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6. In Southeast Asia. The Muslim peoples of Southeast Asia are found in the modern nation-states of Indonesia, Malaysia (and in these two states they comprise the majority), Thailand (in the five southern provinces, culturally very close to the neighbouring region of the northern Malay Peninsula) and in the Philippines (Mindanao). Islamisation of these populations has been ongoing since the 15th century and continues in the 21st century (total population conservatively estimated at 220 million). Tra…
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(Dutch, Riouw), the name of the former Malay kingdom of Johore Riau-Lingga, which was regarded as the successor state to Melaka (Malacca [ q.v.]) after it fell to the Portuguese in 1511. The rulers of the Melakan line re-established their authority on the island of Bintan (also known as Riau), south of Singapore, in the late 17th century, and after a period of instability, during which Bugis adventurers entered the scene, a new more prosperous era began. By the mid-18th century, an extensive trading network had develo…
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(Thai: Pattani), a region of Southeast Asia, formerly a Malay Sultanate but now included in Thailand (as a result of the Treaty of Bangkok, 1909, between Great Britain and Siam), and at present comprised of the four southern provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat, Yala (Jala) and Satun. The population of these four provinces is approximately 1,500,000, 80% of whom are Malay Muslims. From the 14th to 18th centuries, Patani was a leading entrepôt for trade between China and Southeast Asia. The conversion of the royal court to Islam, reportedly in the mid-15th cen…
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, a town and river in the Province of Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan) in the Republic of Indonesia, lying just south of Sarawak at lat. 1° 20′ N. and long. 109° 15′ E. It is one of a number of Malay/Muslim-dominated estuarine settlements on the Borneo coast whose existence was based on trading relationships with non-Muslim native peoples in the interior and Chinese traders and miners. Local versions of the Islamisation of Borneo's West coast attribute the coming of Islam to Arabs from Palembang who were trading in the area from the mid-16th century. At this time, Sambas was a tributar…
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, a state consisting of over 29,000 square miles of territory on the northern coast of the island of Borneo and a constituent part of Malaysia since 1963. Formerly it was known as North Borneo (1877-8 to 1946) and was governed by the British North Borneo Company (incorporated by Royal Charter in 1881) by virtue of agreements between the Company and the Sultans of Brunei [ q.v. in Suppl.] and Sulu [ q.v.]. In July 1946 the Company transferred all its rights to Britain and the territory became a Crown Colony which lasted until 1963 when Sabah joined the Federation of Malaysia. The Muslim populatio…
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(a.), poet. ¶ 1. In the Arab world. A. Pre-Islamic and Umayyad periods. Among those endowed with knowledge and with power in ancient Arabia stands the figure of the s̲h̲āʿir , whose role is often confused with that of the ʿarrāf ( s̲h̲aʿara and ʿarafa having the same semantic value: cf. I. Goldziher, Abhandlungen , i, 3 ff.) and of the kāhin [ q.v.]. They were credited with the same source of inspiration, the d̲j̲inns (Goldziher, Die Ǧinnen der Dichter , in ZDMG, xlv [1891], 685 ff.). However, the s̲h̲āʿir was, originally, the repository of magical rather than divinatory knowledge; …
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, a state on the west coast of the island of Borneo and a constituent part of the Federation of Malaysia since 1963. Originally the name referred to a dependency of the sultanate of Brunei consisting of the Sarawak, Samarahan and ¶ Lundu river basins. Through a series of treaties (the first in 1841) with the Sultan of Brunei [ q.v. in Suppl.], these territories passed to the "White Rajahs", the Brooke dynasty who administered Sarawak between 1841 and 1946. In 1946 the Brookes ceded their territory to the British Crown, and Sarawak, together with Sabah [ q.v.], became British colonies. The w…


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A gel should cool and hydrate. That is why the main ingredients in our After Sun Gel are: Aloe Vera juice, Water, Glycerin (keeps the skin hydrated), Xanthan Gum (a natural thickener from sugar and molasses), Allantoin (from wheat germs) and of course the famous Naïf fragrance (hypoallergenic) perfume). Want to know more about our ingredients? You can do that here.
How to use: Generously smear after exposure to the sun. Repeat when skin feels dry. Tip: After Sun in the fridge is always a good idea.

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Our boutique-inspired studios and one, two and three bedroom luxury apartment homes near Duke University Medical Campus provide distinctive style and sleek amenities to offer the ultimate living space. Euro-inspired kitchens boast 42-inch cabinetry, GE stainless steel appliances, and wood-plank-style floors that offer easy maintenance. Additionally, you'll find condo quality fixtures, soaking tubs, and showers with tile surrounds in each residence.
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Tourism Boom Chokes Havana's Airport 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 4 July 2017 — The passengers leave the plane and make their way around the buckets catching the leaks from the roof. They still have a long wait in at baggage claim and have to suffer under the air conditioning that hardly alleviates the heat. The […] Continue reading
Americans will still be able to travel to Cuba, but rules will be stricter BY MIMI WHITEFIELD email@example.com The good news for Americans who want to travel to Cuba is they still can, but a draft of President Donald Trump's presidential policy directive indicates they shouldn't even think of sneaking away for a day on […] Continue reading
How will President Trump change Obama's Cuba policy? Tribune Washington Bureau (TNS) Sunday, June 11, 2017 9:12pm President Donald Trump is expected to announce his changes on Friday. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to roll back parts of President Barack Obama's improvement of relations with Cuba, siding with hawks who oppose detente and […] Continue reading
Cuba then and now: LGBT progress is real As the country opens its doors even farther, U.S. fundamentalists are looking for influence and to proselytize — not a good omen for LGBT Cubans. Mark Segal, Philadelphia Gay News Jun 5, 2017 It was 20 years ago when I first reported on the state of LGBT […] Continue reading
"We Are Not Leaving Cuba", Say Members Of The Center For Coexistence Studies 14ymedio, Havana, 16 May 2017 — In the midst of a wave of pressure from the authorities, members of the Center for Coexistence Studies (CEC) have issued a declaration of commitment to their work on the island. "We are not leaving Cuba, […] Continue reading
State Security Prevents Yoandy Izquierdo From Boarding A Flight For Sweden 14ymedio, Havana, 14 May 2017 – This Sunday Cuban State Security prevented Yoandy Izquierdo, a member of the Center for Coexistence Studies (CEC), from boarding a flight to Sweden to participate in the Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF). The car in which the activist was […] Continue reading
Cuba travel is still hot for Americans, new study says BY MIMI WHITEFIELD email@example.com Despite some U.S. airlines' decisions to scale back service to Cuba or abandon their Cuba routes, Americans' interest in visiting the island is still strong and there's plenty of potential for growth, according to a new travel study. An analysis by […] Continue reading
Eliécer Ávila, The 'New Man' Who Became An Opponent 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 8 April 2017 – Walking along the streets with Eliécer Ávila can be a complicated task. His face is well known thanks to a viral video broadcast almost a decade ago. However, before fame came into his life, this young man born […] Continue reading
'From now on you have no name. You are prisoner 217': life in a Cuban jail A brutal high-security prison was the last place Stephen Purvis expected to end up when he moved to Havana. Stephen Gibbs tells his story Stephen Gibbs Sunday 19 March 2017 09.00 GMT If you happened to go to a […] Continue reading
Traveling to Cuba now easier, but isn't hassle free By Marta Dhanis Published March 13, 2017 Fox News.com The Cuba experience: This is what you get after all the exhaustive planning Getting to the communist island after a 50-year hiatus is surprisingly easy. There's still a couple challenges to overcome when planning your trip, but […] Continue reading
Report: Cuba has kept drug trafficking, consumption in check BY MIMI WHITEFIELD firstname.lastname@example.com Although Cuba sits in close proximity to Caribbean drug lanes and the U.S. market, the U.S. State Department's annual narcotics control report found that it's not a major consumer, producer or transit point for illegal narcotics, and drug consumption on the island […] Continue reading
Google entering Cuba is 'Trojan Horse' that could reinforce regime, residents say By Marta Dhanis Published January 25, 2017 FoxNews.com HAVANA, Cuba – In signing a deal with the Cuban authorities last December, Google took on the challenge of improving internet access in what many consider to be one of the worst places in the […] Continue reading
Cuba 2016: The Visit of Barack Obama and Death of Fidel Castro / Iván García Ivan Garcia, 2 January 2017 — A spring rainstorm with light gusts of wind fell over metropolitan Havana on Sunday, March 20th, when at 4:30 PM Air Force One landed at the first terminal of the José Martí International Airport […] Continue reading
Why cash is crucial if you want to tour Cuba By John Crudele January 16, 2017 | 11:14pm Going to Cuba is like arriving at a friend's New Year's Eve party — a day early. Eventually, you sense, the place will be spiffed up, but at that particular moment the hosts don't exactly have their […] Continue reading
'Cuba was the opposite of everything I imagined' JANUARY 7, 20175:35PM Kirrily Schwarz news.com.au BARACK Obama's visit to Cuba in March 2015 was historic, marking the end to decades of hostility between the two nations. Just five months later, in August, the first commercial flight left American soil for Havana, opening the island to mass […] Continue reading
Cuba's Wireless Networks, the Web that Envelops the Island / 14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez 14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez, Havana, 4 January 2017 – All one has to do is turn on a small wifi antenna and aim it toward the balcony for a computer screen to show the long list of wireless networks that link the entire […] Continue reading
Threats and Arrests if Dissidents Continue in Cuba / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana, 15 December 2016 –The leader of the Ladies in White, Berta Soler, was arrested Thursday in the morning when she was about to leave the headquarters of the organization in the neighborhood of Lawton, Havana, in order to connect to the Internet. Angel […] Continue reading


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Identify Your Feelings Chart
Some of us find it difficult to connect with our emotions and feelings. The Feelings Wheel by Dr. Gloria Willcox, shown below helps you to identify the original main emotion you are experiencing and connects this with other linked groups of emotions, which branch off from the central circle. This helps you to identify the root of your feelings by tracing back to one of the main emotions in the centre of the chart.
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In the centre of the Circle the main Feelings are identified as being: Sad, Mad, Scared, Joyful, Powerful and Peaceful
From these you can branch out into a more specific feeling. So you can either work from the inner circle outwards e.g: Mad – Hurt – Distant, or from the outer circle towards the centre e.g: Relaxed – Content – Peaceful.
Have fun identifying your feelings at different times, whenever your mood changes and you may even be surprised at how you are truly feeling!
For more Emotions Charts See Also: Plutchik's Flower and Parrott's Classification of Emotions Chart
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Biomarkers are substances in the blood that may indicate risk of cardiovascular disease. Biomarkers are not routinely measured at this time because it in unknown whether they add value to the traditional evaluation of risk factors that doctors currently perform. Biomarkers of cardiovascular disease include:
- homocysteine (evidence suggests that homocysteine, an amino acid, oxidizes LDL, which damages the arteries; however, studies have also shown that when levels of homocysteine are reduced using folic acid and vitamin B12, the risk of coronary heart disease is not similarly reduced)
- fibrinogen (a high level of fibrinogen, an essential protein for the coagulation of blood, has been associated with an increased risk of coronary thrombosis, or heart attack resulting from a blood clot in the artery)
- C-reactive protein, or CRP (this protein is produced by the liver and released into the bloodstream during episodes of inflammation)
- B-type natriuretic peptide (this amino acid chain is released into the bloodstream when heart failure develops)
- D-dimer (increased levels of this substance -- made up of a fragment of blood clot -- suggest an increased risk of pulmonary embolism, or blood clots in the lungs)
A recent study by Framingham Heart Study researchers evaluated the usefulness of measuring many of the most-used biomarkers to see if they could predict death and major cardiovascular events better than the traditional evaluation that doctors perform using the Framingham 10-year risk scoring, which determines short-term risk of coronary heart disease.
They found that the biomarkers predicted risk only slightly better but that this did not warrant routine measurement and the increased costs associated with the tests. However, the researchers also concluded that measuring certain markers -- for which the tests were inexpensive, such as CRP -- could help doctors determine the level of therapeutic intensity for both high cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Tests that indicate subclinical atherosclerosis may provide information about coronary heart disease. Learn more about subclinical atherosclerosis on the next page.
For more information on cholesterol, see.
- Cholesterol Levels: We all know there's "good" and "bad" cholesterol. Find out why you need more of one kind of cholesterol and less of the other.
- Causes of High Cholesterol: Diet and DNA are the main causes of high cholesterol. Learn why the numbers might be high in your case.
- Consequences of High Cholesterol: High cholesterol can lead to a heart attack. Learn more about high cholesterol and heart attack and what other conditions high cholesterol contributes to.
- How to Lower Cholesterol: Like many conditions, eating right and exercising helps control cholesterol. Learn what that means for you.
- How Cholesterol Works: Cholesterol is essential to the body. Find out why we need it and how much is too much.
This information is solely for informational purposes. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. Neither the Editors of Consumer Guide (R), Publications International, Ltd., the author nor publisher take responsibility for any possible consequences from any treatment, procedure, exercise, dietary modification, action or application of medication which results from reading or following the information contained in this information. The publication of this information does not constitute the practice of medicine, and this information does not replace the advice of your physician or other health care provider. Before undertaking any course of treatment, the reader must seek the advice of their physician or other health care provider.


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The Liber Mithrus was an ancient tome of knowledge granted to the Imperial Fists Legion at its Founding by the Emperor of Mankind Himself. The Imperial Fists Chapter later inherited the artefact after the Second Founding and held it as a sacred relic, placing it in a special shrine erected on the desolate Shrine World of Mithron. There it was protected by a perpetual Honour Guard composed of an entire company of Space Marines drawn from the Imperial Fists.
During an incursion by the Forces of Chaos led by the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion, the book was nearly captured until the surviving Imperial Fists were aided by the arrival of the Ultramarines 2nd Company's Ultima Squad. Unfortunately, a daemon possessed the commander of the 2nd Company, Captain Severus, after the Ultramarines recovered the Liber Mithrus from its shrine.
The daemon intended to use the arcane knowledge contained within the tome to open a Warp portal on the Ultramarines homeworld of Macragge and unleash its daemonic brethren upon that bastion of the Imperium. The daemon was defeated by Battle-Brother Proteus within the Reclusium of the 2nd Company's Battle-Barge by wielding the sacred Hammer of Macragge. It is unknown if the Liber Mithrus was returned to the Imperial Fists following this incident.


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I'm 32 years old
I live with my parents
And my hunny
Also my child who is covered in fur lives with us too
Next stop Jerry Springer?
Nah, it's only going to be for 30 days*
I made the executive decision before we moved in that we would act like tenants, stay downstairs most of the time and try to keep life as normal as possible
That lasted about an hour
The other night i could be found sitting on my parents bedroom floor (for some odd reason our family of 4 used to regularly sit and have chats in my parents bedroom or bathroom) chatting away with them while eating their vinta crackers and letting my dad make me rum and cokes
This living with my parents thing is rough!
Have i mentioned they keep boxes of dairy milk chocolate in the fruit pantry that they don't think i know about?
Muahahahahaaaaaa ;o)
Rustic deck to photograph food on
Beautiful gardens to photograph food in
Amazing landscape to get attacked by mosquitos in!
Beautiful gardens to photograph food in
Amazing landscape to get attacked by mosquitos in!
To thank my parents for all their generosity I wanted to make a tasty breakfast!
I had some Justins Maple Almond Butter that a friend brought me back from the states and i was dying to use it so i made a twist on my breakfast cookie
Maple Apple Breakfast Cookie
1/3 cup of oatmeal flour
1 egg white
1/2 banana mashed
1/2 apple chopped
1 tsp of chia seeds
1 tsp of ground flax
1/4 tsp of baking powder
5 drops of stevia
Mash wet ingredients together
Add dry ingredients
Microwave on high for 90 seconds (which i just realized is the same as 1 minute 30 seconds, yes i'm THAT blonde)
Best Part? The toppings!!!
OMG this was soooo good, i can't wait to make it again!
Justin - whoever you are, won't you bring your nut butter to Canada.... PLEASE???
See you tomorrow where we will have a tour of the new house :o)


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Once you have executed a purchase and sales agreement for your home and have submitted a loan application to your mortgage lender, the closing process has commenced. This procedure inevitably leads you to the office of the closing attorney. Following is a general explanation of the role of the closing attorney, the tasks the closing attorney will perform, and what will take place at the closing. Please understand that unless specifically engaged by the buyer, the closing attorney represents the interests of the mortgage lender and not the home purchaser. The tasks we undertake as the closing attorney are as follows:
Title Abstract
Once we receive a legal order to perform a closing, we engage a qualified title examiner to prepare a title examination and provide us with a title abstract. The title examiner generally reviews the county Registry of Deeds records for a period of at least fifty years. The title abstract is the written report provided by the examiner. We review the report in great detail,to ensure that the current owner possesses "good record and marketable title," — ie. that the current owner has clear and unhindered ownership of the property and is free to transfer it to you. If the home you are buying will be your residence, we are required by Massachusetts law to certify the state of title to you at the time of closing. Our "title certification" will detail all matters pertaining to the title and ownership of your home.
Mortgage Survey
Sometimes referred to as a "plot plan," this is a tape-measure survey of the land being mortgaged. The main purpose of the plot plan is to determine that improvements on the land, i.e., the home you are purchasing, are within the bounds of the land being purchased and do not encroach onto the land owned by your neighbor. The plot plan also includes a certification that when the home was built, there was not a violation of municipal zoning laws. It is important to note that the mortgage survey does NOT establish your exact lot lines. If you wish to place a fence or establish the boundary lines, you will need to separately engage an engineer or surveyor.
Municipal Lien Certificate
A "lien" is a claim against a property by someone to whom money is owed by the property owner. A municipal lien certificate is obtained from the city or town treasurer's office and reports any outstanding real estate taxes or utility bills owed to the city or town by the current owner. This document is recorded along with the deed and mortgage immediately following the closing. The act of recording protects the new owner from claims by the town that taxes were owed by the previous property owner and constitute a lien against the real estate.
Title Insurance
The title to a property is a bundle of rights of ownership. It is vital to establish clear ownership when transferring property. The lender will require title insurance to protect then lender in the event they become the owner of the property, and a defect in the title is discovered. You will be provided the option of purchasing an "Owner's Title Insurance Policy," which provides the homeowner the same protection. Please see our discussion of the owner's title insurance within this page.
Closing Costs
After you have applied for a mortgage loan, you will receive a "good faith estimate" which details the costs your lender estimates you will be charged at the closing. With recent changes in the law, the charges at closing will be very close to the amounts your loan officer has disclosed to you. Great strides have been made to prevent surprises at the closing when it comes to finances.
The Closing
This is the day you have waited for. At the closing, which generally occurs at the office of the lender's attorney, you will sign the documents needed as a condition of the purchase. These include the promissory note documenting the terms of your loan; the mortgage, which provides the lender with a lien against your home,;and the settlement statement, which lists all financial aspects of the transaction. The seller presents a deed to your new home. The closing attorney will explain each document to you, and provide multiple pens. Once all documents have been signed, there is only a single step remaining before home ownership is complete.
After closing documents have been signed, certain of these will be sent to the county Registry of Deeds for recording. The deed and mortgage from your closing are scanned into the public records and certain essential facts are noted on the public recording system. The closing attorney's office will update the title examination from the time it was completed through the second before the documents are entered into the public system.


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I find most retailers 'get' that they should have a good deal on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday and only a few fuck it up by having a better deal on one of the two days.
Here are the deals that are either new or still good for Cyber Monday. Let me know if you find anything else good! Some of these are affiliate links (I get a small commission if you shop them, so a million thank yous) but my main objective is always finding you guys the best deal.
These guys always serve up really good deals, although always check your prices on big items because they will have something on deep discount next to something that's not a great deal. They have had a couple of nice Lightening Deals too (they go too fast for me to post them though.)
- Definitely check the deals section first > http://amzn.to/1YwR2aK
- 20% off 4Moms Gear > http://amzn.to/1LGMXrc
- 25% off select car seats > http://amzn.to/1LGMCoq
- Get 20% off and a $25 Amazon Gift Card with Select Maxi-Cosi Convertible Car Seats http://amzn.to/1PQMF8Y
- 30% off Diono car seats > http://amzn.to/1QNLyam
- 25% off or more baby monitors http://amzn.to/1PZ1Qvs (I didn't price check these so just double check that the deal is good on the one you're thinking of)
- Up to 40% off Maclaren strollers > http://amzn.to/1LGMRA0
- Baby Jogger City Mini 30% off Teal http://amzn.to/1PQM47m
- Free Second Seat with Baby Jogger City Select Stroller Purchase (you need to add both to your cart) http://amzn.to/1P2xMAc
- Maclaren Quest Stroller save $90 on the Dove/Orchid Smoke colour http://amzn.to/1lEjUQo
- Up to 30% off Graco Playyards, strollers and car seats > http://amzn.to/1QNLE1K
- 20% off Tiny Love > http://amzn.to/1LGN6uS (I really like their play gyms and the Super Mat)
- NUK Mash and Serve Bowl for Making Homemade Baby Food 67% off http://amzn.to/1HrlOhc
- 34% off Educational Insights > http://amzn.to/1XAZFia (these guys make really nice interactive toys & games for toddlers and up – I love the Squirrel Game and the Farmer's Market Sorting Set)
- Take an extra 30% off books with the code HOLIDAY30
- Check out the Daily Deals page first.
- 50% off select Fisher Price
- 30% select Phil&Teds (I love the Lobster travel chair)
Earth Mama Angel Baby
Cyber Monday 50% Off Sitewide Sale! These guys make AMAZING pregnancy, postpartum and baby products and I highly recommend them. They really know their shit so you can be confident about drinking their teas and using their sprays and lotions. (U.S. Peeps can you confirm that you can see this? I'm pretty sure that I'm not seeing the discount because I'm in Canada.)
Janie & Jack
Get 20% Off Your Entire Purchase at Janie and Jack, Plus an Additional 20% Off with Code JJCYBER20.
Crazy 8
Get 30% Off Everything, Free Shipping, Real Deals AND an Additional 20% Off with Code JOY at Crazy 8.
Get 50% Off Your Entire Purchase, Free Shipping, AND $25 off $100 with code EXTRA25
The Honest Company
Get 40% Off Any Honest Bundle Purchase with code MONDAYFUN40
They are having some pretty good discounts on Gift Bundles
$10 Off 1-Month Diapers Gift Bundle
$5 Off 1-Month Essentials Gift Bundle
- $30 Off 3-Month Diapers Gift Bundle
$15 Off 3-Month Essentials Gift Bundle
- $75 Off 6-Month Diapers Gift Bundle
$35 Off 6-Month Essentials Gift Bundle
- $150 Off 12-Month Diapers Gift Bundle
$75 Off 12-Month Essentials Gift Bundle
Diapers.com up to 70% off select toys, gear and clothes. (P.S. these guys have changed something so I have trouble navigating their site in Canada so I can't pinpoint the really good deals.)
Gap & Old Navy
40% off everything with the code: BESTCYBER
iSeeMe Personalized Books
- Save $5 on $25 – use code 5SAVE
- Save $10 on $50 – use code 10SAVE
- Save $20 on $75, plus get FREE SHIPPING – use code 20SAVE
BuyBuyBaby has some nice deals and free shipping over $100 dollars. These guys also have a price match guarantee: "We will gladly match a direct competitors' price on an identical item (the brand, color, and style need to match) that they currently have in-stock. If you have a savings certificate or coupon, you can either pricematch the item OR apply the coupon – whichever gives you the most savings. The two offers cannot be combined. Call 1-877-3-BUY BABY (1-877-328-9222) and a Customer Service Representative will be happy to help you. This excludes clearance, liquidation, and discontinued merchandise."
- 20% off UppaBaby and 20% off 7AM Enfant (they make wicked cold weather gear) with code BLACKFRIDAY. Free shipping over $100 with FREESHIP100
- $20 off on $100+, $50 off on $200+ and free shipping over $75 with the code HOLIDAY15
Pottery Barn Kids
- 20% off your order with the code GREATGIFTS
- 40% off all flannel bedding
Well.ca (Canada)
These guys have some surprisingly good deals still going on brands like 4Moms, Ergo, Bjorn, aden + anais , Haba, the Honest Company. By the way, I use all the Green Beaver products and I LOVE them – they are a hippy brand that actually works.
Snuggle Bugz (Canada)
I didn't go through all of them, but if you're in Canada they have some good deals on gear. The Chicco Keyfit is a really good deal
- 25% off qualifying merchandise orders using the code CYBERDEAL at checkout
- 50% off hard photo cover Photo Books and 40% off everything else using the code CYBER40 at checkout
Tiny Prints
- 40% off Cards and Stationery orders or 50% off orders of $200+ using the code CYBERMON50 at checkout
- Save 30% off all Gift and Home Décor orders using the code CYBERGIFTS30 at checkout
Enjoy 25% off Minted products and 20% off holiday cards
- 30% off specialty toys including KidKraft Play Kitchens and Train Tables
- VTech Sit to Stand walker $14
- Free $50 gift card when you purchase $250 of select baby items
Summer Infant
50% off sitewide sale (thanks, Natalia!)
50% off Everything! Use code: CLOUDB50 at checkout. U.S. only. (Thanks, Brittany!)
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Ethnology · Indonesia · Philippines · Recipes
Taming your pineapple
French people don't have any idea how to peel pineapples. If you give them a knife and wait, you might end up seeing a real massacre. So, for them and all the people who are lost in front of this fruit, here is the Filipino secret to peel pineapples. And while we're at it, we'll learn some stuff that will make you shine in society.
First of all, pineapple is a multiple fruit. Which means that before being a fruit, it was several flowers. You know, the little brown spots that you see on the pineapple peel, and that are sort of hairy and hard to cut off: these are what remains of the flowers. You can see the exact same thing on mulberries or strawberries. They too are multiple fruits. Yes, we're learning crazy stuff today.
Now let's look at the shape of the fruit. It's unique. Pineapples have a core that is continuous with the stem supporting the fruit and with the crown. This core is very fibrous. If you eat too much of it, you might develop bezoars (keep that word in mind for your next Scrabble), which are balls of fibers that clog the digestive system. Just like the balls of hairs that cats end up getting when they lick their fur. Or the ones that owls develop from the indigestible parts of the rodents they feed on.
An American in the Philippines
The pineapples we find in shops in Europe have kept their superior crown, but the inferior one, that is part of the stem, has been cut off. In nature, pineapples look like the picture below. I have taken this shot in Indonesia, on the back side of the road. There, these fruits grow very easily. In the Philippines too. Yet pineapples don't come from Asia at all.
This weird multiple fruit originates from Central America. Carib Indians introduced it in the Caribbean islands, probably around the 9th century. Later on, in 1493, Christopher Colombus -sorry, Cristoforo Colombo- found one in Guadeloupe. He was so proud, Cristoforo, he had something to bring back home. So he took it to Spain where everyone got crazy about the delicious sweet and sour taste. Then as the Spanish were colonizing more countries, at the beginning of the 16th century, they introduced it in Asia. In their only colony there: the Philippines. Because they wanted more pineapples. Always more.
Pineapples loved their new Filipino life (I can't blame them). They grew and grew without any problem. Now, the country has the first pineapple production in the world. The south of the archipelago is covered with plantations of a very sweet cultivar. But exports are not that huge. And most of them are canned. The king of fresh pineapple exports stays Costa Rica, even though they globally produce much less pineapples than the Philippines. So most of the Filipino production stays inside the country, for local trade.
They're sold in the streets, already peeled and ready to eat, sometimes with salt on it. You can also buy buy the whole fruit with its skin on at the market, but honestly, the peeled ones are so beautiful that it is hard to resist. And if you're lazy, the choice is already done. Small pineapples cost as less as 20 pesos, about 30 euro cents. But some of them weight several kilos, so the prices can go much higher. Here, fruits and vegetables are not calibrated as they are in France, so there can be incredible differences in sizes between pineapples of the same cultivar coming from the same plantation.
By the way, speaking of cultivars, there are many of them. Colors and sizes vary. Just among the most common ones, the weight of the ripe fruit can go from 400 grams for certain varieties up to 10 kilos for some others. They can be bright red, perfectly white, yellow, orange…
The secret of the Pretty Pinoy Pineapple
Okay, let's cut to the chase. Let's peel this pineapple already. I have seen a woman use this technique in San Andres Market, in Manila. Using a simple box cutter, she started trimming the upper crown. When it's done, the crown is armless. All that's left is a sort of handle that will be very handy for the rest of the operations. That's one of the first great ideas of this technique. Then she peeled the skin, from top to bottom.
Once the whole skin is off, there is still one big problem : the eyes we were talking about before, you know, the little flowers. You just can't leave them on saying that it's okay. Nobody likes to eat them. And there are so many of them! 100 to 200 on each fruit. So you have to do something. But something that won't disfigure your pineapple.
That's the greatest part of the Filipino technique. Oh no, it's won't disfigure your pineapple, it will make it look awesome. It is very simple. All of these eyes have a geometric pattern. So patiently, the woman from the market, still with a box cutter, starts making incisions forming sorts of furrows. These diagonal stripes are just the width of an eye. When she's done incising, she removes the pulp from the stripe, and along with it come the eyes.
This technique will give your pineapple a terrific look. But it is also a clever way to go because you will save a lot of the total mass of your fruit, for two reasons. First, as you use the handle you won't press on the fruit. And as you cut finely, following the structure of the fruit you don't destroy the fibers. So it will not get to juicy. That's the first thing, juice.
But the most important thing is the pulp. And that's the second reason: you will only remove the pulp that's in between the eyes as you make your diagonal cut. All the pulp that is between the diagonal stripes will stay intact.
It's very hard to say no to those Pretty Pinoy Pineapples. But please be careful about one or two things. If in nature, you encounter a pineapple (I don't know, maybe you walk in the jungle sometimes), stay calm. Don't get busy with your box cutter already. Take a careful look at it before. Most of the wild kinds of pineapple are toxic, so make sure it is eatable. And when you're sure, check if it is ripe. All pineapples are toxic when unripe, even the good kinds.
In some cultures, the unripe fruit was used (and is still used, apparently) to abort pregnancy or deregulate the menstrual cycle. It seems that any strong intake of vitamin C will have the same effect. The Mayas used papaya for abortions. So don't eat to much of it. And this warning applies to you if you're a man too. Because pineapples are very astringent, which means it shrinks the mucous membranes and and dries their secretions. So you'll end up with a crazy load of aphtous ulcers and a very, very dry mouth.
So, now that you know everything, take your knives out. You'll become a pineapple artist. You'll be able to invite some friends over and serve them this gorgeous fruit, dropping amazing anecdotes from time to time. You're on your way to becoming a rockstar.


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Archive for October 4th, 2017
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Abandon Ship's Exploration Mode Revealed
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Let Them Come On Xbox One, PC & Mac
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Inmates Released Tomorrow
Iceberg Interactive's psychological horror game Inmates will be releasing tomorrow, October 5th, for PC. Check out the launch trailer, if you dare! Read the rest of this entry »


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Bronxville High School
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7:15 pm - Group Picture, 1st-12th Grade Class Members and Alumni
7:45 pm - 8:00pm Bronxville High School Capella Singers
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SPOZ's RANT ::
:: Tuesday, February 22, 2011
THE FESTIVAL "FRINGE" / OPENING NIGHTNEXUS CABARET & PRODUCERS BAR / Friday February 18th 2011Aaaah the Adelaide Fringe Festival... we all know what it means don't we? "HA HA HA DO WE EVER!! I've got me swim fins, snorkel, pink tutu on, blowtorch and everything, LET'S GO FUCKING MENTAL!! WOOOO!!" (seriously dad!? but that's your answer to everything, SHEEESH!!). Oh yes it's THAT time of year alright! that arty farty giddy gargantuan clusterfuck free-for-all from February to March when all our wildest fantasies come true... AND SO MUCH MORE!! When you can be a bonafide bohemian "space case" with no job, no prospects, no pants and no fixed address, pissing freely in the street painted head to toe in smurf blue bodypaint barking like a chihuahua and FIT RIGHT IN!! skipping merrily through a city CBD that is now your 60's porno spasgasmic wonderland or your public urinal (or a little bit of both); nothing but blue skies, leafy green gardens, tent pavillions, carnival rides, galleries, theatres and bars to look forward to; where everyone's a performing artist flinging flyers, flitting freely from one sellout show to the next laughing themselves laringly incontinent... "OOOH WHAT FANTASTICAL FESTIVE UTOPIA HAVE WE MADE FOR OURSELVES!! MAY THIS SUMMER LOVING ORGY OF IDIOT EXCESS NEVER EV... *momentary toe curling blindness* EVER CEASE!! SQUEEEEEE!!" *cough* or at least that's how I imagine it is for YOU... ya fucks! For me it's rather like my idea of hell. HELL. An apocalyptic avalanche of upteen facebook event invites I can't even squeak one bar of a phone signal through to toe tap "NOOO MORE!!" before being buried by upteen billion more: over 759 events in 325 venues in just three weeks!? AAAAHAHAhaHaHAhAHA FUCK!! and not nearly enough time, energy, sleep or intravenous caffeine abuse just to skim the surface of it all without my whole head EXPLODING attempting to publish a single blog on it...? OH IT'S HILARIOUS FUN!! forgoing all my usual haunts for countless "pop up" venues ran by shitcrazy carnyfolk: fuck full of suptropical plants, hardrubbish furniture, faerie lights, burlesque dancers, bongo drumming and deep fried food poisoning; where all beers are imported $7-8 or above luke warm in plastic bottles and all my live photos are shithouse from shooting through haphazard stage lighting hoisted up in trees and everything shuts by 2AM? or shit duuude... maybe it's my idea of HEAVEN!? waiiit, where the fuck am I again and why have my socks gone missing? NEXUS CABARET!? OOOH FUCK YEAH!!Now obviously there IS a damn good reason why I'm hiding here at Nexus of all places tonight: completely unrelated to the fact I might have "accidently" used it as a brilliant excuse to avoid one stupidly massive Fringe Opening Night parade and party happening down the east end earlier this evening: one that was expecting well over 100,000 people to pack out every inch of Rundle Street and beyond to ribcage shattering squealing intensity (and that's by conservative estimates!) only to culminate in a mass shitstorm celebration of well over a dozen live bands and DJs (not least of which Jackson Firebird, Transatlantics, Sally Seltman, The Honey Pies, 20th Century Graduates, The Salvadors and The John Steel Singers!? WHOAAA FUCKING FUCK FUCK!!) whooping it up retarded on two stages in Rymill Park and all just ONE WEEK after St Jerome's Laneway Festival (and the Adelaide Big Day Out the week before?) while simultaneously acting as the triumphant culmination of Fuse Festival earlier this week: a stupidly massive industry showcasing event for over eighty live acts performing in twenty live venues stretching from east to west, Wednesday to Thursday nights? HA HA HA FUCK NOOO WHY WOULD YOU EVER THINK THAT!? Just as I was in no way pissing myself laughing like I'd "dodged a bullet" here: when next to all the above festivities tonight were flooded out by a record breaking thunderous deluge (in no small thanks to Cyclone Yasi destroying what was left of coastal Queensland two weeks earlier) only to cancel said Fringe Opening Night parade (the party held in Rymill Park however still continuing in earnest) sending most if not all of those expected 100,000 plus people scurrying for safety like drowned rats; oh and need I also mention that amongst all this insanity the City Cross/Harvey Norman sign in Rundle Mall totally caught fire (in the rain?) and all of this shit is happening on the night of a full moon!? AAAWESOME!! Because clearly all THAT has got nothing to do with ME choosing to cover Bird Wizdom here and their latest mad dose of musical theatre: "Master's Curious Delirium" at Nexus Cabaret; or prove in any way ominous in lead up to what happened at THEIR "opening night show"? pfft... OF COURSE NOT!!As despite all appearances to the contrary there? that ISN'T Anya Anastasia going "oh shi..." while a light bulb she was brandishing utterly failed to burst into life in effort to illuminate "The Master's Guide Book Of Life" as part of her opening night performance, OPENING NIGHT PEOPLE!! while an accompanying voiceover, that also failed to trigger on time (or at all for that matter) was meant to announce said book with glorious bombast; only for the glaring absence of either to all but plunge everything into chaos and confusion whilst drummer Matt Gorgula and belly dancer Lilly Sim looked on with quiet bewilderment (perhaps to the sound of either one of them squeaking out a teeny tiny fart in accompaniment?) HA HA HA FUCK NO!! As obviously none of Bird Wizdom were available to attend tonight for "Master's Curious Delirium" (a show that I don't doubt will be simply astounding when it makes it's debut performance TOMORROW night) and were instead covered for at the very last minute by Binky & The Bung Mics and "Shit Happens! (Especially On Opening Night When Every Single Theatre Reviewer in Adelaide Is Attending) Squeeeeee!": a slapstick comedy routine based ostensibly around gross technical malfunction and the extreme measures one takes to improvise their arse out of it. And believe me we were treated to the very best of it too! For not only did that light bulb fail to glow, and every one of their audio cues in following (that formed an integral part of their ongoing narrative) from booming voice over to song backing proceed to fuck up one after the other, and I mean (almost) EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM to an abrupt crackle or timing misfire; but they also lost a microphone: forcing their "principle" (totally not Anya) to yell out most of her lines instead before an improvised solution (see below) or two (see subsequent video) could be secured (only for her to let out all her pent up rage on said book from the introduction by tearing it to shreds), and in one particularly whimsical moment? an actual moustache was sneezed off. YES A MOUSTACHE!! And as much as it WAS a total disaster and believe me it exemplified the very best that "opening night" can bring? they still held their shit together suprisingly well till the very end. Undead dude in the bowler hat (totally not Bones) especially run riot with one rapid fire joke let loose after another to cover for the glaring shortfall and kept the crowd in stitches (no shit he totally owned that stage!) and against all odds? ALL WAS NOT LOST!! with the possible exception of that moustache; seriously they looked for that thing everywhere! (it totally vanished!). And yes I know what you're thinking but this ISN'T a live review of Bird Wizdom's "Master's Curious Delirium" I assure you! This is Binky & The Bung Mics: a totally different, distinct and unique entity. And as much as they might have been a little "rough around the edges" tonight? I reckon they'll go far!1:01AM - With the "show" now all but over; except I totally didn't write a review on it (and thus it NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!) I stumbled out of Nexus Cabaret to the soothing strains of Easy Star All-Stars "Dub Side Of The Moon" (I believe it was their cover of Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage" to be precise: a more than apt selection for an awkward depature like this). While Bird Wizdo... *cough* I mean Binky & The Bung Mics "loudly congratulated" their stage technicians (or glaring lack of) for "services" rendered tonight (awwww I know, they're such a forgiving bunch aren't they?). While I considered just how horrendously drunk I should get in following in effort to forget I was ever here tonight... WOOOO!! And yet in saying all that? I was totally planning on seeing "Masters Curious Delirium" AGAIN tomorrow. WHY!? Well as much as I DID enjoy the hell out of all their improvised slapstick tonight, and I don't usually offer bands the same courtesy in a "do-over" (short of all the subsequent times I ever review them of course) most bands DON'T usually have a limited season run at the Fringe Festival playing the exact same show with wildly elaborate theatrical set pieces. In short I DIDN'T get the full experience, it was only their opening night and... what? IT'S MY FUCKING BLOG YOU ARSEHOLES, I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!! Oh and speaking of such: just what DO I do with the rest of my night? Ed Castle? Supermild? did everyone just hear a balloon slowly pissing out air as metaphor for what's become of my Friday night!? *twiddles thumbs* yaaay Festival "Fringe"!1:24AM - But as luck would have it? I DID totally have a "backup plan" and it totally involved a stupid amount of drinking (always a plus) only at the opposite end of town here at Producers Bar (huh what!?) yeaaah well let me explain. You see waaay back in the 90's there was a pub called "Producers Bar": it was next door to this one, it had live bands. Only that went out of business and got renamed to "The East End Exchange" in the early 00's (with THIS opening up as its adjoining "warehouse" room spinning shittyarse Top40 dance music). Only that closed a few years later, then got reopened as TWO separate venues late 2006: "The Electric Light Hotel" (dedicated to club DJs) and "Producers Bar" (dedicated to live music) which is what you may have remember it most from reading THIS fartarse blog back in the day; especially during its brief heyday late 2007 to 2008 (cheers Sophie!) when it played host to all manner of local and interstate indie bands (remember Children Collide back in November 2008? GOOOD TIMES!!). Only to be overrun by various "outside promoters" (Syke, Black Market etc) who made it into a Friday night weekly punk/emo/metal haunt (thrashing the odd gangsta hiphop on Saturday nights!?) to admittedly "wild success" throughout 2009 and a good part of 2010 until it all but "disappeared" off the face of the Earth (or at least as far as I was concerned because I stopped covering gigs here back in March 2009). Only for Electric Light Hotel to be inexplicably renamed as "The Old Exchange" this year in 2011 (no really, what's THAT all about?) while Producers Bar has since followed suit in "reopening" as "Producers Bar" tonight: dedicating itself to live gigs I might NOT get brutally stabbed to death for covering (yay?). Which obviously could only mean one thing for us being here tonight? LAUNCH PARTY BAAABY!!Yup Producers Bar is back! as much as it likely never left? (shit what would I know!?) AS MUCH AS THEY'RE TOTALLY BACK BAAABY!! and believe me they're truly going all out to make their diabolical presence felt in the east end again, and not a moment too soon either (I mean have you been to The Crown & Anchor lately!? pheeeuw!), with one FUCK of a whizzbang launch party extravaganza! One that features not just three, or four, or five, or even six...? but eight bands; and *cough* one last minute inclusion in Two Suns making it nine? NINE BANDS!? "WHOAAA EXPLODING SHITBALLS IN A BLENDER!!" (I know riiight!? they totally got Two Suns!). Here opening on the biggest night in Adelaide's social calendar, here perfectly positioned to take full advantage of the thousands upon thousands of mad c*nts who'll surely be spilling out from the Fringe Festival opening night parade and party aaany minute now, and enticing them in with the sweet sweet sounds of: Wolf & Cub, Lady Strangelove, The Battery Kids, Ride Into The Sun, Günter & The Safeword, Dexter Jones and a whole stack of bands I haven't even heard of before (and Two Suns!) I mean shit duuude, HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY GO WRONG!? well errr... HA HA HA *ahem* how about that weather aye!?Yup they pretty much got screwed. Thanks to the rain next to everyone's already fled flailing and screaming hours ago (and let's face it it's Adelaide, so it really doesn't take much!), next to every pub, club and venue in the east end is reporting a tenth of the number they'd projected; with even less roaming the streets now whistling on empty... duuude it's a total bust! shit even that spastic shindig down Rymill way struggled to top five hundred (but maaan did they party hard!). Or wait, maybe I'm just looking at this wrong? For all we know a veritable locust swarm followed Wolf & Cub out that door a mere half an hour ago and now they're fogging up the pavement something fierce outside Rundle Falafel mad chonged like cheshire cats, WHO'S TO KNOW!? I mean I could almost picture that happening, couldn't you? or yeaaah... maybe not. Still I love what they've done with this place. I mean suuure it's pretty much a Nine Inch Nails video circa 1994 short of a few rotating pigs heads and a cruficix monkey (don't worry, they already got them on back order): but I'm mad digging their new "open" style layout stretching from front door (complete with it's own intimate booth seating) to the stage with the full LED lighting rig (I hope that's a permanent fixture), with two bars working both ends. And all that trippy bathroom tiling? those eerie red and white lights? to those wooden dinosaur skeletons propped on the shelves? (maaan I used to love that shit!). Yup completely unrelated to the fact these knobjockeys totally paid for a fuckload of "promo" on this blog for the past three weeks running (ka-ching!) and the fact they're plying me with ooodles of free booze tonight? "FREE BOOZE!? AAAAHAHAhAHaHA!! WOOOO!!" oh I couldn't imagine anything less than a "bright future" ahead for THIS cavernous crapshack! I mean they don't even need to bribe me to endorse it, it's another live venue to frequent ferfucksake! and until I come up with countless reasons NOT to (ie: if I suddenly stop liking beer?) duuude... WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE!?RIDE INTO THE SUN (****1/2) - And better yet? I've been given more than enough time to soak up all these surrounds thanks to our seventh (yes... SEVENTH!!) act waiting patiently for me to finish shooting all the above and make my way to front of stage so I could start shooting THEM (no really, why else do all these bands play gigs in Adelaide? for the sake of other people!? AAAAHAhAhaHahA!! *ahem*) completely unrelated to the fact they might've been left high and dry thanks to sixth act Wolf & Cub leaving the stage a full half hour earlier and ever so conveniently taking their entire backline with them... YEAAAS!! Now granted Wolf & Cub might have been in a legitimate hurry to pack all their shit away because they were touring elsewhere tomorrow night and totally couldn't spare it (well they were... riiight?) just as any arrangements to "share" tonight were arbitrary at best; but it doesn't take a genius to know (whether by accident or intent) it's a surefire way to fuck up the following band's scheduling if you don't warn them first. Still as luck would have it our seventh act did keep most of THEIR backline with them from playing Arcade Lane the night before, and so after much frantic cursing and swearing for a good half hour setting everything back up again *phew* (while barstaff tapped on their time pieces to see if they're still working) lead singer Anthony Candlish finally fronted up to the mic, jokingly thanked Wolf & Cub for "opening" for them and then his band proceeded to blow our collective shit away. Yup say what you will about Ride Into The Sun's recent lineup issues, their rumoured name changes to "Sonic Death Monkey", "Kathleen Turner Overdrive", "Barry Jive & The Uptown Five" and back to "Ride Into The Sun" again (as much as all those were simply me poking fun at said "lineup issues" and dramas associated with it) what they've settled into now? could only mean good things in moving forward... duuude they've only gotten better! With new members Todd Lawrie on guitar and Tom Pennington on keys replacing original members Luke Mayes and Jessica Honeychurch (hmmm best not to kick that hornet's nest!) and joining Anthony on guitar, Adam Vanderwerf on bass and James "Balf" Thomas on drums they've now eased into a more languid "shoegaze" vibe richer in interweaving sonics and nuanced complexity. One that showcase several songs off their new EP "Goodbye Hipster, Hello Reality", the most striking of which being their epic slow build of opening number "Save Yourself" featuring drummer Balf up front noodling a harmonica solo. But even more impressive was their imposing stage presence. Shrouded in a thick fog, with nothing but blue backlighting to throw their silhouettes ten feet tall above us like a proverbial close encounter of the third kind: it may have been an "unique challenge" to photograph (not least of which trying to find their drummer lost waaay in the back) and it did drive me nuts for most of their set until I thought "fuck it!" and went all "arty farty" on it... but you can't deny just how stupidly badass it looked (and believe me they had the sound to match). Ride Into The Sun? no shit... they totally made this night worth doing!GÜNTER & THE SAFEWORD (****) - Now walking in here tonight I had no idea I was going to get all my drinks for free, NO IDEA!! Especially when I paid for my first one, nursed it for a good half hour or more, only to return to the bar (simply to spark up conversation with someone I knew) at which point one of the barstaff mysteriously hands me another drink and saunters off without uttering a single word. Even then I didn't take the hint, I swear it's for someone else, only no one else has claimed it yet. So I sniff at it like a suspicious animal for ten minutes or more, then sip it surreptitiously when no one else is looking (only to parade said accomplishment around the bar moments later like it was the craziest shit ever in the history of EVER... WAHOOO!!) only to fully expect to pay for my next drink. Only to be told by the barstaff upon delivery (as I tried handing her the money) that "management has told me to refuse all money from you". WUH!? She gives me a blank look as if to suggest "It's free you nitwit!". WUUUH!? all of it clearly having nothing to do with our eighth act Günter & The Safeword (and I don't even know why I'm mentioning it now) save for the fact I couldn't remember a single fucking thing from their set tonight. At least save for their setlist I might have photographed featuring names like: "Girls", "Teena", "Alcohol", "Ga$h", "Sexual", "Howlin'", "Friends", Gloves" and "Devils". All of which I assume are shorthand for actual song titles you might be familiar with, except I also recall that it was a really short/rapid fire set (so they might not have actually played them all). And all of it must've been really good because I totally jotted down a "4" next to their name on my phone as if to suggest an actual rating out of five. Hmmm? Now before you howl in protest and proceed to punch all caps "anonymous" insults in my comment berating me for failing to uphold any kind of "journalistic integrity" here in "reviewing" this band? let me just remind you that (a) you're reading Spoz's Rant (and you really should know better!) and (b) this is a band I'm "reviewing" FOR Spoz's Rant playing just shy of 3AM on Fringe Festival opening night, I mean c'mon WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!? Suffice to say they're Günter & The Safeword: they're full throttle funk metal you can totally FUCK to, they're every one of Mike Patton's shitcrazy mental dysfunctions stuffed into a blender put through a megaphone, I haven't seen nearly enough of their shit for the past year or more to the point it's EMBARASSING, and if nothing else this year? I'm totally gonna do my utmost in addressing that AND SO SHOULD YOU!!3:42AM - *Phew* it's been a looong night, as much as I feel like I have very little to show for it. I mean there's been like what? a million, billion, upteen squillion events exploding every which way for Fringe Festival tonight and WHAT HAVE I DONE? errr shit... I dunno? "stuff"!? I mean I don't know about you people? but the more choices I'm given: especially when there's waaay too many of them? the more likely I'm just gonna choose none of the above, go "LA LA LA I ain't listening!" blow bubbles out my arse and get stupidly drunk at Ed Castle or Supermild... for like three weeks running until it all blows over! (and hey the latter does have longnecks!). Until it occurs to me that I am getting free beer here... FREE BEER!! Two Suns are due to start any minute now, and wait did someone say TWO SUNS? HA HA HA SHIT DUUUDE WHERE ELSE WOULD I WANNA BE!? as much as Hania is having a hard time convincing me of it... yeaaah I know *pfft* WHAT AM I THINKING!?TWO SUNS - So heeere I am... WHOOOP-DI-FUCKING-DOOOO! (and no that isn't the sound of a "rooster crowing" although yes we're just about due for one... HIYOOOO!!). And quite like you'd imagine, throughout the week: various members of Lady Strangelove had been trading quips with Two Suns on facebook over the ridiculous nature of this live set and just how stupidly late it would ultimately occur (somewhere just shy of four in the morning in case you're wondering) and whether they'd need to bring their own pillows, sleeping bags, bacon and eggs, orange juice, fresh coffee, breakfast muffins, crumpets or BBQ sauce to accompany it; or fuck it... perhaps all the above? Either way I'm just happy that I'm still managing to stay "upright" here, as the bar has long since run out of beer and now I'm onto the cider (it's still free though, so what the hey!) and obviously this ISN'T me providing a live review in following... I mean seriously!? WE'RE WELL BEYOND THAT!! as much as I could mention that Brendan Shaw from Lady Strangelove joined the band for a song (I forgot what he did exactly but it must've been awesome!), go on to mention that what you're seeing below IS bass player Davison Jones' feet with alternating coloured socks on, and that below THAT I've provided you with a live video of "Dead Sea" that I totally don't remember shooting; and as for the rest? yeaaah you just had to be here.. it was madness maaan, pure fucking madness!4:19AM - Still as much as I'd well and truly "checked out" hours ago? this duuude was well into it! HA HA HA NOOOO SHIT... HE WAS NOTHING SHORT OF INSPIRATIONAL!! front and centre, flailing, swaying, prostrate, shrieking and wailing his undying adoration for Two Suns; watch that live video above and wonder out loud at the wide-eyed spectacle of it and wonder why you too weren't here for it yourself... WOOOO!! Yup if ever there was a reason to frequent the fuck out of this joint in coming weeks? whether it be as a performer or a punter? it'd be for mad fucked up shit like this. Producers Bar. It's back. It's booking now. And completely unrelated to the fact they're bribing me like crazy with free piss and advertising revenue? (pfft... noooo!) I wholeheartedly endorse this!5:10AM - And then of course we had to leave, because seriously WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE STILL DOING OUT AT THIS HOUR!? as much as I was very much enjoying all those complimentary ciders, except wait... does anyone else find all those ice cubes annoyingly distracting? I mean they keep clanging about in the glass, they're hitting your teeth at weird angles to the point you gotta scoop them all with your hands and flick them about the floo... and no wait what the fuck am I saying!? I'M DRINKING FOR FREE!! or in the other words? it was only after Adam Vanderwerf from Ride Into The Sun stole my novelty cigarette lighter (that I totally stole from someone else, weeks back at Supermild... only I forgot who!?) and proceed to pull shitcrazy faces with it that I snapped out of it and realise just where the fuck I was... *ahem* so like, who's up for some Pancake Kitchen then?Short stack? no wait... medium stack? triple stack with ice cream? aaanyone!?5:23AM - Obviously next to everyone else here was looking to go home already; as much as "already" is an odd choice of words (and yes I'm well aware of that) but hey it's only a few short hours until the first bus anyways (or only an hour and a half until the "H22" bus at approximately 6:45AM on a Saturday morning, according to my bus timetable) so that's gotta be a plus riiight!?5:31AM - But I wasn't having any part in that, OOOOH NO!! I wasn't giving up, I was a man on a mission! for pancake stacks, triple stacks! with icecream and maple syrup and shitcrazy hundreds and thousands! and! and I WILL NOT RELENT UNTIL I'VE SUCCEEDED IN THIS RIGHTEOUS QUEST!! or at the very least sought out the laziest, nearest, drunken equivalent, and aaaah pfft... what do I care? it's all the same at this hour! And is that Anthony Candlish putting his shoes on? and I'm totally taking a photo of it laughing myself blind like it's the best thing EVER? yeaaah pretty much, it's 5:31AM, what else is there to do in the east end at this hour? AAAAHAHAhahAhAHAhA SHOES!!5:35AM - Which possibly explains why we ended up HERE at this infamous Pultney Street eatery: who's foul name we dare not speak in "polite company" (although it's not hard to guess from that EFTPOS machine) as much as none of that hopes to explain the reasoning behind THIS photo. Nope that's Lisa, "Lisa... who!?" yeaaah I've got no freaking clue either, only totally she tagged along for the ride and now she's entertaining us all with her many wacky skateboarding injuries...(aaaah I know, this is SO totally the best blog I've ever written, dontcha think!?)5:45AM - While Anthony Candlish here appears to have stumbled upon an endless source of "amusement" in MY many conflicting brain injuries. Hmmm. Now as much as you might THINK such a grisly scene would prove endlessly disturbing to a great many of the patrons eating here tonight; considering the "faeces flinging hour" to which we find ourselves? yeaaah we pretty much just blend in. Awesome huh!? (HA HA HA I know, I think I suffered a mild stroke just looking at this photo!).5:49AM - Now as much as I could of (perhaps should have) switched my camera off hours ago: yanked out the battery, the memory card and smashed it repetitively against a wall as many times as deemed entirely necessary so I'd never have to make the horrifying discovery in all these idiotic photos the next day (I mean it'd certainly save me a hell of a lot of near nonsensical commentary at the end of a blog) I dunno, I just find it weirdly "fascinating". Like there's something peaceful, almost "meditative" in watching pissdrunks pick at their food with such unabashed enthusiasm.Besides I just had to capture THIS moment for posterity... yes that IS a bundle of french fries dipped in tartare (or at least I hope it was tartare!?) and it was hands down THE BEST SHIT EVER!!6:01AM - Just like I wholeheartedly believe that these two photos of Lisa... whoever the hell she is!? (but aaaah isn't she awesome all the same!) fogging up all the windows outside just now? represents just what I truly love MOST about the Fringe Festival. "wait... what the fuck has one got to do with the other here!? NONE OF THIS SHIT MAKES ANY SENSE!?" Exactly! just like the Fringe Festival itself. And that sound of your head spinning right now? is exactly where I'm at right now!(hmmm and to think we're not the craziest people in this city right now...?)Yup I dunno about you... but with three more weeks of this insanity yet to come? I'M EXCITED!!Previously on Spoz's Rant: One Night For The Sunshine State
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Revelation 19 has much to say about Jesus Christ Himself and His accomplishments to end this age, bring in the next age, and open the door for New Jerusalem to come down out of heaven.
In verse 19:14, "The armies which are in heaven followed Him on white horses, dressed in fine linen, white and clean." The white and clean garments indicate that these believers are approved by the Lord. These garments are not merely gifts to them. Rather, the garments manifest the believers inward condition and daily living.
This clean living includes the cleansing of our sins, and also the transformation of our inner being. The first is the forgiveness by Christ's redemption (Eph. 1:7). The second is accomplished by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5) and also the purifying of our souls by our obedience (1 Peter 1:22).
The garments qualify us 1) to attend the marriage dinner of the Lamb (Rev. 19:7-9), 2) to be part of His victorious army, and 3) to participate in New Jerusalem.
Forgiveness of sins is a necessary step in becoming part of New Jerusalem, but it is not the only step. We also need the renewing of our inner being to match the newness of New Jerusalem. This is the renewing of our mind by the Spirit in our spirit (Rom. 12:2, Eph. 4:23).
Those who are wearing white garments are on white horses. These match the white horse on which the Lord sits (v. 11). By the Spirit's renewing, we are being renewed according to the Lord's image (Col. 3:10), thus matching Him in many ways. We thereby become His expression now as the new man (Col. 3:10-11) and eternally as New Jerusalem.


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Chrome is a soft metal, so to ensure it keeps its shiny finish for years to come you need to clean it properly. You can see full instructions on how to clean chrome in the Brassware section of our Aftercare and Maintenance guide.
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I throughly enjoyed The Fate of the Furious. Although it was not my favorite (Fast Five) or my least favorite (Furious Seven), it was fun and the references to earlier movies were just right. I went with a GF of mine who hadn't seen 2-8 and she enjoyed it. So win-win. The movie opens with a car chase through the streets of Havana. They know what their audience wants. And they give it to us every time.
I rewatched Furious Seven on Thursday before catching the new one. I remembered why it is my least favorite. The cars are no longer characters, they are tools with which to accomplish the task, which I don't like. The cars have always been extensions of the characters and to demolish cars willy nilly seems sacrilegious to the cannon.
However, every time I rewatch these movies, I always find scenes that I love. In Furious Seven, the team is passing Ramsey (their newest family member) between cars. Ramsey is a hacker who can't drive (I'm OK with that, her skills lie elsewhere); she jumps into Letty's car and the two women take off. Ramsey turns to Letty and says, "Whose coming to save us?" Letty laughs her off and says, "No one is coming to save us." It is a beautiful anti-fairy tale moment.
Of course, Hobbs (Dwayne, The Rock, Johnson) flies in out of nowhere in an ambulance to take down the drone to save them. Soooo…
WRT cars-as-characters, Fate of the Furious seems to return to imbuing cars with character especially in the submarine chase scene. Everyone hates the orange Lambo, and its showiness is used as a metaphor for Roman's gaudy personality. When it gets destroyed, much to Roman's dismay, the metaphor is not lost on the rest of the team. Having said that, Letty and Ramsey roll together in F8 and every time I see them in their the Rally Fighter , Letty's eyes on the road, Ramsey's eyes on the laptop, it makes me tear up a little. They are my new favorite dynamic duo. #girlsdrive #girlscode
There are some beautiful moments in the film, from Helena's return to Hellen Mirren as Mother Shaw. I also LOVE the early scene where Hobbs leads his daughter's soccer team in a haka. I haven't really processed the beauty of this in a mainstream Hollywood film, but I teared up a bit. Knowing his own commitment to his culture (they actually sent the haka script to be blessed by elders in NZ), I loved that Johnson performed this traditional Polynesian war cry/dance/challenge with a multiracial group of little girls ready to do battle.
It was not appropriation, it was appreciation, and the clip below features the importance of this moment on set, teaching the girls of the emotion and memory that is part of the haka. The F&F franchise, the actors, the characters, the locations, the narratives, provides a platform for the mix of cultures, histories, and people on a global stage as "normal." At no point does Hobbs talk about his culture (although in 6, it is revealed that he is in Tej's phone as "Samoan Thor"), it just is. The word "haka" isn't even mentioned. I am certain that there were people in the audience who had no idea what was happening, and their bewilderment was reflected in the faces of the rival team onscreen. If you don't know, you better ask somebody.
IMO this is the future of filmmaking.
Charlize Theron as the villain was much better than I had envisioned. I was originally disheartened by her addition to the "family." I love the F&F franchise for their embrace of multiracial, international casts, and Theron's striking whiteness (i.e., very white skin, very blond hair, made more evident by her very horrible locks) is antithetical to the phenotypes of the team. But this seems intentional; Cipher is a villain, who doesn't care about life, family, or cars. She hacks thousands of cars and literally hurls them at her targets. By taking the car-as-tool metaphor to the extreme with Cipher, the viewer is encouraged to despise her.
But more importantly, she appropriates Dom from his family (and Letty on their honeymoon in Cuba) and then flaunts her power in classic "mean girl" fashion (i.e., kissing Dom in front of Letty to demonstrate that she is more desirable and powerful than this little brown girl from East LA). The locks are just a metaphor for the kind of woman she is: the kind of white woman you love to hate in a post-Dolezal world.
I also found myself cheering for the Shaw family. What I love most about the franchise is the opportunity for villains (or those working against the family) to redeem themselves and become part of the family: Brian (1), Gisele (4), Hobbs (5), Owen (6), Deckard (7). This is explicit in the very first scene of F8 (and reiterated by Cipher later in the movie), where Dom races Fernando, a Cuban boss who wants to muscle Dom's cousin. The boss tries to kill Dom during the race, but Dom forgives him, lets him keep his car, and Fernando becomes an ally. This is the family way, and I love it. 727 Days to April 19, 2019.
PS: I'm looking forward to the Statham/Johnson spinoff. There is also a rumor than Han may make another appearance… YES PLEASE! #justiceforhan


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The official name of this gene is "von Willebrand factor."
VWF is the gene's official symbol. The VWF gene is also known by other names, listed below.
The VWF gene provides instructions for making a blood clotting protein called von Willebrand factor. This protein contains regions that attach (bind) to specific cells and proteins during the formation of a blood clot. After an injury, clots protect the body by sealing off damaged blood vessels and preventing further blood loss.
Von Willebrand factor is made within endothelial cells, which line the inside surface of blood vessels, and bone marrow cells. The factor is made of several identical subunits. To facilitate binding to various cells and proteins, these subunits are cut into smaller pieces by an enzyme called ADAMTS13. Von Willebrand factor helps platelets stick together and adhere to the walls of blood vessels at the site of a wound. These groups of platelets form temporary clots, plugging holes in blood vessel walls to help stop bleeding. Von Willebrand factor also carries another blood clotting protein, coagulation factor VIII, to the area of clot formation.
More than 300 mutations in the VWF gene have been found to cause von Willebrand disease. Mutations in the VWF gene that reduce the amount of von Willebrand factor cause type 1 von Willebrand disease. People with type 1 von Willebrand disease have von Willebrand factor in their bloodstream, but at reduced amounts. Mutations that disrupt the function of the von Willebrand factor cause the four subtypes of type 2 von Willebrand disease. These mutations usually change one of the protein building blocks (amino acids) used to make von Willebrand factor, which can disrupt the factor's ability to bind to various cells and proteins needed to form a blood clot. Mutations that result in an abnormally short, nonfunctional von Willebrand factor generally cause the more severe type 3 von Willebrand disease. A reduction in the amount of von Willebrand factor or problems with its function slows the formation of blood clots, which causes the prolonged bleeding episodes seen in von Willebrand disease.
Cytogenetic Location: 12p13.3
Molecular Location on chromosome 12: base pairs 5,928,300 to 6,104,096
The VWF gene is located on the short (p) arm of chromosome 12 at position 13.3.
More precisely, the VWF gene is located from base pair 5,928,300 to base pair 6,104,096 on chromosome 12.
See How do geneticists indicate the location of a gene? in the Handbook.
You and your healthcare professional may find the following resources about VWF helpful.
You may also be interested in these resources, which are designed for genetics professionals and researchers.
See How are genetic conditions and genes named? in the Handbook.
The Handbook provides basic information about genetics in clear language.
These links provide additional genetics resources that may be useful.
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You may find definitions for these and many other terms in the Genetics Home Reference
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Categories: 1 Player, Action, Fighting, Flash, Zombies
Fight Back against the Zombie Apocalypse! They want Brains? Feet? Torsos? No Problem! Silly Zombies don't know you Poisoned their Tasty Cadaver Treats! You're gonna Save this Town if you've gotta Chainsaw every non-Zombie Corpse to do it!!
Game controls:
Three Easy Steps!
1. Click Drawer to Reveal Body
2. Click Body Part to Chainsaw it Off
3. Click the Zombie to Feed it the Body Part!
Don't forget which parts you've Chainsawed off!!
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Our Leadership Team, 10 enthusiastic volunteers plus our minister, inspire and oversee the running of this place. Meetings begin by lighting the same Christ candle used in Sunday worship, reminding us to listen for the Spirit's nudging and linking us to the congregation and community we serve.
We have just a few. They are elected by our annual congregational meeting.
Trustees hold our congregation's property in trust for the benefit of our own congregation and the wider United Church of Canada.
Property is who we call when the roof leaks or a toilet backs up – they keep this old dowager of a building in good repair.
Ministry & Personnel is the team that offers support and accountability to all our staff: ministers, admin, music, and caretaker.
Someone has an inspiration, draws others with that inspiration around them, checks out with our Leadership Team whether that inspiration is a "good fit" with our congregation's ministry, and, with approval, gets to it! A few examples:
Prayerfully Knitting (prayer shawls and other tangible expressions of our care)
Green Team (no disposables used here!)
The CFR Gardeners
Pastoral Care Team
ARTs-fest Team
Alleluia Singers
Crescent Fort Rouge United Church
525 Wardlaw Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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