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As many of you know, I am a birth mom. I've written about my story here. This year, I am honored to participate in the Adoption Bloggers Interview Project. The Adoption Interview project pairs people involved with adoption from every angle and has them interview each other. I was surprised and happy that all my sisters joined me in the project and answered some great questions about their thoughts about adoption.
Here is how it works. I was paired with the lovely Natalie, who has a beautiful five year old daughter named Hannah. Natalie is a adoptive parent, and she blogs at Adopting the Spectrum. If you head on over to her blog, you can read her interview with all of the Sweet Ridge Sisters talking about adoption. Here is the interview that I did with Natalie.
Please describe your relationship with Hannah's birthparents. How often are you in contact? How do you interact when you are communicating? Has it changed significantly over the past several years?
What has been the biggest surprise for you about open adoption?
My biggest surprise about open adoption has been other people's reaction to it when they find out that Hannah is adopted. So many people who have no business commenting on my family's personal life feel free to say whatever they want and ask very personal questions simply because our family was created by adoption. We hear things like, "Oh you are so lucky that she looks just like you. No one will ever know she's adopted," like that's something undesirable! It also never ceases to surprise me when people respond with some variation of, "Aren't you afraid SHE is going to steal Hannah back from you since she knows where you live?" This comment bothers me for so many reasons. First it paints Tiffany as a villain and since they've never met her I don't know why they think they could possibly pass that judgment. Second it implies that I would do something that would put Hannah in danger. UGH! Another thing that surprised me was that many people painted us as some sort of saints for adopting. They don't seem to understand no matter how hard I try to explain that WE were the ones that were blessed, not Hannah. We really wanted to have a family and adoption was the only route to that for us. We didn't "save" a baby. We were blessed with a baby and a whole lot more in a relationship with all of Hannah's birth by her adoption. We did nothing heroic.
What is your greatest fear about open adoption?
My greatest fear about open adoption is that at some point we will lose contact with one or both of Hannah's birthparents and the impact that will have on her. We chose open adoption so that Hannah would always know her birthfamily. We dreamed about a close extended family relationship with them and we have luckily had exactly that. Naively, we never considered that fact that people change, situations change, and that we might not always have the kind of relationship we want. We never considered that it wasn't all in our control. Since adopting Hannah we've met other open adoption parents who've lost contact with their children's birthparents at some point down the road of their adoptions. Even though they always kept their relationships open, one or more of the birthparents simply stopped contact/moved and did not leave forwarding information/had a falling out with the adoptive parents/regressed into back into substance abuse or abusive relationships/etc. I often panic when I think about that possibly happening to us. Hannah is my baby girl and I'd do anything for her, but I can't be her birthfamily even though I wish she'd been born from my womb. As a parent it's hard to know that there is something so vitally important to your child's life that you have no control over providing to her. I simply have to turn Hannah over to the Lord and pray that He will give her all she needs to be at peace with herself whether or not she has contact with her birthfamily.
Hannah has Aspergers Syndrome. How does this impact her perception of adoption? How does it impact yours?
What made you decide to pursue adopting from foster care in the future?
Has your family been supportive of your open adoption?
This is an interesting question to answer. At first Kyle's family was very much against any type of adoption and extremely against open adoption in particular. They believed a lot of negative myths about adoption, had preconceived stereotypes about birthparents and children who might be born to them, and were pretty much just prejudiced about the whole situation. My family on the otherhand is a very blended family to begin with. There are many divorces, remarriages, adoptions, and pseudo adoptions already so they didn't seem to think anything would be different. So, when Hannah was born we were prepared to go to battle with Kyle's family to accept our little one, but one look at her precious face and they were all over it. She was completely accepted and adored. They even occasionally ask about her birthfamily and how they are doing and don't hassle us at all about having an open relationship with them. My family on the otherhand totally shocked us and went the other direction once Hannah was born. While they adore Hannah and treat her like an absolute princess, they are not accepting of Hannah's birthfamily at all. There has been much jealously about having to share Hannah with another family and disparaging remarks made both to them and about them to us. At one point we thought we might have to cut contact with my family if they couldn't get their acts together it was so bad. We worried about the message it would send to Hannah to hear (and feel the hostility) negative things said by people she loved about other people she loved. We weren't about to allow that to continue and felt we had to nip it in the bud before Hannah got old enough to totally get it. Things seem to be better now and while there are no longer negative remarks made in our presence, I don't feel like they accept Hannah's birthfamily really. Unfortunately, I can't make them. I can however make sure they don't express their opinions in front of Hannah by reminding them that if they want contact with Hannah they have to play by our rules and that includes respecting Hannah's birthfamily's place in her life and our decision to maintain a close relationship with them by not expressing negative attitudes in front of Hannah.
Hannah's birthfather's family doesn't know about the adoption. What do you tell Hannah about that? Do you think they will ever find out?
Well, so far Hannah hasn't really asked about Mike's family so we haven't brought it up either. I have some answers prepared and ready for when it does come up, but all my adoption parenting books say not to give kids more information than what they ask for. When they are ready to process certain aspects about their adoption they will ask. Another part about this that makes it tricky is that Mike now has 2 other children with two different women (not Hannah's birthmother) that also do not know about Hannah and whom we have never met and who it is likely we will never be allowed to meet. I did manage to pull some pictures of them off of facebook and have saved them on my computer for Hannah for when it comes up. It just breaks my heart that I will eventually have to tell Hannah she has siblings that she can't see and that I can't make it happen no matter how much she may want it because their mommies have the final say. So, I guess at the moment Hannah isn't curious about Mike's family so we haven't told her anyting about it yet. I'm not sure she's ready to process the fact that some people have negative ideas about adoption or hide pregnancy's because they are ashamed of them (she still hasn't asked the big "where do babies come from/how are babies made?" question yet so I'm not going to do anything to hasten that conversation!) because to her adoption is a perfectly normal part of life. She doesn't feel different because of it yet and I'd like to keep it that way for as long as possible. She already has so much that makes her different from her peers (giftedness and a behavior disorder) that I don't want to add more to her plate before she's ready. I do think that someday Mike's family will find out about Hannah since it's a pretty big seceret to keep and it seems like the bigger the secret the more likely it'll be blown wide open at some point. Now that Mike has friended me on facebook I think the likelihood that someone will put two and two together based on our posts and conversations is great. I'd love to meet them and learn more about them since we know very little about them. If even to just get a better feel of family health history and pictures I'd love to chat with them even if they don't want an ongoing relationship. Unfortunately, it would be disrespectful to go against Mike's wishes and contact them ourselves. However, when Hannah is old enough we'll give her all the information on them we have so that she can try to make contact if she wants.
Thanks so much to Natalie for being a great interview partner and to Heather at Open Adoption Bloggers for hosting this amazing project.


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A couple of years ago when I was reading the county court records for Henry Co. Va I noticed an entry which required all the free blacks in the county to report to the Depot where they would be put to work doing labor for the Confederacy. I also noted another entry where a member of the family I was researching was "exempt" from this conscription on the recommendation of the local white folks who said he was the only blacksmith left and was needed. In 1999 Renee INgram publishedd a book entitled "In View of the Great Want of Labor" which explains the legislation enacted by both the General Assembly of VA and Confederate Congress which reflects the AA participation, free and enslaved which was used to meet the Confederacy's agricultural, military and technological demands. The book contains the register of Free Negroes Enrolled and Detailed from May 1964 - Jan 1865


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When Google App Engine was first announced its launch, I was thrilled and sympathized with the advertised benefit so much. Focusing on application development on Google Cloud, so I didn't need to take time for the server scaling and maintenance, and didn't need to hire server engineers? Great. It's what I had wanted.
But I was silly, I had not invested even a bit part of my time to research and practice GAE, just because I felt I might as well wait until the experiences of GAE and its DataStore (BigTable) has stocked on the web blogs/forums, and I had even made excuses that Python was not so popular (!) in Japan (yes, I'm Japanese).
In the mean time I had been mostly satisfied with RubyonRails ecosystem. (Ah, I now feel I want to express my love and hate to RoR, but this is not the right place to say it). Then I preferred Heroku, the great PaaS and it's also provides the maintenance free infrastructure. Thanks to the service I can sleep well at night.
Nevertheless, unfortunately I confess after I learned Ruby well and experienced several projects over several years, I couldn't love it because of mainly its overly flexible and casual meta programming culture. I felt it didn't meet my preference, especially after reading "Zen of Python"(http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PythonPhilosophy). I often prefer something by its philosophy and ideology. So I have gradually increased time to write code by Python instead of Ruby.
Getting back to the topic, then I watched recent Google Platform Live
(http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.jp/2014/03/google-cloud-platform-live-blending-iaas-and-paas-moores-law-for-the-cloud.html). And its promotions, especially announcing Managed VM (https://developers.google.com/cloud/managed-vms) triggered me off seriously thinking of GAE and its Google Cloud Platform again.
So I walked through the feature list and videos, it looks GAE Python environment has greatly matured (well, I hope) and the documents seem pretty improved.
Plus, as far as I read official videos and articles and many articles on the web about DataStore, I can feel quite optimistic to handle it. While I'm still not sure how to express "Many to Many association" used in RDB (certainly needs a mental switch). So I will try to do some implementation.
You may worry about vendor lock-in? Ah, yes, I will accept the risk. I'm going to rely on Google Cloud Platform and it would be a great deal to me because I want to 100% focus on app development and service management, and don't want to spend time to worry about the server stuff like scaling, security fix, server and other infrastructure monitoring, provisioning, deployment, hiring and communicating server guys as a service grows...
Heroku is also definitely great (convenient, and expensive!) service, and AWS is the most popular choice. But currently GAE and GCP services get my interest and motivation for learning.
But it is NOT urgent priority, since I've already had the production service under development, but already built 95% for the first release. It's served on Heroku and AWS (EC2). Time span would be 6 months or 1 year, even if I decide to migrate to GAE (GCP). Even I'm not sure how to migrate data in the RDB to DataStore (BigTable) or should compromise to use Cloud SQL.
At any rate, I believe passion and craftsmanship are keys to eventually produce great products. Delegating server stuff to the reliable vender is a significant factor for a startup product in order to focus the service itself.
* It would be something like the Holy Grail eventually when Dartlang will be supported in the future.
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With Election Day less than a hundred days away, we can expect the campaign season to bring out some of the worst in human behavior. It encourages politicians, activists, and the journalists who cover them to participate in all sorts of shenanigans.
However, much of what are self-styled elite opinionmongers would dismiss as "silly" perhaps isn't. Perhaps it's only their failure to hold their ideological compatriots to the same standards. Take the case of billionaire hedge-fund manager and progressive megadonor Tom Steyer, who regularly commits so many of the sins conservatives are accused of--and gets a free from progressives.
Take, for example, the handwringing and hyperventilating over money in politics, which progressives argue is corrosive to democracy. It's a cause célèbre on the left, who fight against it in the court of public opinion and in the halls of Congress. Their chief bogeyman at the moment is the Super PAC, an independent political committee that may raise and spend unlimited amounts of money in support of political candidates. The Super PAC, according to many of the left, amounts to nothing less than the wholesale buying of elections.
But their squeamishness about big-dollar Super PAC donors influencing politics doesn't seem to extend to Steyer--who is, according to the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation, the single biggest Super PAC donor of this election cycle. As of the third week of July, Steyer had already shelled out a cool $20 million for progressive candidates. Liberals who decry the Super PAC always point fingers at wealthy conservative donors--but in the Sunlight Foundation's analysis, the top five conservative Super PAC donors combined still fall short of what Steyer has dropped on this year's races.
And this year, every major fact-checking organization has long been on the record against a wild claim that Steyer's Super PAC, NextGen Climate Action, recently made in Iowa against Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst. In short, an ad run by the Steyer group charges that Ernst's signing of Americans for Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge is tantamount to support for American companies sending jobs overseas. The Pledge, Steyer's ad argues, protects tax credits for those companies despite the pledge including no such promises.
Every major fact-checking site: Adwatch, FactCheck.org, and Politifact, as well as local organizations in cities like Seattle and Las Vegas, have debunked this claim in the previous two election cycles when it's been made against other candidates signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.
Even as Steyer has invested in the 2014 midterms more heavily than anyone else – giving more than twice as much as this cycle's next largest Super PAC donor, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg – his motives for doing so have escaped media scrutiny. It hardly needs to be said that the same courtesy is never extended to conservative donors, to whom the media tends to ascribe nefariously self-interested motives for their political giving.
And yet Steyer burst onto the political scene by opposing the Keystone XL pipeline, a project which promises lower energy prices and thousands of new jobs. His opposition to the pipeline was heralded as a public spirited act of social conscience.
Actually, it turns out that Steyer held a financial stake in the Kinder Mountain pipeline, a competing pipeline, and stood to profit significantly if regulators killed the Keystone project in favor of Kinder Mountain. Steyer has since divested himself of his interests in fossil fuels, but the media never questioned his motives, choosing instead to praise his activism and coo over the possibility that he might run for office someday.
Commentators often refer to the runup to Election Day as "the silly season." But what's truly silly is a double standard that protects Tom Steyer while he freely commits some of the worst sins in the progressive catechism.


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Nathan's Wish
On Saturday 13th October Nathan was treated to watch the recording of The Big Friday Wind Up at the BBC studios in Salford.
Nathan had the surprise of his life when an 18 seater Hummer turned up to pick him up! At the studios he was met by the Producer of CBBC, Helen who escorted Nathan and Mum to front row seats in the studio ready to watch the show.
Nathan, who 12 years old and has been battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia since 2009, was also give the opportunity to ask their guest of the day, Amelia Lilly a question when she was being interviewed. He also won a Simon Cowell mask for singing a one Direction song! After the show Nathan was taken backstage to meet Sam and Mark where he had photo's and autographs. Sam talked quite a long time to Nathan as they both come from the same town! Back in the Hummer he was treated to another bottle of bubbly which he shared at home with his Dad and Sister. It was a magical day for Nathan. Thanks to Helen from CBBC for a very special day.
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Nathan asked to be on a tv show, and his favourite shows feature Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes. When You Wish Upon a Star was able to arrange a trip to the BBC tv studio at Salford to see Sam and Mark in action and get some ideas for Nathan's wish. Nathan was amazed when Barbara whisked him off to the studio in a black Hummer limousine ! He had a brilliant day and may appear on the audience when the show goes out in January. He was excited to meet Sam and Mark in the green room. Thank you very much When You Wish Upon a Star.


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In Britain, the government's budget is presented to Parliament in March, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Then in the autumn, he makes another speech updating his plans based on half-yearly economic data. Today, George Osborne had to do more than update, he had to admit his long term goal of eliminating Britain's structural deficit by 2015 would not happen. He also had to acknowledge that his figures for government borrowing would have to be revised upwards by £39 billion ($60.9 billion).
Osborne also had to admit that the risk of recession was very real. "If the rest of Europe heads into recession it may prove hard to avoid one here in the UK," he told the House of Commons.
Blaming the euro zone's debt crisis for tipping Britain to recession may have some truth to it but the increased borrowing is strictly on the Conservative-led coalition government's head. Osborne made deficit elimination via austerity the centerpiece of his economic strategy.
He learned one lesson of political economics very well on his swift rise to prominence: if you inherit a weak economy get the painful stuff done to make it grow early in your term of office, hopefully people will forget about the pain, if the next election is held during a period of gain.
His austerity plans cut far and fast. Osborne was told this would increase unemployment and it has. Increased joblessness has led to pronounced consumer pessimism. Shops are closing, putting more people out of work. Paying several hundred thousand more people unemployment benefits is driving up debt.
So Osborne is now looking to a kind of semi-Keynesianism. He announced today there will be £5 billion for infrastructure projects - 500 have been identified. But the Chancellor said he wanted private pension funds to invest up to £20 billion in those projects. No word yet from the pension funds on whether they will invest in the projects.
The other way Osborne is planning on saving money is by holding on to the current wage freeze across the public sector through next year, and then capping pay at 1 percent per year for the following two years.
With inflation at 5 percent that is the equivalent of ordering a 4 percent pay cut.
In an interesting bit of timing, tomorrow, many public sector workers, including most of the country's state school teachers, are holding a one-day strike over their pensions. The pay freeze is like pouring oil on the fire.
It seems that in addition to a long period of slow growth, Britain may be entering a long period of industrial unrest.


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One of the victims also gave birth to a healthy baby boy after she was critically wounded in the movie theater shooting.
Hugo Jackson Medley was born at 7:11 a.m. MT Tuesday at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. The baby's father, 23-year-old Caleb Medley, was also shot while in the theater. Family and friends say Caleb Medley has been improving after being in a medically-induced coma. He is staying one floor below where his wife and baby are.
See an outline of events and facts surrounding the Colorado theater shooting
Later in the day, actor Christian Bale, who plays Batman in "The Dark Knight Rises,"' met with victims at the Medical Center of Aurora.
After visiting the them, Bale, accompanied by his wife, stopped by a makeshift memorial to the victims near the movie theater. He walked among the dozen crosses raised for each of the victims who died. It appeared that many people there didn't realize who he was or chose to leave him alone.
An online campaign had urged Bale to visit survivors of the shooting that took place during a midnight showing of the latest Batman film. Along with the 12 who were killed, 58 others were injured.
Questions are lingering about the mental state of James Holmes one day after his first appearance in court.
Holmes was taken to court in handcuffs Monday. He denied bond, did not speak to the judge or make eye contact with any of the victims present. He sat silently with a dazed look, and at one point even closed his eyes. While some wondered if he was drugged, sources tell ABC News he wasn't drugged and that he's been acting strange since his arrest. Holmes, 24, is accused of carrying out the shooting.
Read statements from public officials about the Colorado theater shooting
Some victims and family members of those killed attended the hearing, saying they needed to see Holmes in-person. Others made it a point to stay away.
"I don't want to look in the eyes of the man who took away my sister and 11 other lives," said Jordan Ghawi, brother of shooting victim /*Jessica Ghawi.*/
Read more information about shooting suspect James Holmes
Holmes won't be formally charged until Monday. Until then, he is being held in solitary confinement without bond.
Prosecutors say they are considering asking for the death penalty, but plan to consult with family members of the victims before making that decision. Prosecutors stopped short of calling this a slam dunk case.
The legal process involving Holmes is expected to take quite some time, investigators say. It could be more than a year before the case goes to trial.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros., which released "The Dark Knight Rises," has donated an undisclosed amount of money to the GivingFirst.org fund, which will go to help victims and their families. The fund has raised nearly $2 million.
Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood will host a public candlelight vigil Tuesday night for the victims and survivors of the shooting. A donation box for the victims fund will also be available.
The event starts at 8:30 p.m. and the lights on the theatre façade will go dark at 9:00 p.m. as a gesture of solidarity.
View photos from the scene of the shooting at an Aurora, Colorado theater
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Take your taste buds on a journey of gastronomical delights at one of Malta's finest restaurants. Discover our field to fork concept and our traditional Maltese food menu.
Opening Hours
Monday to Sunday:
Lunch: 12:00 – 15:00
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Breakfast served on Saturdays and Sundays only from 9.30 till 10.30
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We believe that good food is always in season and we take great pride in the fact that all our produce and ingredients are homegrown. Our estate consists of over 600 acres of land covered in rich, dark, soil which is religiously ploughed and cultivated. This soil is home to a number of different fruits and vegetables which are grown according to the season. Book a table today and experience excellence first hand.
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A Diar il-Bniet meal means an honest, authentic and genuine meal; made of only the freshest ingredients that were grown and hand picked by one of our own. The recipes from which these dishes derive were written by our elders, decades ago, and taught to us as children. Every aspect of the dining experience we provide is honest and true to not only our roots but the roots of Maltese cuisine. Discover our story.
A' La Carte Seasonal Menu
We have a superb a la carte menu which is changed seasonally. We use only the best quality ingredients in our dishes which are sourced fresh from our fields hence our fork-to-table concept. All our products are locally produced and you can expect a great experience when eating our centuries old recipes that go back as far as the Mifsud's great grand mother.View Spring Menu
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The taste of the month is always changing because we have such wonderful products growing in our fields which we incorporate into some of our wonderful seasonal menus. Each month our chef comes up with a mouthwatering dish to serve to you at your table. Book a table and experience Maltese Food
Mejda Maltija
The Mejda Maltija is a delectable medley of beautifully prepared flavour some dishes that promote the versatility of Maltese food. Totally uncommercial the Mejda Maltija is traditionally prepared to show off the amazing dishes that go way back to centuries when our great grandmother put together food for the hungry farmers. View Menu
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There's no way around it, the Alcatel One Touch Evolve is cheap — both in price and specs. At $99 all-in, it's a bargain smartphone that has a sleek design, but it's held back by an old version of Android, a dim screen, and a lousy fixed-focus camera.
The Evolve, along with the $139 One Touch Fierce, is part of the Alcatel's efforts to bring entry-level budget smartphones to top-tier carriers in the US, something the company hasn't done before. Though the Evolve is a budget device, and I'd expect lower-end specs and features for its price, its poor performance means I still can't recommend it. For a little more money and a lot more performance, look at the LG Optimus F3 or the Nokia Lumia 520/521, three budget phones that are worth the money.
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Despite its budget price, the all-black Evolve doesn't look particularly cheap. Compared with the shiny design on the Fierce, this model looks understated with its soft-touch matte back cover and silver accents. There's also a shiny dark detail around the edge, near the screen, which helps elevate the design.
Unfortunately that high-end veneer disappears once you pick it up, because I could feel the back cover move around when I even gently grasped the sides of the device. Though the back cover feels soft in my hands, the phone itself feels boxy.
Measuring just 4.7 inches tall, 2.5 wide, and 0.4 inch wide, the Evolve is small enough to use one-handed without straining to tap any part of the screen. My everyday phone is a much larger phablet, so it feels tiny in my hands, which is a welcome change. It's also heavy for its size at 4.7 ounces, though that didn't bother me.
Up top you'll find the standard power/lock button and a headphone jack, along the right side there's a volume rocker. Unlike most Android phones that have the charging ports at the bottom, the port is on the left side here. That makes the phone awkward to hold in your left hand while its charging.
On the back, there's a removable battery that covers the SIM and SD card slots. It's a pain to have to remove the battery just to swap in a SD card, which can add up to 32GB of extra storage to supplement the 4GB that's built-in.
Instead of physical buttons, the phone has capacitive hot keys, housed on the bezel below the screen, for the home, back, and menu controls. The only way to tell which button is which is to tap somewhere on that bottom bezel to turn on the backlight, which illuminates the outlines of each hot key.
With only 233 pixels per inch, it's no surprise that the 4-inch 480x800-pixel screen doesn't look sharp, though I was disappointed by how dim it looks even at maximum brightness. Icons, especially the ones designed by Alcatel, look fuzzy, but medium- to large-size text is easy to read. This display supports 16 million colors, and the colors of the icons and wallpapers on the screen look saturated.
Because the screen itself is highly reflective, it's tough to read in full sunlight. It also collects a lot of smudges, which makes hard to read the screen clearly. You'll want to keep a cleaning cloth handy so you can wipe it down often.
Operating system and features
The Evolve comes with Android Jelly Bean 4.1, which isn't the most recent version of the operating system. However, unless you're very well acquainted with the OS already, you probably won't spot too many differences between 4.1 and the most current version, Android Jelly Bean 4.3.
You will, however, notice Alcatel's custom Android overlay, which has colorful menus and square-shaped icons. Swipe down from the top of screen to reveal the custom notification menu, which has a row of settings where you can toggle Wi-Fi, sound, Bluetooth and more.
Alcatel's modifications remind me of Samsung's TouchWiz overlay, which is too juvenile for my tastes, but the simplistic design here will appeal to anyone who needs a little extra guidance.
All of the standard Google Android apps, such as Gmail, YouTube, and Google+ are preinstalled, and Alcatel opted to use Google Chrome as the default browser instead of the stock Android browser. That's a plus for me, as Google's Chrome is my top-pick mobile browser because you can sync your open tabs to your computer or tablet.
From Alcatel, there is a notes app, a movie studio that lets you edit video, and a special setup wizard that walks you through setting up your phone's language and basic settings, such as WiFi or e-mail. T-Mobile also added its suite of four apps, including Visual Voice-mail and T-Mobile TV. In order to use T-Mobile TV, Visual Voicemail, and Mobile Hotspot, you'll need to pay an extra subscription fee, thought the TV and voice mail apps both have free trials.
The gesture-based keyboard Swype is preinstalled and set as the default keyboard. If you're not familiar, Swype lets you move your finger from letter to letter to input text, instead of tapping on the screen. The keyboard was more exciting several years ago, but now gesture typing is more widespread and is available on the stock Android browser and other apps like Swiftkey.
Camera and video
The Evolve has a 5-megapixel back camera. My major knock against it is that it has a fixed-focus lens, which limits what kinds of photos you can capture.
It's because of that fixed focus lens that you can't take sharp up-close photos with this camera. If you tap on the screen while the camera is on, which on most smartphone cameras focuses the lens on that area, it will simply adjust the lighting. There is also no flash, so you'll have to tweak the camera's ISO and exposure levels to compensate for poor lighting conditions.
Indoor shots with a lot of natural light had significant digital noise and there was a glowing halo-like effect over anything that was white. In the standard studio shot, the photo again has noise and looks dark in places. CNET's image gallery shows how other phones handle the studio shot test.
Outdoor shots were a mixed bag; some photos looked natural, while others looked washed out.


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Etch A Sketch moment for Gov. Romney: campaign about 'jobs and kids' now
Candidate's policies would actually hurt kids and working Americans
WASHINGTON - April 16, 2012 -
Mitt Romney is already hitting the reset button as he shifts from trying to win over conservative Republicans to a more centrist approach for the general election. Speaking at a private fundraiser this weekend, Romney said his campaign is about "jobs and kids" now. His proposed policies suggest that nothing could be farther from the truth.
"Mitt Romney's campaign is 'hitting the reset button' for the general election, just as his campaign promised he would," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "He's already shaking up his policies and trying to start over. Mitt Romney believes he can Etch A Sketch his way into the general election by proclaiming that his campaign is now about 'jobs and kids.' Unfortunately, his vision and policies don't reflect what his words say."
"Take his support for Rep. Ryan's dream-killing budget, which Mitt Romney has firmly and fully embraced," continued Van Roekel. "The Romney-Ryan budget is like a valentine to the richest one percent and a 'Dear John' letter to the rest of America. The Romney-Ryan budget would cause real pain to most working Americans. Just as a start, Romney supports a budget that would push 2 million kids out of Head Start and slash Pell Grants for more than 9 million students seeking a college education. Romney's policies aren't about jobs and kids—they're about killing the American dream. America can and must do better than that."
"More to the point, Romney's comments about keeping the U.S. Department of Education to keep check on 'teacher unions' are offensive and totally unconstructive," continued Van Roekel. "We need leaders who will work with everyone, who will bring us all together to do what's best for our children and the future of our nation. It's time Romney stopped playing politics with our kids' schools," concluded Van Roekel.
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- In order to build a loyal fan base within the student body, the athletic director of the late 1990's decided to revamp the Pitt Stadium student section. This was known as the "12th man" concept to grow a sense of belonging between the students and their school's athletic teams. The Pitt Stadium was completely repainted with a large "12" over the student section and a large inflatable jersey with the number 12 placed under it.
When the Pitt Panthers football team moved over to the Heinz Field, the Pittsburgh athletic department once again needed to come up with a gimmick to keep their fans coming back. After a few failed rebranding ideas, the Panther Pitt was born in 2003. A few years later, the Panther Pitt and the student government came up with the idea of "Code Blue" where all Pitt students where a blue t-shirt to every home game in order to match their beloved Pitt Panthers football team.
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Citroën's focus may be loosening on the WRC, where it has certainly dominated for the past decade (nine driver and eight manufacturer titles since 2003), but there's no lack of ambition – if anything, the view is of new horizons and challenges.
The automaker has confirmed its full participation in the FIA World Touring Car Championship from 2014 onwards, with Sébastien Loeb confirmed as one of the two drivers in the team.
Citroën Racing's move into track racing will see the race cars dedicated to the tarmac task, and while much of it will be starting from scratch, a large part of the existing framework will be re-utilised, including the DS3 WRC's 1.6 litre direct injection turbo engine.
Work has begun in the marque's Versailles technical centre, with first tests of the new car already in place. The company reiterated that it's still committed to rallying and will continue to work hard to try and get the best possible result in 2013, but you can't but help think that one eye is already elsewhere. Will Loeb blaze it the same way he did WRC, one wonders?


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Nutrition and Household Economics
Brief Description
Nutritional Science and Household Economics – Course of Study
The German discipline of 'Ökotrophologie' is focused on Nutritional Science and Household Economics.
Its course of study approaches human nutrition and sustenance from both a scientific as well as an economic approach. More information can be found in the brochures on career choices in Employment Offices.
"Study Where Others Spend Their Holidays"
Kiel's Nutrition and Household Economics graduates have excellent chances in today's employment market due to the practical, application-oriented nature of the Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences' program of studies. Professors and students work closely together in the pursuit of academic goals. The city of Kiel and its surrounding area also have a lot to offer – beaches, sea, sailing, pubs, discos, theater, student parties and the well-known 'Kieler Woche'. In other words, students have the chance to study where other people spend their holidays.
Bachelor of Science (Duration: 6 semesters, 180 ECTS)
The course of studies consists of the introductory or basic study period, specialized study period, practicum and the completion of a Bachelor thesis.
B. Sc. - Introductory Study Period
The 1 ½ year introductory study period contains modules on the propaedeutic subjects and the fundamentals of all of the disciplines of Nutritional Science and Household Economics.
B. Sc. - Specialized Study Period
The B. Sc. Program's specialized study period requires students to select one of the following specializations:
– Nutritional and Food Science
– Nutritional and Consumer Economics
The planned new examination regulations and the corresponding module attachment can be found here.
Master of Science (Duration: 4 semesters, 120 ECTS)
One of the following programs must be selected in the master's program:
– MSc Nutritional and Food Science
– MSc Nutritional and Consumer Economics
The Master's program builds on the fundamentals acquired in the Bachelor program. At the end of the program, a scientific Master's thesis must be successfully completed.
The requirements for the acceptance into the Master's program are:
1. A Bachelor of Science Degree with a minimum grade of 'good' (2.5) that meets the requirements stated in the examination regulations (Prüfungsordnung) in terms of its content, breadth and scientific standards.
2. Confirmation of the completion of a comparable course of studies and examinations in a related discipline. Students from related disciplines may be limited by the examination board with regard to their possible module choices.
Module course contents can be found here:
– Nutritional and Food Science
– Nutritional and Consumer Economics
Please note: provisional and not finally approved!
Professional Life
Career Perspectives
This wide-reaching and broad area of study leads to a wealth of career opportunities. Nutritionists and household economists are well-suited to carry out coordinating tasks within the interacting fields of science, sociology and economics. Many interesting career opportunities are to be found within the realm of nutrition and healthcare and beyond.
Opportunities Within the Private Sector
Nutritionists and home economists are sought after as nutritional consultants, in marketing, in product development as well as in quality assurance. Nutritionists and home economists carry out various duties within the food economy, pharmaceutical industry and the consumer goods and service sector in the areas of product development, quality assurance, marketing and PR, customer care as well as in market and consumer research. They hold management positions in large institutions and are sought after in journalism and in the media.
Associations and Organizations
Administrative or management positions for qualified nutritionists and home economists are to be found within various consumer, household, nutritional and health-oriented associations. (e.g. , consumer advocacy groups). As well, organizations such as UNICEF, E.U., FAO and WHO also
provide interesting career opportunities for those interested in nutrition in developing countries.
Public Service Sector
Public service requires, for the most part, a 1 to 2 year internship. This could possibly lead to the obtainment of teaching accreditation for vocational or technical schools or to a career in administrative or public service in public offices or ministries in the areas of nutrition, family, consumers, health and foreign aid.
Research and Teaching
Doctoral and post-doctoral degrees open doors to scientific research and teaching positions at universities, colleges and in federal or state research institutions.
Occupational Requirements
Today's job market requires university graduates to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility, creativity and personality as well as organizational talent, the ability to work well in a team and excellent communication skills. In addition to these key requirements, one must also have the ability to recognize problems and solve them accordingly using the methods and theories acquired during one's education.
Candidates for management positions also require leadership skills and knowledge of foreign languages. The Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, therefore, promotes the internationalization of studies, thus promoting the mobility of its students and graduates in an increasingly united Europe. Its cooperation with numerous European universities within the framework of the ERASMUS / SOCRATES and TEMPUS programs has been fruitful for many years, providing students also with the opportunity to study abroad.
Further Information
Student Body Representatives
Agricultural and Nutritional Science students have their own student body representatives (Fachschaft). The 'Fachschaft' is comprised of elected students who represent the student body of the Faculty as well as volunteers. These representatives represent the interests of the students,
organize events (e.g. the first semester breakfast, camping parties, the farmer's ball) and offer student counseling and support, in particular to first semester students.
Mentoring Program
Upon enrollment, every student is assigned a mentor from among the student body. This mentor is there to provide answers to study-related questions.
General Information
Brochures on studying Nutritional Science and Household Economics can be found in the Dean's Office. (only in German available)
– Bachelor of Nutritional Science and Household Economics (Brochure)
– Nutritional and Food Science (Brochure)
– Nutritional and Consumer Economics (Brochure)
Study Abroad for One Semester
Kiel's Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences is pleased to have excellent ties to numerous European and international universities. Studying abroad expands one's horizons and enriches foreign language skills. Additionally, WISO offers the international European Master of


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Temporary Relief Distribution Centre to leave car park
Ballater's Flood Relief Distribution centre will be relocated after it waves goodbye to the containers and office cabin donated by an Aberdeen family firm.
The two large containers and one portacabin, donated by Greenwell Equipment Ltd, have been located in the Church Street Car Park in Ballater for the last six months and have been used as the base for the Ballater Flood Relief Distribution Centre.
Greenwell Equipment, which is based in Aberdeen, supplies modular buildings, containers, furniture and warehouse equipment. The family firm, which was established in 1996, has supplied over 500 modular buildings to the Queensferry Crossing joint venture and the AWPR consortium for office and welfare buildings.
Items stored and distributed to flood victims include TVs, small kitchen appliances, crockery, cutlery, utensils, bedding and duvets, clothes, shoes, boots, coats and jackets, pots and pans, food, baby items, new toiletries, socks and pants, cleaning products and overalls etc.
Larger items, needed by families who lost their homes due to the excessive rainfall in December 2015, such as beds and other furniture have been stored in other donated containers in Ballater.
The Ballater Flood Relief Distribution Centre has been manned by volunteers on a weekly basis and many people affected by the flood have been assisted.
Janelle Clark, Marr Area Manager, said: "Ballater is making good progress in the recover form the flooding in December. One of the many contributory factors has been assistance from volunteers and donations of household items. This would not have been possible without the invaluable donation from Greenwell Equipment of the storage containers to hold the many items donated by the public and also the portacabin whereby it was possible to coordinate the ongoing assistance by the volunteers".
Richy Turnbull from Greenwell Equipment said: "We were delighted to help the residents of Ballater after Storm Frank. Shipping containers can have a variety of uses but storing underwear and crockery is a little more unusual. It is good to see Ballater getting back on its feet, and we are pleased to have done our part."


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On the island of Maui, motifs of Hawaiian hospitality and island rituals inform the Andaz brand's first resort. When tapped to redesign the hotel that had lost touch with its location, Rockwell Group imbued guest rooms and public spaces with a local vibe that enhances their connection with the outdoors.
Guests don't need to wait to sink their feet into the sand—a skylit central sandpit welcomes them in the lounge, where nearby infinity-edge pools give way to the beach.
A wooden spiral staircase, recalling the curves of a Hawaiian canoe, leads guests down to the resort's main restaurant and infinity pools.
Inspired by a Hawaiian apothecary, the spa is a luxurious destination for guests to relax and rejuvenate. Cabinets filled with herbs are mixed by apothecary consultants.


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The last time the LA Clippers lost was on New Year's Eve, when the Clippers went into Oklahoma City and were outscored 33-0 on the fastbreak and lost their 6th game in a row. They didn't have PG Chris Paul due to a hamstring injury that night and were playing on the second night of a road back-to-back, but they were in the worst slump ever under head coach Doc Rivers.
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— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) January 16, 2017
Paul was healthy for this home game on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, while the Thunder were coming into STAPLES Center having played Sunday night in Sacramento, a game that saw C Steven Adams concussed.
The Clippers host the Thunder tonight, the last of season series between the two teams. What should LA focus on to avenge NYE loss at OKC?
— ClipperBlog (@clipperblog) January 16, 2017
The good thing for the Clippers is that they have now matched their longest win streak of the season as well as matching their longest win streak in franchise history to begin a calendar year (1974 Buffalo Braves!) after blowing out the Thunder 120-98.
But the bad news is that Paul left the game with 2:56 left in the first half after spraining his left thumb defending Thunder PG Russell Westbrook.
Top Performer: Clippers backup big Marreese Speights came through big once again, scoring a team-high 23 points to go with 10 rebounds for his 5th career 20-10 game. Incidentally, his last 20-10 game came against the Thunder in February 2013 as a member of the Cavaliers. Speights made 8-of-15 FGs, 3-of-7 threes, and 4-of-4 FTs as part of his 3rd double-double of the season, and he added 3 assists, including his first dime of the season to C DeAndre Jordan.
X-Factor: The Clippers dominated a Thunder team inside that started Jerami Grant at C in place of Adams. LA outscored the Thunder 62-34 in the paint, making 31-of-44 from the field in the painted area. Overall, LA shot 54.9 percent from the field, the 2nd-highest percentage of the season.
Major Moment: You see many instances in which a bench player leads a team in scoring during a blowout, and most of the points were scored in garbage time. Speights scored 10 points in the 4th quarter, but make no mistake – his presence was felt early in this one. During a 6-minute stretch in the 2nd quarter (From 8:10 to 2:10), Speights outscored the Thunder by himself, scoring 9 of LA's 24 points to the Thunder's 6 points in that span. LA's lead got up to 64-42 by the end of that run, establishing the largest lead of the 1st half. Paul was injured in the last minute of that run, but the Thunder never got closer than 15 points after halftime.
Key Lineup: The Thunder lineup that featured Kanter with the starters in place of rookie PF Domantas Sabonis was steamrolled in a team-leading 7 minutes. That unit was outscored 21-10 while compiling a net rating of -71.0 and recording an assist-turnover ratio of 1-to-5. LA's starting lineup with Speights in for Luc Mbah a Moute was only on the floor for 3 2nd quarter minutes, but it outscored the Thunder 10-4 while compiling a powerful net rating of 108.5.
The Definition: The focus will surely be on Paul's prognosis going forward, especially given the fact that the Clippers are only 2-5 this season when Paul doesn't start. If there's a silver lining, it's that the 2 wins have come this month, with plus contributions from Raymond Felton and Austin Rivers. Felton made all 7 of his shots from the field tonight as part of a 15-point, 6-assist effort, the most baskets he's ever made without a miss in his 12-year career. And Rivers had 16 points and 6 assists while helping to contain Westbrook, who finished the game with a season-low 5 rebounds, 4 turnovers, and 7-of-19 shooting from the field (36.8 percent).


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By Urmila Devi Dasi
Because Krsna's name has immense spiritual power, we must be careful how we use it.
This article discusses the offense of sinning while relying on the power of the holy names to protect one from the reactions to the sin.
The students of my Government class and I sat hushed, without even rustling papers, listening to the amazing story in the courtroom. At least it amazed these fifteen- and sixteen-year-old students whose lives never touched those of drug addicts and criminals.
"You've broken your probation three times," the stern judge said. He leaned forward on the desk and glared at the man in shackles and bright orange prison clothes. "You've had to go to a drug-rehabilitation program. Each time you start the program, but then you leave.
Do you know the penalty for breaking probation?"
The young accused with muscular arms and a nearly shaved head stood straight like a soldier and said nothing. He almost succeeded in appearing repentant. At least the judge might have thought so.
"Fifteen years," the words came heavily and slowly. "Fifteen years. Back in prison for fifteen years." There was a long pause. "Do you want to go back to prison for fifteen years?"
"No, your honor. I just hated that treatment program I was sentenced to. I'd like a chance at another kind of program. Please. One last chance. If it's the program I'm asking for, I'll definitely stick with it and kick this cocaine for good."
The court reporter held her fingers above the keys. No one moved.
"Okay," the judge said, still leaning forward with his full weight on his arms.
We all realized we hadn't breathed for a minute or so. Now a cough, now a shuffle.
"But this is your last chance!" the judge almost spat out, and we either slightly jumped or suddenly leaned forward. "You cannot keep breaking probation and asking for another chance. This is it. Make it good."
He broke eye contact and turned to the papers on his desk.
"Next case."
And the prisoner left to complete the procedures.
Krsna, the Merciful Judge
Was this criminal ready for reformation? Or was he just using the judge's mercy to try to cheat the system? We didn't follow up on the case, but we doubted the young man's motives.
Like the judge, Krsna and saintly persons, including the guru who takes responsibility to bring us to Krsna, are happy to forgive our mistakes, even grievous sins. But what if we deliberately use the Lord, His servants, or any aspect of His service especially the chanting of His name to get relief from sins? Then Krsna will cease His leniency and block our realization of Him, because we're trying to engage Him as our servant.
In 1992, Charles H. Keating, Jr., was found guilty of stealing over a quarter of a billion dollars through fraud. He gave at least a million dollars of this, much taken from others' life savings, to Mother Teresa to help the poor of Calcutta. The District Attorney who prosecuted Mr. Keating wrote to Mother Teresa asking her to give the donation back to the crime victims.
"It is not uncommon for 'con' men to be generous with family, friends and charities," the District Attorney wrote. "Perhaps they believe that their generosity will purchase love, respect or forgiveness. However, the time when the purchase of 'indulgences' as an acceptable method of seeking forgiveness died with the Reformation. No church, no charity, no organization should allow itself to be used as salve for the conscience of the criminal."
The District Attorney was referring to the Protestant Reformation, which was largely fueled by objection to "indulgences," where in exchange for donations the Church would promise remission of punishment for sin.
The mentality of using religion or spiritual practice to avoid punishment is often called the worst offense to the Lord; it blocks our spiritual progress. Srila Prabhupada termed this offense, when applied to the chanting of the Lord's holy name, "sinning on the strength of chanting." There is no remedy if a person schemes to defraud the Lord in this way. One who thinks "I'll do this bad thing and then chant Hare Krsna to be excused" will find that Krsna will put obstacles on his or her path, especially if the sin or crime was done against the Lord's devotee.
Generally, if a person is constantly serving Krsna and chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, the very process of chanting and performing other service to Krsna will gradually render offenses and sins ineffective. But if one takes advantage of the protection offered by chanting, one's chanting will remain just alphabet sounds Krsna will not manifest Himself there.
Defining "Sin"
What, exactly, do we mean by "sin," and is there a difference between deliberate and accidental sin?
Some definitions Srila Prabhupada gives us are "breaking the laws of nature,""deepening involvement in the complexities of material nature," and doing something that "leads us away from the Supreme Lord." Once we understand that our most essential nature is loving service to Krsna, anything other than that, or anything opposed to it, is sin. Sin isn't exactly something bad that God doesn't want you to do because He's a cruel rule-enforcer, but it's something that causes misery because it's against one's very self.
For example, the nature of the human body is to digest organic material, especially fruits, grains, vegetables, and so forth. If we choose to eat Styrofoam, we do something against the nature or "law" of the body and will therefore suffer. Similarly, anything we think, say, or do that doesn't nourish our love for Krsna is spiritually indigestible and brings the pain of material involvement, which is disease for the soul.
A person whose consciousness is in disharmony with Krsna may not know, however, what is and is not in accordance with spiritual reality. Therefore bona fide scripture lists condemned acts that require atonement. These acts of the body, mind, or speech are sins.
Certainly one who hasn't attained the pinnacle of purity is living in an interim state between sin and a pure life. While striving for purity, we retain mental impressions of sin and a strong tendency to use the body, mind, and words in ways that take us away from Krsna. Srila Visvanatha CakravartiThakura writes in Madhurya Kadambini, "Seeing that material enjoyment is forcibly carrying him away and impairing his steadiness in serving Krsna, the devotee resolves to renounce his addictions and take shelter of the holy name. But many times the attempt at renunciation ends in enjoying what he is trying to renounce."
Striving to Improve
This struggle with our persistent tendency to turn away from Krsna is not a block if we continually take up the challenge to improve. Krsna explains: "Having awakened faith in topics about Me, My devotee is disgusted with all material activities, knowing that sense gratification leads to misery. Still, though he tries he is unable to give up his material desires and sometimes engages in the same sense enjoyment that brings only misery. But, repenting such activities, he should worship Me with love, faith, and firm conviction." (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.20.27-28)
Srila Prabhupada writes: "An ordinary man with firm faith in the eternal injunctions of the Lord, even though unable to execute such orders, becomes liberated from the bondage of the law of karma. In the beginning of Krsna consciousness, one may not fully discharge the injunctions of the Lord, but because one is not resentful of this principle and works sincerely without consideration of defeat and hopelessness, he will surely be promoted to the stage of pure Krsna consciousness." (Bhagavad-gita As It Is3.31, Purport)
Minor sins that we commit as we struggle to advance are considered accidental. By repentance we should burn the reaction to those sins. But if we sin thinking that either ordinary religious penance or transcendental activities such as chanting will deliver us from the reaction, the reaction will increase rather than decrease.
If a person externally takes on the appearance of a religious or saintly person while still secretly doing materialistic activities for sense pleasure, such behavior is also sinning on the strength of chanting. There are more subtle aspects as well. For example, we may think, "I'm a devotee of Krsna and please Him in so many ways. If I just do this little thing wrong, surely He'll overlook it."
For our chanting to have full effect, therefore, we must throw out the cheating tendency if it even sticks its toenail into the doorway of our mind. If we find ourselves planning to use Krsna and His name to cover our devious purposes, we should strongly call to Krsna for protection. Our gurus both the one who has initiated us into the chanting and those who give us relevant spiritual instruction are our guardians and will also chase away the thieves of sin and cheating if we loudly and strongly beg for their help.
A remedy for all obstacles is the regular, close companionship of pure devotees of Krsna. Their examples and teachings help us recognize our difficulties and desire to be free of them.
Of course, we want not only to be free of the desire to use chanting to cheat our way out of suffering for sin, but to give up our sinful tendency completely. Only a pure life fully in harmo-ny with the truth of our spiritual nature will give us the satisfaction we are always seeking. And only a pure life will prepare the ground for the garden that will grow the flowers and fruits of love of God.
We will never sin if we have contempt for the illusion of material enjoyment. Part of that contempt will arise naturally if we have the superior pleasure of serving Krsna. At the same time, we should study the true nature of material life from scriptures and saintly persons. The root of sin is ignorance, or ignoring the obvious truths of what it really means to turn away from Krsna. The results of sin are birth, death, old age, and disease. One will never be satisfied with the pleasures of the body and mind separated from Krsna, and even things that apparently satisfy for a time will quickly fade, being temporary by nature. Why delight in what is temporary and superficial? Such delight is the true nature of sin.
Krsna's Protection
Krsna as Rama promises, "It is My vow that if one only once seriously surrenders unto Me, saying 'My dear Lord, from this day I am Yours,' and prays to Me for courage, I shall immediately award courage to that person, and he will always remain safe from that time on." (Ramayana, Yuddha-khanda 18.33) From what is one safe? Krsna says, "Just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear." (Bhagavad-gita 18.66) Those sinful reactions include the very desire even potential desire to sin.
And how do we surrender? We accept whatever will help us in spiritual life and reject what will be harmful. We learn from scriptures, gurus, and saintly persons what will be favorable or unfavorable. We see that ultimately only Krsna is our protector and maintainer, and we are happily willing to put His interest as our interest. And no matter what our qualifications and achievements, we give Krsna the credit, remaining humble.
This mood of surrender will quickly vanquish our tendency to sin and to misuse the holy name to cheat. It will allow the power and beauty of the name to blossom in our hearts.


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Gimmick Free Bookshelf Tidy!
Hello friends! Marlane Deanne here, and here at TidyFairy we are wrapping up our second week of the "6 Bags in 6 Weeks Spring Cleaning Challenge," which is books! This morning I put together a Pinterest board for you full of "gimmick free" bookshelf inspiration. Organization practices I deem too gimmicky for grown-ups:
I also added my sweet bookshelf to the mix! This bookshelf is a Craiglist find, and the blue and pink paint are original from a 1950's child's bedroom. I love how it is a spin on typical cube storage, especially since someone added the little door, which is not original. I keep my sentimental Twilight book collection back there!
To hear more about my books and how I pared down, check out my YouTube video all about decluttering books!
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Marlane & Heather
Tales and inspiration for you from our adventures in tidying!


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The hotel Casona de Pio is the result of the remodeling of asalting factory of fish. The original walls stand out spectacularly, at the same time as their classic furniture and the typical decoration of a Casona rural dye.
It is to 100 meters from the port of Cudillero and has eleven double rooms - one of them with a living room- perfectly equipped and with an ambience of "old flavor".
Equipment of the rooms:
Piped music
Flat screen TV
Hydromassage bathtub
Host products
Our breakfasts stand out made with first quality raw materials.
Natural orange juice.
Village eggs with bacon.
Artisan bakery: biscuits, butter cookies, nun thighs, freshly made toast and sweet rolls.
Homemade jams made with seasonal fruits.


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Welcome back to our review of Blue Apron! If you want to know more about Blue Apron in general, click on over to the Blue Apron Unboxing and Pricing post to get the scoop.
Last on the menu was the Pan-Roasted Chicken with Lacinato Kale & Purple Potato Hash. The real draw of this dish to me was the purple potato hash. For some reason, the combination of kale, apples, onions and purple potatoes sounded irresistible so I couldn't wait to end our free trial on this dish. Plus, the purple potatoes reminded me of the "blue chips" that we always get on our jetBlue flights!
If you want to make this at home yourself, here's what you'll need:
- 2 Airline Chicken Breasts (regular chicken breasts will also do just fine)
- 10 Ounces Purple Potatoes
- 1 Bunch Lacinato Kale (regular Kale works great as well)
- 1 Granny Smith Apple
- 1 Red Onion
- 1 Bunch Tarragon
- 3 Tablespoons Chicken Demi-Glace (for garnish; optional)
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Sliced Almonds
- 2 Teaspoons Whole Grain Dijon Mustard
Makes 2 servings.
Step 1: Chop the potatoes, onion, and apple into large chunks. Remove the stems from your kale and roughly chop the leaves. Pick the tarragon leaves off the stems and discard the stems.
I really love the way the purple potatoes look. The color is simply gorgeous.
Step 2: In a medium non-stick pan, heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil on medium-high until it starts to smoke. Add the potatoes and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 7 to 9 minutes or until browned on all sides.
Step 3: Make the hash. Add the onion to the pan of browned potatoes and reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until the onion has softened slightly.
Next, add the kale, apple and 2 tablespoons of water and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes or until the kale has begun to wilt.
Lastly, stir in the almonds, mustard and 2 tablespoons of water and stir until everything is well combined. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 4: Pat your chicken dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper on both sides. In a separate medium pan, heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil on medium-high until it begins to smoke.
Add the chicken, skin side down first.
Loosely cover the pan with aluminum foil while the chicken cooks for 6 to 8 minutes per side, or until browned and cooked through (internal temp of 165 degrees). Transfer to a plate, leaving any browned bits (or fond) in the pan. We're going to use all of those little bits of deliciousness in a second.
Step 5: Heat the pan of reserved fond on medium until hot. Add the chicken demi-glace, butter and ¼ cup of water and scrape up any browned bits on the pan. Stir for 1 to 2 minutes, or until you get a slightly thickened sauce. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 6: Divide the hash and chicken between 2 plates and top each chicken breast with a few spoonfuls of sauce. Garnish with the tarragon and enjoy!
The verdict: All in all, this dish is not your typical meat and potatoes. The hash is really the star of this dish and can be used as a side for any protein you decided to make. The combination of the apples and spicy dijon mustard really do their part to elevate the hash to a whole different level.
As with all of these types of subscription services, a portion of the end result depends on the preparation and execution of the dish by non-professional chefs. But after all is said and done, I think we did a pretty good job following the directions outlined in the recipe card. Some of the cooking times may be off by a few minutes but if you stick with the recipe suggestions and use a little common sense, you should be in the clear. Also, some of the ingredient measurements may have been modified so you can follow along at home (i.e. 1 packet = ~1 tbsp).
And with that, thanks for reading and I hope y'all enjoyed our review of Blue Apron! Be sure to check out our other Blue Apron and Plated reviews as well!
If you also received this dish from Blue Apron, I'd love to know your thoughts on it as well! Simply leave a comment below.


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Recognize these royal fashions? You should! I've sketched princesses/queens in some of their most iconic dresses, and I hope you enjoy them. I'm in the beginning phases of fashion art, so follow my progress here at The Royal Representative!
Princess Beatrice's famous wedding outfit with "that" hat:
Queen Letizia's black lace dress: