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"Do you have a soulmate?" the shrink asked Will Hunting. A soulmate, someone who challenges you. "Shakespeare, Nietzsche, Frost, O'Connor, Kant, Pope, Locke…" replied the precious brat.
"That's great; they're all dead."
"Not to me they're not."
This is one of my favorite scenes from Good Will Hunting. Both characters have a point. The written word can be inflexible, and it lacks the dialectic that is so crucial to learning in many situations. On the other hand, even if a book is a thousand years old or more, it is still alive. The author might well have something to say to us today. Given our poor track record for following the good advice of scribes, it isn't difficult to find an old book that's useful today. This is one of the reasons why reading is as important to me as food, clothing, and water. If I don't frequently sit down and soak in the wisdom of great writers, I feel like I forgot to brush my teeth. It is good to have such enhancing activities; they help us more gracefully to wend through the mysterious space between angels and animals that Man occupies.
Every January, I like to share a list of the best books of the past year—books that I've read. Listening to someone talk about the books they've read can be annoying, but please be assured that I realize most people couldn't care less how much I've read, and that's largely how it should be. It's not about me; it's about the books and my desire to share great ideas with other people. For other readers, this is an excellent way to maximize effort. No one wants to read a bad book, so recommendations are key. I have left out a lot of books that are very deserving of mention. Perhaps others can speak on their behalf. I will stick to these:
Allan Bloom: The Closing of the American Mind
When this book was published in the 1980's it was alternately praised and lambasted as another conservative prophecy of doom. Any close reading of Bloom's work, however shows that this reaction was hasty if not illiterate. Bloom, for instance, laments the collapse of the American family but adds that he isn't necessarily calling for a return to the 1950's Leave It to Beaver bliss. Bloom, in fact, defies categorization. This is because he is a thinker and a man of the arts. He is, in a word, human.
Bloom is most famous for his critique of the modern university, which a friend of mine quite accurately says is a monastery gone bad; but to me some of his most striking observations have to do with relationships. He scratches his head at the cold nature of romance in the youth of the 1980's: after years as lovers, two students would part ways with a handshake, and Bloom would be rendered speechless. In this context the author, who was apparently no sexual prude, sharpens his knives for the modern hookup culture, which he says ruins the aura of real love.
Of particular interest to me is Bloom's critique of rock music, which he considers to be decadent. Good music should be an integrating force and not a fragmenting one. "To Plato and Nietzsche," he writes, "the history of music is a series of attempts to give form and beauty to the dark, chaotic, premonitory forces in the soul—to make them serve a higher purpose, an ideal, to give man's duties a fullness. Bach's religious intentions and Beethoven's revolutionary and humane ones are clear enough examples. Such cultivation of the soul uses the passions and satisfies them while sublimating them and giving them an artistic unity. A man whose noblest activities are accompanied by a music that expresses them while providing a pleasure extending from the lowest bodily to the highest spiritual, is whole, and there is no tension in him between the pleasant and the good. By contrast a man whose business life is prosaic and unmusical and whose leisure is made up of coarse, intense entertainments, is divided, and each side of his existence is undermined by the other."
Bloom's volume is a dense one, and I would only be doing violence to it to try to say too much more than I already have, since every word he writes is important. He might well sound like a noisy gong to most modern readers because he will prove impossible to pigeonhole into some ridiculous worldview or cause. Bloom's argument is not that we need to be more conservative or more liberal, or more or less religious, or even necessarily more decorated with degrees. I think what he really wanted was a fuller realization of the potential of humanity. He was, incidentally, an advocate of the Great Books Program, and so I dedicate this post to his memory.
Bertrand Russell: The Problems of Philosophy
One of the things that all the warring world views of humanity have in common is that their practitioners think their system can solve all the world's problems. If only everyone would listen to what So-and-So says, there would be peace on earth, a chicken in every pot, a case of beer in every fridge, and five computers in every home. The best of the So-and-Sos, of course, are cautious of such naivete. The problem is that usually it's some follower of the So-and-So that implements the realization of the philosophy, and these people are usually wearing blinders.
This arrogance, it seems to me, comes from a failure to understand the limits of human reason, and that, to me, is the most important contribution of this work of Lord Bertrand Russell. He begins his work with a discussion of appearance and reality, using a table as an example. We can see a table, and touch it, but does the table exist outside our ability to perceive it? In other words, does it have an existence of its own? This eventually leads to a discussion about Idealism, which holds that reality owes its existence to human thought, a notion that Russell rejects.
Nonetheless, Russell is no Randian Objectivist and courageously faces the limits of ratiocination, the process of human reasoning. Some questions, for instance, can only be solved through inductive reasoning, as indeed many scientific experiments are conducted. The more an experiment is repeated successfully, the more likely it is that the conclusions are true. This kind of reasoning is imperfect but is often as close as we can get.
Somewhat different from inductive reasoning is a priori reasoning and general principles. 2+2=4 is an example of a priori reasoning; even if one doesn't know the answer to this equation when he starts, he usually has the tools and the knowledge of general principles to come to the right conclusion. This is a sturdy form of reasoning, as long as one's premises are correct, but in many areas of human thinking it is impossible to know this for sure. Because of this, Russell rejects the use of philosophical techniques for fields such as theology.
After so much talk of the limits of philosophy, one might wonder, "What's the use?" We modern men in particular like to have definite answers to everything; we are fundamentalists even in matters of whether or not the tree makes a noise in the forest if there is no one there to hear it fall. Russell, however, sees much of the value of philosophy coming precisely from its uncertainty. He says, "The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the co-operation or consent of his deliberate reason."
Philosophy, in other words, makes us more thoughtful.
Jeffrey Tucker: Bourbon for Breakfast
I have already reviewed this book here.
Jean Renoir: My Father
The well-known filmmaker Jean Renoir has written a riveting account of the life of his father, the famous painter Pierre-August Renoir. As a musician, I'm fascinated with visual artists precisely because they use entirely different faculties than I use. Oddly enough, though, what sticks with me are Renoir's criticisms of modern life. He was old enough to remember simpler, pre-industrial times, and he despised the centrally planned Paris that was poured with concrete. Renoir in general hated modern life—the ugliness, the pace, the utilitarianism.
A conscientious capitalist who loves beauty is compelled to pause when reading a book like this to re-examine his ethical beliefs. We would be fools to pretend there hasn't been a downside to industrialism. One could argue, for instance, that the Southern black slaves were being freed just as the Northern white servants were about to be imprisoned: Many people feel stuck as a cog in the technological wheel, cubicle dwellers who are paid to leave their creativity and ingenuity at home. And without an agrarian culture, one's options are limited. A landed man is a free man; a man in an apartment with rent and utilities to pay is on rather a tight leash.
Why support capitalism, then? Leaving aside the usual caveat that the modern west is not a free market but rather a partially-free mercantilist one, there are some things to be considered. Firstly, much of the leisure that gives us the free time to criticize modern life is a direct result of the industrial revolution, as are such things as extended life spans—hardly things to be lamented. But beyond this, I still choose capitalism, because in its essentialness, capitalism is freedom. I'm not talking about the capitalism of the corporatist racket; I'm talking about the capitalism of free exchange, the mutuality between merchant and customer. It's a system that allows everyone to say yes or no.
And it allows those committed to the arts to say yes or no—donors, consumers, and practitioners. In, for instance, a socialist economy, man is not free to decide how much he will work and how much he will play. The decision is made for him; he owes his time to the State. In freedom, he can choose the best possible road, taking into consideration all the variables in front of him; not only those that can be measured, but those that cannot be. For those who have not heeded the advice of Bertrand Russell, constructive leisure time is not important; they would rather work 60 hours a week to pay for the extra car in the garage. For others, they want just enough money to survive; to them, living well is broader, deeper, and higher than one's income level.
No one can deny that the arts have suffered in our times. But fundamentally this is not a crisis of being helpless in the face ineluctable historical or economic forces; rather, it is a crisis of choice. Most of us have chosen money, forgetting that man cannot live on bread alone. Shame on us.
One final thought on Renoir: There seems to be no genius where there is no suffering. Renoir was surprisingly sane for a creative person. (I'm allowed to say this, since I'm a crazy person who does his best, at least, to be creative.) His pain in life was physical, taking the form of arthritis. There are pictures of him in which the malformation of his hands is obvious. It's a great mystery how he was ever able to hold a brush with an organ that had basically devolved into a glorified claw. It's beautiful. It's inspiring. It takes away all my excuses.
Seneca: The Shortness of Life
Seneca (whose full name has something like umpteen words in it) was perhaps the most famous of the Stoic philosophers, who were essentially ancient precursors to the prudent American Puritan. That's not all bad; in small doses admonition to responsibility can be a good thing.
Seneca adjures his readers to keep their death always in mind. Dark, I know, which is why I liked it. Seneca's point, though, is to a constructive end; it is not his desire to induce a John Donne-like bout of depression. All resources are limited, including the space in which our lives exist. Each of us has an unknown amount of time. For this reason, we often hear that life is short. Seneca, on the other hand, says that life is long if you know how to use it. Seneca would ask each of us, "What are you doing right now, and why?" We often waste time in our lives on things that we don't really want to do, on tasks that are not only distasteful, but utter distractions from our real goals.
Putting his advice to use, of course, means learning how to say no. Leonard Bernstein's mother once quipped that it was a good thing he wasn't a woman, because he never learned how to say no. Bernstein, however, was a genius, and geniuses tend to be able to master superhuman schedules. Most of us, on the other hand, need to make very careful decisions. As the world gets more and more antisocial, people seem to become more and more demanding all the same. We have forsaken affection for expectations, and this is not a good thing. It can be difficult to cut out the underbrush of one's schedule, but take courage, and remember your death. As Boobus Americanus Primus said, "One today is worth two tomorrows."
G.K. Chesterton: The Everlasting Man
I read a lot of literature about religion, works that I agree with and that I disagree with. It is a fascinating subject, and an important one. For much of this work I have turned to an early 20th century Englishman, G.K. Chesterton, whose book The Everlasting Man is as fresh and as relevant as anything that could be written by Joseph Ratzinger (whose excellent Introduction to Christianity I also read this year), Karen Armstrong, or Richard Dawkins. (Dawkins tries too hard; it gets old after awhile.)
It is common in Western Christian discourse to tackle The God Question with various kinds of philosophical proofs and theological parsing. Mystics reject this approach, but so do other more "down-to-earth" thinkers, such as G.K. Chesterton. Chesterton, as an author of a number of novels, sees The God Question in terms of a history, that is, a story, an adventure. He says, for instance, that while the idea of a man being damned may be an unattractive one, the idea that man is damnable is quite obviously true, and accounts for mankind's constant struggles against failure. Hell is simply a reflection of our own ability to sabotage ourselves.
Against the historical materialism of many of the thinkers of his day, Chesterton applies the notion of immutable human nature to the question of the existence of God. Why, for instance, did supposedly pre-human animals feel the need to create art in the caves? What was the purpose of this art? I'm having a hard time remembering the full argument, and I don't have the book with me, but if you are interested in philosophy and religion, this is a good book for you.
Peter Ackroyd: The House of Doctor Dee
I should call this book, "The Token." I'm not much of a fiction reader, but I try to do a little every year. I have a couple of friends that I've put in charge of getting me the right fiction books. One in particular is good at picking out contemporary English authors who show us that not everything written today needs to be a sleazy Danielle Steele novel.
In this book, a young chap inherits an old house owned by his deceased father. It's a cute little dwelling, consisting of mismatched parts built at different times. The house turns out to be haunted by a ghost of a former owner, one Doctor Dee, a sixteenth century practitioner of black magic. There are many fascinating erudite references in the book to stroke the egos of intellectually vain jackasses like me, but what I remember the most is the shiver that went up my spine in sections of this story. If ghosts exist, I'm afraid of them. And even if they don't, I'm still afraid of them. Ask me what happened once on Big Round Top in Gettysburg.
Hans-Hermann Hoppe: Democracy: The God That Failed
It's common for a modern American history course to go like this: Once upon a time, there were these evil men called kings, who used and abused their subjects to their hearts' content, and the world was dark and dreary with no sense whatsoever of the idea of human dignity. Then along came America, and they set the whole world free with equal rights and democracy. The peasants rejoiced, and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our government.
This narrative, of course, is largely unquestioned; it is scripture to most people. Hans-Hermann Hoppe, certainly one of the foremost anarcho-capitalist thinkers of our time, pops this balloon of naivete unapologetically in his book, Democracy: The God That Failed.
He begins with a careful examination of monarchical government and the several advantages that it held. A king could not forcibly tax, and he could not forcibly conscript soldiers. Those mercenaries that modern political scientists like to insult came at a high price; military commanders were therefore rather hesitant to risk their troops' lives unnecessarily. Many battles were conceded as soon as one side or the other took the high ground. Wars were not, for the most part, fought in population centers but out in the fields, away from the citizenry, who considered war to be the irrelevant sandbox fighting of the oligarchy. In a monarchical system, class divisions were in the forefront of awareness, making the population healthily wary and skeptical of the brainchildren of the royalty. Kings also had a harder time being looters. Since they planned to pass their kingdoms on to their posterity, they did everything they could to increase the value of the area through approaches comparatively friendly to businessmen. And finally, for all the talk about the absolute rule of kings, they were beholden to the natural law. New measures were expected to be elucidations on natural law. There was no place for positivism, and where a king stepped out of line, there were powers in place to remove him if necessary.
Hoppe contrasts life under Kings and Queens with life under Congresses and Presidents. The modern democratic nation-state forcibly taxes—Isn't it ironic that after rebelling against a tax, the Americans put taxation provisions into their new founding document?—and it has forcibly conscripted soldiers. Total warfare has resulted from the enemy's desire to cripple the whole economy, since forcible taxation renders everyone a contributor to the military effort. Class divisions in the modern nation-state are blurred, though one could argue that during this depression they have begun to make a comeback. But by and large the fact that any of us can apply for a job with the government makes us forget that there are the rulers and the ruled. While kings ruled for life and passed their property on to their children, thereby creating an incentive to nurture the land, elected officials only rule for a short time, which creates an incentive to loot. And while kings were bound by natural law, the modern nation-state maintains that justice is decided by a majority vote, natural law be damned.
Hoppe is not a monarchist and admits that there were problems with monarchies. Like modern constitutional governments, the royal system decayed at least partly because of its own arrogance: "Divine right" ceased to be the idea that the king owed his power to God and became the idea that the king could call upon God to justify any of his decisions. This was the beginning of positivism. But clearly democracy leaves a lot to be desired, and this is where Hoppe begins his appeal on behalf of what he calls the natural order, which is what many of us call anarcho-capitalism, the system of a common law ethic built on private property rights and the free market–without the existence of a monopoly on violence, otherwise known as government.
Usually I like to list ten books, but this year I just didn't have ten that I could recommend unreservedly, owing to one factor or another, few of which reflect on the actual quality of the books. I would like to thank the friends who pointed me in the direction of some of these works. They know who they are. Cicero said that if you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. In my case it might be appropriate to replace the garden with a microwave, but in any event I'm quite glad to say that my cup runneth over.
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In Her Own World
One Family's Journey With Dementia
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Throughout her life Alice Glynn battled various illnesses, broken bones and losses of loved ones. However throughout all of this she taught us, her family, to live with dignity through difficult circumstances.
In latter years Alice developed dementia and slowly began to retreat into her own world. Occasionally she had moments of clarity and in these moments particular topics always came up: Her love of the Catholic church, her love of her family and her one golden rule:
Even if you're spending the day looking at four walls, always look your best, because putting the effort in, will always make you feel better
In 2010 it became clear that Alice would not live to see the following Christmas.
So I decided to document her life, to show even though she was locked in her own world, she still had a way of letting us know she was there.
In Ireland living with Dementia is rarely spoken about. Through photographing my grandmother's life with the illness, I hope to have shown how one can live with an incredibly debilitating illness but still remain true to who you are.
Alice passed away on August 23rd 2010 at the age of 85.
This is my tribute to a woman who even in death has given us hope.
Aisling O' Rourke is a Journalist and Photographer based in the Midlands of Ireland.
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WEST Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin is blaming Birmingham for the county's housing struggle - saying it should be taking more responsibility.
Birmingham's local plan earmarks land for just 51,000 homes, compared to south Worcestershire's new target of 28,370, despite the Second City being more than three times bigger.
Mrs Baldwin also said Bromsgrove and Redditch are only planning for 4,000 more properties each, just half the tally in Worcester and Malvern.
She said: "I have written to the SWDP management asking them to apply fresh thinking to this issue.
"We already have an ambitious plan for growth in our area, with room for three towns the size of Pershore "We can't build on flood plains, our Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the conservators' land, and we need our prime agricultural land.
"But above all I think it is wrong that south Worcestershire is being asked to take more homes than other parts of Worcestershire and half as many as the whole of metropolitan Birmingham."
During a public examination last year, planning chiefs from councils in Birmingham and the Black Country turned up to say they were happy with Worcestershire's housing tally - but not the jobs.
The SWDP also earmarks 280 hectares of land for 30,000 jobs, but the Brum and Black Country wanted it shaved down.
Inspector Roger Clews has since rejected the stance, only asking for changes on the homes.
During the examination developers also put pressure on Mr Clews to allow for more properties, with some suggesting up to 36,000, which he rejected.
Councillor Geoff Williams, who sits on Worcester's planning committee, said: "We have to remember that some people were pushing for a significantly higher figure.
"We've now got to digest what's been announced, digest the business about the sites and move on so we can finalise this plan.
"At this stage it would be foolhardy to speculate on any particular sites."
For the last two weeks the city council has been asking the public to suggest any patches of land they think are suitable to be added to the SWDP.
The council says it will not release any details on the feedback until officers have had time to look through it.


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Drunk versus Sober
It's been said that alcohol is good used as a truth potion, so when you want the truth gentlemen or ladies, get your lady or guy drunk and out will come the truth.
You can ask her/him any question you want to, once you have them under the magic spell of truth potion. You can pretend to be drinking as much as they are, but, really your aim is to get at the truth, so you want to stay alert without them knowing it, then, when you've got the truth, you can get drunk with them.
It seems you can get more truth from someone drunk than you can get from someone sober. Sober people need to get drunk once-in-a-while, to know what living life is all about. They are all keyed up, frustrated from boredom, they don't know how to have fun. They are to afraid what people will think, they are the ones who compete with their neighbor to have a better yard, a better car, a better yard, they are to uptight to know how to enjoy life with a drink or a smoke. These kind of people always choose partners just like them, and they use each other to entertain each other with their boring spews about work, they are so bored, that they have nothing better to do than to cause trouble for those who do live and have fun in life.
To drink alcohol in moderation is to dare to speak the truth, but to drink it in abundance to drunkeness is to inhibit you.
I can consume only one bottle of GROWERS pear cider, and that's enough to get me drunk enough to relax to write this, so essentially I'm hammered right now. So the big question now is, would I have written this article just as it is if I were sober?
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But it had not been in Tess's power - nor is it in anybody's power - to feel the whole truth of golden opinions while it is possible to profit by them. She - and how many more - might have ironically said to God with Saint Augustine, "Thou hast counselled a better course than thou hast permitted."
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Quote from: Michał Kalina on October 22, 2011, 06:24:29 AMWhat can you buy for a one-year-old girl?Depends on how well you like her parents. Books and squeezable, huggable stuffed animals are good if you like them and wish to stay in contact with them.If you don't like them, drums and/or harmonicas are great presents, but I can see you might already be headed in that direction...
There's a really cute bath towel thing that I saw recently - it's a little like a child-sized cloak but made of toweling, with animal ears. No, really, it's a lot cuter than it sounds!
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Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist Review
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By Joe Langham | @J0eLang92
This year marks 10 years since one of the most talented cyclists of recent times, Marco Pantani, tragically passed away. However, he managed to complete some amazing achievements in his short life that have ensured his name is carved into sporting history books for many years to come.
Many cycling fans will have noticed this year's Giro d'Italia is a little different, what with an especially gruelling climb that has been specially selected for the route this year as well as some symbolic summit finishes. Those who know of Pantani will know that these types of climbs were his forte and so will understand the significance of these locations, which are: Monte Carpegna, Oropa and Montecampione. Monte Carpegna was one of Pantani's favourite training climb with the latter marking the locations of his two most famous victories.
In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. This Herculean feat of physical and mental endurance has never since been repeated. During a time when doping scandals threatened to destroy a sport adored by many, Pantani offered hope to millions and was seen as a saviour. However, this heroism was short lived as merely six years later; the young Pantani was found dead in a cheap Italian hotel, apparently from acute cocaine poisoning, at the young age of 34.
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist is a unique and compelling story of one man taking on the mountains, an athlete's battle against addiction, set against the dramatic and beautiful background of the Alps during the Tour de France.
Pantani's life is retold both personally and professionally predominantly through his mother and Sir Bradley Wiggins. Other contributors include fellow cyclists and competitors such as Greg LeMond and Piotr Ugrumov. The stories told by these people will put you on an emotional rollercoaster, with tales to make you laugh, cry, be amazed and shocked and everything in-between.
These recollections of his life are illustrated with some beautiful scenery which offers a romanticised vision of what life on the road must be like for the athletes during long distance races such as the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. Some of the landscape shots are utterly stunning, leaving you fighting back the urge to get on your bike and visit some of the locations in which the film was shot.
Pantanti offers a great insight into the life of a legend, from his childhood up until his last months on earth and will intrigue not just cycling fans and enthusiasts but those not interested in the sport too.
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist is directed by Emmy-nominated film-maker James Erskine, whose work includes One Night in Turin (2010), From the Ashes (2011) as well as numerous episodes of hit TV dramas including Torchwood, Robin Hood and Waterloo Road.
PANTANI: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist is out now, released in the UK by Soda Pictures. A New Black Films production in association with 4 Rights and Media Squared Films.
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Postgame radio call-in shows are much more than mindless filler between the final buzzer and the return to "regularly scheduled programming". It's our chance to hear what our fellow fans think, live and unedited. And any time you let a random jerk off the street opine, you never know what you're going to hear.
Typically, callers fall into one of the following categories: doom-and-gloomers ("The sky is falling!"), Stepford fans ("We should just blindly support everything and everyone associated with the team no matter what like mindless sheep."), uneducated rubes, attention whores, and finally, a tiny smattering of normal people.
Oh wait, I left out one category: the obscene phone caller. These are the people that hang on the line, sometimes for 30-40 minutes or longer, waiting to say something only a person with the maturity level of a third-grader would find funny (i.e. me). Case in point, this caller, who chimed in following a recent Fighting Illini basketball game:
Since the opponent on this night was Penn State, it's difficult to tell whether the caller was going for some kind of Jerry Sandusky-related joke or he was simply compelled to blurt out a random 'cock and balls' on the air. Either way, good show. This is one obscene phone call that would make even Rockwell proud.
It's one thing for such chicanery to be broadcast live, but it's also interesting to note that the 'cock and balls' were not edited out of the resulting podcast. Nope, instead these 'cock and balls' were left untouched, and thus available for all of us to enjoy. Not really sure what that says about the show's producer (or the person that wrote this last sentence, frankly).


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1 Loch Logan Waterfront
Cattle used to graze on the land that is now the cosmpolitan Loch Logan Waterfront shopping and entertainment area. Shop up a storm and then enjoy a chocolate-inspired meal at Coco C's or one of the other great restaurants. more
2 Mystic Boer Pub
You've got to hang out at the famous Mystic Boer Pub, it's an institution in Bloemfontein! A lively nightspot that has you saying to yourself… 'only in South Africa'. more
3 Picnic at Naval Hill
Pack biltong and bubbly and head off for Naval Hill and enjoy the views of the city and Franklin Game Reserve. more
4 Jazz Clubs
Several clubs in Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu are well known for their African Jazz. Make an evening of it. more
5 Observatory Theatre, Bloemfontein
Head off to the Obervatory theatre for some live entertainment – one-man shows, cabaret, alternative drama and South African music.
6 Mangaung township Tours
Township tours will give you some kind of insight into Mangaung's thriving nightlife – make sure you taste the local beer.
7 Bloemfontein's City Hall
Grab your camera and head off to Bloemfontein's City Hall – a stately sandstone building designed by the renowned Sir Gordon Leith and surrounded by over 1000 rose bushes. more
8 The Oliewenhuis Art Gallery
This outstanding gallery is based in a Cape Dutch mansion that looks out over the city. Top South African exhibitions take place here and the art collection is staggering. more
9 Choet Visser Rugby Museum
Only in the sports-loving Free State will you find a bona fide rugby museum! The Choet Visser Rugby Museum is the largest museum of its kind in the world and has more than 200 jerseys and blazers on display. more
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Synopsis: Deivam Thantha Veedu is the story of two cousins who are completely opposite from each other. Seetha, who is very innocent and illiterate and other is Priya who is very wise and greedy. The Story gears up when there is a marriage proposal surrounding these 2 girls. Chitra(Sudha Chandran) seeks a daughter in law for her son Ram Kumar Chakravarthy. Ram is already in Love with Vanitha and (Ram's sister) Kalpana is in love with Ramesh(Vanith's brother). When Chitra chooses Seetha over Priya as her DIL , Banumathy( Priya's mom) is devastated. Ram agrees to marry seetha out of respect and love for his mom without knowing seetha is illiterate. Kalpana tries to make seetha deny the marriage because her love is at stake.Seetha marries Ram and Priya tricks Ravi (Ram's cousin)into marrying her.
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Lecky wins singing contest
Singer-songwriter Stephen Lecky forging his own path in music
Saturday, Jul 26, 2014 06:00 am
Another round
And the top dog of the inaugural Bourbon Idol is singer-songwriter Stephen Lecky.
�It was tough and I was so surprised. The competition was awesome. It was quite stiff and kept everyone on their toes,� said Lecky. �It was a lot of hard work, but it was a good marker to show I�m on the right path.
Organized by The Bourbon Room in Campbell Business Park, the competition took place over a seven-week period, culminating Wednesday, July 16. The competition started with 11 aspirants and ended with five artists competing at the finals. Each artist was required to perform two songs.
One tune Lecky chose was Summertime, a Gershwin composition that skyrocketed to fame after Ella Fitzgerald sang it. It was the high point of his act.
�I had the idea of putting sparklers in my saxophone. So basically I got three friends to light it (sax) with sparklers. I jumped off the stage and played throughout the crowd while my sax was on fire. It was an awesome moment,� Lecky said.
The former St. Albert resident just graduated from MacEwan University�s music program, but had doubts about his chosen career. Could he find gigs? Could he make a living?
To pay the bills, Lecky was busking on Whyte Avenue by Chianti Caf� & Restaurant, the The Billiard Club and occasionally at the St. Albert Farmers� Market.
With a pocketful of busking money, he travelled to India on a two-week spiritual retreat in the spring, learning a new form of mediation at the Siddhanath Forest Ashram.
�I was meditating in a beautiful valley where monkeys and peacocks run around. It became a beautiful piece of heaven where about 150 people from all over the world and all walks of life came. It felt very natural.�
After re-energizing his life force, Lecky returned with a fresh, upbeat view and discovered it changed his life.
He won the idol challenge and teamed up with Benjamin Williams, 15, from Edmonton to swap support for each others� albums.
Lecky is recording a six-song CD of his music, something he calls a little sampler.
�I just want to keep the momentum going. I�ve never worked this hard and made my own way so successfully. I�m going out there and learning to push past the doubt and get out there �cause there is no one who writes a paycheque for me. It�s taught me to go past my fears.�
Lecky takes home $1,000 cash from Bourbon Idol and will use it to fund a California spiritual retreat.


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The Bright Spring Trend: Colored Demin + Cardis from CHAPS at Kohl's
How to pair brights and celebrate spring in style.
-April Daniels Hussar
Can it be that spring has FINALLY sprung here on the East Coast? I know it's true because my allergies are back in full force (awesome), but I don't care! After this winter, I've never been more ready for sunshine, flowers, and fun, sexy spring fashion. I have always been a fan of color when it comes to clothes and accessories, but this season in particular after wearing my Uggs and black down coat for what feels like 85 months, I'm ALL ABOUT the bright trend. So, I was thrilled to partner up with the Chaps team to style some of their ultra pretty, affordable and springy pieces from Chaps, available at Kohl's.
I am in love with this color pink!
In the photos above, I'm wearing Chaps slimming fit denim capris in "camellia" (hot pink — yeah baby!) and Chaps' awesome, miraculous no-iron button-down shirt. Both of those items are totally comfortable to wear and easy to work into your wardrobe because they'll go with a zillion things. I can tell the capris are going to be my go-to bottoms this spring and summer — they have such a great fit and there's just enough give in the material to make them really flattering.
These models are not me. I'm blond and not this skinny. (See above)
Kohl's also sent over a really pretty crew-neck cardigan in "magnolia green" — made with a super fine knit cable, the cardi is soft and lovely to wear and comes in an array of great colors. It would be perfect over a summery dress or with white shorts or capris. Or, pairing a colored cardi with colored denim is colorblocking made easy!
Here are three more looks I put together:


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A series of youth summits for America's best and brightest students has officially launched registration. The National Youth Summit Series are Washington, D.C., conference events which are leading the way to build a STEM-ready workforce and help young people create change in their communities. National Youth Summits on Geospatial Technologies is the first of four conferences where high school students coined as the "new generation of leaders" will participate in workshops to pursue today's biggest issues.Find out more »


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The security for the upcoming London 2012 games will not be affected by austerity concerns in Great Britain. In fact Home Secretary Teresa May told reporters that
" the 500 million pounds ($804 million) Olympics security budget is being protected from cuts and won't be affected by the tough measures aimed at reducing Britain's burgeoning budget deficit."
May was also questioned about whether or not Osama bin Laden was planning on attacking the Olympic Games. May refused to comment on this issue. This is always a prevalent issue as shortly after London was announced as the host of the games, the transit system was bombed by terrorists and 52 people were killed. Security is a tremendous importance for these games, and it is glad that the British are so willing to make sure that their security budget isn't getting affected by the government's pressures to reduce their national budget.
Are you glad that safety seems to be ranked as one of the top concerns of the British government?


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Owensboro River City Kennel Club 2013 AKC All Breed Dog Show
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Owensboro River City Kennel Club All-Breed Dog Show
August 24 – August 25 • 8 am (August 24) – 3 pm (August 25)
Where: Daviess County Fairgrounds, 6191 Highway 54, Philpot, KY
The Owensboro River City Kennel Club holds their annual All-Breed Dog Show at the Daviess County Fairgrounds. Vendors will be on hand offering dog-related items and jewelry. On late Saturday afternoon, there is a Dog Show Match for inexperienced dogs and/or new people interested in getting into showing their dogs. Contestants may enter this show that afternoon. For the show on Sunday, dogs must be entered in advance. For more information, contact Vicki Spencer at 270-316-0051.
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16 February till 18 May 2008
This spring, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen will exhibit a special series of works by Rotterdam artist Olphaert den Otter. During the past four years he has made 126 studies of stables and hermitages based on examples from the entire Western history of art. The series culminates in a monumental painting of the ultimate outpost.
In 2003 Rotterdam artist Olphaert den Otter (1955) drew up a plan for a large painting of a homeless person's hand built shelter. Constructions like this are usually made of materials that other people throw away. This 'Umwertung aller Werte' arouses the interest of the artist. He comes across a similar mix of the worthless and the valuable in medieval paintings depicting the stable of Bethlehem or the hermitage of St. Hieronymus. This prompts Den Otter to study the motif by means of stables and hermitages from western art history.
The stable and hermitage morphology series that Olphaert den Otter makes between 2004 and 2007 consists of 126 works. He used an example for each work – an existing work in which a building has been depicted. He quotes the original work, but doesn't copy it. In the examples, the stables and hermitages are inhabited by people who give the work its meaning, and Den Otters main intervention is to remove these characters, so that only the surroundings remain. His works are about absence, which is stressed even more in their titles.
The entire series will be shown at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the gallery next to the exhibition Dutch Primitives. Paintings from the late Middle Ages. Fitting surroundings, as the stables and hermitages are a typically medieval theme. One of the panels in the adjoining gallery, The adoration of the Kings by Jan Mostaert (1510-1520) even served as a direct example for No adoration by Mostaert. But Den Otter also finds the stable and hermitage motifs in modern and contemporary art. The artist was inspired by several pieces from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection. For instance, Cabane by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec from 2001 led, in 2006, to the work Cabin by Bouroullec.
With this series, Olphaert den Otter proves that it is possible to make absolutely contemporary statements using the medieval paint egg distemper as a medium and with the entire art history tradition on board. Four years after the start of the project Den Otter completed the work that is was all about, and called it The Outpost (2007). At first sight the monumental painting looks brilliant and radiant, but if you look at it a little longer a sense of unease creeps up on you. This is not a cheerful painting. This is the outpost, the ultimate stable and hermitage, the place for anyone seeking refuge.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Ann Cruz's mom had her when she was 14 years old.
"With me being adopted and my mother being so young, things could have been different for me," Cruz said.
Cruz may not have been born if the morning-after pill had been available to young teens back then.
But it is now. Emergency contraceptives must now be available over-the-counter to women of all ages.
Planned Parenthood is pleased.
"We think it's a long overdue decision that has been made, and we completely support it, and we completely support any woman of reproductive age to come in and get access to emergency contraceptive," said Katherine Segura, of Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood county-by-county statistics
"I had a few scares when I was in high school, and I think taking the emergency contraceptive would have eliminated those scares," Cruz said.
But eMed Primary Care owner Rene Pulido has some concerns about teens taking Plan B at a very young age.
"I think people need to understand that the hormonal balance in our young females is an extremely delicate thing, and sometimes to take this type of medication could throw off that balance and there could be some significant complications that come from that," Pulido said.
Pulido said that's true especially if young people begin to rely on Plan B.
"If someone did not have a complete understanding of how to appropriately use this medication and if they took it multiple times throughout a month, it could be hurtful for them," Pulido said.
Planned Parenthood insists the pill is safe.
"Common misconceptions about emergency contraceptive is that it can be unsafe or it is a medical abortion pill," Segura said. "And emergency contraceptive is none of the above. It's very safe. It's been tested and retested by the (Food and Drug Administration), and they have found no side effects, no harmful long-term side effects."
Pro-life advocates are concerned that the ruling puts girls at risk. The president of the group called Susan B. Anthony List says teen girls need parents, not unfettered access to abortion-inducing drugs.
Cruz can't imagine her kids taking the pill at a young age, but she's glad to know it's an option if something were to happen.
"It didn't occur to me, honestly, but now going forward, if that situation arises, it's there," she said.
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Anxiety and Stress Disorders
Seeking Treatments for Social Anxiety
I`ve had social problems my entire life. When I was 16 I was diagnosed with social anxiety (as well as clinical depression and ADD) and started treatment for my problem. At first I refused to try any medication and focused on diet and lifestyle changes, when that yielded very minimal results, in fact my condition worsened, I opted to try medication. I have tried Lexapro, Celexa, and Zoloft, all of which gave me very minimal relief of my anxiety and left me feeling even more detached and confused than before. I have never really been content with my diagnoses and believe there is more to my condition. I was just wondering if there are any other disorders or conditions that share symptoms with social anxiety, depression, and ADD as well as these symptoms I have:
- I have an extremely hard time getting my needs and feelings across to another person face to face. My main problem with getting diagnoses and treatment is that I never tell "the whole truth" only bits and pieces of what I am having trouble with. Although I have no trouble with this if I try and write things down or discuss them over the internet. I get frustrated easily when I am trying to convey my needs to another person and tend to either verbally lash out at them or close up and refuse to get what I need if the social episode did not go as I had originally planned (as in if the other person asked too many questions, or offered to get me what I needed at a later time).
- I have never had many friends nor really wanted to have friends. I prefer to do things alone and keep everything to myself. As a child I wouldn`t play with the other kids on the playground, at least not directly. I would try to mimic what they were doing sometimes on the sidelines, but I would usually sit up against a fence or wall and daydream.
- I`m almost always in my own little world. I daydream alot. I seclude myself to my bedroom and play or listen to music and constantly block out the outside world. I get very very irritable if someone takes me out of this state.
- I had a really hard time in school. I`m extremely intelligent but academics did not interest me (except for Math and Science) and I would rarely put forth the effort to do the work or study. My grades in the subjects that did interest me, arts, math, and science, were not good either because I did not show up for school alot due to the fact that I had many panic attacks in the morning before school and during school, which at the time would bring on asthma attacks. So I took alot of time off. I tried college for a few semesters but didn`t finish a single class.
- I am lazy. I like to eat, sleep, daydream, play on the computer/internet, watch movies, and focus on my obsessions (music and music recording mainly) and I do not have time for anything productive. At this point in my life I am almost finished getting certification in audio recording/music production and I have a job at my school as an instructor and engineer. I can focus there and I`m happy there unlike my experiences in my pregrad public school experiences. The class sizes are very small and practically all social conversation is focused on my obsession. My only problem with this is that I use so much of my energy and focus on my career that when I get home I have no energy for my "normal" unproductive lifestyle. This would probably not be such a bad thing for most people, but for me it is agony. Once I am torn away from my obsession I feel very confused, empty, irritable, exhausted, and lost. Since I have started working (3 weeks ago) I have struggled alot with keeping up a healthy diet. My diet right now mainly consists of caffiene, nicotine, and sugar, which could leave any person feeling extremely edgy and exhausted. I`ve lost all ability to take care of myself. My personal hygiene at the moment is abominable (though its never been great to tell the truth) which is of course totally unhealthy and unprofessional. And my stress levels away from work are off the charts. I have constant panic attacks which I am having a harder and harder time controlling (I can usualy talk myself down from them before I start hyperventilating or really freaking out) and I am severely depressed and confused.
- I hate being touched unless it is a firm hug or handshake. I am extremely unaffectionate which is in stark contrast to how I was when I was a young child. According to my mother I was an overly affectionate child, on the border of being inappropriate.
- I have a hard time with making eye contact with people in social situations. I either make absolutely no eye contact or make extremely focused eye contact which has led people to tell me that i am making them feel uncomfortable.
- I have a very hard time finding words when I am talking with another person, even if they`re common words. Case in point: when I was in highschool and was to do a project with 2 classmates and we were discussion how we were going to go about getting information on our assignment I suggested that we "go to the, uh.... place with all the books" which my classmates realized was the library and corrected me. There have been many many instances of this with me. I also have a horrible time remembering names, but no problem remembering other personal information such as birthdates, and telephone numbers.
- I have an ongoing speech impediment. As a child I could not pronounce my r`s. And ever since I was a young child my accent has changed constantly. I am from the midwest United States, but my accent switches between (or encompasses a variety of) midwest, dixie, urban, a variety of UK, and Australian accents. I do not mean to do this, but alot of people point it out when I talk to them. I love accents, and I can mimic them on cue very well.
- I do not like to go out. I hate leaving the house, except for school and work. The one exception is going to pool halls and concerts. I love to play pool and I`m quite good at it and as long as I can focus on teh game the fact that I am out of my normal comfort zone does not affect me. The same goes for concerts where I can focus on the performance.
- I get easily oversensitized when it comes to white noise, music I don`t like, touch, smell, and lights. I cannot enter the store Sam`s Club without getting extremely sick and panicy from the smell of whatever cleaner they use there.
- I have an extremely addictive personality. I love comfort foods, cigarettes, caffiene, and games.
- I have a hard time keeping up a 2 way conversation. I have usually no interest in what the other person is saying and I tend to monopolize conversations, and interrupt. I tend to also be extremely apathetic towards other people.
- I have an odd sense of humor. I do not find alot of jke that other people find funny funny. and I tend to laugh at things that other people don`t which lead to very uncomfortable situations.
- I do not grieve as much as most people I know. Death or distaster does not really phase me much. I was more depressed about Hurricane Katrina because the extent of damage of a historical city than because of the death toll. I have been to many funerals in my life and have only cried at one, which was the funeral of a friend who was only a few years older than me. I grieve much more over animals than people. When I saw Moulin rouge with my family, at the end where the lead actress dies and the lead actor cries over her, my family were tearing up, and I was laughing hysterically because I thought the wailing sound the actor made was funny. When I watched Godzilla with my family, my family all seemed relieved at the end where Godzilla was killed, and I was bawling my eyes out because I still do not understand how killing Godzilla really solved anything. I "get over" the deaths of people very easily, but when I lost my dog this past December I was totally distraught and I am still very very upset over the loss.
There is really alot more. I`m just not "normal". I don`t fit in anywhere and never have. Alot of my behaviors and symptoms are either brought on from anxiety or bring on episodes of anxiety, so I thought this was the best place to ask about it. I`m 21 years old and female. If I could get any recommendations of what disorders I should look into or which type specialists to try and contact I would be very very grateful.
To have these symptoms properly diagnosed, you will need to see a health professional. You may require a physical and psychological examination.
While anxiety and depression may be part of your problem, you should also be evaluated for psychiatric problems, including the possibility of a personality disorder or a bipolar disorder. If you have not seen a psychiatrist, I would strongly encourage you to do so. I am unable to diagnose over the internet.
Good luck.
Nancy Elder, MD
Associate Professor
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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Premature arrival aside — and yes, the lack of snow and above-normal temperatures play tricks with the mind sometimes — the one they call Santa Claus made his way though Winnipeg Saturday night.
And even though the big guy in the red suit arrived 39 days ahead of plan — well before his regularly scheduled time to shine — the early returns from an adoring fan base offered little complaint. Santa Claus is Justin Bieber or Justin Timberlake backed up by the Beatles. Or to put it another way, the jolly old fellow is a rock star, as his presence above a standing-room-only crowd proved once again.
Why are you here, Anna Robinson?
"To see Santa Claus," the five-year-old beamed prior to the 104th annual Santa Claus Parade through downtown Winnipeg early Saturday evening. "I want to see Santa."
Rookies take note for next year: Most hoping to catch a glimpse of St. Nick Saturday had obviously done this before. Two hours before the scheduled start people were already setting up lawn chairs and blankets curb-side. "You have to get here early to get a good spot," offered Shirley Janzen, who was joined by her four-year-old son Sam.
So what do you want for Christmas, Sam?
"A Christmas tree," he shouted.
Well, aren't you just adorable?
The warm-up acts — not that the tens of thousands lining Portage Avenue to take in the event needed to be heated up thanks to another November day of above zero temperatures — came and went, with more finding hits than misses.
The radio station dance party looked fun. The Art City robots and "van of speakers" certainly found an audience. The Winnipeg Jets exhibit, complete with organ music and a standard "Go Jets Go" chant preached to the choir, which stood a dozen people deep on the sidewalks.
Even before the almost-100 floats floated along Portage Ave., organizers put a different twist on things. Fourteen little block parties, making up most of the 16-block parade route, started an hour before Santa even climbed into his sleigh. Part of the idea was not only to make the experience for children longer, but to encourage people to find a safe vantage point well in advance of the holiday-season procession.
If those side-stage events didn't work to get people downtown, the free sugar cookies and hot chocolate before the parade did.
And before you knew it, once the supporting cast passed through, it was time for the headliner.
After Mrs. Claus stole the spotlight (surprising more than a few children along the way), Santa arrived on the scene in his traditional mode of transport. He's put a few miles on his old sleigh and its road-worthiness had been put in question in the months leading up to the event, but some quick work by elves, er... students, at Winnipeg Technical College, made it street legal once again.
"There he is," exclaimed a young girl, her face pressed up against the glass inside the MTS Centre atrium. "I see him."
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If any of you have set a New Year's goal of heading out to a gigantic mega-restaurant run by wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan, you are in luck. Mr. America himself is opening a 20,000 square foot eatery in Tampa, Florida.
He is calling the behemoth Hogan's Beach and the Hulkster promises that it will be "Jimmy Buffett's [Margaritaville] times 10; Hooters times 10."
He may just be on to something. Hogan's Beach boasts a mechanical shark ride, volleyball courts, fire pits, cabanas and tiki huts, which neither Margaritaville or Hooters can lay claim to. It will also, one assumes, serve food.
Just how does one get to work at this muscled up wonderland? Hogan is currently shopping a reality series about just that. "CMT is very interested," he said, describing the program as "Baywatch, Muscle Beach and Cheers all in one."


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TAMPA, Fla. – The seventh-ranked Saint Leo men's soccer team picked up another Sunshine State Conference victory behind a 3-1 triumph over the University of Tampa on Tuesday evening. The win, over Head Coach Keith Fulk's alma mater, marked the Lions' seventh consecutive game without a loss.
The Lions improve to 10-1-1 overall and are 4-0-1 in the SSC while the Spartans drop to 6-5-2 and are 2-4-0 in conference.
Saint Leo got off to an early start as midfielder Javiem Blanchette scored an unassisted goal in the 28th minute.
The host Spartans quickly evened up the score with a Tyler Blackwood goal to knot the game at one as the first half came to a close.
Saint Leo prevailed through the second half upping the score to three. Within ten minutes of the second half whistle, the Lions' Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel found the back of the net from Edgar Herrera. Josh Davis quickly followed suit with an unassisted goal to put the score at 3-1 in favor of the Green and Gold.
Tampa outshot Saint Leo in both halves 13-7 but was unable to convert the shots into goals behind the outstanding efforts of reigning conference Player of the Week Manuel Schoenhuber.
The Lions return home and will face Florida Tech on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at University Field.
For the latest news, updates, and information on the nationally ranked Saint Leo Men's Soccer team, be sure to visit SaintLeoLions.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest Lions' news by following Saint Leo Athletics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.


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Public Holidays
There are 12 public holidays in South Africa annually, among them special days to honour workers, youth, women, freedom, heritage and human rights. Many public holidays in South Africa revolve around historical events that have deep meaning and significance for the population.
South Africa's public holidays in 2011 are:
|New Year's Day
|January 1
|Human Rights Day
|March 21
|Good Friday (Friday before Easter)
|April 22
|Family Day (Monday after Easter)
|April 25
|Freedom Day
|April 27
|Workers Day
|May 1
|Additional public Holiday
|Youth Day
|June 16
|National Women's Day
|August 9
|Heritage Day
|September 24
|Day of Reconciliation
|December 16
|Christmas Day
|December 25
|Day of Goodwill
|December 26
The Public Holidays Act of 1994 determines that whenever a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the Monday following it will be a public holiday. Should a public holiday fall on a Saturday, it is celebrated on that day.
With the possible exception of Christmas Day and New Year's Day, most tourist services and attractions are open on South African public holidays. In addition most city shopping centres, restaurants and entertainment venues remain open. The business world, however, takes the opportunity for a well-deserved break.


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What to Do if It Rains, What to Do if It Doesnt will be the center of attention at a rancher's meeting, Jan. 14, 10 a.m. at the Dawson County Extension Office on the fairgrounds in Lexington.
Nebraska experienced one of the worst droughts on record in 2012. With poor range production and high feed costs, the big questions for many beef producers is what to do if it rains? and what to do if it doesnt rain? in the upcoming year.
The drought not only impacted the forage production last year, but also could weaken plants root systems - magnified if pastures were overgrazed.
Last years drought will impact this years production, as weak roots mean less leaf material.
Dr. Jerry Volesky, UNL Extension Range and Forage Specialist from North Platte, will discuss important decision making dates for pastures, what to expect from pastures if precipitation is received or not, and how to manage for healthy pastures during these trying times.
Rainfall will significantly impact what producers feed their cows in 2013. Even with abundant spring precipitation, producers will need to reduce stocking rates and delay turnout into weakened summer pastures.
However, if 2013 turns out to be dry again, producers may have to consider other feed options. UNL Extension Beef Specialists Karla Jenkins or Rick Rasby will talk about limit feeding cows in confinement and what to plan for.
Several locations are planned across the state.
Please call the local extension office to preregister for a meal (one week prior).
Meeting dates, locations and local times:
Jan. 14, 10 am: Lexington, Extension Office; 5 pm: Broken Bow, Country Club.
Jan. 15, 10 am: Stapleton, Fairbuilding; 5 pm: Mullen, Bullseye Building. (Private pesticide training to be held from 3-5 pm at the courthouse for those interested.)
Jan. 16, 10 am: Valentine, Cedar Canyon Steakhouse
Jan. 22, 10 am: Bassett, United Methodist Church; 5 pm: ONeill, Holt Co. Annex Building.
Jan. 31, 5:30 pm: Kimball, Event Center.
Registration is $15.
To register, call the local UNL Extension Office. Pre-registration is encouraged one week prior for a meal count.
Contacts numbers include: Lexington 308-324-5501, Broken Bow 308-872-6831, Stapleton 308-532-2683, Mullen 308-645-2267, Valentine 402-376-1850, ONeill 402-336-2760, Ainsworth 402-387-2213, or Kimball 308-235-3122.
The Ranching for Profitability meeting series is sponsored by UNL Extension and the meal by Pfizer Animal Health.
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Many miraculous features of the Qur'an prove it is the word of Allah. Facts are revealed in the verses through the scientific facts, the descriptions of the past and the mathematical codes, that could never have been known to anyone at the time. In addition, developments that could never have been learned with the level of knowledge and technology of the time were also indicated in the verses of the Qur'an before the event. The fact that some scientific facts we only attained with 20th and 21st-century technology were revealed in the Qur'an 1400 years ago is clear evidence that the Qur'an cannot be the work of any human being.
One of the verses that may be referring to the future is verse 73 of Surat al-Baqara:
Remember when you killed someone and violently accused each other of it, and Allah brought out what you were hiding. We said, 'Hit him with part of it!' In that way Allah gives life to the dead and He shows you His Signs so that hopefully you will understand. (Surat al-Baqara, 72-73)
Among the meanings of the Arabic term "biba'diha," translated as "with part of it" in the above verse, is "someone or some people." In the context of that meaning, the verse may be a reference to heart massage, striking the chest from above, which makes it possible to restart the heart if it has stopped beating. (Allah knows the truth.)
The person to whom the massage is administered has the characteristics of a dead body; loss of consciousness, and the cessation of respiration and heartbeat. With our present-day knowledge, heart massage can be applied to someone whose heart has stopped, enabling heartbeat and vital functions to resume. Pressure is applied to the rib cage at specific intervals during heart massage, and the rhythmic contraction required for it to continue pumping blood is thus established.
In that context, the striking of a dead body in such a way as to restore it to life, as stated in the verse, may be suggestive of the heart massage technique. The Qur'an is the word of Almighty Allah, He Who creates all things from nothing, Whose knowledge enfolds all things, and Who is unfettered by time and space. Every verse of the Qur'an therefore contains information revealed with the wisdom of our Almighty Lord. In one verse, Allah refers to the Qur'an itself as follows:
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... Will they not ponder the Qur'an? If it had been from other than Allah, they would have found many inconsistencies in it. (Surat an-Nisa', 82)


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MALVERN's Beacon Camera Club is creating a new Facebook page to allow photographers old and new to post photos of the hills, the town and the surrounding area.
The club has launched the page to take advantage of all the opportunities the local area offers to photographers.
Club chairman Ian Thompson said: " e are delighted to be using the power of social media to allow anyone with a camera, a mobile phone or a tablet to post images to record and celebrate the beauty of the Malvern area."
Malvern mayor Julian Roskams praised the club's initiative, saying: " A great photographer once said 'photography for me is not looking, it's feeling. If you can't feel what you're looking at, then you're never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.'
"For many years now through their work and their wonderful public exhibitions, Beacon Camera Club have allowed us not just to see our wonderful town and its surroundings, but to feel it, to experience it. And now they are offering everyone the opportunity to express their feelings through their photography – an initiative I warmly welcome."
Beacon Camera Club has been in operation for over 40 years and now has over 125 members. It meets every Thursday at Malvern Vale Community Centre, where it hosts presentations by skilled photographers, instructional evenings on photographic software and technique, and competitions.


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Holiday Brunch for Everyoneby Toby Amidor in Gluten-Free, Healthy Holidays, Kid-Friendly, Vegan, December 20, 2011
With family and friends visiting during the holidays, you're bound to have a few folks who need a special meal. There's no need to stress, we've got you covered with brunch recipes for special diets.
Bake a batch of gluten-free muffins a day or two before your guests arrive so you'll have something on hand for them to munch on.
Recipe: Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffins (above)
Serve these scrumptious pancakes with a tall glass of low fat milk – the kids will never guess they're eating a perfectly balanced meal.
Recipe: Apple Pancakes
The small amount of Gruyere used here kicks up the flavor in this quiche, but still leaves room for it to be a heart healthy recipe.
Recipe: Caramelized Onion, Mushroom and Gruyere Quiche
This perfectly portioned meal has 6 grams of carbohydrates per serving—plus, it's diary-free and heart-healthy too.
Recipe: Poached Eggs with Canadian Bacon and Spinach
These bite-sized sandwiches are perfect guests who are allergic or can't tolerate dairy. For more variety, use additional fillings like tuna salad and hummus and cucumbers.
Recipe: Smoked Salmon and Dill Egg Salad Tea Sandwiches
This porridge is brimming with all types of whole grains like farro, wild rice and steel-cut oats. Serve up with vegan toppings like maple syrup or chopped nuts.
Recipe: Whole Grain Breakfast Porridge
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FORMER Wanderer Dean Morgan has been given an international call-up, the player has tweeted this week.
According to social media the striker has been named in the Montserrat squad that will play in a three-team round robin competition on the Caribbean island that starts on Friday.
Montserrat - currently ranked 188 out of 209 in the FIFA rankings - will face the US Virgin Islands and the Dutch Antilles island of Bonaire for a place in the next round of the Caribbean Cup.
Morgan was released by Wanderers at the end of the season despite finishing as the club's second top goalscorer.


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Who was your first small-screen crush?
Nick Kroll: Dana Plato from Diff'rent Strokes.
Michael Ian Black: Keri Russell in the overlooked Aaron Spelling masterpiece Malibu Shores.
Chris Smith: Winnie Cooper (Danica McKellar) from The Wonder Years.
Ed Weeks: Maid Marian in Disney's animated Robin Hood. Literal fox.
Who's the most talented woman on TV?
Michael Ian Black: Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Veep is her best work ever.
Seth Green: Jennifer Carpenter.
Kal Penn: Mindy Kaling. She's the new Tina Fey—who is also awesome.
Nicholas D'Agosto: Meryl Streep. She's on TV right now somewhere making me cry and winning something. I just know it.
Ed Weeks: Mindy Kaling. She'll read this, right?
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The Dallas based (Austin-Raised) musical talent Tiger Darrow is expanding from our Texas comforts to tackle the Big Apple. The Booker T. Washington High School senior sat down with PSD to chat about the wacky good times she's had in her 18 years.
A Tiger Descended on Denton and up next is New York City.21 03 2011
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VALDOSTA, Ga. – Less than 24 hours after falling to the rival University of Tampa Spartans in their first NCAA Region game, Saint Leo was defeated by the Albany State Rams by a 2-1 score. The Saturday afternoon loss, which knocked the Lions out of the double-elimination regional tournament, ended Saint Leo's amazing 2013 season with a record of 40-16.
The first run of the contest came early on for Saint Leo when the Lions plated one in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, it was junior Brittany Ewing who drew a walk to give the Lions a quick base runner. After back-to-back singles from Sarah Steiner and Rachelle Gremo, the Lions were in prime position with bases loaded and just one out. Junior Chelsey Steedley then sent a ball up the middle for a fielder's choice that scored Ewing easily and gave the Lions a 1-0 lead.
In their quest not to be eliminated from the loser's bracket of the double-elimination tournament, the Albany State Rams answered back and tied the game in the top of the fourth inning on a double, a single, and one Saint Leo error.
The tie ballgame came down to one swing in the sixth inning, when the Rams' catcher, Chelsea Hicks, sent a solo homerun over the right-centerfield fence. With the Lions unable to score throughout the sixth and seventh innings, the Rams walked away with their first-ever regional win.
Sarah Steiner took the loss in the effort, tossing five full innings and allowing five hits while striking out eight. Freshman Alana Tabel also made a relief appearance in the contest, throwing two innings and allowing just two hits. The loss dropped Steiner's record to 7-2 on the season.
The Lions, ranked No. 23 in the nation, conclude their season 40-16 and are the Sunshine State Conference Champions. The Lions will say farewell to the core pair of seniors that put Saint Leo on the softball map as Megan Still and Rachelle Gremo have concluded their playing careers in the Green and Gold.


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Angels shortstop Jean Segura, who was rated the Angels' second best prospect in 2012 by Baseball America, was optioned to double-A Arkansas, and right-hander Eric Hurley was reassigned to minor-league camp on Sunday, bringing the roster to 41.
Segura, 22, was impressive in 11 games this spring both offensively and defensively. He batted .381 with two home runs, six RBI and four walks. He hit both home runs in Friday's split-squad game against the San Diego Padres in Peoria, Ariz.
"His tools are incredible," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Probably the biggest thing (that has been impressive this spring) is his growth as a shortstop, and I think he's starting to feel much more comfortable at that position….
Here's the big praise from Scioscia:
"On the offensive side, he (Segura) showed some really good plate discipline this spring, and as he grows and keeps developing, he has as much upside as anybody in that room."
Hurley (0-0), who is in the competition to be the No. 5 starter in the rotation, made three relief appearances this spring and had a 4.91 ERA. In 7 1/3 innings, the 26-year-old Angels' non-roster invitee allowed six hits, five runs (four earned) and four strikeouts while striking out seven.
Hurley is a 2004 first-round draft pick of the Texas Rangers. He was also their 2006 Minor League Pitcher of the Year. He made his major league debut in 2008 but has seen his career set back because of a skull fracture, right shoulder surgery and a left wrist injury that forced him to miss the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
He struggled on Friday in split-squad action against the Padres when he entered in relief in the fifth inning. In 2 1/3 innings, he allowed five hits, five runs (four earned) and two walks. He had one strikeout.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Hurley is still in the running ti be the No. 5 starter who will take the mound on April 15. The move was made to get Hurley more opportunity to pitch in games.
— Reporting from Glendale, Ariz.
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Re: "CAQ's plan could lead to church closings: Couillard" (Montreal Gazette, Feb. 19)
Everyone seems to be calling on Premier Philippe Couillard to show leadership by curbing religious freedom. But sometimes doing nothing is leadership. The clarion calls of Cassandras who want to limit the basic rights of a free society must be resisted. Which is a worse threat to a democratic society: yielding to terrorism or to demagoguery?
Howard M. Greenfield, Montreal


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When I first saw Dareen Hakim's handbags at MAGIC LV, I knew there was something special about them. The shapes and colors instantly caught my eye. Check out the new collections below, which are no exception.
"Sumptuous leathers, arabesque calligraphy, dramatic hues – all form the basis of style behind each Dareen Hakim creation. Celebrating at once tradition and function, her debut collection's clutches enjoy a favored status among women inspired to carry a contagiously cool piece of art, one that instantly communicates both warmth and chic." -DareenHakim.com
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"The inscriptions on a Dareen Hakim bag reflect the designer's fascination with the momentous spirit of her childhood. Within the turmoil of Lebanon's earlier days, she saw people value life and cherish every day as though it was their last. This combined feeling of resilience, strength, happiness, love, laughter and appreciation of beauty in life's simple pleasures left an impression she shares through the subtle scripted messages on her bags." -DareenHakim.com


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A 40-YEAR-Old man will face court after police allegedly found 14 high-powered weapons stolen from a navy base in his Darwin apartment.
It is believed the man did not conduct the robbery, but was looking after the weapons after the theft late on Thursday night.
Police suspect the people behind the robbery may have naval links, and say they expect to make more arrests.
On Saturday, police raided the man's inner-city apartment, where they recovered the weapons.
The man's arrest follows a robbery at a navy patrol boat moored at HMAS Coonawarra on Thursday night, in which a dozen semi-automatic pistols and two pump-action shotguns were stolen.
During the attack, a man wearing military attire and a balaclava overpowered and tied up a young sailor with cable ties. The sailor was unhurt.
The 40-year-old was charged with one count of receiving stolen property, two counts of possessing a prohibited firearm and 12 counts of possessing a firearm without a licence.
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A VIOLENT offender who stamped repeatedly on the head and body of a man in York city centre is again wanted by police.
Kyle Illingworth, 22, of Cornlands Road in Acomb, was jailed for four-and-a-half years in 2010 for wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
At the time, the court heard how Illingworth, and two others, attacked a man while he was on a night out in King Street, causing him to undergo surgery on his face.
Illingworth was released in September 2012 and is since suspected of being involved in a number of offences including criminal damage, common assault, public order and failing to answer police bail, North Yorkshire Police said.
He is wanted for recall to prison after breaching the terms of his release licence on several occasions.
Since his release, Illingworth has also failed to attend appointments with his supervising officer at the probation service, police said.
Insp Dave Kirby, of York police, said: "Being released from prison on licence means that offenders must behave themselves when they return to the community or they face an immediate return to custody.
"Kyle Illingworth is well aware of this, yet he has been involved in further offences since his release and he must face the consequences.
"I am appealing to the public to keep their eyes peeled and contact the police or Crimestoppers if they see Illingworth or know where he is."
The victim of the 2010 attack had been for a night out with his sister and friends when he was attacked by Illingworth and Ryan Cross, then 19, and of Alness Drive, Woodthorpe and Robert Hodson, then 18, and of Parker Avenue, Acomb.
The victim was taken to hospital and needed surgery for a fractured cheek bone. He said he remembered nothing about the attack.
Judge Anthony Kelbrick described the attack as "gratuitous violence".
Hodson and Illingworth were given credit for pleading guilty and were sentenced to four years six months in a young offenders' institute and Cross to five years in a young offenders' institute.
Anyone who can help to locate Illingworth is urged to contact North Yorkshire Police on 101. Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Joe Zee Styles the Cast of Glee
The Speedo swim team look dominated bathing suit shoots in `87—as did strong, healthy models who looked capable of completing a 100 yard butterfly race. Among them, a then 22-year-old, future Bond Girl: Famke Janssen stands second from the left. (January 1987)
Even the serious actresses went for big hair back in the day. In her first interview with ELLE, a then 36-year-old Sigourney Weaver talks about her new marriage, the surprising success of 1986's Aliens, and how excited she was about "upcoming roles," two of which—though unnamed at the time—were likely Working Girl and Gorillas in the Mist. Both of these films were released the following year and helped launch Weaver into A-list stardom. (March 1987)
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(UPDATED COVERAGE 2:54 p.m.) Gill Corn Farms Inc. has closed and sold its operations to a foundation for use in a sustainable agriculture project, but corn won't be the focus at the farm.
The NoVo Foundation, New York City, purchased the Hurley, N.Y.-based grower-shipper for $13 million. The foundation purchased all of the company's land, farming and packing equipment, buildings and other property, said John Gill, president.
Gill said the Hudson Valley operation, which he and his brother, vice president Jack Gill, purchased from their parents in 1999, wasn't in any kind of financial difficulty.
Jack Gill has retired while John Gill plans to remain involved as farm manager.
He said the time proved right to sell the farm, which officially closed in December.
"This is something we had to do and quite frankly, was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Gill said. "The greatest thing for my dad and I is this place will always be in farming and that's what we were worried about as I didn't have a successor. We didn't want to see it ever go out of farming. It's an exciting opportunity for us to possibly make a difference in the world."
Founded in 1937 by Gill's grandfather, John Gill, the company typically packs 385,000 crates of corn from 1,200 acres.
The Kingston, N.Y.-based Local Economics Project, part of the New York-based New World Foundation, plans to transform the farm into a "farm hub" teaching and research facility, said Brooke Pickering-Cole, the project's manager of community relations.
A transition group is working on the crops the farm plans to handle, but corn won't be its focus, she said.
"The project began in 2010 with an interest in strengthening the Hudson Valley economy," Pickering-Cole said. "It quickly turned its focus to agriculture to bolster sustainability in the valley. After quite a bit of research and talking with people, what became clear is what would be most useful is a center to not only help new farmers get the training they need to start new farming businesses, but also a location for research and demonstrations of new farming techniques."
With participation from Cornell Cooperative Extension in Ithaca, N.Y., the project plans to preserve the area's "rich agricultural heritage and open space will be maintained for years to come," according to the foundation.
Funded primarily by investor Warren Buffett, the foundation is managed by his children.


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Have I Got a Story For You
How can stories help us in our mission to end sexual violence?
According to Andy Goodman, nationally recognized author, speaker and consultant in the field of public interest communications, storytelling remains the single most powerful communication tool you possess.
A few weeks ago, I attended the 2012 Joint Annual Meeting of the Safe States Alliance and CDC Core Violence & Injury Prevention Program in Atlanta, GA. Andy was giving the keynote address, and I must admit that I was skeptical. I was thinking about recent data that shows that, depending on the context, stories of sexual violence can sometimes derail our prevention message. I just wasn't sure how we could reframe stories in ways that would be beneficial. I was quickly immersed in a fascinating presentation that demonstrated the powerful use of stories, and was reminded of the ways that stories help us educate, persuade, and really connect with people. I found this quote to be especially memorable, "Numbers numb, jargon jars, and nobody ever marched on Washington because of a pie chart." There are ways we can get our message out there and advance our mission without turning people off at the get-go.
It made me think of one way that we are capturing our prevention work, and that is through the collection of bystander stories. Stories of how everyday people notice events or behaviors and intervene in some way to stop that behavior serve as inspiration and motivation for others. This week in Boston, people are gathering together at the MVP's Bystander Intervention Conference to discuss the roots of - and next steps for - the bystander approach to gender violence prevention. Even if you can't make it to Boston, you can still be involved in this important work. The NSVRC has been capturing and sharing the many ways that people have stepped in to end sexual violence. You can read stories from engaged bystanders, and submit your own story. We would love to hear from you!
My Dear Preventionista,
This blog rocks! There is a buzz about the MVP conference here in Boston this week and over 250 people are expected to attend. I just set up the NSVRC exhibit on prevention and engaging bystanders and look forward to sharing stories of prevention tomorrow.
Excellent! So glad you are there spreading the word about the importance of engaging bystanders to end sexual violence! Great picture too!
Check out my report back from the great Bystander Intervention Conference in Boston last week. http://preventconnect.org/2012/06/international-gathering-of-bystanders-taking-action-to-prevent-sexual-and-domestic-violence/