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Trial of Palestinian teenager who slapped Israeli officer closed to press
Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — Behind closed doors at the Israeli Ofer Military Base in the West Bank, Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager who slapped an Israeli soldier, appeared in an Israeli military court Tuesday morning.
Minutes after Ahed was brought into the courtroom Tuesday, Military Judge Lt. Col. Menachem Lieberman told the crowd of journalists, diplomats and non-profit group representatives they could not stay. He made the trial private on the grounds that Ahed is a minor, though that status has been under debate.
"I don't see how it's in the minor's interest that a 100 people are here all the time," he said. "Her family can stay. Everyone else must leave."
The curly-haired teenage girl, who is 17, has garnered harsh criticism and has bitterly divided public opinion. Human rights organizations, the European Union and United Nations have all voiced their concern.
Ahed's Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky protested today's decision to remove observers from the court.
"My client's arrest was filmed by the army and police, despite being a minor," Lasky told the judge. "So I think the media should stay here now. It's for her protection."
Ahed's fight has become symbolic of the next generation of Palestinian resistance, many Palestinians hail Ahed as a brave young fighter.
Some pro-Israel blogs have dubbed her "Shirley Temper," and right-wing Israelis accuse her of using social media to distribute propaganda and discredit Israel. One Israeli deputy minister and former ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, even investigated whether the Tamimis were "a real family," according to Haaretz.
Ahed is facing years in jail. She has been charged with twelve offenses, including assaulting security forces and incitement to violence.
She turned 17 two weeks ago in jail, appeared to be in good spirits today, according to journalists who were briefly in the courtroom. Her father, Bassem Tamimi, shouted: "Stay strong! Stay strong! You will win!"
"The military judge decided to have a closed session, justifying it because Ahed is a child," her father Bassem told ABC News Tuesday. "But he forgets that you do not put children in jails, so if she is a child she must be free and out of jail."
"The Israeli military occupation does not want diplomats, human right organizations and the press to see and witness the ugly face of the Israeli military occupation," he continued. "This is why he kicked all the international observers out of the military court today."
Representatives from the EU, Norway and Germany were all present Tuesday.
At her bail hearing in January, Human Rights Watch notes that Lasky argued that international human rights law permits the detention of children only as a last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time. But the Israeli military judge ruled that he "did not think the articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child should be viewed as absolute."
On Monday, Human Rights Watch said "Tamimi's pre-trial detention – 56 days and counting – is both a violation of international law and unnecessary. Her case raises concerns that Israel's military justice system, which detains hundreds of Palestinian children every year, is incapable of respecting children's rights."
Amnesty International has also called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to free Ahed, and the other 300 other Palestinian minors in Israeli jail cells. The group said that while in detention, "she endured aggressive interrogations, sometimes at night, and threats made against her family."
Ahed is a well-known teenage activist, from a family of well-known activists in the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank, which is occupied by Israel. The village has held weekly protests almost every Friday since 2009.
The incident for which she is on trial was captured in a now-viral video, shot and distributed by her family on December 14, 2017. An unarmed Ahed can be seen standing in her driveway facing two heavily armed Israeli soldiers. "Come on, get out," she yells at the soldiers. "Get out of here, don't stay here."
The soldiers don't budge, and she pushes one of the Israeli soldiers, then kicks him in the shins. She goes in again, this time with her right fist, hitting his shoulder. He deflects her. "Don't touch me," she screams in his face and reached up to slap him.
Just before the video was shot, her family says, Ahed had just learned that her 15-year-old cousin, Mohammed, was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier. He required intensive surgery that removed part of his skull in order to dislodge the rubber bullet.
Five days after the incident in her driveway, the Israeli military raided her house at 3 a.m. and released video of her arrest.
Lasky said Tuesday's session ended after prosecutors read the indictment. She told reporters that she did not respond to the charges, and that the next hearing was scheduled for March 11. Ahed's mother, Nariman Tamimi, is also being prosecuted alongside her daughter for the December 14th incident.
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***UPDATE: Halperin apologized to Cruz and "tho those who were offended" Monday and claims that the problem is that "rushed through the questions."
A classic case of racism occurs when a powerful white man intentionally abuses his power to humiliate or damage a less powerful minority using that minority's race as a weapon. In an interview setting, when you are running for president, there is no question that the interviewer holds all the power, even when you are a United States Senator. Which brings me to Mark Halperin's racist interview with Republican Senator Ted Cruz…
As most of you know Cruz is Hispanic, specifically Cuban; the media believe the Hispanic vote is crucial to winning the White House; the media loathe Ted Cruz, and Halperin is a member-in-good-standing among the elite media. What better way, then, for Halperin to shine among his colleagues than to racially disqualify Cruz; to make him toxic to Hispanic voters.
The problem for Halperin is that there is no way for him to do that isn't racist. The powerful white Halperin can only racially disqualify Cruz by administering a humiliating racial-purity test, and by abusing his power through the demand that Cruz perform publicly for him and the audience. "Sing me a song, boy" becomes "Speak us some Spanish, boy."
Halperin: Senator, people are really interested in you and your identity. I just wanted to ask you as a historical matter, when you filled out your application to Princeton, to Harvard Law School, did you list yourself as an Hispanic?
Cruz: I listed myself as Cuban-American. That's my heritage and my background.
Halperin: I want to close by talking a little more about your Cuban heritage, and ask you in the following categories if you have an affinity for or a connection to anything part of your Cuban past, do you have a favorite Cuban food… Cuban dish?
Cruz: Oh, I grew up eating Cuban food all the time, I…
[Halperin immediately cuts him off to hammer the question]
Halperin: What's your favorite dish?
[Cruz answers with a litany of food from his childhood, and customs his family enjoyed during the holidays.]
Halperin: Alright… do you like Cuban music. Do you have a favorite Cuban Singer?
Cruz: You know I have to admit in that I'm much more of a Texan. I tend to listen to country music more than Cuban music. …
Halperin: Finally, I wanted to give you the opportunity to welcome your colleague Senator Sanders to the race and I'd like you to do it, if you would, en Espanol.
The lowlights are listed above and in the video, much of which was premised on questioning Cruz's Hispanic heritage.
There is just no question that Halperin used Cruz's race as a bludgeon to try and put the Senator in a humiliating no-win position: "You can either perform or risk having your racial identity challenged."
Cruz had just given a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Congress. What a perfect time to racially humiliate him by questioning his Hispanic bona fides.
Writing for the San Jose Mercury News, Ruben Navarette properly called the interview "racist," and added:
As a journalist, I felt embarrassed for Halperin. As a Hispanic, I felt like I was watching a college fraternity have fun with racial stereotypes, like when staging a "border party" where people show up in serapes and fake mustaches. …
Just when I thought I'd seen the worst, it got even more offensive. Earlier that day, independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, had entered the presidential race. So, Halperin said: "I want to give you the opportunity to directly welcome your colleague Sen. Sanders to the race, and I'd like you to do it, if you would, en español."
What nerve, treating a U.S. senator like a trained seal! Who does this guy think he is, trying to evaluate how well a Hispanic speaks Spanish? And what does that have to do with being authentic anyway?
You know who, by their own admission, don't speak espanol well? Housing Secretary Julian Castro and his twin brother, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, both friends of mine. You could bet Halperin would never put those questions to the Castros because, as Democrats, they're assumed to be closer to the masses than Cruz is.
Naturally, because they can't defend Halperin, the elite media has gone into bunker mode on the matter — pretending it didn't happen, hoping that if they ignore Halperin's racism it will be forgotten until it can be made useful again.
This morning Halperin was back enjoying his usual role as an NBC News elder statesman on MSNBC, and it's business as usual at Bloomberg.
Halperin, who has a tight (and now questionable) relationship with the corporate welfare queens at HBO, has already sold the movie version of his interview with Cruz to HBO.
Here's a sneak peek:
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By Letty Vazquez
As we reach the end of another school year and celebrate the accomplishments of those graduating from high school and college, it's a great time to focus on helping all of our young people to succeed.
What could be more important for San Antonio, where the high dropout rate and low education level continue to hold this city back from achieving its potential?
That's why the mayor and various organizations are working to develop a "brainpower economy" with an educated workforce able to attract high-paying jobs that have a future.
The nonprofit organization Kym's Kids of San Antonio is playing an important role in helping "at-risk" students stay on track to graduate from high school and make plans to get a college education. Students who participate in Kym's Kids receive college scholarship funds that they earn by volunteering with the organization at community events, while meeting performance standards at school, based on grades, attendance and behavior.
Students selected for the program are from low-income families and enrolled in the San Antonio Independent School District or various area charter schools. Organizations that refer students include City Year, Communities in Schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boysville, Hope for the Future, Travis Early College High School, Young Women's Leadership Academy, Big Brothers Big Sisters, KIPP University Prep and KIPP Aspire Academy.
Those partnering organizations across the city work with Kym's Kids to create a large community of teens ready to serve the community and strive toward obtaining an earned scholarship for furthering their education.
The program founded by philanthropist Kym Rapier in 2010 with 100 participating students has grown to 363 students this school year. Depending on the age when they start participating, the students must earn 60-80 volunteer service hours to earn up to $3,300 in scholarship money. They also must maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or 2.5 and attendance of 93 percent or 95 percent.
The program will pay out more than $72,000 this year in scholarships, many of them going to students who will be the first in their family to attend a college or university. As a result, they will become good role models for their siblings and neighbors.
Events and charities for which Kym's Kids has supplied student volunteers include the Haven for Hope campus for homeless, San Antonio Food Bank, San Antonio Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, senior centers and various community events of the San Antonio Area Foundation, among many others.
Some of the students end up volunteering for organizations that have provided assistance to their own needy families. During volunteer events at the Food Bank, for example, we have seen some of our Kym's Kids members waiting in line with their families to receive food donations.
We also need organizations to let us know about events that need our student volunteers, so that we can provide them opportunities to earn service hours to help them qualify for scholarship funds.
Students in the Kym's Kids scholarship program learn the importance of serving others, growing in leadership, interpersonal communication skills, responsibility, self-confidence, earned rewards and time-management. Whether they start out in the eighth grade and stay in the program through senior year of high school, or enroll their senior year, these students benefit from opportunities to cultivate hearts of service and accountability.
And if their education makes it possible for them to find good jobs in San Antonio, we all will benefit.
Letty Vazquez is Executive Director of Kym's Kids, a supporting organization of the San Antonio Area Foundation.


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23. January 2014
Field House at Middlebury Collegefrom Matt Capone
I recently traveled to Middlebury, Vermont to conduct an on-site training and assistance for the installation of Schöck Isokorb® thermal breaks on the New Field House at Middlebury College .
It was nice to have some good weather for the drive:
The Schöck Isokorb® S22 structural thermal breaks are currently being installed on the New Field House at Middlebury College .
The Isokorb® thermal break modules are used to isolate large beam overhangs along the main promenade next to the building.


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Whole Body Cryotherapy
As you might imagine I'm always researching and experimenting with new ideas and techniques that may make training and working out hard better and more manageable. My most recent experience came in the form of full body cryotherapy.
One could logically deduce that cryotherapy has something to do with cold. While that is true, it's also true that whole body cryotherapy is a bit more advanced and slightly less painful then getting in an ice bath or acute ice therapy. It involves getting inside what is called a cryosauna (very misleading here as I relate the word sauna to warmth) or a cryochamber. The former is for one person and is open on top so your head is above the unit, and the latter is fully enclosed and allows for multiple people - Party in an ice box… Doesn't sound sexy to me. More like Cry "oooo" Chamber because it's soooo coooold - ok that's all I've got for jokes.
Ok, so why put yourself through something like this?
Well the benefits may out way the quick 3mins of uncomfortable of cold.
The reported benefits of cryotherapy are:
- Anti-aging
- Fighting Depression
- Weight Loss
- Anti-inflammatory
You may have heard us mention Brown fat, or brown adipose tissue in the video. This is a kind of fat stored in the human body that is known to have thermogenic properties. That means it's a kind of fat that can help you burn unwanted body fat.
Yes..Fat that burns Fat!
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The thought process is that if you can stimulate the brown tissue by lowering body temperature, then it can help you metabolize fat more efficiently. The cryotherapy unit may help do this with only 3 mins of cold exposure rather than 15 mins of cold exposure in something like an ice bath.
The last on my list above, the anti-inflammatory response is really the one I'm most interested in. Although I wouldn't over look the other effects as I felt great and very invigorated when I got out the cryotherapy unit.
My focus on fighting inflammation is because of my desire to speed up recovery between exercise sessions for myself and my clients. The better recovery you have the harder you can workout and the more frequent your training sessions can be. In fact this is why many athletes use performance enhancing drugs. A common miss-understanding of PEDs is that they simply make you stronger. While it's possible you may feel stronger after you take them, it's more about recovering better and faster so you can train harder and longer… That ultimately makes you stronger and more fit.
Remember that exercise is the process by which you stress and break down your body. The recovery portion is when your body get's stronger in preparation for more stress. This is why sleep, rest, recovery workouts, and days off from the gym are necessary.
There are different kinds of inflammation.
Chronic inflammation - which can last for months or even years
Acute inflammation - which has a rapid onset and can quickly escalate but subsides in a shorter time period as in days or weeks.
The inflammatory response is important. It's an immune response and our bodies use this response to fight off infections or help heal tissue (after workouts, or trauma). The interesting part is that too much inflammation can trigger more inflammation and your body can get caught in a vicious cycle of inflammation … Inflammation on inflammation on inflammation, which isn't favorable like racks on racks on racks.
The thought process and studies on inflammatory responses within the body are many and heavy so I'm not going deep into it. I'll leave exploring the ideas behind coronary artery disease and inflammation genetics up to you.
Let's keep it simple and look at acute inflammation.
Working out requires you to exert force. Hopefully that force builds over time an becomes more intense. As you build upon that intensity and lift harder or run faster you ask more of your body, particularly your muscles, joints, tendons, and numerous other connective tissues that can become inflamed.
Managing this response well can make all the difference in your training.
Doing nothing or doing too much can put you in that vicious cycle.
On the other hand, focusing on proper nutrition both pre and post workouts along with resting properly and programming your workouts well, can have a positive effect on your inflammation.
Here's one problem though...
No matter how great your programming and nutrition are, you can expect to go through a period where inflammation slows you down. It could be from something as simple as a new workout that makes you extremely sore, or something as unfortunate as a necessary surgery or accident.
In the extreme cases medication maybe necessary but as a general rule I'd prefer to manage inflammation without taking pills. Yes Advil works for me, but I'm not in love with the idea that it can cause stomach issues. I have clients that have used prescription based anti-inflammatories and the response have been mixed. Again they have lists of side effects that SHOULD SCARE YOU.
So I got in the cold tube to further my exploration into less intrusive forms of inflammation management.
As a natural supplement I also take Turmeric. I like it. I can't say I've used it for anything like a headache. In fact now that I think about it I haven't had headaches recently.
Be proactive and try to help yourself. If you feel inflamed, are very active, or know you suffer from some kind of chronic inflammation try the cryotherapy. The place I went to is called Kryolife www.kryolifehealth.com/ they are located in new York city. I also have to say that they are extremely friendly and make you feel very comfortable about the experience. For me that's important. I ask a lot of questions and expect answers. They were happy and even excited about discussing the ins and outs of the machine and the benefits of cryotherapy.
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EZ CD Audio Converter is the most comprehensive multi format audio converter and is extremely easy...
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I bought the ultimate license a few years back, and i must say it's been worth every penny. I get free updates for life, to a piece of software i think is so well thought out that all alternatives fail to compare. The interface is very well designed, the amount of formats supported is very balanced, and as i recall extendable by downloading codecs for other formats. It's multilanguage which is quite nice, i understand and speak English almost to perfection by i am kind of lazy so i like i can get my native Danish in the interface. There are DSP options built right in to make processing of audio a lot easier, meaning DSP is Applied while you rip and encode, no need for processing after encoding. These are just some of the brilliant features in this software package, there are more that i can't remember in this moment of writing.
Best of all audio ripper / converter / burner / metadata editor
I have tried a lot of software to manage and convert Audio CD's to mp3. Even tried a lot of software to convert various audio files. Nothing comes close in functionality or ease of use to Easy CD-DA Extractor.
(Now called EZ CD Audio Converter)
There are a lot of features to this software. It connects to various databases to find names and audio information to fill into those id3 tags. Id3 Tag options are perfect as well. It allows me to fill those in and just save the files with ease. The audio conversion is superb. Never have I had any issues or glitches when it comes to quality. There are lots of formats available and you can even create profiles with different formats and settings for conversions. Ideal for converting different file types.
As of a recent update, it even allows for multiple converters to run simultaneously. So if you have a multi-core processor, you can run multiple conversions simultaneously.
I have tried other software:
Freemake Audio Converter (Too simple for my use and no id3 tag support).
DBPower Amp - Too many options and nothing exceptional about it.
The only possible drawback I can think of is that its not freeware and the price you pay for something so simple is a little high. $40 for a simple tool only because there aren't that many other competitors. The only plus I see is that you get lifetime updates. Hopefully they come up with a Win 8 Metro interface as well.
Best music converter for Windows. It does everything I need to do and the audio quality is top-notch.


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In the following essay, Cox analyzes the representation of female characters in the Henry VI plays, particularly Joan and Margaret.
In the Henry VI tetralogy, Shakespeare complicates conventional representations of gender identity by means of ambiguously constructed female characters.1 Joan of Arc and Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, for example, are shown to exhibit many characteristics of the conventional virago types, while Elizabeth provides contrast in her rather bland and perhaps inadvertent acquiescence, as does Anne, so easily is she seduced. And, evolving over the course of the tetralogy, Queen Margaret especially complicates conventional gender identities throughout her various social, political, and economic confrontations. The female characters, Joan and Margaret in particular, supply the tetralogy with culturally and theoretically profound treatments of gender issues that may be explored in relation to literary...
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Full Course's latest video "Empty L" was produced by filmmaker Xavier Cantin-Lemieux. The song itself was produced by Tae Beast of Digi+Phonics, best known for Kendrick Lamar's "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" and Schoolboy Q's "There He Go".
Empty L (read: M-T-L) paints a tragically vivid picture of Montreal over a rich and laid- back beat that allows his exceptional lyrical skill to take center stage as he delves deeper than the typical themes of dope-dealing and fine ladies, easily bouncing from the pitfalls of Montreal nightlife to language issues to Quebec nationalism.
"It sounds like a lot of bad, but it's balanced – yes I talk about the bad parts of MTL, but it's positive too because this is who we are.
Using such a high-profile American producer is a conscious move on his part to take his growth as an artist to the next level, as the goal of this album is to achieve further recognition outside of Canada. But like his name and the title of his first LP suggest, Full Course is someone who like to do things whole and right, one step at a time.
"An artist has to have a base, a history, you have to be relevant where you come from. That's what Entrée was. Some Canadian rappers try to escape the difficult scene here, just start up somewhere new, but then you're just the littlest hobo, with no roots. You have to build where you're from first." – Official Press Release
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After losing his leg at age 9 following a terror attack in Itamar 15 years ago, Asael Shabo found his place in the world of sports. Noted as one of Israel's greatest wheelchair basketball players, Shabo made a name for himself and recently signed on to play for Hamburg in Germany.
Asael Shabo Photo Credit: Dotan Doron, TPS
24-year-old Israeli wheelchair basketball player Asael Shabo signed with the Hamburg basketball team, part of Germany's wheelchair basketball league Rollstuhlbasketball-Bundesliga (RBBL).
In 2002 during the Second Intifada, Shabo lost his right leg after being severely injured in a terror attack at his home in Itamar in the West Bank. While losing his mother and three brothers, Shabo who was 9-years-old at the time, survived by pretending to be dead.
Following the attack, Shabo's great sports abilities were noted while undergoing rehabilitation at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled in Ramat Gan. Though he began his notable sports career swimming competitively, even being identified in 2012 as a candidate for the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Shabo later moved on to wheelchair basketball, a sport in which he is now considered one of Israel's greatest.
"Of course, it's hard to leave home and my family," Shabo told TPS. "I've worked hard to make a name for myself as a teacher and coach, as well as a speaker. And that's a key part of who I am today: Talking to young people about what I went through, and helping them develop tools to succeed in life."
"But this is such a great opportunity, I couldn't say no. The chance to play basketball at the highest level is something I've dreamed about for years. I don't speak German, but I'll learn it along the way," he added.


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Candied Ginger
My house smells amazing right now. It's because I've been experimenting with the fall spices all week: cinnamon, nutmeg, gloves, and ginger.
Smell is the sense most strongly associated with memory. When I smell ginger, I don't think of gingerbread cookies or holiday mulled cider, but the spicy Korean dishes my mother and aunts and grandmother would cook every week. Or the ginger candies they would eat in the car on long road trips. My family loved its ginger.
Not me, though. I always resisted its spicy, medicinal taste. I was a picky eater, a willful only child, and there was no way I was going to eat something that came out of the ground looking like that, all knobbly and warty.
After several years on my own, carefully refining my taste and tasting everything I had resisted in my childhood, I found that I still didn't like the taste of raw ginger. Still too spicy for my palate, and still strangely bitter. It reminded me of the medicinal Asian soups that my grandmother would force me to drink when I was sick, full of dried dates and spices and, if you will believe it, slivers of antlers. It reminded me of being miserable and feverish in bed.
Then I tried crystallized ginger and things changed. Boiled for nearly an hour before being saturated with sugar, nearly all of the bitterness of the ginger was gone, but a zingy spiciness remained, tamed by the sweetness of the sugar syrup. For several months, I would buy up bags of the stuff at Whole Foods before figuring out that it was so much cheaper to make it at home, and about as easy as boiling pasta.
I use it for everything in fall. Whenever a sweet recipe calls for dried ginger powder, I just grind up some of this stuff in a spice grinder and cut out a tablespoon or so of the sugar in the recipe. I eat it whenever I have an upset stomach, as ginger is said to be good for such maladies. I simmer it in spiced ciders and chop it up for carrot cakes and ginger cookies.
Candied Ginger
Adapted from Alton Brown.
Makes as much as you like.
fresh ginger root
Peel as much ginger as you intend to candy. Slice it into thin slices or dice into chunks, whichever is your preference (see Note).
Place the ginger in a saucepan and add enough cold water to cover by 2 inches. Place over medium-high heat and bring it to a boil, then turn the heat down and simmer for 45 minutes. Allow the ginger to cool in the water.
Drain the ginger in a colander, reserving 1/4 cup of the cooking liquid. Weigh the ginger on a kitchen scale and measure out an equal amount of sugar. Return the ginger, sugar, and cooking liquid to the saucepan and set over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring frequently. Continue to cook, stirring, as the sugar syrup reduces significantly and begins to recrystalize, about 20 minutes. Once the sugar looks almost dry, transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet and separate the pieces of ginger. Allow to cool.
The ginger and it sugar can be stored in an air-tight container for at least a month, probably longer.
The way you cut the ginger will affect its outcome. Thin slices will result in a harder, crispier candy that is sweeter all the way through. Larger chunks will be more moist and chewy, but also more spicy.
I like to store the candied ginger and the sugar that falls off it once it dries together in the same jar, but you can certainly sift out the ginger sugar from the candied ginger pieces. Use it for sprinkling on baked goods or ice cream, or in hot spiced drinks.
Music to cook by: Would That Not Be Nice [The Divine Fits // A Thing Called Divine Fits]
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7 responses to "Candied Ginger"
I prefer candied ginger over fresh ginger too (well, candied anything is hard to resist for me) 🙂 Reading this has me craving for a handful!
Yum. I've seen a few recipe for candied ginger lately so I think I'll have to give it a go!
You should! If you buy candied ginger often, it's so much cheaper to make it yourself. You can make a pound of the stuff for the same price as buying just a handful!
we use candied ginger as a mouth freshener and as an after meal digestion aid but its mostly store bought. love this recipe…now i will make it at home:)
My mom is Korean, too, and loves her some ginger! It took me a long time to embrace it, but now I love it too. I've never candied it myself, way to be!
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I have always loved candied ginger but I can't find it where I live now. So glad I found this recipe..I have my ginger on the stove now:)


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Amazon Game Studios Announce Three Games
Amazon have announced three PC games being made by their own games studio: a multiplayer sandbox world, a MOBA-ish 4v4 mythological murdersport, and some sort of class-based Battle Royale 'em up. That sandbox 'em up sounds like it might be interesting, at least. As Amazon also owns Twitch, all three games have bits to entertain livestream viewers or let them fiddle with what's going on. Let's look at New World, Breakaway [official site], and Crucible in decreasing order of interestingness.
Details on New World are a bit vague, which may be why it sounds promising. It's a "massively multiplayer, open-ended sandbox game" set in a supernatural take on 17th century Colonial America, with all sorts of nasties lurking in the worlds. Weather and seasons will come and go, changing the world and its challenges too. Players can build settlements, or go and fight monsters, or murder each other. It sounds like it could be anything between the starkness of Wurm Online or Ultima Online and just another Ark-ish, Rust-y survival sandbox. No idea at this point. Ah, possibilities!
As for Twitch stuff, Amazon say it'll have "broadcaster-led events, achievements, and rewards."
Crucible is a 12-player, class-based last man standing game. Unlike, say, The Culling, it's supposedly set in a world so dangerous players will need to band together at times. Which could lead to interesting fleeting alliances and dastardly betrayals as players get closer to being the sole winner.
It'll also have a Twitch-friendly thirteenth player who sounds a bit like Left 4 Dead's director, triggering events and letting viewers interact with bits too.
Then there's Breakway, a 4v4 arena-based brawl-o-sport. Both teams are fighting for control of a ball to get it to the opponents' goal, stopping them with shootyzaps and deploying structures. Each class/character has their own buildings, from ballistae and spike traps to trampolines and healing auras.
It'll have Twitch guff like polls and whatnot, along with ways to win and use the new 'Stream+' imaginary currency. Players will get to "wager loyalty points that are redeemable for in-game rewards" which… well, I'm sure they've thought about how to avoid this sort of mess.
I am slightly put off by Twitch tying into gameguts. Games design with Twitch or YouTube viewers in mind can lead to good performances for broadcasters but be a bit bland to play by yourself. But hey, I don't really stream – this isn't for me. Though I do hope New World is on the more interesting end of its spectrum of possibility.


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I'm having problems finding out what is wrong with my gums as I live in Bulgaria and the health care is not very good. In addition, physicians are not accustomed to working with the patient or to getting sufficient information to make good diagnoses. My problem is that my gums began to swell behind my lips, then the swollen area began to feel numb and the cavity between my lips and my teeth has receded so high that now my tongue cannot reach the area above my upper teeth and I often have to remove food particles by hand. I have no bleeding or pain. There is no breath odour and I am sure it is not gingivitis. I've taken excessive amounts of vitamins C and B to no avail. The swollen areas have a strange slightly veinous appearance and are uncomfortable though not painful. When eating I have to constantly dab my mouth in case saliva is coming out as I can't properly feel my lips. I've had blood tests which come up negative and am told I do not suffer from anaemia.
Sorry for all the gory details. Would be very grateful if anyone knows what is the problem or has any good ideas, bearing in mind that finding a really up-to-date health professional is not something I have been able to do so far. I can, however, buy almost any drug over the counter and typically end up treating myself when ill as I have a much better success rate than the doctors (or the consultants, for that matter).


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Extension of Washington Pension System Review
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This project extended the work performed under a previous project that addressed the incidence of total and permanent disability pensions in the Washington workers' compensation system. Researchers provided a literature review of studies that analyze worker outcomes after settlement agreements and a review of benefit structures in other disability systems that may offer ways to bridge the gap between permanent total and permanent partial disability awards in Washington.
Department of Labor & Industries, Washington State
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Dateline: Wakulla County, Florida Panhandle
The bus and tractor-trailer were on fire, entangled in live power lines. First responders started pulling passengers from the bus, until they could do no more because of the flames. Fire trucks had to stand down until the power was shut off to the utility pole. By that time, the vehicles were engulfed in flames.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, Gordon Sheets, 55 of Copiague, New York, was fatally injured in the July 2nd, 5:20 AM collision, when a bus loaded with farm-workers ran a stop sign and a flashing red light. Sheets was headed westbound on US-98 (the Coastal Highway), when his tractor collided with the southbound bus from Woodville Highway. Four on the bus succumbed to their injuries and another 20 were injured, including the bus driver who was hospitalized in critical condition. A passenger in the tractor-trailer was not injured said ABC News.
The collision remains under investigation by Florida Highway Patrol.
The One Critical Factor in Most Fatal Collisions
Failure to yield right of way is the one common factor in most fatal cashes. A driver can fail to yield right of way due to: missing visual cues as warning signs or other information indicating another vehicle's intentions, not seeing an approaching vehicle, or sometimes by simply carelessness or negligence. Examples of a failure to yield right of way include:
- a driver making a left turn fails to yield to oncoming traffic
- a driver enters the street from a private driveway or sideroad
- a driver aggressively merges onto a highway. or
- a driver does not heed a flashing yellow or red light, or yield or stop sign.
In the crash above, the bus was traveling a state-highway and perhaps did not expect to see an intersection that was controlled by a stop sign.
Every intersection carries an element of risk. The defensive driver needs to acknowledge this risk and modify their driving habits.
What to Do . . .
Over the years, however, there has been an ongoing controversy by defensive-driving experts on just exactly what should a defensive driver should be doing when approaching an intersection and what it is called.
Is it looking? As in . . . Look both ways — or Look left-right-left, or Look far ahead?
Is it scanning? As in . . . Scan the intersection, Scan the road, "Scan high ahead," or Scan the mirrors every 3-5 seconds?
Is it checking? As in . . . Check your mirrors, Check both ways, or Check the intersection?
Is it watching? As in . . . Watch for cross-traffic or Watch for caution signs or Watch for other vehicles?
Whenever ideas fail, men invent words. Martin H. Fischer
Other visual technique concepts include: active searching, selective visual skills (AAA), and visual selective attention (motor skills performance theory).
All in all, good defensive driving involves the active acquisition of information. However it is understood, this is what we need to teach all drivers.
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Pastor Sam was called to Grace Lutheran Church in 2002 to develop a Latino Ministry in the Escondido area as an Associate Pastor. Since then he has ministered to and nurtured a growing Latino congregation. In 2008, he established the Iglesia Hispana Gracia, known now as Grace Latino Ministries, a self-sustained congregation that worships 130 members weekly, and leads it as a worker-priest.
Samuel was born in Mexico City and received his Bachelors degree in Communications and Linguistics in 1994 from Universidad Metropolitania, Mexico (Metropolitan University of Mexico.) In 200o he received his pastoral certification from the Hispanic Institute of Theology at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Pastor Sam earned his Master's degree in Theology from Concordia Irvine in 2002 and his Doctoral degree in Ministry and Leadership from Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago in 2009. He was a member of the Hispanic Task Force of the North American Mission Board of the LCMS from 1997-2007 and president of the National Hispanic Convention from 2007-2009. He was also a member of the Commission of Ministerial Growth and Support of the LCMS (CMGS) from 2006-2010. Needless to say, Pastor Sam is a scholar and leader in the Hispanic ministry.


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Brazil: Congress set to vote on making the world's leading pesticide user more toxic still
Despite mass opposition, Brazil's notoriously corrupt Congress has paved the way for a vote on easing authorization for still more pesticide use in the country which is already the world's largest consumer of toxic agrochemicals. A new bill promoted by Brazil's bancada ruralista, the agribusiness lobby whose votes sustain President Temer, would ease the authorization of new pesticides through a fast-track process which gives the Ministry of Agriculture unilateral power to approve new pesticide products, eliminates the decision-making role of the Health and Environment ministries and prohibits state and local lawmakers from introducing restrictions of their own.
Officially, Brazil recorded over 100,000 cases of acute pesticide poisoning with some 3,500 deaths over the past decade - and the official figures undoubtedly underestimate the full extent of toxicity. Nevertheless, the new law will only allow a pesticide to be banned if it can be demonstrated that there exists a 'scientifically established unacceptable risk', an infinitely elastic proposition.
Brazil's already low standards of pesticide protection permit the massive import of dozens of chemical products like paraquat whose use is prohibited in their countries of manufacture.
A manifesto opposing the new law has been supported by over three hundred organizations and social movements, including the IUF-affiliated CONTAG, which organizes rural workers and small farmers.
More information is available (in Spanish) on the website of the IUF Latin American regional secretariat HERE


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The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has voted to recommend that President Bush's former political aide, Karl Rove, be cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify under subpoena. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill.
The vote was 20 to 14 along party lines to recommend to the full House that Rove be cited for contempt.
In early July, Rove failed to appear before the committee in response to a subpoena, to testify about allegations that he was involved in politicization of the Department of Justice, and that he worked behind-the-scenes to encourage prosecution of a former Democratic governor in Alabama.
Rove has denied involvement and offered to answer questions in writing. Democrat John Conyers said Rove's offers and defiance of the subpoena were unacceptable.
"That breach of our process presents a grave challenge to the authority of the Judiciary Committee. We must respond appropriately but fairly and make clear that our subpoenas are binding obligations, not optional invitations," he said.
"Not a single court decision supports the contention that a former White House aide can refuse to show up to a congressional hearing," said Democrat Linda Sanchez, who heads the Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee.
Representative Lamar Smith re-stated Republican objections, asserting that no evidence has emerged to show Rove was involved in politicization efforts.
"With a disregard of the facts, Congress and some of the media have rushed to judgment. There is no credible evidence to support a contempt resolution against Mr. Rove," he said.
The contempt vote means the Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will have to determine whether the full chamber acts on the resolution.
But because lawmakers are scheduled to leave soon for a long August break, and Democrats have said they intend to complete legislative business by the end of September, the fate of the contempt action remains unclear.
The committee vote occurred during renewed congressional anger sparked by an internal Justice Department report saying former officials violated the law by allowing politics to influence hiring decisions.
In testimony to Congress last year, the former White House Liaison to the Justice Department, Monica Goodling, acknowledged that she knew she had crossed the line in allowing political factors to influence hiring for career Justice Department jobs.
Attorneys for Goodling issued a statement Wednesday pointing to what they called her exceptional candor and cooperation with Congress, and described as outrageous statements by Conyers and California Congresswoman Linda Sanchez suggesting that Goodling may have lied to Congress.


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Who Do We Pray To? Part 4
by Karl Kemp
10/10/2011 / Bible Studies
1 Timothy 5:5. "Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God [God the Father] and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day." Also see 1 Tim. 4:3-5, which I didn't quote.
2 Timothy 4:16-18. "At my first defense [in Rome] no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. (17) But the Lord [the Lord Jesus] stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion's mouth. (18) The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him [to the Lord Jesus] be the glory forever and ever. Amen."
Philemon 1:4-6. "I thank my God [God the Father] always, making mention of you in my prayers, (5) because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus [We again see the Persons of God the Father and God the Son here, as we do so often throughout the New Testament, and the preeminent role of God the Father is emphasized.] and toward all the saints; (6) and I pray [to God the Father] that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ's sake."
Hebrews 13:15, 16, 18-21. "Through Him [Jesus Christ] then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God [God the Father], that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. ... (18) Pray for us [In this context, in which the preeminent role of the Father is emphasized (also see verses 20, 21), the prayers would undoubtedly be addressed to God the Father through Jesus Christ (or we could say, in the name of Jesus Christ).], for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. (19) And I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you the sooner. (20) Now the God of peace [The words that follow confirm that God the Father is being addressed here.], who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, (21) equip you in every good thing to do His will [God the Father's will], working in us that which is pleasing in His sight [God the Father's sight], through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen." Most commentators believe the words "to whom be the glory forever and ever" refer to God the Father here. I agree, but this doesn't mean that the same words could not be applied to the Lord Jesus in a different context (see 2 Tim. 4:18).
James 1:5-8. "But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God [God the Father], who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given him. (6) But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. (7) For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord [Many commentators think "the Lord" here refers to God the Father. They are probably right. Sometimes "the Lord" [Greek "kurios"] refers to God the Father in the book of James (see James 5:10, 11 for some obvious examples)], (8) being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
James 5:13-18. "Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray [The verses that follow confirm, along with James 1:5, that James is thinking of prayer addressed to God the Father.]. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises. (14) Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord [Anointing with oil for healing is only mentioned one other place in the New Testament (Mark 6:13), so this is not the only way to pray for the sick. As is typical, we pray to God the Father in the name of the Lord Jesus. Like I have mentioned, even when we don't say the words "in the name of Jesus" (or similar words), we understand that our new-covenant relationship with God the Father has come to us in and through the Lord Jesus Christ.]; (15) and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord [the Lord Jesus (see John 14:13, 14; 16:23, 24, for example)] will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. [Sometimes sin is the cause of the sickness (see John 5:14; 1 Cor. 11:27-32, for example). (I had a footnote: These verses are discussed verse-by-verse in my paper that includes 1 Corinthians chapter 10-14.) It is assumed, of course, that if the person has sinned, they will confess their sins and repent. See the next verse.] (16) Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. (17) Elijah was a righteous man with a nature like ours [Elijah wasn't born again, so we must qualify what James says here. The new birth wasn't available until after Jesus has dethroned sin, spiritual death, and Satan and his hosts through His atoning death.], and he prayed earnestly [to Yahweh; the glorious name Yahweh, which was used more than 6,800 times in the Old Testament, centered in God the Father] that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit."
1 Peter 3:8-12. I'll just quote verse 12. "FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE TOWARD THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ATTEND TO THEIR PRAYER, BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL." The NASB put these words in capital letters because verses 10-12 were quoted from the Old Testament, Psalm 34:12-15. The word "LORD," which is used twice here in verse 12 was Yahweh in the Hebrew, which, as I mentioned, typically refers to God the Father in the Old Testament, even as the word God typically refers to God the Father in the New Testament.
1 John 3:20-24. I'll just quote verses 21, 22 here. "Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us [In context the apostle John is speaking of our heart's not condemning us because we are walking in love and living as God requires us to live.], we have confidence before God [God the Father]; (22) and whatever we ask we receive from Him [from God the Father], because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight." We cannot earn God's blessings, but our sin can block the flow of His blessings. The next verse (23) goes on to mention "His [God the Father's] Son Jesus Christ" and verse 24 goes on to mention the Holy Spirit, so we see the three Persons of the Trinity here. 1 John 3:16-23 are discussed in some detail in my "Paper on Faith."
1 John 5:14-17. "This is the confidence which we have before Him [There is very widespread agreement that "Him" refers to God the Father, who plays a dominant role in this chapter. The NIV, for example, translates, "This is the confidence we have in approaching God. I agree with this viewpoint.], that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. [Of course we must pray in accordance with the will of God. The New Testament also shows the need for us to pray in faith, and it shows that we can block the flow of God's answers to our prayers by not living in accordance with His will (see 1 John 3:21, 22, verses quoted above).] (15) And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him. (16) [In this verse the apostle John gives an example of a prayer that God will answer and an example of one He probably won't (or, won't) answer.] If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading [I would skip the word "leading," which the NASB inserted in italics here and three more times as we continue.] to death [not unto (spiritual) death], he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death [not unto (spiritual) death]. There is a sin leading to death [a sin unto (spiritual) death]; I do not say that he should make request for this. (17) All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death [not unto (spiritual) death]." In the context of this epistle, a prime example of a sin unto spiritual death would be for true Christians to willfully turn from Christ and join the Gnostic heretics (who are dealt with throughout this epistle), who denied that sin is the problem and that the blood of Jesus is the answer.
3 John 1:2. "Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in health, just as your soul prospers." Based on the precedent established in the Gospel of John and in the First Epistle of John (not to mention the rest of the New Testament), I believe we can rather safely assume that John addressed this prayer to God the Father. There is nothing in the context of this epistle to indicate otherwise. This is one of the few verses throughout this study where it isn't confirmed that the prayer is addressed to God the Father.
Jude 1:24, 25. "Now to Him [God the Father] who is able to keep you from stumbling [and to keep you, therefore, fully ready to stand before Him at the end of this age] and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, (25) to the only wise God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen." Again we see the distinct Persons of God the Father and God the Son, which is so common throughout the New Testament, and the preeminent role of God the Father is strongly emphasized.
As I mentioned, I won't list any passages from the book of Revelation. The full deity of the Lord Jesus Christ is emphasized in the book of Revelation (as I have documented in my papers that deal with the book of Revelation; see under Rev. 21:6 in my paper that discusses Revelation chapters 20-22 verse-by-verse), but God the Father clearly has the preeminent role in the book of Revelation. See, for example, Rev. 1:1, 4-6 (In Rev. 1:6, for example, it speaks of God the Father being "His [Jesus'] God and Father."); 4:2-5:10 (God the Father is the One on the throne in Revelation chapter 4, as Rev. 5:5-8 confirm.).
I'll List the Passages Here Where Prayer Is Addressed to God the Father (and where the Persons of God the Father and God the Son are both mentioned):
((I had a lengthy footnote here: I have found that many Christians, even Christians who say they believe in the Trinity, don't understand that the Son of God existed as a Person with God the Father before He became a man [the God-man], but the Bible is clear on this very important point. See, for example, John 1:1-3, 14; 3:17, 31; 6:38; 8:42, 58; 17:5; Phil. 2:5-8; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:1-3, 10-12; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 22:13. Many of these verses show that the Son was there with the Father in the beginning, before any creation took place. He wasn't created, rather all things were created through Him. If He had been created, He wouldn't be deity. The Son was there with the Father before time was created (time as we know it in our created universe) along with our world. Many more verses that teach the preexistence of the Son are listed and/or discussed in my paper titled, "The Name Yahweh and God the Father and God the Son." Micah 5:2 says of Him, "His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity."
The New Testament is full of verses which show that God the Father and God the Son were distinct Persons when Jesus lived on the earth in His physical body. So too, the New Testament is full of verses which demonstrate that after the Lord Jesus was resurrected and glorified He continued being a Person distinct from God the Father and that He will continue forever as a Person distinct from God the Father. Revelation 22:1-3, for example, show that in the eternal state that will follow the millennial kingdom, God the Father and God the Son will both be reigning on the throne. There too God the Father will have the preeminent role, as He always has [see 1 Cor. 15:27, 28, for example].))
Matthew 6:5-15 (Also see Luke 11:1-13, where we also see the Holy Spirit mentioned, so we see the Trinity.)
Matthew 7:7-11
Matthew 18:19, 20
Mark 11:12-14, 20-26
Luke 11:5-8
Luke 18:1-8
John 15:16 (Jesus mentioned praying to God the Father in His [Jesus'] name.)
John 16:23-28 (Jesus mentioned praying to God the Father in His name.)
John 14:12-14 (Jesus mentioned praying to God the Father in His name.)
Acts 4:23-31 (I had a footnote: I believe Acts 1:14, 24 could be listed here, but I won't list these verses. On God as the One who knows the hearts of all men, see Acts 15:8. Acts 3:19; 4:24, 25, 29; 17:24 [with 17:31], for example, show that "[the] Lord" sometimes refers to God the Father in the book of Acts.) (Verse 30 requested God the Father to extend His hand to heal and that signs and wonders take place though the name of Jesus, which is comparable with praying in Jesus' name. The Holy Spirit is also mentioned in these verses, so we see the Trinity here, as we often do in the New Testament.)
Acts 16:25
Romans 1:8-10
Romans 8:34 (The Lord Jesus, who is at the right hand of God the Father, intercedes before Him in our behalf. Again we see the preeminent role of God the Father, and we clearly see two Persons.)
Romans 10:1-4
Romans 15:5, 6 (The preeminent role of God the Father is quite clear here, as it so often is.)
Romans 15:30-33 (We also see the Holy Spirit in these verses, so this is another passage where we see the Trinity.)
Romans 16:25-27 (This is a doxology, which is a hymn designed to praise and glorify God, is addressed to God the Father, which strongly confirms the preeminent role of God the Father.)
1 Corinthians 1:4-9 (Thanksgiving is directed to God the Father for His saving grace in Christ Jesus.)
1 Corinthians 15:57
2 Corinthians 2:14
2 Corinthians 13:5-10
Ephesians 1:15-23
Ephesians 3:14-21 (The Holy Spirit is also mentioned in these verses, so we see the Trinity here.)
Ephesians 5:20
Ephesians 6:10-20 (We also see the Holy Spirit in these verses, so this is another passage where we see the Trinity.)
Philippians 1:2-11
Philippians 4:4-7
Philippians 4:19, 20
Colossians 1:3-14 (The Holy Spirit is also mentioned in these verses, so we see the Trinity here.)
Colossians 3:17
Colossians 4:2-4
1 Thessalonians 1:2, 3
1 Thessalonians 2:13
1 Thessalonians 5:17, 18
1 Thessalonians 5:23-25
2 Thessalonians 1:3, 11, 12
1 Timothy 1:12-17 (The preeminent role of God the Father is strongly emphasized in verse 17.)
1 Timothy 2:1-8 (The preeminent role of God the Father is strongly emphasized in verse 5.)
1 Timothy 5:5
Philemon 1:4-6
Hebrews 13:15, 16, 20, 21
James 5:13-18
1 John 3:20-24 (The Holy Spirit is mentioned in these verses, so we see the Trinity here.)
Jude 1:24, 25 (The preeminent role of God the Father is strongly emphasized in these
In the next passages listed, prayer is addressed to God the Father, but the Lord Jesus Christ isn't mentioned. It is amazing how often God the Father and the Lord Jesus are mentioned together throughout the New Testament in ways that confirm that they are distinct Persons.
Acts 12:5
Acts 16:25
Romans 8:26, 27 (Prayer is addressed to God the Father by the Holy Spirit, our infinitely
competent Helper, who [while dwelling within us] intercedes for us. These verses strongly confirm that God the Father has the preeminent role and that He and the Holy Spirit are distinct Persons.)
Romans 15:13 (We see God the Father and the Holy Spirit here.)
1 Corinthians 11:13
2 Corinthians 8:16
2 Corinthians 9:15
1 Timothy 5:5
James 1:5-8
1 Peter 3:8-12
1 John 5:14-17
3 John 1:2
The following five passages are the only passages in the New Testament (that I am aware of) that include prayers directly addressed to the Lord Jesus Christ:
John 20:28, 29. When the resurrected Christ first appeared to the apostle Thomas, Thomas said to Him, "My Lord and my God."
Acts 7:54-60. Stephen saw, in a vision, the glorified Lord Jesus at the right hand of God the Father. He prayed to Him in verses 59, 60, asking Him to receive his spirit and to not hold this sin against those who killed him.
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13. Here the apostle Paul starts out praying to God the Father; then he addresses a request to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; and then he addresses a request to the Lord Jesus Christ. It is clear in these verses that God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ are distinct Persons and that God the Father has the preeminent role.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5, 16. (I had a footnote: These verses should be considered in conjunction with 2 Thess. 2:3, 11, 12, verses that are quoted and discussed above.) Here the apostle Paul starts out thanking God the Father for His plan of salvation (thanking God is a type of prayer), which includes His choosing us, calling us and sanctifying us by His Spirit through faith. Next he addresses a prayer to "our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God the Father" at the end of chapter 2 (2:16, 17). Then at the beginning of chapter 3, he requests prayer for himself and his fellow workers, but he doesn't specify to whom the prayer is to be addressed. As we have seen, typically it would be addressed to God the Father, but in this context it could also be addressed to God the Father and the Lord Jesus, or just to the Lord Jesus. In 3:5 Paul addresses a prayer to the Lord Jesus. Actually Paul just said "the Lord," but there is widespread agreement that he meant the Lord Jesus. And in 3:16 Paul requested that the Lord of peace continually grant them peace in every circumstance, and there is widespread agreement that Paul meant the Lord Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:16-18. A short, but important, doxology addressed to the Lord Jesus is included in verse 18, "to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen."
We'll complete this article in Part 5
http://www.karlkempteachingministries.com Karl Kemp worked as an engineer in the space field throughout the 60s. He became a born-again Christian in 1964. He received an MA in Biblical Studies in 1972. He has been a Bible teacher for 45 years. See the website for more info on his books, papers, etc.
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Germany is showing more commitment to the resolution of the euro zone debt crisis, and is likely to expect even greater influence on the fiscal discipline of its neighbors in return, analysts told CNBC.
The European Central Bank announced on Sunday that it would begin to buy up Spanish and Italian debt in the secondary market in a bid to repair confidence in the euro zone.
The ECB has previously resisted further bond buying, but with Italy and Spain increasingly battling negative sentiment, and with Cyprus and Belgium apparently being pulled into the quagmire, as well as the collapsing global markets and a US debt downgrade, the bank seems to have felt compelled to act outside of its usual mandate.
The ECB issued a statement on Sunday welcoming fiscal reforms in Spain and Italy, and the support for a longer-term bond buying mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility, by the French and German governments.
RBS chief European economist Jacques Cailloux, chief European economist at RBS, wrote in a note that the ECB is likely to buy around 2.5 billion euros ($3.6 billion) worth of bonds per day – 600 billion euros over the course of the year.
Italian and Spanish yields fell below 6 percent on Monday morning. German bund yields fell, as investors bet that Germany will carry the cost of the intervention.
This complex, where the stronger German economy carries the cost of intervention, is likely to be critical as the crisis response moves to its next stage, analysts told CNBC.
Steen Jakobsen, CIO at Saxo Bank, told CNBC that the crisis has allowed policymakers to focus on the underlying debt issues in the euro area.
"It is only in times of absolute distress that politicians are able to conduct themselves properly in terms of doing something about deficit. We have seen clearly that Berlusconi has come to the table in Italy, we've seen clearly that the EU Commission all of a sudden finds they have a responsibility to be more forefront. What we need now, and what is all important over the next 48 hours and over the next two to three years is that Germany commits fully politically to this process," Jakobsen said. "They did reiterate yesterday that commitment in wording, now we need to see some practical backing for it."
While German Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to be able to get the domestic support she needs, it will be at a significant political cost, Jakobsen said.
There is also, analysts have noted, an apparent divergence of opinion between politicians in Berlin and the Bundesbank. Jens Weiderman, the Bundesbank's president, is reported to have opposed the resumption of the ECB's bond buying program.
Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank, told CNBC that the politics was typified by robust discussion, but would likely end with Germany imposing more of its fiscal discipline on weaker euro zone members.
"This is, in Berlin, a very noisy process and it does carry significant risks. But so far, the process has always gone in this way, that with the crisis escalating, Germany was always ready to do more, but it always asked for a price," Schmieding said.
"What we will likely see is Germany backing the ECB and exacting another price from its partners. The price, in the sense of saying: 'you, Italy, and to a certain extent you, France, just have to do more austerity. I think you will hear much more about this German idea of having a more balanced budget amendment, close to the German 'Schuldenbremse' -- which is the balanced budget amendment - in countries across the euro zone, not just in Germany."


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The Rural Living Show moves online for 2020!
Street Market with over 60 stalls.
Upcoming listings at BrewCinema
A series of monthly talks held throughout 2020 by the Taunton Group
An exhibition of Coplestone Warre Bampfylde's original artworks and objects
Richard Long's artwork Jackdaw Line is set in Hestercombe's Georgian Landscape Garden.
A comedy by Pam Valentine
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And now William Lawler is suing the Amarillo, Tex. sports bar that served both of them earlier in the evening, saying it should have cut them off. The suit, which seeks $1 million or more,
also claims the two had an "amiable relationship, and would have never fought were it not for their extreme level of inebriation."
Lawler's lawyer Ryan Turman said he thinks they have a solid case.
"We feel like we've got solid facts. We feel like Pink is responsible," he said. "You just trust a jury to do what is right on these."
He said the lawsuit was filed in accordance with the Dram Shop Act.
[Amarillo Globe-News, more, Jon Mark Beilue column; & welcome Above the Law readers]


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Come out to Vernon Park this Saturday, April 18 for the 3rd Annual Germantown Poetry Festival from 12PM to 5pm.Admission is totally free.
The event features: CeCeCity, Tara Betts, Ray Garman, ghettosongbird, the Gtown high drumline, Nzadi Keita, Lyrispect, Trapeta Mayson, Ms. Misconception, Victoria H. Peurifoy, Josh Robinson, Sonia Sanchez, Lamont Steptoe, Judith Trustone, The Twin Poets, Yellow Rage, VentilationX, and the Gtown Poetry Fest YoungBloods.
Hear a different Youngblood (student) poet everyday at: 9 AM, Noon, 3 PM, 6 PM and 9 PM. See how to download each performance after the jump.
Support the arts, support Germantown, support postive people making positive change in your community.
the sleepy dj (john pettit) and dj ok (owen) will be sending out another transmission on tuesday, 2/3/09, between the hours of 7 and 9 PM EST, at www.gtownradio.com. refresh the main page to view our active playlist. we will meditate on john martyn's untimely death so expect dirges, and the sound of wailing, perhaps the pounding of skinny chests with fists.
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(Radio And Internet Newsletter, RAIN - April 26, 2007)As the entire Internet Radio industry faces shutdown on May 15 Congress has entered the fray. Yesterday, Rep. Jay Inslee (D - WA) and eight cosponsors introduced the The Internet Radio Equality Act. The Act injects a strong dose of reality into the current situation by cancelling the Copyright Royalty Board's fee structure and setting new fees equal to what satellite radio currently pays. Two other key areas set the minimum annual fee to be no higher than $500 and also establishes a percentage of revenue rate for smaller webcasters.
The Act is expected to draw several more cosponsors. Those who listen to and value Internet Radio are encouraged to contact their representatives in Washington and urge them to support this bill. Learn more about this new development and how you can support it by going to SaveNetRadio.org.
(Story Link: KurtHanson.com)
As many of you already know the fate of Internet Radio was dealt a serious blow on March 2. A group called the Copyright Royalty Board announced a new royalty structure that would take the vast majority of webcasters off the air and force the largest stations to owe billions of dollars in fees.
The rates, retro-active to 2006, add up to over 100% of many internet radio stations entire revenue. The rates are supposed to go to the performers of the material and is handled by the group SoundExchange, a spinoff of the RIAA (the recording industry's lobbying group). Both of these organizations have often worked against consumers and music lovers, not to mention the artists, to line their own pockets at the expense of future earnings. This particular ruling weighs heavily in their favor. At the very least they have substantial leveraging power in negotiating a 'better' rate with webcasters. The involvement of lawmakers and the general public is crucial to letting the CRB and the RIAA know this proposed rate schedule is unacceptable and must be re-negotiated in good faith.
You can get involved by clicking on the link at the top of the home page, signing the petition and learning more about this story. The site is SaveTheStreams.org. For thorough coverage of this story we encourage you to visit the Radio and Internet Newsletter (RAIN) by Kurt Hanson. This site has been a champion of Internet Radio from the beginning and an important gathering place for news on this revolutionary new media format. If you have ever listened to Internet Radio and valued what you heard as something unique and important you owe it to yourself to lend your voice to this cause.
(Stop Big Media - February 13, 2007)The FCC will hold an official public hearing on media ownership rules in Harrisburg, PA on Friday, February 23, 2007. A public comment session will be held after a panel presentation. Anyone in attendance can submit comments. The FCC Chariman, Kevn Martin, has expressed a desire to further relax limits on local media ownership. These public hearings (Harrisburg is third of six) may be the only opportunity for concerned citizens to voice concerns on this matter. Visit www.stopbigmedia.com to learn more. If you live in Philadelphia and would like to attend visit the Media Tank or Prometheus websites for news on carpooling and bus service.
G-town Radio encourages you to make your voice heard during these critical presentations. Consolidation of media ownership hurts everyone by ignoring points of view contrary to the owner's best interests. Learn more today about making your voice heard.(StopBigMedia.org)(MediaTank.org)(PrometheusRadio.org)
On The Frontlines with the Royal Majestic Sound returns to G-town Radio tonight. Tune in from 7-9pm (EST, -5GMT). Tonight's show is a re-broadcast of last week's program. Selecta Sensistar will be back with a brand new show next Sunday.
On The Frontlines radio show is a weekly Word Sound meditation provided by the Royal Majestic Sound. Each program features conscious roots and culture reggae / dancehall / and hip-hop from the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Trinidad, Europe, U.S, Africa and beyond.
For more info and playlist for the show check www.myspace.com/rrroyalmajesticsound
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G-town Radio is proud to bring you On The Frontlines with the Royal Majestic Sound. Tune in every Sunday from 7-9pm (EST, -5GMT).On The Frontlines radio show is a weekly Word Sound meditation provided by the Royal Majestic Sound. On The Frontlines has been blazin every Sunday 7-9pm for the past 2 years on RadioVolta.org and is now blazin on GtownRadio.com. Hailing from Germantown, the Royal Majestic Sound plays conscious roots and culture reggae / dancehall / and hip-hop from the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Trinidad, Europe, U.S, Africa and beyond.
The week we will be playing a snippet from and giving away the newest mix from Royal Majestic Sound entitled Hotta Fiyah Vol.1.
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The Funkstables take over the studio at 2 pm (EDT, -5 GMT) every Friday for two hours of the funkiest sounds in Philly. Sixties grooves, global funk and classic jawns you won't hear on the radio. Put on your Gordon Gartrelle shirt for these funky, funky sounds.
Also, tune in Saturdays starting at 10 am for Afro-Centrifugal. Two hours of the finest sounds in Afro-Beat, Bossa and Reggae. Its a propulsive mix of jams to launch you into your Saturday. Be sure to keep it locked on G-town Radio because the Funkstables return at noon for two more hours of Philly's finest funk.


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$39.13 / 750mL
2017 Ancienne Pinot Noir
At Lightfoot & Wolfville there is a constant connection to the generations before us and the many ahead. A sense that this is simply our turn, our watch. Ancienne, meaning old/ancient, is a collection of the wines that we feel best represent "our turn" – the ultimate expression of our two estate vineyards and the pinnacle of our winegrowing efforts.
The label, styled to look like a page torn from an old book, depicts an illustration of a red-tailed hawk, representing our commitment to working in harmony with nature and promoting biodiversity through our farming practices. The hawk is holding a mayflower, a symbol of Nova Scotia, in his beak and an old Acadian farming tool in his talons; a tribute to those who cared for this land before us.
The 2017 vintage was fairly warm and dry, providing the ideal growing conditions for our Ancienne series still wines. Fruit quality was exceptional with minimal disease pressure and ideal phenolic and sugar ripeness.
All grapes for this wine were hand-harvested from our organic and biodynamic estate vineyard in Avonport, Nova Scotia and hand-sorted to yield the highest quality juice. Fermentation took place using wild/indigenous yeasts to encourage the purest expression of the Oak Island Vineyard. Aging of 18-months in French oak – mostly old/neutral barrels – gave support and texture to the fruit without overshadowing the terroir.
This wine is certified Biodynamic by Demeter.
Technical Details
- Varietal Composition
- 100% Pinot Noir
- Alcohol
- 12%
- pH
- 3.6
- Total Acidity
- 6.9 g/L
- Residual Sweetness
- <2 g/L
- Production
- 580 cases (6 x 750 mL)
Tasting Notes
Vibrant ruby-red in the glass. Wild raspberry and dried cranberry nuanced by earthy and floral notes. Light to medium bodied and balanced with fine, silky tannins, bright acidity, and a savoury finish of impressive length. An elegant style of Pinot Noir that represents the vibrancy and finesse that Nova Scotia's distinctive cool-climate is gaining reputation is becoming known for.
Fitting pairings include roast pork, fatty fish such as salmon, dishes featuring mushrooms or fresh herbs, and wild game.
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Krauthammer v. Lew on Social Security: Another TKO for the Hammer
The back and forth between Washington Post syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer and White House Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob ("Jack") Lew continues. Thus far, Krauthammer has won every both rounds, including his punch-out on Thursday.
It all started on February 21, when Lew issued a "rebuttal" to a USA Today editorial which called for near-term action to deal with Social Security's structural problems. In it, he claimed, among other things, that "Social Security benefits are entirely self-financing," and that even though tax collections are now less than benefit payments and will probably remain so indefinitely, the system "will have adequate resources to pay full benefits for the next 26 years." Ergo, per Lew, "Social Security does not cause our deficits."
A White House OMB Director issuing such patent nonsense should be news — especially when, as Krauthammer noted in his March 10 column (discussed on March 11 at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), Jack Lew was saying the exact opposite thing (i.e., he was telling the truth) 11 years ago when he was also Director of the White House of Office of Management and Budget during Bill Clinton's final year. Nope; a Google News search on "Lew Social Security" (not in quotes, sorted by date) returns 66 items (the first page of results says "776," but it's really only 66). None of them is a straight news story about Lew's 11-year about-face.
Among other things, Krauthrammer accurately noted that: "The Social Security trust fund is a fiction"; "the Social Security trust fund contains – nothing"; and "What happens when you retire? Your Social Security will come out of the taxes and borrowing of that fiscal year." Ergo, Social Security, because of its taxes vs. benefits deficit, is a current fiscal problem, not something to forget about for the next 26 years.
Lew didn't take kindly to Krauthammer's slapdown, and went to his OMB White House blog to reply to double down on deception and to play the "it's Bush's fault" card one more tired time:
Hammer Misses the Mark
… Social Security benefits are self-financing, paid for with payroll taxes collected from workers and their employers throughout their careers. To prepare for the retirement of the Baby Boom and to keep Social Security solvent, I was part of the bipartisan effort in 1983 that built up trust fund balances to pay benefits owed to current and future beneficiaries.
Krauthammer is correct when he writes that there is no "lockbox" that keeps the money sent in by workers for until they retire. By design, when more taxes are collected than are needed to pay benefits, funds are invested in Treasury bonds and are held in reserve for when revenue collected is not enough to pay the benefits due. Yet these Treasury bonds are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government in the same way that all other U.S. Treasury bonds are, making them anything but "worthless IOUs" as Krauthammer suggests. The government has just as much obligation to pay back the bonds in the Social Security trust fund as we do to any other bondholders.
Responsibly honoring that obligation – one that we planned for and always knew was there –entails undertaking fiscal policies that would make it easier, not harder, to meet these obligations. When I last was OMB Director at the end of the Clinton Administration, the Congressional Budget Office estimated $5.6 trillion in budget surpluses over the next decade because of fiscally responsible measures that Democrats and Republicans, working together, had taken.
We are now in a very different fiscal position. When I returned to government at the start of the Obama Administration, the country faced projected deficits of more than $8 trillion over the next decade. These deficits primarily were the result of specific decisions made by the previous Administration and Congress to spend money on initiatives without finding a way to pay for them, notably the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 and the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
… Krauthammer's argument is inside out. We should not blame Social Security for our current fiscal problems when it is the irresponsible fiscal behavior of the past that has presented the country with future challenges to fund our commitments, including Social Security over the next two decades.
In his latest column on Thursday, Krauthammer wisely ignored the Bush-bashing, and went to the heart of the matter:
It's still an empty lockbox
… If Lew's claim were just wrong, that would be one thing. But it provides the intellectual justification for precisely the kind of debt denial and entitlement complacency that his boss is now engaged in.
… If these trust fund bonds represent anything real, why is it that in calculating national indebtedness they are not even included? We measure national solvency by debt/GDP ratio. As calculated by everyone from the OMB to the CIA, from the Simpson-Bowles to the Domenici-Rivlin commissions, the debt/GDP ratio counts onlypublicly held debt. This means bonds held by China, Saudi Arabia, you and me. The debt ratio completely ignores the kind of intragovernmental bonds that Lew insists are the equivalent of publicly held bonds.
Why? Because the intragovernmental bond is nothing more than a bookkeeping device that records how much one part of the U.S. government (Treasury) owes another part of the same government (the Social Security Administration). In judging the creditworthiness of the United States, the world doesn't care what the left hand owes the right. It's all one entity. It cares only what that one entity owes the world.
… Invoking the "full faith and credit" mantra for those IOUs in the trust fund is empty bluster. It does not change the fact that, as the OMB itself acknowledged, those IOUs "do not consist of real economic assets that can be drawn down in the future to fund benefits." Yet Lew continues to insist that these "special issue" trinkets will pay off seniors for the next 26 years.
Nonsense. That money is gone with the wind. Those trust fund trinkets are nothing more than a record of pastborrowings. They say nothing about the future.
… As the OMB itself admitted, future payouts will have to be met by future taxes and future borrowings — or by Social Security reform that, by reducing benefits, makes such taxing and borrowing unnecessary.
There is no third alternative. There is no free lunch. And there is nothing in the lockbox.
Krauthammer might have been well-served to tell those who hadn't read his previous column that Lew was preaching the opposite thing 11 years ago. I'm also not as confident as Krauthammer when he claims in unexcerpted material that the world's bondholders wouldn't be shaken up if Uncle Sam were to default or otherwise shortchange the Social Security system's "special issue" bonds.
But at least he is fighting the good fight against the administration's serial denial of self-evident reality. The vast majority of establishment press members are disgracefully letting the administration perpetuate the myths, even though many of them surely know better, and even though the administration's own OMB Director was telling the truth when he held the same job 11 years ago.
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Last summer I tried out a Cantina Bell Salad at Taco Bell, and enjoyed it quite a bit. I have been meaning to try the burrito from the same menu since then, but never got around to it. After a weekend of hard-partying with friends, I was looking for a hangover-busting fast food treat that wasn't a calorie bomb, and so I zipped on over to Taco Bell to grab the 458-calorie Cantina Steak Burrito.
Taco Bell describes their Cantina Steak Burrito as "tender-braised thick cut steak marinated in Chef Lorena Garcia's authentic Latin recipe, premium Latin rice, flavorful black beans, guacamole made from real Hass avocados, pico de gallo prepared fresh daily, roasted corn & pepper salsa, and a creamy cilantro dressing ... in a warm flour tortilla."
That's a lot of adjectives and ingredients to deliver in a simple flour tortilla.
My first observation: This is one giant burrito. It's heavy, and big, and stuffed full with the promised ingredients. There are many pluses in this particular burrito, although as a whole it could use some improvement. The best parts here are the steak, which was tender and flavorful, a deliciously sweet corn salsa, and a terrific sauce that results from the blend of guacamole and creamy cilantro dressing.
The rice is, unfortunately, very flabby -- starchy and soggy in a way that does not add to the flavor and certainly doesn't do much to enhance texture. Adding black beans keeps the calorie count down while still filling you up -- that's a plus -- but I would have liked more beans and less rice; that would improve the texture considerably.
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I didn't see many peppers, and a good dose of your favorite hot sauce, salsa, or pico de gallo will up the flavor factor (there isn't much pico de gallo in there, either). The burrito reheats like a dream -- I stashed half for lunch the next day -- which is the upside of not including many fresh ingredients, I guess.
Compared to the salad, the burrito is just a little anemic: less flavor and kind of soggy, other than the steak. Given the choice between the Cantina Bowl or the Burrito, I'd have to say the salad wins -- and that's not a sentence I find myself writing very often.
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Netflix's new supernatural thriller, Dark, is set in a German town in present day where the disappearance of two young children exposes the double lives and fractured relationships among four families.
True to its name, the content is fairly dark and given the storyline, comparisons with Stranger Things, The Missing and The Returned are inevitable.
It does take a few episodes to wrap your head around who's who and how they are connected as the show jumps through various points in time but you are rewarded with a thrilling series and excellent soundtrack.


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Come down to Sydenham for a traditional fun day out with BBQ's, bouncy castles, magic shows, music & dancing.
Also lots of raffles, stalls, food and even Dray Horse rides all in aid of St. Christopher's Hospice who are hosting the day in their lovely gardens (adults £1 entry kids no charge).
Five hours of fantastic fun and creativity in the wonderful setting of Home Park.
Music and dance acts will perform on the main stage throughout the afternoon, while elsewhere on site there will be storytelling, free arts activities, children's games, theatre, puppetry, walkabout acts, as well as a funfair and food stalls offering great food from around the world.
Highlights include:
At 1pm: official opening of the festival, as Sydenham-based Charlene Soraia sings her hit song "Wherever You Will Go" (used in the Twinings Tea advert and reached No.1 in the i-Tunes chart)
1.10pm: Endurance Steel Orchestra – locally-based, energetic & musically delightful steel pan orchestra
1.30pm: A circus show featuring robotic dancing, comedy mime, juggling and audience participation
2pm: 'Flights of Fondant Fancy' – an airborne theatrical adventure featuring a flying mouse, an informative pigeon and a transforming teashop
2.10pm: Animation workshop – 'Mister Who', a team of talented illustrators and artists, run a workshop embodying the fusion of video animation, eclectic music and illustrated comics
4pm: Harmony Wind Quartet – a family classical concert within Sydenham Library
5pm: Singer songwriter Randolph Matthews, who draws on the soul greats and Neo African rhythms to create surprising and original work.
St Christopher's Hospice, Lawrie Park Road, London SE26
Perfect for all ages


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