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Dave Macleod talking about his involvement with Ben Nevis and introducing the Nevis Landscape Partnership that look after the area around Ben Nevis and Glen Nevis. Find out more at http://www.nevispartnership.co.uk/ Music by Croft No. 5.
Having the correct equipment and clothing will keep you comfortable and safe during your climb of Ben Nevis. If you are climbing Ben Nevis in early or late summer please bring extra warm clothing and perhaps consider our Winter Kit List as winter conditions can persist on Ben Nevis until late June and from early [...]
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Scotland and although it only stands at 1344m (4406ft) it is a real challenge. For less experienced walkers we would suggest only climbing Ben Nevis between May and September.


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If you're looking for a bedtime story to share with young children, my Kindle picture book Victoria Rose and the Big Bad Noise just went to free on Amazon. I'm thrilled that it has made the Top 100 Free List. It's nice to know that parents are choosing stories to share with their children. I hope print books will always be around for children, but I'm sure it's fun for kids to read a book of their own on Mom or Dad's special Kindle or iPad.
Victoria loves her home and family, but boy does she hate the noises that invade her daily life. Her imagination transforms the blender into a growling bear, the vacuum cleaner into a lion and the lawnmower into a spaceship filled with monsters. With the help of a CD player, she decides that maybe a nasty noise like the blender is just music that doesn't know how to sing. This illustrated picture book is exclusively available in ebook format. Bonus material includes an author interview and sample story pages, flag facts and discussion questions from my patriotic children's picture book The Flag Keeper, which is 99 cents for a limited time.
I hope parents enjoy sharing these stories with their children!

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Some things are self-evident: Murder is wrong, kindness is good and 75 million years ago, a ruler of a Galactic Confederacy rounded up billions of his own citizens and shipped them to Earth (then called Teegeeack), tied them to volcanoes and used hydrogen bombs to blow up their bodies. Adultery is bad. Lying is wrong.
Yet somehow, some statements made by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, even those having nothing to do with the religion, have actually come into question by critics who often refer to them as "exaggerated" and "laugh out loud retarded."
5On His Native American Upbringing ...
He Said:
It seems L. Ron really, and we mean really wanted to make it clear that he had some extraordinary credentials when it came to his understanding of spirituality. And what do most of us require in a spiritual leader? Nothing less than full membership in a Native-American tribe.
Lucky for L. Ron, the Blackfoot Indian tribe of Montana recruited him and made him a blood brother in a really cool tribal ceremony that probably featured a whole lot of feathers and peace pipes and dancing and whatnot. And, oh yeah, that was when he was just four years old. Those injuns must have really recognized great perception and timeless wisdom in little L. Ron when he wasn't crapping his pants.
And then, as if his followers wouldn't be crapping their pants in excitement over his Blackfeet Indian connections, L. Ron also insists that he spent his adolescence sitting at the feet of shamans of the Orient, eventually applying their ageless wisdom to produce--TA-DA!--Scientology.
But Actually:
L. Ron lived in Helena, Montana when he was four. The nearest Blackfoot Reservation was over 100 miles away. Still, he could have made the trek for the blood brother ceremony ... if the Blackfoot tribe actually conducted that sort of ritual. But oops, they didn't. As our friends at Wikipedia point out:
"The white Blackfeet historian Hugh Dempsey has commented that the act of blood brotherhood was 'never done among the Blackfeet,' and Blackfeet Nation officials have disavowed attempts to 'reestablish' Hubbard as a 'blood brother' of the Blackfeet."
Probably just an innocent misunderstanding. But what about his travels to Asia, you ask?
There is some authenticity to Hubbard's story. His father, Harry Hubbard, was actually stationed in Guam at the US Naval Base, so, yeah, young Hubbard did have the opportunity to spend some time in Asia. What did Hubbard learn from the wise men there? From his actual diary:
"They smell of all the baths they didnt take. The trouble with China is, there are too many chinks here."
Not Pictured: Enough white people for Hubbard.
4On His Study of Nuclear Physics ...
He Said:
From the dust jacket of Hubbard's 1957 book All About Radiation:
"...we have the sane and sober views of a medical doctor on the physical facts and consequences of the actual atomic blast and the diseases resulting from it.
L. Ron Hubbard, who was one of the first nuclear physicists in the United States, has interpreted these facts and related them to human livingness, governments and the control of populations."
Did you catch all that? The original dust jacket of Hubbard's treatise on all things radiatory makes the claim that he is BOTH a nuclear physicist and a medical doctor. Both. But it could have happened, right?
But Actually:
Hubbard flunked out of the only course he ever took in nuclear physics. And because his grade point average was abysmally low, he eventually dropped out of college altogether. However he did get a degree from Sequoia University, an unaccredited college that apparently offered degrees in charismatic cult leadership.
But hey ... college degrees aren't everything. Look at Bill Gates, Michael Dell, most of the Cracked writers--all highly successful people who couldn't cut it in the classroom. Doesn't Big L. fit this category? He was a smart guy, right?
Not about nuclear physics, apparently. A 1965 Australian inquiry into All About Radiation ended with the scientists of the world getting together to basically laugh at how stupid Hubbard is:
"The Board heard evidence from a highly qualified radiologist who has made a special study of radiation and its effects. He said that Hubbard's knowledge of radiation, as displayed by his writings in All About Radiation, was the 'sort of knowledge that perhaps a boy who has read Intermediate Physics might, with a lot of misapprehensions and lack of understanding, demonstrate' ... "
We're pretty sure that, in the middle of a lot of extra words, they just said Hubbard knew less about physics than a confused child. That's about the strongest rebuke you can get from a community that tends to frown on words like "dumbass."


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Veterans History Project Event
I would like to invite you to participate in the Library of Congress's Veterans History Project, as volunteers who wish to become "Oral Historians," and veterans willing to tell the next generation about your experiences. I have arranged for a free training on how to conduct oral history interviews. Immediately after the training our newly trained volunteers will interview their first Veteran and preserve that memory in our nation's archive.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Training for Volunteers - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Interviews for Veterans - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building (2nd Floor)
163 West 125th Street
New York, NY 10027
There is nothing more honorable then serving your country, your community, and your fellow citizens. This is an opportunity to serve those who have served all of us.
The Veterans History Project (VHP) of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center was created by Congress in 2000 to collect, preserve, and make accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from Veterans and better understand the realities of war. In addition, those civilians who were actively involved in supporting war efforts (such as war industry workers, USO workers, flight instructors, medical volunteers, etc.) are also invited to share their valuable stories.
My goal is to encourage as many veterans in New York's 13th District to participate in this great project. Our nation loses approximately 1,000 World War II veterans daily, along with a growing number of veterans from the Korean War and Vietnam War. The time is now to honor and preserve their stories for our future generations.


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The NFL offseason delivers a lot of interesting storylines from team to team each year. The Carolina Panthers will no doubt have their own noteworthy news between now and September. Along with preparing for the draft, the team will have to make a few tough decisions as it prepares for the 2014 season.
Most of those decisions will be based on the roster. Evaluating talent from the incoming draft class and deciding which players will give Carolina a good chance to win next year is just part of the many discussions that will need to take place. Others may involve personnel on the coaching staff.
No offseason is ever simple.
The Panthers have a lot of work to do over the course of the next few months. The decisions they will make in the upcoming weeks will have a great deal of impact on how their next season unfolds. Here are the five toughest decisions of Carolina's offseason.
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Occidental College
Urban & Environmental Policy
Summer Affordable Housing and Community Development Internship
Oxy students: Are you interested in issues of affordable housing, homelessness, community development, and improvement of conditions in low-income neighborhoods? If so, consider applying for Oxy's paid summer internship program in affordable housing and community development.
2014 Summer interns (pictured): Adrian Adams '17, Carina Bustos '15, Jesus Flores '16, John Guzman Aguilar '15, Audrey Hahn '16, Karen Romero '16, Angela Soley '15, and Rachel Stober '15
2015 Summer interns:
Jennifer Back | Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment
Reilly Brown | Coalition for Economic Survival
Amelia Buchanan | LA Neighborhood Housing Services
Evan Chan | Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
Katherine Kepler | LA Community Action Network
Cory Lomberg | Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing
Danielle Raskin | Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Kailee Stovall | LA Voice
We will accept applications for Summer 2016 from February 1 thru 29, 2016.
2016 Summer Affordable Housing and Community Development Internship
The college has funding for several internships. The Occidental students selected for this internship will be paid a $3,900 study grant, will be provided with room and board on campus (based on income, but with a maximum payment of $120 per week for the summer), and will work full-time for a community-based non-profit organization in Los Angeles working on affordable housing issues. Additional funds for travel expenses may also be available.
Interns will learn about housing policy and housing development issues. They will work full-time (35 hours per week) for 10 weeks, from May 26 to August 1, 2015. The organizations will include those listed below as well as several others:
- Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (www.calorganize.org)
- Coalition for Economic Survival (www.cesinaction.org)
- East Los Angeles Community Corporation (www.elacc.org)
- LA Community Action Network (cangress.org)
- LA Voice (www.lavoicepico.org)
- LINC Housing Corporation (www.linchousing.org)
- Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (www.laane.org)
- Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services (www.lanhs.org)
- National Day Laborer Organizing Network/Pasadena Community Job Center (www.ndlon.org and www.pasadenajobcenter.com)
- Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (www.scanph.org)
The interns will work with professional staff on a variety of projects dealing with housing development, housing policy, and/or housing advocacy. The student will be required to keep a journal, meet with a faculty member during the summer to discuss the internship, and write a final paper dealing with some aspect of the internship and the topic of affordable housing.
Occidental frosh, sophomores, and juniors are eligible to apply. There is no formal application form. To apply, you should provide the following:
1. Your name, Oxy ID#, major, class (i.e. frosh, sophomore, junior), GPA, and the name of a faculty member who can serve as a reference.
2. A one-page statement explaining why you are interested in this internship
3. A copy of your resume
Please send the application to Sylvia Chico at the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute. You can bring it to UEPI and put it on Sylvia's desk, or email it to her (in MS Word) at email@example.com.
If you have any questions about the internship, please contact Professor Peter Dreier at email@example.com or (323) 259-2913.
Applications will be accepted from February 1, 2016 to February 29, 2016 (5:00pm PST).
This is part of the Oxy Summer Research Program.
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Archers Upset Trailblazers; Head to Second Straight NJCAA Tourney
November 10, 2013
|The celebration is on for the Archers, including, from left, Sierra Fuchs, Kaley Bell, Jessica Smugala and Katie Rapisardo after they defeated Lewis and Clark 1-0 to win the District D title and advance to the NJCAA Women's Soccer Tournament for the second straight year. Rapisardo scored the game's only goal.
Behind a defensive-oriented approach and a late goal from sophomore midfielder Katie Rapisardo, St. Louis Community College defeated Lewis and Clark 1-0 to advance to its second consecutive NJCAA Women's Soccer Tournament.
Rapisardo scored the game's only goal in the 82nd minute, and the Archers, led by sophomore goaltender Apolonia Thomas, fended off the Trailblazers for the final eight minutes to secure the District D playoff win.
|Katie Rapisardo takes a corner kick for the Archers. She scored
the game's only goal in the 82nd minute to send STLCC to its
second straight NJCAA Tournament.
The victory was an about-face for the Archers against Lewis and Clark. STLCC faced the Trailblazers twice during the regular season, losing both times by a combined score of 9-2.
Archers head coach Juergen Huettner credited those games for preparing them for Sunday's victory.
"The biggest difference is, to play a team a third time – if they've beaten you twice, there's really no reason for them to change much," Huettner said. "If you're the team that lost, you're going to have to change something. As the losing team, you have to make changes, so the winning team doesn't get the same opportunities the third time around. On a preparation level, the team that lost twice should go in a bit more prepared, and that's what happened today."
The win improved the Archers to 15-5-2, the second straight 15-win campaign under Huettner. For Huettner, Sunday's win not only represented the ability to adjust to an opponent in-season. It also revealed the progress the program has made over a two-year span.
"We talked about it at halftime, we had an opportunity to go to nationals for a second year in a row," Huettner said. "This is what a lot of people dream of. To go a second time, back-to-back, it speaks to our program. I think it speaks a little bit for what's going on here."
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Someone once said to "Write hard and clear about what hurts". And so I will.
Grief hurts. And I've been extraordinarily lucky in that I have not had too many close experiences with grief. I have not had any immediate family pass away until now. And I have had the immeasurably valuable time to grieve ahead of time, for we knew it was coming.
I will tell you — oh yes, it hurts, like it will never heal and the feeling of being lost, with no direction. My first instinct was to call my father, tell him I needed to come over for a coffee and a chat and to get a load off my chest. Unfortunately, he is the person I lost.
And what a stupid choice of words, for the amount of ridiculous words used each day that we could not come up with a better term than "lost". He will not be found, nor has he been misplaced. He is gone, not lost. His memories will be so sharp they will hurt, so sharp they are like hallucinations. So sharp they slice into my life and leave a gash across that social circle, that routine with him, that comfortable silence that is no longer.
I know there are scientists that have carefully researched and catalogued the individual stages of grief. You can google grief and see these little step by step charts, like an ikea bookshelf, with arrows and "symptoms" for each. They missed a few in my opinion.
They missed that moment that comes when you first wake in the morning, just after dream and before reality, where your loved one is still just a phone call away.
They missed that gasp when you empty your voicemail and hear their voice like a ghost beyond the grave, and the urgency to save that voice, to play it on repeat until you know every word and every pause.
They missed that elbow to the gut when you speak their name out loud and add "deceased" or "passed away" to the end of the sentence, like every time you say it aloud you cause it to become just a little more permanent.
And they missed the misunderstanding everyone seems to have about grief. I need it to be said that I am not depressed. I will laugh and smile and I forget for moments, and I laugh with my children.
And occasionally I will have a good solid cry about a spruce tree or lifesavers or scallops or whatever. There is no obvious reason for this other than a memory which triggers me to remember again and there is no way to predict when it will happen next. Don't look at me like I am sick and tell me to "feel better soon". I will not take a pill and be 100 per cent, because I will change into someone new, because my circumstances and circles have changed.
I will grow with grief, like a slight poke to the side whenever I take someone for granted, and will remember the importance of the little things. I will slowly adjust to my new life, not "forget and move on". I will remember daily and it will be less painful as time passes, but bear with me through the painful moments, for they are the most important.
We as a culture don't talk about grief, we whisper about death, we don't talk about the logistics and the details. I think we are making things much harder for ourselves than it needs to be. I have discussed my children's births so often that it becomes routine. We don't have the same acceptance for grief and death.
It hurts. Hemingway knew it, he encouraged others to talk about hurt. We should. And I will because there is so much more to say.


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The two middle-aged aged women spoke with an English accent familiar from Monty Python sketches.
"Look at that one there," said the first. "It's got a swastika on it."
I was traveling in Europe after college and visiting the Louvre in Paris. I was standing in the Roman antiquities section beside two British tourists. Before us, a glass case filled with ornate silver bowls and trays – ancient relics covered with intricate designs.
"Look at that one there," said the first. "It's got a swastika on it. Must be German."
Her companion read the little white card lying in front of the tray, and in a non sequitur I remember to this day, said, "'Donated by friends of the Louvre.' Well, there you are."
A polite-sounding name for this is the Dunning-Kruger effect, "a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude." Here, let John Cleese himself explain it:
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The Kenyan Pretender is just that overhanded, salute-wise!
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Makes you want to jump up and shout, "I'm Spartacus!" doesn't it?
James Protzman (of BlueNC) posts this at Daily Kos. Worth repeating in its entirety:
I am now a corporation
by James Protzman
UPDATE: All of this is absolutely true.
Yesterday, July 6, 2014, We were reborn as a Limited Liability Corporation called James Alexander Protzman, Inc. (DBA, James, Inc.). It's very exciting and We are giddy with glee about the possibilities.
The process was simple, though not inexpensive. For less than $200 using an online filing, We were able to purchase this sacred status in only five minutes. Now We have all the rights of other corporations, which as We all know, is the fastest growing front for freedom in America. In any case, We now have many more rights than "regular" people, even though We are also still a regular person, too. We think of it as dual citizenship with benefits. And We get to use the royal "we"!
Our corporate agenda is a work in progress, and We would appreciate any input and guidance you may have. One thing We are considering, for example, is filing for office here in North Carolina, perhaps for governor. We already have one unincorporated corporation in that top spot, Pat McCrory (Duke Energy), so the precedent is well on its way to being cemented in stone.
One established part of Our corporate agenda is the promotion of world peace. We object to the burden of paying taxes to fund the US war machine, which violate Our religious beliefs. We will be filing suit shortly, based on the Hobby Lobby ruling.
Corporate welfare also goes against Our religion, which is ironic since We are a corporation. More litigation to come here.
We have been a corporation for only one day, but We can already feel that change is in the air. And please be advised that our corporation has already lawyered up. We are in a position to take you to the cleaners for any perceived threat to our religious freedom.
Of course, We have not yet chosen a religion, having not yet completed our scenario modeling and crisis simulation planning. But We will in due course. As soon as We understand which denominations confer the greatest competitive advantage, We will be making an announcement. Early evidence suggests that something in the poly-theistic domain could be promising. We are especially interested in the maximum number of paid holidays.
Speaking of pay, We believe that working for our corporation is a privilege. Pay and benefits are out of the question.
If you have other suggestions to help shape Our corporate agenda, please share them. For those who wish to invest, an IPO is in the works. We are also looking to establish a board of directors with special experience in frivolous litigation and off-shore investing.
These are exciting times, no?


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- Cotton PGR decisions need to start early
- PGR's primary purpose
- No correlation to fiber quality
- It's never too early to start considering the factors that dictate the use of plant growth regulators in cotton.
- Past research has shown that there's no interaction between plant growth regulator and nitrogen application strategies on yield and fiber quality.
KNOWING THE AGGRESSIVENESS of your cotton variety and environmental conditions during the production season are important in making plant growth regulator application decisions.
Though it's early in the cotton growing season, the factors to be considered when deciding when and how much plant growth regulator to apply are already at play in many fields.
Past research has shown that there's no interaction between plant growth regulator and nitrogen application strategies on yield and fiber quality, says Dale Monks, Alabama Cooperative Extension System cotton specialist.
"Those are two separate issues, but you've got to consider the variety you're growing, and you've got to know your nitrogen status before you can begin your PGR application. If we wait until first bloom before we decide how we're going to manage that plant, it's too late if it's an aggressively growing plant. It's hard to slow down," says Monks.
But in parts of the Cotton Belt, some growers are putting extremely high rates of PGR on taller, aggressive cotton varieties, he says. "You have to start early, and the nitrogen level of the crop does come into play. But it's not a good idea to attempt to control plant height with nitrogen. Put out nitrogen for yield, and then deal with plant height based on the variety and conditions. Look at the status of the plant and how it's growing," says Monks.
Plant growth regulators include traditional mepiquat or mepiquat chloride products. "Whenever you use a generic product in an effort to save money, check the formulation. Is the formulation 4 pounds per gallon or 2 pounds per gallon? It my be cheaper, but then you have to use twice as much. Some generics are not formulated quite the same," he says.
Most growers, says Monks, know where they will have problems with rank cotton, and they try to control it.
The amount of nitrogen applied to cotton certainly is a factor, he adds. "The problem last year is that we had a lot of sidedress applications that went out really late. We just couldn't get into the field. In the Wiregrass region of Alabama, it was rainy and cloudy for 59 days straight, and we all know that cotton responds to sunlight.
"And it's not just daylight – it's the quality of sunlight that we're looking for. Last year, we ended up not being able to get into the fields, and some of those nitrogen applications went out late. Where some went out early, we weren't sure what was left after all the rainfall. When you've had water standing for a few days, do you assume it's all gone? Do you put out the full load again or part of it?"
Monks notes that even in a year of excessive rainfall in areas, Alabama growers still made good state yield average in 2013 of about 820 pounds.
"We're in an era now where the new cotton varieties are in the 'elite' level. In Alabama, if we get the rainfall, it'll take our yields up. If we have had the rainfall with clear skies in 2014, we could easily hit over 2 bale/acre yields, just like in 2013."


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Market Research released a new report this month on the current US dating service market. In it they state that dating services are a $2.1 billion business with online dating representing 53 percent of the market (other types include print personals, matchmakers, etc.). Year over year since 2001 online dating has become more popular. This year though, revenue is only expected to grow 7.5 percent in the United States. The reason for this is that competition has exploded with an estimated 1,500 dating sites serving the US. Dating sites also have found that they are competing more with social networking sites. That is why dating companies in the US are starting to expand into Europe where the next online dating boom is predicted to happen.
In 2007 it was reported that by 2012 revenue projected for the entire dating industry would be $1.9 Billion. It looks like the projection was only about 10 percent off. JupiterResearch (who also offer industry reports) also estimated revenue for the year 2007 to be $900 million.
For more information on this report you can read the abstract at Market Research.
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The Wall That Heals
The approach of Memorial Day prompts my thought that there should be a memorial for those who died, and many still in harm's way, in Afghanistan and Iraq. To appreciate those thoughts you would have to understand the power of what we call The Wall, the 58,195 names etched in the black marble panels of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The power of The Wall has much to do with what beats in the hearts of many Americans affected by that war, and a little to do with the memorial's design.
Part of the calculus in deciding to commit U.S. troops to hostilities should be the price they will individually pay, both the ones who will die and the ones who live. The after-effects of traumatic combat experience vary widely. I am not an expert, just a layman with anecdotal experience and believe these things to be true after speaking with a lot of other vets.
The sudden terror of a near-death incident, the violent death of a friend, the horror of bodies torn apart, whether enemy, friendly or innocents, have always been things warriors have to push down to a deeply hidden part of their gut so they can continue to function. Like cops who deal with life's underbelly every day, they use morbid humor for relief, but however deep it is buried, it never goes away.
Many vets don't realize until years later that the bonds forged by shared hardship in a war put love in their heart for those other guys, even the ones that rubbed them the wrong way.
When the shooting starts, they aren't fighting for our flag, they are fighting for each other, and when a buddy's guts are scattered on the ground and he screams for his mom while he dies, that haunting memory lives vividly forever. These pressures were far harder on grunts than on pilots like me.
You know more about this than you think if you have ever been part of a harrowing event, like a very bad auto wreck, or if you have had the shock of the unexpected death of someone you loved completely. When does the pain go away? Never. It remains just below the surface and, for the rest of your life, when that surface is scratched, there it is, staring you in the face.
Another stress is the isolation felt by a lot of troops home from a war. After endless dreams of returning home, they often have a hard time re-connecting with old friends because the vet has changed. While he now has a sharp focus that quickly separates the important from the trivial, he often finds the lives of his old friends turn on inconsequential things like shopping and the latest fad on TV.
Part of it comes from a disconnect with the public, which seems largely apathetic to the war in which the vets bet their lives — how can everyone carry on and play as if there was no war while our troops are still fighting?
Part of it comes from a surprising longing to be back with their comrades, the ones who understand them best now and can convey things with a gesture or a word that outsiders will never understand.
Isolation was aggravated for many Vietnam vets by the rejection they felt from the American public. There appears to be a similar issue for today's combat vets, not from rejection but the public's indifference to a war since there is no draft and uninvolved families have very little skin in the game.
These are some of the pressures carried by vets long after their fighting is done. You can imagine the stress borne by families who received notice the son they loved more than their own life was dead. As long as they live, it never goes away.
The power of The Wall is that it is a place that honors what these vets and families sacrificed. It is their place. For vets, it is a connection with the comrades they already know and many they don't, instant friends when they meet. The Wall scratches the surface of things buried deep inside.
When I visited The Wall I discovered the genius in its simple design. To find the names I searched for, I had to find the right panel, passing by so many names; then I had to search on the panel because the names are in order of dates of death, but it appears random because the dates are not marked.
Being forced to look through so freaking many names makes you slowly realize that every one is a story, just like the name you are searching for, every one was a son, a brother, an uncle, a husband, a father, a friend. The memorial's message gets lost in numbers but it comes back in the search.
Something special happens at The Wall every day. Visitors leave all sorts of mementos. Jamie O'Hara wrote a fine song titled "50,000 Names," about the gifts visitors leave, trinkets collected daily and kept by the National Park Service. Part of the lyrics are:
"They come from all across this land,
"in pick-up trucks and minivans,
"searching for a boy from long ago.
"They search the wall to find his name,
"teardrops fall like pouring rain,
"and silently they leave a gift and go."
The Wall seems to scratch the surface, to relieve some pressure of deeply buried trauma. Some call it cathartic. Some vets don't want to go to The Wall, reluctant to lose their composure in public. Others say it would be good for them, but I don't know what is good for them; I just know it is good for me.
I also know that vets and families of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars should have a place that honors them, that belongs to them, that connects them. After sending those troops away from their family three, four or five times to do our dirty work in a war zone while we go to the mall, at the very least we owe them a memorial. We should not wait 20 years to build it.
Meanwhile, if you want to witness the power of The Wall right here at home, mark your calendar. "The Wall That Heals," a half-scale replica, will be at the Coweta County Fairgrounds in Newnan on Pine Road Oct. 20-23. For details or to volunteer – or contribute – email firstname.lastname@example.com.
This traveling memorial will be free to the public, open around the clock, available in the wee hours for those who prefer to make such a visit in private. I might be one of them.
[Terry Garlock of Peachtree City was a helicopter gunship pilot in the Vietnam War. He wrote a book about that war, details at www.garlock1.com. His email is email@example.com.]
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Carrot & cream cheese cupcakes
This crowd-pleasing recipe turns the ultimate afternoon-tea favourite into delightful cupcakes
Nutrition and extra info
- Can be frozen un-iced
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal442
- fat32g
- saturates14g
- carbs38g
- sugars26g
- fibre2g
- protein4g
- salt0.7g
- 175g light muscovado sugar
- 100g wholemeal self-raising flour
- 100g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
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- 2 tsp mixed spice
- zest 1 orange
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- 2 eggs
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- 150ml sunflower oil
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- 200g carrots, grated
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- orange coloured sprinkles, to decorate
For the icing
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with cases. In a large mixing bowl, mix the sugar, flours, bicarbonate of soda, mixed spice and orange zest. Whisk together the eggs and oil, then stir into the dry ingredients with the grated carrot. Divide the mixture between cases and bake for 20-22 mins until a skewer poked in comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack before icing.
For the icing, beat the butter until really soft, then beat in the soft cheese, icing sugar and vanilla. Use a palette or cutlery knife to swirl the icing on top of the cakes, then sprinkle with decorations.
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Made this a couple of days ago without the icing. Still yummy! Only had standard size muffin cases and didn't want anything to spill over so instead of 12, I made 18 and they still rose and were still light and fluffy!
I also substituted sunflower oil for Rapeseed oil instead.
Apart from that, I didn't make any other alterations and it was still perfect.
Made this a couple of days ago without the icing. Still yummy! Only had standard size muffin cases and didn't want anything to spill over so instead of 12, I made 18 and they still rose and were still light and fluffy!
I also substituted sunflower oil for Rapeseed oil instead.
Apart from that, I didn't make any other alterations and it was still perfect.
Love this recipe - it has never failed on the many times I've made it.
I'm going to use it for a friend's wedding, however he wants the icing to be piped on and I'm worried that it will collapse/melt - can anyone here suggest a way of making the icing thicker? I have thought about incorporating egg white into it or just adding more icing sugar - has anyone ever tried this?
Absolutely scrumptious! My current favourite and easiest recipe of the moment. I also added the juice from the orange. The icing is far too much, so I use about two thirds of the ingredients, which is still more than adequate. Or sometimes make full quantity, and keep remainder in fridgeâ¦.in readiness for the next batch. I used Philadelphia Light. Topped off with orange zest which looks more ânaturalâ.
The cakes are delicious, the perfect carrot cupcake in my opinion! Especially when you follow the tip in the comments to add extra orange juice. I also added 2 tsp cinnamon, as we like that.
The icing was disappointing, decided to use orange instead of vanilla, but I found the icing over-buttery and not at all tasty. A lemon buttercream might be better.
Have made these cakes for my family and more reciently for a church cake stall. The other mums said they were the best carrot cakes they had ever tasted!
I add a few raisins to the dry mixture.
I also noticed they needed maximum cooking time suggested and tasted a little better after being refriderated for a couple of hours to allow the topping to stiffen.
Tried this as per recipe (not adding orange juice). They didn't rise at all, the mixture just slopped over the sides. Was left with a very messy tray and 12 small flat cakes. (In my defence I won a prize for my baking in our work bake sale for comic relief - I'm not a baking newbie). Was hoping to take them round to a friend's dinner party but had to go and buy a dessert instead! The cakes did taste nice but I lost lots of the mixture over the sides and they really were not serveable, I didn't bother to ice them they looked such a mess. Wouldn't make again.
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Share PrintEmailShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedIn You may also like:Vietnamese processor targets 75% profit increase for 2013 Vietnamese seafood exports predicted to top 2012 Vietnam to sue over US Pangasius anti-dumping ruling April 16, 2013, 4:24 pm Undercurrent News Export volumes of Vietnamese Pangasius to Japan have risen by 2. 76% since March, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP).www.undercurrentnews.com/2013/04/16/vietnamese-pangasius-exports-to-japan-up-2-7/
Pangasius filet with salad | I like that blog
Yesterday I had dinner at Michiel's place! He's recovering from a heavy Le Guess Who weekend and needed some vegetables. He made a nice salad with Pangasius filet which is perfect for (meatless) Monday.ilikethatblog.com/2013/12/03/pangasius-filet-with-salad/
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Inspect pangasius, let chips fall where they may | Farm Press Blog
If imported Pangasius from Asian countries are really full of bad stuff, let's run them through rigorous tests to find out. If the tests prove the presence of banned or dangerous substances, then we're sure that U.S. pangasium supporters would do the right thing in the name of consumer health. If the test prove nothing, then let the fish and chips fall where they may.deltafarmpress.com/blog/inspect-pangasius-let-chips-fall-where-they-may
Pangasius Catfish ( Pangasianodon hypophthalmus ) | Fishing The Philippines
Common Name: Pangasius, Creme Dory, Local Name: Max Size: Biodiversity: Freshwater, Introduced Fishing Season: All Year Long Here is a fine 3kg specimen of the Pangasius Catfish, also known as Creme Dory, Pangasius, Hammerhead Shark(in the aquarium trade) and Iridescent Shark. These catfish were introduced allegedly in 1982 from Thailand where they are native…fishingthephilippines.com/2012/09/26/pangasius-catfish-pangasianodon-hypophthalmus/
Germany supermarket chain offers consumers ASC pangasius - Fishupdate.com
Fishupdate.com: News » Retail . Market leader, Real Group, is the first retailer globally to offer shoppers ASC certified Pangasius at its fresh fish counters, having gained ASC group chain of custody last month.www.fishupdate.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/20072/Germany_supermarket_chain_offers_consumers_ASC_pangasius.html
Pangasius or catfish has great power, and give you strike sensation. Here are some best lure formulas.ghazuth.blogspot.com/2013/09/pangasius-fishing-lures.html
Tra (pangasius) fish exports hit US$1.8 billion — Vietmaz
(VOV) - The Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries reports Tra (Pangasius) fish exports are expected to hit a staggering US$1.8 billion this year.www.vietmaz.com/2013/12/tra-pangasius-fish-exports-hit-us1-8-billion/
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Pangasius business soars in Caraga | ButuanNews.com
Butuan City — The Pangasius business in the Caraga region has grown beyond expectation, spurring job generation and wealth creation in depressed areas in Northeastern Mindanao. Pangasius, a member of catfish family and known commonly as 'cream dory' family, was introduced by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the Philippines in 1981.www.butuannews.com/2013/12/27/pangasius-business-soars-in-caraga/
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The 31 countries that qualified for the 2014 World Cup and host nation Brazil will be hoping for the luck of the draw today. That's when their names are plucked from bowls in a globally televised extravaganza to determine where, when and, most important, who they will play in Brazil next June at soccer's showcase tournament.
The 90-minute ceremony will be televised live to more than 190 countries.
• Chicago Fire forward Mike Magee has been selected Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Player, capping a career season.
Acquired by the Fire from Los Angeles on May 25, Magee had 15 goals and four assists in 22 games for Chicago. He had six goals before the trade, bringing his season total to 21.
Free-agent Wilson agrees to return to Dodgers
Free-agent reliever Brian Wilson agreed to a one-year, $10 million contract to stay with the Los Angeles Dodgers, said a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations.
The deal is pending a physical, the person said. Wilson's new contract includes an $8.5 million player option for the 2015 season.
• The Boston Red Sox have agreed with reliever Edward Mujica on a two-year deal, a person familiar with the deal said. Mujica was 2-1 with 37 saves and a 2.78 ERA for the St. Louis Cardinals last season.
• Utility player Willie Bloomquist signed a two-year, $5.8 million contract with the Seattle Mariners, bringing him back to the team for which he started his major league career.
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NASCAR announced sweeping changes to the Hall of Fame election process, including tweaks that make Bill Elliott and Mark Martin immediately eligible for enshrinement.
Among the changes: Drivers are now eligible if they have competed for 30 or more years in NASCAR or turned 55 in the calendar year before nominating day. Previously, drivers were not eligible until they had been retired for three years.
Johnson holds one-shot lead in World Challenge
Zach Johnson shot a 5-under-par 67 to take a one-shot lead over Matt Kuchar in the World Challenge.
Only five players in the 18-man field broke par at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
One of them was tournament host Tiger Woods, who had a 71.
Hunter Mahan and Bubba Watson were at 70.
• American Stacy Lewis shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead during the suspended second round of the Dubai Ladies Masters in the United Arab Emirates.
Lewis had a 9-under 135 total in the Ladies European Tour's season-ending tournament.
Sweden's Pernilla Lindberg was second after a 69.
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Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal, Elijah said to Elisha, 'Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.' But Elisha said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." …Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here; for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan." But he said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.' … As they both were standing by the Jordan. … Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up, and struck the water; the water was parted to the one side and to the other, until the two of them crossed on dry ground.
When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me what I may do for you, before I am taken from you." Elisha said, "Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit." … As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven. Elisha kept watching and crying out, 'Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!' But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
He picked up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. He took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, "Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?" When he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over. from 2 Kings 2
People who live along and near the Gulf of Mexico have endured a manmade hell of stress, lost income, a suffering regional economy and environmental damage for nearly three months because human error unleashed a gushing well deep under the Gulf's waters.
Until Thursday, when a new cap finally stanched the flow, optimism was less than prevalent.
The cap may not work, or it might be removed to try another solution.
Hope, however, is visible as normal sea water swirls where a cloud of oil billowed from the sea floor for 87 days.
Few things test optimism, hope and faith more than disasters beyond an individual's control.
The Rev. Barbara Smisek, a Congregationalist preacher in Nebraska, described a recent mission trip made by some members of her large Lincoln congregation to help repair flood damage in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Smisek said it was not until after the mission trip that she understood with clarity the power of the story of Elijah and Elisha in 2 Kings – the change in prophetic authority and the promise that sealed it.
At its core the biblical story is about great change and the anxiety that comes with it.
"I talked earlier … about the popularity of the Elisha and Elijah story," Smisek said. "I've read this passage, I've heard it all my life, but when I read it for today's sermon, for the first time it wasn't the chariot and it wasn't the blazing horses or the mantle or the mysterious disappearance that caught my attention. Instead, my attention went to Elisha's words, his response to Elijah. … Elijah says to Elisha … 'Stay here, for the Lord has sent me [on],' and … Elisha says to him, 'As the Lord lives, as you yourself live, I will never leave you.'"
Anyone in trouble or under stress welcomes the reliable word of a trustworthy companion, friend, spouse or child.
"Friends," said Smisek, "God is with us all the time. We carry God's Holy Spirit inside of us, it dwells, it stirs within us and because of that we are hard-wired to take care of each other. We need each other and we can help each other because we can show up and we can listen."
If we believe that God is with us all the time, we're walking in the same faith in which Elisha walked – and we will be compelled to carry the promise forward.
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Offering three valuable perspectives from a teenage boy, a professional model, and God's Word, Carter explains her own standards of modesty in a way that will make readers acquire a specific understanding of her wardrobe choices and the impact that these choices have on others. Includes a section of full-color photos, a 45-day Bible study, and fun, fresh advice on how to dress stylishly in a way that honors God.
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Your child will have the opportunity to meet and form new friendships with similar aged local children. Holiday playschemes can be a great way for children to discover new interests and explore new activities and can be a great energy-burner. You can pre-book for the days that suit you, from just one or two days to whole weeks.
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When developing replacement heifers, no single management tactic is more important than any other – you have to cover all the bases.
A single equals two. Whether it's a double play or two runs home, that's baseball math. It's also why every manager since the beginning of the game has hollered at his players, "cover your bases."
It makes sense to Ron Hoffman. In cowboy math, however, covering your bases might very well mean a home run.
Hoffman owns Hoffy's Heifers near Bayard, NE, where he develops and sells commercial bred heifers and first-calf heifer pairs to a variety of ranchers. While moving from a commercial cow-calf operation to a niche like replacement heifers has been profitable, it takes a different management mindset.
So, if you're thinking to take advantage of the long-awaited cowherd expansion that will happen shortly after the rains come sweeping across the Plains, Hoffman's advice is simple: you've got to cover all the bases.
"Anybody can buy some heifers, put some feed in them, turn in a bull, hit a hot market, and succeed for a year or two," he says. "But ultimately, if you're going to be in the heifer development business, you have to have your customers' success first and foremost. If you don't, you probably won't be in business very long."
Hoffman defines customer success as a heifer that delivers a live calf, breeds back and has another good calf, and becomes a profitable part of the herd for six years or more. To help his customers succeed under that definition, Hoffman's program develops heifers to get through the window of vulnerability that the first and second calves represent. "The more I can do to help the success my heifers will have for the rancher, the more success I'll have," he says.
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So, if you want to get into the heifer business, consider these tips.
"You've got to have quality in the cattle, quality breeding," he says. He buys all his heifer prospects in the fall, off the cow and weighing 550-575 lbs. They're developed over the winter, bred the following spring when they weigh 700-750 lbs., and then marketed as customers need them. He's fortunate, he says, that western Nebraska has many top-notch seedstock producers, so there's plenty of great genetics available.
Beyond that, it's management. He says you've got to have quality nutrition with good grass, a good mineral program, and enough energy and protein supplementation to keep them growing after the snow flies. A quality health program is a given and your bull power has to be right – calving ease and low birthweights, yet reasonable growth potential. "And you've got to either learn how to ultrasound or have a veterinarian who ultrasounds for you. That's important to get them into calving groups – it adds a lot of value to have short, defined calving times."


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Happy 66th birthday to Cesar Geronimo, Gold Glove center fielder of the Big Red Machine. pic.twitter.com/R5G3DglyWS— Sporting News MLB (@SN_Baseball) March 11, 2014
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Fellow PT blogger Dr. Stephen Diamond has posted another interesting essay in his series about the existential rage that fuels the sorts of outbursts like what happened in the Pittsburgh gym recently, where several women were shot and killed by a lonely, angry, frustrated man. The murderer had written quite extensively about his inability to find a woman who was attracted to him (or willing to fake it) and reading his words now, it's pretty easy to see how his frustration and shame were converted to rage over time.
The killer, George Sodini, wrote that he hadn't had sex since 1990. He was confused about his inability to attract a girlfriend. "I actually look good. I dress good, am clean-shaven, bathe, touch of cologne – yet 30 million women rejected me – over an 18 or 25-year period. That is how I see it. Thirty million is my rough guesstimate of how many desirable single women there are. A man needs a woman for confidence. . . Thanks for nada, bitches! Bye."
Diamond asks: "Could chronic sexual frustration have caused this catastrophe?" Diamond doesn't think so, writing, "To conclude so would be a gross oversimplification of this and other violent offenders' profound existential embitterment, fury and frustration."
True enough. To attribute this or any other killing to sexual frustration alone would certainly be an oversimplification. But we'd be equally mistaken in arguing sexual frustration wasn't an important component in the rage. After all, Sodini, like many of these sick men, targeted only women. He attacked women because he felt rejected and humiliated by them.
One could argue that war-like societies intentionally cultivate sexual frustration in young men because their resulting aggressiveness makes them better soldiers, much like boxing trainers making fighters swear off women. Criminologists have long known that unmarried young men commit the bulk of the crimes in the United States. The best way to end a criminal's career is to get him married -- or at least laid regularly.
The relationship between sexual frustration and violence is evident in chimps, where most of the male/male conflict arises over access to ovulating females. Among free-loving bonobos on the other hand, there is little, if any, male sexual frustration and thus little, if any, violence. This is no coincidence.
If our culture's distorted relationship with human sexuality is the source of much of this frustration, confusion, and ignorance, societies with less conflicted views should confirm the causal connection. Turns out they do.
Developmental neuropsychologist James Prescott found that bodily pleasure and violence have an either/or relationship. The presence of one inhibits development of the other. In 1975, Prescott published a paper in which he argued that, "certain sensory experiences during the formative periods of development will create a neuropsychological predisposition for either violence-seeking or pleasure-seeking behaviors later in life." On the level of individual development, this finding seems obvious: adults who abuse children were almost always victims of childhood abuse themselves, and every junkyard owner knows that if you want a mean dog, beat the puppy.
Prescott applied this logic on a cross-cultural level. He performed a meta-analysis of previously gathered data on physical affection shown to infants (years of breast-feeding, percentage of time in direct physical contact with mother, being fondled and played with by other adults) and overall tolerance for adolescent sexual behavior. After comparing these data with levels of violence within and between societies, Prescott concluded that in all but one of the cultures for which these data were available (48 of 49), "deprivation of body pleasure throughout life-but particularly during the formative periods of infancy, childhood, and adolescence-is very closely related to the amount of warfare and interpersonal violence." Cultures that don't interfere in the physical bonding between mother and child or prohibit the expression of adolescent sexuality show far lower levels of violence-both between individuals and between societies.
If we accept that our species is and always has been optimized for a highly sexual life and that adolescent boys and young men are especially primed for action, why should we be surprised by the destructive frustration that results when this primal drive is thwarted?
* Images: www.danstiles.com and http://yourreturn.blogspot.com/2005/12/raising-your-child-naturally-vs.html
Update: Sex advice columnist Dan Savage has a few things to say about the Sodini rampage in his most recent column here:


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In today's rumors, someone who works at Badgley Mischka was overheard saying Mark Badgley and James Mischka, who are also a couple, had "a massive fight" and are "breaking apart into two separate companies." A rep told the Daily News the story was false, and "they're both very happy." But if they were to break up, purely hypothetically speaking, what would that look like? "You get the sequins, I get the Swarovskis." "Fine, but if you get the Swarovskis, I'm taking the beads." [NYDN]


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