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General Secretary Bible Society Lebanon visiting Australia
General Secretary of Bible Society Lebanon, Dr Mike Bassous, is in Australia this week to raise awareness and support for the work of Bible Society in meeting the needs of Syrian refugees flooding into Lebanon. Christians in the Middle East need help if they are to respond to the growing refugee crisis.
The situation in Syria and neighbouring Lebanon has reached a crisis point, with the United Nations estimating that as many as 30,000 people have died as a result of the recent conflict. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, reports that as many as 100,000 Syrians are seeking refuge in neighbouring Lebanon, and as many as 284,000 Syrian refugees have fled their homeland since the crisis began.
For years, Dr Mike Bassous and the Bible Society in Lebanon have been actively involved in holistic ministry with refugees, providing Scriptures, food, household items and medical care. "We have tried to move away from being another book publisher and to more giving the Bible the real place in our society and community, and that is the central place", says Dr Bassous. In the past year, Dr Bassous has seen firsthand the enormous human cost of the conflict in Syria, as refugees flood into neighbouring Lebanon, and he is committed to sharing the hope of Christ to all those adversely affected.
Bible Society Lebanon is working in partnership with relief agencies to meet the need for practical assistance, as well as Scriptures for those living in the camps. Dr Bassous tells, "the impact of course is five times or ten times greater than just giving out the Bible by itself, because here what we are doing is giving out the word of God, but we are actually practicing what the word of God says. When you see your brother's thirsty give him a glass of water, when you see he is sick go and visit him. So we are actually living the Bible, and presenting a hard copy at the same time."
Dr Bassous also works on a global scale to promote the Biblical values of respect, justice, peace, and reconciliation. Dr Bassous serves as the Vice Chairman of the Global Board of the United Bible Societies, as well as an adjunct professor in international studies at Taylor University, USA. He holds key insight into the state of Bible distribution across the globe, as well the role of the Christian not-for-profit sector in connecting the Bible's ethical teaching with the needs of the people in ethics, poverty religion, politics and the arts.
Dr Bassous will speak about the hardship facing Syrians and Lebanese alike at various events in New South Wales and Victoria. Find out what events are happening near you below.
To donate to Bible Society's Lebanon Project, click here.
Event Schedule
|NSW Events
|Worship Service
|Sunday 18 November 2012
| Berowra Baptist Church
41 Berowra Waters Road, Berowra, NSW
|No RSVP necessary
|Christian Conference
|Sunday 18 November 2012
| GracePoint Chinese Presbyterian Church
36 James Street, Lidcombe, NSW
|No RSVP necessary
|Worship Service
|Sunday 18 November 2012
|Parkside Baptist Church
717 Smithfield Road, Edensor Park NSW
|No RSVP necessary
|Breakfast with Mike Bassous
|Tuesday 20 November
|Epping Baptist
1-5 Ray Road, Epping, NSW
|RSVP essential. Click here.
|Coffee & Dessert Night
|Tuesday 20 November
|Green Point Christian College
382 Avoca Drive, Green Point NSW
|RSVP essential. Click here.
|Kiama Celebration
|Saturday 24 November
|Kiama Catholic Church
94 Manning Street Kiama NSW
| 10-10.45am morning tea
10.45am-12.30pm Mike Bassous presentation
|RSVP essential. Click here.
|Gerringong Celebration
|Saturday 24 November
|Gerringong Primary School
12 Archibald Road, Gerringong NSW
|RSVP essential. Click here.
|VIC events
|Worship Service
|Sunday 25 November
|Syndal Baptist
588 High Street Road, Glenwaverley VIC
|8.30am and 10.30am services
|No RSVP necessary
|Worship Service
|Sunday 25 November
|Kew Baptist Church
10 Highbury Grove, Kew VIC
|No RSVP necessary
|City Gates
|Wednesday 28 November
|Blackburn Hotel
111 Whitehorse Road, Blackburn VIC
|2pm-4pmJoin Sophia Think Tank (a part of BSA's Bible Advocacy Portfolio) for an afternoon of coffee, cake and discussion with Michel Bassous about Bible advocacy in the Middle East. This is a free event.
|RSVP essential. Click here.


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In the six years since Rabbi Morris D. Rosenblatt died in a car accident, family and friends at Kneseth Israel Synagogue in Annapolis have sought a fitting memorial for the man who led their congregation for nearly half a century.
A week from Sunday, they will immortalizethe rabbi's memory with a vibrant stained-glass window.
The window's theme, "L'dor Vador," means "From generation to generation" in Hebrew, a fitting description of Rosenblatt's work in the county.
"We chose a window because the synagogue was so close to his heart," says his wife, Esther.
"He served here for 40 years. Hehelped build this synagogue. And he presided at the most important moments of the people: from generation to generation, from birth and bar and bat mitzvahs, to marriage and death and again births."
It wasn't unusual for the rabbi to officiate at the wedding of a couple and later at their children's weddings.
The window -- which won't be unveiled until the evening of the ceremony on Aug. 4 -- will contain many Jewish symbols meaningful to the rabbi through the years, she added. The window will be installed in the front of the main sanctuary.
"He was our rabbi," says Laurence E. Block, executive vice president of the synagogue. "His name was synonymous with the synagogue for the entire life of many of the congregants. I was 40 years old when he was killed, and I had never known another rabbi."
Block says the rabbi, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in 1985, was also regarded as an effective community leader.
"When he went out in public, he commanded immediate respect from non-Jews as well as from Jews," Block recalls.
Rosenblatt served on the Anne Arundel General Hospital board of managers, several executive committees of the Rabbinical Council of America and as a president of the Anne Arundel CountyMinisterial Association.
To each endeavor, he brought a special ability to make the difficult seem easy, according to his widow.
"He could go over large hurdles, and it seemed sort of easy. He had a quiet strength," she says.
When the 72-year-old rabbi was killed, the family felt a lectures series would keep his name alive and also benefit the community.
Every year near the anniversary of Rosenblatt's death, a speaker comes to the synagogue. Guest lecturers have included Holocaust author Elie Weisel and Shoshana Cardin, a prominent Jewish communal leader.
The stained-glass window adds another enduring reminder of the spiritual legacy the rabbi left his people. During the 7 p.m. dedication program, members of the congregation and community will share their memories of ways Rosenblatt influenced them asfriend, midshipmen's chaplain, rabbinical colleague and civic leader.
"He was unique in that he could relate to people, to all types of people of all ages," says his wife.
"He could speak to a young child or to an old person, and he could communicate with different people on different levels. He always had a kind word and a pleasant word for everyone.
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Milk Prices Expected to Rally Despite Record Production
By Dan Vaught, ProFarmer
Despite persistently weak milk and product prices, as well as an upward turn in grain prices and feed costs, U.S. dairy producers continued their recent herd expansion during April. After having trimmed herds rather sharply in January, when the national milking cow herd at 9.309 million head came in 11,000 below the ending-2015 total and just 1,000 over the comparable January 2015 result, producers have actively increased herd sizes. USDA's April estimate at 9.331 million topped the May 2015 peak by 7,000 head. The feed cost reductions experienced during the first quarter apparently offset the concurrent erosion in milk prices.
The relative abundance of moisture and good pasture around the country helped boost April milk production per cow 1.05% annually to 1,929 lbs. per cow, with U.S. output reaching 18.0 billion lbs. during the month of April. That represented a 1.2% annual increase, thereby marking the twenty-sixth consecutive year-to-year rise. It also represented the fourteenth straight monthly record.
The upward trend in the dairy population may continue through this month, since the U.S. milking cow herd traditionally reaches an annual high during the May-June period.
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Dr. Jeanne Moore primarily works on sustainable development projects in NESC, most recently on environmental policy integration, community engagement in wind energy and the role and future of environmental data. In 2013, she was part of the climate change team, with a particular focus on the social and behavioural aspects. She joined NESC in April 2010 after working as a Policy Analyst with NESF for 4 years where she worked on projects in child literacy and mental health. Before working with the NESF, she lectured in social psychology at the University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, for 8 years and directed research projects on homeworking and women's employment decisions. Prior to that, she worked as a research consultant for the Combat Poverty Agency and the Arts Council, as well as for Focus Ireland. Jeanne has a Masters in Environmental Psychology from the University of Surrey and a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Northumbria. Her PhD in Environmental Psychology, from the University of Liverpool, focused on homelessness and the meaning of home.
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Moore, J., O'Connell, L. and O'Donnell, R. (2013) Greening the Economy: Challenges and Possibilities for Integrating Sustainability into Core Government Policy. Report number: NESC Secretariat Papers No. 7. Dublin: The National Economic and Social Council
Moore, J. (2012) The Social and Behavioural Aspects of Climate Change. Background Paper, NESC Secretariat. Dublin: The National Economic and Social Council
Moore, J. (2007) Polarity or integration: Towards a fuller understanding of home and homelessness. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 24, 2
Moore, J. (2005) Homeworking and work-life balance. Does it add to quality of life? European Review of Applied Psychology 56:11, 5-13
Moore, J. (2004) Placing homelessness: Understanding the physical context. Open House International. VOL 29; Part 2, 14-23
Crosbie, T. and Moore, J. (2004) Work-life balance and working from home. Social Policy & Society, 4, 2, 223-233
Kellett, P. & Moore, J (2003) Routes to belonging: An examination of home and homelessness in contrasting societies, Habitat International, 27, 123-141
Moore, J. (2002) Placing identity theory. 'Comment on: A community in transition: the relationship between spatial change and identity processes". Social Psychology Review, 4, 2: 61-64
Rivlin L. & Moore J (2001) Home-making: Supports and barriers to the process of home. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 10, 4, pp 323-336
Moore, J. (2000) Health and home for homeless people in transition. Reviews on Environmental Health, 15, 1-2, 135-148
Moore, J. (2000) Placing Home in Context. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 20, 207-217
Moore, J. (1999) Exploring the Concept of Rootedness in Young Irish Adults, Irish Journal of Psychology, 20, 2-4, 146-158
Moore, J. (1999) Inequalities in Arts Attendance: People Living On Low Incomes In Ireland And Their Perceptions Of The Arts, Museums And Galleries, Cultural Trends. May, London: Policy Studies Institute
Moore, J. (1997) "Poverty and the Arts", in Poverty Today, April 1997
Moore,J./Working Group (1997) Poverty: Access and Participation in the Arts, Combat Poverty Agency/The Arts Council of Ireland


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Well regardless on what you think you should do, i would strongly recommend on not doing it. With all the shit piling on the Juggalo Community with acts of violence, death and drugs. You may just start a mini war. once word gets out that this is going down, it may incite a riot. I may be a Juggalo but the waste of human life is not something i look forward to. I may not mind blood flowing in streets, but only if its justified


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Warwick Students Win RoboCup Rescue Championship in Germany
University of Warwick students have won the RoboCup Rescue Championship in Germany. The students developed their rescue robot in a team project bringing together Engineering and Computer Science students at the University of Warwick which entered the 9th RoboCup German Open in Magdeburg (April 15-18 2010).
The Warwick student team won first place overall and best in class for mobility. The robots are designed to crawl over and through difficult terrain or such as destroyed buildings in search of trapped survivors. The German competition put the robot through its paces in a simulated disaster environment which requires robots to demonstrate their capabilities in mobility, sensory perception, planning, mapping, and operator interfaces, while searching for simulated victims in difficult environments.
One of the Warwick team's competition winning tricks for their rescue robot was their design of a robot arm which has "4 degrees of movement". This gives that arm more turning flexibility than even the head of an owl and allows the arm to turn and weave in tight situations and change its orientation without having to move the whole robot.
The team's academic project Directors are Dr Peter Jones from the School of Engineering and Professor Ken Young from the School of Engineering and WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) at the University of Warwick. Professor Young says:
"I am delighted at the students' success. This project gives our students hand on experience of solving a real world engineering problem. Not only will they learn practical lessons such as how to integrate leading technology to create a practical working solution they may also come up with their own truly innovative ideas that could be taken up by technology companies and make the students even more sought after as employees of high tech engineering firms."
Notes for Editors: The teams sponsors include The Maxon Motors, Harwin Interconnect Design & Manufacture, ITCM – (Innovative Technology for Custom Machinery) Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (University of Warwick), WMG (University of Warwick), University of Warwick School of Engineering, Computer Science Department University of Warwick, and RGPhoto.
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Peru Farm, the iconic property located on 11.8 acres in the village of Peru, Vermont and known as the 'Deacon Wyman House'. This historically significant 1840 home was expanded upon and rebuilt in early 2000's with the highest attention to detail and craftsmanship, including all modern conveniences. The back patio of this gentleman's farm feels miles from everything, yet it's minutes to Stratton, Bromley, and Magic Mountains for winter sports. Watching and waving hello to the patrons of the Peru Fair from the rocking chairs on the wrap around covered front porch is an annual tradition. Wide plank pine floors, reclaimed barn beams, and 6 fireplaces allow you to live your best Vermont life in this home. Hand painted mural of the village of Peru in the casual dining room brings a smile to all guests. The expansive kitchen is the hub, and is open to the great room, bar, and flows to the stone patios from multiple doors. Screened porch brings the outside in, allowing the grounds and gardens to be appreciated from inside and outside. The study on the main floor is a home office masterpiece. Top of the main staircase brings you into the library, with built ins and bright sunlight. The master suite with sitting room, dual walk in closets, and fireplace has the best view of the farm from its many windows. The three bedroom suites each have a full bathroom in tasteful finishes. Game room, gym, or remote school room also with a full bathroom and deck with full privacy to the back yard.
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Felicia Day is starring as Kinga Forrester(the daughter of the evil Dr. Clayton Forrester) on the new Mystery Science Theater 3000, which premieres with 14 new episodes on Netflix this Friday (4/14/17). We talked (of course) about our love for the original series, how the series is faithful to the old while introducing new elements, and what it's like to have Patton Oswalt as her loyal henchman.Follow @bigwakeupcall
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Mike Nelson & Frank Conniff from MST3K
Mike Nelson and Frank Conniff are two of the stars of the legendary Mystery Science Theater 3000. There's a big, huge, enormous reunion show on June 28th that will be beamed live to cinemas nationwide, along with a special RiffTrax event. We discussed how the reunion came about, if there will be surprise celebrity cameo appearances, and a brief history of 16mm film. Find out more about the event here.Follow @bigwakeupcall
Kevin Murphy from Rifftrax & Tommy Wiseau from "The Room"
Kevin Murphy is a featured performer with the Rifftrax gang and a former cast member of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Tommy Wiseau is the director, producer and star of the cult classic film "The Room." They've teamed up to bring Rifftrax's take on the film to theatres nationwide on January 28. Check fathomevents.com for a theater near you.
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Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy & Bill Corbett from "RiffTrax"
I was a seriously dedicated fan of the wonderful (and criminally and unjustly cancelled) Mystery Science Theater 3000 back in the day, and it's great that Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett are still doing what they do in the form of RiffTrax. We talked about their latest live event, invading a film festival, and the implications of "Sharknado" becoming a "genre."
A live RiffTrax performance featuring "The Room" is coming to a theatre near you — visit fathomevents.com.
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MIke Nelson and Kevin Murphy are best known for being part of Mystery Science Theater 3000. They now record "Riff Trax," which are hilarious movie commentaries you can listen to while you watch your personal DVD collection. They're doing a live Riff Trax of the 1997 movie classic "Anaconda" at theatres nationwide (Find one near you here). We talked about their writing process, how they decide which films to riff on, and just what exactly is their beef with "According to Jim."Follow @bigwakeupcall


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I began this odyssey by creating a presentation where a person moves through a building using a series of buttons. There are multiple ways that a person could choose to go, so I couldn't have it all one animation, I had to have separate animations, and play them at the proper time.
My first solution was to use .flvs, however, my client's servers were slow, and they didn't like the fact that there were multiple .flvs NOT being loaded in the beginning.
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So, am I screwed with this whole running out of memory thing? Or is there a way to increase it (in 3ds Max, there's a setting you can click on to increase the amount of available memory to 3ds max, is there something like that for Koolmoves?)
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Steal her Style: Peach, Grey and Metallic Wedding Inspiration
If you loved Lisa & Chris' pretty pastel wedding, listen up! We're showing you how you can pull off this wedding theme. From delicious peach hues to chic metallic details, we really have fallen head over heels in love with this delightful wedding colour scheme.
Lisa, bride and owner of Paperknots, created her own wedding stationery. She opted for a soft grey-blue colour palette with a handful of peach, rose gold and antique metallic hues.
Metallic weddings are taking the world of weddings by storm, and is it any wonder that brides are falling for these delicious delights? We adore this yummy wedding cake created by Elle Jane Cakes.
To recreate Lisa's wedding flowers, opt for lots of wild foliage and greenery such as Eucalyptus and trailing Ivy. Work in a few soft peach blooms for a feminine touch and a subtle pop of colour. Why not wrap a silk peach or grey ribbon around the stems of your bouquet? You can also use greenery garlands to adorn your seating plan or wedding signage with.
Work metallic details into your wedding décor. From gilded cutlery, plates and candle holders, using metallic decorations will effortless give your wedding day a dash of modern luxe.
When it comes to create your wedding centrepieces and venue decoration, metallic vases, terrariums and candlesticks look both chic and feminine. You can fill rose gold and copper terrariums with tea lights, wild greenery or pillow-soft peach blooms – the choice is yours!
Rose gold and copper cutlery will give your wedding place settings a modern vibe that's still incredibly feminine. Why not tie them with a delicate cream, pink or peach ribbon for an extra pretty touch?
Give your wedding the wow factor with a statement backdrop. You can use balloons, ribbon garlands or tassels as a backdrop for your ceremony space, dessert table or as a background for your photographs.
Have a nosey at Lisa and Chris' wedding here for more inspiration…
Image Credits: Image 1 – Polly & Me and Ed Brown Photography / Image 2 – Stationery by Paperknots / Image 3 – Elle Jane Cakes and Matt Horan Photography / Image 4 – Wild Thyme Floristry and Humpston & Bull Photography / Image 5 – The Wedding of my Dreams / Image 6 – Mad Philomena / Image 7 – The Vintage House That Could / Image 8 – Polly & Me and Ed Brown Photography
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With the powerful imaging software packages iNspect and Sherlock, Teledyne DALSA offers perfect solutions for a wide range of applications in different markets. Both software packages run on Teledyne DALSA's embedded multi-camera systems, also on a customer's own PC and on the Boa vision system ‒ a compact, intelligent camera from Teledyne DALSA.
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The DALSA iNspect software is targeted more at users with little previous experience, enabling them to create quality inspections very intuitively in just a few minutes. Inspection areas are drawn on the image with the mouse and the tools are parameterised. A ready-to-use graphical user interface then visualises images, measured values and statistics in inspection mode.
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DALSA Sherlock software can be used to create more complex, faster or even multi-camera applications. To do this, inspection regions are set with the mouse and pre-processing steps and image processing algorithms are selected and parameterised. The results of the tools are shown graphically in a tree structure and linked to other functions and program steps using drag & drop. For the experienced user, the very comprehensive, yet extremely user-friendly software on PC systems offers even more flexibility and performance.
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Organization Guru: The Toxic Habit You Should Break in 2013
The New Year is here, and it's a time to leave all toxic habits behind us and start with a clean slate. Speaking of clean, decluttering is one of the most common resolutions that people have, but when old habits start settling in again, clutter can build back up. We talked to organization expert Peter Walsh to find out what's coming in between you and a clean room in the New Year:
"I always say that 'later' is the best friend of clutter and disorganization. Whenever you're tempted to just throw the dirty dishes in the sink or leave the clothes in the dryer unfolded, catch yourself. Realize that it's the small steps that need to be done to stay on top of the clutter. My one bit of advice on the subject would be to replace the word 'later' with the word 'now.' Get into the habit of repeating that word under your breath, and pretty soon you'll have a ton of accomplishments you can be proud of."


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Book: Gift of the Seekers (Turn of the Tides Book 2) by Christy & Sarah Newmancategories: Book, Supernatural, Magic, Monsters, Clean Fiction, Pirates, Young Adult, Action Adventure, Fantasy
Christy Newmanabout this book: Gift of the Seekers is the second book in the Turn of the Tides trilogy in which Magic-wielding pirate captain Loslin and his brother West have a life-altering event that brings new powers to light.
In the continuing saga, Loslin and West Kelser follow the riddles left for them in the magic scroll linked to them with blood. Their father's plan is for them to develop their Gifts in order to prepare to fulfill their destiny before giving them the means to find him.
This exciting book paints their struggles in vivid detail, including battles with evil men and genetically modified animals. You will experience loyalty, brotherly love, humor, friendship, apprenticeship to a humble master Seeker, and deep self searching. Join us in this next phase as the tides turn once more. It is pure entertainment!
My sister and I coauthored this book. It took us nine months, in which time we had great fun. The title speaks of the Gift honed by Seeking to a point it can be used to benefit mankind. The new cover design was given to us by a fan who wishes to remain anonymous.
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3D Mammograms Are Changing the Breast Cancer Detection Game
The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 230,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer this year alone. Some 40,000 women will lose their lives to this disease. Early detection has long been proven to increase the odds of survival in a woman's favor with mammograms serving as the best possible tool for getting the job done right. The relatively recent introduction of 3D mammograms is making this test even more accurate and valuable as a first line of defense, especially for women with dense breast tissue.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of 3D mammography back in 2011.
This tool is able to better visualize breast tissue than standard 2D mammograms. That fact makes it especially important for women with dense breast tissue, which is known to block the effectiveness of standard mammograms in finding lesions as early as possible. The 3D mammogram uses X-rays to take pictures of the breast at multiple angles. These images are then brought together to create a complete representation of the breast. The end result is a scan that is better able to detect small lesions than a standard 2D mammogram.
Mammograms are recommended annually for all women starting at the age of 45. Women at higher risk for breast cancer, however, may find that screening should begin sooner and take place more frequently. After the age of 55, the need for mammograms goes down to about once every two years. Mammograms, both 2D and 3D, serve as a vital tool in helping doctors detect and treat breast cancer in its earliest stages.
All women are urged to talk to their doctors long before the age of 45 about their personal risks for this disease and preventative measures they might be able to take. When detected early, breast cancer is often highly treatable. The introduction of 3D mammograms is helping on this front.


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Texas governor race
Wendy Davis Wants to Redistribute Your Money
Wendy Davis donated $515 of her $235k income to charity, but wants to redistribute your earnings. The Dems' abort-happy hope to capture the TX governorship just released her taxes. Despite her wanting to take your money and give it to anyone who signs up to welfare, she didn't give much herself.
Dem Abortion Zealot Wendy Davis Announces for Governor of Texas
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Texas Right to Life has already prepared an appropriate "welcome to the race" ad to make sure that Texas voters understand what Wendy Davis is really all about.


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I often find myself wondering what you'd have to be smoking to want to marry into the roving pack of bedazzled harpies that is the Kardashian family. Turns out, it's crack. You have to be smoking crack.
It's recently been revealed that Lamar Odom (aka Mr. Khloe Kardashian) has been addicted to crack cocaine for at least two years. (Which apparently explains the trouble in the couple's marriage — which, in true Kardashian form, has been trotted out for the world to salivate over in very public fights/publicity stunt.)
And now, according to TMZ, he's missing. (Well, the Kardashians have been unable to contact him.) They fear that the basketball star (who is now better known as the poor guy who has to listen to the least famous Kardashian whine all day) is off on a drug binge, following a failed intervention that ended with Khloe throwing him out of the house. I'm thinking that he's just off somewhere binging on some private time away from Khloe.
Because we all know what happens when you spend too much time with a Kardashian woman: the orange eunuch formerly known as Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner happens.
On a serious note, drug addiction is a serious matter, etc., and I hope they find this guy alive and well.


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While the outcome was all but set in stone after May's Republican primaries, Montgomery County voters officially elected candidates to three of five seats on the commissioners court Tuesday.
Charlie Riley was elected to represent Precinct 2 and Jim Clark to Precinct 4, and Craig Doyal, who's currently representing Precinct 2, was elected as the county judge.
The departure of longtime county judge Alan Sadler and Precinct 4 commissioner Ed Rinehart means there will be two new faces on the court.
Any contention over the seats was exhibited in the primaries, with candidates vying over their conservative credentials and touting the support of rival tea party groups.
Meanwhile, Conroe ISD voters elected three trustees. Melanie Bush defeated Kim K. LeJeune for Position 1, while Skeeter Hubert beat Carol Hamilton for Position 3. Conroe ISD board President Ray Sanders was unopposed.


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Warmth dissipates,
life hushed and serene,
Dormancy, lethargy follow
Still lingers the impressions of scars,
buried just below the surface
As not to disturb.
Time may heal, but not regenerate
Nothing will ever be as it was exactly
Always slight remodeling, as time always moves forward.
Transformation is not instantaneous,
You are not one then the other
always a transition period – a period of in between.
We overcome challenge with persistence,
like a river leaves an impression on the bank,
not an easy task.
Time & movement propel forward
We grasp easy, clear, painless
Avoid existence of wounds.
In between is where we learn,
we develop,
our "flaws" turn into strengths.
We dove into this journey,
with knowledge of transcendence
But progression is imperceptible.
Nearest has difficulty to judge progress
perpetual movement forward inevitable
Happiness is on the horizon.
Transition almost complete
Sun heightens, intensifies
The dawning of a new day.


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Copyright Infringement Damages Upheld in File Sharing Case
Written by: Susan Neuberger Weller
The Tenebaum copyright infringement file sharing case, about which we first reported in an earlier blog, reached another milestone this week when the First Circuit upheld the jury's $675, 000 damages award. Tenenbaum had been found liable for illegally downloading 30 songs and a jury awarded statutory damages of $22, 500 for each song infringed. The award was appealed on grounds that it was so large that it violated Tenenbaum's constitutional right to due process of law.
The court analyzed the function and purpose for statutory damages under the Copyright Act, which are to provide "reparation for injury" and "to discourage wrongful conduct." The court rejected Tenebaum's argument that the amount of the award violated due process because it was not tied to the actual injury that he caused, stating that such an argument disregarded the intended deterrent effect of statutory damages. Moreover, the award of $22, 500 per song was only 15% of the maximum award possible for willful copyright infringement and even less than the maximum award for non-willful violations. Accordingly, the court held that the jury's award did not violate the Constitutional right to due process and the judgment was affirmed.
Unless this decision is appealed to the US Supreme Court, this dispute is concluded. It is unlikely the Court would review any such appeal since review of similar cases have previously been declined.


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Con-Jikon returned to the Ramada hotel in Midtown on Nov. 17-18 to once again help Albuquerque dive into the creative world of anime and gaming.
The anime and gaming convention was created by students from the University of New Mexico in 2013. This year marked the sixth convention for the event. On top of engaging with fans of the anime and gaming community Con-Jikan strove to inspire attendees with its programs. The convention kicked off with an free day that took place Nov. 16 before the regularly scheduled convention giving attendees a free taste of what they could look forward to for their weekend.
Featuring an array of guests including the voice talents of Michele Knotz and James Carter Cathcart the convention promised a day of fun for attendees. Cosplayer's flooded the halls of the convention as they showcased an array of characters from their favorite video games and animes. In a special treat cosplayers even received the opportunity to compete with each other during Con-Jikon's Masquerade on Nov. 17 where both novices and professionals pitted there talents against each other in front of a panel of judges. Contestants let there creativity unleash as they not only showcased their outfits but performed choreographed dances or acts. Some winners included a dark comedy routine by a Michael Myers and Jason cosplay from their respective horror movies and video games as well as a Holo and Kraft Lawrence cosplay from the anime Spice and Wolf who splendidly performed to the song The Fox by Ylvis.
Those interested in competing in games were not left disappointed either as interested individuals were given the chance to participate in a Super Smash Bros tournament and Fortnite tournament in which they were able to play against other competitive attendees.
Competitions were not the only thing that attendees were able to look forward to however as an array of panels were also available including one titled "Original Character and Comic Museum" that tackled the origins of many of popular fictional heroes who began as original characters including the likes of Marvel's Deadpool and Detective Comic's Harley Quinn.
Outside of the panels and competitions attendees of the event were able to enjoy merchandise from multiple local and nonlocal businesses. Many of the merchandise matched the theme of the convention and included prints of famous gaming and anime characters as well as hair pins and accessories.
Con-Jikon ended with closing ceremonies on Nov.18 with the conventions official twitter page posting a picture of another one of the activities it had made available to attendees, a drawing board which allowed participants to draw freely on sheets of white paper posted. At the end of day two the board was filled with the art of several attendees.
"Here's our drawings board at the end of Day 2. Again we would like to thank all of the artist who decided to contribute to the image board. With that we will see you again next year," Con-Jikon tweeted to both new fans of the convention and old.
Images by ABQ-Live intern photographer Naomi Romero


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Carleen Brice is author of the novels Orange Mint and Honey and Children of the Waters. The Lifetime Movie "Sins of the Mother" based on Orange Mint and Honey won the 2011 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding TV Movie.
She also wrote Lead Me Home: An African American's Guide Through the Grief Journey (HarperCollins), and edited the anthology Age Ain't Nothing but a Number: Black Women Explore Midlife. She lives in Colorado with her husband where she gardens and works on her third novel, Calling Every Good Wish Home.
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IndyCar driver Wilson saves 6 lives by donating organs
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The late IndyCar driver Justin Wilson saved six lives Tuesday by donating his organs, his brother said.
"He just keeps setting the bar higher," Stefan Wilson posted on his Twitter page. "Keep Julia & the girls in your prayers #myherojw."
The 37-year-old Wilson died Monday night from a head injury suffered when a piece of debris struck him during a race the previous day at Pocono Raceway. A British driver who lived in Colorado, Wilson was hit in the head by piece of debris from another car. Wilson's car veered into an interior wall at the track, and he was swiftly taken by helicopter to a hospital in Allentown in critical condition.
Wilson drove a Honda from 2008 through 2015 in IndyCar, and the manufacturer offered its condolences Monday.
"To say that we are heartbroken over the loss of Justin Wilson would create the false impression that our pain is localized," said Art St. Cyr, president of Honda Performance Development. "At a time earlier in the season, when we were in a continuing struggle to remain competitive in the Verizon IndyCar Series, Justin was the guy who WANTED to be with Honda, and he demonstrated that time and again. That allows you to take the measure of the man, and we will be forever grateful for his loyalty, and the gracious and gentlemanly way he represented our company, on and off the race track."
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Sat, 11 July 2009
In October 2008, host Jon Steinman spoke with wildlife biologist Alexandra Morton who was in the midst of taking the Province of British Columbia and Marine Harvest Canada to B.C. Supreme Court. Morton was challenging the ongoing regulation of the industry by the Province, arguing that the Province is not constitutionally permitted to do so. Instead, it was argued that the Federal government is responsible for regulating salmon farms.
Justice Christopher Hinkson came to his decision on February 9, 2009. Morton was victorious. Deconstructing Dinner invites Morton back onto the show to share the outcomes of that decision and what has transpired since then. Also lending their thoughts to the B.C. Supreme Court decision is Otto Langer - a former federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) biologist who applauds the decision but remains highly skeptical of the DFO's capability to now manage the farmed salmon fishery.
The episode also examines a perplexing letter sent to Deconstructing Dinner not long after our January 2009 episodes. As part of those January episodes, Deconstructing Dinner shared recordings from our October 2008 tour of a salmon farm site and hatchery owned by Marine Harvest - the largest salmon farming company in the world. It appears the company was not happy with those broadcasts and subsequently sent a letter to us outlining a number of rather odd requests.
Otto Langer - former Biologist, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) (Richmond, BC) - Otto is a 32-year veteran of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada who quit his job in 2001 after becoming unhappy with the direction the department was heading. He then became the Director of the Marine Conservation Program for the David Suzuki Foundation and one of DFO's most outspoken critics. Otto is now retired. He is considered one of Canada's leading authorities on the issue of open net cage salmon farming. Otto also authored a chapter in the book, "Stain Upon the Sea: The Battle for the West Coast Salmon Fishery" (2001).
Alexandra Morton - Scientist/Researcher, Raincoast Research Society (Echo Bay, BC) - While studying orca whales up until the 1990s, Alexandra watched as the salmon farming industry appeared in the Broughton Archipelago where she calls home. As she observed the arrival of industrial salmon farms, the whales she studied disappeared. She believed the cause was salmon farms, and when 10,000 pages of letters to all levels of government failed to elicit meaningful response, Alexandra realized that she would have to scientifically prove that salmon farming had driven out the whales and caused epidemic outbreaks of bacteria, viral and parasitic infections in wild salmon. By partnering with international scientists and in some cases commercial fishermen, Alexandra has documented the loss of the whales, thousands of escaped farm salmon, lethal outbreaks of sea lice, and antibiotic resistance near salmon farms.
Bill Harrower - Manager of Regional Operations for Aquaculture Development, Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands - (Courtenay, BC) Aquaculture is a significant contributor to the provincial economy, and most aquaculture jobs are located in coastal communities. Farmed salmon is B.C.'s largest agricultural export product. Bill Harrower has worked with the Department since the 1980s.
Barb Addison - Manager, Big Tree Creek Hatchery, Marine Harvest Canada (Sayward, BC) - Big Tree Creek is one of five hatcheries currently being managed by the company. It's in the process of a $3-million expansion.
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After more than a month of speculation, scientific calculation and plain guesswork – not to mention thousands of visits to bookies – it has finally been confirmed that 2013's most eagerly anticipated arrival is due in July.
In a statement issued on Monday, St James's Palace announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby is set to be born in six months' time.
"Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to confirm they are expecting a baby in July," said a palace spokesman.
The palace also said that the duchess, who is suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum or severe morning sickness, is feeling better following her stay in hospital last month.
Her admission to the King Edward VII Hospital in central London on 3 December forced the couple to reveal their news ahead of schedule.
The news of her recovery will quell speculation over whether the duchess is carrying twins: hyperemesis gravidarum – which is most common in the first trimester – is more often suffered by women expecting more than one baby.
If the new prince or princess arrives early, he or she could share a birthday with William's mother, the late Diana, princess of Wales, who was born on 1 July.
The duchess was last seen in public on Friday when she visited the National Portrait Gallery in London with William for the unveiling of her first official portrait.
A spokesman for the couple said they were unlikely to undertake any engagements in the next few weeks as William would be concentrating on his flying with the RAF search and rescue force.
He added that Kate was likely to return to engagements "in the near future".
The bookmaker William Hill said confirmation of the approximate due date had proved costly.
July had been the even-money favourite with the firm and its odds now suggest that the baby could be born in the third or fourth week of that month – both offered at 9/4.
"The royal baby is starting to cost us a small fortune; we have already paid out on the year and now the month that the baby will be born," said a spokesman.
"We can only hope that they don't have a baby with ginger hair as that would break the bank."
William Hill is also taking bets on the name William and Kate will give their child.
Among the favourites are George, Victoria and Diana, all 10-1, followed by Elizabeth at 12-1, and Charles, John and Phillip, all 14-1.
Babies born in July – whose ranks include Nelson Mandela, Tom Cruise and Sir Richard Branson – tend to fare less well in their educational careers than those born in September.
Claire Crawford, a programme director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said the English academic year, which runs from September to August, favoured those born before the summer.
"It means that the July- and August-born babies are the youngest in their year and they tend to take the exams when they are slightly younger than those born earlier in the year," she said.
"Because of the way the education system is set up in England they are the youngest in their year and what we've shown is that puts them at a disadvantage on average compared with the children who are born at the start of the year."
Crawford said the results gap between July-born children and their September-born peers was wide to begin with, but narrowed as time went on. She said July-born children were about 33% less likely to reach the government's expected level in reading, writing and maths at key stage 1 (around the age of seven), about 10% less likely to achieve 5 A*-C grades at GCSE, and around 5% less likely to go to university at the age of 18 or 19.


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JF Ptak Science Books Post 951
Sometimes things are designed that are so bulbous and so inflated and so terribly hyper-packed that they are just destined never to be built beyond the imagination. Among the largest of these things meant for the air was designed by a particularly streamlined designer, Norman Bel Geddes, who basically owned the concept of aerodynamic function at all levels of design in the 1930's.
But Bel Geddes' apoetically-named aircraft, Airliner 4, is an entirely different issue. It may possibly be the largest, slowest, lowest, fattest and most lumbering plane ever designed. (And by this I mean that it stood a chance of some sort of actually being built and flown, as opposed to the monsters with wing-topped tennis courts and such.)
This 530'-long 1.2 million pound beast took an hour to climb to its max ceiling of 10,000 feet where it would cruise along at an astonishing 100 mph. It would wind its way lovingly across the country, slicing off its travel hours like frozen bologna, 30 hours from coast-to-coast, slowly, methodically, so as not to disturb its 600 passengers in their sleeping rooms. But I'm not sure how much sleep would get slept, what with 20 (!) 1900 hp engines screaming overhead.
The passengers who didn't sleep could do a lot besides sit and be serviced by the aircraft's crew of 155--they might actually need guides to get them through the oddness of the plane's 9 decks, 3 kitchens, 2 dining rooms, solarium, 100-couple dance floor, gym, barbershop and medical offices (with waiting room). Plus much, much more. (I like a plane with a doctor's office waiting room; perhaps the real genius would've been to come up with the smaller, more interior, extra waiting room to which one graduates before seeing The Doctor.)
Getting closer to the ground is the plan for the Chicago Civic Center (1909) by the usually accomplished Daniel H. Burnham. This beast looks more like a stubby nuclear- pulse intergalactic Mothership than anything that anyone would have wanted to build on the ground—at least in space it would be out of sight.
In a struggling prose reminiscent of Lewis Sullivan Burnham writes1: "The Civic Center will be dependent for its effectiveness in the character if the architecture displayed in the buildings themselves…" which I think is self-referential, stating that the architecture's effectiveness is dependent upon the architecture. If this is the case, the enormity of the Civic Center doesn't save it from itself.
Staying in Chicago we find another proposal, this for the ChicagoTribuneTower competition of 1922—many of the works submitted seem to my eye big and wide and ugly, but perhaps none more so than that offered by Ludwig Koloch. This may well have been a nice design for the top third or so of a building, but not for three thirds--and actually, this may be four-thirds. It reminds me of something rising from the sands at a beach in the future, the remnants of destroyed civilizations. Without the apes.
- Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett, Plan of Chicago, 1909.


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Tripwire Interactive released their previously Early Access first person shooter Killing Floor 2 today (18th November) after being expanded and having all sorts of mad content added to the core game which arrived in April last year. It's humans taking on the specimen clones or zeds in visceral combat. In a nutshell this is a horde mode style survival game where you team up or go solo and hope to survive waves of the attacking monstrosities. Ultimately is it any good though as there's no story to speak of or any other padding. It's just raw killing.
You've got three ways to tackle the game on offer here and that's playing offline solo to hone your skills and get used to how the enemies swarm the player. At first it might appear quite unfair being boxed in by zeds with no where to go but an untimely death. However, there are counters such as grenades and melee attacks but the key is to know the level design and not put yourself into positions where the zeds can swarm you with your back against the wall effectively boxing you in. Solo play is an excellent starting point as it also allows you to experiment with the various classes of characters who each have their own unique attributes. What's great about the solo play is all of your levelling carries over into multiplayer so you're not left feeling like you've wasted your time. Ultimately solo is pretty challenging too even if there are less zeds to take out per wave. With no one else to focus on means they are coming for you only making for some tough situations.
The second (and most fun) way to play is survival co-op online where you can team up with up to 5 other players. Here it's business as usual except this time you've got friends to watch your back. Whilst the zed count rises per each additional player it's far easier to team up and survive. There's other gameplay quirks to consider too such as special abilities which are gained by levelling up which can help other players, offering cash to be spent in between waves to upgrade and buy more equipment and offering ammo to those less fortunate. There's a real team spirit here even if very few people are using mics to communicate. It's the kind of game where talking is unnecessary really as you can simply get by without full voice chat as it's self-explanatory – kill or be killed.
The final way to play is the versus survival mode which has you fight against other players who take on the roles of the zeds themselves and vice versa. This is the least popular form of the game at the moment as most players congregate in the standard survival mode so you'll have a hard time finding servers hosting this mode compared to the regular game.
As for the actual game mechanics they are solid with excellent gun-play, hit detection across a varied selection of guns and melee weapons. What's especially cool is a bullet time mode which is activated for every player if successful headshots are placed in succession. Whilst slowing down during a reload can be rather jarring the slowed time does give a chance to take stock and get a few more head shots in the process if you're in the zone and not running away like a pansy that is.
Special mention has to go to the level design on the official Tripwire maps where you've got lots of room to manoeuvre whether that is in the open or tight corridors and rooms. You'll find there's multi-tiered stages and many places to hunker down before being overrun. Each map has its own theme making for a fun game to play in both the visuals and tactically. You'll also come up against various boss characters in the final wave which is a nice touch.
Killing Floor 2 looks great with some excellent attention to detail and bright visuals amongst the splattering of blood and gore from shooting up the zeds – which are also brilliantly designed. That said, some are rather generic such as the hulking blob creature that spits green goo at you and explodes into a mass of green when killed. There seems to be a little borrowing of ideas from Left 4 Dead in some instances. Performance wise the game runs well on PC and seems to be well optimised with a number of options to tailor the experience to suit your system. A GTX 1080 for example can run the game at 4K quite well and with some options dialled back can maintain 60 frames per second too.
Audio is also of a high standard with meaty sounding guns and plentiful sound effects from the zeds. You'll also hear some quips from the characters who each have their own comments to make. Sadly, the music might not be to everyone's tastes (which rests on the metal side of things) and might need to be muted entirely depending on your tastes.
In terms of longevity you've got 8 character skins to play with who can be customised such as head colour, outfits and accessories but the main progression lies in the perks or classes where XP is gained from specific weapon kills related to the class. It's a good system and means players can swap class on the fly and obtain bonuses once a suitable rank is reached. However, no matter how complete the core game is there's a ton of optional extras up for grabs which are commanding real money which seems to be too prominent a feature. You can earn crates and other items during play but then have to pay real money to actually use them which seems cheap and is a massive negative on what is a fun and cool game. A quick perusal of the game's store reveals an assortment of extra skins, weapons and other bits which are far cooler than the default offerings as you would expect.
Killing Floor 2 is a fun game in small doses and whilst it's a great online game encouraging teamwork and camaraderie, the repetitive nature of killing the same enemies over and over gets old with extended play. A few more modes of play would go down a treat here and maybe will be added over time. However, in its current form there's a fun, accessible game with quite a large community of players (on PC at least) which means you're never short of someone else to play with. Aside from the lack of unlockables which don't require additional payment, the perk system is good and rewarding as something to work towards. If you like simple wave shooters then this is worth checking out and with its low price means you'll get enough bang for your buck. It's a shame though a lot of the best content is tied to additional cash payments which dampens the overall enthusiasm a little.
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Combine cranberries and sugar in a bowl; stir well, and set aside.
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Dissolve gelatin in boiling water; chill until consistency of unbeaten egg white.
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Add cranberry mixture, apple, orange, marshmallows, and pecans to gelatin mixture; mix well. Pour into a lightly oiled 5- cup mold; chill until set. Unmold on lettuce leaves. Garnish with a dollop of mayonnaise, if desired.
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Meetings & Events 2020
If you are thinking of joining Fourth Corner Exchange or are interested in learning more about our cooperative economy you can attend one of our meetings, which are designed to give you information about our alternative monetary system. We run meetings in several locations in the Pacific Northwest USA. These are listed below.
Port Townsend WA (North Olympic Exchange)
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What do you know about jewelry? Do you know what different kinds of jewelery are, or how to find a good piece? This article will help you to approach any jewelry counter with confidence. Read the following tips for the guidance you need to understand how to buy, care, and enjoy your jewelry.
When storing your jewelry, be sure that you store it in a place with low humidity and free of open air. Keep your jewelry in a drawstring bag or in a box that is made for jewelry. Air and humidity will make the metals in jewelry tarnish. You will be able to polish precious metals to remove tarnish, but non-precious metals may lose their coating, showing the copper metal beneath.
When shopping for sterling silver jewelry, it is a good idea to bring a small magnet along with you. To spot scams, see if the magnet attracts the piece. If it does, then shout "FAKE!" at the top of your lungs and move to the next store. If your silver is sterling, you will also notice a mark on the piece. This mark might state .925, sterling, or ster. Be wary of pieces that lack any silver hallmarks, as this is an indication that they're not genuine sterling silver.
Do they prefer to wear over-sized pieces or more delicate styles? Yellow gold or silver? These answers should give you a reasonable starting point for your shopping.
Ask about any insurance a jeweler may offer when you are buying jewelry. Look for a good policy that lets you return damaged items. There are some jewelers that will also have insurance plans for pieces that get lost or stolen.
Follow this article's tips when you wish to purchase jewelry for someone or yourself. You'll be able to buy the right item for the best price, ensuring you've made the best decision, and that the piece lasts a lifetime. Jewelry taste requires nothing more than an trained eye and solid background education on the subject.


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Mufongo is my number one reason to visit Puerto Rico. It is so delicious that I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. In fact, I tried doing just that on our last trip to Puerto Rico (much to the dismay of my travel companions). :-/ I liked it so much I practically had mufongo withdrawals after coming back to the states. I couldn't find a place that served mufongo in a 10 mile radius so I just decided to make it myself.
Mufongo is a mixture of starchy vegetables used as a base for a delicious stew of sauce and proteins. In Puerto Rico, I often found mufongo made out of any combination of plantain, cassava, and yucca. You can make the base out of any starchy vegetable, but it is good to include plantain as one of your components because it gives a dry rich flavor and texture that these other vegetable cannot replace.
You can see here how the mufongo mixture forms a beautiful well for your stew. Then the base is covered with a stew-like sauce. This mixture can be anything you desire: spicy garlic shrimp, creamy seafood mix, grilled pork and chili salsa, etc. The possibilities are endless! This is why mufongo is a great choice when you haven't been to the grocery store in a while. You can take any leftovers and combine them together to make a savory sauce to top the mufongo. I just so happened to have lobster tail and steak leftover from a nice date-night-in meal and some bison given to me by a friend. That is why I have this steak, lobster, bison stew atop my mufongo tonight. But you could combine any other types of leftovers you have: broccoli, carrots, chicken, fish, marinara, etc.
- small purple potato, 1
- small plantain, yellow, 1
- ground bison, cooked, 1/2 lb
- lobster tail, cooked, 1
- sirloin steak, cooked, ~2 oz
- broth, 3 tbsp + 1 cup
- red onions, diced, 2 tbsp
- small carrot, sliced, 1
- green onions, diced, 2 tbsp
- coconut oil, for frying
- deep fryer (optional)
Directions aka instructiones:
- peel the plantain
- cube the potato and plantain into ~1 in cubes
- heat coconut oil in a fryer. Add the cubed potato and plantain and fry until golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. If you don't have a deep fat fryer, you can simply fry the veggies on the stove top using a large skillet and coconut oil.
- drain and set aside
- saute red onions, white part of green onions and 1 cup broth over medium heat until reduced by on third or about 10-15 min.
- mash potato and plantain with 3 tbsp broth until well blended and mold-able
- mold plantain mixture onto the plate into little towers. Indent the top of the tower. This is your mufongo base and will form the well to place your meat and sauce.
- add lobster, bison and steak to the sauce sauteing on medium high. Mix until warmed.
- spoon sauce into mufongo wells, coat in sauce
- garnish with green onions
- serve and enjoy!


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Regardless of if we are called specifically to be church planters, all of us are called to be ABOUT church planting.
The question, "Am I called to be a church planter?" is not a straightforward one. It's not like, "Should I breathe?" or "Should I love others as Jesus does?"
The question, "Am I called to be a church planter?" is kind of like asking, "Should I go into an Arts program, Science Program, or a Trade Program?" What's implied behind this question is the importance of further education. So the question is more a matter of, "Which route will you take?"
Or it's like the question, "Should I eat a pop-tart for breakfast?" Yes, obviously you need to eat food, but if you eat a pop-tart for breakfast, how is that going to affect what you eat for lunch? And how will you deal with the sugar crash and belly rumblings mid-morning?
When we look at the biblical commandment to "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations," the natural outflow of that is the planting of new churches.
We see this through the Early Church and how the apostles preached the gospel, made disciples, and planted churches that then preached the gospel, made disciples, and planted churches.
I mean, just look through the book of Acts! And then look at how the New Testament was written to new churches in their respective life situations. Essentially, the New Testament can be seen as an anthology of church plants. The fact is, just like we all need to eat food or we will die, we need to all be about church planting, or the church will die.
So the better question that we need to answer is, "Am I called to be about church planting?" And let me make this easy for you. If you're a follower of Christ, the answer is a default yes.
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You may absolutely love buying new clothes and still feel like you never have enough, but have you ever wondered what was the use of those tiny studs on jeans pockets or about those small holes on Converse sneakers? Well here are 10 awesome things should know about your clothes! Go on and show off your incredible fashion IQ!
Jeans became popular because of their durability. They were worn by mine workers and the seams of the pockets would often tear due to the nature of their job. The studs on the pockets of jeans are called rivets and their only purpose is to strengthen the pockets and keep it from tearing! We bet you never knew that!
Anybody who ever owned a backpack with a diamond patch on it, has stuck their fingers through it at least once. The actual reason you have a patch on your bag is to hold on to gear with cords to be strung through the opening. You could use it to hang your shoes or anything that has a cord!
Ever noticed an extra layer of fabric on the crotch area of your panties? It might look like a little pocket but it surely isn't one. It's made of cotton for the purpose of hygiene and absorbency.
These tiny little pockets may not be used anymore, but back in the day when jeans were just invented, these pockets were used by workers to keep their pocket watches safe. Pretty fascinating right? Considering jeans are our daily wear staple!
We have to admit that these loops inside our tops and dresses are the most annoying thing ever! But they're not there for no reason. These loops are meant to be used to hang clothes from on a hanger to keep them from stretching. Time to accept these loops just the way they are!
Ever wondered why most trousers crease in a certain way? Back in the day when clothes were shipped from one country to another, they would be folded and kept in the shipping box in order to save space. Due to the folds, trousers would develop these creases. They're now a fashion statement!
If you're guessing that the only purpose of these holes is ventilation, don't worry, you're not wrong! But since basketball players wear these shoes, the holes could be used to tie laces as well, for better grip.
Pretty sure we all have thought that the purpose of this fabric was to be used as patches when our clothes tear. Guess what? That's not really the purpose of this fabric! It's given along with new clothes so we can check how different detergents work on it before putting the whole thing for a wash.
Everytime we see pockets that are sewn shut, we can't help but wonder 'why are these even here?'. But the reason we have pockets that are sewn shut is for a better fit of jeans. We all know that the pocket linings get messed up when we try to use the pockets.
We always hang our shirts on hangers or by their collar. But that's not how it's supposed to be done! There's a lop behind every shirt which is made solely for this purpose!
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South Yorkshire moved into Tier 3 of England's coronavirus restrictions on Saturday October 24th, 2020. The safety of students and staff is our number one priority.
The College is continuing to provide teaching and learning via a blended approach with Covid-19 safety measures in place and in line with government guidance.
Please visit our FAQs page for details about the measures in place to help keep you safe at College and what to do if you develop coronavirus symptoms.
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Sheffield College enterprise students are developing their business skills as a result of an ambitious curriculum project backed by one of the city's leading entrepreneurs.
Twenty students at the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, based at The Sheffield College's City campus on Granville Road, have been set a real life international expansion project as part of their coursework.
Lewis Bowen, Managing Director of Air, named by Virgin as one of the top four entrepreneurs to watch out for in 2016, set the brief. The company on Hillfoot Industrial Estate develops cleaner fuel products.
As part of their course and qualification, students researched countries for the company to expand its new and innovative candle product, identifying the feasibility and size of opportunity for expansion.
They presented their findings to Lewis Bowen, who was part of a panel of business experts, at the College last month, and the best pitch was chosen. The winning team was Callum Burns, 16, Molly Buckley,18, and Frank Masvinge,18.
Student Callum Burns said: "I loved taking part in the international expansion consultancy project. Applying what you learn in the classroom to real life businesses really develops our understanding and key skills such as problem solving and communication."
Lewis Bowen, Managing Director of Air, added: "It was an absolute pleasure to be involved. I was blown away by the quality of the presentations and this is testament to the students. Businesses should be tapping into the mind of young fresh ideas more often."
The BTEC Diploma in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Peter Jones Enterprise Academy at The Sheffield College equips young people with the skills and knowledge to either set up their own businesses, help them shine in an existing one, or go on to higher education.
Students work on real life business challenges and launch their own start-up as part of the course. Business specialists and entrepreneurs pass on advice and specialist knowledge. Learners also complete work placements.
Heather Smith, Principal, The Sheffield College, said: "I am very grateful for the involvement of local business people such as Lewis Bowen. Helping to develop the next generation of successful young entrepreneurs is good for the city of Sheffield as well as the future prospects of our students."
For more information on Air, click here. For details about full-time courses beginning this September, click here or call 0114 2602600. Employers who want to support the curriculum can contact the College via firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Typhon is a planet on the Frontier, and is the primary setting for the campaign mode of Titanfall 2. The planet was a research outpost for the IMC's ARES Division, and was subjected to an attack by the Frontier Militia, ending with the planet's total destruction.
Little is known about the planet, only that prior to its destruction, it was a host to a number of research and military operations by the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation. Shortly before the Militia assault on the planet, Typhon was subject to the testing of a miniature Fold Weapon, which destroyed the planet's only natural satellite; Orthros.
The Battle of Typhon
- Main article: Battle of Typhon
Five years after the Battle of Demeter, the planet was subject to an attack by the 9th Militia Fleet as part of the Operation: Broadsword campaign. Upon arriving in-system, Militia vessels were to discover that their preliminary intelligence was wrong, and that Typhon was defended by a large fleet and a network of Orbital Defense Cannons. In the opening minutes of the attack, the fleet was decimated, and troops were scattered across Typhon.
Over the following days, Militia troops would engage in a guerilla war against the IMC, performing surgical strikes while IMC troops attempted to pick them off. After several days of fighting, the 3rd Militia Grenadiers were able to take control of an Interstellar Beacon and signal for help.
Ultimately, the battle would conclude with the IMC attempting to fire the full-scale Fold Weapon, though intervention by Jack Cooper and BT-7274 would cause the weapon to backfire, shattering the planet down to the core.
As an IMC research facility, there were many structures on Typhon. These included an IMC water reclamation facility overseen by Kane, a Factory and Dynamic Testing Facility operated by Vinson Dynamics, that developed environments to be used in training/testing simulations, headed by a simulacrum named Ash.
The primary location of interest, however, was that of the Fold Weapon, buried in a mountain by an alien civilisation. The weapon was excavated and restored to working order by ARES Division, and ultimately the source of the planet's destruction.
Other points of interest included a research facility operated by General Marder for the purposes of experimentation on humans and native fauna, though was primarily built for the test-firing of the miniature Fold Weapon that would destroy Orthros. An IMC Interstellar Beacon was also present on the planet, along with the necessary power plants and substations to sustain it. The planet was defended by numerous railguns, and an airbase for the launching of fighters and starships.
Typhon's geography, like any Earth-like world, was incredibly varied. It featured deserts, rocky plateaus, toxic wastelands (Created by IMC refuse), forests, jungles, oceans, mountains and presumably many other kinds of terrain.
Typhon is known to have one natural satellite named Orthros, which orbited in extreme proximity to the planet. The moon was destroyed in a Fold Weapon test, however. Chunks of the shattered moon's remains often enter the atmosphere and burn up like meteor showers.
Fauna and Flora
The planet was known to host a small number of life, notably a species of Quadrupedal Vertabrate creatures nicknamed "Prowlers" that were known to hunt humans. Another species of creatures are Flyers, a winged species of reptiles which make a return from the first game.
- Typhon is the home planet of Renee Blasey, aka Wraith.


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Edible Oil Industry
January 1, 2005, was a cold foggy morning in Agra. But there were warm smiles on the faces of the Rathour brothers and their employees. The glass panel of the entrance announced: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR COMPANY HAS JUST CROSSED Rs. 100 CRORE MARK Shiv, Brij, Dinesh and Mahesh, the four Rathour brothers, shared sweets with their employees. Shiv, the eldest brother, had a serious look. He looked out of the window. Thanking the Almighty for His grace, he flashed back to the late 1970s, how, as an energetic 11-year-old he had joined his father in trading mustard seeds. His father, Ram Babu Rathour, a simple, down to earth, humble man, belonged to an agricultural family in Chitora village, 30 km from Agra. In early 1960s, he commenced trading business, buying loose mustard oil from small expeller1 units in Chitora and selling it door to door in the surrounding rural area on his bicycle. In 1965 he moved with his wife to Shamsabad, a small town 24 km from Agra. He shifted from oil to mustard seeds, pulses, wheat and cereals. The trading operation was in partnership with his friend and later with relatives. He and his partner invested Rs. 10,000 each. They purchased mustard seeds from farmers
Expeller was a machine for crushing oil seeds and extracting oil and getting the byproduct. The seeds were put in a funnel and passed through a clockwise rotating toothed cylinder. Toward the end of it was a crushing wheel rotating anticlockwise. The oil got squeezed out and flowed into a sump below the cylinder. Behind the crushing wheel, the residual was ejected out, which was used as animal feed. The oil produced by this method got heated due to the rotary motion. It lost its pungency. Research established that pungency was good for the heart.
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coming to Shamsabad and sold to oil mills in Delhi, Kanpur, Haryana and West Bengal. They had a turnover of Rs. 2 lakh in the first year. In spite of using brokers for trading of mustard seeds, Ram Babu made it a point to accompany trucks with the seed to customer's premises, in order to eliminate transit losses and insurance costs, and to collect payments. His eldest son, Shiv Kumar, was born in 1966. 1970s Shiv joined school in 1970. But he did not enjoy classroom learning. He preferred to spend his time outdoors. He observed business very closely. In 1977, after being unsuccessful in VII standard, he joined the family business. By then his father parted ways with his partners and worked in partnership with Shiv's maternal uncle. When Shiv joined the business, this partnership too came to a close. Shiv started to handle trading operations with a turnover of Rs. 5 lakh. His father set up Babu Lal Oil Udyog with two oil expellers. They produced and sold 350 litres of mustard oil daily. Like father, Shiv accompanied trucks to deliver seeds to the oil mills. This gave him an opportunity to see the manufacturing process. In 1979, he started Mahesh Trading Company. He learnt about procurement of seeds, warehousing and value addition. Apart from monetary value, each visit to a mill gave him some food for thought. He asked "Why should someone add value to the seeds procured by him, not himself?" 1980s Shiv now had three brothers—Brij, Dinesh and Mahesh. All four worked towards a common goal, but had varying personalities. Shiv was a visionary, optimistic, extrovert and a force to reckon with. Brij Mohan was an introvert, pessimistic, highly analytical but with eyes of a hawk. Dinesh was an extrovert, over ambitious, confused and calculative who believed in having discussions with
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The European Parliament has today (6 April) approved the results of the trialogue on roaming charges. In the negotiations with the European Commission and the Council, the Parliament was able to secure lower prices for consumers. Smaller providers will now also be more able to compete with the big telecommunications corporations.
Roaming costs will soon be a thing of the past, says Greens/EFA member of the parliament's Industry, Research and Energy committee, Michel Reimon:
"The European Parliament has once again advanced the interests of consumers. As of mid-June, roaming costs will decrease annually and should be a thing of the past by 2022. The European Parliament has stood up against the individual national interests of the EU Member States that wanted to block the abolition of roaming charges. Now it is up to the telecom corporations to implement the roaming regulation in a user-friendly manner."


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The 2015 Stafford Summer Concert Series kicked off Sunday evening, June 28, with the Grateful Dead tribute band, Shakedown. Presented by the Stafford Arts Commission, the free concerts are held every Sunday evening from June 28 through Aug. 2 in Hyde Park beginning at 6 p.m. In case of rain, the concerts will be moved to the Stafford Senior Center.
"We really wanted the mix of bands to be eclectic and appeal to a wide group of people," said Stafford Arts Commission Chair Cheryl Wilson Maynard. "Shakedown was here last year and we invited them back. They're an amazing group."
"We're typically seeing 120 or so people per concert when they're held at Hyde Park. Last year, David Bacchiochi, who owns the Palace Theater, was kind enough to let us use his venue for a rain location, and the concerts usually filled up the space," she said.
There are six bands in this year's lineup - some that are returning from past years and some that are new, Maynard said. They include the Red Hot Horns on July 5, performing hot dance and party tunes, and Moto on July 12. Maynard said Moto is a salsa and reggae band which got a lot of audience participation when they performed in the series last year. She said the folk group Wintergreen, which will be performing on July 19, has been part of the Summer Concert Series for decades. The Fawns, a jangly pop indie-rock group came highly recommended and will be performing on July 26.
The concert series will wrap up on Aug. 2 with a performance by the Windham Concert Band, conducted by David Vaughan. "The Windham Concert Band is all-volunteer and may include as many as 70 musicians," Maynard said.
The rainy weather on June 28 forced Shakedown to move their performance to the Senior Center at 3 Buckley Highway, but for their fans, the change in venue didn't dampen the mood. Dozens, many in tie-dyed shirts, relaxed at tables, with a few taking to the dance floor as well.
"We've seen [Shakedown] for the past 10 to 12 years perform all over the state," said Mark Nelson, who came to the show with his brother Tommy Nelson and friend Michael Rowland. "It's always a nice crowd at their shows. They're well-tempered individuals who always make you feel at home," he said. "I like the formlessness of their music."
Rowland said just the night before he made a special tie-dye shirt for the concert using a paraffin-wax technique. "Each shirt I make is a tribute to the Grateful Dead," he said.
"I just enjoy the band," said Tommy Nelson. "I've seen them a couple of times and they've always been good."
"I was a founder of the band back in 1987," said David Frankel, who provides guitar and vocals for Shakedown. "I was always a garage musician and didn't play in my first band until I was 30. Shakedown was built out of our passion for the music of the Grateful Dead. It lets me be a 62-year-old kid," he said.
Frankel said the band also includes Mike Pandiscio, Mark Haberfeld and Johnny Chang. He said their tribute band is in good company, as former keyboardist Scott Guberman was picked up by Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesch's band. They are presently using a rotation of guest keyboardists, and brought in guest sax player Ian Katz for the Stafford performance.
"We're all about grass roots," said Frankel. "We delight in playing and love to share and touch people's hearts with music," he said.


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Montegue Furniture Style End Table Humidor
This Montegue style humidor looks like a beautiful side table for placing even in the bedroom. The style and look of this table are very antique because of its designing, the knobs, and feet and finishing.
It comes in mahogany fine finish. On the top, there is a rolling out drawer and at the bottom, a two-door small size box looks very attractive with knobs styling. The beautifully designed wood pieces are attached with both door of the box and then the knobs are installed on that design. Both the storage spaces have a separate locking system that is gold plated.
By rolling out the drawer you will find three dividers to make your settings and rearranging easy. The shelf fitted inside the lower box is also not fixed so you can also change the arrangement of the lower box according to your own needs or choices.
The interior AC outlets are installed inside the humidor for the humidity control and to keep the cooling and heating moderate for the preservation of cigars according to the demands.
Product Features:
- A rolling drawer on top
- 2 doors small box at the bottom
- Attractive Outer Architecture
- Rearranging shelves in the lower box
- Gold coating locks with keys
- Brass coating knobs