But the situation remains the same even at this democratic dispensation. Thousands of Nigerian youths daily, get disgruntled with the situation of things in the country, and desire to seek for escape to other countries. It does not matter if the other country is poorer than our darling Nigeria. The truth is that the bosom of mother Nigeria has become too hot to be comforting-fires lighted by greedy leaders. Yet when they leave home, these youths do not find the desired comfort in those other countries. They suddenly find out that they are outcasts. Dreams are frozen into unrealization, and with eye sockets hollowed by desperate thoughts of great misfortune, these youths roam the streets of foreign countries with no aims, and no hope of succeeding there. They cannot return HOME because there is no HOME ŌĆō nobody calls an industry run by a greedy cartel HOME.
What happens to most of these young men? Agents of law enforcement, in those countries, pick up most of them. Handcuffed and slammed against the walls, they are charged with sometimes real and most times imaginary crimes, many of them rot away in jail, while some are injected with poisonous substances, repatriated and left to die slowly. I know particularly of one lady (name deliberately withheld),who was convicted of trafficking cocaine (in all truth, she only went for prostitution), injected with something poisonous and repatriated to Nigeria. I was sixteen then, but I had the misfortune of watching her die painfully, after turning from a plump young woman, to a broomstick. It was not AIDS; I have the information of an insider.
Nor can one count the number of our young women who have become afflicted with many STD's, at home and especially abroad, as they prostitute for a living. There are no other alternatives. Better to be a straight-out prostitute, than be a prostitute disguised as a company secretary, sales representative, or banker.
I am particularly touched by what I see in Nigeria. The streets of this great country (I do not know why I have refused to stop referring to this wobbling giant as great) are littered with young men and women with dead dreams. They do not know where to begin from, in their quest for the actualization of their dreams. Remember, most of them do not have anybody to give them the much needed start in life. Gradually, they see themselves as doomed. Tempers become too hot. Then fierce fights with bottles, daggers, machets, and even guns, and many die. What again is their trademark? Excessive alcohol consumption, and an unrestrained immersion into the smoky ocean of hemp and cigarettes. Lungs are burnt, cancers erupt, and crime directed at their fellow less privileged, escalate. Dear Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, do you now see why the 17 Billion Naira poison house at Ibadan must be built? With a seventeen billion dollar investment, the youths are destroyed, and the masses too, whom the youths drag to destruction. The gains? More than $100 Billion! When these people wither, the country becomes that of the blood sucking cartel, and what should be for the many, is shared just among a few.
I must draw the attention of everybody to this basic fact: those kids have died, many more dying. But the supreme question is; who killed those kids? Who is gradually killing the many others? I will tell you.
Once, in the land of Iduu, there lived a great man. He was polygamous, having married about 450 wives. This man has many children, and as customary in Iduu, the leadership of the land was entrusted into the care of the eldest sons at the death of the man. Now these eldest sons had selfish interests of perpetuating themselves in power, and totally destroying the younger ones, so that the riches of their father will be shared among themselves. In alliance with other foreigners, they commenced their leadership of destruction, destroying the younger ones, and the land itself so that the resilient ones among the younger will have nothing to fall back on, when they come of age.
Now, let me remove the garb of metaphor, and be more plain. Those kids were killed by that cartel of bloodsuckers and destroyers that call themselves Nigerian leaders. Those yet dying, are being gradually killed by the same clique. But how long will this continue?
In his reaction to my article "The Man DiesŌĆ"", Segun Akinyode had asserted:You are very forthright and apt in your summation.The problem however is where do we start from?The people who should start the battle with their hands have all been conscripted into this destructure cult of debauchery;those who are yet to join them in the Temple are hopeful to win elections one day or be made assistants or deputy senior assistants or something like that.Nigeria is doomed (my emphasis)Nigeria is not doomed.Segun Akiyode had reckoned without the Lumpen proletariat. This group ( the Lumpen proletariat) is made up of people especially youths, whose dreams have been squashed by the harsh forces of Nigeria's leadership. But remember, this group lives close to affluence. They see daily the contradiction inherent in their lives, when placed side by side with the lives of the so-called leaders. They will not watch for long, but will be forced to react sooner or later. A revolution is therefore what I see as imminent. A great revolution that will belittle the French Revolution.
I do not agree with those who feel that there can be no revolution in Nigeria, because the average Nigerian is ingenuous, and will continue to look for other means of survival, outside the scarce opportunities allowed by the clique of robbers (leaders?). One day too soon, they will wake up to the realizations that most of their brothers have been killed, and that they themselves are being gradually exterminated. The human instinct is that the man who is being fought to extinction will be forced to fight the survival battle.
Those who killed those kids, those who are gradually killing these kids will one day too soon, have to fight for their own survival. It is the human thing.
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Djokovic on Armstrong, cycling, doping etc
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Re: Djokovic on Armstrong, cycling, doping etc
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You know, I don't think so. From the players' perspectives, they get 10ish tests a year in competition, and have to give location data 365 days a year. That would be a major pain in the ass to comply with.
The problem of course is that the dopers have easy ways to avoid the tests. As Armstrong said last night, they have no fear of in-competition testing because they know they've flushed everything out of their system.
Armstrong also said blood passports work against doping (tennis doesn't use them), as does out of competition testing (tennis does such a microscopic number there's zero chance of catching anyone).
Is there doping in tennis? With basically no anti-doping system to speak of? Of course there is. Fuentes worked with hundreds of world class athletes, and said in 2006 that 20% of his clients were tennis players - he said that if he talked, Spain would lose the World Cup, and strangely enough the Spanish authorities buried the list of his clients
It's the dilemma of any governing body:
1) test properly, you will catch lots, and the sport's image will get ruined.
2) give up on testing, the dopers will take over.
Cycling chose number 1 - they do mammoth numbers of tests. Tennis chose 2.
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Armstrong says in-competition testing will never catch anyone, only out-of-competition testing and the blood passport can.
Tennis has no blood passport system, and does basically no out of competition testing.
The methods and drugs used by Armstrong in 1999 would work in tennis right now, with zero chance of being caught (not slightly surprising to anyone familiar with the topic, btw).
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