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Tyler And Caroline Should Stay Broken Up On 'TVD'
Caroline had better fess up about her feelings for Klaus before fans have something else to be upset about — in a new clip from tonight's episode of the CW's The Vampire Diaries , Tyler says he wants his old girlfriend back. Please, Julie Plec, don't let that happen. We'd honestly rather see Caroline leave Mystic Falls and move onto The Originals before we see her get back together with Tyler Lockwood. Because Tyler is the worst and those two have no business giving their doomed relationship another shot.
In case you've forgotten (even though we can't imagine how you could) Caroline finally admitted that she had real feelings for Klaus and the two had a super-sexy moment in the woods during last Thursday's 100th episode. We were all like, "YES!, FINALLY," and even though he promised to stay away from her afterwards, hoped that she'd at least feel a little sad for awhile about not running off to New Orleans with him. But, with no such luck and a heck of a lot of bad timing, Tyler returned and was waiting for Caroline when she returned from her moment of true love. Talk about a buzzkill and the biggest bummer of all time.
And as if his mere presence wasn't enough to disappoint us, here's the clip from tonight's episode of Tyler alluding to Matt that part of his "starting over" will be getting Caroline back (barf):
God, Tyler, you are so lame. Please, someone, stop this from going any farther than Tyler being the biggest doofus on earth.
The biggest reason why this cannot happen is that it'd make Caroline look so incredibly weak and we know she's so much better than that. She's already done so much for Tyler (cough pushing Klaus farther and farther away cough) and all he's done is kick her to the curb — repeatedly. She's been so strong for other people (Stefan) and had such strong opinions about their relationships (Elena and Damon) and now it's time to practice what she preaches in her own life. Caroline has to learn sometime that it's never going to work with this guy, and if she's supposed to be on a path to self-discovery and realization now, she can't get sucked back into their dysfunctional relationship.
But equally as important is the fact that she just hooked up with Klaus and she's coming to terms with her feelings about him and the fact that she let him promise to never return to Mystic Falls for her. And, after so many seasons of will-they-won't-they building up to this moment, it wouldn't be right for her to just jump back into Tyler's arms right away, or ever for that matter. Plec told E! that there won't necessarily be a quick reunion between the two but Tyler will find out and his presence is going to add so much unnecessary guilt to Caroline's plate. The Vampire Diaries showrunner said:
And you know when you're a good girl and you do a naughty thing and then you feel like everything in the universe is conspiring to remind you of just how naughty you were? I think she's going to have a lot of those moments as a character and beat herself up about it and be really hard on herself. Certainly, I can't imagine Tyler will take this well. And any anger or frustration or fury that he feels about it is merited, so they're not going to be jumping back into each other's arms happily and living happily ever after anytime soon.
Why does she even have to feel bad for anything other than losing the love of her life? Tyler didn't feel bad when he ditched her, yet again, this season to run off and terrorize Klaus in NOLA — so why should he have to make her feel guilty about finally being honest with herself? Also, the writing's always been on the wall for "Klaroline", so Tyler's just dumb if he thinks that he's destined to be with her. If we're looking at what makes the most sense in their situation, they shouldn't be jumping back into each other arms ever again. Tyler should go back to wherever he's been hiding out and stay there so Caroline can have a real chance to deal with her emotions and get herself together.
So really, not wanting Tyler and Caroline to get back together isn't just about us being diehard Klaroline 'shippers — it's about giving the character a chance to be as strong as we know she is and to figure her emotional shit out. Which, and hopefully Julie Plec and The CW would agree, would be better for the show than hooking Tyler and Caroline back up just to watch them fall apart again in the next few episodes.
Caroline has the potential to become an ultimate badass, so let her do it without Tyler holding her back. Please.
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Singapore Air To Introduce Blockchain For Frequent Flyers
Singapore Airlines will use blockchain technology for a new airline loyalty digital wallet expected to be rolled out in the third quarter of the year.
The airline will use the technology for its KrisFlyer programme, providing users with a digital wallet app to spend frequent flyer miles on a range of products.
SIA in collaboration with KPMG Digital Village and Microsoft said it will use a company owned private blockchain, initially involving retail merchant partners in Singapore.
The airline's chief executive Goh Choon Phong said the development "is a demonstration of the investment we are making to significantly enhance the digital side of our business for the benefit of our customers.
"It is in line with our recently unveiled Digital Innovation Blueprint, under which we aim to be the world's leading digital airline."
The blueprint, announced last month, sees the airline partnering with government departments and the National University of Singapore to boost its digital capabilities to lower maintenance costs, decrease aircraft delays, and enhance service standards.

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Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,
I am asham'd, that women are so simple
I must crave pardon from my readers of the fair sex for having introduced these passages, though I hope and trust that but few among them would hesitate to endorse the sentiments therein contained. I now turn to the other side of the picture, and shall find no difficulty in showing that Shakspere never loses sight of the fact, before noticed, that the duties of husband and of wife are reciprocal. The Apostle has told us that the husband is bound to show "honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel." How does this agree, ye sullen and morose husbands, with your uniform cheerfulness abroad, when compared with your gloomy and provoking taciturnity at home? The wife, " by the right and virtue of her place," ought to share in your joys and to participate in your sorrows. Hear Shakspere :
Within the bond of marriage, tell me, Brutus,
King Henry IV., Part I., ii. 3.
Dear to you should your wife be "as are the ruddy drops that visit your heart." Fear not to pour into her bosom the secrets of your soul. And when perchance she finds you, as the noble Portia found her husband Brutus,
Musing and sighing, with your arms across, and asks you what ails you,
Stare not upon her with ungentle looks
Possibly she may do so,
Fearing to strengthen your impatience
But rather
Make her acquainted with your cause of grief, for it is in her power to comfort your wounded spirit; she can administer (if any can do so) the balm of consolation to a saddened heart, with whose bitterness it is no stranger that desires to intermeddle, but one, remember, to whom you owe your unreserved confidence,
By all your vows of love, and that great vow Which did incorporate and make you one.—Julius Cæsar, ii. 1. I shall now proceed to set before the reader, side by side, the statements of the Holy Scripture, and of Shakspere, on the subject of Man : and I think we shall discover that, both by the Inspired Writers, and by our Poet, man is represented in a twofold light: as created originally in the image and likeness of God, and as fallen from his pristine greatness into a state of lowliness and degradation ; a state, however, in which he possesses still some clear and
.1 Proverbs, xiv. 10.
distinct marks of his heavenly origin ;-some manifest proofs of that integrity which belonged to him before he "sought out" the " many inventions" which a fallen inclination readily suggested. When we consider what he once was—we are ready to exclaim with the lamentation of Jeremiah : "How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed !"2 Yet, even as man now is, we behold him as a beautiful temple-beautiful, though in ruins; a temple, whose massive columns, exquisite though prostrate, bear witness to the glory that must have surrounded the building when first completed by the Divine Architect. Holy Scripture represents man as "made a little lower than the angels, and crowned with glory and honour;"s as possessed of those faculties and perceptions, which raise him far above the level of the "beasts that perish." 4 Reason, that bright scintillation from the effulgence of the Creator, still serves, even in its present crippled state, and shorn of its fairest beams, to conduct man, to some extent, safely amid the thorny mazes of life. And the view which our Poet takes of man, exactly coincides with that which is given us in the Inspired Volume : while he recognises the awful fact that "all the souls that are were forfeit once ;" and mentions the transgression of Adam our first parent ; still, viewing man as he is, imperfect and fallen, he exclaims : "What a piece of work is man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in action how like an angel ! in apprehension how like a god ! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals !"Hamlet, ii., 1.
1 Ecclesiastes, vii. 29.
3 Psalm viïi. 5.
2 Lamentations, iv. 1. 4 Ecclesiastes, iii. 21.
Man being the "offspring of God," | as the Scripture informs us, is in duty bound to think and to act at all times with a reference to the realities of a future existence. His chief end is to glorify God, and to employ all the faculties of his mind, in the service of Him who has endowed him with so excellent gifts. No man, therefore, if he truly realizes his proper position among the animate creatures of God, will venture to think only, or chiefly, of the pleasures and enjoyments of the present life.
What is man
It is the province of Reason, to deter men from the commission of sins which degrade and debase them to the state of mere animals : among these sins may be reckoned not only gluttony and winebibbing, but other indulgences also, which do not, at first sight, appear so gross and polluting.
O that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains! that we should with joy, revel, pleasure and applause, transform ourselves into beasts. Othello, ii. 3.
Here, I think, it is unnecessary to produce parallels from the Scriptures to prove the coincidence of their teaching with that of the Poet, on the debasing nature of all excessive pleasure, and exorbitant indulgence ; for I doubt not that many passages will at once suggest themselves to the mind of the reader.
It is Shakspere who admonishes us to " quench the fire
1 Acts, xvii. 28.
of passion with the sap of reason" (King Henry VIII.,
Is your blood
Can qualify the same ?— Troilus and Cressida, ii. 2..
The next point to which I shall direct attention, is the fact, that sin is represented, both in Scripture, and in Shakspere, as having a natural tendency to propagate itself: that one sin never stands alone ; but like the stone cast into the water, forms innumerable and ever-enlarging disturbances, which are all of them due to the first throws which disorders the smooth surface of the soul, and circulates in every direction. Vices, like virtues, ever go in company. "Evil men," the Bible tells us, "grow worse and worse."3 No man can say to the tide of wickedness, " hitherto shalt thou come and no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." 4
11 Corinthians, x. 15.
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New Costs Budgeting Observations
Some very interesting Costs Budgeting observations have recently been made by Mr. Justice Warby in Tim Yeo MP -v- Times Newspapers Limited [2015] EWHC 209 (QB).
Although this matter raised interesting issues dealing with pleading allegations of fraud; the costs issues dealt with are of greater interest to us in that Mr. Justice Warby confirmed the following:
• Costs budgeting should not be a lengthy and expensive exercise
• When dealing with issues of costs, correspondence should be used in place of skeleton arguments
• Hourly rates and projected hours may need considering when determining an appropriate sum to allow within a specific Phase. Further; such rates and projected hours will need to be tailored to the case before the Court and should be carried out in the same way costs are determined during the Summary Assessment process
• Contingencies should be excluded unless they are more likely to occur than not and; only if they fall outside of the ambit of any other Phase within the Costs Budget
• Counsel's brief fees should be claimed in the Trial Phase and not the Trial Preparation Phase
• A Costs Budget can be drafted in such a manner as to deal with specific Phases and need not necessarily deal with the entire action but, that the same may subsequently be extended to cover the entirety of the proceedings
• The last agreed or approved Costs Budget will be the starting point when consideration is given as to whether the same should be increased or decreased. CPR 3.18 states the Court will "not depart from such approved or agreed budget unless satisfied that there is good reason to do so"
• Incurred costs are not subject to any Costs Budgeting approval process and will in all likelihood, in the absence of agreement, need to form part of a Detailed Assessment process at the end of the claim
• Since incurred costs do not form part of the Costs Budgeting process, the Court may "record it's comments on those costs" and, in line with PD3E 7.4, "take those costs into account when considering the reasonableness and proportionality of all subsequent costs"
• The test prescribed by CPR 44.3(5) determines what costs are both reasonable and proportionate
• Although the Court is not to be carrying out a Detailed Assessment when allowing sums for various Phases within the Costs Budget; PD3E 7.3 does allow that "in the course of its review the Court may have regard to constituent elements of each total "
• Pursuant to PD3E 7.9; costs incurred in dealing with unexpected interim applications will be treated as additional to approved Costs Budgets
• An early Costs Budgeting process can be initiated by the Court or Parties pursuant to CPR 3.13
The most important aspect of the Judgment confirms, pursuant to PD3E 7.2, that the costs of completing the Precedent H are capped at 1% of the agreed or approved Costs Budget; with a further 2% (unless exceptional) being allowed for carrying out any further costs budgeting/management exercises. The total cap for dealing with the Costs Budgeting process is therefore 3% of the approved/agreed Costs Budget.


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Each little pouch brings 5 candle melts with the luxurious floral accord where top notes of neroli, peach and lychee are surrounded by an elegant veil of jasmine and violet. Dry down, a sumptuous cashmere-like frond of cedar, patchouli, musk, vanilla and tonka brings the fragrance to a captivating close. Each melt weights around 7grams and giving you 3-4hours of intense smell. Lovely fragrance and one of my best sellers.
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When the scent is gone, either soak it up with a paper towel while the wax is still melted, or pop it in the fridge for 15-20min and the wax should solidify once more and shrunk so you should be able just to remove the disk of wax.
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Oil Rallies in Early Friday Trade
NEW YORK (DTN) -- New York Mercantile Exchange spot-month oil futures rallied across the board Friday morning, with West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude on the Intercontinental Exchange at three and four day highs, respectively, on the back of geopolitical risks in the Middle East and strong economic and oil market indicators from the United States and China.
The tensions were spurred by President Donald Trump's decision this week to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the death of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. There could be violence in Palestine heading into the weekend, analysts said. The Middle East is responsible for most of the world's oil supply and disruptions to oil flows in the region could tighten the oil market.
The market is also keeping an eye on demand, with the Labor Department this morning reporting the U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate held steady at a 4.1% rate 17-year low. Those numbers underpin market optimism and auger well for U.S. fuel demand.
In addition, Chinese customs data shows crude oil imports rebounded from a one-year low, rising in November to a near record high of over 9.0 million bpd from 7.3 million bpd in October. China's crude imports rose by 12% year-over-year during the first 11 months of 2017, the data shows. The positive data suggests improving demand by the world's top oil importing nation and the second biggest economy.
Meantime, media surveys this week showed production by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries declined in November to a five-month low, a sign that OPEC is serious about cutting production. The 1.8 million bpd oil production cuts by OPEC and their non-OPEC allies will run through December 2018 after last week's agreement to extend the supply policy.
Domestically, total commercial oil stocks in the United States declined 2.5 million bbl to 1.2496 billion bbl last week, the lowest since mid-August 2015, the Energy Information Administration reported.
The market awaits Baker Hughes's weekly oil rig count report due for release this afternoon.
In early trade, NYMEX January WTI crude futures contract climbed $1.01 to $57.70 bbl, off a $57.79 three-day high. ICE February Brent crude gained $1.14 to $63.34 bbl, off a $63.45 four-day high, trading at a $5.64 bbl premium to WTI.
NYMEX January ULSD futures advanced 3.13cts to $1.9283 gallon, off a $1.9319 four-day high. January RBOB futures increased 2.17cts to $1.7217 gallon, near a $1.7260 three-day high.
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Welcome to the start of a new series here at EMS 12-Lead. With the ECG Mixtapes we'll compile some of the week's best ECG's from around the world of social media and #FOAMed. As High Fidelity taught us, "The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it may seem." Please dig deeper into the cases that interest you.
Pick of the Week
This week's top pick comes from Mohd Faried over at the EKG Club on Facebook.
The patient, a 58 year old female, presented with chest pain x 1 hour with diaphoresis and signs of heart failure. This ECG shows sinus tachycardia, a (presumed) new RBBB, severe ST-depression in the inferior leads, and towering ST-elevation in aVR—which add up to quite a poor prognosis. It is important not to mistake the profound ST-changes in the limb leads for an extremely wide QRS (> 240 ms); the QRS in this tracing is really about 170 ms.
Now, despite common teaching, most cases of diffuse ST-depression with ST-elevation in aVR are not caused by acute occlusion of the left main coronary and often do not require immediate catheterization (for a lot more on this topic check out this post). The tracing above is unique for two reasons:
- The magnitudes of the ST-deviations in the limb leads are huge (though this can be seen in patients without obstructive coronary artery disease too).
- There are almost no ST-deviations in V1–V4.
This pattern is sometimes seen when anterior and posterior ST-elevation cancel each-other out and seems consistent with a true acute occlusion of the LMCA (a "left-main STEMI"). A patient with this ECG needs the cath lab now and, even with immediate intervention, the disease carries a very high mortality.
In this case the patient was intubated for worsening pulmonary edema and prepped for immediate angiography but, as often happens with these presentations, she did not survive long enough to make it to cath.
For more examples of true LMCA occlusion and a collection of ECG's that share some of the features I describe, check out this post from our site.
Our Favorite Blogs
Dr. Steve Smith provides an in-depth discussion of a challenging wide complex tachycardia over at his eponymous ECG Blog.
Dawn Altman over at ECG Guru proves that you can spot a STEMI in a patient with a pacemaker.
Dr. John Larkin at ECG of the Week dissects a STEMI with anterior "tombstones" and almost no limb leads changes. Be warned! Some anterior STEMI's look perfectly normal in the limb leads—typically those with mid-LAD lesions.
Dr. Arnel Carmona at ECG Rhythms shows you how the onset and offset of a wide complex tachycardia can be used to easily discern VT from SVT.
Dr. Susan Torrey's blog, Torrey EKG, explains why this otherwise healthy 48 year old male is bradycardic.
Float Nurse posts a lot of quick, interesting, and accurate arrhythmia self-tests using real-world rhythm strips. Check out the latest one and make sure you have your basic arrhythmias down-pat before your next ACLS exam!
The Best of Social Media
How low can you go? Over at the Facebook group 12 Lead ECG – I've Got the Rhythm, Cam Warren shares a tracing from a patient who was conscious and alert with a heart rate of 17 bpm!
12-Lead ECG – I've Got the Rhythm hosts another "Oh no! Too Slow!" rhythm with this case of tachy-brady syndrome from Luca Alfatti.
And yet one more bradycardia! This time a type II AV-block from Dr. Michelle Connolly on Twitter.
Twitter brings us another spot-diagnosis arrhythmia with this beautiful ventricular tachycardia from Chris Evers.
Speaking of VT… Don't get distracted by this patient's runs of tachycardia and miss the underlying cause. Make sure you check out the comments for more information on this interesting and instructive case from Kris Barraclough over at 12-Lead ECG – I've Got the Rhythm on Facebook.
Here's a challenging one from our good friend Dr. Rohin Frances on Twitter. A 70 year old female with a history of schizophrenia and this ECG—can you spot the abnormality? Make sure you check out the serial ECG's! Further discussion is also available in the EKG Club on Facebook.
Here's a subtle finding that's vital to spot! At a glance the ECG looks normal, but there's trouble brewing… From Dr. Sergio Pinski over on Twitter.
And finally, here's a facinating case from Dr. James Cranley on Twitter. A 31 year old female undergoes a liver transplant but suffers a bout of ventricular tachycardia soon after extubation. Her pre-op and post-VT ECG's are shown below. What's going on? Follow the link for the discussion.
I hope you find the cases interesting and take the time to check out the links to their original posts. Look forward to our next installment of the ECG Mixtape series returning again in a week!


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Happy Employees are Productive Employees
As a manager or leader, it's important to recognize the value of company culture and its impact on the success of any team. A negative environment can breed more negativity, lethargy and general apathy that will impede forward progress. Alternatively, a positive environment can inspire, motivate and unite a team to work together to bring success to the company. It is your job to ensure that the company culture reflects the values of the company and positively supports productivity.
Happy employees are productive employees. So, what do you do when you realize that your company culture is no longer serving its employees or the company itself? It may be time to make some changes. Here are a few ways to improve your company culture and get your team back on the road to success.
Evaluate the Problem Areas
The first step towards making a positive change in your company culture is recognizing and evaluating the problem areas. Take a hard look at the systems in place and the efficiency of your team to see if you've really set your staff up for success of if they're working with a system that doesn't allow them to shine. View these problem areas as an opportunity to grow and develop as a team, and not so much as a roadblock to success. Your company should be dynamic, always changing and evolving in step with shifts in the industry.
Once you've evaluated the areas that need improvement, the next step is implementing changes that will have a positive impact on the company culture, while also continuing to evaluate their success.
Communicate with Your Team
One of the most crucial parts of improving your company culture is the line of communication you keep with your team. Their input is valuable and necessary to make the choices and actions that will influence positive change within the company.
When you've evaluated your company culture and pinpointed the opportunities for improvement, communicate those opportunities with your team. Ask for their insight on what they'd like to see changed within the office and involve them in the process of making those changes. Improving your company culture is largely about making sure that each individual is contributing to the overall success of the team. You want to build a company culture that is inclusive, supportive and comfortable for all of your employees, so it is important to show them that their insight is valued and their ideas are put to practice.
Implement Changes Slowly
When you've recognized and communicated a need for change within your office, the natural inclination is to process full speed ahead and set your plan in motion. While it is important to act on the ideas and plans you've communicated with your team, don't expect too much to change too quickly.
There are many systems in place that keep an office running smoothly, and changing even just one of those can throw off the flow of productivity. Ultimately, the changes you will make to your company culture will benefit the team and the company in the long run, but trying to change everything overnight may be too much chaos for your team to manage while also trying to complete their daily tasks.
Ease into the process and make changes slowly to allow your team some time to adjust, as well as to give yourself a chance to evaluate the success of those changes.
Get Feedback Regularly
Once you have opened a line of communication to your team, it is important to keep that line open. When working to improve your company culture, you cannot ask for the input of your employees and then end the conversation there. This continuous conversation should be considerate of the changes taking place within the company and within your industry. Make it known to your team that their feedback is appreciated and necessary in maintaining the changes you have chose to implement. When feedback is offered, receive the information openly.
If you recognize that it's time for a change in your company culture, don't despair. Every company experiences such changes — it is a necessary step in growth and development. Recognize and evaluate your problem areas, communicate with your team and set the wheels in motion toward positive change at a pace that is manageable for everyone. You'll soon be celebrating a culture that sets your team up for success. To help you better understand how to improve your company culture, click on the link below to view Platinum Group's recording of our webinar, "Creating Cultural Superpowers." Presented by Elaine Robinson Beattie, this webinar will help your company identify organizational strengths and inspire performance excellence, healthy workplace communications and smart leadership.
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What's For Dinner (Weekly Menu Plan)
Here is our menu from last week since I will probably never be organized enough to plan a week ahead. I hope you find some inspiration and I would love to know what you are having for dinner. (I need some inspiration too.) Feel free to share your menu ideas or links to your favorite recipes in the comments.
Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Omelettes and leftover Chicken Tortilla Soup
Wednesday: Homemade Chicken Nuggets (these were disappointing so I won't be sharing this recipe), Spinach, Butter Beans
Thursday: Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, Beer Bread
Friday: Leftover soup, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Saturday: Brisket in a crock pot, Mashed Potatoes, Acorn Squash, Tomato Caprise Salad
Sunday: Potluck dinner at Pumpkin Chunkin, we took Homemade Applesauce and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
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I couldn't resist this card with three adorable little boys. I like the option of three separate picture windows since it is next to impossible to get all three of my boys to smile and look at the camera at the same time.
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What's for Dinner (Weekly Menu Plan)
I apologize for the delay in getting this posted this week. I had several new recipes to post which just took time.
Here is our menu from last week since I will probably never be organized enough to plan a week ahead. I hope you find some inspiration and I would love to know what you are having for dinner. (I need some inspiration too.) Feel free to share your menu ideas or links to your favorite recipes in the comments.
Monday: 3-way Chili at Grandma's
Tuesday: Baked Sweet Potatoes, Pan-fried ham, Sliced tomatoes
Wednesday: Potato Soup
Thursday: Pork Schnitzel, Homemade Applesauce, Red Cabbage with Apples
Friday: Slow Cooker Spaghetti and Meatballs, lettuce and tomato salad, Bread Machine bread sticks
Saturday: Chicken Tortilla Soup, Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Pie, Homemade Ice cream
Sunday: Hot ham sandwiches, leftover soup, leftover pie
Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Pie
This is a great apple pie. I have made the topping without the oatmeal for my husband and it still had a wonderful flavor, but I think the texture is better with the oatmeal. This recipe is from the Family and Consumer Science Dept. at Marysville High School.
Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Pie
Pie Crust:
1 cup flour
1/3 cup shortening
½ tsp. salt
3 to 4 T. cold water
1. Place flour, salt, and shortening in mixing bowl and cut in shortening with a pastry blender until crumbly
2. Add cold water 1 T. at a time. You may not need the 4th Tablespoon.
3. Gather dough into a ball. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface until it is slightly larger than your pie pan. Fold the dough in half and then in half again and lift it into your pie pan. Unfold the dough and press it into the pan. Trim and crimp edges of pastry.
6-7 apples peeled, cored, sliced or chopped (If apples are really large, use less)
4 T. flour
¾ Cup sugar
Dash of salt
¾ t. cinnamon
1. Combine ingredients in a bowl.
2. Add to pastry-lined pie pan.
Crumb Topping:
½ Cup uncooked oatmeal
¾ Cup flour
½ Cup butter (1 stick)
½ Cup brown sugar
½ tsp. cinnamon
1. Cut together these ingredients with fork, pastry blender, or mixer until even and crumbly.
2. Sprinkle topping over pie
3. Bake at 375 degrees for 45-50 minutes.
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Presumed heir to the iron throne Donald Trump Jr. is a fool for the ages, and he demonstrated why yet again on Monday when he joined conservative attack dogs chomping on a two-year-old tweet by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Sean Davis, a set of many tiny rows of shark teeth who co-founded far-right-wing gutter site The Federalist, seems to have started things up. He tweeted a misunderstanding of Omar using the hashtag "#NotTodaySatan" and a link to the personal blog of a woman who's so-not-a-journalist that even Fox News has tried to stop using her.
Although that post was published today, I'll save you the click: It focuses on an Omar tweet from October 2017, when she was still a state lawmaker.
It's not much of a jump to assume conservative henchmen are now combing through Omar's tweets any time something involving the troops, Israel, or the deaths of brown and black people happens—so the likely hook for this resurfacing was the attacks across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday which killed at least 290 people.
Enter Donj, who really is that stupid:
Let's state the glaringly obvious to everyone else: Troops are meant to kill people; that's literally their job. And American troops are very good at it, given their training and often far superior weaponry, and they were quite good at in the Battle of Mogadishu, which is what Omar was referring to. Yes, the U.S. famously had a Black Hawk shot down, but we killed somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 Somalian civilians. American troops: They kill people, you perfect moron!
Secondly: literally what? You've gone so far around on troop-loving that you've done a full 360 back to troops being killers. Donald Trump Jr. is just like his dad in this way—he's so terminally wrong that he's occasionally correct.


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Sergey Shnurov
Sergey Shnurov again surprised fans. This time without the change of soloists: the leader of the "Leningrad" passed the test on one of the many online resources.
"Passed the test for knowledge of the songs "Leningrad", — Sergey wrote on his personal blog. — It turned out that it's me!"
Meanwhile, a test result which Cords have posted to your blog, reads: "confess! You know all too well the work of the group "Leningrad". More than 70% of correct answers. You are not afraid?"
But Shnurov hard to scare anything. For example, he is not afraid to change the principals of their popular team. A few years ago, the musician has decided to freshen up the vocal sound of the band and began to invite singers-girls. Among them were those of the singer as Julia Cohen and Alice Vaux. Actually, the popularity has brought them just work at Shnurova. Now with the team are two girls with the original names Vasilisa and Florida.
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Wednesday, I was so upset by the news of Alton Sterling, I wrote a lengthy post about how Black people—black men, especially—face a greater threat in their daily lives than the rest of the U.S. population.
Around 1:30 AM, I shut my laptop, climbed under my covers and proceeded to slip into a rather fitful sleep.
Less than seven hours later, I awoke to the news of yet another fatal police shooting—committed by a white officer—against a black man.
My immediate reaction was to climb back under my covers and take a "grief" day.
I mean, honestly. It feels like we just can't win.
Black men who are unarmed get killed.
Black men who are already subdued get killed.
Black men who try to be upfront about legally carrying a weapon get killed.
Black men get killed.
It's devastating.
I used to avoid talking about race, racial tension, interracial relationships, etc., because I don't like controversy. Unfortunately, the only way to deal with controversial issues—I mean really deal with them—is to start talking about them. And that's just the start.
Collectively climbing under the covers and refusing to face the pain does nothing—worse than nothing, it permits the worst kind of actions to continue unchecked.
Or, as Elie Wiesel so poignantly stated:
"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest."
And he definitely knew a thing or two about oppression, torment, and hatred.
Anyway, after reading the news, I numbly autopiloted myself to Facebook.
There were a few posts about the shootings from my understandably outraged friends, aka my black friends.
It made me wonder, how many of my non-Black friends are even paying attention? What are they feeling? What are they saying?
So, out of sheer curiosity, I decided to look at the recent posts of every single one of my Facebook friends. I wasn't really expecting an authentic view of how people feel, but rather hoping for a glimpse into who's actually participating in the conversation.
Obviously, this was not an objective analysis. I'm pretty selective when it comes to my Facebook friends, and I figure the majority of my friends are at least sympathetic to our cause, even if they're not actively posting about it.
Still, if Facebook is the most popular social media platform, then I figure what better platform to get involved in the conversation? What better time to share, and connect, and express solidarity?
Well, I hope that people are finding better places, times, and ways to participate in this conversation, because they're certainly not using Facebook. Not my friends, anyway.
Yeah, the results are pretty much what I expected, but still disappointing.
First of all, it became strikingly clear pretty quickly that the vast majority of my friends are white females. (It's almost embarrassing.) And they're by far the most active user demographic. So, that "skewed" my results… except it didn't really, because it's not like being a white female exempts you from being part of humanity and caring that a community of your peers is continuously brutalized for no other reason than that they don't look like you.
Anyway, here's the breakdown:
Active users = Posted or shared something to their own timeline.
Participation = Posted specifically about one of the recent police shootings or the current state of race relations.
- Of 342 Facebook friends (I told you I'm selective), 143 were active in the past 48 hours.
- White friends were the most active (85); white women especially (62).
- Black friends had the highest rate of participation (60%).
- Mixed race (two or more races) friends showed the second highest rate of participation (25%).
- Male and female friends across races were equal in their rates of participation (23%).
- Asian friends showed zero participation, but they were also the least active.
- Black female friends and Black male friends were the only demographics where at least half of the active users participated in the conversation (73% and 50% respectively).
- Of all my friends who participated in the conversation (34), all except 1 expressed outrage and/or support for the Black community. (The other expressed solidarity with police.
Since I don't have baseline data (because again, this is completely subjective), I can't say how normal these outcomes are. But my hypothesis is that they're pretty average.
Plus, doing this right after the 4th of July may have affected overall activity and interest, which is understandable. I mean, after all the posts about vacations, and family, and puppies, and freedom, who has the energy to dive right back into real life issues like inequality and injustice?
But as I mentioned before, even though I pretty much expected this outcome, it's still worrisome.
If Blacks are the overwhelming majority of people trying to engage in this "conversation" with our peers via the most popular media platform, then what impact are we actually having? Who is really paying attention? Even if our friends of other races are reacting to or commenting on our posts, what are they doing to actively engage and unite with us in the struggle? Sure, it's just social media… but it's just social media! If they're not even with us on Facebook, then where are they? Can we really expect to get anywhere without their participation? I'm pretty sure that history has taught us the answer is no.
But history has also taught us what happens when people are silent. So I will continue to bombard Facebook. I will take a side. I will protest. I will stand for those who cannot. And I will work for change. Because Black Lives Matter.


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I am back again with another book review. It has been always an honor to find blog tour hosts and discover new books that I will eventually enjoy. So if you want to discover yet another great book, then keep on reading.
So this book is Heavenward written by Olga Gibbs and this is the first book for the Celestial Creatures Series. What can be a better way to know more about the book? It is to know first about the author.
Author Bio
Olga Gibbs lives in a leafy-green town, nestled amongst the green fields of West Sussex, England. She was writing from the age of fifteen, mainly short stories and novellas and was a guest columnist for a local newspaper. When she is not dreaming up new adventures for her imaginary friends, she does outreach work with teenagers.
She is currently writing a second book in the "Celestial creatures" series and another stand-alone psychological crime thriller book.
Author links
Website: https://olgagibbs.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/olgagibbsauthor
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About the book
With the power to end the world, would you protect humanity when it broke you or would you take revenge?
Meet Ariel: a quiet, unnoticeable girl with an incredible gift…
Ariel never had an easy or pleasant life, but the arrival of three gorgeous strangers meant her measured life is turned upside down, as she discovers that angels exist.
Now against her will, she's drawn into an ancient celestial conflict, where her powers will decide the fate of humanity.
Deceived, threatened, hunted and now on the run, who can she trust?
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My Review:
I discovered this book through Melanie, our lovely blog tour host and honestly this is my first time reading a book with this kind of characters, angels.
Since I've been reading so much fantasy lately, I have high expectations for this book and while reading it, I am somewhat disappointed in some aspects but also intrigued with how the events unfolds.
First off, let me explain my brief understanding about this book. Ariel, the main character is a normal teenage girl who suffers from schizophrenia. She has these dreams that felt so real but she can't understand them. One day, there are three new students in their school and somewhat tried to involve themselves to her. As the story unfolds, she learnt that she has the essence of an assassinated angel and that made her so important. That's where things get complicated.
Some of my main sentiments for this books are, first, I didn't expect this book to be like a full on teenage romance. I mean, it is clearly highlighted in the story that Ariel is developing feelings for Sam and is also confusing her subconscious feelings for Rafe. Well, I get it that it is part of a bigger story but since it is only the first book in the series, I figured that it will be more of explaining and narration rather than talking about love immediately.
Secondly, I can't really figure out the pace of this book. It fast and slow for me at the same time. It was fast in the sense of how everything is unfolding. First, she was attempted to be murdered, then she found an alliance which eventually turned out to be an adversary. The book is slow in terms of how things are explained. It actually took me time before grasping everything. I know there is a scene where Rafe is explaining to Ariel but it isn't enough for me. Well, I hope that things will be explained further in the next book.
Thirdly, I hope there can be more build-up with the character like how they feel and think. I wish the author could establish a stronger point with the character's every move. Maybe because it has only twenty chapters that's why I feel like the story is kinda squished.
Lastly, I can't quite grasp on how many opposing forces are there. I mean, why can they easily infiltrate one's bases/camps? And if they're seeking vengeance, does it really have to be so cruel? I hope everything will be explained in the following books. I definitely need more.
Of course, I wouldn't only talk about the things that I didn't quite like. I will also talk about the strong points. This book is actually new to me. As I've said earlier, this is my first time reading with angels as the main characters so it really caught my attention. There's also something about how the author writes that even when I wanted to put it down and not continue, I still read it. It is also easy to pick up where you left off. There is a strong imagery used in this book. You must actually pay attention into details so that you can get a clue of the bigger story behind it. Overall, I just hope it gets better on the next book and I hope it reaches a lot of reader's heart.
Ratings: 3.5/5 stars
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November, 2015
Sarah Bostwick. Stairs, 2015, Hydrocal, 11 x 15 x 1.5 in.
Pick: Heights where the Light Still Lingers
Gregory Lind Gallery is pleased to present Heights Where the Light Still Lingers, Sarah Bostwick's fifth solo show with the gallery. Bostwick continues her quest to capture space through a series of small relief sculptures which evince monumental subjects, composed of sweeping plains incised with laser-etched photographic detail. The title of Bostwick's show comes from W.G. Sebald's novel Austerlitz, in which the lives of the main characters are told through stories about public architecture in Northern Europe—during a time when train stations eclipsed cathedrals as works of significance.


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< Meeting With Selonis | Sol Invictus Logs | The Silver Pact >
Summary: The other Solars return with Marku to the Sea of Icons, where they discuss the Sun and other matters with Selonis.
- Markuran returns to the Cascade carrying a massive stone jar in his arms. Huffing a bit at the weight, even for Marku the massive jar, the essence of an unformed concept and the thick, sweet-smelling water are a bit heavy. With one foot he pounds on the door to the Sunroom where he can hear Cerin and Zahara speaking.
- Cerin is lying out on one of the couches, his head in Zahara's lap "...at the ring does."
- Zahara toys with a strand of Cerin's hair and looks up, "Come in, Marku."
<Markuran?> "I can't. Open the door!"
- Zahara sighs.
- Cerin sighs, and rolls his eyes, then flows off zahara's lap and to his feet, going over to the door and opening it.
- Markuran nods his thanks to Cerin and waddles over to the center of the array of wide, bright windows to place his stone jar, twice as big as the crimson-armored assassin.
<Markuran?> "I'm back from my meeting with Selonis."
<Zahara?> "Mmm. How did it go? I see you brought back presents."
<Markuran?> "It went..confusingly. Again. And this is the essence of an unformed concept and some nice-smelling water."
- Markuran removes the lid from his giant jar and shows off the green-red water that smells strongly of fresh mellons and wildflowers and the glowing, pulsating, snub-cornered cube bobbing within.
<Cerin?> "...Essence of an unformed concept?" he tilts his head curiously, then quietly shuts the door.
<Markuran?> "That is what Selonis told me it was."
- Cerin moves over to the jar, studying the cube.
<Zahara?> "Hmm. It smells nice." she rises and walks over to the strange cube within
<Cerin?> "How fascinating. Truely you have brought back a wonder, Marku."
- Markuran smiles. "There is an ocean full of these things!"
<Zahara?> "These could be useful.."
<Cerin?> "They could. I wonder what they are used for? Since they seem rather extravagant to just leave lying around..."
<Zahara?> "Well, although I think it's meant to be reshaped into a new form, it could be useful as a sort of Essence battery to us.
- Cerin nods.
- Birds stumbles down the stairs, a confused young Sunlander in tow. She sends him back upstairs and takes a look at the cube.
- Zahara looks to see if there are signs as to why the Sunlander is confused.
<Cerin?> [I thought Birds wasnt interacting with mortals...]
<Markuran?> (Touching, not interacting)
<BirdsOfTrinity?> (Maybe she knows something you don't!)
<Cerin?> [If he's magical, I know :p]
- Cerin smiles in greeting to Birds
<Zahara?> "Hello Birds, do you have any recipes for Unformed Concepts?"
- Birds waves mildly. "Essence battery? Unformed concepts?"
<Markuran?> "Selonis said the Sun himself has forbade him and all Celestial Gods to help us."
- Birds makes a face at this. "I don't suppose he specified a reason?"
<Cerin?> "Yes, this is an unfor-...what?"
<Markuran?> "But, also, that we may be able to trade services, he and I. And though I am not allowed to enter the Jade Pleasure Dome without an invitation, he will petition the Sun to meet with me."
<Cerin?> "That is ... mixed news."
<Zahara?> "Why would the Sun do that? Is he trying to see if we are worthy? Or perhaps he's made a bet."
<Markuran?> "I myself do not understand. I have begged Selonis to get me a meeting with the Sun and he says he will do what he can. He will even help us, if I provide him cover for his activities. But he will not know what cover he needs until later."
- Zahara frowns slightly.
<Cerin?> "I am sure we will be able to provide such cover."
- Cerin considers.
<Zahara?> "If it is worthwhile, yes. Until that time we must do *everything* we can to provide for ourselves."
<Markuran?> "We already are, Zahara."
<alsoquin?> The cube pulsates gently in its watery bath.
<Markuran?> "Selonis said that these things are occasionally useful to Celestial beings."
<Zahara?> "I know," she says pensively, "It just seems like we need to do more, and we have so little time to do it in."
<alsoquin?> A return, to the Sea of Icons. This time, a rather larger turtle has been procured to hold the several Solars.
<alsoquin?> The Celestial Lion once again sits, waiting, in the distance.
- Markuran points out the bobbing multitude of unformed concepts. "See?"
- Zahara dips her fingers in the water, testing the sticky substance. She dabs a tiny bit on her tongue to see if it tastes like flowers as well
<BirdsOfTrinity?> "Selonis...why is this place called the Sea of Icons?"
<BirdsOfTrinity?> "Are these cubes the Icons the name refers to?"
- Markuran strips down to his undergarments again, leaving his outer clothes on the turtle's shell and dives into the water with a splash, swimming the rest of the way to Selonis's perch.
<alsoquin?> "They are, Birds-of-Trinity."
<Zahara?> "What sort of being can shape them properly?"
- Birds picks up a small one and tries to pull it into the shape of a cow.
- Cerin studies the sea with idle curiousity.
<alsoquin?> "The Primordials and the Incarna, primarily. I know of no one else who can make entirely /full/ use of them." Birds finds her Icon stretching into the vague shape she suggests, though it continues to glow with a pale yellow light.
- Zahara studies Birds' effort, "They are similar to the Wyld in that they are undefined. Perhaps a further study of them will help me use that knowledge to shape them further."
- Markuran pulls himself from the thick, sticky water and gives Selonis a hearty smack on the shoulder before akwardly embracing the massive leonine spirit. "You have news for us?"
- Birds tries channelling some Essence into it, and at the same time carves the COW glyph onto one face with a fingernail.
<alsoquin?> "Not good, I am afraid."
<Selonis?> "Not good, I am afraid."
<Selonis?> Birds isn't sure, but she suspects that she hears the very faint sound of mooing emenating from her Icon.
<Markuran?> "What is the news?"
<Selonis?> "Your request for an audience was flatly refused. I was given no reason for the refusal, and dismissed with a censure and an order not to advocate for you in the future."
- Birds pats Selonis fondly.
- Selonis smiles very slightly at Birds and her proto-cow.
<Markuran?> "I am sorry you were unfairly censured, Selonis. I will make it up to you in the future."
<Zahara?> "Ah. So it seems we worship a jerk."
- Markuran glowers at Zahara.
- Birds tries carving more cow-words onto the blob in several other languages.
- Cerin is studying the proto-cow as Birds forms it.
<BirdsOfTrinity?> "We cannot ask you to risk your position in Heaven for us."
<Selonis?> "I cannot speak against the Sun. He must have a reason for his actions, but I do not know what it could be."
- Zahara frowns
<Zahara?> "Perhaps he is afraid, then."
<Markuran?> "I assume then that your help can not be risked, Selonis? You won't be needing cover?"
<Markuran?> "Speak better of the Sun, it is from him your powers spring!"
<Selonis?> "For now, no. It is possible that I could find another within Yu-Shan to aid you, given some time, but I will have to be very careful."
<Zahara?> "That does not, apparently, make him a nice person."
- Markuran does not argue with that, an impressive statement of distaste given Markuran's caste and general attitudes.
<Markuran?> "Selonis..can you tell us of the Jade Pleasure Dome?"
<Selonis?> "Some, yes. It is an immense building. The Incarna lie within the Seraglio, where the Games sit at the heart of Yu-Shan. Outside that chamber lie the Ten Auspicious Chambers. Then, the outer mezzanine, with five entrances ringing it."
<Cerin?> "And who watches the entrances?"
<Selonis?> "The Swords of Truth."
<Cerin?> "Who or ..what are they?"
<Selonis?> "The Incarna's bodyguards. Very powerful spirits. They do not mix with the other beings of heaven... they are... distant from us. I do not believe they are anything but perfectly loyal to the Incarna's desires."
- Zahara idly ponders getting all of the Sunlands together to do a massive prayer to the Sun, see if he responds.
<Markuran?> "They are stronger then you?"
<Selonis?> "By a great margin."
- Markuran frowns.
- Cerin nods. "I see. Within the Dome? Aside from the incarna and the other gods...what guardians?"
- Markuran eyes Selonis's muscles, teeth and claws and fingers the scars he gained wrestling with the great guardian beast. An opponent vastly stronger then Selonis...but to reach the Sun and convince him of his error, it must be done. Surely with all five of them, they would prevail.
<Selonis?> "I am uncertain. There are no others I have seen within the Seraglio, but....."
<Selonis?> The proto-cow moos again, loud enough for all to hear this time. Selonis raises one golden eyebrow.
- Cerin nods equibly. "They could hide themselves, yes?"
<Markuran?> "Birds...are you making a cow..?"
- Birds hides the cow behind her back. "No..." }}>.}}>
<Zahara?> "Give it some claws or fangs or something.
<Cerin?> "It's quite a good cow. It's even starting to inform my perceptions its a cow."
- Birds makes a little pair of horns and some hooves.
<Selonis?> "Presumably so, Cerin."
<Selonis?> The cow moos again.
<Zahara?> "Perhaps a large enough petition could summon his attention."
- Zahara fishes for an icon of her own
- Birds sets the cow down on a surface and looks in her robes for some grain. There are some oats! She puts them next to the cow. "You said...much stronger than you? What does a Sword of Truth look like?"
<Selonis?> As Zahara fishes up a glowing thing of her own, the cow begins to munch contentedly on the oats.
- Markuran dives into the ocean and pulls a nicly pulsing Icon back to the solid land, beating it into shape with his fists, forming an object he pays little attention to. So concentrated on this issue with Selonis and the Unconquered Sun that his hands move without his mind being involved.
- Zahara begins to devise a fearsome creature with features taken from each of the Hundredfold she has met or gotten good descriptions of.
- Selonis turns to Birds. "They are like your kind, but cleaner, colder -- more refined, with wings of light and eyes of brutal clarity. They are at once beautiful and terrifying."
<Selonis?> Zahara's beast makes a small, pitiful roar.
<BirdsOfTrinity?> "Then we know how they can be defeated, with smoke and passion and impurity."
<BirdsOfTrinity?> "Zahara, you have a paintbrush?"
- Cerin calls his cache egg, and extracts a small paint set from it. There are several brushes.
- Birds cheers softly.
- Zahara takes a brush and some paint.
- Selonis looks over at where Markuran is working. "What are you shaping there?"
- Birds smilingly paints her cow with big brown spots.
- Zahara gives it huge, burning blue flame eyes, and chameleon scales, and shiny silver wings like Reaver's. She stretches its body until it is like smoke, and gives it obsidian claws.
<BirdsOfTrinity?> "Are we taking up too much of your time, Selonis? I would be devastated if you got in trouble for being missed at your post."
<Selonis?> The cow finishes its oats and moos again, then almost falls over as Zahara's beast leaps out of her hands towards it.
<Selonis?> "No, no. I am not to return to my post for three days." He looks a little sad at that.
- Birds hugs the lion. "Then you have some time to take leisure, I hope. Do you know anything else about how these Icon things work?"
<Zahara?> "Oh dear. It seems to want steak."
- Zahara plucks it off of the slightly ravaged cow by the wings
<Selonis?> The cow, though shaken, seems to be relatively undamaged by the assault -- presumably a side effect of its proto-nature.
<Markuran?> "Zahara, must you always be making monsters?"
<Zahara?> "What would you rather have on our side in the coming battle?"
<Zahara?> "Besides, Reaver needs a friend."
- Markuran sighs.
- Selonis looks over the Solars' works. "They are shaped, much as you are doing, into new concepts and forms. Then, they are given the spark of life, so that they might survive without the sustaining effect of the waters."
<Markuran?> "Where do we get a spark of life?"
<BirdsOfTrinity?> "Well, we know where to get sparks of power...."
<Zahara?> "Hmmm speaking of the spark of life and Monsters. Selonis, might I borrow a bit of your Essence?"
- Selonis seems a little taken aback.
- Birds wonders if she can just make a tiny portal inside the cow, an eternal fountain of water from the Sea.
<Zahara?> "To conduct a spell which will definitely not aid us in the coming battle" she says, obviously lying through her teeth.
- Markuran shakes his head at Zahara's terrible lie.
- Zahara beams innocently
- Selonis frowns.
<Selonis?> "I am concerned at the potential repercussions of this act."
- Birds gives her cow gills and fins and sets it into the water.
<Zahara?> "It's completely painless, I assure you. Merely an experiment."
<Selonis?> The cow moos happily then dives under the water!
<Markuran?> "Selonis, though I am deeply in your debt, I assure you I will not allow Zahara to put your essence to any use that could cause you harm."
- Selonis looks uncertain, but after some moments nods. He reaches up with one paw, pulls off several golden hairs from his mane, and hands them to Zahara.
<Zahara?> "Thank you, Selonis. You haven't helped at all." she continues the retardedly transparent charade.
- Markuran shakes his head at Zahara and returns his gaze to the great Lion. Putting a hand on the massive shoulder, Marku looks earnestly into the huge golden eyes. "Selonis, I will do whatever you ask of me, for the help you have given is invaluable and has been given at great risk to yourself. I would call you brother would the laws of my clan allow it, but I will settle for calling you a great friend and my kin in all but blood."
<Markuran?> "Call on me and I will perform what deed you ask. And in times more peaceful, we may perform the rite to become kin in all senses."
- Selonis nods deeply to Markuran. "I thank you for those kind words. I shall call upon you, when the time is right."
- Markuran bows. "Zahara, Birds, Cerin, I am going to stay and keep Selonis company for a while. It is my fault he is unable to perform his duties."
- Markuran looks to the Lion to see if this is acceptable
- Birds bows to the lion, then gives him another hug, and jumps back onto the turtle. She waves goodbye to the cow.
- Selonis nods. "We shall visit some of the greatest sights of the Isles of Glass."
<Selonis?> The cow surfaces again and moos in return.
- Markuran hands his now-formed Icon to Birds. "I stuck a jar under the turtle's shell. Take this back for me?"
- Birds nods. "Enjoy the Isles."
- Zahara smiles and bows to Selonis. "Thank you for your time. I apologize for our cause having put you in disfavor." She tucks the essence of the great golden lion into a safe place, and picks up her critter, putting her in an empty jar with some of the water.
- Selonis nods at Zahara.
- Markuran collects his clothing and the Shining Visage from the turtle, as well as the Reminder. Waving to the three departing Solars, Marku rejoins Selonis and watches them leave.
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RCED-99-266: Published: Sep 22, 1999. Publicly Released: Sep 22, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on crop insurance, focusing on: (1) the extent to which crop insurance claims are paid in error--either unintentionally or fraudulently--and, to the extent practical, a comparison of the rate at which claims are paid in error with rates for other types of insurance; (2) the insurance companies' and the Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency's (RMA) quality controls to ensure that accurate claims payments are made; and (3) the proposals being considered to reduce insurance companies' administrative requirements and the potential impact of these proposals on the operations of the crop insurance program.
GAO noted that: (1) there are no precise estimates of the extent to which crop insurance claims are paid in error; (2) while RMA estimated that about 5 percent of claims were paid in error in 1997, the agency's methodology for estimating errors was questionable in several respects; (3) specifically, the estimate was based on an inadequate sample size and did not include the results of timely, on-site reviews to detect errors resulting from fraud; (4) although information on payment errors for other types of property and casualty insurance is limited, a recent insurance industry study reported higher rates of fraud-related payment errors than RMA reports for crop insurance; (5) RMA and the insurance companies revised the process for examining the accuracy of paid claims in 1998; (6) previously, the agency has reviewed the claims of a few companies every year for accuracy, but available resources limited the number of claims that could be examined; (7) under the new process, the agency is able to get much broader coverage of claims activity by relying on the companies themselves to review an agency-selected statistical sample of their claims to detect erroneous payments; (8) the companies use agency guidance for ensuring that the sampled claims were properly paid; (9) the agency then reviews a sample of these same claims to determine whether the companies' review processes are adequate; (10) while it is too early to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach, success will depend heavily on how well the companies implement this approach and the quality of RMA's oversight of the process; (11) RMA and the companies are considering proposals to simplify administrative requirements in three principal areas: (a) developing alternatives to producers' actual production histories, which are used to determine the insured value of a crop; (b) simplifying the administration of one type of crop insurance--catastrophic; and (c) changing other administrative requirements, such as allowing farmers to self-certify claims below certain dollar amounts; (12) the agency and the companies do not agree on how these simplification proposals would affect program operations; and (13) for example, while some simplification proposals could reduce the companies' administrative costs, these proposals could also increase claims payments, which would increase government costs.
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Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: USDA's Risk Management Agency and the participating insurance companies concurred with GAO's recommendation and began implementation in early 2000.
Recommendation: The Secretary of Agriculture should require the Administrator, RMA, to evaluate the costs of alternative methods for developing more accurate estimates of error rates for claims payments and implement an alternative that would improve the estimate at a reasonable cost to the federal government. Alternatives that could be considered include having RMA sample and analyze a sufficient number of claims to make an estimate.
Agency Affected: Department of Agriculture
Status: Closed - Implemented
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Recommendation: The Secretary of Agriculture should require the Administrator, RMA, to evaluate the costs of alternative methods for developing more accurate estimates of error rates for claims payments and implement an alternative that would improve the estimate at a reasonable cost to the federal government. Alternatives that could be considered include using the claims sampling done by the insurance companies under the quality control program to make the estimate.
Agency Affected: Department of Agriculture
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09-21-2006, 06:48 AM #1jec3303Guest
LAGUNA BEACH (September 20th) SONG?
On Last Night's Episode (september 20th) What Song Is It That Comes On I Believe It's When Tessa Sees Cameron With Jessica At His Birthday Party. It's Sung By A Girl And Kind Of Slow And Sad...it Has Lyrics In It Like "i Saved You....i Need You To Save Me..." Please Help It's Driving Me Nuts!
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hmm well I don't kno if it has those lyrics but the song that was playing at that part I believe was Beautifully Broken by Ashlee Simpson. Hope that helps! Oh but if it's not that there's a song played during that episode that has the words save me in it and it is Save me by Jagstar
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Dang It I Mean't The Song That Was Played Right After Tessa Got Done Talking To Raquel And Her Mom About Cameron When She's Sitting On The Counter In The Kitchen...is That Jagstar? And I Tried To Look Up Jagstar And It Says They Dont Sing A Song By That Name!
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hmm well that's what the mtv credits said.i But could u be looking for the song at the opening of the episode? That song is Teenage America by Wade. If not that then there's a song right before kyndra goes to tylers house called You're the storm by The Cardigans. Then if it's not those then I'm assuming iit really is save me by Jagstar even if they say the song doesn't exist? weird. Well Hope u find it in the end!
10-27-2006, 07:34 PM #5sampsonGuest
song name fro laguna beach " first date, last date"
what is the name of the song they were playing on laguna beach when cameron broke up with jessica??? I t was something like " you dont know me , you dont even care????"
01-17-2007, 08:58 AM #6JbobGuest
the song u are looking for is Augustana - Boston
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Last January when I sat for the written exam portion of my professional certification there were many, many questions pertaining to lighting ratios for portrait photography, all of which referenced strobe light systems. These lights are an important tool used in the craft of capturing portraits within the studio. I use a variety of light boxes, directional grids and umbrellas within my studio set-up, combined with three Alien Bees strobes. The system is trusted and true, delivering quality results.
But the portrait lighting technique that sometimes produces the best results is the simplest – natural, subdued light through windows. I'm fortunate enough to work in a home studio where I have access to a bank of large windows – all facing southward – within a room with a very high ceiling. Not only that but there's also a skylight directly above that allows for even more use of natural light for indoor portrait photography.
The week following Christmas I had a session scheduled to photograph Stephen Emerick and his daughter, Shawna. Both were in need of portraits and studio shots to use for a book project they are working on to promote the retreats and workshops they present in Hocking Hills, Ohio, titled "The Nature of Life: Inner Voice Inner Light." This portrait session provided me with the perfect opportunity to finally take advantage of the pleasing light within the central living area of my Centerville home. In the past I have completed portraits and head shots in a downstairs area near my office. What was catching my creative imagination this time was the indirect, soft light of mid-winter. The furniture was moved out of the way and my backgrounds brought upstairs. I also included a strobe or two, but only as a secondary light source. In the video tutorial below I discuss how to implement various tools for "fill light" on the sides of the subject that are facing away from the window light.
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