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Pet Orphans Adorable Photos to Adopt Out Animals
By DONNA BALANCIA
Suzanne Allison Witkin, accomplished rock photographer, lives a double-life as animal advocate and president of the charity Pet Orphans. In time for the holidays, she produced a gorgeous hardbound book of photographs of animals and their human owners called Gimme Shelter. California Rocker asked Suzanne the important questions.
California Rocker: How did you get the idea to take photos of pets to help them get adopted?
Suzanne Allison Witkin: Four years ago I started volunteering at Pet Orphans of Southern California. I brought my camera and took a few photos and shared them on social media and noticed that it helped the dog or cat look better, healthier and made adopters get a real sense of what the animal was like. After I noticed what an improvement it was, I began taking all the dogs and cats' photos for the website and from there I just kept adding more. Besides, I get such pleasure from it.
CR: When did you decide to do 'Gimme Shelter,' your great book of these photos?
SAW: I wanted to do a book before I started taking photos of shelter animals. a few years before I volunteered I had an idea for a coffee table book with celebrities and their pets. But didn't actually do the book until after I started to volunteer at Pet Orphans and decided to add the rescue pets as well.
Want to Adopt a Pet? Check out Pet Orphans
CR: What are some of the challenges in photographing pets in a studio setting?
SAW: Getting them to stay still in the right lighting. Outdoor photos are easier but I like the portrait look of the studio photos better sometimes. It captures every bit of detail. I sometimes need an assistant to help. And they get bored quickly as well. Gotta be fast and make really silly noises to get their attention.
CR: What was the funniest thing that ever happened on a shoot?
SAW: I got peed on.
CR: What was the most amazing thing that ever happened on a shoot?
SAW: A scared and aggressive dog bonded with me. She was shaking so bad and hid but finally came out and smiled and gave me kisses
CR: Do the photos of the pets actually help them get adopted from Pet Orphans?
SAW: Yes, in fact, more rescues and shelters are trying to get better photos and videos of the animals at the shelters. Lot's of adopters are afraid of the animal if they look sick, dirty or scary. Or they can't tell what the animal looks like.
Check Out Pet Orphans' Facebook Page for Cute Animals
CR: Who are the people behind Pet Orphans, board members of course, but who is the person who started it and why?
SAW: There were three women back in 1973 and one of the women found a dog by the freeway. After that, they started to rescue more and made their homes into a small rescue. A short time later, they raised enough money and wound up getting a facility donated to them. They started a 501c3 charity and 46 years later, Pet Orphans is still around and saving many lives. Sadly the last remaining co founder past away a little over a year ago. She took me under her wing and made I became president 2 1/2 years ago. We have five board members, some new, and some have been with Pet Orphans many years. The three founders were Diane A. Scripps (1928 – 2015) Virginia M. Haley, and Lorraine Neikirk (1927 – 2002)
Pet Orphans is open Monday-Friday 12 PM to -4 PM and Saturday and Sunday 12 PM to 5 PM. The address for Pet Orphans is 7720 Gloria Avenue in Van Nuys. Call (818) 901-0190 or visit Pet Orphans online at PetOrphans.org or at Facebook.com/PetOrphansofSouthernCalifornia.
To buy a copy of Gimme Shelter go to the Gimme Shelter Book website.
To support Pet Orphans or adopt a pet go here.


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As much as I love my kitchen gadgets, I've never been big on gimmicky kitchen appliances. I don't have room for devices that are good for a single task.
So when I first saw a demonstration of how the Hamilton Beach Breakfast Sandwich Maker can make an egg McMuffin in under 5 minutes, I thought, "Oh, that's really cool… But I'd probably never use it. I'm sure I can make an egg McMuffin just as easily without it."
Luckily, Hamilton Beach was kind enough to send me home with one of the breakfast sandwich makers to create my own egg McMuffin at home. After my kids spied it, they begged endlessly to have breakfast for dinner to give it a try. It sounded like an easy dinner idea, so I picked up some English muffins and Canadian bacon at the store, and together we each made our own custom homemade egg McMuffin!
The customization is really the key here, because my kids have a variety of of tastes — eggs, no eggs, bacon, no bacon, cheese, no cheese, etc. Some want a drizzle of syrup on top (a la the McGriddle), while others prefer just a dash of salt and pepper. And then there's my husband who likes to douse his in hot sauce…
So I love that I can accommodate them all with this one little gadget that cleans up easily and actually takes up very little storage space. Much to my surprise, it's become one of our most-used kitchen appliances!
Homemade Egg McMuffin Recipe
The basic egg McMuffin recipe goes a little something like this:
- Turn the breakfast sandwich maker on to heat up.
- Once it's hot, lay the bottom of an English muffin inside the bottom ring and sprinkle it with shredded cheese. I've found that shredded cheese works best — sliced cheese oozes over the sides and can get messy.
- Lay a piece of Canadian bacon on top of the cheese. You can also used precooked bacon broken up into smaller strips or any other type of precooked meat.
- Next you lower the second egg plate ring and crack an egg into it. I add a little salt and pepper on top for seasoning.
- After the egg solidifies, raise the top to lay the top of the English muffin on top of the egg, and close it back up.
- Cook for 4-5 minutes, until the egg is cooked through. Slide the egg plate to the side, and lift both rings and the top to reveal your perfectly cooked homemade egg McMuffin!
Considering the price of breakfast from McDonald's for our family of seven, the Hamilton Beach Breakfast Sandwich Maker has made a hot breakfast on the go much more affordable. Plus you can make extras to freeze for weekday mornings! A quick spin in the microwave, and you've got a hot breakfast sandwich to go at a totally budget-friendly price.
In fact, I'm considering picking up a second maker to speed things along. Priced at around $22, I'm quite sure it will pay for itself many times over.

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Small steps can lead to significant innovation, to success that far outweighs the size of the changes. Businesses that encourage a culture of innovation across their teams are the ones that run ahead and set the pace for those around them. But how do you make smart choices in the small things so they add up to a big impact when it matters most?
Pay Attention to the Little Things
Beethoven's 5th Symphony is an inventive and innovative piece of music. After years of crafting, Beethoven creates what was a radical work in its time, paving the way for a new era in music.
Born in Germany in 1770 and introduced to music at an early age by his father, Beethoven moved to Vienna, Austria when he was 22. Vienna was the centre of all musical activity in Europe, and he hoped to study with Mozart. However they were never to meet. Despite this – and the hearing loss which began when he was just 26 – he spent the rest of his life there performing and composing music.
In his 5th Symphony one of the many innovations Beethoven made was adding a piccolo. He also added a contrabassoon and three trombones, the first time these instruments had been used in the symphonic repertoire. Waiting silently through the whole symphony up until the Fourth movement – Beethoven wrote one of the most important piccolo parts in all of orchestral literature.
It's one of the smallest instruments there is, originally known as a fife and used for conveying military messages, it had been re-designed and subsequently used by Handel and Vivaldi. Its name in Italian means 'small', but its sound is distinct – one octave higher than the flute – and Beethoven used it to its full potential.
Make Room for the Unexpected
Imagine Beethoven's 5th played entirely by the string section. Of course it would be difficult to even convey the four movements, with their tension and triumph, with only one type of instrument. However he used every instrument that was at his disposal, and still spotted what was missing and managed to include it, to make the overall sound richer, more startling, and triumphant.
Many industries and individuals can fall into the trap of settling for the success they've achieved to date, growing complacent with the status quo. However making space for something new or different, although challenging, can increase the opportunity for innovation. Considering individuals or ideas from unlikely places can contribute just as much as the sound Beethoven's piccolo produced.
Apple's Tim Cook once said, "I know it's a cliche, but people are our most important asset in the world by far. It's people who deliver innovation. We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose."
Apple make a point of hiring innovators – "it's people who deliver innovation". Different kinds of people, just like different kinds of instruments, deliver different sounds, contributing to the corporate tune, which in Apple's case is fine-tuned to distinction.
Be prepared for the Long Haul
It took Beethoven four years to write his 5th Symphony.
These days rarely do Apple release something perfect the first time. They are often innovating 'outside the box', creating a need for something we didn't know we needed, but with the urgent pressures of the marketplace, only as perfect as is possible at the time of release. And then they follow it up refining all the time. They are on the move. Creating, releasing and refining. Unafraid to innovate.
Although it's often that one thing that makes all the difference, it's the culmination of all the hard work that's gone before that allows that small idea to cross the threshold accomplishing what Malcolm Gladwell describes in his book as The Tipping Point.
We tend to enjoy the launch parties and new releases but behind the scenes of course the work has been no more than incremental at times, and yet someone somewhere has had to keep the project on track and the team focussed and motivated in order to get to that new product or service. It might not be perfect but it's ready to go. And it's patience which provides an environment to joins the dots together that can really create the big splash.
Three Things About Innovation
Did Beethoven have all this in mind when he considered adding the piccolo to his repertoire? Probably not but he understood a few things about innovation –
- Pay attention to the little things because they can make a big difference. The piccolo is small in size – half the size of a flute – and Beethoven wasn't the first in using this instrument but he was original in how it used it, where and when. He introduced a small change and it made a big difference.
- Make room for the unexpected because original ideas don't usually come from the same place every time. What succeeded last time, won't necessarily work this time. In most industries today, just keeping up with the competition is hard enough. Most of us tend to rely on who or what we're comfortable with, especially when there are big budgets on the line. Our tendency is go with what's tried and tested but what about considering someone or something you haven't before? Getting outside your comfort zone could challenge your preconceived ideas and may result in a connection or solution you wouldn't have seen otherwise. After all, most innovations arise out of great teamwork and generous amounts of collaboration.
- Be prepared for the long haul because innovation doesn't happen overnight. Beethoven worked on his 5th Symphony for years, writing and re-writing, re-visiting his first draft and his introduction of the piccolo doesn't arrive until the Fourth Movement. Ideas come and go but it takes patience and perseverance to implement them and it's that knowledge that leads to great innovation.
None of this is possible without keeping ourselves fresh, engaged, and open to the little things, seeing them first or in unexpected places, and having the courage to explore, create space, and persist with something that perhaps hasn't been seen or done before.
Two hundred years later Beethoven's 5th Symphony is one of the most well known pieces of music, with probably the most famous opening first minute of music in history. He paid attention to the little things and the result was beyond his imagination.
On Wednesday 25th November 2015 Moving Performance present Know the Score® – a day in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, exploring how their expertise and world-class levels of performance can help you to fine-tune your business – featuring Beethoven's 5th Symphony. If you are interested in being a part of this engaging and insightful experience, please get in touch.


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I've never been very good at predicting the future! I missed the .com boom, I lost badly in the recession, and I certainly failed to pick the winner in the last few presidential elections. I've never even been good at guessing what the weather will be, but I just enjoy being out in whatever comes.
What I've done over the years is to simply plod along, placing one foot in front of the other doing the best I can—it seems to have worked thus far! Based on this common sense approach, our company has been able to help our customers use thermography to save literally billions of dollars, operate more safely and avoid costly future mishaps. Given that, I guess I don't really care whether or not we can predict the future!
Without the use of a crystal ball, we understand that when an electrical connection or a bearing is heating abnormally, eventually it will fail and cost more than it would have to properly maintain it. We can also help builders, insulators and homeowners tighten up their properties by ensuring that all insulation is in place and working as intended–resulting in greater comfort at a lower energy cost.
The key to our prognostications, of course, is "seeing the unseen" and understanding what it really means. Now that I think about it, what we do is probably not much different than what meteorologists or stock analysts do in their areas of expertise, but we just operate on a different wavelength—literally!
So, what's in store for thermography in 2011? I'm confident we will see a number of new infrared imaging products. I'd bet one or more will sell for less than $1000. That is exciting. And it is also scary given that these systems will be limited in their capabilities while still requiring a significant investment in knowledge and skill on the part of the user. Unfortunately, I must predict that along with some success, there will also be disappointments with these new tools.
No doubt that some of the new systems will also be more fully featured than ever. I just hope these features are of as much value to the end users as they are to the sales people. I'm hopeful we will see 3-5 minutes worth of fully radiometric video recording capability, preferably to an in-the-imager flash drive as a standard. Perhaps we will also see an "inexpensive" ($10-15K) 640×480 array—systems that I'm sure would allow us to discover and perfect new applications for this technology. With inspiration like the iPhone™ and the remarkable array of "apps" that have followed it, I'm also predicting advancements that I have never dreamed possible!
I 'm hopeful we will see new and better options for training, including online trainings that actually produce skilled, confident thermographers. Until we have "smart imagers"—and I don't see that happening in the New Year—we'll still need smart thermographers! The process of getting smart in 2011 will remain the same and be equally achievable: gain basic training, master the imager, get qualifying experience using it in the field, and then demonstrate your skills and knowledge to others.
Will we see new applications? Certainly! With higher resolution imagers we could see continued progress in medical imaging and other applications in natural sciences. Even with smaller arrays, the image quality is so much better that we'll surely see the old tried and true applications—electrical, mechanical, roofs, and buildings—done better than ever. With simple training, the very low-cost imagers could replace spot radiometers and provide a great deal of value at the "toolbox" level. With a little hard work, we may also have new inspection standards to guide us. Along those lines, I'm thrilled to predict the new RESNET standard will have a significant impact in the new and existing home market!
Be advised however, that even in the 8-15 micron band, the future is not crystal clear. However, I can say with 100% certainty that thermal imaging in 2011 looks very promising. I know that I will be working hard in the New Year, along with lots of other very bright people in this industry, to make these predictions a reality.
Thanks for your support and interest in this thermal imaging blog. I look forward to seeing how my "predictions" play out in 2011. I wish all of you a very thermally pleasant (and safe!) New Year.
Thinking Thermally,
John Snell—The Snell Group, a Fluke Thermal Imaging Blog content partner


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Possible Fun Writing Prompts
Wikipedia's "speedy deleted" article titles might make a fun, no hassle writing prompt reservoir. I'm not exactly sure how Defective Yeti got these but I'm sure some of you wikipedia experts could tell me (and then I'll update the post and feel less inadequate).
Some are, of course, not school safe but you could just list the titles somewhere and ask the student to write the wikipedia style article that should go with the title. You'd be mixing in writing style, voice and likely a large dose of creativity. It'd be fun to compile them over the year for a fake wikipedia site for your class (bonus points for doing it on a real media wiki installation).
Here's a sample of a few I thought would be good-
- Polydimensional industrial bio-cosmic psychology of microscopic bacterium
- Temple of the Jedi Order (Real)
- Goatsurfing
- The Angry Video Game Nerd
- Cheesemonger
- Ape jazz
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Braille Cookbook Conforms to USDA Dietary Guidelines
Do you have a relative or friend who is blind and likes to cook? If so, "Cooking for the Health of It," the first cookbook to conform to the USDA Dietary Guidelines, is now available in Braille. The author is Gail L. Becker, RD, nutritionist and author.
There is a definite need for contemporary creative Braille cookbooks according to Judith M. Dixon, head of consumer services for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Although there are numerous Braille cookbooks available through the National Library Service, very few are available for purchase and those are very expensive.
The Braille addition of "Cooking for the Health of It" offers affordability. Individuals may order the Braille cookbook for $19.68 because of a subsidy by National Braille Associates, Inc., the producer of the Braille edition. Agencies and companies may order the cookbook for $114.80.
Your blind relative or friend can join millions of health and diet-conscious Americans in the kitchen. "Cooking for the Health of It" contains more than 200 recipes that conform to the USDA Dietary Guidelines for reducing sugar, sodium and fat.
To order a copy or for further information about the Braille edition contact: Joan Brown, National Braille Associates, Inc., 122 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, N.Y. 14620, (716) 473-0900.


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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Recycled Wool Sweater Project
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Wow! That's a terrific idea to reuse wool sweaters. I swear never to pass up a sweater like this at any garage sale again!ReplyDelete
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Ann ~ so cute. I have one my SIL made me. What a wonderful way to use up and make do.ReplyDelete
Wow! Very cute and clever!!ReplyDelete
Very nice! See I knew that I was collecting those wool sweaters for something! Love it and I really like how you "used" the raglan sleeves. Now my dilemma, today is town yard sale days and my little boys are coming for the day at 10....do I clean my house this morning....or hit the yard sales until 10? Yard sales won...Off I go to shower...I will blame this on you should my husband ask..ReplyDelete
I Loooooooooooooove this! I have been wanting to do that to a few sweaters I have! Now I will def. have to try it!ReplyDelete
Adorable! I have about 10 wool sweaters that I've purchased at thrift stores with the intent of doing exactly the same thing. Maybe your example will actually get me going on it! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
WOW! This is so amazingly cute!ReplyDelete
OMG!! SOOO creative!!! love it!ReplyDelete
That looks great! Head on over to my blog if you need any more recycled wool ideas!ReplyDelete
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Friday January 27th, 2017
Specialist of Quimtia in Brazil talks about the production chain of pigs, one of the biggest taboos of the species, and discusses the various qualities of meat.
One of the tastiest meats of international, swine cuisine, is also becoming a favorite at the tables of most countries. A survey by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that 42.9% of the meat consumed in the world comes from pig farming. However, even with this kind of favoritism in the world, in some countries, such as Brazil, there are still some taboos related to the animal production chain that generate insecurity in meat consumption.
According to the Technical Analyst Of Regulatory Affairs of Quimtia Brazil, Melisa Fructuoso, a large part of the population came to believe that the pig was of poor quality due to the myths surrounding the way of raising them, with not the best of care.
"Because of this ancient myth, we began to believe that the pig was of poor quality and that it could bring many health problems. Therefore, it is necessary to dispel the myth that it is harmful to health," he says.
To end these myths, and even to improve the concept of pork quality, numerous strategies have been adopted in recent years by associations and producers in the sector, whose goal is also to increase per capita the consumption and to put in the spotlight the quality of food derived from pig breeding, the quality and taste of this excellent source of protein.
"What we realized is that the production chain of pigs is starting to increase. Nowadays, most of the producers adopt a system of closed culture, which allows a greater sanitary control and disinfection, hygiene and vaccination of animals, "she says."Nutritionally speaking, pork has a lot of vitamin B and minerals. Some cuts like filet mignon, filet, cutlet, ham, among others, are considered equally or more nutritious than chicken" Melisa adds.
Change of habit
In recent years the consumption of pork by the Brazilian had an increase, reaching unprecedented 14.5 kg per capita. According to Melisa, she says that although below the desired range, there is a timid growth in the demand for pork in Brazil, which can serve as a parameter to evaluate the change in the preference of meat type in the table of Brazilians: Without doubt, in addition to the adoption of new strategies of marketing and technification of the system, the use of a precise feeding process becomes an indispensable tool for the strengthening of the sector ", she concludes.
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New Art Centre
The New Art Centre was founded in 1958. The original gallery was located in Sloane Street, London. In 1994 it was relocated to Roche Court, Wiltshire, a nineteenth-century house in parkland near Salisbury. The existing house and Orangery were built in 1804. Roche Court is now a sculpture park and gallery with an educational centre which is open to the public. There are three contemporary buildings in which there is a changing programme of exhibitions of artists from 1950 to the present day. All works are for sale.
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The gallery at Roche Court, designed by the architect Stephen Marshall, opened in autumn 1998. It has proved to be a perfect addition to the park and has won six architectural awards including the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize for best small building.
Artists House at Roche Court
Following the success of the award-winning gallery, the New Art Centre commissioned Stephen Marshall to design a small contemporary house situated in a courtyard at Roche Court. We have taken as our model Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, one of the most inspiring small museums in the world. The aim is to provide a space for the display of domestic scale works of art. The Artists House can be viewed by appointment.
The Roche Court Educational Trust
The Trust was founded in 2005 and grew out of our education programme, which was launched in 2001 as the result of a growing demand to experience contemporary sculpture first hand. Responding to the educational needs of our audience, we have evolved a variety of opportunities for both teachers and students. Our education programme connects internationally acclaimed artists with teachers and art students and is aimed at encouraging an increasing number of people of every age to enjoy, appreciate and understand the sculpture at Roche Court as part of their cultural heritage.


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"Don't be that guy!"
We've all said it before – perhaps even at the office water cooler – when talking about the clueless boorishness of some scandal-plagued celebrity of the day, or maybe someone closer to home, like Lloyd in marketing.
And sometimes, we get that haunting feeling that maybe, just maybe, we are "that guy" in some people's eyes.
How do I come across to my teammates? Our clients or customers? Our third-party vendors? This are all probably questions you've asked yourself at least once.
Now, suppose we found out the cold, hard truth. Is there any way we can use that knowledge to improve our work relationships? Can we profit from a clearer understanding of how our colleagues see us?
PI Midlantic senior consultant Melanie Wood would answer, "Yes." Her firm coaches business leaders on how to more effectively leverage their human resources by using, among other tools, the "Predictive Index," which the company describes as "an objective assessment based on certain fundamental assumptions of behavioral psychology."
Recalling the dismay of a client of hers who – having taken the Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment – realized that she may be coming across to coworkers in a negative light, Wood explained in a March 22 article that, in fact, "[f]inding ways to tap into the way you are truly perceived by others can be an invaluable growth opportunity[,] not to mention a powerful engagement tactic when you involve your team."
Assess Yourself
To make the most of this growth opportunity, you should "start by honestly assessing yourself," Wood advises:
"How do you deliver messages? Can you be abrupt and direct? Are you overly verbose? Do you provide clarity, or are you vague, expecting others to fill in the blanks? Do you talk with your team or at your team? Do you criticize/point out issues privately or publicly? Do you acknowledge the good things your team members do, even if it is well within the scope of what is expected? If you do acknowledge them, is it via email or face-to-face?"
How Do You and Your Colleagues Differ From One Another?
Secondly, you should "[assess] the differences between you and your team members and colleagues."
"We're so comfortable with who we are we have no concept of how we come across to others," Wood explains in a phone conversation, noting, for example, how misunderstandings can crop up in a work environment where a manager or team member who is naturally blunt communicates with a more indirect or diplomatic individual.
"Empathetic team members want to collaborate, not to be told [what to do]," Wood says.
These team members don't want to be seen as "pawn[s] in the game," but rather as players on the same team.
At the same time, more direct, task-oriented personalities usually see bluntness as a sign of respect for the other person's valuable time as a fellow team member.
The key is in adjusting your approach in a way that respects your differences.
"Don't change who you are, just change the way you talk to your colleagues to have a more successful workplace environment," Wood says.
Gather Feedback
Thirdly, Wood counsels that you must "[g]ather insight and perspectives from peers and team members":
"Reach out to team members and/or friends and family and have an honest conversation about your style. Explain that your ultimate goal is to more thoroughly understand how your style is perceived and ways in which you can develop as a person and team member. Do not rely only on those with whom you connect or whom you know well. Sometimes, those people we do not fully understand can provide the most perspective."
You shouldn't expect everyone to think or communicate like you, nor should you stifle your personality or your natural approach to problem solving.
Assess, Assess, Assess
It's all about respect, honest communication, and ongoing evaluation, which leads to Wood's fourth and final point: You really need to take "a month or so" to continually assess how you're doing before gathering together your team to reassess your progress.
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If you aren't from the UK, or maybe even Scotland then you may be unfamiliar with oatcakes. I had some lovely ones in a restaurant in Kincardine, called The Unicorn (highly recommended) recently and I wanted to give making them a bash.
Oatcakes or Bannocks as they are also called, hail from Scotland since the time of the Roman invasion. They are a hard cracker type affair, made from the oats which were plentiful back then in Scotland, cooked on a girdle – Scottish for a griddle (not the undergarment).
They have evolved over the years and you can add flour to them, along with some fat. They are neither sweet nor savoury and you can top them with anything really. You get English and Welsh versions which are very different, so don't be confused.
You also get other additions to the basic oatcake recipe, including cheese, which I have used here. I have made them spicy with the addition of a Mexican cheese which contains chillies. I have also added a bit of hot chilli powder, so these oatcakes really do have a pleasing kick to them.
For my oatcakes, I didn't make them on my girdle as a) I don't have one and b) an oven does the job just as well and you can do them all in one go! Also circle shaped one are traditional, or large circles cut into quarters, or farls, but I have made oblongs as you can see.
The oats shouldn't be too big. If the ones you have are not a medium grain, pop them in the blender and give them a couple of pulses which will make them a better size for oatcakes.
If you don't like spice, then you can omit the chilli powder and go with a plain cheddar. When serving these up, I like to have some condiments for dipping them into. I have some houmous, salsa and sour cream. A simple spread of butter would be nice too!
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Here's how I made them...
Spice 'n' Cheesy Scottish Oatcakes
Traditional Scottish Oatcakes
with spicy cheese and chilli powder
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- 225 grams porridge oats
- 1 tablespoon plain flour
- 1 teaspoon chilli powder
- 100 grams Mexican cheese, grated
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil (any, I used olive)
- 100 ml water
- Preheat the oven to 200C. Line a couple of baking trays with greaseproof paper.
- If your oats are needing pulsed, do that now.
- In a large bowl mix the oats, flour and chilli powder. Add the grated cheese and stir through.
- Drizzle the oil over and lastly the water and mix until a dough is formed.
- Roll the dough out, to about an eighth of an inch thick. Cut into any shape you choose.
- Transfer the oatcakes to the baking trays and bake in the oven for around 12 minutes or until they are golden on the edges.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool fully.
- Serve your oatcakes with more cheese or any condiment you choose.


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Her name was Suzie. She grew up over the hill or perhaps ÔÇ£ghettoÔÇØ would best describe her surroundings. Hers was the wooden house with a huge mango tree in front where constant loud disputes often echoed from a father in his drunken stupor. She had six siblings and they were constantly referred to as step ladder because of their closeness in age. Being the oldest of the clan, most of the responsibility fell on her even though she could hardly take care of herself at the tender age of ten.
She would sit at the window of her home daily and watch as the neighbors children played happily. Oh how she longed to join them but she had to keep a careful eye on her siblings while her mother was busy taking care of other household chores. Her only outlet was school where she made certain she got adequate play time during her breaks for this was not only an avenue for fun it was also a place to get away from her repulsive home environment.
One day Suzie decided that she had had enough of this tough lifestyle so she decided to run away from home. So on that faithful Monday afternoon, she did not return home from school. As this was so unlike her, her mother immediately became concerned and quickly inquired with the other children in the neighborhood concerning her where-a-bouts. When no one could pin point her, she informed the police. They thoroughly searched the neighborhood and Suzie was no where to be found.
SuzieÔÇÖs disappearance not only brought camaraderie within the neighborhood, it totally changed the climate in her own home. SuzieÔÇÖs mother when interviewed by the local news reporter expressed words of love like none of her siblings had ever heard before. She was genuinely concerned and begged for SuzieÔÇÖs safe return. Her father who rarely saw a sober day in his life was brought to tears during the interview as he openly confessed that he was not the father that he should have been to his children.
Night was beginning to fall and still no Suzie. The neighborhood was still buzzing with concern when in a distance the shadow of a tiny frame caught the attention of SuzieÔÇÖs younger brother who took off in a frenzy towards it. When the others saw his reaction and turned to see where he was headed, it became obvious that Suzie had returned. They all flocked her with tears of joy and relief and thanked God for her safe return.
Later that night in the privacy of their home Suzie confessed to her parents that she was tired of not being able to have fun like all the other children and had decided to run away in hopes of finding a home with loving parents who cared deeply for their children. Obviously moved by their daughterÔÇÖs openness, SuzieÔÇÖs parents vowed to bring their distasteful attitudes to an end.
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Aytu BioScience Acquires Commercial-Stage Prostate Cancer Biologic
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Aytu BioScience, Inc. (OTCMKTS: RSWN), a specialty healthcare company focused on developing treatments for urological and related conditions, today entered into an agreement with Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: JAZZ) to acquire Jazz Pharmaceuticals' rights to ProstaScint®, an imaging agent used to detect the extent and spread of prostate cancer that is marketed in the U.S. ProstaScint's established brand and revenue will enable Aytu to expand its footprint in urology and advance its pipeline of therapeutics and diagnostics.
Josh Disbrow, Chief Executive Officer of Aytu BioScience, stated, "We are delighted to expand our portfolio of urology-focused products with ProstaScint. This product acquisition demonstrates our core business strategy and commitment to building a portfolio of late-stage and revenue-generating assets. We expect the revenue from ProstaScint to help drive our clinical development and accelerate the growth of this newly formed specialty healthcare company."
Aytu recently completed a reverse merger that incorporated the pipeline assets Zertane™, a first-in-class treatment for premature ejaculation (PE) that is nearing commercial-stage, and the RedoxSYS® System, which has CE Marking for Europe and medical device approval by Health Canada, from Vyrix Pharmaceuticals and Luoxis Diagnostics, respectively.
ProstaScint is a murine monoclonal antibody conjugated to a linker-chelator that targets Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA), a glycoprotein expressed by the prostate epithelium. The product has been marketed in the U.S. since 1997.
About Aytu BioScience
Aytu BioScience is a specialty healthcare company focused on developing treatments for urological and related conditions. The Company is currently completing Phase 3 clinical development for its lead therapeutic candidate Zertane™, an orally disintegrating tablet (ODT) formulated specifically for the on-demand treatment of premature ejaculation (PE). The Company's therapeutic pipeline is supported in part by its first-in-class RedoxSYS® System, which provides the only complete assessment of patients' redox status and enables identification of a broad variety of disorders where redox is implicated. Initial studies are underway utilizing the RedoxSYS system in male fertility. The Company also recently acquired and expects to commercialize FDA-approved ProstaScint® (capromab pendetide), a radio-labeled monoclonal antibody, that targets Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA), a protein uniquely expressed by prostate tissue. The Company's strategy is to develop its core therapeutic and diagnostic assets while building an innovative pipeline of established marketed products and late-stage development assets.
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Most of the "wet" utilities have been laid i.e. storm, water, and sewer. Several blocks on the west end have had the "dry" utilities installed i.e. electricity, phone, and cable. Curbs have been laid for most of the western half of the development. The stuff above Fur Central has not changed much over the past few weeks.
As I commented several months ago, it appears that the housing market has rebounded with a vengeance in the area. New homes are popping up right and left. They have also re-designed a major intersection up there for about the 4th time in as many years. Part of that may be due to the construction of a large flood-control dam to control flows from a major arroyo that is now largely in an urban/suburban watershed. Man. It seems like such a short time ago that I was up there alone with my thoughts. No roads. No houses. Oh well. It was an enjoyable 14 years.


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Angels pitcher Joel Pineiro leaves game because of shoulder injury
The Angels' pitching rotation might have been dealt a considerable blow Sunday when right-hander Joel Pineiro, who started a triple-A game so the team could better regulate his workload, left after two innings because of tightness under his right shoulder blade.
Pineiro was scheduled to throw at least six innings and 90 pitches but left after only 35 pitches, giving up no runs, one hit and one walk while striking out one. The Angels were playing Colorado in Scottsdale, Ariz., when they learned of Pineiro's setback, but the severity of the injury was unknown.
Pineiro was a dependable and effective starter for the Angels for most of 2010, going 10-7 with a 3.84 earned-run average on the season, but he strained a rib-cage muscle while warming up for a July 28 game against the Boston Red Sox and missed almost two months.
If Pineiro is unable to start the season, the Angels could move left-handed reliever Hisanori Takahashi into the rotation. Their other two options are right-hander Matt Palmer, who was rocked for six runs and 10 hits in Sunday's game against the Rockies, or right-hander Trevor Bell, who has been slowed for the last three weeks by an arm injury and might not be ready for the season.
--Mike DiGiovanna in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Blood is, no doubt, what fuels this comedy trio's hyperactive sketch show as they sweat buckets throughout (not helped by the brightly-coloured jumpers), while the tears are those belonging to their laughing audience. So, in Blood, Sweat & Tears, some crazy dancing between skits, asides to the crowd and recurring jokes hold Clever Peter's hotch-potch of generally very funny and always well-acted sketches together.
Pleasance Dome, 556 6550, until 29 Aug, 9.40pm, £8–£10 (£6–£8).


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Today I'm sharing red bean (Azuki) ice cream recipe at Gourmantine's Blog. For fellow foodies who are familiar with both Gourmantine's and my blog, you probably know there are very little similarity with the type of recipes we share. I don't bake many sweets like she does, and how she prepares food is completely different from Japanese food.
However, Gourmatine's blog has been inspiring me about cooking and encouraging me to reflect on the food I prepare with a deeper meaning. I love to challenge myself to follow her recipe to go beyond my comfort zone and it's always fun to read how she prepares food. Her creations are always very original and simply irresistible. Not to mention, all the effort she spent to make sure each recipe she shares is just perfect. I have the good fortune of becoming friends with her and I learned that she spends quite some time to study the dishes before sharing on her blog, in order to meet her own expectation. Since I never been to Europe myself, it's always fun reading about her recreation of the food she had tasted during her frequent trips all over in Europe. Remembering the exact taste is one thing, but recreating the dish from scratch is truly a rare talent. Her cooking skills are exceptionally gifted and I'm so happy to be able to introduce her website on my blog. If you haven't visited her site, please visit her beautiful blog, Gourmantine's Blog.
Red bean is by far the most popular ingredient or flavor in traditional Japanese sweets. Its prominence in Japanese sweets is similar to chocolate for western desserts. Even after living in the states for many years, the taste of red bean sweets makes me just a bit homesick and miss Japan. This homemade red bean ice cream brought back the great childhood memories I had spending summers at my grandpa's house.
I know this is already the 3rd ice cream recipe I've shared in the past 10 days and you probably think I am bit infatuated with my ice cream maker. But my intention here is to share as many ice cream recipes as possible before summer ends. Also, it is finally my own recipe so please take a moment and let me know what you think!
The red bean ice cream is drizzled with condensed milk…
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- ½ cup water (120 ml)
- ½ cup sugar (100 g; adjust according to your taste)
- 1.15 lb red bean paste (anko) (520 g or 2 cups; I used "Ogura-An"; you can make my homemade red bean paste)
- ⅔ cup milk (160 ml)
- 1 Tbsp toasted black sesame seeds (optional)
- 4 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk (optional)
Gather all the ingredients.
- In a medium saucepan, heat water and sugar on medium high heat, stirring the mixture with a wooden spoon.
- When sugar has completely melted, add the bean paste and mix until the mixture becomes smooth.
- Add the milk and mix all together. When it boils remove the saucepan from the heat.
- Prepare a bowl that is set inside a large bowl filled with iced water.
Pour the mixture into the bowl and stir the mixture so it cools evenly.
When the mixture is thoroughly cooled, pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and follow the manufacturer's instructions. If you don't have an ice cream maker, check out here.
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- Transfer the ice cream to an airtight container and store in the freezer for at least 3-4 hours.
- Serve with black sesame seeds or condensed milk.
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With all the noise of the presidential election, it easy to forget there are countless government seats other than POTUS to fill. What are all those positions listed on the local ballot papers? New Jersey redditor dopey_giraffe never really knew, but he's been writing his own name in the blank spaces for years.
Then he received this in the mail:
Uhhhh, he won! The redditor had been elected as a member of the Democratic County Committee. Confused, he asked for help in Reddit's New Jersey community.
"I have no idea what exactly I won," he wrote. "Do I have a position to do something? Am I just on the ballot in the official election? Is it a Democratic Party position only? I'm more than willing to do whatever this means, but I don't know what it is."
Redditors found hilarity in the situation.
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He was intent on fulfilling the duties of the position, whatever they may be.
Redditor Mongo1021 has the same position in another state, and was able to chime in on what it entails. Basically, he'll be helping choose local candidates to endorse and campaign for, and representing his voting district at democratic committee meetings. It's a volunteer position.
The redditor—a millennial—already attended the first meeting of the Democratic County Committee, and reported back.
"There was actually a surprising number of people there," he wrote. "I was the youngest by far. I sat next to someone who told me basically his life's story about why he's a democrat and everything he's done to help out. He was happy to see someone my age. … It was kind of fun too. I want to do more."


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Introductory Statistics for the Health Sciences
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Introductory Statistics for the Health Sciences takes students on a journey to a wilderness where science explores the unknown, providing students with a strong, practical foundation in statistics. Using a color format throughout, the book contains engaging figures that illustrate real data sets from published research. Examples come from many areas of the health sciences, including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and physical therapy, but are understandable to students in any field. The book can be used in a first-semester course in a health sciences program or in a service course for undergraduate students who plan to enter a health sciences program.
The book begins by explaining the research context for statistics in the health sciences, which provides students with a framework for understanding why they need statistics as well as a foundation for the remainder of the text. It emphasizes kinds of variables and their relationships throughout, giving a substantive context for descriptive statistics, graphs, probability, inferential statistics, and interval estimation. The final chapter organizes the statistical procedures in a decision tree and leads students through a process of assessing research scenarios.
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The authors have partnered with William Howard Beasley, who created the illustrations in the book, to offer all of the data sets, graphs, and graphing code in an online data repository via GitHub. A dedicated website gives information about the data sets and the authors' electronic flashcards for iOS and Android devices. These flashcards help students learn new terms and concepts.
Table of Contents
The Frontier between Knowledge and Ignorance
The Context for Statistics: Science and Research
Definition of Statistics
The Big Picture: Populations, Samples, and Variables
Generalizing from the Sample to the Population
Experimental Research
Blinding and Randomized Block Design
Nonexperimental Research
Quasi-Experimental Research
Inferences and Kinds of Validity
Describing Distributions with Statistics: Middle, Spread, and Skewness
Measures of Location
Measures of Spread or Variability
Measure of Skewness or Departure from Symmetry
Exploring Data Visually
Why Graph Our Data?
Pie Charts and Bar Graphs
Two Kinds of Dot Plots
Time Plots (Line Graphs)
Graphs Can Be Misleading
Beyond These Graphs
Relative Location and Normal Distributions
Standardizing Scores
Computing a z Score in a Sample
Computing a z Score in a Population
Comparing z Scores for Different Variables
A Different Kind of Standard Score
Distributions and Proportions
Areas under the Standard Normal Curve
Bivariate Correlation
Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
Verbal Definition of Pearson's r
Judging the Strength of a Correlation
What Most Introductory Statistics Texts Say about Correlation
Pearson's r Measures Linear Relationships Only
Correlations Can Be Influenced by Outliers
Correlations and Restriction of Range
Combining Groups of Scores Can Affect Correlations
Missing Data Are Omitted from Correlations
Pearson's r Does Not Specify Which Variable Is the Predictor
Probability and Risk
Relative Frequency of Occurrence
Conditional Probability
Special Names for Certain Conditional Probabilities
Statistics Often Accompanying Sensitivity and Specificity
Two Other Probabilities: "And" and "Or"
Risk and Relative Risk
Other Statistics Associated with Probability
Sampling Distributions and Estimation
Quantifying Variability from Sample to Sample
Kinds of Distributions
Why We Need Sampling Distributions
Comparing Three Distributions: What We Know So Far
Central Limit Theorem
Unbiased Estimators
Standardizing the Sample Mean
Interval Estimation
Calculating a Confidence Interval Estimate of μ
Hypothesis Testing and Interval Estimation
Testable Guesses
The Rat Shipment Story
Overview of Hypothesis Testing
Two Competing Statements about What May Be True
Writing Statistical Hypotheses
Directional and Nondirectional Alternative Hypotheses
Choosing a Small Probability as a Standard
Compute the Test Statistic and a Certain Probability
Decision Rules When H1 Predicts a Direction
Decision Rules When H1 Is Nondirectional
Testing Hypotheses with Confidence Intervals: Nondirectional H1
Testing Hypotheses with Confidence Intervals: Directional H1
Types of Errors and Power
Possible Errors in Hypothesis Testing
Probability of a Type I Error
Probability of Correctly Retaining the Null Hypothesis
Type I Errors and Confidence Intervals
Probability of a Type II Error and Power
Factors Influencing Power: Effect Size
Factors Influencing Power: Sample Size
Factors Influencing Power: Directional Alternative Hypotheses
Factors Influencing Power: Significance Level
Factors Influencing Power: Variability
Factors Influencing Power: Relation to Confidence Intervals
One-Sample Tests and Estimates
One-Sample t Test
Distribution for Critical Values and p Values
Critical Values for the One-Sample t Test
Completing the Sleep Quality Example
Confidence Interval for μ Using One-Sample t Critical Value
Graphing Confidence Intervals and Sample Means
Two-Sample Tests and Estimates
Pairs of Scores and the Paired t Test
Two Other Ways of Getting Pairs of Scores
Fun Fact Associated with Paired Means
Paired t Hypotheses When Direction Is Not Predicted
Paired t Hypotheses When Direction Is Predicted
Formula for the Paired t Test
Confidence Interval for the Difference in Paired Means
Comparing Means of Two Independent Groups
Independent t Hypotheses When Direction Is Not Predicted
Independent t Hypotheses When Direction Is Predicted
Formula for the Independent-Samples t Test
Confidence Intervals for a Difference in Independent Means
Limitations on Using the t Statistics in This Chapter
Tests and Estimates for Two or More Samples
Going beyond the Independent-Samples t Test
Variance between Groups and Within Groups
One-Way ANOVA F Test: Logic and Hypotheses
Computing the One-Way ANOVA F Test
Critical Values and Decision Rules
Numeric Example of a One-Way ANOVA F Test
Testing the Null Hypothesis
Assumptions and Robustness
How to Tell Which Group Is Best
Multiple Comparison Procedures and Hypotheses
Many Statistics Possible for Multiple Comparisons
Confidence Intervals in a One-Way ANOVA Design
Tests and Estimates for Bivariate Linear Relationships
Hypothesizing about a Correlation
Testing a Null Hypothesis about a Correlation
Assumptions of Pearson's r
Using a Straight Line for Prediction
Linear Regression Analysis
Determining the Best-Fitting Line
Hypothesis Testing in Bivariate Regression
Confidence Intervals in Simple Regression
Limitations on Using Regression
Analysis of Frequencies and Ranks
One-Sample Proportion
Confidence Interval for a Proportion
Goodness of Fit Hypotheses
Goodness of Fit Statistic
Computing the Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit
Goodness of Fit: Assumptions and Robustness
Chi-Square for Independence
Hypotheses for Chi-Square for Independence
Computing Chi-Square for Independence
Relative Risk
Odds Ratios
Analysis of Ranks
Choosing an Analysis Plan
Statistics That We Have Covered
Organizing Our List: Kind of Outcomes, Number of Samples
Adding to the Tree: Two Samples
Adding Again to the Tree: More Than Two Samples
Completing the Tree: Analysis of Categories
Completing the Tree: The Remaining Categorical Analyses
Suggested Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises
References appear at the end of each chapter.
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Lise DeShea is the senior research biostatistician in the College of Nursing at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She has served on the faculty of the University of Kentucky and worked as a statistician for a Medicaid agency. She has conducted research on emergency room utilization, bootstrapping, and forgiveness.
Larry E. Toothaker is an emeritus David Ross Boyd Professor, the highest honor for teaching excellence at the University of Oklahoma. He has conducted research on multiple comparison procedures and nonparametric methods. He retired in 2008 after teaching statistics in the Department of Psychology for 40 years.
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Married couples have it all, over unmarried couples....or do we?
We have someone to call our own, someone to share and care
for, someone to talk our concerns with, someone to give to and to receive from. Someone to love and be loved by. But when the newness of the married relationship wares off, what do we have? If the partnership wasn't founded by the oracles of God, what's there to share? If a man or women, doesn't first learn how to love God, how can they love one another? when the husband doesn't show that attention or affection as often or perhaps not at all anymore, and the wife stops respecting the husband, what does a married couple have over an unmarried couple?
NOTHING.....,except, a piece of paper that says, this man and woman have been joined together in Holy matrimony, but other than that there's nothing to hold on to. If ... the children are all grown and have left to pursue their own life's' interest, all a married women has left are the memories of what use to be, mainly because she has given her life's' time to raising her children and seeing to her husbands needs, she oftentimes have left her own dreams behind.
The pleasure pains of being a maid and cook for her use to be lover, can get a little boring. By the same token working day in and day out for a fussy and complaining woman can be equally as boring. Their passion has gone or is lying dormant, the two of them seem to have nothing in common anymore except to argue constantly with one another. That has been working well
This arguing has all but replaced every decent emotion left between the two of them. Acquaintances, friends, and family alike hesitate to come around because they know; better than those two, how the gathering will end up, with the them fussing and fighting yet again. Sadly, the fights are always over the trivial of things, at least they sound that way to their company, family and friends. Things have gotten so hard between the two of them, that they can't even fake it anymore, not even long enough to entertain their company.
Now,....She has tried relentlessly to show him the error of his ways, without seeing her own of course. Hey what's there to see, she is the Good Christian Wife, right. But he's not listening to any of that, not any more. As women, our desire is to rule over our husbands, because everyone knows "Women are just plain smarter"?... NOT! we just want our men to do what ever we say is all. She could ask him earnestly, constantly, and without wavering, desperate to get him to see things her way, but does he hear her? No, not really, oh he hears a voice but because he's no longer in tune with her hearts voice, there's no more compramising. This too has past into a distant memory.
The Godly husband is straying, he has been listening to the ungodly console men's voice. You see, he's been told by them, that he's just being henpecked and needs to come out more and see how they do things. You know; ungodly console men, this can be devastating to a married couple. This advice is usually given by those who's wives and have already left them, but they're trying to convince your husband, that this is the life, being on he's own, with no wife or children to be responsible for. Just good times with his buddies, After work, it's all playtime with whomever and wherever he choses to be.
As for the good Christian women, She stands, hoping and praying things will change, and the two of them will soon become an item again. Rekindling those old flames that once drew them together initially. Fall forward into Passionate Love again with each other. With him spending more time at home with her and the kids, if the kids are still around, if not, spending more time with her; the good Christian wife. And the two of them giving each other their undivided attention, doing little things together again the way they use to before the children were ever born, You know like dating.
But the good Christian women waits on her husband as if he were God. And WISDOM tells her continue cooking his meals, cleaning his home, washing his clothes, drawing his bath water, waiting for him to come in from work, with a smile on her face, and dress to impress/intice him. When he comes home asking him honey, how was your day? are you tired? can I do anything for you? are you ready to have your dinner? would you like a cool drink?
He'll usually grumble back, because he's fainting, in his mind and because of the pressures of work no, no, no, maybe yes to the cool drink, or the newspaper and the remote.... Just give it to him, again being as pleasant as you can be, a kind word will turn anger away. After all he's probably had enough snapbacks, from his coworkers, and doesn't need to hear any from us. Or, he'll most likely think to himself, if she says another word to me, I'm going to leave the house, so I don't have to hear this nagging women complain. While he's out there trying to get some peace of mind, because he may have been belittled at work, and most probably made to think he's incompetent because of a bad decision he made. He should have been able to come home for his refuge, and not get it from the women waiting at the corner for him to come out to her.
These women usually have days consisting of either staying home, primping getting ready for your husband or someone else's, roaming the streets, sleeping with any man that will have them, since they don't have a husband of their own,
taking the married men with them down this notorious road to nowhere called hell. Ending up at nothing's door, this is not, however; a new thing to the married men, no not at all you see, he's been down this road before, but his wife has always taken him back. Oh yeah, the good Christian women gets angry, for a while, and probably has left the husband for a period of time, but always returns or let him come to wherever she and the kids went, to get away from him in the first place.
The husbandmen, need to wake up and realize that these good Christian woman, are their "Good Thing", that God says he should find. She, (the good Christian wife), has dreams of her own, and could be successful at them, but she chooses to stay at home, sometimes all alone wondering where he is or with whom he's with. But she waits for his return; not that she has to. She could be out and about, having fun with her Cohorts as well. But, this good Christian woman, has a covenant with God, as well as her husband. She chooses to wait on the Lord.
She's heard of countless testimonies where, God has healed marriages just like hers and the couples lives are changed for the better. She knows her Lord and her ears are open to his voice another voice she will not follow. She's governed by Wisdom, she's waiting on the Gold, she has put too many years into this marriage and wants to see the excellency of God in it. Because she know the anointing God has placed on her husband's life, she's been praying for his, (Yeah Lord), for too long to give up now. Eventhough, things between them are not nearly where they should be, she keeps standing in the gap for him, because she knows his deliverance is neigh, and when he's delivered, she's delivered because they're one.
She knows this because, things have been getting increasingly worse. If you know anything of the Spirit realm, you know that things usually get worse, before they get better. Then all at once; there's a sudden and miraculous change. No, the husband doesn't just start doing everything the good Christian wife tells him to do, quite the contrary, But he starts listening to a different voice, the voice of the (Holy Spirit), and starts doing everything he tells him to do.
This husbandmen, has awaken to the truth? The truth of.......
Ephesians 5:25 (KJV) Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for it (her), 26 that he might sanctify and cleanse it (her) with the washing of water by the word, 27 that he might present it (her) to himself a glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing: but that it (she) should be holy and without blemish. 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh: but nourisheth and cherisheth it (her), even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be ONE flesh. 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular, so love his wife even as himself; and THE WIFE SEE THAT SHE REVERENCE (respects) HER HUSBAND.
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If we husbands would strengthen and deepen our relationship with Christ, we would have much stronger and deeper relationships with our wives. Great article Carol.
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Trust your instincts when you purchase wine. The experts opinions are interesting and can inform you about wines you didn't know about, but if you don't like the way the wine tastes, it's a bad bottle. If you like it and it's cheap, then purchase some. Just enjoy your wine every day.
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Hundreds of employees have been laid off from Patch, the local journalism outlet previously owned by AOL, according to a report.
Various sources told media journalist Jim Romenesko that between two-thirds and 90% of Patch's employees were let go by private equity firm Hale Global — a majority of the staff. Before today, Patch employed about 600 people.
Romenesko also posted audio to Soundcloud, reportedly a recording of the call notifying employees of their terminations. It features a voice that identifies itself as Leigh Zarelli Lewis, the chief operating officer of Patch, who informs listeners that receiving this message means they have been laid off.
Hale Global has decided which Patch employees will receive an offer of employment to move forward in accordance with their vision for Patch and which will not. Unfortunately, your role has been eliminated and you will no longer have a role at Patch and today will be your last day of employment with the company.
Neither AOL nor Hale Global immediately respond to request for comment.
The editor of Patch's Sommerville, Mass., branch posted a message to the group's Facebook page stating he had been laid off.
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The editor of a Patch outlet in Hamden, Conn., also took to Facebook with the news: "Today hundreds of Patch employees were laid off by the company that recently bought Patch, and I am one of them, and this time it's for good."
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When I heard that the booty quotient in Mastodon's video for "The Motherload" was off the charts, rivaling Nicki Minaj or Rihanna's recent offerings, I was ready for a 21st century "Girls Girls Girls," rife with cliché raunch and classic metal misogyny. What I saw completely took me by surprise. More shocking than the sheer magnitude of flesh and twerking onscreen (we're used to that) was the way in which the dancers in the video took up space and how they wielded their bountiful butts in relation to the band. While the song doesn't stray too far from convention, the ways in which the twerking female body is featured does.
"The Motherload" video begins with shots of Mastodon playing amidst naked people in body paint with plenty of cult signifiers: snakes, apples, chains, hooded figures – nothing out of the ordinary there. By a minute in, the asses appear. Slowly at first, a few twerking women of color soon circle a large, bearded white guy covered in Mardi Gras beads. Then, two lines form in front of the band and the twerk-off begins. When I say "in front of the band," that doesn't mean the guys of Mastodon are looking at the women with cartoon wolf eyes, jaws to the floor, Motley Crue style. In fact, in multiple frames, they are just looking down at their instruments, chugging along. NBD. The focus is on the women, and their focus is on each other. The dancers look as though they couldn't care less about the men in the room as they showboat for the rows of ladies: some white, some black, some tattooed, but all very comfortable with their out-of-control curves and rattlesnake shakes.
The female gaze dominates the scene by the time the acrobatics stop and the queen mother of twerking arrives. There's a shot of her imposing, laser-focused stare before all eyes are on her. At this point, we've almost forgotten Mastodon is even there. Once she begins to move, time stands still as the visuals turn psychedelic and she spins out into space, becoming a glittering rainbow avatar while the guitar solo crescendos into a wail. She is "the motherload" and she owns everything.
But I should stop myself there. One major piece missing from this reading of Mastodon's video thus far is the issue of black women's bodies being put on display by a band of white dudes who belong to a genre that is notorious for racial insensitivity and inequality, if not straight up bigotry. (See Laina Dawes' masterful writing on the topic here). The oppressive sexual archetypes forced upon black women and women of color make it easy to shut down any conversation about the merits of this hypersexual video before we even begin. I mean, since when does any woman want to be reduced to an avatar? However, if we're looking at how women of color (and women in general) are sexualized in contemporary music videos, it can be useful to discuss and compare the ways in which twerking and hypersexuality appear, if only to rank them by perceived degrees of dangerous. (Like, say, "Pour it Up" v. "Hard Out Here".)
A sex positive analysis of "The Motherload" would focus on how much the male subject (who normally dominates videos like these) is diminished by the diverse women who fill the room with their playful peacocking. As they take turns to one-up their fellow dancers with each brutal booty clap and come-at-me-bitch glare, they are smiling and laughing when they aren't striking poses and dropping to the floor. They are having fun with one another. They are dancing in their underwear. And it's about their enjoyment, whether we like it or not.
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Within the realm of highly sexualized (pop) metal videos, "The Motherload" is unique. Mastodon, intentionally or unintentionally, have taken the typical video vixen formula and turned it cleverly on its head. They have shown just how easily power dynamics can shift when female sexuality is foregrounded (albeit not without a whiff of irony) and the female gaze takes precedence over the gaze of the viewer. Does it look like those twerking beauties care how we view them? I think not, and it's because of this twist that "The Motherload" is ripe for ripping open. If you look carefully, in the right light, you can just make out its sex positive seams.
[Ed. note: An in-depth exploration of this topic published in Metal Music Studies can be found here]


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You may propose a modified major in English by designing a special program of study with a faculty advisor in the department.
Students may propose a modified major in English by designing a special program of study in consultation with a faculty advisor in the Department. One may modify the major in English with a selection of courses from other departments and programs, or one may modify a major in another department or program with a selection of English courses. In both cases the modifying courses nominated must be courses that qualify for major credit in their home department or program. The Culminating Experience should be satisfied according to the primary department's or program's rules. Proposals for modifying the major in English should also explain the rationale for modifying the standard major.
Proposals for both kinds of modified majors must be submitted to the Vice Chair of the English Department as a formal petition and proposal. Proposals to modify another major with English courses must be approved by the Vice Chair of English before going forward to the primary department or program for final approval as a major program. Proposals to modify the major in English with other courses must be submitted, along with an authorizing signature from the secondary department or program, to the Vice Chair of English and the CDC for their deliberation and approval. The Vice Chair's signature signifies final approval of a modified major in English.
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This major requires the successful completion of eleven major courses, including seven courses in the Department of English and Creative Writing. All of the distributive requirements governing the regular English major, as outlined above, apply to the modified major. Along with the English courses taken in satisfaction of the major distributive requirements, a modified major includes four courses from the modifying department or program (or from multiple departments and programs), which substitute for four elective English courses in the eleven-course major.
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