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How did the end of the Vietnam War affect the California's Asian American population?
How do some Asian Americans keep their traditions alive?
The 1965 Immigration Act ended various exclusionary immigration policies. It also set up a system of preference that favored skilled workers and the families of American citizens. This landmark piece of legislation facilitated massive new waves of Asian migration. New communities arose, such as Los Angeles' Koreatown, and the Sikh community in Yuba City, whose temple is pictured here. As Asian migrants with more capital arrived, "suburban Chinatowns" such as Monterey Park grew.
The end of the Vietnam War in 1973 brought waves of refugees from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Over 1.2 million people from Southeast Asia migrated to the United States, most arriving between 1975 and the late 1990s.
At first, most newcomers were those on the losing side, fleeing from the Communist regime; later refugees fled continuing political, religious, ethnic persecution. In the late 1970s, the United States accepted refugees known as "boat people," mostly ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese desperately trying to flee Vietnam on the South China Sea.
An SOS collage speaks to the harsh conditions in Vietnamese refugee camps, as do the paintings The Strength of Youth and Dai Giang Nguyen's Life in the Camps. The rights of the boat people were still an issue in the 1990s, as demonstrated by the 1992 Walk for Boat Peoples' Rights.
The US government dispersed the refugees throughout the United States in small groups, hoping to mediate any hostility toward them from Americans who were worried about losing jobs to the newcomers, who were also a reminder of the contentious war years. The first major settlement was in Orange County, just north of Camp Pendleton, the port of entry for many refugees. Southeast Asians from around the country slowly migrated to Westminster and surrounding areas, which soon became known as Little Saigon.
Over the ensuing decades, people from many cultures of Southeast Asia came to live in California, and began to assimilate into American culture. A Cambodian family posed for an anti-smoking poster; and a Lao farmer holds tomatoes in a field in Livermore.
They also kept their traditions alive. Many Southeast Asian groups are represented in these photographs: A casual Hmong family party is held in a living room; and a more traditional Hmong new year's celebration is held elsewhere. Photographs also picture Liu Mien Yao people in traditional dress, including a baby wearing a Yao cap; three Lao girls in Lao dresses; and a family at Baci ceremony, a Lao tradition held to honor a variety of life events. Two young men participate in a Mien ceremony in Richmond, on the anniversary of a death; and Cambodian girls dance at a new year's festival in San Francisco. A monk is pictured in a Lao Buddhist temple in Oakland; and a Mien altar hangs on a wall in Sacramento; and picketers protest political unrest in Laos.
The Korean American community was also struggling with issues of assimilation and ethnic identity in the 1970s. In 1977, investigative reporter K. W. Lee wrote a series of articles about the wrongful conviction of Chol Soo Lee, a young Korean immigrant, for murder. These articles sparked the first successful pan-Asian political movement in the United States and ultimately led to Chol Soo Lee's release and full acquittal. In 1979, K. W. Lee founded the first English-language Korean American newspaper, Koreatown, which lasted until 1982.
In 1992, Asian Americans — Korean Americans in particular — came into the national spotlight during the Los Angeles uprisings. Following the acquittal of four officers who savagely beat black motorist Rodney King, Los Angeles' Koreatown, Pico Union, and South Central went up in flames as rioters looted stores. The news media tended to focus on the conflict between Korean shopkeepers and their black patrons, neglecting to highlight the legacies of economic deprivation and police brutality against blacks in the inner city.
Today, California is home to 40 percent of all Asian Americans. The 2000 census showed that the majority of Cambodian (84, 559), Laotian (65,058), Hmong (71,741), and Vietnamese (484,023) refugees to the United States settled in California. Politicians such as Tony Lam and Tan Nguyen make sure Southeast Asian American voices are being heard. Quietly Torn, a literary journal by young Lu Mien women living in Richmond California in 1999, demonstrates that these recent refugees are engaged with American culture.
Although Southeast Asians have been in California for a relatively short time, they have become well established. Entrepreneurs own businesses, such as the market and bakery pictured here, and many have entered the middle class.
Asian American groups whose history in the United States goes back many more years are also thriving. Currently, there are 980,642 Chinese Americans, 918,678 Filipino Americans, 345,881 Korean Americans, 314,819 Asian Indian Americans, and 288,854 Japanese Americans living in California.
Indeed Asian Americans are one of the fastest growing minority groups in California. Asian Americans are also one of the most diverse racial groups, comprising many different ethnicities, varying income and educational rates, and political ideologies. In recent years, Asian Americans have been a part of debates on bilingual education, affirmative action, gaining rights for Filipino American WWII veterans (who were denied various benefits after the war), and labor and immigrant rights.California Content Standards
1.0 Writing Strategies: Research and Technology
2.0 Writing Applications
2.4 Write historical investigation reports.
2.0 Speaking Applications
2.2 Deliver oral reports on historical investigations.
2.4 Delivery multimedia presentations.
11.9 Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. (11.9.3)
11.11 Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. (11.11.1)
3.0 Historical and Cultural Context Understanding the Historical Contributions and Cultural Dimensions of the Visual Arts. Students analyze the role and development of the visual arts in past and present cultures throughout the world, noting human diversity as it relates to the visual arts and artists.
The original captions on some of the historical photographs may include racial terms that were commonplace at the time, but considered to be derogatory today.
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I don't know if this has been done before... but as there is an ongoing 1 actor, 1 film (strange that no one has mentioned an actress...) thread, I'l start this.
Akira Kurosawa - Ran
I could have said Ikiru but... I just love the whole pessimistic tone of the movie, and it has probably the greatest action sequence in film history (ok, that I've seen!) that p####s on all the Terminators and Die Hards of the world. Well, he DID do that 30 years earlier with Seven Samurai, didn't he? Besides, I am also intrigued with the whole sexual subtext of the movie. There is one moment in the film when Lady Kaede "seduces/overpowers" Jiro which cuts to a scene with Hidetora and the Fool (Kyoami), who is conspicuosly androgenous, inside the ruins of a castle and the framing puts the Fool behind a fallen beam that looks as if it were his erect penis! If that doesn't suggest a director with very strong fears about women sexuality, then I don't know what could... Anyway, see the movie and think of what I mentioned.


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Do you believe this one? A French design company, Quarks Design, has apparently created a special paint that can be used to control appliances.
Coolest Gadgets reports the "Quarks has created a tactile 'switch', a fusion of paint and embedded electronic mechanisms that enable a wall to act as an electronic switch".
It quotes the APCI (Agency for the Promotion of Industrial Creation) as follows:
The principle here is composed of paint and an electronic mechanism. Once the ON/OFF paint has been applied to the wall, a simple touch detects the contact desired by the user to control an electrical appliance. This "switch" is no longer positioned at an exact location only a few square centimetres in size but on the entire surface of the wall. The paint can be applied with a roller or a brush, on any background (plaster, wood, concrete, plastic, etc.). It may be covered in a coat of paint the colour you want, or wallpaper, without losing effectiveness. ON/OFF may be combined with a lamp, an alarm, roller blinds or any electrically-controlled appliances. You can add another function to the unit such as a dimmer, timer or plug.
What this means is that a switch can cover a large surface, and the traditional 'mechanism' disappears because "the contact area location and dimension can be chosen easily, whether a strip, a whole wall or an isolated area".


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The Town Council of Cheraw voted unanimously on Monday night to sell a maximum of 30,000 gallons of water a day to A&S Construction for the repaving of Highway 96 between Arlington and Haswell in July and August. Doug Snyder, who is in charge of the water, assured the council that 30,000 gallons a day would not interfere with the city's water supply.
The contract calls for $2.50 a gallon, more than the previous contract, which was for $2 a gallon and a donation to the fire department. Mayor Steve Lange said he would rather have the higher rate than the donation. Herb Pearson, representing A&S Construction, said the company would probably throw in the donation anyhow. Councilman Cecil Anderson moved the action be taken, Councilman Gary Frick seconded; the vote was unanimous. The council will ask their attorney to look over the contract.
Potholes in the streets of Cheraw are a problem. Possible remedies were discussed, all being in favor of finding better methods of pothole filling be used. Several alternatives were discussed. Pearson offered his expertise on the subject.
A discussion followed regarding the leasing of a lot on the property once occupied by the turkey factory.
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obert Edward Smith composes music that is "enthusiastically tonal and melodic" (Boston Music Intelligencer). His "tuneful and well made" (Boston Globe) music is designed to appeal to the average concertgoer, while being sophisticated enough to bear repeated hearings. Mr. Smith also has made arrangements of music such as Bach Trio Sonatas for viola and harpsichord, and has composed cadenzas for baroque works, such as the cadenza for harpsichord for Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto.
The Composer in Residence at Trinity College Chapel in Hartford, Connecticut, since 1979, Mr. Smith also taught harpsichord and continuo realization at the Hartt School, University of Hartford from 1991 to 2011.
Mr. Smith welcomes commissions from individuals celebrating a personal milestone, as well as from opera, orchestral or chamber music groups seeking to expand their repertoire.
Mr. Smith's music which was published by Tetra/Continuo is now available on this site. Please go to the Compositions Page to view available works.
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BRUNSWICK — A village meeting that lasted into the wee hours 50 years ago delayed the formation of the city.
According to an Oct. 3, 1960, Gazette story, the leaders of the village of Brunswick Hills chose Oct. 1 as the official day to become a city. But a town meeting the night of Sept. 30 ran past midnight, so the changeover couldn't happen because a village meeting was still in session.
The city's first official day thus became Oct. 2, 1960.
In the ensuing 50 years, Brunswick Area Historical Society Vice President Amber Dalakas said the city has changed plenty.
"We were a farming community 50 years ago," Dalakas said. "We've turned into a suburb of Cleveland. I think we only have a few farms left here in Brunswick."
Dalakas said she grew up primarily in Cleveland, and she and her friends used to go camping in Brunswick before she moved to the city in 1973.
"We used to drive out to the country to camp at Brunswick Lake and Sleepy Hollow Lake," Dalakas said. "I miss all the open space."
While there's more concrete in Brunswick since she moved here, Dalakas said the school system has kept families in the area.
"A lot of people who have grown up here have raised their kids here," she said. "We have a lot of three- or four-generation Brunswick families here."
As for the next 50 years, Dalakas said she hopes to see the economic growth of the city continue with the ultimate goal being a stable, family- friendly community.
To celebrate its birthday, Mayor Gary Werner said the city will celebrate in style.
Werner and Parks and Recreation Director John Piepsny announced Thursday at a press conference a variety of activities planned for the celebration, which will overlap with Brunswick's Heritage Days.
"As you would expect from a city as vibrant as ours, we have lots of activities planned," Werner said.
Heritage Days runs from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 2 and 3 at Heritage Farm, a 32-acre historical farm located on Laurel Road and home to the Brunswick Area Historical Society.
The event will include pioneer music and games, photographs of Brunswick's past and activities for all ages.
The city's Commemorative Affairs Board is working to bring together former City Council members and mayors for a group photograph during Heritage Days. The photo will go with other items into a time capsule that will be opened at the city's centennial celebration in 2060.
The celebration continues the following weekend, beginning with a Dream, Design, Donate Gala Oct. 8 hosted by Justice & Co., a full-service design center located at 2462 Pearl Road in Brunswick Hills Township.
The gala will be from 6 to 9 p.m. in the design showroom and will showcase architecturally inspired fashion pieces by Virginia Marti College interior and fashion design students.
The night's festivities include a runway fashion show along with culinary creations by Brunswick resident Richard Cicic of the Madd Chef.
"I think it's going to be some of the best hors d'oeuvres I've ever created," Cicic said at the press conference.
Limited tickets for the event are $85 and can be purchased at the Brunswick Recreation and Fitness Center, 3637 Center Road.
On Oct. 9, the recreation center is hosting a Health and Wellness Expo from 9 a.m. to noon.
On Oct. 10, Justice & Co. takes center stage again as it presents its contribution to the newly named Brunswick Lake Park. The company is designing and building a 12foot-high, cedar and cast iron archway for the entrance to the park.
Company owner James Justice said Piepsny approached him about creating the arch.
"We are honored to be a part of this project," Justice said.
He said the arch will be an "impressive focal point" for the park and could even be a site for wedding ceremonies.
A granite medallion featuring an image of Brunswick will be surrounded by commemorative bricks that can be purchased by members of the community.
Sixty bricks are available for purchase for $150 until Sept. 24 through the Brunswick Area Chamber of Commerce with funds going back to Justice & Co. to pay for the materials. Each brick will be sandblasted with the donating company's or individual's name.
Kicking off at 11 a.m. Oct. 10 at the Winking Lizard is the "Hearts for the Arts" 5k race, which will pass through Towne Center and Brunswick Lake Park. The cost to participate is $20 for walkers or runners. Pets are welcome at the back of the race.
The race ends back at the Winking Lizard, where an after-race party will be held. All racers will receive a complimentary sandwich and fries, sponsored by the restaurant, as well as a T-shirt. An outdoor patio concert also is planned.
The celebratory weekend ends Oct. 10 with a Green Expo by the Brunswick Green Advisory Group at the recreation center from noon to 3 p.m. It will feature displays, demonstrations and talks related to the latest information on renewable resources throughout the world.
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Sparkly Silver & Red Glitter Wedding Inspiration
Just an extra little bit of visual loveliness for you…
In the spirit of Christmas.
And glitter!
All the ingredients you need for a festive sprinkling of glitter:
Beautiful red haired Amy Adams in a white and red trimmed convertible…in the snow!
Red glittery lips + candy cane for the win.
Ruby red shoes to rival Dorothy's. (See this DIY tutorial to make your own)
Sparkly silver peep toes with reddy pink polish, a mini Eiffel Tower and a blinging bag.
Red. Velvet. Cake
Ban.do shoe / hair clips ~ I need these in my life. Stat.
And a little more red velvet cake/glitter heaven from the stylish Miss Kate Spade:
Have a lovely evening…only 4 more sleeps to go!
Elizabeth xx
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Hello cosplay community and friends! I sincerely want to thank everyone who has supported this little business venture since April. A special thanks goes out to Nick, Adam, Steph, Madi, and Rob for being my first customers. It's been a wild ride, but your support has helped tackle some -quite monstrous- student loans and I truly appreciate it.
With that said, I will be closing commissions until after Christmas. Maybe even January. I picked up 2 new jobs recently, so I feel that my free time should to be spent on learning new patterning techniques and working on personal projects. However, I won't be going off the radar completely. I will be staffing Kollision Con this year and drafting a Kyouko Sakura cosplay for the Puella Magi: Madoka Magica Rebellion movie premiere at Chicago's Music Box. If you plan on attending either event, please stop by and say hello!
Finally, Arcanine plush toys will be available for $50.00 (shipping included) on my new Etsy shop and Storenvy shop. They're part of an ongoing experiment and I hope to offer new plushies soon. Stay tuned for some Fairy Tail and Madoka Magica additions!
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Joanna Krupa is reportedly done with Bravo.
During an interview earlier this week, Krupa revealed she was happily moving on from "The Real Housewives of Miami" as the show's fate remained unconfirmed.
"Ever since Miami finished I've been focusing on so many more things in my life," Krupa revealed to Access Hollywood on June 11. "I think it's much more healthy to discontinue that run."
Krupa was brought aboard "The Real Housewives of Miami" ahead of the show's second season, and remained on the show through season three. Following the third season, Bravo stayed mum on a possible return. During its April 2014 announcement of the year's shows, the network failed to address the show, whether by announcing it was canceled or announcing its renewal.
"'Housewives' was an amazing chapter of my life," she said. "It was great because it saved my relationship with my husband [and] we had an amazing fairytale wedding, but I think it's time to move on."
Earlier this year, Lea Black addressed a possible fourth season in an interview with Wetpaint Entertainment.
"Anybody that tells you they know for sure is sort of rumor mongering," Black said at the time. "Bravo hasn't made any official announcements, so I'll leave that to them. But Miami would only be so proud to showcase the city again."


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We are passionate about clear, expresssive, speech & encourage students to speak well on all occasions.Work covers speaking in public, storytelling, poetry, reading Play texts, and grade examination for Trinity Guildhall & Feis.
We introduce students to the great poets and dramatists, encouraging them to read their works. This insures that when students are obliged to study these writers for their state exams they will already be familar with these works.
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Most likely you have heard, read or seen on television the dilemma that many American veterans are facing and have been facing for quite some time now; awaiting weeks, even months, for access to health care. For the veterans that require urgent medical treatment, consequences may be devastating!
There is absolutely no time to sit back and ask the questions leading up to the answer of greed. What has to happen now is that this horrific situation must be fixed now and not sometime down the road!
The biggest issue for Chicagoans is that in May the announcement was broadcast that the greed has even infected Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital in Chicago (Maywood). Federal investigators scrutinized them over their alleged secret waitlist. They needed to evaluate the circumstances surrounding how many veterans had to wait and how dire the circumstances over that wait. In Phoenix at their VA Hospital, the claim made was that up to 40 veterans may have died while awaiting treatment.
The Disabled Veterans of America (DAV) are attempting to fill in the gaps, but they need public support in order to help honor, serve and protect the courageous men and women who have put their lives on the line for our freedom. When they receive funding, DAV works to help the veterans in need to get the care that they deserve. They provide experts to help veterans navigate the complicated claims process and they provide vital transportation to get veterans the medical attention they need. Perhaps the best thing is that DAV works to ensure the government provides our nation's veterans with timely access to the healthcare they not only need but deserve.
As a sideline, the Disabled American Veterans association has intervened with the President of the United States, with Congress and with the Veterans Administration in order to take action to ensure adequate funding is in place so that the veterans in need have access to timely care and so that the problems being reported are fixed in short order. It not only takes a village to raise a child, but a village to make certain that those that sacrifice their families, homes and lives for us on a constant basis have at least the healthcare that they need and deserve.
Besides donating to worthwhile causes, like the DAV, the public can also intervene by writing to the government and demanding that our veterans be taken care of. It is only right that this nation supports those that support it!


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Galeries D'Anjou
7999, boulevard Les Galeries-d'Anjou, Anjou, QC, H1M 1W6
Galeries D'Anjou offers more than 150 stores, services, boutiques, and restaurants, fulfilling every need a shopper could have.
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Profil Dernière mise-à-jour: 18 décembre 2008
This fashion centre houses major department stores such as the Bay, Sears and Zellers. The Galeries D'Anjou has everything from accessories, books, cosmetics, and jewellery, to home décor and gifts, greeting cards, sporting goods, women and men's lingerie, music, perfume shops, electronics, and the latest fashions.
Big Names
American Eagle, Buffalo David Bitton, Gap, Le Chateau, Old Navy, Terra Nostra have clothing for both genders, while Claire France, Jacob, Laura, and Smart Set are specifically for women. There's Ernest and West Coast for men's wear, along with Caleçons Vos Goût for men's underwear. Spoil your face and body at the Faces, or Yves Rocher. Pick up a pair of shoes at Aldo, Browns, Feet First, and Payless. Stop by Renaud-Bray for books and Tour de Jeux for games and toys. There's an HMV for music and there are Maison Sony, Fido, Rogers, and Telus stores, too.
Sit Down and Enjoy
Restaurants at Galeries D'Anjou include Bâton Rouge, among others. There are over 10 fast food and coffee shops at Galeries D'Anjou, including A&W, Kojax, MMMuffins, Second Cup, and Subway. Galeries D'Anjou provides services ranging from financial (The Bank of Montreal) to travel agencies (perfect for booking your next vacation) to medical (a Jean Coutu pharmacy and eyewear specialists – Greiche & Scaff and Lenscrafters). There are also alteration and tailoring services.
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To enter to win a $15,000 Room Makeover From Robert and Cortney Novogratz, please visit cb2.com/novo. The contest begins Sunday, May 6, 2012 and ends Friday, June 15, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST. CB2 will choose one grand prize winner and 20 runners-up, each of whom will receive a $100 CB2 gift card.
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The End of the Line premiered at Sundance Film Festival, and is the first feature documentary to focus on the impacts of overfishing on oceans.
Filmed over two years, it follows author and reporter Charles Clover as he explores the extinction of various marine species, and confronts politicians and restaurateurs about their disregard for the state of the world's oceans.
Clover believes we must stop thinking of oceans as a food factory and acknowledge the importance and complexity of the marine environment, if marine life is to survive."We must act now to protect the sea from rampant overfishing so that there will be fish in the sea for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren." he says.
Scientists predict that most seafood species will be extinct by the year 2048 if we continue to fish the waters as we are doing now. The film suggests that all sectors of the community are responsible including; uninformed consumers, politicians ignoring scientific findings, fishermen engaging in illegal practices and unresponsive fishery industries world wide.
The film travels the globe to investigate the dire situation, exploring a Tokyo fish market, the straits of Gibraltar, Alaskan oceans and the Senegalese coast. Clover has an ally in Robert Mielgo, a former tuna farmer turned whistle blower. Mielgo is an advocate for the Blue fin tuna species, who face extinction because of overfishing.
The End of the Line also highlights some solutions to the massive problems the oceans face, including: reducing the number of fishing boats across the world, creating a network of marine reserves off-limit to fishing, and educating consumers about the choices they have when purchasing seafood.
The premiere at Sundance is fitting as the festival has a history of featuring topical and contentious issue-based films. The premiere coincided with a global campaign encouraging people to demand better marine policy.
The state of our oceans is an environmental disaster few people are aware of. This documentary aims to increase knowledge about the devastating effects of commercial fishing and will be making its way around the world throughout 2009.
Check out the website for information on screening dates.
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On January 8th the Christian group Open Doors, which monitors the persecution of Christians around the world, released its 2014 World Watch List of the 50 countries where the persecution of Christians for religious reasons is most severe. This list can be viewed by visiting the website: www.worldwatchlist.usa.
For the12th consecutive year North Korea leads that list because of the enormous persecution of Christians and their families. As described on the above website: "The God-like worship of the rulers leaves no room for any other religion. Any reverence not concentrated on the Kim dynasty will be seen as dangerous and state-threatening." Consequently, when Christians are discovered, both they and their families are sent to re-education and political labor camps where there is no chance of release.
Open Doors estimates that between 50,000 and 70,000 Christians suffer daily in North Korea's prison camps.
The country of Somalia is on the second spot of that list because Christians face extreme persecution from the Islamic majority. When Christians or Christian converts from a Muslim background are discovered, they are faced with immediate execution.
The country of Syria has been put on the number 3 spot of the list because of the enormous amount of the persecutions and murders of Christians during the Syrian civil war.
There are 47 more countries on the list with many more stories of the atrocities being committed on Christians, mostly by fanatical members of other religions.
There is another website that has very informative articles on the persecution of Christians around the world. This website is: www.frontpagemag.com. They have many writers that bring different perspectives on how Christians are being persecuted in many different countries.
As I read the articles about the persecution of Christians I am reminded of the warning of Jesus in Matthew 24:9 (NASB) that ungodly men "will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name."
As Christians bring the spiritual light of God's messages about spiritual salvation through the atoning work of Jesus on the cross into some areas that are full of spiritual, intellectual; and moral darkness; sometimes the Devil and his spiritual forces of darkness use wicked men to persecute or kill God's messengers in an attempt to destroy the light of God's messages.
When I read about the many ways that Christians are murdered for maintaining their testimony of having Jesus as their personal Savior, it makes my heart and mind sad in one way; yet in another way I become reminded of the great reward they will receive when they are taken to Heaven.
The first Scriptural promise of this reward is found in Revelation 2:10, where Jesus promises: "Be faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life."
The second Scriptural promise is found in Revelation 7:13-17, which describes how the Christians that were killed for their faith during the great tribulation were given white robes and placed before God's throne where they will have Jesus as their shepherd.
When those promises of Christians receiving such a great reward for being faithful in maintaining their Christian testimony, (even while they are being murdered) are considered; then it makes what initially seems to be a great loss into a great victory as those faithful Christians are taken to Heaven and given a place around God's throne to live with Jesus forever!
Suggested Links
- Christians rewarded for being faithful in spiritual warfare
- Analyzing and fighting the coming spiritual storms
- Christians are God's morning star in the midst of spiritual darkness
- Becoming ready to face God's judgment after you physically die
- Six comparisons between the Olympic races and the Christian's race of life


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Artificial protein chemistry may be licensed to industry
08 October 2008
UK researchers are licensing to industry their method of making artificial proteins by chemically modifying individual amino acid structures.
Ben Davis and his group at the University of Oxford say their method will help to 'unleash a new era of unnatural proteins', as the chemistry they have developed bypasses some of the limitations of genetic engineering techniques.
The team are licensing the patented technique to industrial users through the university's technology company, Isis Innovations.
Ben Davis, of the University of Oxford, UK
Researchers have been modifying or redesigning proteins to create artificial variants for decades, in order to make synthetic probes for biological systems, or to improve the efficacy of drugs. But doing this via chemical reactions doesn't usually give precise, selective modifications. 'Almost all the methods that people use for precise, site-selective alteration of proteins are genetic, but this can be very limiting in terms of the changes you can make to the protein,' Davis explains. 'If you can do it with chemistry then, in theory, you could put anything you like into the protein.'
- Ben Davis, University of Oxford
The ultimate aim, says Davis, is a system where people who aren't skilled protein chemists can take reagents off the shelf to modify proteins at specific sites. 'We are determined to find reactions that go to completion and are selective, not giving a mixture of products or working at one site and not another,' he says.
Cysteine key
The key to the new technique is the amino acid cysteine, which the Oxford researchers convert to form reactive groups that don't interfere with the rest of the protein. 'Cysteine has been used for alkylation for decades, but its differential reactivity allows us to change it into some other group that allows more selective chemistry,' Davis says. 'A lot of traditional organic chemistry uses protecting groups to solve chemoselectivity problems. In a protein, you don't have that luxury. Most of the other functional groups in proteins are nucleophiles, so if you can develop chemistry that allows you to introduce electrophiles or perform other reactions such as cycloaddition or free radical chemistry, then there should be a lot of selectivity.'
Upon reacting cysteine with O-mesitylenesulfonylhydroxylamine (MSH), the thiol group is eliminated, leaving dehydroalanine. MSH only reacts with cysteine and not other amino acids. It also leaves the dithiol bond of dimerised cysteine untouched, so the internal disulfide bonds that contribute to the tertiary structure of a folded protein remain intact.1 When more than one cysteine is available on the protein surface, MSH converts them all.
The protein subtilisin is glycosylated via conversion of its cysteine group to dehydroalanaine, and subsequent chemical attack
Selective chemistry can then be carried out on dehydroalanine's double bond to create new, unnatural amino acids within the protein chain. Nucleophiles such as thiols and amines can be added, and if an allyl sulfide is introduced, then a cross metathesis reaction can create new carbon-carbon bonds. 2
Initial results with the protein subtilisin were promising, and Davis says that they are working on a number of other protein systems. 'It seems to be a versatile method,' he says. With easy access to protein analogues, Davis thinks, 'you could give people a variant of a protein that is highly selective, or has better efficacy, or has a longer half-life in the circulation.' He cites the example of PEGylation where rather imprecise chemistry is used to add polyethylene glycol to drugs such as interferons to make them last longer in the body. 'It's an enormous market, but it's random chemistry applied to proteins - it gives different oligomer lengths, and different selective modifications. We need to be able to make unnatural variants in a much more precise way and, broadly, this is where we see our chemistry going.'
An Oxford spin-off company, InhibOx, has teamed up with the National Federation for Cancer Research (NFCR) to create DrugFinder, a web-based portal that offers free virtual screening of nearly a million commercially available small molecule compounds. Scientists in academia and biotechs can submit the crystal structure of a target protein with a bound inhibitor, and InhibOx will screen its database to find different molecular structures that might be better inhibitors.
The service is free for a virtual screen of nearly a million compounds that yields up to 100 suggestions. For a fee of $10,000, up to 1,000 hits will be returned from a larger database of 4.6 million compounds. It will also be possible to use the company's entire screening expertise.
Paul Finn
InhibOx chief executive Paul Finn says DrugFinder offers a new service to academics and small biotech companies who might not have the database resources or expertise to make the most of their biological findings. He hopes the paid-for option will eventually help the service self-sustaining.
A fifth of the proceeds will go to support NFCR's research, and all intellectual property will belong to the company submitting the target structure for searching.
Sarah Houlton
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1 G J L Bernardes et al, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 5052 (DOI: 10.1021/ja800800p)
2 Y A Lin et al, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 9642 (DOI: 10.1021/ja8026168)
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Long Beach State Falls at UC Santa Barbara, 59-50
Sophomore Devin Hudson tallies seventh double-double of the season
49ers picked to finish fifth in 2012-13 Big West Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
Long Beach State earns one first-place vote and 116 total points
49ers hold first official practice of 2012-13 season
LBSU opens season against Sacramento State on Nov. 9
LBSU vs. Cal State Fullerton (Photos by John Fajardo)
49ers complete the comeback to beat CSF 45-39 Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Walter Pyramid.
High School: Four-year letterwinner and three-time team captain at Mission Viejo High School ... Earned first-team All-South Coast League honors in 2012 ... Averaged 18.4 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game, while shooting 43.6 percent from the field ... Reached double figures in scoring 22 times with 11 20-plus point games ... Scored a season-high 33 points vs. Dana Hills ... Led the Diablos to the first round of the 2012 CIF-SS Division IA playoffs ... Had two games with more than 40 points in 2011 ... Netted a career-high 43 against La Serna and 42 vs. Trabuco Hills ... Named to the 2010-11 Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association All-Southern Section Second Team ... Also garnered honorable mention all-league recognition as a sophomore.
Personal: Plans on majoring in business marketing.
Career Highs
Points: 5, at UC Riverside (2/16/13)
FG Made: 2, vs. Columbia (12/29/12)
FG Att: 3, vs. Columbia (12/29/12)
3-pt. FGM: n/a
3-pt. FGA: n/a
FT Made: 3, at UC Riverside (2/16/13)
FT Att.: 4, at UC Riverside (2/16/13)
Rebounds: 4, vs. Columbia (12/29/12)
Assists: 1, 3x, last vs. Cal State Northridge (2/9/13)
Blocks: 1, 3x, last vs. Hawai'i (2/7/13)
Steals: 1, 3x, last vs. UC Irvine (1/26/13)
Minutes: 14, vs. Cal State Fullerton (1/19/13)
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- noun - a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
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- noun - a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces
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- verb - proceed in line
- verb - file a formal charge against
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This 2001 book was and remains one of the emerging 'insider' accounts of various celebrated kitchens, culinary icons, and the internal society of cooks and foodservice workers. This particular volume deals with three completely different mindsets, yet very similar outlooks on the world, and how, in the end, it really is all about the food, giving a double handful of phenomenal recipes and preparations.
The first third of the book deals with something most people, even most culinary enthusiasts know much at all about: the exam to become a CMC, a Certified Master Chef. Proctored at the Culinary Institute of America in New York, this is a test that distills centuries of preparation techniques to their fundamental essence. For a modern chef in an age of improvisation, of jazz-like innovation, this return to ruthlessly enforced basic principles is both enormously taxing and immensely humbling. There's a very good reason this test has only a handful of candidates every year, and very few success stories, even from those.
However, the downside to this component is that it's rather choppily written. The candidates are rather flat, and while their trials illuminate them, it's often not enough. Most of them aren't detailed with enough personality or history, so it's hard to cheer them on except in a somewhat abstract manner. Imagine, if you will, the difficulty of transposing a television program like Iron Chef into a short story- if you don't grasp the concept intuitively, the presence, the impact just isn't there unless you spend untold amounts of time on descriptive, dramatic language.
The second part of the book dives headlong into a renowned restaurant, Michael Symon's Lola, in Cleveland. It goes into detail about the modestly laissez-faire kitchen, its loyal staff, brilliant menu, and the restaurant's enormous success, serving beautiful food with their own unique style. This section is much more smoothly written, and serving in seeming counterpoint to, the beginning's rigid focus; underneath though, the very same intensity and passion for excellence is still strong and easy to see.
The third section finds what may be the perfect synthesis of the CMC exam's classical pedigree and the modern groove of a contemporary restaurant, Thomas Keller and The French Laundry. A superb analysis of the man, his history, his food and his philosophies is accented by a breathless commentary on the food itself.
A short epilogue revisits the highs and lows of the book, doing some thoughtful comparing and contrasting between the sections and characters portrayed throughout. It does an excellent job of bringing the components together and closing out the manuscript.
But it's not over. Following that, as I noted earlier, there are recipes; some from each part of the book: the CMC exam candidates, Lola bar and bistro, and Thomas Keller's French Laundry. Each stands on its own merit, and are much less intimidating outside of their environments of origin. Home cooks will adore dishes like Lola's Slash-and-burn Grouper (p 352), but may avoid trying their hand at Keller's intimidating Oysters And Pearls (p 358). Nonetheless, there are recipes for all degrees of intensity, and most levels of casual or professional talent.
I liked this book. It gives useful insights into a field that is defined by excellence, and in thorough exposition, shows how difficult it can be to define something that sounds so simple. There seem to be many forms of success, from business savvy, popularity with locals, with media, or even sheer mastery of technique, creativity, and that elusive, ephemeral quantity that's either there, or it's not. The industry is trying to define it one way, many successful chefs are defining it another, and the world of people they serve often has something else in mind entirely.
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The Clayton Yellowjackets didn't break with recent tradition this year, once again breaking in a new head football coach. Coby Beckner, formerly the Clayton boys' basketball coach who plans on retaining that position, is the new football coach.
"I think there's been seven years where there has been seven different head football coaches - something like that," said Beckner, who replaced David Bruner, a retiree from the football scene after only one season. "He (Bruner) just wanted to wash his hands of all the fall sports and just concentrate on girls' basketball and track in the spring."
Clayton made the playoffs last year but lost 56-6 to Laguna-Acoma in the first round. The Yellowjackets will be in District 3-2A along with Santa Rosa and Tucumcari - a much tougher district for Clayton.
Returnees such as Michael Adee at linebacker will be supplemented by newcomers such as T.J. Giles, who moved to Clayton from Albuquerque where he played at La Cueva High.
Head Coach: Coby Beckner, first season at Clayton; first season overall.
2001 Record: 3-8, 2-1 in New Mexico District 2-2A. Lost 56-6 to Laguna-Acoma in the quarterfinals.
Returning Experience: Nine lettermen, including four offensive and five defensive starters.
Players to Watch: Nick Cardenas, WR-QB; Shade Scott, QB-DB; Michael Adee, OL-LB.
Promising Newcomers: T.J. Giles, FB-LB; Angelo Montoya, RB-DE; Cesar Urritia, RB; Mark Aragon, RB-LB.
Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos.
Michael Adee 6-0 180 Sr. OL-LB
Nick Cardenas 6-2 180 Sr. WR-LB
Thomas Clay 5-10 180 Sr. OT-DT
Ryan Earle 6-2 240 Sr. OT-DT
T.J. Giles 5-9 240 Sr. FB-LB
Justin Mosier 5-8 200 Sr. OG-DT
Bryan Oney 6-1 170 Sr. WR-DB
Shade Scott 6-0 165 Sr. QB-DB
Arturo Urquijo 6-0 160 Sr. RB-DB
Cole Emory 6-1 185 Sr. OT-DT
Mark Aragon 5-8 140 Jr. RB-LB
Russell Gallagher 6-6 160 Jr. WR-DB
Isiah Lopez 5-10 195 Jr. OG-DT
Matt Mock 6-2 240 Jr. OT-DT
Ricardo Sisneros 6-0 165 Jr. WR-DB
Nick Cruz 6-2 260 Jr. OT-DT
Ross Perschbacher 6-1 170 Jr. RB-DB
Korey Beckner 6-0 210 So. OC-DT
Adam Clay 5-10 160 So. OG-LB
Neil Jesko 6-0 160 So. OG-DE
Angelo Montoya 5-10 160 So. RB-DE
Curtis Skaggs 6-0 190 So. OT-DT
Eason Spinelli 5-4 130 So. RB-DB
Cesar Urrutia 5-10 160 So. RB-DE
Chad Taylor 5-11 165 So. RB-LB
Anthony Trujillo 5-8 210 Fr. OT-DT
Michael Trujillo 5-8 120 Fr. RB-DB
Matt Medina 5-6 150 Fr. RB-DB
Kris Lawrence 5-6 130 Fr. WR-DB
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Sept. 6 Boise City, Okla. 7 p.m.
Sept. 13 at Springer 7 p.m.
Sept. 20 Texico 7 p.m.
Sept. 27 at Raton 7 p.m.
Oct. 4 at Fort Sumner 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 11 Elkhart, Kan. 7 p.m.
Oct. 18 at Tucumcari 7 p.m.
Oct. 25 Limon, Colo. 7 p.m.
Nov. 1 Santa Rosa 7:30 p.m.
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Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' is a striking, upright, dark green yew makes a good shape without any clipping or trimming. Plants of this cultivar are all female, so if a male yew of any kind is nearby, they produce red berries which add extra interest late in the season. The berries are, however, poisonous if eaten. This conifer makes a good specimen plant for a border, and a double row provides a good formal avenue planted either side of a path, but ultimate height is up to 12m tall. To propagate, take cuttings in late summer and early autumn. Plants are quite tough and will grow in any well-drained soil. (The plant pictured is a very young specimen!)
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The WonderCon convention was unveiled to the public during the weekend of April 18th through the 20th at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. It is now plainly evident that the owners of WonderCon are quite comfortable in their third year at the huge venue and it might be a sure bet that the well attended and much admired event will not be returning to its point of origin in northern California. That being stated, WonderCon hit record attendance numbers and it is also beginning to resemble its older and more established brother, Comic-Con that is held yearly in San Diego.
The WonderCon is a convention that started off in 1987 in Oakland, California as an event exclusively celebrating comic books and their creators. During the 90's, speculators drove up the price of comic book and it began to attract the attention of mainstream film studios that had also began to slowly realize the potential of making money from films based on comic characters and stories. The film industry started to release films such as Batman(1989), The Rocketeer(1991) and The Crow(1994) and WonderCon quickly transformed itself into a viable venue for the industry to generate huge word of mouth and interest for such films. WonderCon was eventually sold by co-owners, Mike Friedrich and Joe Field in the year, 2001 to the owners of the Comic-Con empire that is based out of San Diego, California. This transaction would foreshadow the state of WonderCon as many consider the convention to be a more relaxed version of Comic-Con.
The first day of any convention is usually considered a day where many can easily maneuver in and out of the dealer's room and casually just enter a panel already in progress. This reporter arrived two hours past the official opening of the convention's doors and was astonished to see an amazing amount of individuals running and fast walking to get to different locations. It was astonishing to note that the rather large convention hall was quickly starting to resemble a walk in Times Square! Press events on Friday were rather sparse, but the lack of quantity was made up by the quality of the creators, celebrity talent and very impressive Cosplayers wandering and posing for the press and fans alike. Celebrities and panelists on the first day included the strikingly beautiful actress, Elizabeth Mitchell who playfully teased press photographers with her rather impressive legs and her equally impressive sense of humor. The actors and creators that were in attendance on Friday quickly established a template that would once again remind the press that despite growing similarities to Comic-Con, a reporter can cover this convention at a leisurely pace.
The second day of the convention and any convention that includes a Saturday on its schedule is the day when most will attend and the venue will be at capacity. It was reported on the website for the convention that Friday and Saturday had been sold out. It was quite plainly evident with elbows accidentally coming into contact with ribs. One of the most entertaining aspects of the WonderCon are the scheduled Cosplay group photo gatherings that occur in front of the convention center itself. There are a variety of themes that are explored such as Marvel Comics and DC Comics groups that segregate themselves according to teams within each of the various company characters. You will often find an Avengers team shoot that sometimes will be followed by a Justice League shoot. Within these group shoots, Cosplayers have displayed cleverness and ingenuity by gender changes with notable characters and changing time periods for many of the same characters. These events represent activities that any con attendee should not miss.
Saturday also proved to be especially exciting with the reveal of major footage from the Godzilla film which demonstrated a good clear view of the titular creature for the first time in a public setting. The WonderCon attendees reacted wildly with enthusiastic screams and claps of thunderous approval. The director, Gareth Edwards seemed to be genuinely taken aback with the wild approval from the con attendees and was noticeably pleased and surprised. Frantic screams could be heard when actor, Dylan O'Brien took the stage in order to publicize the film, The Maze Runner. The actor is beginning to receive more notice and acclaim because of his role on television's Teen Wolf and there is an impression that he might become a hot item as a film star which the filmmakers of The Maze Runner have seemingly taken into account with the casting of the actor in the lead role for the film. Beyond the reaction for the screen reveal of Godzilla, actor Gary Oldman completely won the audience with his amusing sense of humor and timing to some of the equally humorous questions that were asked of him during the question and answer portion of the panel for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Oldman is also an exceptional actor who has gained respect from his peers and fans alike for his wide variety of roles in science fiction, horror and fantasy films. Gary Oldman has incredible superstar status to the WonderCon crowd and demonstrated that he is completely comfortable with massive crowds.
For those who also attend on Sunday will be rewarded with a rather relaxing day that allows attendees to create new friendships and possibly network with industry professionals. It is also the best day to wander the immense dealer's room and be astonished at the amazing variety of comic book and movie related items for sale. You can see fetching bikinis based on comic book outfits and beautifully sculpted action figures that sometimes command equally fetching prices. It is a fantasy bazaar that will entrance you for a number of hours and despite your time investment you will still leave with a nagging feeling that you missed many attractions. Members of the press and other professional photographers can also arrange to conduct photo shoots with many of the Cosplayers that are available for such an engagement. This photographer arranged impromptu photo shoots with noted and popular Cosplayers. These Coslayers included Yaya Han(Heroes of Cosplay) and the always engaging and gregarious, Valerie Perez who will always go out of her way to talk and laugh with fans.
WonderCon continues to improve on a yearly basis and the Anaheim Convention Center has proven to be the ideal fit for the convention. The convention center is also within walking distance of Disneyland which would also make it a convenient way combine family interests. Northern California's loss has turned out to be southern California's winning gain. WonderCon can also be seen as either a warm up to Comic-Con or perhaps an alternative to that convention. Whatever an attendee decides, there can be no doubt that all parties concerned have won!


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Disintegration of Syria Focus of New Book by History Professor David Lesch
Lesch, who authored biography of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, now writes on roots of Syrian Uprising
SAN ANTONIO - The uprising in Syria, the bloodiest conflict born from last year's Arab Spring movement, started with an incident that was little more than a prank.
In March 2011, school children in the city of Deraa, Syria, wrote "Down with the Regime" on a school wall. Rather than ignore the graffiti, Syrian security rounded up the students, took them to Damascus, and tortured them.
A few hundred people in Deraa, many family members, protested in the streets and were soon joined by thousands of others. The security forces cracked down on the protesters and four were killed. But the heavy handed tactics of the security detail failed. Syrians had finally had enough of the brutal government repression. The next night more than 20,000 protestors took to the streets.
In the 18 months since the start of the uprising, The New York Times reports that more than 21,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed, tens of thousands have been arrested, and more than 234,000 Syrians have left and are now registered refugees in neighboring countries. Inside Syria, more than 1.2 million have been displaced by the fighting.
As the strife continues in Syria, Trinity University History Professor David Lesch chronicles the underlying causes of the uprising and how the leader of the nation failed his people, in a new book titled Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad, published by Yale University Press.
"I wanted to examine the decision making of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian leadership, which I got to know quite well in past years," said Lesch about writing the book. "I felt that, because of my knowledge of them and the relationships I developed with them over the years, I could provide some insight into why they made the decisions they did. In particular why they sanctioned what became a brutal crackdown of the protesters."
The promise and failure of Assad
Lesch has traveled to the Middle East for the last 25 years. Using contacts he developed with Syrian officials, Lesch was able to meet with Assad and extensively interview him from 2004 to 2009, the only person from the west to have significant face-to-face access with the Syrian leader.
In 2005, Lesch wrote a book based on his in-depth conversations titled The New Lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and Modern Syria. At the time, Assad has only been in power for five years and many people, including Lesch, had high hopes that Assad would be a transformational leader and guide his country to a new era of openness and prosperity.
However, it was not to be. In the years since, Assad seemed unwilling or unable to deal with Syria's stagnant economy, pervasive corruption, and political repression. "Instead of Assad changing the authoritarian system, the system changed him," said Lesch.
With Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad, Lesch writes that though Assad is still president, he has lost legitimacy to rule. Because of the brutal crackdown, "he will never have the level of authority, control, and power again that he enjoyed earlier in his rule."
Along with tracing Assad's rise to power and fall from grace, Lesch also looks at complex nature of the opposition in Syria. He said that the vast majority of people are "everyday Syrians, some more conservative and some more secular." The opposition remains unorganized and divided into several different factions, which is a major reason it has been unable to remove Assad from power.
Lesch also looks at the international response to the uprising, which has some countries, such as Russia and China, supporting Assad and his regime, and others such as the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey supporting the opposition.
Commenting on the Conflict
Even before the publication of the book, Lesch has spoken frequently on the Syrian uprising, offering his unique perspective on the conflict and criticizing the regime's actions. He has appeared multiple times on BBC, CNN, Fox News, NPR, PBS, Al Jazeera, and every major news network in the U.S. He has also met in briefings with U.S. senators, the State Department, and the United Nations special envoy to Syria.
"Circumstances have conspired to put me in a position where I can help here and there. I think it would be a dereliction of duty not to do so," said Lesch. "In addition, I do have a personal stake. I have friends on both sides of the conflict who have died or been displaced."
"I have a great affinity for Syria. It is a beautiful country with wonderful people who deserve stability, prosperity, and freedom no less than anyone else," said Lesch. "It's just a shame to see the breaking apart of the country that will take, probably now, at least a generation to put back together."
Lesch is not finished writing about the region. In November, The Arab Spring: Change and Resistance in the Middle East, a volume he edited, will be released by Westview Press.
--Russell Guerrero '83
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Here it is a week after Thanksgiving. I had mentally (key for myself) planned to lose weight. A couple of things happened. A good friend, lost 20 pounds since July. Four of us agreed to the one with the most weight loss, we'd buy dinner. She wins. I don't, as I actually gained weight in that time. I am almost where I was, before I started seriously losing weight (about 70 pounds worth) beginning two years ago. I have no excuse. The best thing I can do for myself is step up to the plate and begin again. I'm using my previous note cards where I posted my exercise, food portions, calories consumed etc. to begin a new notebook, with goals and daily postings of food calories, exercise and water. It's pocketbook size, but I may go larger as posting how I feel, really helps, too. I seem to have greater gratification doing a new program during holidays. I still bake, but don't consume. There are enough guinea pigs around to test my baked goods. It is really a 'mindset' I must get myself into, which is not easy and planning. I'm opting for more protein, too, and less glucose foods- that provoke my metabolism. In the morning is when I eat fruits with breakfast/ snack. Hiking will hopefully be done, daily (as it is around my property). More cycling to really bump up using the calories is helpful. Afternoon, are veggies with protein, then no eating after 7pm. Drinks are water, coffee (my non-give up item I love) and green tea. It is Day 2 and I already feel like weight is coming off. Sometimes it will be much in a week at the beginning, only because I eliminate sugar and high-carb foods, I ate before I restricted them on my diet plan. That, and really being aware that water-100oz. a day swoosh's the weight away. I have a Game plan, to win, and appreciate all the encouragement here on Spark People. It's a wonderful thing, to not give up, even when failing and gaining back the weight, to reassess and do it all over again. Each day is a unique gift and with great thanksgiving, I will approach this upcoming endeavor to loose weight, with a good attitude of 'yes' it can be done and I will do it.
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It really works. I am 'cranky' feeling the first day or so, then feel fine and am ready to go with it, the 2nd, or at least by the 3rd day. I feel no deprivation, due to filling up on the veggies. The crankiness could be due to the no sugar, of which I caved to 2 homemade cookies, 100 calories, last night. That was my binge, but I stayed within my calorie range. Kicking the sugar habit is one of the secrets to fast weight loss.
I'm hoping to either road ride or mountain bike this afternoon (it is nice out) and then I have to compensate with carbs (not too many) but enough to keep from bonking.
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I'm needing to get serious again also. Your plan of what "works" sounds very, very similar to mine. If I keep my carb intake down to a fruit & yogurt in the morning and stick with non-starchy veggies and protein for the rest of the day I get the best results. Of course doused with boat-loads of water, black coffee and brewed green tea! :-)
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There is one element that all of my failed relationships share. Through all the many variations of womanhood that I have been familiar with, but a single thread carries through all of these dalliances. They involved a heavy amount of physical intimacy.
We live in exhilarating and confounding times. Mostly confounding. Here's a concise glossary to help you make sense of it all without having to talk to anybody or subscribe to Wired magazine.
Be acutely aware of your gestures and positioning as you reach [object.] Exaggerate them. Act drunker and a little vulnerable. Try to look like you're not trying. Try harder. Gauge what it's looking for — it could be a condescending remark about the party/venue or a rowdy yell displaying your engagement.
The thing about our future Internet Crush will be that despite the fact that we'll never really know them, we'll assume they 'get' us and that they are beautiful and sexy and attractive and special. All the despite the cold fact that what this person really is is a collection of pictures and text — a storyboard, a narrative, a hologram, a fantasy.
On December 2nd she said she couldn't come on the ski trip; on December 4th you said you loved her; on December 12th you sent her a picture of you on a snowboard; on December 15th she said she needed to talk; after that there are no more messages; that was two years ago. Yes, I remember — thank you, Facebook. Would you like to send her a message? Well, not anymore.
For whatever reason, "Words with Friends" breaks down your social walls and opens up the floodgates for anyone you've ever met to request a meeting of the minds via mobile word game. It stands to follow that you're not actually playing "Words with Friends," you're playing Words With People Who Have Downloaded The Same App As You, That You Happen To Know In A Tenuous Manner. Let's get specific, shall we?
If we're being honest (that is what Thought Catalog is for, right?), I'll admit that there are people I'd rather delete than keep on Facebook/ in my life, but they remain because it would be rude to cut them out, and it's hard to admit when any relationship is hopeless.
When away from the internet, say at the grocery store or in line at Chipotle on your lunch break from an office job that requires you to be on the internet 8-10 hours a day, you actually experience these consistent twinges of visceral longing to check your email, kind of like if you checked it you'd feel normal again, or satiated in some way.
The Sun Unexpectedly Beginning To Rise After A Night Out – Accompanied By The Sound Of Birds – May Cause Unexplainable Feelings Of Doom, The Feeling That One's Life Is Not Okay At All And Will Never, Ever Be Okay, And Intense Feelings That What One Has Done During His/Her Night Out Was "Bad."


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Lounging on his balcony on Disney Wonder last night, presumably enjoying the peace and quiet of being at sea (though with Smartphone in hand), a passenger witnessed a startling event. And the world -- or at least anyone who was on Twitter, heard about it first-hand.
"...I'm on a Disney Caribbean cruise, and just now, we RESCUED A MAN FROM THE OCEAN," tweeted BigHeadDennis, a traveler who describes himself in his Twitter bio as "Mostly just another boring suburban dad, with two gorgeous young daughters and a surprisingly supportive wife."
Indeed, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, officers aboard Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Sensation notified them that a man had gone overboard while the ship was sailing off of Port St. Lucie, in Central Florida. The Coast Guard asked if ships nearby could join the search and Disney Wonder, on its way back to Port Canaveral, was clearly in the right place.
And BigHeadTed provided the kind of scintillating details -- via tweets -- you'd never get from a cruise line:
"A (drunk?) guy fell off a nearby Carnival ship. We could hear his screaming from the water. We stopped and dropped a lifeboat overboard."
"The Captain got onto the PA system and asked everyone to keep quiet, so the lifeboat crew could pinpoint the guy from his yelling.
"The lifeboat crew scooped him up from the water before the Coast Guard helicopter over flight even reached us."
"Safe and sound. I witnessed all of this while sitting on my balcony (girls asleep in the stateroom). WOW."
"Guess that Disney Magic is REAL."
In the end, the passenger, who treaded water for an hour and a half according to the Associated Press, was indeed rescued by Disney Wonder crew and was treated for exhaustion. He stayed onboard and was transported to Port Canaveral, where Disney Wonder was scheduled to end its cruise. Carnival Sensation was also returning to Port Canaveral.
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VANCOUVER, December 11, 2006 The directors of the
Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) of l'Université
de Montréal François Lalonde, the Fields
Institute Barbara Keyfitz, and the Pacific Institute
for the Mathematical Sciences Ivar Ekeland, are pleased
to announce that Professor Joel S. Feldman (University of
British Columbia) is the recipient of the 2007 CRM-Fields-PIMS
Prize, in recognition of his exceptional achievement and work
in mathematical physics.
Established in 1994, the CRM-Fields Prize recognizes exceptional
research in the mathematical sciences. In 2005, PIMS became
an equal partner in the prize, and the name was changed to
the CRM-Fields-PIMS prize. A committee appointed by the three
institutes chooses the recipient. This year's committee consisted
of: Niky Kamran (McGill) [Chair], John McKay (Concordia),
Catherine Sulem (Toronto), George Elliott (Toronto), Mark
Goresky (IAS) and Ed Perkins (UBC).
Professor Feldman has risen to a position of international
prominence in the world of mathematical physics, with a 30-year
record of sustained output of the highest caliber. He has
made important contributions to quantum field theory, many-body
theory, Schrödinger operator theory, and the theory of
infinite genus Riemann surfaces. Many of Professor Feldman's
recent results on quantum many-body systems at positive densities
and on Fermi liquids and superconductivity have been classed
as some of the best research in mathematical physics in the
last decade.
Professor Feldman received his B.Sc. from the University
of Toronto in 1970, and his A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard University
in 1971 and 1974, respectively. He worked as a Research Fellow
at Harvard University from 1974 to 1975, and was a C. L. E.
Moore Instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) from 1975 to 1977. Since 1977, he has taught at the
University of British Columbia, where he is currently a full
professor. Professor Feldman was an invited speaker at the
International Congress of Mathematicians in Kyoto in 1990.
He was a plenary speaker at the XIIth International Congress
on Mathematical Physics in Brisbane in 1997, and was an invited
speaker at the XIVth International Congress on Mathematical
Physics in Lisbon in 2003. He is a fellow of the Royal Society
of Canada, and has been awarded the 1996 John L. Synge award
and CRM Aisenstadt Chair Lectureship in 1999/200, as well
as the 2004 Jeffery-Williams Prize by the Canadian Mathematical
Society for outstanding contributions to mathematical research.
Previous recipients of the prize are H.S.M. (Donald) Coxeter,
George A. Elliott, James Arthur, Robert V. Moody, Stephen
A. Cook, Israel Michael Sigal, William T. Tutte, John B. Friedlander,
John McKay, Edwin Perkins, Donald A. Dawson, David Boyd and
Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann.
The Fields Institute, located in Toronto, is recognized as
one of the world's leading independent mathematical research
institutions. With a wide array of pure, applied, industrial,
financial and educational programs, The Fields Institute attracts
over 1,000 visitors annually from every corner of the globe,
to collaborate on leading-edge research programs in the mathematical
sciences. The Field's Institute is funded by the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council, the Ontario Ministry of
Training, Colleges and Universities, seven principal sponsoring
universities, seven affiliate universities and several corporate
sponsors. See www.fields.utoronto.ca
for further details.