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Note: My 1o-year-old son (Jack) insisted that his mother (Kristin) enter him in the Kellogg's Eggo Waffle Recipe Contest. The following is the recipe she submitted. I doubt we win but I thought points should go out for originality. Plus she made a tasty treat in the process…
World Famous Lemon Jack's Recipe by Kristin Lescalleet
This recipe works best when your youngest child comes to you and begs to enter a contest that you have no formal training to enter. I have found that a healthy amount of 'wracked guilt' for not doing more with said child is really a wonderful motivator for any such recipe. Of course if you find that this kind of guilt isn't motivation enough, a simple phone call from your mother (or mother-in-law) should do the trick.
1. Begin by heating the oven to 400 degrees. I would encourage you to heat the oven only after checking the freezer to make sure your youngest child hasn't already finished off his favorite Eggo Homestyle Blueberry Waffles and you have to make a trip to the grocery store—your third trip to the store because you forgot the damn fresh blueberries which resulted in the second trip.
2. Make Lemon curd (about six cups worth). The recipe for this important ingredient is very simple for any working mom who has three kids, runs a church office, home schools and enters cooking contests that she has no formal training to enter. Here is my recipe…
- Google Lemon Curd (over 4 million entries in less than 03 seconds!).
- Say a quick blessing prayer for Google
- Follow whatever Lemon Curd recipe looks the easiest and that you have the majority of ingredients already in the house. I find this saves on panic when you are at the grocery store on the first trip.
- Assure your youngest child that you know what you are doing.
- Assure yourself that you know what you are doing.
- Ignore your husband when he asks, 'What are you doing?'
- Once you are done cooking the Lemon Curd you'll want to put it off to the side to cool slightly.
3. Next, place your youngest child's favorite Eggo Homestyle Blueberry Waffles onto cookie sheets and heat in oven for about 5-10 minutes or until brown. Interesting enough, you will need to turn them over about half way through cooking time so they don't burn on one side and undercook on the other. And yes, I found this out the hard way. This is probably as good a time as any to suggest buying extra of your youngest child's favorite Eggo Homestyle Blueberry Waffles. At least that's what my husband said on the way out the door to make a quick run to the grocery store—our 4th trip. You'll want to x2 your youngest child's favorite Eggo Homestyle Blueberry Waffles if you are doubling the recipe or just a working mom who has three kids, runs a church office, home schools and enters cooking contests that she has no formal training to enter (or did I already say that?).
4. When waffles are done baking, let cool and place them in stacks of five (or whatever number your youngest child shouts out from the other room playing video games. After all this is mommy-son time). Pour the lemon curd between each layer. We like to pour the lemon curd when it is still warmish. That last instruction was from my teenage daughter who, as a result of this contest, has now been watching cooking shows and insists that the word 'warmish' is a technical term for any serious cook. She also wants to now know why I never entered baking contests with her when she was ten years old. I assured her that would be a conversation we would have one day when she is married with children and I call her on the phone.
5. Top each stack with either cream cheese frosting or whipped cream. I chose to make a cream cheese frosting simply because I'm not like those other moms who wimp out with store bought whipped cream. After all I love my child. For an excellent cream cheese frosting recipe see Lemon Curd recipe above and substitute 'Cream Cheese Frosting' for Lemon Curd. Add blueberries on top (for color of course!).
6. Serve on a plate to youngest child with love and bask in the smiles. I'm not a chef. I'm barely a cook. If the Eggo Homestyle Blueberry Waffles weren't already made and ready to go I think I would have promised my kid a pony rather than enter this contest. But if I can do this so can you. Now pour the wine and go call your mother.
From James White: In Church History, we have come to identify the Friday before Easter Sunday as 'Good Friday.' It is on this holy day that we look back 2,000 years in history and remember when Jesus Christ was marched out of the city, up a hill and through voluntary action, allowed nails to be driven into his hands and feet. To be crucified on a cross between two thieves.
The amazing thing about Good Friday is that it was and is part of the "good" declared by God at the beginning—at Creation: "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good" (Genesis 1:31, NIV). The Fall of Man was not good; our sin, disobedience, and as a result all the suffering from the beginning till now is not good. But God's purpose in creation, and the redemptive drama that ensued, was and is and will always be good! In the Song of Creation, the Cross of Christ loomed large. Yes, there would be suffering, but none more so than for God Himself. God declared at creation, "It is good." Consummated on Golgotha by the Cross, He then declared, "It is finished!" But it was never a 'good' designed for God; there is no good to be added, or deficit to be addressed, in His being. It was and remains good for us. Why? Because God so loved us that He sent His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life. Good? Good indeed!
Often times I am asked by church parishioners, "Why do we celebrate Maundy Thursday?" Hopefully what is written below helps explain the significance to celebrating Maundy Thursday as a part of the Passion Week.
A central portion of the gospel narrative is found in John 13 where Jesus prepares for His impending death by gathering His disciples in an upper room. There we are told that He performed the action of the household servant by washing the feet of His twelve disciples (John 13:1-17).
Maundy Thursday gets its name from the Latin mandatum novarum ("a new commandment" – John 13:34). A primary meaning of this service is to celebrate the giving of the new commandment to love one another, given in the context of Jesus washing His disciples' feet. The Maundy Thursday service renews the covenant between God and His people, as we are made ready for Christ's death (Good Friday) and resurrection (Easter Sunday).
In this ancient tradition, the church begins the Maundy Thursday service with a simple meal and follows with a corporate time of worship. At City Church we begin with a meal in homes and then gather at the church for worship.
Our corporate service begins by offering prayers and confession and the reading of the Gospel text. We then invite all those who are willing to come forward to have their feet washed. It is a very simple and blessed time of remembrance and reconciliation. This portion of the service includes a person placing his feet in a large bowl, water is poured from a pitcher over the feet and then they are carefully and slowly dried. Foot washing is two-fold.
First, it is a reminder that as filthy as our feet may be, they are nothing compared to the filthiness of our hearts. As humbling as it may be to have someone wash our feet, through this service let me invite you to reflect on what it means to have Christ wash our whole bodies from the inside out with His true act of service on the Cross.
Second, foot washing also reminds us that just as Christ served us we are to serve each other (The New Commandment). The symbolism of foot washing is rich and hopefully this experience will help focus our hearts to become true servants for each other and for our city. A central feature of this service is reconciliation. We are to go before God asking Him to help us forgive those who have hurt us and to use us as servants to others in whatever way He deems appropriate and as His providence leads step-by-step. The point is that we must "wash the feet" of others, not just ceremonially, but in reality.
Maundy Thursday is not only an evening for washing feet but it is also the occasion for taking the Lord's Supper, since it was initiated on that evening before Good Friday (Luke 22:14-23).
Every time we eat of the bread and drink of the cup, we proclaim the Lord's death, until He comes. It is at the Table that we join in proclaiming the death of God's humble and suffering servant, our Lord Jesus Christ. As we share in this feast, we proclaim that Jesus Christ was sent by the Father into the world, that He was condemned to die that we might live, that He rose again in power, and that He will come again in glory.
For many these events seem far too ancient and removed from modern life. But when we soak up the narrative of Scripture, and are willing to enter into the life of the Christian community that goes back over 2,000 years, we will see that they embrace real meaning.
During the Passion Week, Maundy Thursday is followed by Good Friday, a Holy Saturday Vigil and then Easter Sunday as the glorious day of resurrection. Of course to fully appreciate all of Passion Week, you must first avail yourself to each service. Each highlights a portion of the Passion narrative that ought not to be skipped over just to hurry up and get to Easter. Take your time. Mediate and appreciate what each day is telling us.
Let me go a little bit further…Passion Week includes more than what I have highlighted above. To say nothing of the Easter season that follows Easter Sunday and the 50 days that lead up to Pentecost Sunday. The point is that the ancient church calendar is a great structure to offer context and deep symbolism to our Christian faith that connects us to the church that goes back 2,000 years. My prayer is that you will benefit from these ancient practices as the Lord allows you the freedom and joy to pursue them in ways appropriate to your faith in Christ as our Lord and Savior.
This is the third part of Matthew 18 verse 27. In this parable about a king who forgives his servant we are given three aspects to the act of forgiveness: The king took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. In parts one and two, we looked at the concept of 'pity' and what it means to cancel the debt. In this last part we looked at the understanding of letting someone go.
For some, when the read this parable, they see what the king did and they can't wrap their mind around it. How could he let this guy go? He squandered all this money, where is the justice in that? People say this all the time, "I don't want to forgive, I want justice!" Are there times that we must seek out justice in legal matters? Of course there are. But we must never pit forgiveness against justice. Unless one forgives before pursuing justice, you'll only be going after vengeance. Vengeance is never about truth or justice – it's only about you.
Only when you've really forgiven that person, you've really come to a place of goodwill toward that person, you really identify with that person, and you really care for the person can you truly pursue justice. Until then, you're not qualified; let somebody else do it.
But there is another extreme to the understanding of 'letting him go' that is the opposite of vengeance. It's withdraw…and just like vengeance is only about you – withdraw is only about you as well. But we are not to merely withdraw from a person either. Over in Luke 17 we are told: "If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying 'I repent,' you must forgive them." ~ Luke 17
From Jesus' parable that is recorded for us in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 18 verse 27 we are given the model for what Forgiveness is supposed to look like: The king took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. In Part I, I examined the first part of this verse: pity. In Part II we look at what it means to cancel a debt in relation to forgiveness.
If you want to understand forgiveness correctly, and even the whole parable, you need to realize the key is found in the size of this servant's debt. The text (Matthew 18:21-35) tells us that this servant that the king forgave, squandered Ten thousand talents (think 10,000 bags of gold). Now all commentators point out that this is a 'ginormous' sum of money. The economic conversion rate would put this sum in the range of hundreds of billions of dollars. Some even suggest maybe even a trillion dollars. So this was no mere day worker. You have to think of the servant more as a head of state who through either mismanagement or corruption squandered a trillion dollars. Are you beginning to understand the enormity of cancelling this debt?
This servant didn't just lose some money. He jeopardized the entire kingdom and it would have been just for this king to enslave the servant, his entire family and to seize what assets he had. This would not be done to cover the loss, that would have been impossible, but to simply punish. It would have been just on the part of the king to punish his servant for his actions.
But instead of doing that, the king canceled the debt. This was a huge act of forgiveness to say the least. HE forgave a debt that jeopardized his own kingdom.
So how does that work for us? Let me give you a simple example. I hate borrowing someone's car. Because if I borrow the car and wreck it I know that I am responsible. But if I wreck it and the owner says, "Don't worry about it, I'll cover the cost." It's not that the payment goes away. It is the owner who is now absorbing the cost. He pays it himself.
This is exactly how forgiveness works. When someone wrongs you, when someone sins against you, there may not be a monetary debt but there certainly is an emotional one. Anyone who has ever been wronged knows this—that person owes you!
When that happens there are only one of two things you can do.
One is you can make that person pay. You can try to hurt them. You can gossip about them. You can slander. You can slice up their reputation, or when you see them, you can be cold. Or maybe you just withdraw your friendship, or you just berate them, or you really tell them off and you try to make them feel horrible. But when that happens, it is not that the emotional debt is being paid down. Rather it goes into you and you become like the other person. You are making the other person pay. But in turn it makes you bitter / self-righteous / cold. So what's the alternative? You pay. How does that work?
You pay down the debt by identifying with the perpetrator, by seeking the person's good. You absorb the emotional debt yourself. But fair warning, it hurts! But it will make you free!
Part I: The King took pity
In the Gospel of Matthew chapter 18, Peter asks Jesus about forgiveness, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?" 22 Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. 26 "At this the servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' 27 The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. 28 "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded. 29 "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.' 30 "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened. 32 "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. 35 "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart."
Verse 27 gives us the model of what forgiveness is supposed to look like: The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. In these three aspects we see how forgiveness functions. Over the next three days of lent I would like to examine each of these aspects of forgiveness. Today we look at pity: The servant's master took pity on him.
This is not just feeling sorry for someone. The word 'pity' is a very important word in the Bible because it literally means to have your heart go out to somebody which gets us closer to what Jesus is saying. But what does it mean to have your heart go out to somebody? It means you're identifying with him. It means you're putting your life in his life and you feel something of what he feels. Put it another way, you are identifying with the one who has wronged you. It means you deliberately do the internal work of reminding yourself of how much you have in common. You put yourself in the others' place and you empathize, you sympathize , you are essentially looking at that person in his condition and saying, "oh, me too."
Now this is not something the heart does naturally. The default mode of the heart does not want to identify the commonalities with your enemy. The unregenerate heart was to accentuate the differences. We do this two ways. Professor Miroslav Volf tells us that we accentuate the differences by 1. excluding ourselves from the community of sinners (I'm not like that person – I would never do that!) and 2. We exclude our enemy from the community of humans (that person didn't just lie, that person is a liar!). We must identify with our enemies – putting our lives in their lives and feeling what they feel.
But when we seek to understand our own depravity and understand what has been forgiven in us (Christ our King had compassion, pity, upon our condition when we were still his enemies) we will begin to see our enemy in the same light.
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Cuts and Bruises (Steve Urquhart, UK, 2013)
A barber, who's also a boxer, shares the sounds and stories of his intermingling worlds.
Ian's boxing-themed barber shop combines two of his lifelong passions, both greatly influenced by his upbringing and aspects of his Colombian heritage. In this composed feature – recorded on location in the shop, the gym, and beside the ring – Ian prepares for his first bout in five years. How will his fighting compare with his trimming?
Steve was mentored by Sara Parker
88 Keys (Esther Johnson, UK, 2013)
An audio montage reflecting on the increased disposal of pianos. Weaving the tortured sounds of the destruction of one piano, with thoughts from the proprietor of London's last piano factory and a series of previous piano owners.
Esther was mentored by Nick Ryan
Under Ground (Simon Attwell and Kim Winter, South Africa, 2013)
South Africa's murder rate is 4.5 times the global average. They have twice the global rate in road accidents and are ranked no 1 in the world for HIV & AIDS deaths. For the most part, people are desensitized to the images of mourning – they are inserted into daily life alongside the price of eggs and our morning coffee. Who wants to talk about death?
Musician Simon Attwell and radio producer Kim Winter teamed up to produce this delicate portrait of death and mourning in South Africa and bring humanity and warmth back into this unwelcome subject.
Kim and Simon were mentored by Davia Nelson
Bolo (Phil Smith, UK, 2012)
A group of women are producing shea butter, beating kernels into a paste in large wooden bowls; they clap in unison as their hands rise up from the brown liquid and splash back in on the downbeat. Earlier on, some of them had got up before dawn to pound millet with a large pestle. Beyond the compound, in the cotton fields surrounding Kojugu Garalo, cotton is being picked, bud by bud.
'Bolo', meaning 'hand' or 'stake', is a sound composition, exploring how music is both by-product and mental necessity, a result of and a way of coping with the harshly repetitious agricultural work of a village in southern Mali.
Phil Smith is an assistant producer at Somethin' Else, working on Jazz on 3 for BBC Radio 3. He has produced documentaries for the World Service, Radio 4 and 1Xtra, and has composed music for dramas on Classic FM and Radio 3.
Phil was mentored for this project by Sherre DeLys
Ringing The Rocks (Mair Bosworth, UK, 2012)
The limestone of the quarries on the Isle of Portland – which was used to build St Paul's Cathedral, The Cenotaph and half a million gravestones for war cemeteries – was traditionally 'rung' by quarrymen to check the purity of the rock. But machines have long since taken over the work of cutting stone and the 'quarrybells' – the sound of picks striking stone in unison – have now fallen silent. Ringing the Rocks will explore the acoustic properties of stone and look at how Portland stone is being made to ring once more…
Mair is a recent graduate of the MA Radio Production course at Bournemouth University and won Gold for the Charles Parker Prize for student features in 2011. She is currently an intern with Sound Women and is managing a community radio project, working with older people in Dorset to help them tell their stories in sound. She blogs about radio at songsfromthekitchen.tumblr.com
Mair was mentored for this project by Nina Perry
130-in-1: More Adventures with Electronic Circuits (Mark Vernon, UK, 2012)
130-in-1 offers the opportunity to listen in as a father and his 10-year-old son bond over a succession of increasingly fiddly electronic experiments. At the behest of the manual they connect wires, transistors, capacitors and diodes to create an array of weird and wonderful crackles, beeps, buzzes and other electronic noises. Harking back to the bygone days of the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop in feel, sounds derived from these experiments form the basis of a musical score that underpins the piece, playfully oscillating between real and imaginary spaces. As improbable as it seems, the outwardly dull schematics and diagrams open the doorway to a world of fun and the joy of discovery. All sounds (except the bubbles) were generated from the Maxitronix 130 in 1 Electronic Lab Kit
Mark Vernon is a sound artist and radio producer. His radiophonic creations range from documentaries and radio plays to experimental audio collage and soundscape pieces. He has produced programmes for stations including Radia, Resonance FM, CKUT, VPRO and BBC Radio 4. He is currently lecturer in Sound Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College, University of Dundee and digital artist in residence at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. He also records and performs in the groups Vernon & Burns and Hassle Hound. Static Cinema, a solo album of improvised music and soundscape compositions has just been released on the Entr'acte record label. http://www.meagreresource.com/
The Signing (Ellie Richold, UK, 2012)
Magga (Rikke Houd, Denmark, 2011)
I met Magga in a small town in Iceland by a strange coincidence 8 years ago. She is a single mother, lives in a small, old house full of things with her kids. Her mother was a fortuneteller, her grandmother before that. She told me my fortune. I returned over the years, always bringing my recorder. Magga is one of few singing mediums in the world. She sings in many languages, from long forgotten German Eurovision songs to old Icelandic folksongs. This is the story of our meetings, this is also just music and my tribute to Magga´s sweet voice.
Rikke Houd is an independent Danish radio producer who graduated from Goldsmiths College in London in 1997 and trained from the Danish feature department.
She is the initiator of the two circumpolar radio feature projects Polar Radio and Radiophonic Narration (RANA).
Magga was been broadcast by Third Ear (www.thirdear.dk)
Lights Out (Delaney Hall, USA, 2011)
On the night of July 13th, 1977, two young DJs named Disco Wiz and Grandmaster Casanova Fly were spinning records for a growing crowd on a busy street corner in the Bronx, New York. Around 9:30 PM that night, the city experienced a massive blackout, with power failing in all five boroughs. Chaos ensued, with looting and arson occurring across the city, but Disco Wiz and Grandmaster Casanova Fly have their own theories about the effects of the blackout on the creative life of the Bronx and the birth of hip hop. "Lights Out" will explore what happened that evening and how it might have influenced the invention of a new musical and cultural movement.
Delaney Hall is a reporter, radio producer, sound designer, and media teacher. For four years, she worked with the Third Coast International Audio Festival in Chicago and produced Re:sound, Third Coast's weekly remix of documentaries, music, field recordings, and found sound on Chicago Public Radio.
Lights Out has been broadcast on RTE's Curious Ear and BBC Radio 4's Short Cuts.
Signal to Noise (Paolo Pietropaolo, Canada, 2011)
This is the story of my tinnitus, which affects my ability to enjoy silence. Sometimes, noise is my ally, especially at night. It's made me think about what makes us call certain things noise, silence or music, and it's led me to believe we're suffering from a sort of societal tinnitus. This piece will be a kind of music that questions where the edge lies between signal and noise.
Paolo Pietropaolo is a journalist, broadcaster, and composer based in Vancouver, Canada. One of his favourite things to do is combine all three pursuits in making radio documentaries. Paolo's docs have received a Peabody Award and the Prix Italia, the highest accolades in broadcasting, as well as several other awards. They have been broadcast in Canada, the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Finland and Ireland. Before moving to Vancouver from Toronto, Paolo played and toured extensively with the taiko drumming group Nagata Shachu.
Signal to Noise has been broadcast on KCRW's Unfictional and was a Third Coast International Audio Festival Library Spotlight


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Rep. Barbara Lee's naive quest for peace
Rep. Barbara Lee and her allies have proposed a new department of peace-building, complete with a new cabinet secretary and a mission to build peace and stop violence form the schoolyards of the United States to war-torn lands around the globe. This idea is born of the naiveté and nonsensical bent of some on the left to try to wish away realities they find unpleasant. Congress-watchers rightly might wonder how serious she and her allies are or how they find enough staff to help craft such ideas.
But more interesting is to ponder how people who make it to Congress and into academia can be so confused about fundamental issues like human nature, historical reality, and common sense as they relate to the international system. (Since I can't begin to imagine what Lee's Democrats have in mind for pacifying the entire domestic scene by means of her new initiative, I'll focus mainly on the global context.) I think they make two mistakes: One, they don't understand human nature, and two, they misdiagnose what peace is.
Generally speaking, people divide into two camps regarding the question of why human beings suffer conflict. On one side, some ground their understanding of the nature of conflict in either the Augustinian doctrine of original sin or a Hobbesian theory of scarcity. These folks tend to be pessimists when it comes to human nature and society. We (I'm in this camp) don't think you can eliminate conflict or make peace the norm, but you can work to protect the law-abiding from the law-breaker and punish the latter when he succeeds. On the other side, a view grounded in French enlightenment thinking, some believe that with the right amount of education and wise government effort, you can eliminate the impulse for violence and make violence and conflict the exception rather than the rule. So you have the age-old dichotomy between the realist and the idealist.
Suffice to say history has born out whose theory is the more valid, and the public in almost any country and over time generally adopts the more pessimistic view and elects leaders accordingly.
But the other confusion perpetuated by Rep. Lee and her friends is how they misunderstand what peace is. Peace is not the absence of conflict. There was considerable peace behind the Iron Curtain, and there is now considerable peace in North Korea and Cuba, but only the most cynical would refer to that circumstance as a desirable peace equal to the peace of a constitutional democracy or a peace shared by a group of states bound by a treaty like NATO. There is "peace" in North Korea and Cuba and there was peace behind the Iron Curtain because a brutal communist dictatorship has or had its boot on the neck of the populace. I don't think that is what the congresswoman is after.
Peace between nation-states goes beyond the absence of conflict because peace is about agreement over shared principles and norms. When people in a community, a state, or the world find themselves at peace, it is because they have built peace on the foundation of values they mutually believe to be good and right and worth adhering to. Culture is key, and while a shared democratic culture is not absolutely necessary to establish peace, it is arguably the surest means and most stable foundation for it. The Concert of Europe ultimately failed for several reasons, but one reason was the danger of the ever-present risk of foolish or evil autocrats fouling up the mutual understanding and goals. Democratic culture works better if for no other reason than that there are usually more pressures to remain at peace so that the commerce, comforts, and progress of the daily lives of the sovereign voters can continue.
And when the peace of a community of democracies like NATO or a sovereign democratic state is threatened by those who demonstrate - unchecked -- the proclivity to do violence that is rooted in human nature, the democracies look to their departments of state and defense and other agencies to protect, prevent, and punish.
Rep. Lee's proposal is unwieldy, unworkable and unnecessary. We have numerous "departments of peace-building" already: We have families, religious institutions, and voluntary associations that teach peace; we have institutions of law and order and justice to aid that teaching but also to do the protecting and preventing and punishing domestically; and we have cabinet officers with departments to deal with the disturbers globally. Let's not spin out new laws and bureaucracies when we have what we need in place already. And let's not seek utopia and thereby make the perfect the enemy of the good.
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Peter Waldron used to brag about what he did, but now won't give out his name.Michele Bachmann might not even be the most interesting crazy person on the Bachmann for President campaign.Peter Waldron, a Bachmann staffer who helped her win the Ames Straw Poll, is an "evangelical organizer" who spe ... More >>
Three Cups of Tea: A work of fiction?If a story sounds too good to be true, beware. Which brings us to Minnesota native Greg Mortenson. His book, "Three Cups of Tea," about building schools for girls in Afghanistan, is still a New York Times bestseller in paperback. The uplifting tale of loc ... More >>
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Jen has to go stay in New York for a bit so Grace and I are driving out with her to get her settled in.
Deb & Gen sent texts asking if they could go. But of course! Now it's a party.
We will have Girl's Weekend West! The girls are bringing sleeping bags. There will be movies and popcorn and lots of laughs. We will make fun of Jennifer Dombrowski-Scott. I have to come up with something besides "asshat" since Stella thinks I can do better. But really, that whole group - "ass" "assclown" "jackass" "asshat", they amuse me to no end. However, I have missed Stella in the comments, so we shall endeavor to keep her entertained.
So tonight will be fun, but there is some stiff competition....last night was a blast! Went to dinner with Bill & Linda. I got to really cut loose since I had a designated driver. We had dinner at Atlantica in Cohasset. I understand the view is fabulous, but last night was snowy and blustery. No matter! Fabio and his fellow bartenders took great care of us. We started with really good calamari (Bill & Linda had oysters....blech). There was a toast to troublemakers since we decided that was a title that applied to each of us. After some delicious salmon (see, I remembered that the nutritionist said that was really good for me - although he didn't mention the Cape Codders to wash it down) and lots of laughs, we headed off to their fav hangout. There was a couple from Southie and a guy from Dorchester, so I explained to Bill that if there was a problem, I would have to take their side against him even though we just met...it's a city thing. The guy from Dorchester thought that was pretty funny.
And there were presents! I'll add a pic later, but I'm too excited to wait to post about it! Since Bill reads the blog, he knew how much I would appreciate a christening coin for USS Missouri SSN-780.
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Fengjing Specialties
Fengjing-branded Rice Wine and three important local specialties, Ding's Pork Trotter, Zhuangyuan Cake and Dried Bean Curd, have been enjoying a century history. They are altogether praised as "Four Treasures of Fengjing".
Dried Bean Curd
The bean curd has been pressed and simmered in water with five-spice powder and other ingredients. Just slice and stir-fry or add to soups - it's firm enough to hold its shape in any type of dish.
Storage: Keeps refrigerated for about 1 week.
Ding Pork Trotter
In 1850, to expand his business, the owner of a small restaurant called Ding wenxing in this town developed a dish by cooking pig's feet with soy sauce, wine and crystal sugar, each from a particular place, along with some other ingredients. Then he stewed the dish over a medium fire. The taste was new and the more people ate it, the more they liked it. People fondly called it "Fengjing Pig's Feet at the Ding's".
Zhuangyuan Cake
Mainly made of glutinous rice, it's also called Scholar Cake.Fengjing-Branded Rice Wine: Fengjing Rice Wine was awarded a national silver medal, and it is praised as the "Chinese version of XO".
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DaVita Kidney Care is a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a Fortune 500(r) company that, through its operating divisions, provides a variety of health care services to patient populations throughout the United States and abroad. A leading provider of dialysis services in the United States, DaVita Kidney Care treats patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. DaVita Kidney Care strives to improve patients' quality of life by innovating clinical care, and by offering integrated treatment plans, personalized care teams and convenient health-management services. As of September 30, 2014, DaVita Kidney Care operated or provided administrative services at 2,152 outpatient dialysis centers located in the United States serving approximately 170,000 patients. The company also operated 87 outpatient dialysis centers located in 10 countries outside the United States. DaVita Kidney Care supports numerous programs dedicated to creating positive, sustainable change in communities around the world. The company's leadership development initiatives and social responsibility efforts have been recognized by Fortune, Modern Healthcare, Newsweek and WorldBlu.
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Durango police and the Southwest Drug Task Force executed search warrants this week at two homes and two businesses. The San Miguel County Sheriff's Office says the cocaine had an estimated street value of $900,000.
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Georgia Internet customers may have been lied to by a national Internet provider that promised high-speed service but failed to deliver it.
And that's unacceptable to the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection.
"That's our mission," said John Sours, administrator of the consumer protection office, "to hold people to their representations and to see to it that people receive the benefit of their bargain."
The Office of Consumer Protection announced Monday that it has agreed to a $600,000 settlement with Windstream Communications Inc., based in Little Rock, Ark., in a false advertising investigation.
The settlement was made public three days after Windstream announced a plan to lay off 400 employees nationwide to cut costs.
The company's Georgia woes stem from allegations that Windstream told some Georgians it could provide them Internet speeds that it could not, and failed to explain after providing service that some speed issues were not fixable because of outdated wiring.
The Office of Consumer Protection said Windstream representatives also "allegedly misrepresented" how long it would take to fix some problems and misled customers by airing "Lifetime Price Guarantee bundle" ads which "falsely implied" Internet speeds -- "up to 12 Mbps" -- the company couldn't actually deliver.
"This is essentially a truth-in-advertising case," said Sours. "What consumers thought they were getting from a major company was significantly different from what they allegedly received."
He said Windstream serves primarily rural areas. That would include about two-thirds of the state geographically.
Despite the settlement, Windstream officials are not admitting guilt to any of the accusations levied against the company.
"[The] agreement includes no finding or admission of violation by the company," wrote Scott Morris, Windstream corporate affairs senior adviser, in an email.
He said Windstream "has cooperated fully" with the state during its two-year investigation and is now "pleased to resolve" the investigation by settling and promising to stay inside advertising laws.
Windstream services 372,000 customers in Georgia. It serves 48 states around the country.
To Sours' knowledge, no other state has investigated Windstream for false advertising allegations.
Georgia's settlement with Windstream calls for the company to pay a $175,000 civil penalty, $175,000 in administrative fees and expenses and $250,000 to the Technical College System of Georgia where restitution money will be used to buy new computer equipment for Georgia's technical colleges.
Windstream officials told the Office of Consumer Protection that the company is currently doing $14 million worth of upgrades to its fiber network in Georgia. The upgrades are slated to be finished by mid-2014.
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If Saddha Kawthala were a Western-style spiritual leader, one might say he's striving to bring his religion to a wider audience.
But striving would run counter to what the 51-year-old Buddhist monk believes.
The Buddhist way, he says, lets go of personal ambition and the stress it causes.
It's loving-kindness in everything, he says, living in harmony, no bullying each other, no fighting, respect everyone. According to Buddhism, whatever happens, give it up and let it go.
So for the last year, Kawthala has been practicing what some Westerners might call the Field of Dreams method of spreading his religion – build it and they will come.
The saffron-robed, shorn-headed monk and a small band of followers have been turning a foreclosed-upon suburban home at 2025 E. Tillman Road into a monastery and spiritual center akin to what might be found in his native country – with the hope that the site also will become an exotic oasis welcoming to Americans.
Jeff Smith, 55, of Angola who has been practicing Buddhism since 1992 and is now a follower of Kawthala, says he finds the monk, who was born in Burma before it became known as Myanmar and immigrated to the United States from Thailand after he left his homeland as a teenager, a worthy teacher, or say-ah taw in Burmese.
He's very educated. He speaks seven languages – Thai, Laotian, Kayin (also known as Karen, and spoken by an ethnic minority in Myanmar), Burmese, English, some Chinese and Spanish, Smith, a self-employed piano tuner, says.
His uncle is an abbot. He is very respected among the (immigrant) people here. He does a lot of volunteer translation. He also teaches children the language and religion.
Kawthala says after coming to the United States he settled in Los Angeles for several years. After becoming a citizen about four years ago and reading on the Internet about the large number of refugees from Burma in the Fort Wayne area, he decided to come here, first residing at the largely Laotian Wat Lai Samakky Temple at 6409 Decatur Road.
In 2011, he started working toward starting Pa-O Temple, which he views as a chance to move Buddhist practice beyond his region and its ethnic-centered temples. The temple's name roughly means knowledge spreading like a chick coming out of its shell.
He bought the house in December for $30,000 in cash received from donors in Myanmar and Thailand, he says.
Since then, land around the house has been cleared and its exterior was painted orange trimmed with marigold, considered auspicious colors by Buddhists. Prayer flags fly and extensive and colorful flower gardens have been planted to be neighborly and look good and make good energy for people who pass by, the monk says.
The leaking roof was fixed, new carpet was installed and inside walls were torn down to make a central gathering room. An altar dominates the room with a large statue of Buddha, and photos of special occasions line the walls. The temple opened officially in May.
Kawthala says he did something similar while in California. I had different people coming, Chinese-American, Burmese, Karen, American. Here I can establish (an) American way (of practicing) and Burmese way and bring people together with activities that focus on the different communities at different times.
Kawthala says his main outreach to Americans is meditation instruction in English at 7 p.m. Saturdays. Gatherings so far are small, attended by about a half-dozen people, who come to sit cross-legged on the floor for a half-hour of meditation followed by a short talk on the principles of Buddhism, socializing and refreshments.
Kawthala practices Theravada Buddhism, which is silent instead of involving the chanting some may be familiar with through exposure to Tibetan Buddhism. Theravada is Buddhism's oldest surviving strain and is practiced widely throughout southeast Asia. In Myanmar, it is the dominant religion, with more than 80 percent of the population as adherents.
People who practice Theravada voluntarily abstain from lying, sexual misconduct, intoxication, stealing and harming living beings.
Meditation is focused on insight leading to the ability to live in a state of mindfulness, or consciousness of the effects of one's actions. Besides meditation, another focus widely practiced by immigrants is merit-making, in which people do good deeds and works of charity, especially in providing for monks. The hope is to accumulate merits that obtain an advantageous rebirth.
As in their homeland, many refugees come to the temple daily, either to meditate or be of service to the monks by cooking, cleaning or washing dishes or providing supplies such as water and toiletries. Many seek Kawthala's blessings for life events or during seasonal celebrations or to listen to teachings from him or from other invited monks.
Kawthala says as a monk, he tries to be of service to area residents, whether through participating in community cleanup days, food distribution and hospital visitations or helping refugees who do not speak English navigate American society by accompanying them to appointments or government offices.
While Kawthala has adopted some Western ways of spreading his religion – he posts videos on YouTube and has a blog at kawthala.blogspot.com – he says he thinks Buddhism has a lot to teach Americans, who seem to him to inhabit a rush-rush, materialistic world. Buddhism teaches a simpler way, he says.
They get tranquility, he says of those who follow its precepts. They go back and use it (the religion's teaching) at home with their families, and people like them more and they like each other better. Things go better for them, he says.
If more Americans practiced Buddhism, he adds: It would be taking away a lot of stress.


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By Joseph Lekarczyk
In the interest of full disclosure, let it be known that the author of this article is no longer married to the Mayor.
Checking-off one of the few items left on their "bucket list," the old Board of Trustees (OBOT) met for a final time Monday night and passed on second reading, an ordinance amending sections of the code regulating Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU). A few other "house keeping" items were tended to, and then it
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After we cleaned up from some flooding in our own house and got our electricity back, I found myself totally confused. I cleaned out all of our closets and cupboards and filled boxes for Lyons Reruns. That
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Published on Thursday, April 03 2014 15:21
By Joseph Lekarczyk
In the interest of full disclosure, let it be know that this is the last article that this author will write while married to the Mayor.
In order to do a little last minute "house cleaning," the Board of Trustees (BOT) held a special meeting Monday night (Tuesday, April 1, was election day). The main item on the agenda, which the sitting Trustees did not want to pass on to the next Board, was public hearing for, and the adoption of, an outline for the
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Last Friday morning (March 28) Apple Valley resident Anna McGuire was the recipient of a free roof, courtesy of Advanced Exteriors out of Denver, and the "No Roof Left Behind" program. This is a nationwide programRead more: "No Roof Left Behind" Winner
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Dear Lyons residents:
As this Board of Trustees winds up its last week in office and as Kirk Udovich, Sandy Banta and myself transition to other pursuits, I wanted to take the opportunity to thank the Lyons community for the
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Published on Thursday, April 03 2014 14:11
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"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkegaard
As we have moved back home, or are still struggling to get back home, it is easy to move forward with
Published on Thursday, April 03 2014 14:06
By Kate Kerr
Every Wednesday and Saturday, Lyons Volunteers meet at 9 a.m., at Rogers Hall (Fourth Avenue and High Street). Volunteers are efficiently organized into teams, equipped, and deployed to assist with prioritized
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The Lyons Adventure Film Fest fundraiser drew more than two hundred people to Oskar Blues in Lyons Saturday, March 22, and raised more than $7700 for the Lyons' Parks & Rec Department.Read more: Adventure Film Fest A Big Success
Published on Thursday, April 03 2014 11:59
Spring is here, and Spring Break. The weather is good, the crocuses (or is it croci?) are blooming, and the town is recovering. All seem to be doing fairly well.
Tuesday was April Fools' Day, but this is certainly no joke. We say farewell to Mayor Julie, and Trustees Kirk Udovich and Sandy Banta who are retiring from the Town Board. They are invaluable, and will certainly be
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Advice for parents when predators troll on social media
A sickening attack is also a teaching moment for parents about social media use, according to Laurie Nathan of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
What are you really agreeing to in 'terms of service'?
There might be a chance you are violating the "terms of service" without even knowing it.
How to fill 100 water balloons in 1 minute (Video)
No more time-consuming stretching and tying -- it will soon be possible to fill up to 100 water balloons in a minute.
Man asked to leave Southwest flight over tweet (Video)
A Minneapolis man and his two children were asked to leave a Southwest Airlines flight in Denver after he tweeted about a boarding disagreement.
Is Facebook selling your browsing data to advertisers?
Many Facebook users get alarmed at the idea of the social network sharing private information with advertisers. Data Doctor Ken Colburn explains the reality.
Shark dies with sea lion stuck in throat (Video)
Days after a YouTube video showed a White shark thrashing on a Western Australian beach, a government scientist says the shark had a large sea lion lodged in its throat. See video.
Wizards John Wall slammed for Vegas non-tip
Washington Wizards star John Wall is taking heat online for allegedly stiffing a limousine driver who went out of her way to help him. The man who runs a blog that chronicles the life of Vegas cabbies says what happens in Vegas gets tweeted.
Man records nightmarish attempt to cancel cable, Comcast apologizes
Anyone who has ever dreaded attempting to cancel a cable subscription will empathize with a man who faced a frustrating phone battle with a Comcast customer service representative.
Study: Facebook affects divorce rates, marital satisfaction
A new study concludes Facebook and other social media sites are playing a significant role in divorce rates and marital satisfaction. But is Facebook causing divorce or divorce causing people to use Facebook?
Van Hollen seeks striking Facebook photo, voter interaction
Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen is offering prime Facebook real estate to the person who captures a striking image of the Democrat's Eighth Congressional District.
Unfriended: The ultimate breakup
A study reveals the who and why of unfriending.
Quick way to stop junk email, subscription overload
A few clicks on the Unroll.me webpage can quickly cut the amount of junk email users see, and thin-out an unwieldy list of subscription newsletters.
Report: NSA targeted German privacy activist
NSA reportedly targeted German privacy activist who provided online anonymity tool
A thumbs-up for NSA Internet spying on foreigners
US intelligence leaders feel vindicated by board's report on Internet spying on foreigners
Privacy board: NSA's Internet monitoring is legal
Independent body finds no 'illegitimate activity' in NSA monitoring but recommends safeguards
Facebook conducts social experiment on users
People use Facebook to share their lives and feelings -- and now it turns out Facebook manipulated the newsfeeds of thousands of users in a social experiment.
Parents' guide: Is my child ready for a phone?
Children are getting phones at a younger age every year, but it can be hard for parents to know when their youngsters are ready for the responsibility. "A Parents' Guide to Mobile Phones" has tips and strategies to consider before taking the important step.
Why Facebook posts are disappearing (and what can be done about it)
A growing number of Facebook users report posts are disappearing. Ken Colburn of Data Doctors explains what's happening, and what can be done about it.
Parents and social media: Time to clean up your act?
Parents are monitoring their children's social media involvement by limiting screen time and restricting access to certain sites. But what many parents don't realize is that their kids are monitoring them as well.
Social media prenups aim to put the brakes on hurtful posts
Social media prenups are a growing trend and lawyers are seeing a rise in its requests as couples aim to crack down on hurtful post either during or after a relationship.
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intentionDivisión en sílabas: in·ten·tion
Pronunciación: /inˈten(t)SH(ə)n /
Definición de intention en inglés:
1A thing intended; an aim or plan: she was full of good intentions [with infinitive]: Ukraine and Kazakhstan have both declared their intention to be nuclear-free
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- The automaker is hinting that it considers a recall unnecessary and plans to announce its intentions next week.
- Last night he announced his intention to stand down as leader of the Labour party in Wales.
- He said that there were no plans, intentions, desires, or need for any increases greater than inflation.
1.1The action or fact of intending: intention is just one of the factors that will be considered
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- There had been, in fact if not intention, a collaborative intelligence corruption.
- Highland says there is no certainty of intention to create a trust on the part of Aldridge.
- If practice is undertaken for mental or spiritual gain, that intention will determine the results.
intent, intentionality, deliberateness, design, calculation, meaning;
premeditation, forethought, preplanning;
1.2 (one's intentions) A person's designs, especially a man's, in respect to marriage: if his intentions aren't honorable, I never want to see him again
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently toured Denver's West Rail Line project, which will improve access to major employers and area universities while reducing traffic in a highly congested corridor.
The 12-mile project created more than 500 construction-related jobs, according to the Denver Regional Transportation District.
Secretary LaHood's visit follows President Obama's State of the Union address, in which he called for using funds saved from winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to pay down the debt and to support a transportation bill that would clear the way for "nation-building" in the U.S.
At the West Line project, Secretary LaHood also spoke about the importance of continuing to fund transit projects nationwide, in the wake of recent efforts in the House to remove a primary source of funding for transit systems.
The West Rail Line, now 85% complete, is expected to open in May 2013. Roughly half of the $709.8 million for the project is funded by the Federal Transit Administration, including a $308 million federal funding agreement awarded in January 2009.
When the Denver Regional Transportation District opens the West Rail Line next year, it will be the first completed leg of Denver's comprehensive multibillion-dollar transit expansion plan, known as FasTracks. FasTracks will add 122 miles of new commuter rail and light rail and 18 miles of bus rapid transit across the eight-county district.
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In the aftermath of the Komets' 6-3 loss to the Missouri Mavericks, who now lead the best-of-seven Turner Conference finals 2-0, we have lots to show you.
Click here to read the game story.
The video recap, with some tough talk from the Komets, is here.
Would you look at the first photo here: Click here.
Smith had this column off the game.
And Smith has this story on the Komets' attendance.
This story was written going into Game 2 but is more relevant now.
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November 26, 2014
One day after the announcement involving a printing problem which led to inaccurate ballots for Madison's referendum Tuesday the opposition rallies for support on Madison's Capitol Square.
With large signs and microphones in tow, the group Vote No set up at the State Street corner of the Capitol. The event was hosted by radio talk show host Vicky McKenna.
Those against the upcoming referendum say the incorrectly printed ballots may become a bigger issue, using the outcome of the 2003 referendum as evidence.
Kirby Brant is against referenda and says, "It won by only 900 votes. Which is something I like to point out especially in view of the recent ballot fiasco, since the absentee ballots are 2,200, more than double the margin that they won on in the 2003 referendum."
In the meantime, a judge may have to rule on the situation surrounding those incorrect ballots which were sent to more than 2,000 Madison voters.
According to an article in the Wisconsin State Journal, this would only occur if Tuesday's school referendum results in a margin smaller than the number of absentee ballots. The article also cites the executive director of the State Elections Board saying that if someone challenges the election, the outcome could fall into a judge's hands.
Eighty-nine thousand ballots for the Madison school referendum are being reprinted this weekend due to incorrect information on two of the questions. Correct ballots are expected to be out at all 77 polling places on Tuesday.
Stayed tuned to NBC15 Sunday as we continue coverage of the Madison School Referendum when Madison Cares, a group in favor of the referendum, takes the stage at Monona Terrace.
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The East Norwich Civic Association meets on the fourth Thursday of the month at the Community United Methodist Church of East Norwich, at 7:45 p.m. All welcome. New residents welcome. For information call 606-8053.
The United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc. with the assistance of the Atlantic Steamer Fire Company will hold the 9th annual Polar Bear Swim on March 3 at the beach in the Theodore Roosevelt Park. The festivities start at 1 p.m. and the plunge takes place at 2 p.m. Register and fundraise online at: ucpn2013 PolarBearPlunge.kintera.org
The Oyster Bay Historical Society presents an exhibit of photographs by Xiomáro taken of Sagamore Hill uncovered. He photographed the Theodore Roosevelt mansion at Sagamore Hill National Historic Park as it was being readied for restoration. Reception in the Koenig Center, 20 Summit Street, from 6 to 8 p.m. For information call 922-5032.
The Long Island Baroque Ensemble plays at Christ Church, 61 East Main Street, OB, at 3 p.m. As the oldest authentic, professional early music group on the Island, the Long Island Baroque Ensemble duplicates the sounds of times gone by with concerts of early music performed on replicas of period instruments. Tickets: $20/$15 seniors, $10 students, children with adults admitted free. Call 922-6377.
The Oyster Bay-East Norwich board of education is holding its second budget workshop on March 12 at 8 p.m. in the Oyster Bay High School library. Residents are welcome to attend and learn about the process of how the board deliberates on how to balance a budget with student achievement as a top goal within the constraints of NYS Department of Education unfunded mandates, the NYS 2 percent cap on budgets, etc. Meetings continue on March 19, April 2, April 16 and May 7.
The Oyster Bay Civic Association meets on March 15 at the Italian-American Club at 7:30 p.m. All welcome. Bring your concerns about the hamlet to them to discuss and to get help if needed. Call 922-5551 for information.
Founder Isabella Eredita Johnson will bring her group of gifted musicians to perform arias from some of the most beloved op- eras: La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butter- fly, Aida, Le Nozze di Figaro, as well as art songs of Schubert, Wolf, Liszt and Schumann on March 17, at 4 p.m. at Christ Church. Suggested donation: $15. Call 922-6377. The concerts continue on April 21 and June 16.
Founder Isabella Eredita Johnson will bring her group of gifted musicians to perform arias from some of the most beloved operas, as well as art songs of Schubert, Wolf, Liszt and Schumann on April 21, at 4 p.m. at Christ Church.. With its goal to foster the production and appreciation of opera and chamber music in the Long Island community. Suggested donation: $15. Call 922-6377. The concerts continue on June 16.
Joint the 7th Annual Run for Literacy, a 5K run/walk at 10:15 a.m. and a free quarter mile Fun Run for future Olypmians age 10 and under, starts at 9:15 with race at 9:45 a.m. at the Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School. Contact: brookejackmanfoundation.org or 922-1811.
The 10th Annual Health & Fitness Fair brings vendors to Audrey Avenue. Run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Senator Carl Marcellino and the OB-EN chamber offer live entertainment, fitness demonstrations, health screenings, inter-active displays for kids. Call 922-6464 for information.


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Farhaan Behardien and David Wiese propelled the Nashua Titans to a 4-wicket win against the Sunfoil Dolphins in the RAM SLAM T20 CHALLENGE clash thanks to an extraordinary assault in the final three overs at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Friday.
The Dolphins won the toss, elected to bat and managed 143 for five.
The Titans finished with 145 for six after 18.5 overs.
The Titans looked down the barrel on 90 for five at the end of fifteen overs after the left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj had the top-order in disarray with his 2-13 in four overs.
But Wiese blasted the Titans to victory by smashing 27 runs off only eight balls.
That included three straight sixes in the penultimate over, bowled by Mthokozisi Shezi.
Wiese and Behardien hammered 20 runs in the first five deliveries of that penultimate over to propel the hosts to a win that edged them closer to a place in the semi-finals.
Behardien finished with 34 off 25 balls, with one four and two sixes.
Earlier, Henry Davids had the Titans off to a flyer with three sixes and a splendid 26 off only fourteen balls.
But Kyle Abbott and Maharaj applied the brakes in splendid fashion.>
Maharaj removed Roelof van der Merwe and the dangerous Scott Styris, while Abbott took 1-23 in three overs.
Albie Morkel and Behardien started the desperate pursuit for 54 runs for a win off the final five overs by depositing Ravi Bopara for 21 runs in the sixteenth over.
But when Abdulla removed Morkel for 15 in the seventeenth over, the Titans still needed 29 runs off 18 balls. Wiese made light work of the chase with his superb cameo.
With this win, the Titans stay in second place on the log with 22 points after nine matches.
Cody Chetty and Bopara added 47 runs in 5.2 overs for the third wicket in the Dolphins-innings to put the visitors in a strong position on 101 for two after thirteen overs.
Chetty scored 46 off 28 balls, including six fours and a six.
The Dolphins lost their way as Morkel, who captured 1-21 in four overs, and Scott Styris, who finished with 1-16, reduced them to 118 for five after seventeen overs.
David Miller lifted them to 143 for five with his brisk 25 off 24 balls, that included two boundaries.
Van der Merwe, with 2-21 in three overs, excelled with the ball.
The Dolphins is out of the title-race after their four-wicket loss.
Nashua Titans: Henry Davids (capt), Jacques Rudolph, Roelof van der Merwe, Mangaliso Mosehle, Scott Styris, Farhaan Behardien, Albie Morkel, David Wiese, Eden Links, Morne Morkel, Alfonso Thomas
Sunfoil Dolphins: Daryn Smit (capt), Divan van Wyk, Cameron Delport, David Miller, Vaughn van Jaarsveld, Cody Chetty, Ravi Bopara, Keshav Maharaj, Mthokozisi Shezi, Yusuf Abdulla, Kyle Abbott.