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The Philippine Fencing Association celebrated Fencing Day last Saturday before thousands of spectators at the Glorietta Mall in Makati City.
The day-long event aimed to promote the sport of fencing in the country and was held in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Federation Internationale D'Escrime, which is the governing body of fencing in the world.
The FIE was officially inaugurated in France in 1913.
The event featured fencing exhibitions and the finals of its annual Dayrit's Cup Fencing Championships capping a week long competition to pay tribute to the founder of PFA, Don Francisco Dayrit Sr.
The late Dayrit who passed away in 1983 was recently inducted into the FIE Hall of Fame alongside other distinguished personalities including Baron Pierre De Coubertin who was the founder of the modern Olympic Movement, and IOC Vice President Thomas Back.
Back is believed to become the next IOC president replacing Jacque Rogge this year.
Fencing in the Philippines had a long heritage dating back during the Spanish colonization. We remember our National Heroes Dr. Jose Rizal and brothers Juan and Gregorio Luna playing the sport of fencing during their times. Filipino fencers have dominated their events in the Southeast Asian Games since 1992 bringing a lot of honors for the country. Though a regular Olympic sport since 1896, fencing was unfortunately not included in the 2009 Laos SEA Games and also in this year's Myanmar SEA Games.
Former POC President Celso Dayrit is the current president of the Fencing Confederation of Asia and a member of the powerful FIE Executive Board. Actor Richard Gomez is the newly elected deputy president and chief operating officer of the Philippine Fencing Association.


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The gang over at Bit-tech have landed hands on the first AMD 880G chipset motherboard and spent some time fussing about with it. According to the publication, the board uses a SB850 Southbridge with native eSATA 6Gbps and RAID 5.
The chipset has a northbridge based on the RV620 core IGP. Graphics on the board are Radeon HD 4250 supporting DirectX 10.1 with 40 shaders and support for Sideport DDR3 memory. The board supports Hybrid graphics but lacks any new Crossfire support.
AMD is reportedly saving fancy CrossFire support for the higher end 890GX aimed at gamers. Other features of the 880G board include PCIe 2.0, 1x, 4x, and 16x PCI-e slots, and all this stuff is in a small microATX form factor.

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Mother's Day Weekend and Pampering with a Purpose seemed to be the perfect fit as massage therapist, Versandra Kennebrew contemplated additional ways to raise funds necessary to open "Hunter House."
Kennebrew plans to dedicate this facility, (which will teach residents a holistic approach to self-sufficiency) to her deceased grandmother, Nina Bell Hunter. After Kennebrew placed a call to the Everest Institute's Lead Instructor, Mr. Jonathan Burt, fifteen graduating students were contacted and they volunteered to provide free massages for those who donated to the cause.
"Hunter House" will not only be a safe haven, it will be a learning experience for its residents, who will learn self-sufficiency. They will learn how to live a life of thriving and not just surviving.
Do yourself a favor...relax for just 15-minutes or take a one hour vacation this Saturday. 100% of the proceeds will provide housing for Detroit children.
1. Call 313-397-6802 to schedule your massage appointment for Saturday May 8 (anytime between 7am - 10pm).
15-minute, 30-minute and 60-minute massage slots are available with suggested donations of $15, $35 and $65 consecutively. Each participant will also receive a complimentary autographed copy of "Thank God for the Shelter."
2. Purchase Pampering with a Purpose Tickets for only $25 if you can't make the May 8th event. Tickets are good for 1-year from the date of purchase.
3. Share this event with your church group, classmates, women's organization or other friends. They have 45 slots for massage and 200 Pampering with a Purpose Tickets.
Pampering with a Purpose, a benefit for "Hunter House"
May 8, 2010 from 7:00 am – 10 pm
Northwest Activities Center
18100 Meyers Rd, Detroit, MI.
For more information, or to register on-line, visit http://housingdetroitchildren.eventbrite.com/.


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The ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 is essentially two Radeon HD 3870 GPUs stuck together on the same PCB. The GPUs use a PCI Express 1.1 bridge to communicate in much the same way Crossfire ATI cards would. However, because the X2 is meant to be a 'transparent' single card solution, it doesn't require a supporting motherboard, and in fact it opens the possibility for quad-Crossfire using two of these graphics cards.
The Radeon HD 3870 X2 puts two GPUs in a single card.
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Easy Dhal
When spiced to perfection, a mellow, saucy dhal is seen in Ayurveda as one of the most body-balancing, nurturing, and sustaining foods of all. It is highly digestible, gentle on the body, and can be eaten by young children and elderly people alike. In India, dhal is traditionally eaten with rice and chapatis as a light, energizing meal. Try making this delightful dhal for those you love.


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Tonight on a new episode of "The Bachelor" 2014 Renee Oteri got a one on one date with Juan Pablo Galavis. On Feb. 3, Wet Paint was able to reveal how far she makes it and if she wins the show. Spoilers for this season are ahead.
She will not be the big winner of this season, but that doesn't mean that Renee is going home anytime soon either. She is hitting it off with Juan Pablo even if he didn't given her a big kiss until the end of the night. He was trying to wait on that one because she is a single mom, but it was starting to make it look like he might not like her.
Renee will be on the show until the hometown dates. That means viewers can plan to see her for a couple more weeks and she isn't going home yet. She will be in the final four and not actually one of the final girls. He even goes to her son's baseball game, but it isn't enough to make him pick her in the end.
"The Bachelor" 2014 is airing new episodes on Monday nights on ABC.
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"I wonder why he hit her?" A Rihanna song came on the radio and one of the sixth-grade girls in my SUV innocently asked that question—which was all I needed to start the conversation. I was driving the girls—all members of the basketball team that I coach—to see a Big East tournament, but I took that teachable moment to give them an important message about protecting themselves in life rather than on the court.
When the U.S. was riveted by Professor Gates's arrest in Cambridge, President Obama used the incident as a teachable moment about racism. I wish he had been equally vocal back in February when Rihanna was hit, and some believe almost strangled to death, by her singer-boyfriend, Chris Brown. But even if President Obama isn't aware of the shocking statistics on dating violence against our teenage daughters—or, if aware, isn't alarmed enough to take action—then we mothers need to be.
So here's what I did in my packed SUV on that cold night in February: I turned off the radio and stopped the conversation. I told the girls in very clear terms that it is not okay for a boy to touch them in any way that hurts them or makes them feel uncomfortable. And if this ever happens, they should immediately tell their mother, their father, their guidance counselor, their coach, or whichever adult they feel comfortable talking to. I told the girls that "why did he hit her?" is not the right question. That there is no excuse for physical violence, period, so there's no satisfactory answer to "why?"
And if you think girls don't need to be told that, you're wrong. I was shaken to the core by an article in The Boston Globe that reported on a survey of local teens. Of the girls and boys questioned by the Boston Public Health Commission shortly after the Rihanna incident, more than half the teens said that the media was treating Brown unfairly, and 46 percent said Rihanna was responsible for the incident. And 44 percent of the teens said that fighting was a routine occurrence in their dating lives. Is this an outlier? Sadly, no.
Just because our daughters aren't coming home from school and talking about violence, doesn't mean they aren't aware. Forty percent of teenage girls say they know someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend. But while many teens know all about this, parents typically do not. As I speak to moms and dads about the work that my organization, The New Agenda, is doing to raise pubic awareness, very few are aware of the shocking statistics:
- 1 in 3 female teenagers in a dating relationship has feared for her physical safety.
- 1 in 2 teenagers in a serious relationship has compromised personal beliefs to please a partner.
- 1 in 5 teenagers in a serious relationship reports having been hit, slapped, or pushed by a partner
Mothers also need to be aware of two new cellphone-related dangers facing our daughters: sexting and stalking.
"Sexting" is sending sexually explicit photos or messages electronically. This is not only frightening it is also illegal in some states. I spoke recently on a PBS panel to discuss a case in Pennsylvania where three girls who had sexted were arrested under the state's child pornography laws. Parent shocker: Almost 1 in 4 teenage girls is sending nude or semi-nude photos of herself via cell phone.
Stalking is equally prevalent. Almost 1 in 3 teenage girls who date are stalked on their cell phones. And of the girls who are stalked, only about 1 in 4 tell their parents.
So what can we as mothers do?
- use the next "teachable moment" as an opening to talk about domestic violence with our daughters and sons (or refer back to Rihanna);
- show your daughter an educational Web site like Love is Respect;
- spread the word to other parents in our communities;
- send this article or an email citing the above statistics to the principal of your children's school and ask that teenage domestic violence be covered in the school's health education program or other curriculum.


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Vodafone says it will establish a new $50 million South Island headquarters in the heart of Christchurch's new Innovation Precinct.
The phone company will be the first anchor tenant in the precinct, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce said this morning.
The purpose-built, four-level Vodafone facility at 213-221 Tuam St will allow Vodafone to bring together its 350 Christchurch staff – currently working across several temporary sites – into one central location, with significant capacity for future expansion and growth, the company says.
The building will have 8300sq m of open plan floor space and will include a retail unit and cafe on the ground floor. It is being built by developer Calder Stewart, and leased under an exclusive long-term agreement with Vodafone.
The architech is Jasmax.
Vodafone expects to be able to occupy the building in early 2016.
Vodafone chief executive Russell Stanners says Vodafone's Christchurch development underlines the company's commitment to the city – and the South Island.
"We have a proud history in Christchurch. This new building will facilitate the growth and development of our entire South Island business, as well as supporting the recovery and growth of the city," he said.
Vodafone Christchurch HQ will feature a unique "innovation incubator" – the xone – developed and "sustained" jointly with Crown agency Callaghan Innovation and the city of Christchurch.
Asked about Callaghan's level of funding, Callaghan CFO Richard Perry told NBR, "We are pleased to be working in partnership with Vodafone to develop and deliver the xone 'innovation incubator' in their new state of the art building in the Christchurch Innovation Precinct.
"The details are of our support are being worked through.
"However, this initiative fits strongly with our mandate to accelerate commercialisation of innovation by companies in New Zealand and foster an innovation culture."
Christchurch City contributed through the CCDU, which bought the land for the precinct.
"The role of the CCDU is to purchase land and develop it into an exciting and attractive public space in the Innovation Precinct, and encourage private sector investors to come on board," Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee said today.
The xone will provide technical expertise, logistical support and facilities to help promising New Zealand technology companies gain a fast-track into proof-of-concept trials across Vodafone's network.
"This exciting new centre will deliver Vodafone's global experience to help grow New Zealand's entrepreneurial businesses and weightless exports," Mr Stanners says. "The xone will allow between 10 and 20 start-ups to cluster together in a purpose-built, collaborative environment, and gain access to Vodafone's global innovation community."
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labor market wavered in December. Over 15,000 industry jobs were lost and the
state's unemployment rate rose to 6.6 percent, breaking out of the 6.4 percent
– 6.5 percent range it had been in since March.
industry employment losses were spread across nearly all major
industry sectors. In apparent anticipation of a weak
holiday buying season, wholesale and retail trade firms did not
expand their payrolls as much as in the past.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the trade sector lost 10,400 jobs, making it the largest job loser of the major industry sectors in December.
though manufacturing employment continued to decline,
December's losses—2,100—were the mildest since July.
Between July and November, manufacturers reduced their payrolls
by an average of 7,500 each month, with high technology
continuing to be the chief source of this decline.
unusual weakness in several areas, the service sector posted a
modest job gain in December. Delayed seasonal hiring of
tax preparers led to a 4,000 job reduction in personal services.
Health services providers shed 1,400 jobs, the first
decline in 29 months. The strongest gain in the service
sector came in engineering and management, which added 2,400
unemployment rate rose to 6.6 percent in December, up from a
revised 6.5 percent rate in November.
The state's unemployment rate had bounced between 6.4 percent and 6.5 percent since March. The number of California jobholders fell by 57,000, while the number of people unemployed increased by 9,100.
industry employment losses brought the year-over-year drop to
25,800—a mere 0.2 percent. The continuing high
technology slump made high technology sectors the leading job
losers. Business service employment dropped by
34,800, or 2.7 percent, over the year. High technology
manufacturing—computers, electronic components, aircraft, and
instruments—shed about 20,000 jobs. Tourism in
California also suffered in 2002, which, coupled with airline
industry financial troubles, led to significant losses in air
transportation—6,700 jobs, or 5.1 percent. Over the
year, government was the principal job growth industry, and over
80 percent of those gains came at the local level—principally
in public education.
most of 2002, robust home building was a positive counterbalance
to the lack of progress on the employment front.
Residential permitting, however, slowed noticeably in November
and December by 18 percent and 23 percent, respectively, on a
month-to-month basis. Homebuilding continued to be weakest
in the San Francisco Bay Area and strongest in Orange County and
the more moderately priced inland regions of San Bernardino,
Riverside, and Sacramento.
While commercial construction was noticeably weak throughout
most of 2002, it improved at year's end. During the
first ten months of 2002, nonresidential construction, as
measured by the value of permits issued, fell by nearly 17 percent
from the comparable months of 2001.
Led principally by increased store construction, November and December nonresidential permit issuances rose by 8.5 percent and 12.0 percent, respectively, from the same months of 2001.
slowdown in residential construction was apparently not a sign
of weak demand for homes. Sales of existing single-family
homes surged by almost 21 percent in December from the year-ago
rate. With this sustained demand and no corresponding
increase in building activity, the median price of existing
single-family homes sold in December rose to $338,110. The
median home price appreciated at a double digit year-over-year
pace during every month of 2002, rising on average nearly 21
percent overall.
Residential Building Permits
Monthly Cash Report
Preliminary General Fund agency cash for January was $203 million below the 2003-04 Governor's Budget forecast of $9.719 billion. The variance between January and year-to-date cash results from differences between actual and estimated December revenues.
income tax revenues were $150 million below the month's
forecast of $5.027 billion. Estimated payments for the
fourth quarter of 2002, which were due in mid-January, accounted
for the bulk of the shortfall. These payments, which
represented a year-over-year decline of about 24 percent, were
$209 million below the forecast of $2.298 billion. The
loss in estimated payments was partially offset by withholding
receipts, which were $116 million above the expected level of
$2.654 billion. On a year-over-year basis, January's
withholding was down 1.5 percent. Other receipts were $34
million below the forecast of $214 million and refunds were $23
million higher than the projected level of $139 million.
Year-to-date net cash receipts for this revenue source are $146
million below estimate.
and use tax receipts were $43 million below the month's
forecast of $1.979 billion. January cash represents the
final payment for fourth quarter 2002 sales, which was due on
January 31. Some of the cash from this final payment
spills over into February. Year-to-date sales tax cash is
$21 million above estimate.
tax revenues were $8 million below the month's forecast of $10
million. Prepayments were $7 million above the estimate of
$140 million, while other payments were $57 million
below the $141 million estimate. Refunds were $42 million
below the projected level of $271 million.
Year-to-date corporation tax cash is $20 million above
General Fund Agency Cash
2002-03 Budget Act Forecast
2002-03 Comparison of Actual and Forecast
Agency General Fund Revenues
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The Minutemen will open their series against the Musketeers on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m.
May 9, 2013
Friday: LHP John Richard (7-3, 2.52 ERA) Saturday: RHP Scott Klever (4-4, 3.83 ERA) Sunday: RHP Tyler Koors (4-5, 3.86 ERA)
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Scouting Xavier- Xavier enters the weekend series with the Minutemen holding a 24-23 overall record, 11-7 in the Atlantic 10 with an 8-6 mark at home. The Musketeers took two-of-three games at Saint Joseph's last weekend before dropping a pair of midweek contests to Cincinnati, 5-3 and 10-2. - As a team, Xavier is batting .288 to rank tied for second in the Atlantic 10. Mark Ellwel leads the way with a .352 clip (62-for-176) and has scored a team-high 31 runs. Vinny Nittoli (.263) has a squad-best 34 RBI on the season, aided by 12 doubles and four home runs.- The Musketeers collectively hold a 4.06 earned run average over 414.1 innings with 160 walks to 260 strikeouts and an opponent batting average of .279. Alex Vice is the team's top reliever with a 2.13 ERA over 18 appearances, a total of 25.1 innings with 11 walks and 23 strikeouts.- UMass is 12-14 all-time against Xavier but has not defeated the Musketeers since Mar. 29, 2008, dropping the last nine straight in the series. The teams last met in Amherst in 2011.
Who's Hot- Junior Nik Campero is hitting a team-best .342 over the past 10 games and is nine for his last 23 (.391). He holds the squad's longest active hitting streak (six games) and has reached base in the past 10 straight.- Redshirt sophomore Adam Picard is batting .333 (13-for-39) in UMass' last 10 games and has reached base in all 10 contests and has driven in a team-leading 12 runs during that span, while scoring eight. His on-base percentage over the past 10 games is a squad-leading .449. On the year, Picard leads UMass in RBI (31) and is tied for first in doubles (9) and home runs (4). Last Sunday against Fordham, Picard drove in five runs for a career high, the most by a Minuteman this season.- Sophomore right-hander Andrew Grant is averaging 13.5 strikeouts per nine innings over his past two starts on the mound.
A Marathon Contest- In its home finale against Fordham last Sunday, UMass played 15 innings with the Rams, the longest contest for the Minutemen since going 15 innings in a 5-4 win against Dayton on May 4, 2008. In the four hour, 46 minute affair, UMass and Fordham combined for 20 runs and 38 hits.Grant Fans 13 Hawks- Andrew Grant's 13 strikeout game against Saint Joseph's on Apr. 26, not only marked a career high for the sophomore right-hander but was also the most by a Minuteman since the 2010 season. Nick Serino was the last UMass hurler to put up 13 Ks, doing so against George Washington on Apr. 30, 2010.- As a team, the Minutemen struck out 17 Hawks' batters in the contest, the most by a UMass squad in a single game since Apr. 17, 2005, also against Saint Joseph's.
Turning Two - The UMass defense has been extremely successful at turning double plays this season as the squad has 38 in 39 games and began the week 35th nationally in double plays per-game at 0.97, which leads the Atlantic 10.
Cusick Breaks Into Stolen Bases Career List, Nears Single Season Top-10 - Redshirt junior Ryan Cusick currently leads UMass in stolen bases this season as he is 24-for-27 on the year, accounting for 31.6% of the squad's stolen bases total. He surpassed his previous career high of 23 last weekend against Fordham and is now two away from cracking the program's top-10 for a single season. - Cusick now has 55 stolen bases in his career (55-for-66) and has become the first Minuteman to break into the program's career stolen bases list since 2002, currently sitting sixth on the all-time list, two shy of fifth. He stole his 50th career base on Apr. 23 at Connecticut. - In 2012, Cusick finished tied for third in the Atlantic 10 with 23 stolen bases in 39 games played. He ranked 15th in the nation in stolen bases per-game (0.59). Cusick is currently averaging .65 stolen bases per-game this year and is second in the Atlantic 10 in stolen bases, beginning the week 15th nationally in stolen bases per-game.
Going The Distance - Senior Jordan Pace tossed UMass' first complete game of the season on Mar. 24, going all nine innings in a 1-0 setback to George Washington. Pace also went the distance on Apr. 7 in a 3-1 loss at Rhode Island, marking his fifth career complete game as he had three in 2011 at Presbyterian. The southpaw has gone six innings or more in all but one of his nine starts this year. - Andrew Grant has the Minutemen's third complete game on the year, a 2-0 shutout over Rhode Island on Apr. 6.
Career Firsts - First career games: John Jennings (3/1 vs. Notre Dame); Zach Littman (3/1 vs. Notre Dame); Brandon Walsh (3/1 vs. Notre Dame); Vinny Scifo (3/3 vs. Ohio); Kellen Pagel (3/9 at Lamar); Ben Panunzio (3/17 vs. Manhattan) - First career hits: Brandon Walsh (3/1 vs. Notre Dame); Vinny Scifo (3/3 vs. Ohio); John Jennings (3/15 at Seton Hall); Kellen Pagel (3/17 vs. Manhattan); Ben Panunzio (3/30 vs. NJIT); Bryan Dionicio (4/10 vs. Boston College) - First career doubles: Paul Yanakopulos (3/2 vs. Tennessee); Jeff Cavanaro (3/3 vs. Ohio); Vinny Scifo (3/29 vs. NJIT); Kellen Pagel (4/10 vs. Boston College) ; John Jennings (5/1 at Quinnipiac) - First career triples: Brandon Walsh (3/1 vs. Notre Dame); Ben Panunzio (3/30 vs. NJIT); Adam Picard (4/10 vs. Boston College) ; John Jennings (4/20 at La Salle); Dylan Begin (4/16 vs. Central Conneticut); Rich Graef (5/1 at Quinnipiac); Kellen Pagel (5/5 vs. Fordham)- First career home run: Bryan Dionicio (5/1 at Quinnipiac) - First career RBI: Vinny Scifo (3/3 vs. Ohio); John Jennings (3/29 vs. NJIT); Bryan Dionicio (4/10 vs. Boston College); Kellen Pagel (4/17 vs. Hartford). - First career pitching appearance: Pat Lia (3/9 at Lamar); Evan Mackintosh (3/9 at Lamar); Adam Picard (3/9 at Lamar); Mason Trubey (3/9 at Lamar) - First career win: Evan Mackintosh (4/10 vs. Boston College); Dan Stoops (4/16 vs. Central Connecticut)
Cusick's Five Hit Game - In the Minutemen's win against Ohio, redshirt-junior Ryan Cusick went 5-for-5 for a career high. It marked the first five-hit game since 2011 when Matt Gedman went 5-for-6 at Hartford on Mar. 31.
Small Ball At Its Finest - UMass finished the 2012 season eighth nationally as a team in sacrifices with 79 and 23rd nationally in stolen bases per game with 70 over 44 contests, an average of 1.59 per game. The 70 steals marked the team's highest total since 2004 when UMass swiped 74 bags. The last time the Minutemen stole 80 or more bases was 2001 (86). - In 2013 the Minutemen have surpassed last year's mark with stolen 76 bases (76 for 88) over 39 contests and began the week ranked 20th in all of Division I in stolen bases per-game at 1.95 and 35th in stolen bases overall. - Rich Graef (4th, 12), Rob McLam (t-5th, 11) and Nick Sanford (t-5th, 11) all set top-10 single season marks in the UMass record book for sacrifice bunts in 2012. Graef has a team-high nine sacrifice bunts this year and ranks tied for second on the program's career list with 30.
Young Arms - The UMass pitching staff is young one in 2013 after the departure of four senior arms in 2012, including Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year Joe Popielarczyk, along with Dennis Torres, who turned pro following his junior season. - The only returning Minutemen who made multiple starts in 2012 are sophomores Conor LeBlanc and Andrew Grant. LeBlanc was 4-1 with a 3.37 ERA over 34.2 innings in 12 appearances, five starts last season and earned Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team honors. Grant finished with a mark of 1-1 over eight appearances and three starts, a total of 22.1 innings and posted a 5.24 ERA. Over Grant's last five appearances of his freshman season, his final 16.0 innings of work in 2012, he posted a 1.12 ERA with an opponent batting average of .185. - The 2013 UMass staff includes freshmen righthanders Rob O'Neil, Mason Trubey and Brandon Walsh and lefthander Evan Mackintosh. Sophomore Pat Lia did not see action last season and Dan Stoops made one appearance before being sidelined for the remainder of the year with an injury. Up Next - UMass will close out the 2013 campaign with a three-game set at Temple. The squads will play a doubleheader on Friday, May 17 beginning at noon. Game three of the series will follow on Saturday, May 18, also scheduled for a noon start.


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When it comes to baking and exploring the kitchen, we all know how fun it is to taste test new ingredients. We love experimenting with spices, fruits and strange components. Our kitchen turns into a science factory when we add all sorts of strange, interesting ingredients. These are some of the weirdest cupcake ingredients ever found in cupcake recipes that we simply can't get over:
Beautiful Cupcake Wrappers dressed up these "Weird Cupcake Recipes"
- Okra Cupcakes with Fennel Frosting: Okra definitely falls on the bottom of our favorite vegetables list but these okra cupcakes are really popular. Would you try them? Hide the ingredient with fun cupcake wrappers if you plan to serve them to your kids!
- Chocolate Caramel Potato Chip Cupcakes: That's right, potato chip cupcakes. You won't have any trouble getting your kids to try these cupcakes! Salty and sweet.
- Mango Chile Powder Cupcakes: For those with a saucy palate, serve up these mango-chile powder cupcakes for your guests who love spicy and sweet.
- Baked Bean and Tomato Cupcakes: What a creative way to get protein and vegetables!
- Garlic Cupcakes: If you're fending off vampires and evil spirits these garlic cupcakes are the trick.
- Spaghetti and Meatballs Cupcakes: Not a meat eater? Now you can get your fix for 'meatballs' with these spaghetti and meatballs cupcakes. They playfully serve up dinner and dessert, all in one!
- Chocolate Curry Cupcakes: Curry isn't just for Indian food. These chocolate curry cupcakes incorporate vegan ingredients and are great for get-togethers and healthy alternatives.
Any of these fun delicious cupcakes can be decorated with colorful cupcake wrappers. In fact, we recommend it if you plan to introduce 'yucky' ingredients into your kid's menu. These cupcakes would be great with orange cupcake wrappers or bright color cupcake wrappers. If you're testing ingredients that might be bold or strong, try using mini cupcake wrappers to serve small portions. What do you think about these cupcake ideas; would you try any of these for your next party?


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This is Tao Analysis II Prop. 19.3.3. (b)
Let $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb R^n$ measurable and $f,g: \Omega \rightarrow \mathbb R$ absolutely integrable functions. Then $f+g$ is absolutely integrable and $$ \int_\Omega f+g = \int_\Omega f + \int_\Omega g $$
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My first idea was $f+g = f^+ + g^+ - (f^- + g^-)$. But then I get a problem with "$-$"-sign.


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Overoptimistic or just inspired? First Race on one of Pre's trails!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
I just started jogging on the treadmill more than 1 minute at a time last week and I just registered for my first 5k tonight. My right ankle has hurt since that 9.5 minute treadmill run, when I happened to be wearing shoes I bought at a thrift store. It doesn't matter that I might not be being prudent. I, who am normally a worry-wort, am not feeling the least bit prudent. I want to do this. So I am buying shoes this week.
The 5k I picked is on a course I've walked a couple times, Alton Baker Park in Eugene, Oregon on June 23rd. It's a reasonable-for-Oregon path, part along grass and gardens, part along the Willamette river. It's a good enough path so my ankles should be fairly safe if I'm wearing decent shoes and I pay sharp attention. (I'm an under-pronater.) There are no hills. The only real hazards here are slippery duck poop, slippery moss, trippery roots poking up through the path and people who were tripping moments before and now won't move out of your way, so you have to veer around them on soggy grass.
To make it extra cool and meaningful, I can Pre-meditate before the race on Pre's Trail, named after University of Oregon/Olymian track legend Steve Prefontaine. This is a bark path just a few hundred meters away. Prefontaine himself used to run on the same path the 5k will be held on, also. I would NEVER compare an oaf like me to him in terms of athleticism, but he was also an idealist, and volunteered time at schools and a local prison. He honestly wanted to do good. And in that way, I feel connected and honored to make my first run on his turf, whether I am "ready" or not!
P.S. There is also a "Grapes of Half" race the same day, but since it is half a marathon and half a hundred dollars, I decided I was REALLY unready for that one. It includes several stops at wineries. I might be too tempted, if my ankle acts up, to stop and never start again.
I will also skip the next local race, the Dirty Dash, which includes mud pits. Apparently they INTEND for you to fall down. From the advertisement:
"Don�t let your life get stuck on the slow boat cuz of your own dirt drought, filth famine, or slop shortage. You�ve got big pants to fill and you aren�t gonna fill �em wearing padded spandex tri shorts, swimming through crystal clear waters and road racing for 13 miles of pavement pounding agony. The only way you fulfill your dirty destiny is by belly-flopping into a mud pit and breast-stroking your way to a mud makeover courtesy of The Dirty Dash... Unlike most races where you emerge a little leaner but with labored breathing and a lifeless look in your eye, you�ll finish our race 5 pounds heavier, 3 times homelier, and 20 times happier. You�ll be Tweeting about it so loud the Ducks will think it�s a mating call."
Um. No thanks. Maybe 30 years ago. But not now, thankyouverymuch.
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I am SO EXCITED for you, and a little jealous too. It sounds like such a nice place to run. I live in the dessert where lakes are lakes are hard to come by. That other run sounds like fun too, but not something to take on by yourself. You need some friends for that one.
So when is your race? Keep me posted with all the details.
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You Go Girl! Just look after that ankle in the meantime.
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This is so exciting! So much to inspire you along the way. Of course you can compare yourself to Prefontaine - both of you runners!
I've passed on all the mud events - I see no sense in risking injury since I'm no spring chicken (or duck).
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I'm also a fan of Prefontaine. He died way too soon. I'm glad you got the right shoes for you. I started running 25 years ago when I realized that 30 seconds was my max. Very gradual increases and at age 65 I'm still "in the race."
Hang in there!
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China has begun transitioning from an emerging market to a more established, slower paced, reputable enterprise, according to Destination Wealth Management. Under scrutiny for the size of its economy and the reliance on growth to increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Chinese market will continue to grow, but not at the brisk rate as in recent years notes Bloomberg. There are several ways to tweak your investment decisions within the Chinese marketplace in order to prepare for the changes to come.
According to the World Economic Outlook report release by IMF, because of the transition period China is currently going through, it can also temporarily reduce growth in several other emerging market economies as well. The transition from an emerging to a more established marketplace from an emerging market is not always a safer option for your investments. Diversification in a country's marketplace is often met with volatility and uncertainty. As transitioning occurs, it is likely best not to place all of your investment "eggs" in China's one proverbial "basket." That said, you should not totally abandon your position in China because emerging to establish markets do tend to ebb and flow. Reducing, but not abandoning your position in the Chinese marketplace will ensure you are ready to play, regardless of what happens.
When transitioning marketplace's ebb and flow, it has been hard for businesses to prepare for what could be a whirlwind in regards to Chinese investments. CNBC reported that volatile markets can swing by as much as double digits higher or lower in a matter of days. Investors should focus on diversifying their portfolio so that not every investment is of such a high risk making it easier for them to see a positive return on their investment. Destination Wealth Management notes that it is essential to invest in internal consumption assets in China, instead of just exports, because the nation is becoming more established.
"China is a market that was emerging because they were focusing on exports. Their economy now has shifted to become more balanced, which means they are creating more internally consumed items. One of the enemies of internal consumption is the lack of affordable housing, which is why China is trying to slow down speculation in the real estate market. Shanghai and Beijing are some the most expensive places to live because of a ramp up in speculation," stated a representative from Destination Wealth Management
Recently, the Chinese government has focused more on internal consumable items and this is a good action plan for your investments as well. By moving away from exports, traditionally where emerging markets make their names, investing in internal consumables is considered a safe harbor option for equity investors during a time of a market slowdown, such as that in China at present reported Bloomberg.
"China has put fiscal controls in place to slow this growth with some success, but not overwhelming success. They continue to try and balance an export policy with an internal consumption policy in order to capture the increased wages into their economy because their wages have risen significantly, especially for skilled positions," continued a representative from Destination Wealth Management.
Real estate prices in China have skyrocketed, creating a drain on the Chinese economy, reminiscent of the housing market bust of late in the U.S. economy. Chinese families have placed their savings into their homes. At current CNBC reports that the combination of soaring prices and rising down payments mean that even if prices were cut in half, only five percent (5%) of homes would be worth less than the remaining balances on their mortgages. However, Chinese families have very little diversification into stocks, bonds and other assets with 66% of their assets in their homes alone according to Bloomberg. Falling real estate prices will lead to a decline in home values and Chinese spending, which could hinder investment strategies.
Companies like Apple, General Motors, and Johnson Air Controls are presently looking to benefit from an expansion of their Chinese presence, which could correlate to a turn in the US stock market, should investors decide to move away from China and reinvest their interests in established American companies.
It is essential that investors possess a great deal of patience as well as remain cautious when it comes to deciding which investment strategies will work best. Bloomberg reported that most investors are beginning to focus their investment strategies on future trends that will serve them well and eventually turn into a profit. Destination Wealth Management notes that investing on internally consumable items will become more profitable than exports alone.


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One of the main reasons I am a trade union true believer is that unions must be democratic, transparent and produce results. The other reason is that to be a union member one only needs to work in a union workplace, there is no loyalty test politically. Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and Independents all work under the same collective bargaining agreement. All have the same opportunity to participate or be apathetic. All have easy access to where their dues money goes, and all have an equal voice to participate in the candidate endorsement process.
A union workplace is the ultimate common ground.
Union members represent the community because they are the community. They are not activists.
A movement is nothing without organizing and political parties and candidates rise and fall based on their ability to out-organize the other side. The internet and cable television have become for better or worse America's town square. But they are tools not foundations.
One of the reasons I chose to be a part of the Family of Labor was the harassment my family suffered as supporters of Jimmy Carter against the newly organized religious right's candidate Ronald Reagan. We were not just shunned by our church we were accused of being apostates. It was as a student at Oral Roberts University that my foundation of faith crumbled against this barrage as a young man. I hasten to add that ORU at that time did not have that environment at all.
Now as I peruse my Facebook wall I find that most of my progressive activist friends are obsessed with groups like Media Matters for America and Right Wing Watch. While there's nothing wrong with monitoring the news media for bias; if it becomes the foundation of an activist's guiding principles it is destructive for the movement they claim to want to build.
This is also true of right wing Christians and others who turn to groups like NewsBusters and the Media Research Center. So when I see a Facebook friend call Christians 'dimwits', or conservative Tea Party activists 'TeaBaggers' I cringe. First because Christian believers are as likely to be intelligent as non-believers and second because thanks to John Waters we know calling someone a TeaBagger is akin to calling them gay. That progressive pro-gay rights activists feel comfortable using a gay reference as an insult is beyond reprehensible. But in the current scorched Earth political rhetoric environment it is common place.
When Ted Kennedy died I recall some posted that conservatives should support health care legislation as a tribute to the late senator. I don't recall these people saying similar things when Strom Thurmond died. What we have is a disconnect.
So I propose a simple self-examination.
Over the next thirty days keep a diary of how many occasions you read or watch commentary that is primarily anti-the other side. MSNBC and Fox News are the great offenders, so if you are progressive and an hour of Fox News drives you crazy then find a way not to be like them. If Rachel Maddow is obsessed with Chris Christie make a decision to walk away and find more nourishing sources of information.
My other proposal is a simple one: talk to your neighbors, read your local paper and reach out to those with whom you disagree; not to persuade them but to humanize them. If your neighbor or co-worker is a fundamentalist Christian GOP activist or a Tea Party supporter would you teach your children to call their children idiots or TeaBaggers? Of course not.
If your neighbor has an Obama bumper sticker or is an Greenpeace activist would you teach your children to call their children Communists or Anti-American? I hope not.
You can disagree with what I believe without hating who I am. The line between I hate unions, as expressed by a supervisor where I work, and hating me is razor thin. We must find a way to nourish our political souls and to build movements locally based on common ground. Where the sides are simply fundamentally too different we must find ways to humanize and appreciate the individual despite our different opinions. No one ever won an election with a flier that said 'I think you are an idiot, vote for me'. No one ever won a friend by saying 'I hate what you believe and what you represent.'
As Americans we are blessed with the right to have a voice and we are blessed with the right to be unreasonable. But we also have the right to do as we are admonished in Isaiah 1.18 which reads "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD…" Now I'm not a Believer but that makes a lot of sense.
Now get to work on that self-examination then go to the library and read the works that represent the foundation of your beliefs. Then read the other side's. You may not be persuaded but you can have enlightening conversations with friends, enemies and neighbors who are all members of your community. You might even change a few minds and your own in ways that will surprise you.


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Over 300 submissions were received from 45 different states; and the 20 finalists were invited to New York City to participate in an Ideas Camp, which you can see footage from below:
You can check out the 20 finalist videos here, and also participate in the Fan Favorite poll asking which idea is best. But I thought it was worth calling out a few ideas that speak to many of the themes we've been discussing here on Future Cities, like the need to cut down on cars, to go green (for a Kindle!), and to replace food deserts with urban farms.
Take a look at the three submissions below:
1. Go Point - Hillsboro, Oregon
2. One Bin for All - Houston, Texas
3. Knoxville's Urban Food Corridor - Knoxville, Tennessee
I think each of these is a worthy proposal, but I have some questions: For example, hey Houston, we want more people to recycle and all, but are we really doing the public a service by allowing them to be entirely oblivious to what should and shouldn't be recycled? I mean, maybe that's all well and good as long as they stay put in Houston, but what about when they leave the city? (Sorry, I just find it a bit depressing when we have to take away humans' ability to bother to know stuff simply because they can't handle the pressure.)
In any case, it's also worth pointing out that if you click through the 20 finalists, you'll see that most of the ideas revolve around harnessing city data and analytics for the sake of improving education (as in Boston), reducing infant fatalities (as in Cincinnati), and... uh... something about taking the pulse of everyone's mood in Santa Monica. What's evident from these proposals is not so much that these cities have great and clear ideas on how to use data (this skeptical but curious brow is tilted at you, Santa Monica!), but that more and more cities are eager to do something, anything with the data they're collecting.
For now, my dear Residents of Future Cities (yes, this is your home now... sorry we keep forgetting to tuck you in at night, so tired!), what are your thoughts on the above proposals? Are they worth $5 million -- and an additional $1 million for four runners-up -- or could you come up with some better ideas?
Even if your city isn't one of the 20 listed, this is worth caring about, as these are ideas that aren't supposed to just influence the cities in question, but the United States as a whole. Let's hope Bloomberg and friends choose wisely.
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Heating up day-old risotto is a serious treat. It's just like day old soups and stews, always better the day after. But today's batch needed a little something extra. Resisting temptation to throw in a fresh vegetable would have been the wrong and predictable move. Adding an over-easy egg was the right one.
An egg? On risotto? Yep. Sunny side up, right on top, with a soft runny yolk trickling down the Arborio rice – turning a standard recipe into a savory, rich entirely new one that can be applied to many leftovers. It all depends if you like eggs (most in this household are egg freaks), so adding an egg can completely recreate the end result of any recipe.
This is an overall reminder to be adventurous in the kitchen! Try more than sunny side up, take one that's hard-boiled or poached and throw it into a salad. Maybe an egg on top of pasta or scrambled then placed in a tortilla for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
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I don't have a credit card any more. I don't miss it either really, except for the air miles, but I keep having friends say 'But how can you use a debit card, they don't have purchase protection'.
I've never needed to call on the insurance or purchase protection of a credit card, and I think the restrictions are tight enough the same would be true of most others.
Do you use the purchase protection much? If so, can you give some examples of when you've called on it, and got your money back?


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Jeffrey Edward Fowle, a U.S. tourist that decided to visit North Korea earlier this year, is now being detained there for undisclosed "violations." The American sightseer is being held by North Korean officials who are saying that the man violated the "laws of the republic" and both his possible motivations and violations are now being examined. News Max reports this Friday, June 6, 2014, that the U.S. government has confirmed they are aware of the detainment, and are investigating the issue themselves.
News agencies throughout North Korea are stating that American tourist, Jeffrey Edward Fowle, is not being allowed to return home to the U.S. at the moment. The reason for this detainment remains vague, yet country officials have stated that Fowle "perpetrated activities which violated our republic's laws … that did not fit his stated purpose of just visiting our republic as a tourist." In doing so, North Korea went on to say that their national agency "has detained him and is investigating him."
At this time, the U.S. State Department of Travel has a strong warning out to discourage American tourists from visiting North Korea, yet Fowle apparently paid little heed to this precaution. American reporters have since been told by the national agency that it has been "aware of reports … a U.S. citizen was detained by North Korea."
UK News notes in their coverage of the unexpected detainment that part of the American warning for U.S. tourists involves North Korea being suspicious of activities or violations that aren't truly dangerous or to be examined in the first place. The press release cites that a number of arbitrary arrests have been made in recent months, all for "activities that would not be considered criminal anywhere outside the republic of North Korea."
At least three other American tourists — all U.S. citizens, adds the report — have experienced trouble like Jeffrey Edward Fowle in recent months while visiting the Asian country. Unfortunately, North Korea has had several accounts surface involving the nation using American travelers as "leverage" against other countries, and it is possible that there may be a link between this problem and the recent exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The issue into this latest detainment case is being examined by international officials.
North Korea has also come into the news recently for vowing military threats against America. Leader Kim Jong Un has even gone so far as to threaten "nuclear" war against the U.S. and their South Korea allies if they do not stop practicing their military drills near hostile territory.


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Why Won't Jesus Die?
From: "Fiend"
To: "Positive Atheism" <email@example.com>
Subject: A few things.
Date: Monday, May 04, 1998 9:26 AM
I run a South Florida based fanzine called The Other Side of Hell and I was wondering if you'd be interested in an on-line interview. I liked the Darwin fish and god blotter but I wanted to suggest another product for your line.
Down here Christians sport those WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) bracelets. My friends and I, having to mock religion in as many possible manners, came up with a new version of the acronym: Why Won't Jesus Die?, symbolizing the ever-present annoyance of bible pushers and fetus tossing Christians. Why don't they just get over it? Let the wacko die already!
Anyway, if you or your readers are interested in interesting Jesus bashing or creative ways to keep the Christians off your doorstep just let me know.
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unfortuneately you have two broken arms."
-- Acargan
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Five men, ages 18-24 were arrested early yesterday morning after standing in the street in front of a residence in Waterville, yelling for another man to come out of the house and fight.
The incident ended with a single stab wound to the hand of a man who was at the residence at the time of the disturbance.
Douglas County Sheriff, Harvey Gjesdahl, told KOZI that the call came in to RiverCom Dispatch shortly after midnight.
All five suspects were booked into Chelan County Regional Jail for rioting with one of the suspects also being charged with second degree assault for the stabbing.
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For the second consecutive night, authorities have called off their search in Cowley County for a man who might be the suspect who shot a Butler County sheriff's deputy earlier this week.
Based on trackers' findings, the sheriff's office will decide in the morning whether to resume the search.
Sgt. Doug Allison said there were signs the suspect entered a creek near U.S. 77 about 10 miles north of Winfield, but no other signs were evident.
He said it's possible the suspect hitched a ride from someone on the highway or hopped a freight train on tracks just west of 77. However, the suspect may still be in the area and residents who see a man walking alone are urged to call 911.
Sgt. Allison says, "The trackers have told me they see indications he knows what he's doing as far as crossing roadways and that kind of thing. He's studied up on how to conceal his movement."
The "trackers" are officers specially trained in searching. The "Cowley Trackers" have been used numerous times since they formed in 2002 to help solve crimes and find missing persons there.
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The search is ongoing for the man accused of shooting a Butler County sheriff's deputy earlier this week, and now a reward is being offered in connection to the case.
Several agencies have been searching for 41-year-old Jan Tracy Kilbourne after he allegedly shot the deputy during a traffic stop near U.S. 54 between Santa Fe Lake Road and Indianola Road early Monday morning. Officers spent several hours searching for him, but he was never located.
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This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. (Ecclesiastes 9:13-18)
How do we go about making sense of this lesson? Is Solomon telling us how things should be or warning us about how they are? Can we invest godly wisdom into every situation of life and reasonably expect that it shall always be recognized or heeded, much less appreciated? As a pastor and minister, I can't tell you how many times over some fifty years that I've observed various people who invested personal effort in a church activity, only to complain bitterly, if at times privately, that their hard work and dedication were not recognized or appreciated. One begins to wonder; did they invest their effort for recognition and appreciation or because it was needed and beneficial to the church's spiritual function? Our humanity craves recognition for what we do that is good. Often we must struggle with frustration and disappointment when we do something worthwhile, and no one notices or voices appreciation. Our "all about me" humanity wants to cry out, "Why bother? I'll just let someone else do it next time." In the Sermon on the Mount, His handbook for Christian living and wise discipleship, Jesus warns us about our human and sinful craving for attention and appreciation. In several of the examples Jesus takes the roof off our sinful humanity by exposing our motives, "to be seen of men." With a touch of humor, he promises that such folks shall have their reward. They shall be seen of men! The Greek word translated "to be seen" in these verses is the Greek root for our English word "theatrical." If our motivation in doing something is to "be seen" and appreciated by people who see what we do and praise us, we are guilty of being "theatrical" about our Christianity rather than being God-centered and doing things for His glory, not for the praise of people who see what we do.
The "to be seen" theatrical attitude is not merely something we should avoid in others. It is in fact something that we should keenly avoid in ourselves. However devoted you and I seek to serve God and His people unselfishly, our fallen human natures love the praise and attention of people when we do something that triggers our pride. Rather than teaching us how things should be, Solomon uses this lesson to warn us not to do things with the expectation of notice and praise. In the unfolding story he tells about the little city, the great king, and the "poor wise man" Solomon confronts the fact that the king had no problem taking the credit for delivering the city. He would use his position to regularly remind his subjects of what a good king he is, exemplified by his deliverance of the city in its moment of danger. No one would protest the king's selfish grabbing of credit from the "poor wise man." In fact Solomon confronts us with the simple point of hard reality. No one remembered the wise man. Soon both the king and his subjects would come to believe that the king really was responsible for delivering the city.
Put yourself in this city. Specifically put yourself in the position of the "poor wise man." Given the opportunity and knowing the outcome, if the city were again threatened and you had the wisdom to know how to deliver the city, would you do so, or would you retire into the background and let the city fall to its enemies? This question takes us to one of the major points of the lesson. Do we view wisdom as its own reward, or do we seek recognition and praise from people who see us demonstrate wisdom? I recall many years ago an interesting experience that my wife and I had. There are several Christian counseling subgroups who conduct seminars and workshops for interested believers. We had heard good reports about one of these organizations, so when we received an announcement that this particular organization planned a three day seminar in San Diego, just over a hundred miles from our home, we were anxious to attend. Honestly, the people who conducted the individual seminars were delightful Christians with godly insight and worthwhile information for our consideration. Throughout the various workshops, we were regularly reminded that the ideas being presented originated with the man who founded the organization. Finally the time came for a general assembly of the whole group. The founder was scheduled to make the keynote speech at this gathering. As he entered the auditorium, we heard people gasp, and many people started pointing and whispering as they saw the founder. The thought occurred to me that this man rather enjoyed this adoring attention. Would he have been as creative and assertive in his programs if no one knew him or ever mentioned his name in near-worshipping tones? He seemed a bit too comfortable with this excessive attention and praise. Despite some beneficial information, my wife and I were not interested in attending the next seminar conducted by this organization. For us the position of the One whom we worship has been taken, and is sufficiently exclusive that we had no desire to inject a competitor into our thoughts.
D. A. Carson draws some instructive analogies out of this story.
"The Teacher recalls an incident in which there was a struggle between prestige (powerful king) and insignificance (small city), between strength (huge siegeworks) and weakness (small city). The precise incident is unknown but was similar to the events of Jdg. 9:50–55 and 2 Sa. 20:15–22. The last sentence of v 15 would mean that no-one remembered the poor man after his help was given. However the line could be translated, 'he could have saved the city by his wisdom'. This fits v 16: the humble circumstances of the poor person count against him and his wisdom is unheeded. But this is not a call for us to abandon wisdom as useless but rather to persevere in its light and leave the outcome to God." [1]
Notice Carson's conclusion, "…persevere in its light and leave the outcome to God." If godliness and wisdom are right, whether we receive credit and praise for our actions or not, we are obligated—no, honored and blessed—with the opportunity to use the wisdom that God may bless upon us for the benefit of His family. Are we willing to do what is right, regardless of someone seeing and praising us, because it is right? Are we willing to "leave the outcome to God" when the alternative would be praise from people? I suggest that, just as faithfully as Jesus promises that a "theatrical" performance, a godly act done "to be seen" and praised by people, shall surely earn its expected reward (People will see what you do and praise you.), even more so a godly deed done solely for the glory of God shall also receive its reward. Whether a single human sees or knows what you do that is godly and commendable, or your good deed goes wholly unnoticed, when you do it for God and His glory, He shall see it and respond with blessings. Would you prefer the fickle praises of another human being or the approval and blessing of God? At some point you may actually face an either-or choice between the two. A decision for one eliminates the other.
[1] Carson, D. A. (1994). New Bible commentary 21st century edition. Rev. ed. of: The new Bible commentary. 3rd ed. / edited by D. Guthrie, J.A. Motyer. 1970. (4th ed.) (Ec 9:13). Leicester, England; Downers Grove, Ill., USA: Inter-Varsity Press.
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Through the provision of agricultural inputs, specialized trainings and technical assistance, this project supports 96 families in the Tsav, Hund, Shikahogh and Srashen communities of the Armenian Kapan region in Syunik marz. By supporting livelihood development, the region's unemployment rate will decrease, thereby curbing urban migration. Heifer Armenia will provide 48 families with 48 gravid heifers, ensuring food security in the community and improving the socio-economic conditions of their households. The trainings throughout the project lifetime, including agroecology, will ensure the adoption of sustainable farming practices by the farmers, which in turn will ensure sustainable livelihoods for the families. After three year period another 48 families will benefit through passing on the gift of 48 heifers.
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PATIENTS from the borough who suffer life-threatening injuries may now be treated in a new major trauma centre in Southampton.
Ambulance crews have now been given the go-ahead to decide whether certain patients in north Hampshire with potentially fatal injuries should be taken straight to the major trauma centre in Southampton.
The centre is designed to treat the small number of people who have suffered extremely serious injuries in incidents such as road accidents and severe assaults.
Dr James Mapstone, clinical director of acute care for NHS South of England, told The Gazette that very few patients would be affected.
But being taken to Southampton and receiving expert care there, would drastically increase their chances of survival and decrease the risk of serious disability, He said: "The new system will see certain patients with life-threatening injuries, who are within 45 minutes of Southampton, being taken straight to the centre.
"If the patients are more than 45 minutes away, they will be assessed at Basingstoke and, if consultants there decide they would be best treated in Southampton, they will be able to get them transferred straight away, without staff having to jump through all the hoops they used to."
At the Southampton centre, he said patients would have access to specialist equipment around the clock and it would not matter what time or day a patient was admitted.
Basingstoke hospital in Aldermaston Road, which still has its own trauma unit, will be supporting the Oxford and Southampton centres and will continue to treat the majority of injuries such as more minor head injuries and serious broken bones.
It will stabilise some patients prior to their transfer to the Southampton site.
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chief Executive Mary Edwards said: "In certain cases, if a patient needs very specialist treatment such as neurosurgery or thoracic (chest) surgery, they will be transferred to Southampton."
Specialists from Basingstoke hospital would not be going to the Southampton centre, she said, as they were focusing on making Basingstoke hospital the best it could be.
Southampton hospital is one of five across the south region that are opening major trauma centres, as reported previously in The Gazette.
Centres have also opened in Plymouth, North Bristol, Oxford and Brighton.
In the south, around 4,000 people suffer a major trauma every year, with the majority of these injuries being caused by road accidents.


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College Hockey:ECAC In Final Stages on Possible Expansion
ECAC athletic directors and administrators will meet via conference call Tuesday, July 6 to discuss the final decisions on how many schools, if any, will be admitted to the league. If all goes well, an announcement could be made by the end of that week.
"We've had some very good discussions following our site visits," said ECAC commissioner Steve Hagwell. "Different people went to different sites, so we need to get that information together for 11 schools and make sure we're comparing apples to apples.
"Trying to put that information together, and to be fair to the schools involved, it's an undertaking. We're going through it methodically. We don't want to rush, but we don't want to prolong it either."
After Vermont announced its intention to leave the ECAC for Hockey East starting in 2005-06, the ECAC opened up a bidding process for schools interested in joining the conference. Five schools applied for membership — Quinnipiac, Holy Cross, Mercyhurst, Niagara and Sacred Heart. League officials and athletic directors from the existing schools went on site visits over the course of the past few weeks.
Sources have indicated growing support for Holy Cross and Quinnipiac. Building issues may be the biggest remaining concern with those two schools. Holy Cross is in negotiation to play games in the spacious Worcester Centrum, while Quinnipiac has plans to construct a new campus center and rink, pending funding. According to sources, Quinnipiac has agreed to play ECAC games on the road until its facility is complete.
Hagwell was also among five Division I conference commissioners to meet in New York City with College Sports Television this week. It followed up what Hagwell said was a productive meeting with CSTV officials at the Coaches Convention in Naples, Fla., in April.
"We talked about ways, going into the season, of helping each other," Hagwell said. "We recapped a little bit, met some new people, and talked about different approaches to [broadcasting] the game to make it more attractive.
"They've been very receptive to things I've thrown at them, such as different scheduling ideas. They can't accomodate everything I want, but they've been great to work with."
Hagwell expects a deal with CSTV for airing ECAC games next season to be finalized shortly.
The commissioners also spent some time with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, something they also did last year.
"We talked about things that are of common interest — equipment issues, referee issues — to make sure we're on the same page," Hagwell said.
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So many people may find themselves suffering through long dark nights, hot and black as ink, of the soul. You may find you have lost your job, relationships and things you thought defined who you were or even are. You may be living with someone, not living in your own space, and what's worse you are an adult. People may even say to you, you are at an age where you should have more than you do and stable in your life.
What's a soul to do
You do the work that you are meant to do while you are in this space. It is probably not the answer you are looking for because you want the pain and misery to be over now. You want to take a magic pill and close your eyes only to wake up with the sun shining and everything on your side again.
You asked for the change at some point in your life and that time is now
Denial, we all live in it to some extent, some more than others. But when life gets to a boiling point where you are no longer able to live the life you were once living, change happens. Abruptly into your life the rain falls that washes away the old and starts the seeds of new to grow.
Only love can make it rain
You have to change or the suffering will continue. I know it seems impossible and it seems like others need to change and how in the world could we possible be talking about you. Instead of internalizing your emotions, when you become sick of the suffering and wonder when it will change, move on and get over with, is exactly when you need to start taking action on your behalf.
Swimming, treading water, getting up to the surface just for a gulp of air
Happiness floats. Happiness is something you must strive for. You have to "relentlessly participate in manifestations of your own blessings." You must learn your way around those things and experiences. Make a map and stay on top of it.
You will learn to trust the universe again
Should I say you must learn to have patience and responsibility over yourself to stop filling up every unlimited and infinite space you find in your life with stuff, and simply wait on the universe and you to fill it with something which fulfills you. It brings meaning to your life.
The power you have over your own mind is incredulous
When I was having anxiety attacks. The doctor told me I had to heal myself, and that he would teach me how. I thought, "You are crazy, I can't breathe right now. I don't have time to learn anything. I'm going to die or end up in the emergency room if you don't give me something now." The truth is you can talk yourself into anything. You can also deny yourself the truth thoroughly. No matter how painful it is, you just keep shoving it down, burying it with a shovel, and then burying the shovel on top of it. You brush your hands off, and now you tell yourself you aren't hiding anything at all anymore and life is a bowl full of peaches.
Migraines, anxiety. Hell hath no fury like issues you don't want to face
It's the issues you tell yourself they don't exist but the body says enough already I can't take this squashing stuff down or hiding it anymore. You have to do something about it, yesterday. You may find yourself in the perpetual hole. You may be in perpetual denial as to how you got there. Who's to blame is not the issue.
What is the issue
You are going to need help. You are going to have to learn how to swim. Guess what? While you are learning how to swim and when to take those all-important breadths, things, people, and the stuff you thought was so important to you, will fall away from you.
Why? Because you can't swim, keeping your head above the water and hold everything else up above the water too. Something and most of the time it is many things that have to go. So that you can breathe, so that you can keep your chin up above the water. So that you can find fulfilling love and happiness, you are forced to surrender it all.
You have been waving the white flag for some time now, if not years in your life
And yet you are even in denial about giving up. About not wanting to or being able to live in your unbearable circumstance anymore.
"Hold tight something's happing. Hold tight. You might feel lightening"
Was it really the universe that wasn't supporting you? No, it was you who wasn't supporting you. You were too busy being who everyone around you demanded you be for them. Instead of letting their world crumble, yours did. The addictive person you hold the household up for and keep their secrets and lie to the relatives for. The manic psychotic mother who causes nothing but trouble and gossips and blames you. The cheating boss who leaves early for the secret affair and demands you make up the extra work blames you. The stepchild who blames you for… the list goes on.
It matters not that you may have loved these people dearly. What matters is that they did not love you.
You can only deny your soul and its existence, happiness and purpose for so long
Did you hear what I just said? You can only keep taking down huge gulps, then whole entire waves of water over your head for so long before the tsunami hits, you drown or you pull yourself up and out of the water by your hair. More than likely it's your entire life that needs leaving or rearranging. The more thorough the cleaning job that needs to be done, the more thorough your full blown life whack hack job will be. Maybe you lost your job, lover, kids, the way you dress, and home.
What's so hard about all of this is
These are things and people you thought you had to have in your life or you would die, or people wouldn't like you, you couldn't live without, or you would rock the boat etcetera, and on infinitum. The real problem was they already hated you, used you, and on. You feel disconnected, but you were already disconnected, but in terrific denial about the fact that your life resulted in zero love, zero fulfillment.
You learn as your learn each new breast stroke and kick
There are loads of people in the world who exude love. You, at the time were not surrounded by them. You wouldn't make the move out of them, so it was done by your soul (and the universe) for you. Caput! Hock-tooey!
Now let the baby steps and baby new breadths begin
How long does it take? That depends on you. Will you go right back into those same situations with those same people, and be even more miserable than you ever thought humanly possible? Or, will you demand respect, love yourself, and keep your distance and/or draw the line?
You don't need to go and chase these folks down to get them back in your life again. They will come back to you. Why? Because they will want you to do their bidding again. Because that is what users do. Because you are being tested over and over again to see if you can and will hold your own. The vampires don't care they just know you once did, and they need you to drain and to take the blame, again.
If these people did love you, they will love you and accept you on your grounds and boundaries now, if they want to be in your life on some level. If not then it's toodles to them. You will be on a new life path, job, hobby, relationships, and life that is enveloped completely in love and happiness.
Can these life whack hacks happen more than once in your life, yes. You are forever transformed. Your soul was lost, but now it's found. "Ain't it Fun, living in the real world."
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Mushroom fan alert: the 40th Annual Santa Cruz Fungus Fair is this weekend -- you can watch cooking demos, buy mushroom-related food, see lots of unusual mushrooms, and more. The event is at Louden Nelson Community Center in downtown Santa Cruz. Also—if you're a mushroom lover, check out the web site for NEXT weekend's Big Sur Foragers Festival (Jan. 17-19, 2014).
The event began Fri. January 10 and most events are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sat-Sun. January 11-12 .
Enjoy cooking demonstrations, lectures, lots of unique mushrooms on display, and kids' activities. Plus, there are many mushroom-themed food selections for sale.
The Fungus Fair draws more than 2,000 visitors each year. I went a couple years ago and it was quite enjoyable. A special habitat display area, beautifully arranged, will showcase hundreds of mushroom species commonly found in the Santa Cruz/San Francisco/Monterey Bay area. A Kids Room offers hands-on projects such as clay mushroom building and face painting.
The program schedule includes a Sunday 3-4 p.m. appearance by Jozseph Schultz (founder/chef of restaurant India Joze). He is doing a demo and audience members will get to taste samples. Schultz's travels include Bali and Turkey, and he is a talented cook and storyteller. He's authored cookbooks such as "India Joze International Mushroom Cookbook."
See complete schedule.
The fair is hosted by the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz, a non-profit organization that aims to expand the understanding and appreciation of mycology (study of mushrooms) and to assist the general public, related institutions, and societies to further this goal. Its biggest event is the annual Fungus Fair.
On Twitter? Follow me @santacruzfoodie.
The Details:
Admission: Sat-Sun - $10 Adults, $5 Seniors & Students, free for kids under 12
Location: Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center Street (at corner of Laurel) – some street parking available at center; another option is further down Center Street near the police station


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Student Spotlight VI: Destiny Magee and Jordan Serra
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What's the best thing about Hawai'i? Diversity! With new roommates and friends from Hong Kong, Singapore, Bali, and Hawai'i, Destiny Magee and Jordan Serra agree that diversity in culture and people make Hawai'i an interesting destination for study away. Both are enjoying meeting new people, seeing new things, and studying for their degrees in an island paradise through A Semester in Hawai'i at UH .
Jordan Serra is a legal studies and psychology major at Roger Williams University with hobbies in music, sports, and surfing. He grew up surfing in the Atlantic Ocean with his father and brothers, and he is looking forward to renting a board this spring and trying out the Pacific waves. He also sings and plays guitar, ukulele, bongos, and lap steel guitar, and has an affinity for folk, acoustic, classic rock, classic country and other types of music "not on the radio." Jordan just bought a guitar to use while here in Honolulu and has been practicing some new pieces. After hearing some Hawaiian music he especially liked, Jordan emailed the performer and composer, Jon Osorio. Osorio is both an award winning musician and a professor in the Hawai'inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge at UHM. Professor Osorio wrote back and recommended a list of Hawaiian music, and Jordan has been learning to play some of it on his guitar. His friends back in Rhode Island are sure to get a great concert when he returns this summer.
Jordan's other spare time is spent hiking, going to the beach, hanging out with new friends, and Skyping with his girlfriend who's in Berlin on a study abroad of her own. They will be reunited at the end of the semester, but in the mean time, both are having memorable college experiences, half way around the world from each other!
Destiny Magee is also separated from her boyfriend this semester, but the distance between the two is not so far. He's on the island of Maui and she's on Oahu. Both are from the University of Northern Iowa where the snow is pretty deep right about now. Destiny has been enjoying a different college lifestyle while here in Honolulu. In Iowa, she commutes to school from home and does not spend much time on campus. Here in Honolulu, she is living in the dorms and taking advantage of campus activities. Destiny is studying biology and enjoys reading, writing, math and computers. But she is also getting outdoors to hike and snorkel at famous attractions close-by the UH campus. Last July, Destiny became certified in scuba diving in Iowa and hopes to take some ocean dives in the blue waters off her new island home. She's already made the trip to Maui 3 times to visit her boyfriend, which is surely an ASH student record for repeat island trips! While there she's snorkeled and explored the famous Haleakala National Park on the summit of the Haleakala volcano.
It's easy to list the number of activities one does while here in Hawai'i, but to describe the experience of being in a multi-cultural environment and sharing your life with others from all over the world is another story. It's an experience about which both Destiny and Jordan would say, "You have to be here and see for yourself."


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Check out Mavs owner and Shark Mark Cuban on the cover of D Magazine for winning CEO of the Year.
If you want to read more about Cuban's honor in the magazine head on over to http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2011/11/16/mark-cuban-named-ceo-of-the-year/
If you want to see some great moments of Cuban with the Mavs go below. I'll start it off with a basketball story i'm sure you didn't know about. When Mark first became rich and retired at the old age of 29 he bought a lifetime travel pass on American Airlines for only $125k. This pass allows him to get on any plane at any time even if it's full. If it is full they will have to ask a passenger to get off. In the following interview (8:00) he talks about how he had Magic Johnson kicked off a plane because of this pass. If that is true then Marc deserved every painful moment the Lakers ever delivered to the Mavs especially that historical 4th quarter comeback. If it wasn't true it still made one entertaining story from the most entertaining Shark on TV.


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Source: Lake Geneva Regional News
March 01, 2011 | 07:13 PM
Lets look at each of your points here.
1... The teachers with their union agreements FIGHT to KEEP CLASS SIZES SMALL TO HAVE A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILDREN TO KNOW THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES! THAT IS A FACT, along with countless other measures for your children, they make a salary, so if the class size is large it doesn't effect your pay, it effects YOUR CHILDREN! NOT TO MENTION THE TEACHERS AGREED TO A COMPROMISE!!!!!
Why do we as a nation have the lowest grade average and President Obama keeps talking about bringing higher educated workers here from other nations because we just dont meet the level of education here. Lower educated students with Collective Bargaining.
2... When your police force and city workers are cut, don't call city hall, no one will be there to answer the phone, to fix the pot hole, or the one police officer will be trying to save the lives and stop the crimes of a whole city.
Roads havent been taken care of in this county in years even with collective bargaining. Police and other emergency services have been cut with Collective Bargaining. How many of you public workers marched against Police cuts in the area? I never seen one protestor marching for them. So dont put that at the private sectors feet alone.
3... When YOUR GARBAGE IS STINKING IN 90 degree heat with rats in the streets, to bad!!
I remember when there use to be 2 even 3 people working on garbage trucks. That disappeared with Collective Bargaining. Now we have 1 person per truck.
4... When YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE SKY HIGH, but the area is depressed and store fronts and vacant, don't rag! YOU DIDN'T LISTEN!
Our property taxes have constantly gone sky high with Collective Bargaining and we have depressed areas, empty stores, closed businesses, empty homes, high unemployment all with Collective Bargaining.
5... Scott Walker is attacking Wisconsin for political gain.
What has the Democratic leadership been doing all this time? It is because of the mess they left that this state and country are on the brink of disaster. All this talk of the Governor ramming this bill thru can be looked at the same way Obamacare was rammed thru congress and passed without anyone reading it. As for political gain, show one politician on either side of the aisle who doesnt do things for political gain. That is why this country is in the mess it is in. Take a look at all the political donations made to campaigns and you will see the majority are unions.
Recall all those Senators who walked off their elected jobs.
Frustrated Taxpayer


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