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There are at least three ways in which Catholics have looked upon wrongdoing, and each corresponds to the dominant attitude in society at the time. All however, are also in a way related to the pedophile crisis gripping the Church.
In medieval society, where religion was a powerful influence, to do wrong was to break God's law, to offend against God, to commit a sin.
Catholic moral theology of yesteryear went into contortions trying to define whether a sin was 'mortal', 'venial' or merely an occasional failing.
A mortal sin shattered the state of grace in one's soul, kept one from officially receiving the sacraments, and could be absolved only by a priest in the sacrament of confession. A penitent who died with an unforgiven mortal sin deserved eternal hell fire.
Generations of Catholics have been brought up thus, and even though they may live in a modern, secular world, their attitudes have been "sacramentalized" – indoctrinated with a piety based on repetition, anxiety and intercession.
But with society becoming more secularized, it is courts of law -- not the Church -- that decide what wrongful behavior is. Wrongdoing is no longer seen as a sin against God, but as an offence against society -- in other words, a crime. The greater the crime, the more severe the punishment: capital punishment, sometimes with torture, for the most heinous or simple imprisonment or a fine for petty offences.
One major issue that has arisen in legal jurisprudence, however, is the culpability of the wrongdoer. Ever since Freud, men and women have wondered about the validity of their "free choices." In this, modern social sciences play their role, particularly sociology and psychology.
As the culpability (and so, moral responsibility) of the criminal is called into question, wrongdoing today is being seen more as an illness (of mind, emotions or temperament) than as a conscious choice to do wrong. The wrongdoer therefore is given rehabilitative treatment, and failing this, is sometimes removed from society for life.
Let's apply the above to the cases of pedophilia among the clergy.
For a long time in the Catholic Church, sexual offences were seen primarily as offences against God and so required contrition, confession and repentance. They were not seen as offences, and as such, as crimes to be reported to and be acted upon by a secular authority (the police, for example). In this, the whole social dimension was absent.
In fact it was considered below one's dignity for a "consecrated person," such as a priest, to submit himself to the police, or to the laws of the state. A priest was "above" all that.
This is why so many pedophile priests would make several rounds of confession to various priest confessors in rotation, all the while protected by the veil of anonymity.
Not only did they not recognize their wrongdoing as a crime, but only as a sin against God, many didn't even see it as a sickness which required professional help. So enmeshed is the Catholic Church in a culture of denial where sex is concerned, that no public discussion can even be contemplated on this issue. It is simply forbidden by Church authorities. After all, open discussion on sexuality and celibacy would utterly destroy the image of "angelic purity" and "the consecrated life" which generations of churchmen and women have created for themselves; a veritable "structure of deceit" in the words of Church historian Garry Wills.
What is said about pedophilia among the clergy will also apply, conditions being present, to the sexual exploitation by the clergy of women in the Church – young women, married women, religious sisters. This is a vast subterranean cesspool, which has never been acknowledged or accepted by Church authorities, much less handled with justice, competence and transparency.
Will the recent upsurge of public opinion in this country in favor of the sexual protection of women impinge upon the attitudes of Catholics too? It remains to be seen.
Myron Pereira is a Jesuit priest and media consultant based in Mumbai.


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Just because there are no other teams competing in the ALMS GT1 class doesn't mean there's no competition for Corvette Racing. Taking a line from an old joke, I was watching a fight over the weekend when a race broke out. The GT1 class is all about the win, and according to Jan Magnussen "If you aren't first, your last". Magnussen and co-driver Johnny O'Connell extended their win steak to four in a row and fifth for the season by taking the checkered flag at Saturday's Mid-Ohio Acura Sports Car Challenge. But the win wasn't easy as our video recap shows.
It was at the two hour mark that the race for the flag really began. During a yellow caution period, both the #3 and #4 C6.R Corvettes entered pit row together for fuel, tires and a drivers change. With O'Connell in the #3 Corvette and Beretta in the #4 car, both Corvettes dropped and left their stalls simultaneously and a bit of fender rubbing occurred as the Corvettes went door to door, blowing through a red flag at the pit exit lane with Beretta finally getting out in front. The shenanigans on pit road were not appreciated by the officiating crew and both cars were sent to the penalty box for 2 minutes and thirty seconds.
"We are a very competitive group," said O'Connell after tallying his 33rd career ALMS victory. "Both cars left at the same time and it was like the Hatfields and McCoys for a moment with two guys arguing for the same area of road. It was just two great race cars today running in very difficult conditions."
After leaving the Penalty area, O'Connell was able to pass Beretta but both Corvettes were again summoned to the penalty box where they sat for five minutes for what officials called "taking unjustifiable risks".
"A prototype drew down inside of him and he went wide," O'Connell recalled. "I was on the proper line and my momentum carried me by. He was just gathering it up, but there was a gaggle of prototypes doing battle and it was chaotic."
O'Connell maintained the lead and finished first in class. The win gives Magnussen and O'Connell 126 points for the Championship cup while Gavin and Beretta are 16 points back with 110.
"Who says you need more than two cars in a class to have exciting racing?" asked Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan. "I think what we saw today are two cars that are separated by thousandths of a second on the race track and separated by thousandths of a second in pit lane. Each of them is trying to win. I think it was exciting for the fans, and it was certainly exciting for us in the pits. It's hard to deny the intramural rivalry that exists, and we saw two guys racing hard and getting caught up in the heat of the moment. We'll all learn a lesson from today's race."
Corvette Racing will head to Road America for the Generac 500 in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 9th at 4pm CDT. SPEED will televise the race tape-delayed on Sunday, Aug. 10, at 2 p.m. EDT.
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Challenging the Thin Ideal
December 19, 2014 by iaedp
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Graciously re-posted courtesy of www.psychologytoday.com/blog/eating-mindfully Approximately 50-70% of adolescent girls report feeling dissatisfied with their body. This dissatisfaction has been associated with a number of negative consequences including increased negative affect, decreased physical activity, and eating disorders. Exposure to media portraying the thin ideal of beauty has emerged as a cause of body dissatisfaction. Cognitive […]
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Graciously re-posted courtesy of www.lauracipulloLLC.com Weight Stigma Awareness week just passed and Laura joined her iaedp NY team at NEDA's walk for eating disorder awareness this past Sunday. To continue raising awareness, here at EALM we are sharing a very honest and intimate interview with Brian Cuban, lawyer, author of Shattered Image, and brave individual […]


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Warning on dangers of chlamydia
MANY people affected with chlamydia, the most common notifiable disease in young people in Australia, have no symptoms.
The sexually transmitted infection (STI) is prevalent among young people aged under 25.
That's only one of the reasons why educators at the Family Planning Queensland (FPQ) clinic in Ipswich want more young people to seek out its services.
FPQ health education officer Yvonne Black already goes out to visit schools and other organisations in the wider Ipswich region, offering them sexuality and relationship training.
She especially wants to promote a culture of safer sex.
"We want sexual activity to be something people choose, not something that just happens to them," Ms Black said.
"Young people can come in and get condoms for free.
"Men and women should be screened after unprotected sex or a change in partners. We offer our services at low cost or free."
FPQ has been in Ipswich since 1975 and will celebrate its 37th birthday next month.
An FPQ spokeswoman said the organisation was disappointed by the "last-minute news" of funding cuts announced by Queensland Health last Friday.
"We are deeply committed to frontline services in the regions where we've operated for the better part of 40 years, including Ipswich," she said.
"It is too early to say how these funding cuts will impact services but, with the continued support of the Ipswich community, we will endeavour to carry forward the important work we do."
Ipswich is one of nine FPQ centres in Queensland, recording an average of 2300 visits a year.
Co-ordinator Sonya Megram said services at the clinic included contraception, pap smears, pregnancy testing, counselling, training for health professionals and STI checks.
"Chlamydia, left untreated, can lead to infertility," Ms Megram said.
"It's easily treated and can be prevented by using condoms."
FPQ's clinic is located at Shop 5/54 Limestone St. Go to www.fpq.com.au or phone 3281 4088.


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85 Years for the Religion Communicators Council Celebrated in Nashville, TN
The Religion Communicators Council recently held its 85th annual convention in Nashville, TN.
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)-- Religion Communicators Council (RCC) members traveled from across the United States to arrive in Music City USA this year to celebrate communications of many faith traditions at its annual convention and 85th anniversary. Hosted by the Inn at Opryland, the event offered exciting plenary speakers, challenging workshops and awards to secular and faith-based organizations for exceptional work communicating faith issues.
The planning for the 85th convention was led by Rev. Brian Fesler, Nashville chapter president and pastor of the Church of Scientology. Rev. Fesler says, "We were very happy with the convention. The speakers were enlightening, the guests had a great time."
The opening session featured Remziya Suleyman with American Center for Outreach, who provided a moving and informative look into the Role of Religious Communication in Public Advocacy by sharing her own experience in the field. Plenary sessions also featured speakers Rev. Larry Hollon of United Methodist Communications, Dr. Sybril Bennett of Belmont University in Nashville, Rev. Michael Waters of Joy Tabernacle AME Church in Dallas, and Sarah Wilke, Publisher of the Upper Room Ministries.
Workshops featured professional development, communication in a digital age, and interfaith communication. Speakers included Daoud Abudiab with the Islamic Center of Columbia, Bob Smietana formerly with the Tennessean newspaper, D. Greg Droubay with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and many more.
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Does there exist a CPAN module for lazily initialized variables?by jryan (Vicar)
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jryan has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Just a small question: does a module to laziliy initialize a tied variable exist on the CPAN? Basically, I have a bunch class variables that are each initialized separately by a relatively expensive operation (database access, reading in an xml file, etc). Since I'm not programming Java, I would feel silly creating a separate Singleton class for each one of these things. All I really want to do is use them like normal variables, and just have them become magically initialized during their first use. As a quick first rev, I hacked this up:
But, as soon as I finished typing the last ;, I figured that there *must* be a general CPAN module to do this. However, given that not being able to find things on CPAN is something of a knack of mine, I haven't found anything like what I need. I'd much-much-much rather use a CPAN module than this little hacked up thing. Does anyone know if one exists?
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How do you determine the value of your personal injury case?Filed under Meet Paul Padda, Personal Injury Education
Your personal injury case in Las Vegas: Subjective or objective value?
Often, I get asked by clients, "Can you tell me what my Las Vegas personal injury case is worth?" People wrestle with what they think is a problem because they think that personal injury, by definition, is very subjective, and that it's going to be impossible to evaluate a case.
To some degree, of course, that's true. Every injury is unique to that person who's been injured, but there are objective factors that an attorney can evaluate to help determine what a case is worth.
3 of the top objective factors for Determining the Worth of a Personal Injury Case In Las Vegas
- Temporary vs. permanent disability: There's a value to whether the injury is permanent or temporary, that can be assigned to help determine the value of personal injury case in Las Vegas.
- Pain suffering, lost opportunities, destroyed relationships: These are also factors that can also be considered in terms of determining the worth of your personal injury case in Las Vegas.
- Insurance contracts: One of the biggest problems that a lot of clients have is navigating all the paperwork and trying to figure out what is the compensation that's available to me if I've been injured as a result of the insurance contract of the party, what we often refer to in the legal profession as the third party. What type of insurance coverage do they have? And then, you probably and hopefully have an insurance policy in place as well which will have a certain amount of coverage.
So these are very important factors to consider, because if you don't evaluate your personal injury case in las Vegas properly, and this is the problem, if you don't properly evaluate your case, you will receive a lot less compensation than you might otherwise deserve.
Systematic Approach for Determining the Value of a Personal Injury Case in Las Vegas
The solution, or answer, to the question, "How much is my personal injury case in Las Vegas worth?" requires a systematic approach. So, at Paul Padda Law, when we meet with our clients, we gather all the medical records. We ask the right questions. We find out what amount of wage loss, if any, there is; because when you've been injured there's a whole variety of things that happened. Not only are you dealing with medical issues, but you might be missing work which, of course, means that you're then missing potential pay. And, based on the severity of your injury, you might be in a situation where you have a temporary or permanent disability which might impact your ability to work into the future.
Determining the value of a personal injury case in Las Vegas requires a team of doctors, financial analysts and economists.
So going back to what I said earlier, we use a systematic approach. At Paul Padda Law, we work with not only the best doctors, but we also, in evaluating our client's cases and trying to determine what their case is worth, we will often employ a financial analyst or an economist who can crunch all the numbers, look at all the data, look at medical records, look at wage loss records, look at employment records and come up with a comprehensive approach in collaboration attorneys, with case managers, paralegals in our firm to put together the right formula for assessing the value of a case. And that's crucial to making sure you get maximum compensation.
So, the answer to how much is my personal injury case worth? Well, it all depends on the systematic approach that is taken. At Paul Padda Law we do everything in our power to get our clients maximum compensation.
Benefits of Knowing What Your Personal Injury Case in Las Vegas is Worth
The biggest benefit of knowing what your personal injury case in Las Vegas is worth is that it aids in the recovery and adjustment process.
Settling a case should never be a shot in the dark. When you're a client of Paul Padda Law, we do everything in our power to make sure we get a proper handle on what your personal injury case in Las Vegas is worth. We get the right doctors, we get the right economists on board, we do investigation into, not only what your injuries were in the past and what kind of medical bills you've incurred, but what kind of medical problems are you going to be dealing with into the future? You potentially may have sustained wage loss. Will your injuries affect your ability to earn an income into the future?
These are all very important questions. These are all very important factors that need to be evaluated, so that when your case is either settled or taken to court and ultimately, perhaps, presented to a jury, you are in the best possible position to make sure that you are getting maximum compensation for the injuries you sustained. And at Paul Padda Law, we can help you get maximum compensation by understanding what your case is worth.
Get professional help to determine the value of your personal injury case in Las Vegas
Injured in Las Vegas? Struggling to figure out what your personal injury case is worth? You don't need to feel helpless and you don't need to feel clueless. At Paul Padda Law, we have the answers to your questions. Call us today and let us help you. At Paul Padda Law we can help. Remember, if you've been injured in Las Vegas, better call Paul.


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Second Isobarix ER unit installed in Mexico
Isobarix has installed its second commercial XPR energy-recovery unit for Memco Sistemas de Separacion SA de CV, who operate several seawater reverse-osmosis plants at resorts in Cancun and Los Cabos, Mexico.
For Memco, the time had also come to consider alternatives. One of its Energy Recovery Inc PX-180s operating at 175 GPM (11 L/s) had failed after about five years of operation. In a competitive environment, neither cost nor performance can be ignored, and the client's choice of exchanging 200 lb (91 kg) of hardware with 30 lb (14 kg) of unrivaled XPR- 509SL performance did not need much convincing, reports Leif Hauge, president and CEO of Isobarix.
"We expected the new XPR technology from Isobarix to be quite competitive, but seeing the actual size of the unit and confirming the performance was quite stunning to our operators," commented Memco operational manager Diego Pasadas about the company's choice.
"The determination to spend upfront time on optimizing the XPR technology has been a good strategy for us, and we were able to achieve break-even sales in third-quarter 2012. We are now in a position to adequately outsource our manufacturing needs and provide deliveries from inventory within the first quarter of 2013 " remarked Hauge.
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2015's news archive
2015-12-24 -- moneyGuru 2.9.4 released (link)
2015-11-01 -- Windows maintainers wanted (link)
The last time I used Windows "for real" was more than 10 years ago, in 2005. Since then, the only times I've ever used Windows was for building executables or for testing purposes. With time, it grew more and more foreign to me and I came to hate it.
I hate Windows with passion now. It seems to get everything backwards. I came to dread having to launch my Windows VM.
So, why bother with Windows at all? Because many dupeGuru and moneyGuru users are also Windows users and I don't want to abandon them.
But now, we're in a situation where Windows 10 was released and I haven't tried it yet. I see reports of dupeGuru not working well on it and I really, really don't want to start debugging dupeGuru on Windows 10.
Someone else needs to take care of that. My plan is to phase out Windows support in the next feature releases of dupeGuru and moneyGuru, with a note pointing to this message. Old Windows builds will still be available, just not for the latest releases. With some luck, someone will step up. Without some luck, I'll strip Windows support from the code two feature releases from now.
If you're a developer using Windows and are interested in stepping up, your presence is very much welcome! Please refer to the Contribute page for details.
2015-07-09 -- moneyGuru 2.9.2 released (link)
2015-07-06 -- moneyGuru 2.9.1 released (link)
2015-07-01 -- moneyGuru 2.9.0 released (link)
- Add "+" button in the tab bar [Linux, Windows] #424
- Add API for import plugins #420
- Add Russian localization (with documentation!) (Igor Fokusov)
- Improve plugin system by introducing a "core plugins" concept #429
- Improve currency rates fetching by diversifying sources #415
- Improve reliability of automated tests [Windows] #417
- Optimize amount column sizes in single-currency cases [Linux, Windows] #414
- Remember panels position and size [Linux, Windows] #364
- Make Schedule Panel's stop date field clearable #400
- Fix various UI glitches [Linux, Windows] (#418, #413, #411)
- Fix crash when importing empty files #416
2015-06-02 -- New Bootstrap style (link)
The website now has a Bootstrap style. I have been tired of having an ugly webite for a while and now was the time to go for it. Sure, it has a bit less... personality, but it's so less ugly!


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My friend gave me this sweet little Precious Moments Angel of Joy. She did not tell me she would buy me a gift for Christmas. I had no expectation. However, Christmas Eve I came home and found a Christmas bag on my porch. I opened the gift and read the sweet card and almost cried because she is my friend. She is so kind and considerate and has no idea how precious she is to me in my life. When I am sad she holds me tight and prays for me. When I rejoice she smiles and hugs me and shares my joy. When I am blah she understands, listens and is there for me. We laugh together, we talk, and we understand each other. I have the type of friend I have wanted all of my life and now she is part of my life. When I opened up this sweet gift and saw a little Angel with joy written over her I almost cried because Theresa is my little Angel who brings such joy to my life daily. I cherish the blessing of our friendship.
If you have a friend like this today take a moment to tell her how you feel. Spread the Christmas joy by telling those you love the most just how much you love them.


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Steve Whiteway is an award winning member of the Plymouth business community. Awarded a lifetime achievement award in 2017 at the Plymouth Herald Community Awards, Steve is one of a handful of people in the UK to be awarded the Prime Minister's Points of Light Award for his work in helping to alleviate food poverty. Steve is also one of 6 Plymouth people to have a train named after him by Devon & Plymouth Chamber patrons, GWR, after being voted one of the 50 all-time Great Westerners.
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- "Lets you make and break your own sand pillars!"
- — In-game description
The Nice Sand Rod is an item from The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. It is a more powerful version of the Sand Rod. If Link has purchased the Sand Rod from Ravio, Mother Maiamai will upgrade it into the Nice Sand Rod after he rescues ten Lost Maiamais. Like the Sand Rod, the Nice Sand Rod will create sand pillars. However, these pillars last longer than those of the Sand Rod. Also, if Link uses it on a non-sand surface, dust will puff up in a line rather than just right in front of him, which can be useful for stunning enemies.
Non-canonical appearances
Non-canon warning: This article or section contains non-canonical information that is not considered to be an official part of the Legend of Zelda series and should not be considered part of the overall storyline.
Hyrule Warriors
The Nice Sand Rod appears in Hyrule Warriors & Hyrule Warriors Legends as part of Toon Link's Sand Wand weapon moveset as the Nice Sand Wand. It has a Fire Elemental Attribute and it allows Toon Link to summon and attack with sand blocks and the Spirit Train. Its design is altered a bit with both the handle and the core of the head of the wand being colored red with a yellow-golden trim.
Hyrule Warriors Legends
Level 4
Nice Sand Wand+ is Toon Link's Level 4 weapon in Hyrule Warriors Legends. It is a stronger plus version of Toon Link's Level 3 weapon. Like all Level 4 weapons, it has the same design as the Level 3 weapon it is based on.
Non-canon warning: Non-canonical information ends here.
See also
- Fire Rod
- Ice Rod
- Magic Rod
- Magical Rod
- Nice Fire Rod
- Nice Ice Rod
- Nice Tornado Rod
- Sand Rod
- Sand Wand
- Tornado Rod


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Anton "Squeezer" Andersson, the daredevil who in 2017 became the youngest wingsuit pilot to fly through a solid target at 250km/h (155mph), has been back on the record-breaking trail.
The 25-year-old, from Skövde in the south of Sweden, attempted two new record-breaking jumps in July: the longest distance wingsuit flight from a cliff, and the smallest target hit from a BASE jump.
Andersson's double achievement involved two grueling climbs, the first beginning in complete darkness in the early hours of the morning.
Accompanied by a support team of three climbers, their paths to the summit lit only by helmet lamps, he scaled Switzerland's tallest peak: Jungfrau, near the city of Bern, standing at 4,158 meters.
"I've climbed mountains before, but this was really raising the bar. Navigating crevasses with ice axes, crampons and ropes," the Swede told CNN Sport.
READ: 'As I took off I knew there was no way back,' says snowboarder
READ: Climbing 3,000 feet without ropes
Deep, deep feeling of fear
Near the top of the mountain, Andersson needed to abseil down an exposed face, in almost complete darkness, above a sheer drop of 500m. He describes the descent, and being lowered down by his colleague, as one of the scariest moments of his life.
"It's this incredibly deep, deep feeling of fear," he explains. "It's a huge commitment of trust, and the fear, which is felt through the entire body. It's like your entire body is just bubbling, from top to bottom, it's fully vibrating, I cannot describe it."
Once at the summit, switching from climbing to jumping mode was also a challenge.
"The climb in itself is more like an endurance thing," Andersson says. "I have to ensure that I have enough energy to do the jump and have a clear mind. It's definitely harder to focus -- the air in the atmosphere at that altitude is much thinner."
READ: 'The thrill, the fear and the excitement'
READ: Ross Edgley -- 'It was goosebumps upon tears, upon smiles'
'Jumping mode'
The Swede has a routine that he follows to prepare, which helps banish any doubts about the task ahead.
"To control the fear, I always have to go into the same 'jumping mode,'" he added. "It's a ritual, a technique that I do before jumping off, I'm taking deep breaths and getting my body fully connected to what I'm going to do. Feeling the winds, judging the entire situation, and then getting ready and pushing off."
Once airborne, those doubts quickly evaporate.
"It's this amazing feeling of freedom. Nothing else matters, there's just that moment, that first few seconds when you're accelerating," he says. "It's a feeling of joy, it's a feeling of freedom, and just this feeling that nothing else matters. It's a really addictive feeling."
After flying for two minutes, joined by wingsuit cameraman Scotty Nice -- who jumped from a helicopter to shoot the record attempt -- Andersson deployed his parachute and touched down. This time, however, he had another immediate goal in mind. He began the ascent of the 2,190m Stockhorn mountain, to tackle his next record attempt -- a precision flight to hit a tiny target.
'You almost feel drunk'
Andersson told CNN Sport that, despite a rigorous training regime, the second climb of the day was a serious physical challenge, particularly as he neared the jumping off point.
"It was a kind of dizzy and light-headed feeling, you almost feel a little bit drunk," he explains. "You can't really think much more than about keeping the focus and breathing properly, to get enough oxygen through your body, because if you don't, it's easy to pass out, or have experiences that you don't want to."
Once in position, it was also a struggle to make out the 30cm x 30cm Styrofoam target positioned far below him.
"I remember standing on the edge trying to see the target that I was going to hit, but it was so small that I could barely see it from a distance," he explains. "We knew where it was, but it couldn't be seen from the cliff edge."
'Every moment is critical'
For such an intricate flight, details are enormously important, Anderson says.
"Everything from jumping off to hitting the sign and opening the parachute, every moment is really critical to making it safe, and not more dangerous than it already is."
Andersson launched off, swooping down the mountainside towards his goal. His trajectory was flawless, and he hit the target perfectly.
"It's so fast that you can barely say if you hit the target or not," Andersson recalls. "I mean I knew I hit it, but I didn't know I hit it so centrally."
The record breaker describes a feeling of enormous satisfaction when he landed.
"There's this amazing feeling of accomplishment after landing, just laying down on the ground, and laughing of relief and of accomplishment of course."
READ: 'It's like meditation. It's beautiful to feel that small"
'Managing my fear'
Having completed around 1,000 BASE jumps as well as 1,000 sky dives, Andersson believes he has learned a lot about pushing "managing fear.'
He added: "I want to find a way that I can develop that mindset and teach it to others. We don't take much risk in our daily lives, and I think risks are important in our evolution."
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The two record attempts are in the process of being ratified by Guinness. In the meantime, the Swede is preparing to compete in the World Wingsuit League WWL Grand Prix in China in September
"I need to do these kinds of things to challenge myself," he says. "I feel like I'm growing as a person out of it."


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First-graders at Riverside (IA) Elementary are getting a little help in developing a love for reading.
The industrial manufacturing class at Highland High, along with sixth-graders at Highland Middle School, donated bookshelves and books they each made in class to the 37 first-graders. They presented the gifts at an assembly at the school Friday morning.
Each of the first-grade students received their own small bookshelf made by the high school students and a book written and published by the sixth-graders to take home. Great idea, story from the Iowa Press Citizen.


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If you're looking for a way to feed a big family or you're feeding a family with a big appetite PASTA is the way to go. So in addition to saving money, you're also able to save time by cooking fix it and forget it type meals. Enjoy!
Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
- 2 pounds chicken
- 1 box Rotini noodles (you could get away with using elbow noodles if you didn't have rotini)
- 8 slices of Bacon (if your family loves bacon feel free to add a few more pieces) cooked and chopped up
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 cup of Ranch Dressing
- 2 cups of Monterey Jack/cheddar mixed cheese (if you don't have the mixed cheese using cheddar or just Monterey jack will work fine)
- 1 packet dry ranch dressing mix
- Heat a pan to medium heat on the stove. Drizzle oil on you pan.You can use which ever type of cooking oil you prefer, I used coconut oil.
- Dice your chicken into bite sized pieces, then sauté them in a pan on the stove until cooked.
- About mid way of cooking the chicken add in the garlic.
- While cooking the chicken boil the noodles. When they are done drain them and set aside.
- While cooking noodles and chicken also cook your bacon, you can do it in the microwave or you can do it on the stove just make sure it is cooked crispy! I prefer cooking it on the stove.
- Once chicken is done add chicken to pasta, then add the bacon.
- Then add the ranch dressing and the dry ranch mix. stir well to make sure everything is good and coated.
- Get out a big baking dish and spray with nonstick spray, pour mixture into your pan top with cheese.
- bake at 350 for about 15 minutes (until the cheese is melted)
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Edward Snowden Joins Twitter, Follows The NSA
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has joined Twitter.
His first tweet:
But perhaps the most telling detail of the nascent account is that the only account he is currently following is that of the National Security Agency.
Remember, Snowden sought asylum in Russia after he leaked a trove of classified information to reporters. The U.S. government has charged him with espionage and theft and has called for him to come back home to face the consequences of his actions.
Shortly after his first Tweet, Snowden responded to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who welcomed him to Twitter.
This conversation ensued:
It's worth noting that Snowden's account also includes photographs of newspapers with the front-page news that the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had found the bulk collection of Americans' phone data was illegal, going beyond what Congress intended when it wrote Section 215 of the Patriot Act.
Snowden's leaks helped shed light on the secretive surveillance programs undertaken by the NSA. It also sparked a congressional debate about the practices that ultimately led to the USA Freedom Act, which will end the bulk collection of Americans' phone data as it currently operates.


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Romantic French Picnics
Imagine… you take your loved one to a place surrounded by nature where a beautiful picnic is waiting for you with some candles and a nice bottle of wine… Well, I like so much the idea that I have to organize it for you! The little cherry on the cake is that the food is going to be French, which should add even more magic to this special moment….
Think of it for a surprise birthday party, a proposal, an anniversary…
The picnic is organised…
…at the place of your choice or we can suggest you a few places
…according to a theme of your choice (red, countryside, beach,…)
….based on a French menu that we agree on before (i.e Savoury pesto and sundried tomato cake, chorizo and baby marrow madeleines, banana and apple compote, a camembert with French loaf, chocolate cake…)
This custom-made picnic is from R1200 and include the decoration (flowers, balloon, candles, cover…), the meal and a bottle of wine.
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Question: Dear Luise: I need some personal advice in trying to figure out how to help the people who get hit by natural disasters, poverty and disease and personal tragedies. I have lots of time and a little money but I don't really know where to put either. I have heard that there are those who misuse donations and people at the other end who don't handle what is given fairly. What do you suggest? Leonard
Answer: Dear Leonard: I personally seek out people I feel I can trust. I used to feel safe giving to the Red Cross and United Way until I learned that their CEOs both make six-figure salaries. Now, I donate to The Salvation Army whose CEO makes $13,000. a year plus housing running a 2 billion dollar organization. It's a no-brainer to my way of thinking. I don't have much extra time but if I did I would probably ask them how I could help in person.
It can be very dangerous to go off on your own and try to see what you can do. I admire the thought but I feel it lacks wisdom. Caution is a necessary part of wisdom. Those who are trained to do that kind of work are ready, willing and able when disaster strikes. They are skilled and experienced at how best to step in and help.
We all get emotional and concerned, or at least most of us do. We watch the pain and suffering, the chaos and despair on TV and we want to help. I think part of helping is staying out of the way and letting the professionals tell us what they need.
I'm sure there are many different ways of looking at this. You asked for my advice and there you have it. I think a whole lot of people doing something small and insignificant can create miracles on a grand scale. Blessings, Luise


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LIMA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Peru's team doctor said strict controls on what they gave their players meant there was no way they could have administered the stimulant that led FIFA to ban captain Paolo Guerrero from two crucial World Cup playoff matches against New Zealand.
Guerrero tested positive for a stimulant after the Argentina-Peru match on Oct. 5 and was given a preliminary 30-day suspension, the Peruvian Football Federation said on Friday.
The ban means he is almost certain to miss the first leg against New Zealand in Wellington on Nov. 11 and the return match in Lima four days later. The winner of the tie will secure a place in next year's World Cup finals in Russia.
"At the national team, we are aware of what anti-doping control is," doctor Julio Segura told Peru's Radio Nacional on Friday. "So we don't use any substances that produce doping (results). It's a shame what happened with Paolo but I am sure there was no problem from our side."
The ban is a huge blow to Peru, who are hoping to reach the World Cup finals for the first time since 1982.
Guerrero, 33, has scored 32 goals in 83 appearances and his on field presence is one of the main reasons the South American side are so close to a fifth finals appearance.
He was replaced in the squad on Saturday by Yordy Reyna Serna, the 24-year-old Vancouver Whitecaps forward.
Reyna was a regular at international level between 2013 and 2015, winning 17 caps.
He returned to the side last month after a long spell out and came on as a substitute in the 1-1 draw against Colombia that guaranteed Peru's place in the playoffs.
Guerrero's suspension has provoked consternation in Peru, with even the country's president weighing in on the affair.
"This seems terrible to me (that he will miss the playoffs) but first and foremost we have to understand what happened," Pedro Pablo Kuczynski told local radio station RPP.
"Everyone in Lima takes some kind of anti-histamine because of the awful climate here in winter," Kuczynski said. "Maybe he took an anti-histamine and it would be unfair if he was punished for that.
"However, we are going to look at the facts and I hope they are favorable and that he can play, because right now he's out."
Reporting by Andrew Downie; additional reporting by Ursula Scollo; editing by Clare Fallon and Pritha Sarkar
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Developing technology interventions to activate community spaces and public life:
It might be a good talk (at the Future Design Days): "Play and the Everyday – Developing technology interventions to activate community spaces and public life" by Margot Jacobs.
Whether one lives in the city, its suburbs or a small town, the changes affecting everyday environments and their public spaces are vast and significant in our lives. In light of this, the usefulness of analyzing and understanding this phenomenon becomes quite evident.
The key question is no longer how to use technology to support work-oriented tasks or how to be more effective. Instead, the focus has shifted to how technology can support what lies beyond utilitarian demands, exploring for instance emotionally driven human needs such as supportive social systems, sustainability and even desires, such as expression, communication, and reflection. In this era, we should explore new design philosophies, combining information technologies with values of a more aesthetic nature, subtlety, and personal meaning that support happy accidents, serendipitous interactions, and the ebbs and flows of our evolving lifestyles. In sum, the play in the everyday.
'Public Play Spaces' was initiated at the Interactive Institute as a means of investigating the surge of computing technologies in the public arena and what the implications are for our society and culture. Essentially, 'Public Play Spaces' is a platform for creative work exploring the playful, emotional and appropriate incorporation of technology into everyday public life, focusing on developing both innovative design methods and experimental prototypes for social interventions in public space. Within this framework, we have taken the opportunity to reflect on, question and reexamine places, relationships and qualities for the design of technology in the public sphere. This requires that we ask different questions, apply new methods and try alternative means of prototyping.
During the Play and the Everyday workshop we will walk through a design process with a focus on a particular public space drawing on the approach and methods used within the 'Public Play Spaces' platform including rapid prototyping and public interventions. The purpose will be to explore new tactics for how technologies might offer critique, breaking down current accepted technological practices and challenging people to reflect as well as to add new layers for expression and participation. Outcomes will include prototypes, conceptual design proposals and use scenarios.
Why do I blog this? Because Nicolas has a sharp eye for relevant topics, we seem to research the same sorts of things, and this addresses a meme shifting tactic from the utilitarian (worked-oriented tasks) to the more ephemeral and whimsical and in my humble opinion, it is the ephemeral and whimsical that will save the planet from destruction and swerve large, networked societies away from instrumentalized activities designed to create efficiencies, add value, and manage workflows. From lifeless to lifeful.


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Webber hoping for more in Montreal
FORMULA 1 driver Mark Webber's best finish in Montreal is third, and the Aussie star said he believed he would need luck to improve on that in Monday morning's seventh grand prix of 2012.
"You need a lot of things working for you, such as good traction and stability under braking, and you need a car that rides the kerbs well," he said.
"You have to be very accurate in the cockpit because there are walls waiting to bite you."


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His initiatives and proactive efforts in the area of Electroactive Polymers led to the SPIEs EAPAD annual conference (which he has been chairing since 1999), the WW-EAP Newsletter, and the WW-EAP Webhub. In an effort to promote rapid advances in the development of EAP, Dr. Bar-Cohen posed in 1999 a challenge to the worldwide research and engineering community to develop a robotic arm that is actuated by artificial muscles to win an armwrestling match against a human opponent. He held the first armwrestling match between EAP actuated robot and human on March 7, 2005 as part of the SPIE Annual International EAPAD Conference.
He made significant contributions to NDE of composites and bonded solids as well as aging aircraft structures. He led the development of a crawler, known as MACS (Multifunctional Automated Crawling System) that can serve as a robotic platform for PC board base instruments. As a follow-on effort, he edited and co-authored an ASNT book on the subject of robotics for NDE, which was issued in April 2000. Other contributions include real time monitoring of composites curing, broadband transducers, a LLW device for nondestructive determination of elastic properties of composites and a catheter-based acoustic microscope.


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Austin-based St. David's Health care opened the facility, five months after buying it for $115 million.
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A float is being constructed under the leadership of Dave Phillips to represent the church in the Township Christmas parade on Saturday, December 1. It will be a wintry display of Santa kneeling and praying at the manger with baby Jesus. The spectators will be given bags of M&Ms with an M&M-related Christmas poem as well as information about our Advent and Christmas services, along with an invitation to attend. Help is needed with the creation of the float, and walking along the parade route distributing the treats. Please contact Dave to let him know you can help.
The parade forms at 12:30 pm at the Loyalsock Middle School. It moves out at 1:30 from the school, and then turns left onto Loyalsock Drive, right onto Richard Avenue, left onto Lincoln Drive, right onto Westminster Dr., right onto Sheridan Street, right onto Northway Rd., and ends at the Middle School. Please help if you can and bring your friends and neighbors to the parade as we share our witness to our local community.
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New Hampshire native wins $4,400 with a bonus tile in Alkemor's Tower, plans to surprise her daughter with a new iphone for her 16th birthday.
"I try not to be a traditional mom, but I bet that makes my daughter even more annoyed." Molly was self-employed as an artist, selling unique sculptures both online and at local fairs. "I had to learn how to be savvy with all of the latest and greatest tech. My shop accepts bitcoins, because I'd rather be ahead of the curve on the latest trends instead of trying to catch up and learn it." Always looking for new trends, Molly stumbled upon bitcoin casinos by chance.
"I felt like I'd been WAY out of the loop. I'd never heard of them before!" To her, online casinos could be a potential untapped market–or a new leisure activity. "Before I had my daughter, I used to take a trip to the closest casino and play until I won. I had to stop once she was born, obviously, a casino is no place for a kid." But Molly still had the urge to play, so she deposited some of her earned bitcoins to play with. "They gave me a 200% bonus on the deposit, which was awesome!"
Molly chose Alkemor's Tower because of the uncanny similarity to her style of sculpting. "The elemental tiles had some similar themes to some of my favorite sculpts, so I was super excited to play it." She often found herself taking inspiration from the game's colorful tiles and magical setting. "Many of my sculptures reflect what wizards used to look like, so it was great to see that Harry Potter hasn't completely taken over how it used to look."
When Molly won, it was on an elemental tile. "Each elemental tile works a little different, but the one I got was the air tile–so everything got jumbled around. When it was all done, I won $4,400!" Molly, having never won that much on a slot machine before, didn't know what to do with it. "In the past, I've won maybe $100 here or there, and that's good for a dinner or a couple of movies. This is like a whole month's pay for nothing!" Stuck on what to buy, Molly realized that she had the perfect idea. "I'd been wondering what to get my daughter for her sweet 16. She borrows my phone now, which I know she hates doing, so I think I'm going to buy her an iphone of her own!"


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Tim Nelson is an Assistant Professor (Research) of Computer Science at Brown University. His research focuses on user-facing formal methods, particularly in security-related applications such as network configuration and policy management. With collaborators at Brown and WPI, he has led projects including Margrave (policy and configuration analysis) and Flowlog (verifiable and analyzable software-defined network programming). His work on explanatory provenance received a distinguished paper award from Foundations of Software Engineering 2017.


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"Every rose has its thorn"
You've heard the phrase a million times, in commercials, magazine ads, even in a 1980s pop-rock ballad. Due to its overuse, the phrase is easily dismissed, however, The cliché actually has value worth remembering, especially when you encounter life's inevitable road bumps and are desperate for some new perspective.
Analyzing the Rose
Observing the complexity of a rose, we can observe much about our own complex lives. A prickly exterior makes it difficult for predators to attack—its thorny climb protects the stem, allowing it to grow in strength and resiliency as the flower develops. At its very tip, the protected stem brings to light a hardy rosebud and soon, delicate, sweet smelling, gloriously and vividly colored petals follow, creating one of the world's most cherished sources of natural beauty for all to admire. Upon further inspection, and through personal experience, we quickly learn to first watch for its thorns before handling. Here's where the cliché becomes truth: that's life, isn't it?
It's no coincidence that on Valentine's Day, roses are what we give to exemplify the depth of our love, often developed through the experience of sweetness and sharp pricks. Even the sweetest highs can be followed by extremely painful lows, often in quick succession. Our daily commute to work alone can be an emotional rollercoaster; from the elation caused by a favorite song played on the radio, to the stress of a particularly bad day of traffic, or the overwhelming amount of emails waiting at the office. But is the high and low necessarily a bad thing? Or like the rose with its thorns, is it life's duality that makes it so beautiful?
A Rose is a Rose
Regardless of the type, roses develop thorns to survive and flourish with one goal—to make the end result as beautiful and strong as possible. With this revelation, a trusted cliché takes on a whole new meaning for the experience of personal sadness, the joy of happiness and the enabling journey allowing us to grow deeply rooted, strong stems of self-awareness. Without the protective pricks that temporarily stun us, we cannot truly appreciate the rose's miraculous journey to flourish. Cultivating our happiness is difficult at times, but what we make of our experiences determines if we thrive rather than merely survive. If allowed to play their role in our lives naturally, the thorns of sadness and trials can eventually cultivate healthy outlooks for positive growth, offering beauty to another struggling in their journey.
Interactive Strategies:
Goal: More effectively reflect, reconnect with, and beneficially utilize our personal experiences by refocusing our inherent positive core energy for individual positive growth.
- Take off your shoes and socks and take a walk in the grass. Known as a grounding exercise, the simple act of walking on the earth in your natural state will help center your thoughts for reflection.
- Plant a seed and watch it grow through your nurture. Whether you plant a tulip bulb in a pot, or a tree in your backyard, getting lost in the quiet, simple act of nurturing plant life—ensuring it has enough sun, water, and food to thrive—is a therapeutic reminder of nurturing our own life. Quiet, reflective activities outdoors provide opportunities to assess both positive and negative experiences, and can lead to deeper appreciation of their contribution in our life. Reflection allows us to better determine the effect of our trials in the present, and gives us opportunities to utilize them for continued positive growth—essentially leading to deeper happiness.
Lisa Cypers Kamen is acclaimed for her engaging blend of positive and spiritual psychology coaching, workshops, and philanthropic projects. Through her books, radio show, media appearances, and inspiring documentary films, such as "H Factor: Where Is Your Heart?," Lisa recently launched Harvesting Happiness for Heroes, a non-profit corporation dedicated to bringing integrated psychology coaching tools and mindfulness training to Veterans and their loved ones. She has been featured on The Huffington Post, ABC and CBS television, Yahoo News, and Money Watch. You can visit Lisa on her website, Facebook or Twitter.


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Recently, we have received many e-mails from our customers. Most of them ask us about the industrial coal fired boiler. Maybe people are familiar with it, but they don't have an accurate concept of it. Next, i will introduce this type boiler to you.
Competitive Advantages:
Drum layout from top to bottom is compact and uniform heating.
Water mains cycle structure increases heated areas and improves the water cycle effects, effectively the thermal efficiency.
Upper gearing factory can short the installation cycle and low the installation costs.
Body adopts dual-rear-drum vertical structure, full layout heating surface and high thermal efficiency.
Mechanization combustion, environmental protection and energy conservation.
Auxiliary equipped and controlled high level.
Body and base use two pieces to leave the factory, installed in a short period and low installation costs.
Evaporation capacity is 4000-25000kg/h, design pressure is 1.25-2.45Mpa and thermal power is 2.8-14MW.
This type industrial coal fired steam boiler is a closed vessel in which water is heated. The heated water exits the boiler for use in various process or heating applications.
The pressure vessel in a boiler is usually made of steel (or alloy steel), or historically of wrought iron. Stainless steel is virtually prohibited (by the ASME Boiler Code) for use in wetted parts of modern boilers, but is used often in superheater sections that will not be exposed to liquid boiler water. In live steam models, copper or brass is often used because it is more easily fabricated in smaller size boilers. Historically, copper was often used for fireboxes (particularly for steam locomotives), because of its better formability and higher thermal conductivity; however, in more recent times, the high price of copper often makes this an uneconomic choice and cheaper substitutes (such as steel) are used instead.
After reading this article, i guess you may have a basic knowledge of Industrial coal fired boiler, If you still have some questions about this boiler, please contact us.


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With only 30 days to find the real killer…
Rick and girlfriend Laura risk their lives tracking key suspects who had motives to kill…
Rick and girlfriend Laura risk their lives tracking key suspects who had motives to kill…
I love private eye characters, stories and film as much as the next guy or gal, but sometimes I groan out loud when a writer doesn't bother to do a bit of research to add at least a whiff of realism to a private investigator's actions. After co-owning a PI agency and having […]Continue Reading →
One thing we've learned at our investigations agency is to never provide details about an investigation task to clients until after the task is completed. Years ago we learned that lesson the hard way when an overly emotional client spilled the beans about a surveillance to the subject of that surveillance, which not only killed the investigation […]Continue Reading →
Last April, my husband-investigations-partner (and now an attorney) and yours truly presented several workshops at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado (at the foot of Pikes Peak). One of our workshops was Finding Missing Persons 101. Below are several of our workshop slides from this presentation focusing […]Continue Reading →
Despite the thousands of private investigators throughout the U.S. (P.I. Magazine estimates there to be approximately 60,000), and the wide variety of specializations (from insurance investigators to accident reconstruction specialists to pet detectives), many people still view private investigators as Sam Spade clones. Meaning, they're men, they're tough, they carry heat, […]Continue Reading →
We were on surveillance yesterday, parked in front of a house for sale located across the street from the real house we were surveilling. Residential neighborhoods are tough places to conduct surveillances because most people know their neighbors and the vehicles they drive, so a PI in a strange vehicle can really stick out. If […]Continue Reading →
"Great humor. Great dialogue. Author did a great job of establishing the relationship between Rick and Laura. It never overshadowed the mystery, but it made the book truly multi-dimensional."
~New York Times best-selling author Dorien Kelly
"A real page turner. I enjoyed this book full of suspense and surprises. I have never read this author before but will look for her next surprise."
~C. Phillips
NPR interview with Colleen Collins & Shaun Kaufman: "A Real-Life Nick and Nora Charles, Hot on Love's Trail"
Westword Magazine: "For These Married Denver Detectives, Truth Is More Fun than Fiction"
The Thrilling Detective: "Props and Peeves: Private Eye Stories from a Real-Life P.I." by Colleen Collins
Pursuit Magazine: "When Does Surveillance Become Stalking?" by Colleen Collins
Cold Case Squad: "Cold Case: Bullets in the Field" by Colleen Collins & Shaun Kaufman
Novel Rocket: "Top 5 Mistakes Writers Make at a Crime Scene" by Colleen Collins
"I loved The Zen Man and really had fun catching Rick and Laura's first case in the prequel, The Ungrateful Dead. These novels have everything I love in a mystery: smart dialogue, a flawed hero, a little romance and a great plot. Murder at a coroners conference? What could be more fun!"
~ Nancy Warren USA Today Bestselling Author of The Toni Diamond mysteries


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Recipe by: Chef John V., A Good Cooking Recipe!
Serving size: 2
Preparation time: about 1 hour
2-6 ounce chicken breasts, boneless & skinless, well trimmed, pounded 1/4"
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon olive oil, not extra virgin
1 tablespoon butter
1 clove garlic , chopped
1 tablespoon shallots, chopped
4 ounces dry white wine
4 slices lemon
4 ounces rich chicken stock
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoon parsley, chopped
salt and white pepper to taste
2 sprigs parsley
2 sprigs fresh sage
Dip the well trimmed and pounded chicken breasts in flour seasoned with 1 teaspoon salt. In a saute pan that has been preheated along with the olive oil and butter, put in the chicken breasts as the oil mixture begins to bubble and turn slightly golden . Cook until light golden on both sides, about 10 minutes on medium-low heat. Remove from the pan and keep warm. Now add the shallots and garlic and cook for one minute, (do not brown). Add the lemon slices, white wine and chicken stock. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until the liquid is reduced to half its original volume. Remove the lemon slices and add the heavy cream. Season with salt and ground white pepper to your liking, I would start with 2 or 3 dashes of white pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Bring the sauce to a boil over medium heat and simmer until the volume is about 6 ounces. Place the warm chicken breast back in with the sauce and cook half covered for 3-4 minutes to re-heat the chicken. Add the chopped parsley and serve with pasta of your choice, thin linguini is a good choice. Garnish everything with sprigs of parsley and sage.
Note* From this basic recipe you can add porcini, regular mushrooms, rosemary, sage, prosciutto or even julienne sun dried tomatoes.


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In order to ensure sustainability in the region of origin, there isn't any place to remote or any effort too high. That is we do our own sampling on site at the producer facility, and offer the acquisition of local cooperating partners as well as the qualifications of the respective suppliers. Whatever the subject of the analysis is, and wherever it is carried out, the GALAB-standard is always guaranteed.
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As the earth's population rises, environmental, global economic and political changes affect each individual. Technology and advances in medicine have dramatically increased the average human's life span . The important questions are what effects the booming population has on you, how does one adapt to these changes, and what can you realistically expect for the future.
It is estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau that the earth's population is more than 6 billion. The end of the black plague marked the beginning of a remarkably sharp rise of the human population. Various censuses have projected that in the next 30 years the population will go up by more than 3 billion. Whether this evidence can be summed up as an outcome of overpopulation is a disputed subject. However, it does mean that cities will continue to grow, waste and pollution will be on the rise, and natural resources will continue to be depleted.
Example of Effecting Factors
The fishing industry illustrates the effects of population growth. Demand for fish such as tuna, salmon and Chilean sea bass has grown sharply in the last 20 years. Tuna is used for pet food, canned goods and is a food staple for a number of countries. Technological advances in the fishing industry have made these fish easier to catch. Though once an inexpensive fish, the market value has gone up, and tuna is now even auctioned off to the highest bidder in seafood auctions. When a company purchases this fish, it is stored in refrigerated containers and flown to different parts of the world. For the first time in history, it is possible to buy a fish caught off the coast of Japan and eat it the next day in Ohio. The repercussions put more strain on the tuna population as it becomes an even more desired delicacy. If not constantly kept in check, the price of tuna will continue to rise. The difficulty of enforcing a global reduction of fishing tuna is that not all countries are willing or can afford to limit this industry. Policing the global waters is another problem that has many ethical and political difficulties.
Environmental Sustainbility
This example demonstrates the pitfalls that a population increase has on politics, natural resources and economic markets. Individual responsibility can play a large role in ensuring that environmental problems decrease. By either building eco-friendly homes or using sustainable practices in your home, you can ensure your family leaves a smaller carbon footprint. Green housing is not only better for the environment, but in the long run, it pays for itself and can produce additional income. By installing solar panels on your roof, for example, you are turning your home into a miniature electric company. For the extra electricity you generate, many utilities offer homeowners money in exchange for using this energy in their grid. This helps take off financial strain and promotes a healthier living environment.
The Global Market
Knowing how the population increase is going to affect the economy requires an understanding of the global economic market. China's population has risen to more than 1 billion. The increase results in a competitive manufacturing market. Numerous products that are sold in the United States were made in China. This has pushed China into the forefront of politics, which further affects the global economy by the money China lends to foreign governments. How this trickles down to the everyday person is the fact that our economy is tied to China's and those of other countries. When economies fail in foreign countries it creates a domino effect. Our gas prices are determined by prices set by another country. Therefore, every time we use oil in our cars, we are affecting not only our market but others.
Political Factors
The political scene is progressively changing for many countries. The Middle East is making strides toward democratic political systems. There is a direct correlation between a less-restrictive government and a country's ability to compete in foreign markets. Policy changes in foreign countries do affect people's jobs and lifestyles.
What You Can Do
To become more aware of the changes happening across the world, subscribe to newspapers, check out foreign news sources, watch the daily news and involve yourself in political lectures or clubs. Becoming more informed about the latest in technology will give you a better idea of what to expect in the future. While every breakthrough in medicine and technology impacts peoples' lives, those advances also carry the potential to increase our population. By staying informed, you will be able to better predict and understand the vast plane that is globalization.


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So now I'm thirty-five. And things are just right in my personal life, pretty good in my professional life, and only really significantly wrong in two ways: first, Susan and I need to be allowed to get married, and second, we need to buy a house. Of course there are lots of shorter-term wrongnesses, such as the need to get Susan's tooth fixed (she has an appointment soon), but those two are going to take the longest to resolve. The marriage one is largely beyond our control. The house-buying one is much less so, but it will be a lot of work. We need to see a financial advisor to determine how to most equitably divide the mortgage responsibilities (because I'm the one with the money saved for a down payment, and she's the one with a slightly larger income), and we need to develop a budget that will give us a clearer idea of how much we want to spend, and we need to mentally prepare ourselves for dealing with pressure from real estate agents to spend more than the houses are worth, and we need to go around actually looking at houses, and then, assuming we find one, we will probably need to install a fence and/or a few other basic necessities that many houses around here don't have but that we can't do without for any length of time, and then we will need to actually move. I'm not sure we can handle all of that in the coming year, but we should strive to at least make some significant progress on it.
We both like the idea of living out of town, where the lots are larger and hillier and wilder, but we are both concerned about some of the repercussions associated with that. I telecommute daily for my job, so it is extremely important to have a completely reliable Internet connection, but cable is not available out of town, and we're not sure whether or not a DSL or satellite connection would be reliable enough. Sewer service is also not widely available out of town, and we're not thrilled at the idea of having a septic tank. And on a gardening-related note, out-of-town lots are generally located in the foothills and therefore are generally either covered with poison oak or cursed by serpentine soil. I'm more inclined toward the serpentine soil, because poison oak can't grow in serpentine soil, and I really do not care for the idea of having to weed poison oak out of my garden. I know that many people manage it - my own parents have removed massive amounts of poison oak from their yard - but I am not "many people"; I am me, and my willingness to deal with poison oak is not very high at all. Particularly considering that even after all the efforts my parents have made to remove it from their yard, I know that they still have new seedlings coming up all the time that have to be continually removed - I just hate the idea of not being able to garden in our own yard without worrying that I might at any moment accidentally kneel on a tiny poison oak seedling and have to spend the next week or two desperately regretting it. Besides, Susan is ultra-susceptible to allergic skin reactions to plants of far more innocuous types; I'd hate to see how she might react to poison oak.
However, it's not easy to determine which areas have sufficiently strong serpentine soil to prevent poison oak. And if we do manage to find one, will I be able to garden in it? It seems like I should have a decent chance; hardly any non-native plants can grow in serpentine soil, but I'm a native plant gardener, and there are some native plants that can grow in serpentine soil. Not a whole lot, but then, there aren't a whole lot of native plants that can grow in the vernal pool-like conditions of our current yard, either, and I'm managing to garden here reasonably well. Still! If we buy a house on serpentine soil, the plants I'm currently growing that I would still be able to grow would be: hairy gumplant, Hartweg's doll's lily, Sonoma sage, and . . . uh, that's about it. I would probably never be able to grow any trees at all other than leather oaks, tanoaks, gray pines, incense cedars, MacNab's cypress, and whiteleaf manzanita. I could never grow a valley oak, a maple, a buckeye, a madrone, a redbud, a dogwood, an ash, a walnut, a sycamore, a cottonwood, a cherry, a plum, a fir or a Douglas-fir, a hop tree, a willow, a yew, a bay, a Ponderosa pine . . . that's an awful lot to give up the ability to grow in a place where I hope to live at least the majority of the rest of my life. And that's just the trees I'd be giving up; there are also the shrubs, perennials, and annuals I'd be giving up. Of course, I'd also be giving up a large portion of the need to weed, because hardly any weeds would be able to grow either. But a gardener needs some variety of plants to choose from.
These are the things we care most about: a decent-sized lot (at least a third of an acre), a reliable Internet connection, a gas stove for Susan to cook on (or the ability to install one for a reasonable price), a decent-sized kitchen (preferably with a window over the kitchen sink), a fence to keep the dogs in (or the money left over to have one built), central air conditioning to make the summers survivable (or the money left over to have it installed), the absence of poison oak, soil that I can plant stuff in (especially trees - yards require shade to become truly usable), space enough for a ton of bookshelves but not too much to keep air-conditioned (around 1,400 square feet minimum and not much more than 2,000 square feet maximum), and a house that's reasonably pleasant-looking both inside and out or can be made so without inordinate expense. I'm especially (perhaps excessively) drawn to two-story houses with decks, such as this Penn Valley house, and to anything that abuts a natural wetlands, such as this Loma Rica house, but I could also easily picture us in something like this Browns Valley house, which features neither of those advantages. Or if we chose to move in a completely different compass direction and stay firmly in the Sacramento Valley so as to avoid both the poison oak and serpentine soil of the foothills, we could live in something more like this Yuba City house, which is not at all bad either. So there are lots of choices; I just don't know which choices are the best choices, and the indecisive default option of staying where we live now is, uh, really unpleasant, and not even a very good financial decision either. So I hope we manage to figure out a lot of this stuff during the coming year.


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I'll be doing my first real bricks-and-mortar market on Sunday 22 March at Mathilda's Market, sharing a stall with Belinda. Belinda's already started sewing (you can see some of her lovely work in her lastest post) so I thought I'd better get a move on. However, time is tight as a new kindergarten mum and just to keep me on my toes, Miss Wink keeps mixing up her little routine. Also, it's hard to see past the baby CDs, baby books and toys on my desk at the moment, cute as they are (!):
I've lots of half-finished WIPs hanging around (bunting and brooches, cushions and cards) but here's something I have signed off on, some new art totes:
I sold the last of my stock of art totes recently and decided to do a redesign for the new batch. I like this style much better, it's a patchwork fronted envelope/ satchel style with more inside pockets and storage.
That's all for now, back to the production line!


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It has been awhile since we last saw the Proton Global Small Car a.k.a. P2-30A on test, so here's a spy video filmed by our Euro spies showing the GSC in action.
Much is still covered, but seeing the car moving on video gives us a better estimation of its size. The signal lamps are in the inner edge of the headlamp cluster, next to the grille, and we can see bright white LED daytime running lights peeking out from below the headlamps.
There's one point in the video where the test mule stops and starts again – when it moves off, you can see traction control keeping the wheels in check in the snow. We already know that ESP is part of the package from our previous set of interior spy shots.


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Beneyto to lead Como Metropolitan London
Como Hotels & Resorts has appointed Javier Beneyto as the new general manager of Como Metropolitan London, the 144-bedroom contemporary hotel in Mayfair.
Beneyto joins the team after successfully launching Como's newest addition to the collection, Como Uma Canggu in Bali.
Born in Madrid, Beneyto began his career at the Arabella Sheraton Hotel in Palma de Mallorca, while studying hotel management at universities in Spain and Germany.
Since graduating he has held managerial positions at hotels across the Caribbean, North America and Europe.
At the beginning of 2009, Beneyto became the hotel manager of the award-winning Villa Magna Hotel – a five-star Grand Luxe member of Leading Hotels of the World.
Beneyto joined Como Hotels & Resorts in 2012 as acting general manager of Como Cocoa Island in the Maldives before filling the same role in London at Como The Halkin.
He then moved to the United States as the opening general manager of Como's Metropolitan Miami Beach, before relocating to Bali.
Beneyto 's extensive experience will be a great asset to the London team as the hotel launches an exciting new restaurant concept in September 2018.
This will replace the infamous Met Bar, London's first private members bar.
After a full refurbishment in 2015 Como Metropolitan London evolved with a keen focus on the health and wellbeing of its guests.
The addition of the new restaurant will further enhance the hotel's position as a contemporary alternative on Park Lane.