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The storyline has been further speculated for tentatively-titled video game, "Mass Effect 4," which could be coming to the PS4, Xbox One and PC. According to a report from Gamer Headlines on June 29, Mac Walters once again reiterated that the plot of the upcoming title won't be directly linked to the first three games of the science-fiction role-playing series. However, the writer did not reveal any other details.
Bioware previously stated that the story of "Mass Effect 4" could take place before or after the events of the original trilogy. Gamer Headlines noted that the development team could explore some of the underdeveloped plot elements. Players may end up being involved in the Geth War, which is also known as the Morning War, between the Geths and Quarians. Furthermore, the next game could also provide more insight on the Krogan Rebellions as well as the Protheans.
Bioware was expected to show off the video game at last month's Electronic Entertainment Expo. The developer ended up posting a short video diary talking vaguely about the latest "Mass Effect" project. The aforementioned Krogan race was confirmed to return while some of the planets were also shown off. In the same video, the company also confirmed that a completely new intellectual property is also in development.
The production progress for "Mass Effect 4" is around halfway complete. Bioware is working on "Dragon Age Inquisition," which is coming out later this year on Oct. 7, at the same time. Both games are using the Frostbite 3 graphics engine and will be sharing some development tools as well. You can find a screen from the latest "Dragon Age" title near the top of this article (via the official Facebook page of the series).
The "Mass Effect 4" release date has been elusive. However, Amazon recently revealed that the video game is most likely coming to the PS4, Xbox One and PC platforms. The Montreal side of Bioware is accountable for the development of the newest installment of the series, which will be published by Electronic Arts.
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Police say Michael Jason Fields, 32, beat his girlfriend Christina Mahzamani, 32, and killed her with a cement block in his backyard in Valrico. Michael Jason Fields is in the Hillsborough County Jail, according to MyFox Tampa Bay.
Case Summary
Michael Jason Fields was dating 32-year old Christina Mahzamani, a mother of three children. Mahzamani, who is described as a loving, devoted mother, allowed Michael Jason Fields to live in her home for a time but eventually kicked him out.
Sources say, Christina Mahzamani made up her mind to improve her life but continued to see Michael Fields at the new home he was renting. Family and friends were under the impression that Christina Mahzamani had stopped seeing Fields.
The interracial couple's relationship has been described as volatile and intense, according to the Daily Mail.
Sunday, March 9
Christina Mahzamani's children, who are home alone at 1608 Loriana St, call their biological father to inform him that their mother has not returned from the store.
The children are eventually picked up and taken to the home of a family member.
This is the last time any one sees Christina Mahzamani.
Monday, March 10
Christina Mahzamani is still not home. The children are staying with a relative.
8:45 p.m.
A family member notifies police that Christina is missing and a police report is filed.
Tuesday, March 11
2:20 p.m.
Michael Jason Fields calls police and informs them that he has found a woman's body in his front yard.
Police arrive at Field's home on St. Cloud Oaks Drive, where they find the body of a badly beaten woman. The police investigation reveals that the woman is his on and off girlfriend Christina Mahzamani.
The physical evidence at the scene shows that Fields beat and killed the woman with a concrete block in the backyard, then dragged her dead body to the front yard. After the murder, Fields drove his girlfriend's car to another location.
Michael Jason Fields, who has a prior criminal record, is charged with second-degree murder with a weapon and taken to the Hillsborough County Jail.
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Here is the mug shot of 32-year-old Michael Fields. Fields, was living with his girlfriend Christina but was later kicked out. Field's claims to be a personal trainer. He also has a criminal record for child abuse.
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Christina Mahzamani was a loving mother who was completely devoted to her children ages 13, 9, 7. But, Christina's life took a wrong turn when she met Michael Jason Fields, a handsome out-of-work personal trainer.
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In this photo, you can see that she has slimmed down. Friends say, Christina Mahzamani was doing every thing possible to improve her life. That improvement was to include getting rid of Michael Jason Fields. No one knows why she visited Fields that fateful night.


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Turkey Potpies RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 3 medium carrots, cut into 1-inch slices
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 celery rib, diced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 4 cups cubed cooked turkey
- 2/3 cup frozen peas
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream, divided
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 package (15 ounces) refrigerated pie pastry
- 1 large egg
- Preheat oven to 375°. In a Dutch oven, saute potatoes, carrots, onion and celery in butter and oil until tender. Stir in flour until blended; gradually add broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in turkey, peas, 1/2 cup cream, parsley, garlic salt and pepper.
- Spoon into two ungreased 9-in. pie plates. Roll out pastry to fit top of each pie; place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut out a decorative center or cut slits in pastry. In a small bowl, whisk egg and remaining cream; brush over pastry.
Bake 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.
Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked potpies up to 3 months. To use, remove from freezer 30 minutes before baking (do not thaw). Preheat oven to 425°. Place pie on a baking sheet; cover edge loosely with foil. Bake 30 minutes. Reduce oven setting to 350°; remove foil. Bake 55-60 minutes longer or until golden brown and a thermometer inserted in center reads 165°. Yield: 2 pies (6 servings each).
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Enjoy this recipe with a medium-bodied white wine such as Riesling or Gewürtztraminer
Reviews for Turkey Potpies
"I thought this recipe is great. Making for second time tonight. I did add a little thyme, thank you so much for the recipe"
"I love this recipe, this will be my second time making it :). The only thing we decided as a family is my kids wanted a bottom crust too. Which with two teens made it go further and it was super easy getting a store bought deep dish pie crust that comes in 2 just cooked it from thawed a few min added all ingredients. Which we found perfectly seasoned Amazing my hubby raves about my pot pies lol .. Thanks soo much"
"Way too easy.... Way Too Good!!!! After reading other reviews & based on the picture, I was prepared to increase the sauce mixture since we like our pot pies creamy. I used 4&1/2 cups of broth, 10Tbs flour & 3/4 C half & half. I used fresh potatoes, onions and celery, but used 1 heaping cup of frozen mixed veggies (carrots, peas, corn, green beans & baby lima beans) and 3C of leftover turkey. I also adjusted seasonings with seasoned salt, pepper, & paprika. Next time I will use some turmeric. The filling was quick & easy to prepare. After planning this for our Sunday dinner, we got a last minute dinner invitation that we didn't want to pass up. So I went ahead & made the filling, then I froze half of it and put the other half in the fridge. On Monday after work, I assembled the pot pie with the refrigerated portion & baked it as directed. It was outstanding! I love the versatility of this recipe. Instead of making a pot pie with the frozen portion, I might just heat it & serve it over biscuits. I can count on this recipe as another keeper from Taste of Home!"
"Definitely going to make this again, but I agree it could use more seasonings. I added sage and thyme, will experiment more next time I make it. Also, given the state of my freezer I find it easier to freeze the filling by itself and thaw it out before assembling and baking the second pot pie."
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The week 8 "Big Brother" season 16 Power of Veto competition took place on Aug. 16, 2014. This left one house guest victorious and having to decide if the medallion will be used to save a nominated player.
On Friday, according to Big Brother Network, spoilers revealed the cast mates nominated for eviction. Head of Household Derrick put Donny and Christine on the eviction block, while HOH Frankie nominated Caleb and Cody.
Joker's Updates live feeders reported that Christine had promised to throw the competition, but apparently Donny was able to pull a win, so the two remain safe for the week and Derrick was dethroned as HOH. This left Caleb and Cody to attempt to win the POV and Frankie as the reigning week 8 HOH.
Joker's reveals that Frankie won the POV challenge, which appears to have involved the Zingbot. Since Caleb and Cody were Frankie's nominees, it is unclear whether he will use the POV to save one of them or leave the nominations as they are.
According to Joker's, after the competition Christine could be heard saying on live feeds that she and Cody were called out by the Zingbot for cuddling and she was concerned her family, church, and pastor may not be pleased. She also said that her husband Tim would understand, Joker's reports.
"Big Brother" season 16 airs on Sundays at 8 p.m. ET, Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET, with live eviction shows airing on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on CBS. In addition, "Big Brother: After Dark" is airing Monday and Tuesday nights at 11 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights at 12 a.m. ET, and Thursdays at 1 a.m. ET on TVGN.
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Bakewell Tart
The Bakewell tart is a traditional English baked cake native to the town of Bakewell.
Bakewell PuddingBakewell is also the home of the authentic Bakewell Pudding.
The recipe consists of a puff pastry shell with covered in jam, with a filling of eggs, sugar, butter and almonds.
Legend has it that the dish was an accidental invention during the 1860s. A nobleman visited the White Horse Inn (today known as the The Rutland Arms) and ordered a strawberry tart.
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Dear Mariah Carey:
We think you're insanely, mind-bogglingly talented and beautiful, mmkay? But girlfriend, you are 39 years old and the "18 year old pornstar-Barbie-ingénue" look is not so appropriate anymore, even if you are married to a man nearly a decade your junior. Your new video for "Up Out My Face (feat. Nicki Minaj)" was the last straw for us. You likely have umpteen stylists working on you, so we'd love to give them all copies of Kendall Farr's Style Evolution: How to Create Ageless Personal Style in Your 40s and Beyond ($15). Maybe it's not geared towards pop chanteuses, but at least we could start working in the right direction, i.e. clothes in your actual size that make you look like the classy, talented diva you are.
Of course, there's also always the classic Timm Gunn's Guide to Style ($13), but you're so rich you can probably afford a one-on-one personal consult with the darling, dashing Project Runway mentor. Heck, he might even do it for free.
Ha! I'd sign that letter. Her whole look is very dated, inappropriate, and reeks of desperation.
Wow. This is really a horrible display of how women tear each other down. Good job making yourselves look like shallow jerks!
Hey Heather - it wasn't our intention to tear Ms. Carey down; rather, we think she's not letting her absolutely amazing voice and stunning natural beauty speak for itself and is trying too hard to emulate the likes of Britney et al with hypersexualized performances & attire. When she just lets herself shine, it's phenomenal - and we have been huge Mariah fans from her debut, so we really, really wanna see her be the classy dame we know she is and produce great music!
Amen! Mariah is beautiful and an unbelievable talent. But the stripper chic she has been going for lately is really awful. Her over-the-top cleavage at the Golden Globes was offensive. Sign my name on this letter too, please!
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I like the Sig P232. The next runner up is the PPK.
I agree about the Sig P232. Mine is a P230 but it is basically the same gun.
:smt023The Sig P232 is great. My every day carry before that was a Walther PPK/s(not the S&W version) and I liked that one too. I don't like the micro's that leave your pinky dangling and your ring finger at the bottom.
I have always been a pretty big Ruger fan, but I voted for the Keltec here. I have heard too many horror stories about Ruger handguns. I, for one, am not willing to wait a year to get back a weapon that i need.
I own a keltec p3at. Having said that, I'd consider getting a small revolver in 38. Ruger's new LCR or any of the lightweight Smiths. I'm in the process of selling my 380 to purchase one of the above mentioned. I'm a big old guy who has trouble with little semiautos. My eyes and hands get in the way. Also, I don't like the idea of not having a slide stop.
Since I have the LCP that is what I would recommend. I have shot about 300 rounds through it. In my opinion very accurate out to 15 yards. Anything past that is a challenge for me. Of course, chances are it won't be used further than 15 yards out. I carry in the right front pocket, and never leave without it... I still have my Glock 27, the LCP is so much easier to carry.
After owning my LCP for several months, I finally took the time to learn how to shoot it accurately, because I was thinking about ordering a CT laser sight for it, and I just wanted to see if it was accurate enough to be worth the expenditure.
I kept working with my grip and sight picture until, by using a little Kentucky windage, I was able to consistently put 10 shots inside a 4" circle around the bullseye, at 10 yards. I was very pleased with myself, and decided that the little gun was accurate enough to be worth the $160 I was about to spend on it for the laser sight.
I was pleased to see that the Crimson Trace laser sight was a very good quality item, easy to install, and most importantly, that it worked seamlessly with the way I fired the pistol. After a little trouble understanding the sighting in instructions, I finally figured it out, and discovered that I could now shoot smaller groups, at greater distances, and do it much, much faster.
I am now much more confident with my 'mouse gun,' and actually feel like I could stop a threat with it, if I had to, at something other than point-blank type distances.
Ruger seems to be ahead in your poll for one reason--it is a Ruger; the difference is it is not the 38 spl 101 and it is not the 22LRs Mark I, II or III. Kel Tec is in the business of small and is successful with a limited lifetime warranty. It is less expensive and truly for the pocket. It is not a target gun and it is not a big time defense gun but if you want to have CCW and do not want a load in your pocket--the Kel Tec is the one. It is small and somewhat inconvenient in size so you have to get used to it but you will carry it and have it all the time and not make any excuses on size or weight.
Sig p232!
My wife uses a Walther PPK/S as her carry weapon and loves it. Yes, we went through the recall and it was a pain, but she wouldn't trade it for anything. She says it just works for her better than anything else, and she has tried on a lot of guns.
the new sig in 380 is interesting
but i'm just not sure about a pocket gun unless with cargo pants
May I throw a wrench into the box!
My EDC up to last week was the LCP. I happened upon a Kel Tec P11. Liked the feel and the fact it is a bigger and more available round, 9mm. I compared it against the LCP and to be truthful it is a bit bigger and a bit heavier, but so far I have not found an issue carrying it.
And if you are considering a PPK, P232, P380, or the like, this 9mm Kel Tec is probably equally the same size if not smaller. And did I mention less expensive?
I know all the experts here are gonna slam Kel Tec, but ya know they are in the top 10 for a reason. This is the first ever Kel Tec for me and so far I really like it. And it shoots straight and accurate.
I'm just sayin'
nice wrench, 'paws :)
It's not on the poll....but have you looked at the Walther PK380? Tried one this past weekend.......quite impressed.
Well, I got a Kel-Tec p3at. Not a range gun, but it does not need to be. It does what it was made for, and does it well.
Not enough choices on your survey - so I voted hit them with a shovel.
None of our .380's are on the survey, but they should be.
We shoot & carry a Walther PPKS. It is light & shoots like a dream.
Also 2 Sig Sauer's - 1 P230 SL and 1 P232 - both are excellent guns and very light & not at all bulky - easy to carry & hide.
They all 3 shoot well and are very well made.
If you learn how to shoot them, they are deadly.
Update - we just added 2 Ruger LCP's - just shoot them a few times but did well at close distance - no jams., unbelievably light and small - it's been in my front pocket since I bought it in a DeSantis pocket holster.
AHHH just what I needed another gun ...:rolleyes:
I know this is not one of the options but here are my two cents.
Look at Kahr, they make a 9mm that is tiny.
About the Sig 232, nice gun but it's big enough to shoot a 9mm. I will wait and buy one after they do that.
Walther PK380! It's about the same price (mid-$300's) and it's Walther quality. I've owned the P22 and the P99 and loved them both for their reliability and ergonomics-they feel great in my hand.
I like the Sig p232 SS. I carry it now and then.
Wouldn't have either, but thats just me.
P3AT is a good firearm. Relatively cheap, reliable, light weight, and easy to clean. Great bug. The .380 ammo is always out of stock and overpriced when it is available. Take a look at the taurus 709 slim - $350 - $400. Not much bigger, better caliber, and ammo is much easier to find. The recoil is also considerably better the the keltec 9mm lineup.


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To be honest, I can't quite recall how I heard about Hooded Menace in the first place. But I'm glad I did, I actually put Fulfill The Curse at number three on my top ten favorite doom metal albums of all time. I'm probably going to be all over the place on this review, bear with me.
I can't list anything I don't like about this album. The drums completely crush and keeps the band moving forward. I thought the drumming was perfect here especially, not over done but not at all lacking. The huge and heavy guitar tones lead us through some sort of evil feeling of trudging, as the deep and resonating vocals tell us of the Knight's Templar and the blood that was ingested... HORRIFIC! AMAZING! And let's not forget the Theme From Manhattan Bay rendition! Beautifully done, to say the least, and an interesting choice as well.
I think one of my favorite things about this entire album is the writing. Hooded Menace seems to be able to transfer from these slow, heart stopping doom riffs to more mid-paced death metal ones with some pretty amazing solos over it.
I love the Candlemass influence that can be heard in a lot of their more melodic parts, too. When I was listening to the album, it wasn't something I was expecting hearing from these guys. But when those depressing melodies came in, that's when I knew I'd fall in love with this album.
I'm definitely looking forward to scraping a ton of cash together so I can see these guys play at the upcoming Maryland Deathfest!
I admit I was initially attracted to this release because of the great cover art, the cool name of the band, and the smashingly awesome song titles.
You had me at "Grasp of the Beastwoman". "The Eyeless Horde". "The Love Song of Gotho, Hunchback of the Morgue". Fantastic. The same horror noir appeal that bands like Deceased or Crypticus have preserved over the years.
My attraction quickly evolved upon hearing the record. This is crushing death/doom hybrid of the sort you haven't really heard since the very early days of Amorphis, Tiamat, Tristitia, or other bands who took the purest of classic death metal, slowed it down to a crawl and layered in the subtle melodic lines, elevating it into immortality.
The debut full-length of this Finnish band may very well achieve such a cult status, the songs are seamlessly catchy and really fucking doom. "Labory of Nightmares" grooves with abandon. The utter crawl of "Beauty and the Feast" and "Rotting Rampage" will appeal to your funeral doom fans as well as your classic death sect. "Arcane Epitaph" is perhaps my favorite, almost as if Candlemass got really fucking rugged.
A flawless debut, I dare say a near masterpiece. Classic death and doom metal cut of a rare cloth, it can both crush the fuck out of you and thrill you with its nostalgic horror-soaked lyrics. Acquire at any cost.
Take comfort in the fact that you always know what you're getting from Razorback - if not whether it's old-school grind, or old-school death metal, or (more pertinently to the matter at hand) old-school doom/death, then you can at least be certain that it will be old-school, pretty straightforward, pretty catchy, and... pretty cover art. If you think that comic book drawings of women being dismembered are 'pretty', anyway. When the cops finally break down my door, having material like this around the house won't help my case any.
Wait now - is there really such a thing as 'old school death/doom', or are we retroactively inventing something to be nostalgic about here? We're not talking about My Dying Bride here, as that would be much too sentimental for the Razorback Hive, and we're not talking about funeral doom, because that's too serious and pretentious, not to mention being 'not real doom', and you can count on Razorback bands being unpretenious as well as being the 'real' and most metal version of whatever style they're supposed to be in. There's Disembowelment and Winter, but they're both serious outliers, and then we have Asphyx, who were mostly just a slothful death metal band (good though!)...
Cathedral are the real precedent - heavy influence from Sabbath, heavy influence from bands heavily influenced by Sabbath, heavy cookie monster vocals, and heavy guitar tuning. But Hooded Menace are possibly on fewer drugs, or at least, less mellow ones.
Just so you know where I'm coming from - and for no other reason, no need to foam at the keyboard and yell at the monitor - I really don't have much use for true doom or traditional doom, or whatever you like to call it... Black Sabbath are great, of course; Cirith Ungol are great, if they count; but when a band is mainly out to pay homage to Black Sabbath and make no secret of it, that doesn't hold any appeal for me.
Thus, I can be grateful that Hooded Menace here have slanted themselves more toward my biases. The death metal vocals - somewhat gurgly but very coherent - are worth a few points right off the bat. But another Thing You Can Count On from Razorback is that every band has some kind of horror angle, and just in case you haven't read any promotional material regarding Hooded Menace, their kind of horror angle would be the Spanish Blind Dead movies, which are about cursed Knights Templar rising from the crypt and generally going about making nuisances of themselves. Very effective costume designs for those fellows (they are 'hooded menaces') - they were much creepier than Romero's zombies, it must be said. Certainly this choice of subject matter is preferably to stringing together a long series of Sabbath in-jokes and weed references, right?
And with that change in subject matter we can rightly expect some changes in the tone of the music, and it's certainly neither hippie stuff nor epic and depressing-sounding, for the most part. Obviously, Hooded Menace are all about the riffs and are not about to go off on some soundscapey 'atmospheric' tangent, but they manage to pack in a quite adequate level of evilness by virtue of their melodies and dissonance, in spite of the tempo moving along at a deliberate clip, and the songs being fairly catchy. I think two guitars are almost always better than one, so I'm always happy to hear some creepy leads wind across the thumping riffs. Every once and a while a somewhat less-than-sinister riff sneaks in - not a bad one, but one that sounds a bit too 'regular doom' and brings to mind images of Tony Iommi getting high instead of victims getting beheaded, and doesn't make me want to stab anyone to death. There's one riff that's uncomfortably close to 'Children of the Grave' - and it works well in context, setting a driving pace and then evolving into a darker riff - but still, I could do without the homages.
But even in the worst (least-evil) case, the songwriting is quite solid, and the riffs consistently memorable. Not much in the way of dynamics, but this isn't the time or place. As an added bonus, the final track is a cover of the theme from the movie Manhattan Baby, a Fulci movie which I've never seen, but I can at least assert that it must have pretty good music.
When it came to my attention that Phlegethon main man Lasse had yet again put together a new band, I expected something noteworthy. Going by the alias Leper of Berzano (or Leper Messiah earlier) here, he has a reputation of only being involved in quality projects. As it turns out, Hooded Menace is nothing short of phenomenal.
The genre description of death/doom metal is fair, but slightly misleading with this album. This is nitpicky, I know, but it would be more accurate to say that what we have here is a death metal band playing music that closely resembles traditional doom - in other words, if you expect another My Dying Bride clone, please look elsewhere. It must be said that my knowledge of traditional doom is somewhat limited, but I always get a very distinctive "70's" feel from it, and that is exactly what this album does for me. The general atmosphere here is very close to cult horror movies - I have read somewhere that they are a major influence - complete with fitting lyrics and some sound effects; this might explain the "retro" impression.
You should have guessed by now that the music on 'Fulfill the Curse' is devastatingly heavy. The riffs (almost) literally crush the listener to small pieces and, not surprisingly, are the key element in songwriting. Being lengthy and relatively complex, they have unusually much to offer to one's ears. But that's not all - there are lots of leads here as well, appropriately executed and a joy to listen to (even if the atmosphere only grows more "evil" as the lead guitar steps in). Many of the actual guitar solos (as opposed to lead melodies) also have that bluesy, traditional vibe to them, and fit surprisingly well.
Lasse/Leper's vocals are another major factor on the album. While not terribly original for the genre, they are powerful enough and perfectly mixed with just the right amount of echo. I'm certainly not new to harsh vocals, but this performance nearly made me feel afraid; this should be seen as a positive statement. The overall sound politics should also cause no objections - from the ripping guitars to the crisp and audible bass to the "thick" drums, this soundscape could not be better for the purpose it serves.
With nine tracks and a little over fifty minutes, this album is not exceptionally long - there certainly isn't any chance of getting bored. But what IS exceptional is that the songs actually feel a lot longer than they are - and I mean this in a good way. Each and every track is a journey that you wouldn't want to end at all. As a song ends, you cannot believe how short it was when looking at the time.
While I really can't name any stand-out tracks here, there is one worth mentioning for a different reason. I'm talking about the instrumental cover tune 'Theme from Manhattan Baby'. Now, I certainly don't mean to say that it is any worse than their originals; musically, it fits the album very well and is a fantastic choice in every possible way. But the track is placed as the final one, and does feel just a little unnecessary there. I would rather have seen it used as an interlude of sorts in the middle of the album.
The afore-mentioned minor detail aside, there is absolutely nothing bad about 'Fulfill the Curse'. The riffy slow parts are simply breathtaking, and while the more "death metal"-sounding moments (with double kick-drums and everything) are slightly less original, they work very nicely too. If this is not a future classic, I don't know what is. Go get it now.
This is the first record from Hooded Menace, a Finnish band playing doom/death metal.
The production on this record is overwhemingly heavy, with tons of crushing guitar and buzzing bass. The vocals are an equally low belch, but they've also got a surprising amount of range, and provide much of the variation here. The drums sound a little bit distant, but are otherwise fine, and I love the crisp cymbal sound.
The songs here are relentlessly mid-paced. Each is built upon repetitive, heavy doom riffs, augmented by tons of clever vocal work and catchy lead guitar parts. This band is excellent at keeping the listener's interest through the use of tempo changes and heavy-metal-influenced solos, yet the swaggering pure doom parts are equally great, and will appeal to those looking for slow and powerful metal. Considering the tempo, there's a lot of variety to be found here: songs like "Fulfill the Curse" and "The Eyeless Horde" exploit repetition and doomy atmosphere to great effect, while others, like "Beauty and the Feast" and "The Love Song of Gotho, Hunchback of the Morgue" are packed with memorable vocal and guitar parts. I also really like the horror-movie theme, and Hooded Menace does a great job of bringing it together through the lyrics, atmosphere, visual presentation, and even the sparing use of samples.
Just about anyone who likes mid-paced metal will enjoy "Fulfill the Curse", but I especially recommend it for fans of traditional doom who also like slow death metal -- if you like both crushing repetitive sections and stuff that sounds like old Candlemass, this ought to be right up your alley. Recommended.
Standout tracks: "Fulfill the Curse", "Beauty and the Feast", "The Love Song of Gotho, Hunchback of the Morgue"
Review by vorfeed: http://www.vorfeed.net
Remember Phlegethon? Probably not, am I right? Phlegethon is a pretty obscure death metal outfit from Finland. Back in the day they had a couple of demos and a somewhat odd EP that is now out of print and hard to find. It's a typical story by the standards of the extreme metal scene. And by all rights, Phlegethon and everyone in it should have been lost to the sands of time, perhaps only briefly and slightly rediscovered when some enterprising, tiny label reissued "Fresco Lungs" with the demos as bonus tracks, and a few hundred metalheads out there picked it up for the first time and said, "Damn - this band really should have done a full-length."
Fast forward to years later...
Lasse from Phlegethon gets the band back together. They crank out a couple new demos and whaddayaknow, it's more straight-forward but surprisingly fierce and brutal music from the guys. But apparently he has an itch that a few demo tracks can't quite scratch. That itch turns into side project mania, a syndrome familiar from the likes of Dan Swano (Edge of Sanity, Pan.Thy.Monium, Bloodbath, etc.) and Rogga Johansson (Ribspreader, Paganizer, Demiurg, etc.). And if you've kept up with the works of those two, you probably know that side project mania can produce some interesting works at times, but also some disappointing ones; generally the best thing to be said about 95% of side projects is that they are decent but decidedly lesser works. So when I noticed that Lasse had within a couple of years gotten involved in two side projects - Claws, a throwback to obscure Swedish and Finnish bands like Crematory and Abhorrence; and then this one, Hooded Menace - I figured I should check them out, but not get my hopes up. Claws only has a couple of demo songs so far, and they are really promising.
But Hooded Menace... holy shit.
Hooded Menace describe themselves as death metal on their MySpace page, but from what I can tell they are at least three-quarters doom metal. And not just lowercase boring ol' doom metal, but huge, loud, earth-splitting DOOM FUCKING METAL. On top of the foundation of doom they have indeed built some structures familiar from death metal - deep, growling vocals that sound exactly like some thing from a crypt (which fits them well, as I'll explain momentarily), and some occasional deathly riffing and drumming.
For the most part though, Menace are delivering a drug that hits the doom, rather than death, centers of the metal brain. And they do it very, very well. The riffs are winding, off-kilter, very long affairs that take ages to get back to their own starting points; but they are also unfailingly well-made and catchy. There's almost no stock chugga-chugga here. Lead parts meander in and out and bring a surprising melodicism and sense of craftsmanship to the forefront at times. The song structures are epic - the band isn't afraid to switch it up on a regular basis, change the beat, introduce a cycling melody for a while that then recedes into another thunderous doom riff. Songs tend to be 5 to 7 minutes long, but they feel like adventures - calling to mind the best work of obvious influences like Candlemass, as well as great old school death epics like Entombed's "Left Hand Path." Drifting down the tangled corridors of a song like "The Eyeless Horde" gives me a feeling I don't often get from modern extreme metal - the feeling of getting lost in a composition, that it may take five or more listens to fully understand it, but when I do I will undoubtedly never want to leave. "Fulfill the Curse" is a rare purchase that I can't tear away from - since I got it in the mail a few days ago I've listened to little else. It keeps drawing me back.
The band's chief non-musical inspiration is horror movies - fitting for a Razorback-signed band. Specifically, they were inspired by the "Blind Dead" movies from Spain. If you've never seen these cult classics of Eurohorror, they involve zombiefied Knights Templar, walking (and horseback-riding) around in literal slow motion, making creepy groans, and grasping for prey that they cannot see but can only hear. This material is so well-suited to a death/doom band like Hooded Menace that I had to watch "Tombs of the Blind Dead" just a few days ago to set the mood.
This lyrical bent set the band up perfectly for a deal with Razorback, which in turn helped cement the label's new direction - a little less grind, a little more old school death metal. For a guy with my particular metal proclivities, this is a welcome change. I liked the last Crypticus album quite a bit, for instance. But Hooded Menace is the best thing going for Razorback right now, and every time I listen to this I can't help but start imagining what the next release might be like. I urge all fans of doom and death metal to pick this thing up as quick as you can, and I urge the band to make as many more of these as possible. And - fingers crossed - maybe we'll get lucky, and the new Phlegethon and Claws releases will be even half as incredible as this one. I very, very rarely hand out perfect scores to any new album, but Hooded Menace have earned one here.


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Revising does not always mean rewriting the entire paper, although it generally calls for, at the least, cutting and pasting. In her text, Work in Progress: A Guide to Writing and Revising, Lisa Ede explains the importance of revision by analyzing the word. She notes that "[r]evision combines the root word vision with the prefix re-, meaning "again." When you revise, you "see again": you develop a new vision of your essay's shape or of the most emphatic way to improve the flow of a paragraph to help readers understand your point" (160). It is now the writer's responsibility to "see" the paper through the reader's eyes, and make necessary changes to accommodate the reader.
The first step in the revision process is to make sure that the body of your paper demonstrates your thesis. For beginning writers it might be helpful to write the thesis on a note card and hold it beside every paragraph as you ask; "How does this paragraph develop these ideas?" If you can answer that question immediately, and you have evidence within the paragraph that proves the idea, then you have a solid paragraph. If you cannot, then you may need to redirect the paragraph or adjust your thesis.
The next step will be to look at organization. How is the paper connected? Does the development follow a logical flow? For example, if you are discussing effective leadership skills, does the paper provide transitions between these skills? Examine carefully the "readability" of the paper.
If you haven't created your introduction and conclusion, now is the time to do so. Your introduction should "pull" your reader into the piece and lead into your thesis.
Your conclusion should bring the paper to a close. You do not need to restate the thesis, but you certainly want to give your main ideas closure.
See examples of an introduction and a conclusion in the MLA formatting section.
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Dec. 13, 2012
UCLA Game Notes | Saint Mary's Game Notes
Saturday, Dec. 15
11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET
No. 14/17 UCLA (5-1) vs. Saint Mary's (6-2)
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No. 14/17 UCLA faces Saint Mary's in the second game of the day in the St. John's Chartwells Holiday Classic at Carnesecca Arena on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 2:30 p.m. (ET)/11:30 a.m. (PT). The game will be broadcast on ESPN3. The winner will advance to the championship game on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 2:30 p.m. (ET)/11:30 a.m. (PT) and will face the winner of the St. John's/Tennessee Tech game. The loser will face the other team in the consolation game at 12:00 p.m. (ET)/9:00 a.m. (PT) on Dec. 16.
With its win at No. 11 Oklahoma on Nov. 14, the Bruins vaulted into the national rankings in both polls immediately following, coming in at No. 19 in the AP Top 25 Poll and at No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Last week, the Bruins climbed to No. 17 in the AP Top 25 and No. 19 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. With its win over No. 12/16 Texas in Houston on Dec. 8, UCLA is now ranked No. 14 in the AP Poll and No. 17 in the Coaches Poll. The Bruins have now been ranked at least one week in both polls in each of the past four seasons.
This is the eighth meeting between the Bruins and Saint Mary's with UCLA leading the series 5-2. UCLA won the last meeting, a 75-59 win at Saint Mary's on Dec. 12, 2010. Rebekah Gardner led all scorers with 16 points as the Bruins forced 33 turnovers and scored 40 points off turnovers. Doreena Campbell scored 14 points and Darxia Mooris chipped in 12 points and a game-high six assists for UCLA. Atonye Nyingifa added 10 points to lead a quartet of Bruins in double-figure scoring. UCLA is 1-0 all-time against Tennessee Tech with the win coming last year. Rebekah Gardner had personal highs in points (21) and rebounds (10) while junior Atonye Nyingifa posted a double-double of 16 points and a career-best 14 rebounds, as the 22nd-ranked Bruins defeated Tennessee Tech 74-52 on Nov. 13, 2011 at the John Wooden Center in the second round of the Preseason WNIT. UCLA and St. John's have never met.
In all, the Bruins will play seven different teams that made the NCAA Tournament a year ago and another seven squads that were selected for the NIT field. Additionally, UCLA could face another NCAA and a NIT squad in the St. John's Tournament field. The non-conference slate is one of the toughest in school history and rivals that of any school in 2012-13. The Bruins opened the season with four straight NCAA Tournament teams, which started with the Aztecs in the season-opener. Then the Bruins went to Norman, Okla. for a road test at No. 11 Oklahoma (Nov. 14), which lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year. The Bruins then returned home to host No. 5 Notre Dame on Nov. 23. The Fighting Irish lost to Baylor in the 2012 NCAA Championship game. UCLA then returned to the hardwood hosting another NCAA Tournament team, Princeton (Nov. 25). After a non-conference game with a local foe, Loyola Marymount (Dec. 2), the Bruins traveled to Houston's Reliant Stadium with the men's team for a double-header against No. 12 Texas. The Longhorns also made the NCAA Tournament last year. Now the Bruins travel to New York to compete in their only regular-season tournament (St. John's Chartwells Holiday Classic), hosted by St. John's on Dec. 15-16, which lost in the NCAA Regional Semifinals. The Bruins open the tournament with Saint Mary's, which made the NIT in 2012. The Bruins conclude their nonconference slate by hosting a pair of NIT teams from last year in Cal State Northridge (Dec. 20) and St. Joseph's (Dec. 31). Sandwiched between those two games is a local trip to Pepperdine (Dec. 28), before starting Pac-12 Conference play.


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Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of The Today Show, and her husband Mike Feldman announced the birth of their baby girl born on August 13, 2014, according to E online. This is the couple's first child and she weighed in at 8.5 pounds and 19.5 inches in height. The sex was a surprise as the only one who knew was the doctor, the couple wanted to be surprised. Savannah told her fans that the baby has blue eyes, some blond hair, and the cutest chubby cheeks.
Savannah is considered an older mom giving birth to her first child at age 42, but this is somewhat the norm these days. She is so overjoyed as she didn't think she was going to be given the chance to be a mom since she waited so long.
Her little girl's name is Vale Guthrie Feldman. Vale is an old English name that stands for "valley by a stream," a name that is quite fitting for her baby that is calm and serene – even though she is a typical baby who wakes in the middle of the night.
Savannah worked through her pregnancy and she was in the public eye for her viewers throughout her nine months. She broke the 25-30 pound weight gain rule and was relieved that her doctor said everything was going well and on schedule. Savannah is quite tall so she carried her pregnancy weight well. She had food cravings just like most pregnant women with peanut butter being her favorite. But, she said she had an appetite for just about anything in sight according to her blog that she kept on Today.com.
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Amazon to sell Ouya games console
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THE ANDROID BASED Ouya games console will have some big name retailers including Amazon lined up when it goes on sale.
The Ouya should start retailing this June. When it does it is going to appear on Amazon and in US stores including Best Buy.
The firm behind the console is expecting business to be brisk. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal CEO Julie Uhrman said that the Ouya has 68,000 backers from Kickstarter and has generated a real buzz.
"I think it's fair to say to get established players [...] excited about pre-selling Ouya speaks to the excitement in the marketplace," she said. "We've had 68,000 backers, we have more than that in pre-orders today."
The Ouya is likely to come flush with games. According to the company some of the seed money it raised through Kickstarter is going towards funding game titles, while its development kit is said to have been downloaded around 22,000 times.
The USB-stick sized Gamestick Android console appeared after the Ouya, and has stolen some of its thunder. While the Ouya costs $99 and comes with a box, like the Nintendo Gamecube, the Gamestick is just that, a stick and a thin controller. It is pocket sized and portable, where the Ouya is not.
The Ouya is being refined however, and in late January its controller got a redesign. We've had a play. It was fun, but the games were perhaps a bit lightweight.
The Gamestick raised $647,658 from a $100,000 goal when its Kickstarter session closed last week. It is expected to be released this spring. µ
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Updated: 05/25/2016 - As patients move into the Bay Medical Center's new patient tower, the transition is said to be going smoothly, so far.
Updated: 05/25/2016 - As patients move into the Bay Medical Center's new patient tower, the transition is said to be going smoothly, so far.
Updated: 05/25/2016 - Panama City - Wednesday began a new chapter for local healthcare, as Bay Medical Center officials cut the ribbon on their brand new patient tower.
Updated: 05/25/2016 - Have you ever spent time in an emergency room and after an initial examination you've had to be taken to other departments for more exams? One local hospital has new technology that could make that a thing of the past. It's especially useful when it comes to trauma patients.
Updated: 05/25/2016 - Panama City – Gathered in the nearly-complete patient tower, Officials from Bay Medical announced the headlining act for their 25th anniversary Society Gala.
Updated: 05/25/2016 - Tuesday morning bay medical introduced plans for a healing garden as an overall hospital expansion. The healing garden will be located in a 10,000 square foot courtyard between the new building and the current Bay Medical Hospital.
Updated: 05/25/2016 - There's an estimated 375-thousand Floridians living with some form of hepatitis… and many don't know they are infected.
Updated: 05/25/2016 - Are you getting enough vitamin D? Even if you drink a lot of milk, that may not be enough to keep you from getting osteoporosis. The earlier you start building your bones, the better. The older you get the more brittle your bones become. But there are some things you can do now to keep your bones healthy in the future.
Updated: 05/25/2016 - When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, aside from the cancer itself, one of the greatest fears is losing one or both breasts. Some think it will make them feel and appear less of a woman. A local doctor says he has the cure for that.
Updated: 05/25/2016 - The Ironman events always try to give something back to the communities that host their events.
Updated: 05/25/2016 - Two years ago this week, doctors at Bay Medical Center performed the first ever completely robotic urological procedure in Northwest Florida. Now, hundreds of surgeries later, the robot is still going strong.
Updated: 05/25/2016 - Local Plastic Surgeon Uses "Mag 5" to help remove 15 to 20 years from your look
Updated: 05/25/2016 - Tuesday was a day of celebrations for Bay Medical Center. Hospital administrators gave staff t-shirts commemorating the third straight year Bay Medical was named one of the top 50 hospital's in the U-S.
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According to Lieutenant Steven Hennelly, a 17-year-old Summit resident was driving westbound on River Road in a 2003 Ford Explorer and John Dill, 24, of Stirling, Long Hill Township, was traveling east bound in a 1998 Nissan Sentra when he dropped his cell phone.
When Dill reached for it, he crossed over into the westbound lane striking the 17-year-old's vehicle head-on. Both drivers were injured in the accident and transported to Morristown Memorial Hospital with unknown injures, the officer said.
Dill was issued summonses for failure to keep right and cell phone use while driving.
The accident took place about 200 yards east of the road's intersection with Central Avenue and Fairmount Avenue.


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The Bulldogs resume league play this weekend with a three-game series at No. 11 Arkansas (18-7, 4-2 SEC).
After APSU sprinted to an early 2-0 lead, Porter gave the Bulldogs their first advantage of the night at 4-2 with his two-run shot in the bottom of the first. He singled in another run during a three-run seventh inning State surge. With the score knotted at 5-5 in the seventh, State sent eight to the plate to take an 8-5 lead in the frame and then salted the game away an inning later with a five-run burst. Nick Ammirati's two-run single capped the night's scoring.
Freshman Myles Gentry (3-0), the last of four Bulldog pitchers in the game, blanked the Governors with one-hit pitching over the final 2.2 innings to earn the win. Starter Will Cox was charged with four runs before leaving the game an out deep into the second inning. Another sophomore, Ross Mitchell, kept APSU hitters at bay through the sixth before Chad Girodo and Gentry finished the game for State.
C.T. Bradford and Brett Pirtle joined Porter with two-hit games while Ammirati matched Porter's three-RBI performance. Wes Rea also finished the night with a multi-RBI showing. Hunter Renfroe extended his career-longest and team season-best 13-game hitting streak with a double in the third inning while Adam Frazier doubled to open the game and now has hits in 25 of 28 games.
APSU lead-off hitter Rolando Gautier paced the Governors' nine-hit attack with a 3-for-4 performance.
Hunter Lindley (0-1), the sixth of nine pitchers used by Austin Peay, took the loss. The Governor moundsmen gave up 11 hits and combined for 11 walks, with six of those free passes eventually touching home.
The Bulldogs played their 13th error-free game and turned their NCAA-leading 39th double play.


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Skip Hop is giving parents a chance to get in on the design process of their next Duo diaper bag. The Duo, one of Skip Hop's most popular bags, has lots of cool pockets for everything from sippy cups to cell phones and comes in several trendy prints. They'll soon be adding a new print to the collection, and they're letting moms and dads get involved in the process by voting on which print and color scheme they like best.
Check out this page to have a little fun designing the perfect bag using Skip Hop's selection of new prints and colors. Voting will end Thursday, October 7, then the three finalist bags will be on display October 10-13 at the ABC Kids Expo in Las Vegas, where they'll go through another round of judging by experts in the industry—national family magazine editors, parenting bloggers, and the nation's top baby stores. The winning Duo design will be announced October 20, 2010, and will be available for purchase in Spring 2011. Get your design in today!


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Current Residence: Canada
Favourite genre of music: Classic Rock and Metal. If its got a guitar, I'm in.(No Country or rap though)
Favourite photographer: Darren Smit, Me
Operating System: Win XP
MP3 player of choice: Ipod
Shell of choice: Candy Coated
Wallpaper of choice: Something badass...like a 69 Camaro...mmm~
Skin of choice: Soft, squishy stuff
Favourite cartoon character: Link, for he is, and shall always be, the pinacle of Manly manlyness~
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This is a cabin that has been remodeled over the years with new carpeting, paint, bed and bedding. The kitchen has all the utensils you will need, a coffee pot, microwave, two burner stove top stove and toaster with a refrigerator. This room has a queen bed and the bath has a hairdrier and shower. The room has a TV on satillite with a DVD player.
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Fyodor Bondarchuk Movies and Career Information
May 09, 1967
Actor, Director and Producer
Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk (Russian: Фёдор Серге́евич Бондарчу́к [bəndʌrˈtʂuk]; born 9 May 1967) is a Russian film director and actor. He is the director of the acclaimed film The 9th Company, and producer of the 2006 film Heat, where he starred as himself with his mother Irina Skobtseva. He is the son of director Sergei Bondarchuk (who co-starred with him in Boris Godunov) and Irina Skobtseva, half-brother of Natalya Bondarchuk, and brother to Alyona Bondarchuk. He is married to television presenter Svetlana, and has one son. He presents several programmes on the STS network. His first full-scale film was The 9th Company about the Soviet war in Afghanistan, which is sometimes referred to as a Russian Platoon or Apocalypse Now. He also directed The Inhabited Island, a 2008-9 film based on the Strugatsky brothers' novel Prisoners of Power.
- Fyodor Bondarchuk Movies before 2015
- 9th Company
- Inhabited Island: Part II (Obitaemyy ostrov)
- House of Sun (Dom Solntsa)
- Wedding Exchange (Svadba po obmenu)
- 7 dni hrichu
- 2 Days
- Shpion
- Gift With Character (Podarok s kharakterom)
- Two Days (Dva dnya)
- Ghost
- Movies Directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk
- Stalingrad 2014
- 9th Company
- Inhabited Island: Part II (Obitaemyy ostrov)
- Movies Produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk
- 9th Company


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Avantair, the only publicly traded, stand-alone fractional operator, has added Great Exuma in the Bahamas to its primary service area. In addition, Avantair is offering its share owners a discounted accommodations rate at the island's Grand Isle Resort and Spa, with which it has established a relationship. Through summer, moreover, anyone purchasing an Avantair Edge time card or Axis Club membership will receive an "Island Getaway" package that includes accommodations at the resort. Avantair operates the Italian-built Piaggio Avanti.
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Tonight's Food Network episode of "Rewrapped" gave three chefs a chance to recreate a staple of food shelves everywhere, Is there anyone out there who has never savored these treats? As Joey Fatone hosts the show, he introduces the chefs on this episode titled, "A Chip Off the Old Block"
The chefs competing tonight are; Patrick Stark, executive chef at Sundown at Granada in Dallas, Texas, Jay Cervone, owner of The French Quarter Food Truck, Hoboken, N.J., Dom Tesoriero, owner of The Mac Truck in N.Y.C.
Today the featured snack food is Herr's Potato Chips, Barbeque, Cheddar & Sour Cream and Salt & Vinegar.
The judges are; head judge and snack food King Marc Summers, Ed Herr, president of Herr Foods Inc., and Jeff Mauro from The Kitchen on Food Network.
For the first round, the chefs had to recreate those three flavors of Herr's Potato Chips from scratch in thirty minutes. They immediately ran for the cupboard for the ingredients, each grabbing a different type of potato. Ed Herr knows that certain potatoes make the chips turn brown. Patrick scored 18 points; Jay scored 18 and Dom scored 22 and took the lead.
The innovate challenge was based on taste, appearance and creativity using the Don made BBQ Fried Chicken, Cheesy Grits with Salt & Vinegar Gravy. Patrick made Texas Style Fish & Chips using the BBQ chips for a dry rub, the Salt & Vinegar into the batter and the Cheddar & Sour Cream as a seasoning over fried beets. Jay made Vietnamese Pho Soup using each chip as part of the element of the dish. He used the BBQ in the broth, Cheddar Cheese & Sour Cream to make the noodles and Salt & Vinegar to use as a garnish.
The judges gave Jay a score of 29; Patrick received 25 and Don received 26 for a total of 48, a year's supply of Herr's Potato Chips and the title of Rewrapped Champion on this episode of "Rewrapped."
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Pamela Smith is a homeschooling mom living in Utah as well as a founder of Principles of Freedom Forum, She has recently produced a video detailing more information about the collection and sharing of students' private information that accompanies Common Core and the race for funding by the nations's schools. Like Colorado, which in February struck down a bill that would delay for a year the implementation of Common Core standards and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), Utah is also moving toward more federal control of education and more sharing of student information.
The fifteen-minute video begins with a clip of Education Secretary Arne Duncan stating in an interview that he feels that schools should be open more hours each day and more days of the week. He says that optimally children should be spending between 12 - 14 hours per day for 6 - 7 days each week in school, because when school becomes the center of the community, "great things happen", Mr. Duncan has two school-aged children. One cannot help but wonder whether or not he likes having them around, because if this schedule ever became implemented, he would hardly ever see them.
Another brief clip features Melissa Harris-Perry,a political commentator for MSNBC. She states that we have to get over the notion that children belong to their parents and family and are the parents' responsibility. Instead, she feels that children belong to the community and once we realize that, we "start making better investments".
The rest of the video covers the student data collection and sharing processes that are moving forward in Utah under new laws there and nationally .Since funding hinges on data, school feel compelled to participate. Ms. Smith details how the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) has been changed to allow for more and more student information to be shared without parental consent.
Ms. Smith asks two important questions. First of all, what kind of government wants to inventory its people? Secondly, why does all this data need to be collected and shared.? Mr. Duncan hopes for the day that a student can be tracked from preschool through school and on to career. Local control of education and student privacy are set to become things of the past, unless enough people resist.


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I do not think there is a more oft debated word in the sphere of human relationships than this, forgiveness. Depending on whom you ask, and from what frame of reference said whoms are coming from, you will get just as many different answers. No one has it down to an art nor a satisfactory definition for that matter, and each individual person must usually find their own way in dealing with the need to forgive as well as their need to be forgiven. There are unfathomable degrees to this topic that really do complicate the matter and make forgiveness an individual process, case by case, though there are some commonalities that do make it possible to write about in a semi-encompassing manner.
(Someone just put on the brakes)
Did he just say the need to forgive as well as the need to be forgiven?
Uh…oh. Yes that is an affirmative. The two it seems, are tied hand in hand and the answers of "how to" with regards to the first are linked squarely with our acceptance of the second and will eventually produce my favorite "E" word as the solution to the question of how to go about forgiveness?...Of that I have no doubt. More on the "E" word at the end of the essay. If you are an intuitive sort you will know exactly where this is heading, though the actual decision does in fact come down not to an intuitive or an emotional factor for me (and I am strong in both), but a rational one.
Every single human being on earth has faults and will have at some point hurt someone else in a catastrophic way that alters another persons' life.
(No, this not another one of my infamous diatribes on expectations chuckle, though it would fit in here quite nicely, no?)
Not a soul on earth, after having reached their moral age of accountability, maintains innocence. I have yet to meet a person who is not accountable in some way to someone else for a tragic hurt at some point in their lives….well maybe not my mom of course, she can't do any wrong in these eyes even after all these years…but then again, she is momma and is the one human soul still walkin' the earth who has taught me the most about forgiveness given the tragedy and subsequent redemption in my life and how far she has gone, sacrificing her own health and well-being to love me until I learned to love myself. But I digress. I can chatter on and on about my mom, bless her extraordinarily generous heart.
So…where was I...oh yes, leveling the playing field so to speak. Given that no one has it down (life) and we are all just a group of works in progress as it comes to so august a topic as forgiveness…meaning we have all been real jerks and jerkettes at some point in our history, I will offer up my take on the subject of forgiveness and how I deal with the philosophy of forgiveness as well as the practicality of it in the scope of human relationships. Remember, my number one rule in understanding human behavior is…Life is an Us…everything and everyone for that matter, is connected. There are consequences to every single thing we do. Some are big and some are small, but we have all suffered…and we have all caused suffering. How we address the first will determine how we ourselves are addressed when the second eventually happens or indeed, may have already happened.
As I am fond of saying, take what you will and leave what you do not will. If something resonates? Then it is yours to keep, free of charge. If it does not resonate, than it was never really meant for ya in the first place k? It will be more of an -agree to disagree- kind of a thing at that point.
And so…
First and foremost, for myself that is, the need to be forgiven is the secret to the process (yes it is a process) leading up to the choice (yes it is also a choice) to forgive and of course that is exactly why I led into this topic in the manner that I have.
Secondly, there is a huge asterisk to this subject. There are some acts such as rape, violence, murder, child abuse and the like, that are virtually impossible to handle without help...even then it can take years (up to a lifetime for some) of work to overcome. This essay, although it does concern those terrifying acts (though much more is needed in cases such as these) is meant for the ins and outs of human interactions on a day to day basis that lead up to resentment and fractured relationships that still do have the possibility to heal and reconnect.
A few definitions for my chosen words are at this point, beneficial.
Perceived Bad Behavior* – What we think someone has done to hurt us without understanding the entirety of the given situation. WE ourselves perceive being hurt; the other person in the scenario may not know or understand why something has been damaging nor, in this situation, is it entirely certain there has been a verifiable intent to hurt. It is only our perception that we are using to gather information.
Actual Bad Behavior* – Behavior that in all actuality was damaging in its action as well as its intent. The harm was purposeful and indeed meant to hurt, harm or devalue us in some way, shape or form. Furthermore everyone concerned agrees, or everyone who knows acknowledges the bad intentions involved and the subsequent harm accomplished. It is a given that the something in question was meant to be harmful and damaging.
(The asterisk…this thing --> (*) …means the words we speak, sometimes the most damaging behavior of all, are included in the word "behavior")
Forgiveness as a Philosophical Idea – An Accounting Direction
Let's get the easy one out of the way first, shall we?
Perceived Harmful Behavior
If someone didn't or doesn't actually have bad intentions to hurt another person (and yet they still do) then their crime if you will, is more one of ignorance…a lack of knowledge regarding the issue at hand, and is usually given more grace. This kind of stuff is easy to accept for most of us. We all do this kind of thing to others. This is the perceived bad behavior that for all intents and purposes, can only be judged as a learning experience for them and for us. It is much easier to forgive someone when they may in fact be lacking in understanding; maybe even thought they were doing something good for that matter or perhaps were simply acting in an absentminded fashion, not paying attention, to keep it simple. When any one particular situation is clarified there very well may not be a need for volitional acts of forgiveness and amends, only understanding and a decent apology. That truly, is the only rational way to handle this kind of situation.
Learn. Accept. Grow….Done.
Simple huh?
Yah. Simple is good.
Actual Bad Behavior and Hurt
Forgiveness, more often than not, is seen as an emotional idea. That is precisely why it is difficult to grasp. I am suggesting that the big picture of forgiveness is better suited (and easier to accomplish) when it is viewed as an accounting idea, a legal idea if you will; one that is sourced in the thought world and not the world of emotions where anger and resentment tend to hold sway and bias the way we view people and the various situations with which we are involved. Have ya ever heard of certain ideas that relationships must have equity? That there must be a give and take for relationships (family, friends and romantic) to be successful? These are accounting ideas and thus are the basis for my essay.
In our personal relationships forgiveness means letting go of the pain debt for lack of better words, we are accumulating due to others' hurtful behavior and will therefore no longer be holding them to account. We stop judging, essentially. When we are hurt by someone important to us (it is usually those closest to us that hurt us the most) it gives us a moral ability and right to act as both judge (determining guilt and sentence) as well as the proverbial executioner, essentially the one responsible for carrying out said sentence; the sentence we ourselves determined as judge, until the equilibrium of the relationship is reestablished and our pain debt is satisfied resulting in…a forgiveness of debt.
See why there might be a problem with this cycle? We are already hurtin'. There is absolutely no WAY we can be an objective judge. When both personal and emotional pain are involved, the kind that usually destroys relationships; ie. broken trust, infidelity, lying, various forms of theft, betrayal, gossip etc. you know, all the usual suspects?….when pain of this magnitude is involved, objectivity flies out the window right along with our ability to judge fairly, measure for measure. It can't be done. Not when anger and/or fear are involved.
Ever said "I have a right to feel the way I do. Look at what he or she has done?" This is an example of a moral right. However, we tend to avoid following this statement up with the sentencing details describing how long we shall punish the other person involved and to what degree, thereby giving clear goals and expectations for all involved. Forgiveness is an open ended idea to most of us. Most of us usually wait until we feel better, until the pain subsides. We hold on to the right even when we no longer have a right…to have the right…if ya ken? Letting emotions determine how long we hold others accountable without forgiveness can be as cruel (to ourselves and to others) as the original case of misconduct. Without forgiveness we run the risk of controlling as well as shame based retribution when we leave the end goal of forgiveness open to our own determining discretions.
Furthermore, we end up facing Karma herself as the double-edged sword she wields turns back in our direction because our judgments are imbalanced, biased in our favor, hurting others more than we ourselves were originally hurt.
It isn't productive to rely upon how we feel in order to make a decision to forgive. Exacting effective behavior change (That really is what human judging is supposed to be about is it not?) requires good and knowable measures; emotions, as fun and exciting as they are (I tend to thrive on my emotions) are not good and knowable measures. Emotions, if you haven't noticed, can line-dance all over the map when pain and anger are involved.
Now, in the case of actual purposeful acts of hurt and or abusiveness, it becomes increasingly harder to forgive. Forgiveness means…letting go of the moral ability and right to judge others as owing a debt to us, saying ya know? I am letting this pass. It takes a big heart and one full of maturity and love to do this for another. It means dealing with the possibility of being vulnerable again. It isn't easy especially because yes, there is emotional and physical pain involved, sometimes tremendous. The drive to get back at someone is powerful. Humans like to get even do we not? Can I get an amen? Chuckle. I have always wanted to say that. Sorry, momentary lapse of clarity there.
Do we have a right to get back at someone who has hurt us? Meaning actually and purposefully hurt us with bad intentions? Yes…and…ummm…no. Not much clarity there huh? Well, if you hadn't noticed human relationships are messy and complicated, even in the best of situations. Yes, we do have a right. It makes sense to defend ourselves if we are feeling threatened. Everybody does it, or has done it at some point. I would even suggest it is human nature. It is quite predictable, to be perfectly honest. All one has to do is watch a bunch of toddlers in preschool trying to play together for one to recognize how easily (and early) we resort to "biting back." Once we do this however, we open ourselves up to the same sort of retribution in a vicious back cycle of return if we do not judge the situation and our responses to it in an appropriate and just manner. Do you follow my meaning on that? The scale must be equalized, not tipped entirely in the other direction for judgment without forgiveness in a relationship to be productive.
It simply cannot be done.
Human beings are terrible judges. We overkill most things that harm us and are quick to give ourselves the proverbial free pass on anything that might implicate ourselves. That's called a Fundamental Attribution Error by the way. It is sooo prevalent it has its own psych definition. We don't know how to judge others properly as we are usually (heck who am I kidding)…we are absolutely certain at that point, to be thinking of ourselves more than the other person. It stands to reason. We are hurting and contemplating getting even and could really care less how the other person feels as long as it is bad…or guilty…or ashamed. We are hurt, and we seek to find the cause of said hurt and disarm it, at all costs…even to ourselves.
No single individual however, has any specific long term ability to judge others before it turns to resentment; that is just human nature and a guarantee. People who hold on to past hurts, myself included, will literally turn into hurtful people. It gets to us all. It may take longer for some than others, but emotional hurt almost exclusively ends up as resentment when unaddressed over time.
This is the number one fundamental reason, philosophically and practically, why forgiveness is a necessary component in any successful relationship. We can't handle the responsibility of being a judge for much longer than it takes to bite back.
Forgiveness is necessary to keep us from turning into that which has hurt us.
Forgiveness...is necessary for our own sanity.
Without forgiveness, relationships fester…withering on a vine.
Forgiveness is a requirement…because it is the only option we have in order to maintain our own equilibrium and identity.
Otherwise, we become someone else.
Sorry folks, some won't like the way that sounds. Hey, I myself have enjoyed hanging on to things, watching other people squirm under my scrutiny; making sure they are aware of my displeasure; causing them to be regretful in the face of my wrath...right up until I got lost in it and became that which I was defending myself against, essentially transforming into they that have harmed me. I have also felt the distinct sting of becoming the one scrutinized as an unjust scrutinizer, chuckle, which of course is called hypocrisy…and that leads us right into the practical details of forgiveness.
That is the big picture of forgiveness in my mind. It is a little heavy handed, but hey, I now have your attention.
Forgiveness as a Practical Matter
Forgiveness between individuals must be a Cognitive action; meaning…a decision or a choice, if it is to be productive. I would actually argue that if it isn't a cognitive action, it isn't forgiveness. Emotionally, the pain of things may subside over time (that is the process I referred to earlier) but the resentment will remain if the choice to let go of the debt (forgiveness) has not been made. This is precisely why certain people or situations we come across frighten us or simply just "piss us off" in a proverbial sense, even if we haven't a clue as to why. Something about the situation or person (even strangers) is triggering the emotional response that we ourselves, have never entirely let go of. The pain has turned into resentment and has largely speaking settled into our subconscious thought world for the long haul, coming out sideways in situations that may in fact have nothing to do with the people involved. It has everything to do with us, however. We just can't see it. We have chosen to hold on to the pain which has morphed into resentment so as to protect ourselves from ever being hurt again. Ever heard those words before? Ever SAID those words before? Most of us have.
Forgiveness, or the act of forgiveness itself, isn't an emotion; though emotion is largely speaking, the beginning of the process towards forgiveness. We get hurt. We feel vulnerable. We use anger and resentment (even fear) to buttress our self-defenses. We decide to hold the other person accountable for however long it takes in order to gain back ground on whatever vulnerability has been compromised, and we eventually decide to let go because we care about the individual (and the relationship with that individual) more than we do about the pain debt acquired (as well as the attachment our pride has to the pain debt ie. control) and hence, we prepare to let go. If the other person has made amends, or is willing to make amends, we can then follow through and express our desire to let go and subsequently WE (both parties involved) move on. That, basically, is the role emotion plays in a healthy forgiveness cycle…according to dear ol' Trav of course.
We care.
We care enough about the other person or people involved to let go of those things that may have hurt us.
Here is the trick however. See those two italicized decisions in the previous…ish paragraph? We can and do decide to hold the other people accountable (quite regularly in fact)…it is less common that we decide to let go once the debt is legitimately paid through various acts of contrition and change. People, generally speaking, don't like letting go of control and holding an emotional debt over someone has everything to do with control; shame, guilt and the like. That's not so easy huh?
Forgiveness is not an emotional decision. There is no way it can be. Have you noticed that emotions can and do change from one minute to the next, given the various situations we are in? Even the strongest of thinkers vary in moods and tempers given their assessments of the world on any given day. Without cognitive stimulation the strongest and least emotional among us become incredibly cranky I have noticed, when things aren't going well. chuckle. Some of my best friends are strong thinkers and can be prone to anger when given half a chance and the right (or wrong) situations. Everyone has varying emotions, though not everyone knows how to completely map them, including myself, and I have been doing just that for years. If forgiveness were an emotion, not a soul on earth would forgive and not be tempted to un-forgive when times get tough, as they always seem to do in relationships.
Nor is forgiveness something that just happens the way that emotions tend to appear within us. In fact, it is our emotions that tend to get us in trouble in the first place over the long haul. Pride plays a big role in this; though it isn't exactly pride that causes the anger or resentment. It is our emotional red flags that tell us we are hurt. Our emotions get involved because they tell us something is wrong, they tell us we are being threatened somehow. Our red flag emotions of pain tell us…
They tell us What exactly?
They tell us we are vulnerable.
We don't like being vulnerable and…
…and therefore, we do not follow through on the second italicized decision and let go of the pain debt when it is essentially, paid off. Generally speaking, we choose to hang on well beyond what is necessary to balance the scales so to speak, and morph on over into teaching people lessons…torturing them in many respects, into a kind of submission; making sure they never do the same thing to us again. We never actually give them a chance to succeed, which would mean becoming vulnerable; we just remind them of their failures repeatedly.
A little dramatic? I dunno. Look at your most significant hang ups with regards to forgiving someone else, an enemy perhaps or a lost friend, and you tell me? What is the nature of your thoughts concerning said individuals in question? Are you finding happy thoughts? Filled with peace and prosperity for the other? Or are you wishing and hoping Karma does its thing (according to what you need it to do) and does it in a way that you can see the other person suffer?
Karma is a cruel task master for those that deal in cruelty.
I am laying it out in one simple phrase…
Without forgiveness, we become that which hurt us.
Forgiveness is about maintaining our own sanity as much if not more than it concerns letting people off the hook for their bad behavior. There are a plethora of memes and phrases that tout this idea, and indeed they are correct. Forgiveness means caring enough about ourselves to not allow other people to change us. To choose to maintain our own balance in spite of what people do throughout the varying degrees of life and life's pain. Forgiveness is the process by which we maintain our own identities, growing closer to our own sense of morality and honor; of trust and commitment; strength and courage.
Forgiveness is as much a process of self-defense as the anger that keeps us from forgiving, more so even.
So how does one even begin to break through the walls of anger and hurt that divide us after something fractures the relationship? Well? That's easy…though it is easier said than done. Remember that strongly worded lecture at the beginning of this column where I essentially leveled the playing field?
Empathy can answer many of life's complex questions and forgiveness, or the how to of forgiveness, is one of them. It is the starting point, at least for me, down the process of gaining my own freedom back from those who have done their worst. We have all been on the wrong side of someone's heart. Every single person on earth has had a need to be forgiven at some point, desperately even. All it takes is a walk down our own memory lane to see what it might be like for the other person involved. It doesn't take much to see our own missteps in order to understand the missteps of others. For the most part, they are the same. For the most part, people are who they are because of where they have been. It matters to walk the walk in someone elses' shoes, why?
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When we read this, many think about marriage and the Mindset of Our Heavenly Father when He made Eve for Adam... Today we will learn that it went much farther than that. Loneliness is a condition that we are to avoid. It will cause a person to grieve and consume us both in a physical and a spiritual form.
Both our Spiritual Body and our Physical body are independent and interdependent. They both need others in order to function as intended. The importance of fellowship are explained by Jesus, when He went to visit Martha and Mary. As Martha complained about all she was doing (without Mary's help), Jesus told her that it was Mary that was doing what was needed.
38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" 41"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
A true fellowship takes TRUST, a way of acknowledging a bond between people. Our Heavenly Father uses FREEWILL as a means to show His trust in His Children. I am sure we have all heard the expression "If you love someone, set them free, if they return, they are yours. If they do NOT return, then they never were yours." This expression makes so much sense, because it is BASED on Scripture in Our Bible.
1John 2:19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.
Many of the members of SalvationFirst Ministry, are alone... But are not lonely! As long as we have "family" that cares about us, then we are never really "ALONE" (Where two or more are gathered in My name) You should know that SalvationFirst currently has over 1,000 members. With that many brothers and sisters praying for your problems, we have POWER to get our prayers from our hearts and lips, all the way to the ears of Our Heavenly Father! We NEVER are, and never will be alone!
When a spouse left you, you were not alone!
When a son or daughter went to Middle East, They (and you) were not alone!
When you could not get out of bed to attend church, you were not alone!
When The Adversary attacked your finances, you were not alone!
When you are driving down Interstate 75, miles from your family, you are not alone!
When your children are away in college, you are not alone!
As long as you have Jesus Christ, Our Heavenly Father, and The Holy Spirit... YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
We should always remember, "The Family we are a part of, we are NEVER apart from!" When we pray for each other, we show Our Heavenly Father we are HIS FAMILY. We share His LOVE for us, when we pray for each other... When our children share tender moments with each other, it warms OUR HEARTS. It is in this same manner we show Our LOVE for Abba Father... Pray for me, and YOU will not be alone!
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Gordon recently approved a new minor in Speech Pathology, based on several factors, including the increasing demand in society for speech pathologists, and the desire of several Gordon students to gain experience in this area.
Our minor program is based in part on the prerequisites for entrance into the MS graduate program in speech-language pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Completion of Gordon's Speech Pathology minor would allow a student to become a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA), immediately upon graduation. Upon completion of the Masters degree, a student would be qualified to become a full-fledged certified speech-language pathologist.
There are six courses, plus a practicum, required to complete the Minor in Speech Pathology, the first three of which are already offered at Gordon College:
Current courses:
LIN 200 Introduction to Linguistics (4 cr.), offered in the fall
LIN 303 Phonetics & Phonology (4cr), offered in the spring
EDU 300 Language Acquisition (2 cr.), offered in the fall
New courses:
LIN 371A Introduction to Communication Disorders (3 cr.), offered in the fall
BIO___ Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing Mechanisms (2 cr.)
CDS ___Audiology (2cr.)
CDS ___ Practicum for Speech Language Pathology Assistants (3cr.)
Total 20 credits.
For further information, please contact Graeme Bird at firstname.lastname@example.com