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Materials to make one Quilt Bag. 42 1/2 inches by 34 1/2 inches outside fabric
. 33 1/2 inches by 35 1/2 inches inside fabric and fusible fleece
. 3 1/2 yards of cotton strap
. 4 sew in magnets
. 2 cord stoppers
. 1 1/2 yards of elastic cording
. Aurifil 28w cotton thread for the topstitching
DirectionsIron the fusible fleece on the wrong side of the inside fabric. Fold and sew 1/2 inch of the four edges towards the inside. With a pin mark the center of the widest side of the outside fabric and lining, as shown in the picture.
Pin both the lining and outside fabric in place, matching the center pins.
Topstitch only one side! (this would be the underside when you close your bag) with 28w Aurifil cotton thread . I chose this thread because it shows off the topstitching beautifully and at the same time it's sturdy. The other end will be sewn in the same matter after we put the magnets in place.
Because I'm using the fabric from selvage to selvage, I don't need to finish the edges. Fold in half towards the inside the two flaps on each side, as shown in the picture, and sew parallel to the edge of the lining fabric. Insert the cord and cord stoppers.
Straps: With the top fabric facing you, measure 10 inches from the side edge and mark a line to indicate where to position the strap. Repeat on the other side.
Measure your strap handles. I tried different lengths and decided on 28 inches length. Close the bag and draw a line where the two ends meet, as show in the picture. This line will indicate where to stop sewing the straps.
Sew the ends of the strap together with a generous 1/2 inch tail on each side. Open the side seams.
Sew in place on both sides of the strap. If you have an edge foot for your sewing machine use it.
Voilá! Now I am ready to transport my quilts *with style*.


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In this recent decision, the Planning and Environment Court dismissed a submitter appeal against an approval for a three storey apartment building located on Donaldson Street, Greenslopes. The proposed development had initially been approved by Brisbane City Council, but the approval was appealed to the Planning and Environment Court by a group of local residents.
Thynne + Macartney acted on behalf of the successful developer in the appeal.
The proposed development was an attractively designed building with a Gross Floor Area (GFA) of 1479m2. The subject site had an area of 1349m2 (109% GFA). The proposal, in terms of GFA was twice as dense as the applicable acceptable solution in the Low-medium Density Residential (LMR) area, outlined in CityPlan 2000 and CityPlan 2014. Notably, the surrounding streets had a mixture of single and two storey detached houses as well as various two and three storey multi-unit dwellings. The proposed development was well located in close proximity to prominent community infrastructure, including Greenslopes Mall, Greenslopes Private Hospital and major public transport routes.
The primary issue in the appeal was whether the proposed development's building form, through its height, bulk and scale was in conflict with the Holland Park Tarragindi District Local Plan (the Local Plan) and the Low Medium Density Residential Zone Code (the LMR Code) in CityPlan 2000 and the equivalent in CityPlan 2014.
The Court found that the height, bulk and scale of the proposed development complied with the Intent and Overall Outcomes of the Local Plan and the LMR Code. Specifically, the Court found that the surrounding locality supported the proposal as there were several three storey multi-unit developments in the neighbourhood.
The Court also found that whilst the proposed development significantly exceeded the GFA requirement of 50% to 60% stipulated in the Intent of the LMR Code, this was only one factor to be considered as opposed to being determinative of any conflict. The Court took comfort from several other developments within the locality of the proposed development having similar GFA's to the proposed development. Ultimately, the Court determined that there was no conflict with the relevant provisions in the LMR Code.
In summary, the Court found that from a reading of CityPlan 2000 and CityPlan 2014 as a whole, the proposed development complied with the applicable planning instruments because the proposed development was compatible with other built form in the locality.
What the decision means
The decision is of great assistance to property developers arguing against a strict adherence or narrow interpretation by Council's assessment officers of the relevant bulk, height and scale provisions in both CityPlan 2000 and CityPlan 2014. While the references in both planning schemes to maximum heights, number of storeys, maximum GFA and setback requirements are important factors to be taken into account when assessing the suitability of a proposed development, other factors, such as the built form of existing developments in the locality and the aspiration to ensure that surrounding infrastructure is used as efficiently as possible, will also be fundamental considerations.
This information is intended to provide a general summary only and should not be relied on as a substitute for legal advice.


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Archive for December, 2010
So, how many times have you been asked to bring a "small appetizer" (antipasta/hors d'oeuvre) to a party? You start to panic, trying to dream up something that is quick, unique, tasty and won't cost your last pay check for the ingredients. Well, here's one that will make you the hit of the party……….plus (don't tell anyone) it's really simple to prepare.
Shrimp and cucumber hors d'oeuvre
24 medium raw (shell on) shrimp (31-40 size)
1 English cucumber
Spread (acts like glue to hold shrimp on cuc slices)
3 oz cream cheese (4 -5 TBS)
2 TBS mayonnaise
2 TBS melted butter
1 TBS fresh lemon juice
Pinch sea salt
Blend together, refrigerate for 15 minutes to firm up
Chopped chives for garnish
1. Cook shrimp in boiling water for 3-4 minutes, refresh in ice water
2. Remove shells, dry shrimp
3. Slice cucumber into 24 slices, dry top side
4. Arrange cucs on platter, spread scant tsp of spread on top
5. Place one shrimp on top of spread
6. Garnish with chopped chives
About the Author Part time chef Doug Cordier, is a food writer, TV cook, Certified Ergonomic Consultant and business man. Doug is the owner of Cascom Group Travel and has been teaching corporate and Italian cooking classes for twenty years.
For more foodie thoughts and recipes, try www.cookingwithcordier.com


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text: Of late, a lot of my work has been designing learning design. Helping orgs transition their existing design processes to ones that will actually have an impact. That is, someone's got a learning design process, but they want to improve it. One idea, of course, is to replace it with some validated design process. Another approach, much less disruptive, is to find opportunities to fine tune the design. The idea is to find the minimal set of changes that will yield the maximal benefit. So what are the likely inflection points? Where am I finding those spots for redesigning? It's about good learning.


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Harmony Museum Antique Gun Show
The Harmony Museum's 10th annual Antique Gun Show, on Saturday, Aug. 9, will include an auction for a percussion rifle attributed to 19th century Harmony gunsmith Charles Flowers. Show hours in the museum's Stewart Hall, 218 Mercer St., are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The special auction will be held at 1 p.m. Admission is $5 per person, with proceeds benefiting museum operations. Flowers, previously a coal miner, produced fine black powder hunting and target rifles in his Wood Street shop from about 1850 until his death in 1897. Museum representatives believe the recently restored .44 caliber rifle, unsigned, was made early in his career. It has a full-length curly maple stock, back action lock, decorative brass trapdoor patch box, seven German silver inlays including a large compass star, and German silver escutcheons for barrel retention pins. Auction proceeds will go to the Harmony Museum's artifacts acquisition fund. Admission to the show is required to participate in the bidding. Those attending are encouraged to bring items for show experts to examine and appraise. About three dozen specialists will present an array of pre-1898 guns, swords and accoutrements, with an emphasis on items from western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. Many are similar to those relied on by the region's settlers or represent the nation's development during the 18th and 19th centuries. Most are for sale, although some collectors bring firearms or artifacts of historical significance for display only.
Date & Time
August 9, 2014
Add to Calendar 08/09/201409:00 AM 08/09/201404:00 PM America/New_York Harmony Museum Antique Gun Show The Harmony Museum's 10th annual Antique Gun Show, on Saturday, Aug. 9, will include an auction for a percussion rifle attributed to 19th century Harmony... More info at www.northhillsmonthly.com/events/45600/harmony-museum-antique-gun-show Harmony Museum 218 Mercer St. , Harmony, PA 16037 axEakIwmdzNKaowyWmiv58927
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Author: Andi O'Connor
Book: Awakening (The Dragonath Chronicles #2)
Published: February 2015
Publisher: Purple Sun Press
Genre: Fantasy
Source: Paperback
Darrak's continues his adventures on Dragonath. He is rescued by his friends from the Dréyan raiders who held him prisoner. Now free, he continues on his quest to save Earth and the purple sunned Dragonath from black magic known as Halla. The addition of a dragon who pledges her service to Darrak should have been a boost to moral, but dragons aren't trusted. Here, Darrak learns the limits of peoples oaths to protect him. Two of his friends desert him.
Meanwhile, the traitorous Mionee has come to regret her decisions. She has been rendered powerless by the tyrannical Garenth. When Garenth summons the evil Payton Niemel from the dark underworld, she is given a Hobson's choice: let Garenth kill her and her unborn child, or kill Garenth and become Niemel's servant.
Awakening is the second book of The Dragonath Chronicles. Written in the style of classic high fantasy, Andi O'Connor's writing style has greatly matured. Dialogue is much smoother, and she handles the subplots with great skill. Just as impressive is the evolution of her characters. All of them are facing their demons and are growing stronger. One is almost immediately drawn to Mionee Un'Meldé. A traitor in The Lost Heir, she becomes sympathetic as she realizes what she has unleashed and, for all her power, can't stop it. Darrak is coming to grips with his own powers and his place in this new world.
Awakening will be a great read for lovers of high fantasy, with a well developed magic and well thought out world building.


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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered Jebel Ali Lehbab Road to be renamed Expo Road.
The renaming comes ahead of Dubai Expo 2020, for the first time in the MENA and South-East Asia region, which will take place in Dubai from October 20 2020 to April 10 2021.
Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said it has replaced all the 68 directional signs, including 18 large signboards.
Mattar Al Tayer, director general and chairman of the RTA, said: "Expo Road is a vital traffic corridor... It offers an alternative route for motorists heading to Jebel Ali Industrial Area and the surrounding areas."
Expo Road, which extends 15km, serves several hotspots such as Jebel Ali Industrial Area, Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, Dubai South and Dubai Investment Park and extends all the way to the site of Expo 2020.
He said the RTA has carried out several projects to improve traffic flow on Expo Road including widening lanes from four to six in each direction, and constructing four junctions at Emirates Road, Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Al Asayel Road.
It has also constructed six bridges on service roads parallel to this corridor, in addition to a flyover of 24 bridges at the junction of Expo and Sheikh Zayed Roads.


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Category Archives: Snark and Sass
Mitt Romney-The Candidate most folks want to get into a barfight with.
This snark and sass is courtesy of the folks at The Onion. I need some snark in my life lately. Too many things are depressing the living shit out of me. The state of the economy, the world and my personal pocket book..just to name a few of them. I am so bummed lately I had given serious thought to throwing in the blogging towel..but Betmo talked me out of it. I heart that woman for taking the time to talk me off the edge of the abyss. ;>)
Poll: Mitt Romney Is Candidate Most Voters Want To Get Into Bar Fight With
I love this man!
Actually, I don't know The Worried Shrimp..but I love the hell out of his artwork and use it every chance I get (with proper attribution of course). I would like to encourage anyone that loves good political art to visit his site and page through his magnificent works.. Its worth your time my dear reader. Now, a couple of my favorites for a cold damp Sunday morning:


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At this time last week we were told that our daughter had minutes to live. And at this very same time last week, I called bullshit….
Parker was Katie's friend. Even if it was brief in time, she thought he was sweet. Whenever I talked about Parker, she would smile. She sent him a funny video once, he responded with another funny video. From then on, they were forever friends. He loves Legos like she did. Our first introduction to Parker was so touching. He was very shy, he wouldn't even look up at us when his mom and dad carried him into the restaurant. (thank you steroids) I said, "Katie, give him his gift…" (which she picked out). So Katie walked a big bag over to him, he looked in the bag, dad pulled out some Legos, he looked at Katie and for the first time smiled, than looked back at the Legos and smiled even bigger, and he played with his Legos the entire meal as us parents discussed the horror of this diagnosis, and the fight we both had in the near future.
I will always hold a special place in my heart for Parker and his family. Parker's family owns a belief in their heart, which is very similar to ours, that transparency is key in this fight. Just read their stories, they are so heartfelt. Private conversations indiscretion are why our children were given a 0% survival rate. It's why no one has heard of it, including us, until their affected intimately. We're all in this together. It could be any of us next.
Please follow Hope for Parker, and walk this journey with Mark and Jennifer, supporting them. We are hoping that he, Parker', is the one. He is so tough, and I believe he is going to make a huge difference, just as Katherine has.
Thank you.
#PleaseShareParkersStory #PleaseShareKatherinesStory #HopeForParker
David and I have been trying to get out more. We hadn't seen the light of day practically, in what feels like months….I know, I'm exaggerating. But there were days on end that we hadn't, and towards the end we didn't leave the house for a few weeks. We couldn't leave her. We didn't want to leave her. Miss something. Make her feel abandoned. Fail her in some way. We disappeared socially for months.
So from Tuesday thru Saturday David and I have realized (and have discussed the fact that) we are self medicating by soaking up the affection of the people around us socially, and going anywhere and everywhere we can. We spent last week visiting nieces and nephews to show them that we're ok: they were all so very concerned about Aunty Jaime and Uncle David. I wanted to ease their minds. We are trying to get some space from the reality of it all. Get out of this home, where the memories never fail to appear around each and every corner of the house. I am fearful of forgetting any little thing, but just as fearful of remembering and suffering with those memories. It's a constant battle we are playing in our head.
Today was a little different. We planned our little get away for the family. Cleaned up the house. Cleaned my office. Talked. Cried… A lot. We faced some things. We still haven't touched her stuff. I can't yet. We did finalize Katherine's cremation however, hence the crying…
Katherine's cremation is Wednesday. I did not want to attend this. I had been cemented with that decision since we were told she had cancer and would die, however David insists that we are there for our daughter during this event, and he is right. We owe it to her to say goodbye one more time. I just fear the finality of it all. I'm not ready to say goodbye yet. Stalling and pushing it further every day. Nothing is good enough. The wrong time. The wrong place. The wrong items to go with her. The wrong urn. The wrongful death of my child. It's just all wrong.
The finality of picking a day and time and place, at long last, had pushed me back mentally, and emotionally, to the day she died. We both felt like a Mack truck had hit us all over again. Last night I woke up three times to check on her. Oddly… I hadn't done that past the first or second night without her. It's back and it's frustrating. Still no dreams about her. However, David's dreams are vivid. He sees her dying, over, and over, and over again… Every morning, as he moves from slumber to awareness, she's struggling to breathe her last breaths. He ends up in a panic. Maybe that's why I fear the dreams, and they aren't coming, as I would want sweet dreams of Katherine, and only sweet dreams. She was our sweet dream for 7 years. I can't let my subconscious ruin that for me.
Thank you Lauren for this video from one week ago today. The day before she passed. I forgot about this moment. Because of these recordings, we are consistently reminded of how special that time was with her. I will never regret our decision to have you there with us for the last few days.
We miss you Katie Baby. Loves and kisses sweetie, and we are so sorry.


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From Dannyman: ...I wasn't eager to engage in a deep philosophical debate on the nature of God with a Muslim just returning from Mecca...
Along the way I passed, among others, the Iraqi Embassy. It had a barricade around it, so I walked in the street alongside it, a safe ten feet away from enemy territory. Word.
one Iraqi with one bullet in the right place at the right time [would havespared] the world of Saddam Hussein with far less pain and suffering than another war with America
in America, we have most everything we need, and we are bordered by two large oceans and two very friendly, peaceful, neighbors, and we are happy enough in our own country, that we really don't care too much about the rest of the world, and we're not too interested in running the bloody show, so when we find ourselves with this responsibility, we do an understandably half-assed job.
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The 3rd annual Emerald Isle Marathon, Half-Marathon, and 5K races will be held this Saturday. All 3 races begin and end at the Western Ocean Regional Access near Islander Drive. The full marathon (26.2 miles) begins at 6:15 am, the Half-Marathon (13.1 miles) begins at 8:15 am, and the 5k begins at 8:30 am. We expect nearly 1,400 runners in Emerald Isle this weekend, and the 3 race courses cover the entire length of Emerald Isle from The Point to the east end. PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING IN EMERALD ISLE ON SATURDAY MORNING.
The Emerald Isle Police Department will be assisting runners crossing NC 58 at Mangrove Drive, and most runners will be crossing at that location between 7:00 am and 8:45 am. EIPD will also be assisting runners crossing NC 58 at Lee Avenue, and most runners will be crossing that location between 7:30 am and 9:15 am. Slight traffic delays are likely, so please plan accordingly.
A copy of the Race Participant Information packet, including course maps, is available at this link .
Thank you for your patience, understanding, and caution!


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Celebrate with Sparkle - A 5-Course Tasting Menu Paired with Sparkling Wines
Very limited seating: Advance registration required.
Join us for a fabulous evening of learning and tasting 5 gourmet plates paired with 5 incredible sparkling wines....just in time for the holidays!
Ophelia Santos holds the lead faculty position in Food and Beverage Management at the International Culinary Institute of Atlanta and is the founder of Winewise USA. She's preparing to knock your socks off with her incredible plates and wines from around the world, including Moldova, where wine making has been in existence for over 3000 years!
Menu: (tasting portions sized)
Smoked Tomato Soup Shooter
Cricova Grand Vintage Brut
Nutmeg and Ricotta Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter
Pere Ventura Rose' Cava
Coffee-Rubbed Pork Medallion au Jus
Gruet Blanc de Noirs
Wild Rice and Mushrooms with Broccolini
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Gingerbread Roll with Vanilla Pastry Cream, Pecan Brittle, Tuile and Candied Cranberries
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Click below to download : Dialect In Literature (Format : PDF)
Dialect In LiteratureDIALECT IN LITERATURE
"And the common people heard him gladly."
Of what shall be said herein of dialect, let it be understood the term dialect referred to is of that general breadth of meaning given it to-day, namely, any speech or vernacular outside the prescribed form of good English in its present state. The present state of the English is, of course, not any one of its prior states. So first let it be remarked that it is highly probable that what may have been the best of English once may now by some be counted as a weak, inconsequent patois, or dialect.
To be direct, it is the object of this article to show that dialect is not a thing to be despised in any event--that its origin is oftentimes of as royal caste as that of any speech. Listening back, from the standpoint of to-day, even to the divine singing of that old classic master to whom England's late laureate refers as
"... the first warbler, whose sweet breath
Preluded those melodious bursts that fill
The spacious times of great Elizabeth
With sounds that echo still";
or to whom Longfellow alludes, in his matchless sonnet, as
"... the poet of the dawn, who wrote
The Canterbury Tales, and his old age
Made beautiful with song";--
Chaucer's verse to us is now as veritably dialect as to that old time it was the chastest English; and even then his materials were essentially dialect when his song was at best pitch. Again, our present dialect, of most plebeian ancestry, may none the less prove worthy. Mark the recognition of its own personal merit in the great new dictionary, where what was, in our own remembrance, the most outlandish dialect, is now good, sound, official English.
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Since Literature must embrace all naturally existing materials--physical, mental, and spiritual--we have no occasion to urge its acceptance of so-called dialect, for dialect is in Literature, and has been there since the beginning of all written thought and utterance. Strictly speaking, as well as paradoxically, all verbal expression is more or less dialectic, however grammatical. While usage establishes grammar, it no less establishes so-called dialect. Therefore we may as rightfully refer to "so-called grammar."
It is not really a question of Literature's position toward dialect that we are called upon to consider, but rather how much of Literature's valuable time shall be taken up by this dialectic country cousin. This question Literature her gracious self most amiably answers by hugging to her breast voluminous tomes, from Chaucer on to Dickens, from Dickens on to Joel Chandler Harris. And this affectionate spirit on the part of Literature, in the main, we all most feelingly indorse.
Briefly summed, it would appear that dialect means something more than mere rude form of speech and action--that it must, in some righteous and substantial way, convey to us a positive force of soul, truth, dignity, beauty, grace, purity and sweetness that may even touch us to the tenderness of tears. Yes, dialect as certainly does all this as that speech and act refined may do it, and for the same reason: it is simply, purely natural and human.
Yet the Lettered and the Unlettered powers are at swords' points; and very old and bitter foemen, too, they are. As fairly as we can, then, let us look over the field of these contending forces and note their diverse positions: First, the Lettered--they who have the full advantages of refined education, training, and association--are undoubtedly as wholly out of order among the Unlettered as the Unlettered are out of order in the exalted presence of the Lettered. Each faction may in like aversion ignore or snub the other; but a long-suffering Providence must bear with the society of both. There may be one vague virtue demonstrated by this feud: each division will be found unwaveringly loyal to its kind, and mutually they desire no interchange of sympathy whatever.--Neither element will accept from the other any patronizing treatment; and, perhaps, the more especially does the Unlettered faction reject anything in vaguest likeness of this spirit. Of the two divisions, in graphic summary,--one knows the very core and centre of refined civilization, and this only; the other knows the outlying wilds and suburbs of civilization, and this only. Whose, therefore, is the greater knowledge, and whose the just right of any whit of self-glorification?
A curious thing, indeed, is this factional pride, as made equally manifest in both forces; in one, for instance, of the Unlettered forces: The average farmer, or countryman, knows, in reality, a far better and wider range of diction than he permits himself to use. He restricts and abridges the vocabulary of his speech, fundamentally, for the reason that he fears offending his rural neighbors, to whom a choicer speech might suggest, on his part, an assumption--a spirit of conscious superiority, and therewith an implied reflection on their lack of intelligence and general worthiness. If there is any one text universally known and nurtured of the Unlettered masses of our common country, it is that which reads, "All men are created equal." Therefore it is a becoming thing when true gentility prefers to overlook some variations of the class who, more from lack of cultivation than out of rude intent, sometimes almost compel a positive doubt of the nice veracity of the declaration, or at least a grief at the munificent liberality of the so-be-quoted statement. The somewhat bewildering position of these conflicting forces leaves us nothing further to consider, but how to make the most and best of the situation so far as Literature may be hurt or helped thereby.
Equally with the perfect English, then, dialect should have full justice done it. Then always it is worthy, and in Literature is thus welcome. The writer of dialect should as reverently venture in its use as in his chastest English. His effort in the scholarly and elegant direction suffers no neglect--he is schooled in that, perhaps, he may explain. Then let him be schooled in dialect before he sets up as an expounder of it--a teacher, forsooth a master! The real master must not only know each varying light and shade of dialect expression, but he must as minutely know the inner character of the people whose native tongue it is, else his product is simply a pretence--a wilful forgery, a rank abomination. Dialect has been and is thus insulted, vilified, and degraded, now and continually; and through this outrage solely, thousands of generous-minded readers have been turned against dialect who otherwise would have loved and blessed it in its real form of crude purity and unstrained sweetness--
"Honey dripping from the comb!"
Let no impious faddist, then, assume its just interpretation. He may know everything else in the world, but not dialect, nor dialectic people, for both of which he has supreme contempt, which same, be sure, is heartily returned. Such a "superior" personage may even go among these simple country people and abide indefinitely in the midst of them, yet their more righteous contempt never for one instant permits them to be their real selves in his presence. In consequence, his most conscientious report of them, their ways, lives, and interests, is absolutely of no importance or value in the world. He never knew them, nor will he ever know them. They are not his kind of people, any more than he is their kind of man; and their disappointment grieves us more than his.
The master in Literature, as in any art, is that "divinely gifted man" who does just obeisance to all living creatures, "both man and beast and bird." It is this master only who, as he writes, can sweep himself aside and leave his humble characters to do the thinking and the talking. This man it is who celebrates his performance--not himself. His work he celebrates because it is not his only, but because he feels it the conscientious reproduction of the life itself--as he has seen and known and felt it;--a representation it is of God's own script, translated and transcribed by the worshipful mind and heart and hand of genius. This virtue in all art is impartially demanded, and genius only can fully answer the demand in any art for which we claim perfection. The painter has his expression of it, with no slighting of the dialectic element; so, too, the sculptor, the musician, and the list entire. In the line of Literature and literary material, an illustration of the nice meaning and distinction of dialectic art will be found in Charles Dudley Warner's comment of George Cable's work, as far back as 1883, referring to the author's own rendition of it from the platform. Mr. Warner says:
While the author was unfolding to his audience a life and society unfamiliar to them and entrancing them with pictures, the reality of which none doubted and the spell of which none cared to escape, it occurred to me that here was the solution of all the pother we have recently got into about the realistic and the ideal schools in fiction. In "Posson Jone," an awkward camp-meeting country preacher is the victim of a vulgar confidence game; the scenes are the street, a drinking-place, a gambling-saloon, a bull-ring, and a calaboose; there is not a "respectable" character in it. Where shall we look for a more faithful picture of low life? Where shall we find another so vividly set forth in all its sordid details? And yet see how art steps in, with the wand of genius, to make literature! Over the whole the author has cast an ideal light; over a picture that, in the hands of a bungling realist, would have been repellant he has thrown the idealizing grace that makes it one of the most charming sketches in the world. Here is nature, as nature only ought to be in literature, elevated but never departed from.
So we find dialect, as a branch of Literature, worthy of the high attention and employment of the greatest master in letters--not the merest mountebank. Turn to Dickens, in innumerable passages of pathos: the death of poor Jo, or that of the "Cheap John's" little daughter in her father's arms, on the foot-board of his peddling cart before the jeering of the vulgar mob; smile moistly, too, at Mr. Sleary's odd philosophies; or at the trials of Sissy Jupe; or lift and tower with indignation, giving ear to Stephen Blackpool and the stainless nobility of his cloyed utterances.
The crudeness or the homeliness of the dialectic element does not argue its unfitness in any way. Some readers seem to think so; but they are wrong, and very gravely wrong. Our own brief history as a nation, and our finding and founding and maintaining of it, left our forefathers little time indeed for the delicate cultivation of the arts and graces of refined and scholarly attainments. And there is little wonder, and great blamelessness on their part, if they lapsed in point of high mental accomplishments, seeing their attention was so absorbed by propositions looking toward the protection of their rude farm-homes, their meagre harvests, and their half-stabled cattle from the dread invasion of the Indian. Then, too, they had their mothers and their wives and little ones to protect, to clothe, to feed, and to die for in this awful line of duty, as hundreds upon hundreds did. These sad facts are here accented and detailed not so much for the sake of being tedious as to more clearly indicate why it was that many of the truly heroic ancestry of "our best people" grew unquestionably dialect of caste--not alone in speech, but in every mental trait and personal address. It is a grievous fact for us to confront, but many of them wore apparel of the commonest, talked loudly, and doubtless said "thisaway" and "thataway," and "Watch y' doin' of?" and "Whur y' goin' at?"--using dialect even in their prayers to Him who, in His gentle mercy, listened and was pleased; and who listens verily unto this hour to all like prayers, and yet pleased; yea, haply listens even to the refined rhetorical petitions of those who are not pleased.
There is something more at fault than the language when we turn from or flinch at it; and, as has been intimated, the wretched fault may be skulkingly hidden away in the ambush of ostensible dialect--that type of dialect so copiously produced by its sole manufacturers, who, utterly stark and bare of the vaguest idea of country life or country people, at once assume that all their "gifted pens" have to do is to stupidly misspell every word; vulgarly mistreat and besloven every theme, however sacred; maim, cripple, and disfigure language never in the vocabulary of the countryman--then smuggle these monstrosities of either rhyme or prose somehow into the public print that is to innocently smear them broadcast all over the face of the country they insult.
How different the mind and method of the true interpreter. As this phrase goes down the man himself arises--the type perfect--Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston, who wrote "The Dukesborough Tales"--an accomplished classic scholar and teacher, yet no less an accomplished master and lover of his native dialect of middle Georgia. He, like Dickens, permits his rustic characters to think, talk, act, and live, just as nature designed them. He does not make the pitiable error of either patronizing or making fun of them. He knows them and he loves them; and they know and love him in return. Recalling Colonel Johnston's dialectic sketches, with his own presentation of them from the platform, the writer notes a fact that seems singularly to obtain among all true dialect-writers, namely, that they are also endowed with native histrionic capabilities: Hear, as well as read, Twain, Cable, Johnston, Page, Smith, and all the list, with barely an exception.
Did space permit, no better illustration of true dialect sketch and characterization might here be offered than Colonel Johnston's simple story of "Mr. Absalom Billingslea," or the short and simple annals of his like quaint contemporaries, "Mr. Bill Williams" and "Mr. Jonas Lively." The scene is the country and the very little country town, with landscape, atmosphere, simplicity, circumstance--all surroundings and conditions--veritable--everything rural and dialectic, no less than the simple, primitive, common, wholesome-hearted men and women who so naturally live and have their blessed being in his stories, just as in the life itself. This is the manifest work of the true dialect writer and expounder. In every detail, the most minute, such work reveals the master-hand and heart of the humanitarian as well as artist--the two are indissolubly fused--and the result of such just treatment of whatever lowly themes or characters we can but love and loyally approve with all our human hearts. Such masters necessarily are rare, and such ripe perfecting as is here attained may be in part the mellowing result of age and long observation, though it can but be based upon the wisest, purest spirit of the man as well as artist.
In no less excellence should the work of Joel Chandler Harris be regarded: His touch alike is ever reverential. He has gathered up the bruised and broken voices and the legends of the slave, and from his child-heart he has affectionately yielded them to us in all their eerie beauty and wild loveliness. Through them we are made to glorify the helpless and the weak and to revel in their victories. But, better, we are taught that even in barbaric breasts there dwells inherently the sense of right above wrong--equity above law--and the One Unerring Righteousness Eternal. With equal truth and strength, too, Mr. Harris has treated the dialectic elements of the interior Georgia country--the wilds and fastnesses of the "moonshiners." His tale of "Teague Poteet," of some years ago, was contemporaneous with the list of striking mountain stories from that strong and highly gifted Tennesseean, Miss Murfree, or "Charles Egbert Craddock." In the dialectic spirit her stories charm and hold us. Always there is strangely mingled, but most naturally, the gentle nature cropping out amid the most desperate and stoical: the night scene in the isolated mountain cabin, guarded ever without and within from any chance down-swooping of the minions of the red-eyed law; the great man-group of gentle giants, with rifles never out of arm's-reach, in tender rivalry ranged admiringly around the crowing, wakeful little boy-baby; the return, at last, of the belated mistress of the house--the sister, to whom all do great, awkward reverence. Jealously snatching up the babe and kissing it, she querulously demands why he has not long ago been put to bed. "He 'lowed he wouldn't go," is the reply.
Thomas Nelson Page, of Virginia, who wrote "Meh Lady"--a positive classic in the Negro dialect: his work is veritable--strong and pure and sweet; and as an oral reader of it the doubly gifted author, in voice and cadence, natural utterance, every possible effect of speech and tone, is doubtless without rival anywhere.
Many more, indeed, than may be mentioned now there are of these real benefactors and preservers of the wayside characters, times, and customs of our ever-shifting history. Needless is it to speak here of the earlier of our workers in the dialectic line--of James Russell Lowell's New England "Hosea Biglow," Dr. Eggleston's "Hoosier School-Master," or the very rare and quaint, bright prattle of "Helen's Babies." In connection with this last let us very seriously inquire what this real child has done that Literature should so persistently refuse to give him an abiding welcome? Since for ages this question seems to have been left unasked, it may be timely now to propound it. Why not the real child in Literature? The real child is good enough (we all know he is bad enough) to command our admiring attention and most lively interest in real life, and just as we find him "in the raw." Then why do we deny him any righteous place of recognition in our Literature? From the immemorial advent of our dear old Mother Goose, Literature has been especially catering to the juvenile needs and desires, and yet steadfastly overlooking, all the time, the very principles upon which Nature herself founds and presents this lawless little brood of hers--the children. It is not the children who are out of order; it is Literature. And not only is Literature out of order, but she is presumptuous; she is impudent. She takes Nature's children and revises and corrects them till "their own mother doesn't know them." This is literal fact. So, very many of us are coming to inquire, as we've a right, why is the real child excluded from a just hearing in the world of letters as he has in the world of fact? For instance, what has the lovely little ragamuffin ever done of sufficient guilt to eternally consign him to the monstrous penalty of speaking most accurate grammar all the literary hours of the days of the years of his otherwise natural life?--
"Oh, mother, may I go to school
With brother Charles to-day?
The air is very fine and cool;
Oh, mother, say I may!"
--Is this a real boy that would make such a request, and is it the real language he would use? No, we are glad to say that it is not. Simply it is a libel, in every particular, on any boy, however fondly and exactingly trained by parents however zealous for his overdecorous future. Better, indeed, the dubious sentiment of the most trivial nursery jingle, since the latter at least maintains the lawless though wholesome spirit of the child-genuine.--
"Hink! Minx! The old witch winks--
The fat begins to fry;
There's nobody home but Jumping Joan,
Father and mother and I."
Though even here the impious poet leaves the scar of grammatical knowledge upon childhood's native diction; and so the helpless little fellow is again misrepresented, and his character, to all intents and purposes, is assaulted and maligned outrageously thereby.
Now, in all seriousness, this situation ought not to be permitted to exist, though to change it seems an almost insurmountable task. The general public, very probably, is not aware of the real gravity of the position of the case as even unto this day it exists. Let the public try, then, to contribute the real child to the so-called Child Literature of its country, and have its real child returned as promptly as it dare show its little tousled head in the presence of that scholarly and dignified institution. Then ask why your real child has been spanked back home again, and the wise mentors there will virtually tell you that Child Literature wants no real children in it, that the real child's example of defective grammar and lack of elegant deportment would furnish to its little patrician patrons suggestions very hurtful indeed to their higher morals, tendencies, and ambitions. Then, although the general public couldn't for the life of it see why or how, and might even be reminded that it was just such a rowdying child itself, and that its father--the Father of his Country--was just such a child; that Abraham Lincoln was just such a lovable, lawless child, and yet was blessed and chosen in the end for the highest service man may ever render unto man,--all--all this argument would avail not in the least, since the elegantly minded purveyors of Child Literature can not possibly tolerate the presence of any but the refined children--the very proper children--the studiously thoughtful, poetic children;--and these must be kept safe from the contaminating touch of our rough-and-tumble little fellows in "hodden gray," with frowzly heads, begrimed but laughing faces, and such awful, awful vulgarities of naturalness, and crimes of simplicity, and brazen faith and trust, and love of life and everybody in it. All other real people are getting into Literature; and without some real children along will they not soon be getting lonesome, too?
(The end)
James Whitcomb Riley's essay: Dialect In Literature


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The launch of the J-League in the early 1990s was seen as the way to revolutionise Japanese football from the levels of semi-professionalism, as the East Asian nation sought to make its mark on the beautiful game, and for football to rival baseball as the most popular team sport in the country. At the time, the representative teams of Saudi Arabia and South Korea were among the strongest in Asia, and other nations sought to become more professional in order to improve their standard of play and catch up. Thus, the J-League was born in 1993.
In the planning stages of the J-League, star players were seen as the perfect way to help launch this new era of domestic football, and at that time there was no bigger name than Gary Lineker. Conversely, there was probably no greater introduction to Asian football for one of the deadliest strikers in the world than running around the then torn up pitch that was Mong Kok Stadium.
Hence, on one fine day in March 1993, goal scorer supreme Gary Lineker, who had graced majestic stadiums like Camp Nou and Old Trafford, came to the old Mong Kok Stadium in all its understated glory, and so began a unique relationship, throughout the nineties, between Hong Kong football and Japanese clubs, but even the "Samurai Blue", who visited Hong Kong to play in intercontinental competitions.
Gary Lineker at Grampus Eight. Photo: oldschoolpanini.com
In 1992, Nagoya Grampus Eight were amongst the ten founding clubs which formed the basis of the first J-League season that kicked off in the following spring. Grampus Eight were initially founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp and they secured a coup in November 1991, when Lineker agreed to the transfer for two million pounds. The deal was signed whilst Lineker was still playing for Tottenham Hotspur in the relatively newly formed English Premier League. After scoring his final goal for Spurs against Manchester United in May 1992, his time in English football was over. Lineker then moved with his family to Japan to acclimatize to his new club and city.
Nagoya Grampus Eight in their early years. Photo: pesmitidelcalcio.com
With the first round of J-League games being scheduled for May 1993, the newly formed J-League teams were eager to play overseas friendlies and Grampus Eight had the little task of taking on Hong Kong's then dominant side of the early 90s, Eastern, in the so-called "Mild Seven Cup" at Mongkok Stadium on March 21, 1993.
Ryuzo Hiraki, the first manager of Grampus Eight, was part of the Japan team at the Melbourne Olympics in his younger years. Photo: archive.footballjapan.co.uk
The late Ryuzo Hiraki (平木 隆三 ), a Japanese Hall of Fame footballer, was manager of Grampus Eight at that time and had the difficult task of building a football team from scratch which could also compete for the title. Aside from Lineker, the other two overseas signings at the time included the experienced Dutch goalkeeper Dirk Havenaar, as well as the Brazilian midfielder Jorge Antonio Putinatti, better known as "Jorginho".
The match highlights between Eastern and Grampus Eight can be seen in the video below.
The mix of seasoned players and their team mates, who had just turned professional, was something which needed to be addressed, so Grampus Eight had a series of overseas games before the inaugural J-League season. These games were meant to give Hiraki's new team more time to build cohesion and gain experience. The club's tour encompassed both Australia and Southeast Asia, as well as taking on Leeds United at Elland Road and another game against Lazio Rome, where Lineker would be reunited with Paul Gascoigne. Before coming to Hong Kong, Grampus Eight were in Hobart, Australia, for training camps. The friendly game against Tasmania was at the North Hobart Oval on 13 March 1993, with Nagoya Grampus Eight coming out as comfortable 3-0 winners with goals from Shigeo Sawairi, Jorginho and Tetsuya Asano.
Ryuzo Hiraki (left in red shorts). Photo: archive.footballjapan.co.uk
Grampus Eight manager Hiraki knew the challenge of building team chemistry in such a short period of time and stated in an SCMP interview: "We had a week together in Japan and then two weeks in Australia, followed by a match in Singapore, so it is impossible to make a good team in that time."
Their rivals for the Mong Kok match, Eastern, were a tight unit and difficult to defeat, with players like Lee Kin-wo, Tam Sui-wai, Dale Tempest, Lai Law-kau, Ross Greer, Tim O Shea and their goalkeeper, the late Iain Hesford, who once went 827 minutes without conceding a goal for Eastern.
Then Eastern coach Chan Hung-ping was not afraid of the challenge, at least when being asked by the SCMP: ''I think the most important thing for our team is to play to our standard. Winning or losing is not important, as long as we play to our standard this season.''
Lineker was still nursing an injury and was actually doubtful to make an appearance at Mong Kok, as there was always the danger that the bumpy pitch would make his injury worse.
He told the SCMP at the time: "My fitness is not very good at the moment. I am not injured. It's just that I've had a few months off. I was hoping to do more training in England before I left for Japan last weekend, but was held up by a toe operation. There's still plenty of time to get fully fit for the new season, because we've a two-week training camp in Australia and a match in Singapore before we arrive in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a place I've never been to, but one I'm looking forward to visiting very much. I hope we can give you a good game.''
Gary Lineker addresses the media in Hong Kong in 1993. Photo: YouTube
The match itself was totally sold out, with the old Mong Kok Stadium and its steel stands filled up with 7,950 fans eager to catch a glimpse of the former England hero and star of Italia 1990.
Eastern were not merely along for the ride and pushed Grampus Eight hard for their win. The ever lethal Dale Tempest scored the opening goal of the game after 33 minutes, though the lead was short-lived as Jorginho scored past reserve keeper Tong Tak-kin, after some nice interplay and passing with Tetsuya Asano. In the eventual penalty shoot-out, Tempest became the fall guy as his decisive penalty was saved by Dutch keeper Havenaar. Grampus Eight proved to be lethal from the 12-yard spot and slotted home all their shots to win the game.
In the end, the injury caught up with Lineker and despite Grampus Eight winning the game on penalties, Lineker could only play in the first half before sitting out the second one. The expectant fans were of course disappointed after all the hype, though they were given glimpse of a new J-League team and a preview of what the J-League had to offer.
At the time, Lineker knew he was letting down the Hong Kong fans who had paid good money to see him play.
"I wanted to watch the second half but I couldn't get through the crowd," explained Lineker, who was trapped by hundreds of autograph hunters. I would say I'm only about 60% fit but I didn't want to let anyone down. There were a lot of people here and I hope I've kept a few people happy."
Hong Kong's weather and environment are never ideal for pristine pitch conditions and this is something which Lineker picked up on in his short time in Hong Kong.
"It's very difficult to say how we played because the pitch is so poor. We like to knock the ball about but you couldn't string three passes together before you got a bad bounce."
Lineker said both Eastern and Grampus Eight tried to play an entertaining game for the fans and that he tried his best despite his injury.
"Under the circumstances, both teams tried their best. I was carrying a thigh injury and under the circumstances, I would not have played, but I did not really want to let everyone down here, after they had given me such a good welcome, so I did my best to play half a game, even though I could not play 100%."
Those in attendance at Mong Kok probably had no idea of the football revolution that was soon to engulf Japan and the seismic shift in Asian football that was about to occur.
The Nagoya Grampus Eight World Tour Continues
In a way, those at the stadium saw a little slice of history. Grampus Eight may have been the first ever Japanese professional side to lift silverware and the "Mild Seven" trophy at that. The world tour continued with the Gary Lineker farewell match against a strong Leeds United at Elland Road in front of a disappointing crowd of 10,886. Grampus Eight lost 2-1 that day and it was Jorginho who scored the goal for the visitors.
Leeds Versus Grampus Eight Match Programme
On May 2nd, 1993, Grampus Eight also took on Lazio where Lineker was reunited with his old Spurs and England team mate Paul Gascoigne. Grampus Eight proved their mental strength and calibre with a 2-1 win over the Rome side.
The hard fought win came courtesy of goals in the 46th minute from Tetsuya Asano and the winner from Lineker in the 74th minute. Karl-Heinz Riedle pulled a goal back in the 86th minute, but Grampus Eight held on to record a famous and morale-boosting win.
Grampus Eight Versus Lazio. Newspaper Clipping from www.laziowiki.org
The global tour was vital for Grampus Eight to gain experience and to gauge their levels of competitiveness by standing against other teams from around the world. The more games they played, the more confident they felt. Though for all their build-up, Grampus Eight finished on a disappointing 9th place in the inaugural J-League season, with Verdy Kawasaki taking the title.
Eastern and Tokyo Kawasaki faced off in the Asian Club Championships
Eastern's dalliance with the J-League's finest was not over, as they faced Tokyo Verdy (then known as Verdy Kawasaki) over two legs in the 1993–1994 Asian Club Championship. This tournament was the smaller predecessor of the current Asian Champions League, and in the days before complex and complicated co-efficient ranking, Hong Kong teams could enter pretty much unhindered. Verdy Kawasaki were the first J-league champions and subsequently took on the Hong Kong champions Eastern. Wearing their classic three striped Adidas tops, Eastern took the game to the Japanese champions and won the first leg at home 1-0.
However, The reverse fixture on October 27th, 1993, at Tokyo National Stadium proved to be too much for Eastern, and they lost 3-1 with two goals from Bismarck and one from Shinji Fujiyoshi. Eastern dominated Hong Kong football for a couple more seasons, and then began their slow descent down. They were adrift for about two decades before their return to the Hong Kong Premier League. Tokyo Verdy are now one of the biggest and most fanatically supported J-League sides and are ironically managed by former Hong Kong coach Gary White.
Nagoya Grampus Eight Returned to Hong Kong for the Asian Cup Winners Cup
Grampus Eight themselves were not done with Hong Kong and traveled back to its shores for a formal competition when they took on South China in the 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. The two sides met in the quarter-final stages of the East Asian draw in front of nearly 20,000 fans. Grampus Eight were not at full strength for the two legged affair, as they decided not to bring their captain Dragan Stojkovic and Brazilian central defender Carlos Alexandre Torres, with the former still recovering from injury. After winning the first leg 2-0 in Nagoya, the visitors came to Hong Kong Stadium and South China put up a tremendous fight, holding the J-league side to a credible 2-2 draw (overall 4-2 defeat in both legs).
A Changing of the Guard for both Grampus Eight and Asian Football
As for the 'Lineker' effect on Japan, he proved to be a great draw for the J-League's newly found fans, though his time there never hit the true heights of his earlier career. Constantly hindered by his injuries, he scored eight goals in 24 appearances over the course of two seasons and duly retired in 1994.
Nonetheless, Lineker's Japanese legacy remains intact as he bravely took the jump into the unknown. His exposure in the media raised the profile of the J-League to the general public like hardly any other person could have done at the time.
Arsene Wenger at Grampus Eight. Photo: Twitter
Some would argue that Lineker was not Grampus Eight's most important signing. That crown, many would argue, belongs to Dragan Stojković (now manager of Guangzhou R&F), who arrived in Japan in 1994, just as Lineker was leaving, almost like the mantle and torch of J-League's main draw was being passed on from one generation to another. The skillful Serbian was a magnificent midfielder who came from Olympic Marseilles at the height of his powers and transformed his team and the city as he placed Nagoya on the global sporting map.
Stojković's passion and hard work brought him many individual titles. He was named J-League's MVP in 1995 and won the Emperor's Cup in 1995 and 1999. In his short time under Arsene Wenger, Stojković excelled and also learnt some managerial tricks of the trade. Grampus Eight became 2010 J-League champions under the steady hand of the Serbian, a feat that even Arsene Wenger was unable to accomplish and which sealed Stojković' already god like status in Nagoya.
Dragan Stojković – Grampus Eight Legend. Photo: Twitter
A newly formed Nagoya Grampus Eight taking on Eastern also marked a changing of the guard in East Asian football. Eastern's dominance in the mid to late nineties was the last truly memorable phase of the domestic Hong Kong league that had boomed and peaked throughout the 1960s, 1970s , 1980s and the earlier 90s.
Football remains the most popular sport in Hong Kong, yet many in Hong Kong would argue that the domestic league, simply 'exists' and 'plods along' with little to no further development. Despite the work of many hardworking and well-meaning people, the game looks like it will never reach the levels attained in the past.
Meanwhile, the J-League itself began to huge pomp and has been an unrivaled success, which in turn led to the rise of Japanese football on both the international and continental club scene. Legendary players such as Zico also came to Japanese shores. Zico stayed as a player for Kashima Antlers and then became manager of the Japanese national team. The foundations laid in the early years of the J-League has borne continued success for the Japanese national team with new generations of talent constantly rising.
Japan's 1993 "Tragedy of Doha"
On the wave of popularity from the inception of the J-League, Japan almost qualified for the 1994 World Cup finals in the USA, but in the end they suffered the heartbreaking agony of the "Tragedy of Doha", where a goal from Iraq in stoppage time denied Japan the win they needed and allowed arch-rivals South Korea to qualify instead. Maybe the greatest loss was that the world never got to see some of Japan's first real superstars, like 'King' Kazu Miura and Ruy Ramos, as only two players from the 1994 campaign remained in the squad for the team which qualified for the 1998 World Cup in France.
'The Tragedy of Doha' where Japan's 1994 World Cup dreams were shattered. Photo: FIFA.com
Miura was the golden boy of football in the Japan and amazingly is still playing at the tender age of 52 with Yokohama FC. He started his career in 1986 when he travelled to Brazil as a 15-year-old and his growth in the nineties could be a mirror of the rise of the J-League.
Kazu Miura. Photo: http://www.kazu-miura.com/
On that fateful night in Doha in 1993, hearts were broken and dreams were destroyed, yet in the genesis of anything, there are always going to be obstacles and set-backs. Arguably, the experience has 'haunted' both fans and players, and since then it may have pushed the national team to excel for the last few decades, lest they ever experience such agony again.
Japan win the 1995 Dynasty Cup in Hong Kong
In the nineties, as Japanese football grew and became more popular, the Japanese national team came to Hong Kong on several occasions, most notably for the 1995 Dynasty Cup (now the EAFF Championship), which was hosted in Hong Kong in February of that year. The tournament back then was taken very seriously as regional pride was at stake. All the teams sent their strongest squads and that year Japan played China at Mong Kok Stadium.
Japan were the eventual champions after defeating Hong Kong (3-0) and China (2-1), while drawing 1-1 with South Korea in the group stages. Eventually, they beat South Korea in the final. All the games were well attended as the games were ultra-competitive and sides like South Korea were among the best in Asian football.
Hong Kong Versus Japan Game Highlights (Parts 1 to 3)
Hong Kong were no mere pushovers and remained competitive throughout the competition, drawing with China 0-0 in the group stage and pushing South Korea all the way, but eventually succumbing 3-2 at Mong Kok Stadium in a very memorable and exciting game.
Japan then played South Korea in the final in-front of 27,668 at Hong Kong Stadium and defeated the Koreans 5-3 on penalties, with Masami Ihara scoring the decisive shot. In a famous victory, Hong Kong also defeated China 3-1 on penalties, with Leslie Santos, Tim Bredbury and Tam Siu-wai scoring from the spot. The fleet footed and magnificently skilled midfielder Leslie Santos was the only Hong Kong player to be named in the 'Team of the Tournament' squad.
The Dynasty Cup is still alive and well in the form of the EAFF Championship, and this December Hong Kong will travel to South Korea to take on the same three teams. If they can rekindle the spirit of 1995, they may gain some positive results under the guidance of manager Mixu Paatelainen.
Grampus Eight witness the J-League Revolution
As for Grampus Eight, as a founding team of the J-League they have had a front row seat to the football revolution that continues to sweep Japan today. Football has risen in popularity, and while baseball continues to be the most popular team sport, football comes a very close second. Grampus Eight themselves went on from strength to strength, and soon a new manager by the name of Arsene Wenger took the reigns of the club. The future Arsenal manager was not in charge for long in Nagoya, but he had an immediate impact. He won the Emperor's Cup and finished a respectable second in the league. A certain North London club took note of Wenger's immediate results and the rest is English Premier League history.
For some, the game between Eastern and Nagoya Grampus Eight was just a random friendly, though in reality it signaled the end of an era for Hong Kong football. Like two ships passing in the night, Hong Kong football has since drifted while Japan has enjoyed a never-ending period of success for their clubs and their national team.
Once upon a time, Nagoya Grampus Eight played a random friendly against Eastern at Mong Kok Stadium and Asian football changed forever.


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There's a lot of reasons why you may choose to work out — strength, heart health, and stress relief are just a few of the most common. There's no denying that a lot of people also like to workout to help them lose weight and look their best. And there's nothing wrong with that!
But, a lot of the time, exercise doesn't help people achieve their weight loss goals. You might even gain weight when you amp up your workout routine. If this has ever happened to you, you know how frustrating it can be. It's tempting to give up on exercise and fitness altogether because it doesn't make a difference, right?
It's true that your diet and nutrition is more important than your workout if you want to lose weight. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't work out. You just need to make sure you're doing the right kind of exercise to help you reach your goals.
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Overdoing Cardio
One of the mistakes that many people make with exercise is believing that more is better. They think that if half an hour of cardio is good, a full hour must be even better, as they'll burn even more calories. But, spending too much time in the gym, especially if you're spending all of that time doing cardio, can actually derail your weight loss efforts.
Doing low intensity, steady state cardio for extended periods of time really doesn't do much for your body. You aren't really challenging your muscles, so you aren't building any muscle mass that you need to improve your body composition and boost your metabolism. And after an hour on the treadmill or elliptical, no one feels like completing a strength training circuit. By devoting all of your exercise time to steady state cardio, you're missing out on opportunities to get strong and build muscle — which is what you need to do if you want to lose weight.
Neglecting to Fuel Your Workouts
No matter what workout you choose, it's important not to push yourself too hard, even if you really want to shed some pounds. When people want to lose weight, they tend to overdo it in the gym, and restrict too much when it comes to their diet. Even though the intentions there are good, the consequences can backfire.
When you're working out too much and not eating enough, your body has no choice but to start metabolizing fat tissue. But when it can't access fat tissue, it starts eating away at your muscle tissue instead. In extreme cases, when you aren't eating enough calories, your metabolism can go into starvation mode and shut off. Rather than losing weight, your body will hold onto fat because it needs that fat for fuel in the absence of sufficient calories. Overtraining and undereating may actually be one of the worst things you can do if you want to lose weight.
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I think this year I am going to have to learn–or continue to learn–or learn better–about "rolling with it." Not "frantically trying to keep up." Not "doing what I have to do." Not "letting the day live me." Rolling with it.
Today was the first day of online classes, and hypothetically, I was going to get up early and pound out a lot of work. Because the idea is to get so far ahead in my online classes that once I'm doing that by the time all of my classes start, I won't be rushing around and stressing.
Instead, I was still out of sorts from a giant move-your-grandparents operation over the weekend, and instead of dutifully doing homework all afternoon, I spent it tearing through my grandparents garage being nagged and guilted and complained at by my grandfather with Alzhiemer's who kept insisting it didn't matter if I didn't find his medication, he just needed his computers.
So my plans for the day failed. By extension, I feel like I've failed the whole semester, and possibly ruined and future education plans. Yes, I am very tired.
But I also realize that I didn't fail. I didn't ruin. What is life, if it's not giving yourself a tension headache while caring for your grandparents? And did I not just resolve that I was going to learn how to rest and take care of myself? Why shouldn't I be tired after a marathon moving weekend?
Grandma and Grandpa are now 10 minutes away, practically neighbors. They will be wildly unpredictable in their need for help. I won't have control–through this semester, through these wild, crazy changes I hope will take place over the summer. What can I do but enjoy the ride?
That sounds like fun, but it doesn't come naturally. It doesn't come naturally to let go. It doesn't feel natural to laugh through the pain. The tension headache is normal. . .expected. Rolling with it. . .the good intentions are gone in five minutes. What's the point?
The point is, God loves me, and pours out His love through me, and that is what I need to not lose sight of. Not even with nagging, mentally ill grandparents. Not even with headaches and ruined plans. He goes before me. . .He comes behind me. . .He's all around me. Open my eyes, that I may see. . .


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Church Calendar
By ACL
June 8
Buffet breakfast
Kemblesville United Methodist Church (Route 896, Kemblesville) offers a buffet breakfast on June 8 from 7 to 10 a.m. Tickets are $6.50 for adults and $3 for children. Call 610-255-5280 or visitwww.kemblesvilleumc.com.
June 9
Service time change
Avondale Presbyterian Church (420 Pennsylvania Ave., across from Fifth Street, Avondale) will hold its summer Sunday worship at 10 a.m. from June 9 through Sept. 1, junior church for K to 4th grades during the service (supervised nursery provided all morning). Praise & Prayer Time is Tuesdays 7 p.m. Vacation Bible School is June 24 to 28 from 9 a.m. to noon for preschool through grade 5. Visit www.avondalepc.org, or call 610-268-2919.
June 13
Blood drive
Living God Lutheran Church (3200 Horseshoe Pike, Honey Brook) will hold an American Red Cross blood drive on June 13 from 2 to 7 p.m. in the church parking lot. To sign up, call 610-273-9383, or visit www.redcrossblood.org (enter sponsor code 02214190).
June 15
Chicken barbeque
Nottingham Presbyterian Church (Route 272 and Old Baltimore Pike, Nottingham) will hold a chicken barbeque on June 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The meal will include half a chicken, applesauce, pepper cabbage, chips, a roll with butter, dessert, and a drink. The cost per ticket is $9. Proceeds from this benefit will be donated to Project Blessing, the Capital Building Campaign of the Lighthouse Youth Center in Oxford. For tickets or more information, call the church office at 610-932-0556.
June 22
Buffet breakfast
Oxford United Methodist Church (18 Addison St., Oxford) offers a buffet breakfast for the community on June 22 from 7 to 10 a.m. There will be buttermilk pancakes, French toast, scrambled eggs, fruit, sausage, bacon, roasted potatoes, dried beef gravy and specialty breads. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for ages 3 to 10. Proceeds benefit the church's general fund. Call 610-932-9698 for more information.
June 24-28
'Big Splash' vacation Bible school
Living God Lutheran Church (3200 Horseshoe Pike, Honey Brook) presents "A Big Splash" vacation Bible school from June 24 to 28 from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be activities, singing, crafts, games, snacks, andmore. Registration forms are available online at www.lglckids.blogspot.com. For more information, e-mail Kayley Gates at email@example.com.


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The rent at Residences at Falcon North Apartments ranges from $1,187 for a one bedroom to a $1,605 two bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 1% more expensive than the Sundown average. This is a pet-friendly apartment.
This apartment is in the Sundown neighborhood in Colorado Springs. Nearby parks include Fred McKown Park, Judge Lunt Park and Cottonwood Creek Recreation Center.
Residences at Falcon North Apartments has a Walk Score of 23 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
Spacious, custom designed apartment homes and five star amenities define The Residences atFalcon North, where we offer contemporary living at its finest. Our luxurious community is situated within a park-like, tranquil setting where you will enjoy the peace of mind that you have come to expect and deserve. Soak in the sun next to our resort style pool or work out in our state-of-the-art fitness center. At the Residences at Falcon North, you will be minutes away from District 11 schools, military bases, great shopping, restaurants and entertainment. The community offers modern conveniences and amenities that will satisfy even the most discernible resident. Call or visit today and let our professional staff help you come home to quiet and carefree living at The Residences at Falcon North.
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I wrote about this young woman's case for BlogHer on October 1 as "The Mysterious Case of Mitrice Richardson Missing." Change.org has a petition you can join demanding a Federal investigation in to her disappearance.
To: Eric Holder, Esq. (US Attorney General), Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Attorney General) and Mark Ridley Thomas (Los Angeles 2nd District Supervisor), see more...I've signed the petition. I don't care what the Malibu Sheriff's Department says about its procedures, they treated Mitrice Richardson inhumanely, and now they've absolved themselves after investigating themselves. I can't believe any police officer/sheriff would have approved if one of their own daughters had been released into the darkness of a remote area after midnight with no car, phone, food, water, money or I.D.
Started by: Nancy Lockhart
Mitrice Richardson is a college graduate from California State University of Fullerton, in Psychology, with a 4.00 GPA. Mitrice Richardson has begun the process of acceptance into the Psychology Professional College, Alliant, to pursue her Ph.D. as a Clinical Psychologist, she also happens to be African American and openly gay.
On September 16, 2009, Mitrice Richardson was booked into custody after 10:00 pm, and then released shortly after 12:38am.
Mitrice Richardson had no money, food, water, identification or cell phone and was released to wander in a desolate area of canyons and wildlife which were foreign to her, she was obviously in a depressed state of mind. Mitrice is an African American female and is openly gay, she is loved and supported by her family and friends. Mitrice Richardson is in a crisis and is in danger, support is needed to find her. We are asking for a federal investigation into the whereabouts of Mitrice Richardson to bring her home as well as, to ensure that this does not happen to additional persons. (From Petition)
The Los Angeles Sheriff Department continues to claim the jail was overcrowded but some evidence has indicated otherwise. Furthermore, The Sheriff's Department still refuses to release the videotape showing Mitrice treatment in the Lost Hills jail.
Sheriff Lee Baca reported to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Monday that although the Mitrice Richardson missing person's case is in his words "unusual and unfortunate...the [sheriff's] department's release policy and procedures are consistent with state law, and our investigation revealed all applicable laws, policies and procedures were followed."The article also indicates that the LAPD, which is in charge of the case now since Richardson is a Los Angeles citizen, may not be returning phone calls on progress of its investigation into her disappearance.
Richardson mysteriously disappeared after release from the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station on Sept. 17 and has not been heard from for close to nine weeks, despite extensive field searches and a concerted effort by her family to keep the missing 24-year-old's story in the public eye.
Baca's four-page report was requested by the board last month when the supervisors announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to Richardson's whereabouts. He concludes that "the department did not identify any areas requiring modification."
... Richardson's mother Latice Sutton said she is "very upset by the report" and told the Malibu Surfside News: "It is unfortunate that the LASD deemed releasing anyone from their facility knowing that they had no transportation, form of communication or money as 'prudent, reasonable and safe,' particularly someone who they knew was behaving in a manner that warranted an evaluation by a qualified professional. Further the amount of time and manpower that it took to generate their erroneous report takes away valuable time in the search for my daughter."(Read more at Malibu Surfside News.)
Jasmyne A. Cannick, a Los Angeles columnist, has an opinion piece up at EURweb wondering why more black people aren't outraged over Richardson's treatment. She's sending readers to another website, BringMitriceHome, which has calls for action and links to a Twitter page and Facebook page.
This story angered me when I first wrote about it and today I continue to fume.


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Nurturing Connections
This year Interfaith Harmony Halifax is hosting a series of panel conversations on Nurturing Connections. Each of the public events will feature a panel of 4-5 people that will be made up of religious leaders (many of whom have been past IHH hosts at the Sacred Spaces) as well as past IHH Interfaith Engagement Program participants.
The panels will be facilitated by a member of the Interfaith Harmony Halifax organizing committee. The panel participants will be asked to share their thoughts on questions related to the role of faith in their lives and communities.
The format will be the same at each of the panels, however each panel will be very unique.
We are hoping that these events can help to continue to foster meaningful Interfaith dialogue and relationships.


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Getting away from home once in a while and travelling to exciting new locales is a great way of keeping a spark of adventure in your life, and of keeping life interesting overall.
Of course, it should go without saying, that everyone wants to look their best when they're out on the open road, just the same as when they are attending some special event or occasion closer to home.
But what if you are travelling light and visiting some brilliant corner of the world with nothing but a small bag to keep you company? Is it still possible to look your best under these circumstances?
Sure it is. Here are some straightforward tips for looking your best when travelling light.
Load up on the accessories
When all is said and done, accessories may as well be your best friend when you're out on the open road and don't have a lot of storage space at hand.
It only takes a couple of necklaces, or a nose ring, or a couple of attention-grabbing bracelets, to completely overhaul your entire look and turn heads in the best way possible.
And the thing is, accessories are obviously a lot more compact and easier to transport than bulky dresses, half a dozen pairs of shoes, and or your entire 36 piece make-up palette.
Whatever the specific accessories are that you find most appealing, and that you prefer, take a few of them along with you on your travels. Of course, though, pay attention to your environment and try not to display your flashy jewellery in a bad part of town.
Focus on getting enough sleep on the road
Everyone understands that sleep is important, right? Recent research has shown that failing to get a good night's sleep, even just for a couple of nights in a row, can lead to some pretty severe and devastating medical consequences.
The sleep scientist Matthew Walker has had a lot to say on that topic recently in his best selling book Why We Sleep. Among other things, a lack of sleep will put you in a pre-diabetic state and will also cause you to suffer many hormonal imbalances, among other things.
But getting enough sleep is also extremely important when it comes to your looks. The saying "beauty sleep" doesn't exist for no reason.
Failing to get enough sleep, and your skin will lose its natural glow, and you will just look pretty sickly overall. So, do whatever you can while on the road to get enough sleep. That might be easier said than done, but it's really worth making the effort anyway.
Pack versatile outfits that can be used in different contexts
In all likelihood, you're going to want to do various different activites on your vacation.
You might, for example, wants to go out on the town for some fine dining. Then, the next day, you might want to head out into the countryside for some hiking. The day after that, you might want to head down to the beach.
You're unlikely to manage to pack every possible outfit you could want for each different occasion. So instead, focus on packing some attractive and versatile outfits that can be used in different contexts.
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New Delhi, Nov 10: Work on the Ram Temple will begin in April. 2020. The RSS is hoping to lay the foundation stone on Ram Navmi next year.
The Supreme Court on Saturday, had said that a trust would be set up for the construction of the Ram Mandir. Both the VHP and RSS have called for peace and harmony and said that the verdict should not seen as a victory or defeat for anyone.


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Stewart's theorem finds the length of a cevian in terms of the side lengths of the triangle and the lengths into which point on divides that side. Here are some forms of the same formula.
1. The most common form we see is
An easy-to remember form of this is rewriting the above as (a man and his dad hid a bomb in the sink!). This can be proved by applying the cosine rule to triangles ACD and then ABC:
2. If divides the side in the ratio ,
3. Similar to (2) but substituting ,
This and the previous form are conveniently proved using vectors. Writing the vector ,
Note that this is valid for any real , so may lie beyond segment .
4. Writing (3) as a quadratic in :
5. A symmetric form [1], where the following distances are taken as directed segments ( etc.)
Note that this is equivalent to which is (1).
Here are a few special cases of this formula applying form (3).
- (i.e. :
- is the midpoint of (): or (Apollonius' theorem)
- is a third of the way along (closer to ) ():
- is the internal angle bisector of ():
- is the external angle bisector of (assume so ):