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"The Square is a sanctuary of trust and caring."
The Square is a fictional work of art—I came across it in a film, incidentally also called "The Square." In the film, The Square—which is placed on the plaza outside of a contemporary art museum in Stockholm—is a demarcated space in which people engage in mutual respect and care for one another's well-being. The Square is a performance art piece, and the dictates of the space aren't enforced. Rather, it's incumbent upon the participant to play by the rules.
Watching the movie, I was reminded of a university classroom. For one, the space of the typical classroom—four walls with as many corners—resembles a square. But beyond its geometry, just like The Square, the classroom creates the possibility of a distinct in/out boundary; it provides the physical delineation for a mini-community in which people pledge to respect and trust one another.
But what happens to that mutual respect and trust inside the classroom when a deeply personal conflict enters from outside the Square? What happens—to the conflict, to the classroom itself—when personal histories and deep-rooted beliefs enter an academic environment, and cause rifts between the classroom inhabitants? The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is precisely the kind of issue that causes ruptures within the Square.
The answers to these questions are not clear-cut. At Columbia, there are students on campus who are from Israel and Palestine, who have lived or have family living there, and who have even fought in the conflict. Individuals who have ties to either Israel or Palestine have unique and differing relationships to the Square and its surroundings. For some, a class addressing the Israel-Palestine conflict is a space that should ideally be devoid of emotion––a sanitized, academic space. For others, emotion is tightly weaved into the conflict, making it difficult to discuss in the Square. As a result, some students decide to enter the space, shaping it, and still others avoid it.
As most students who have lived through a spring semester at Columbia can attest to, the pro-Israel and pro-Palestine factions on campus are active and vocal. During the week known as Israeli Apartheid Week, both camps set up on opposing sides of college walk, each with an iconic library framing their tables, displays, and flags. This literal face-off is a visual confirmation of the ideologically opposed positions of both sides of the conflict. However,a key element of Israeli Apartheid Week is that it's outside, in a space one can leave at any moment.
Alla Issa, a Columbia College sophomore and member of Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, is Palestinian. She lived through the Second Intifada and her father's family still lives in Palestine.
One of the first things I notice about Issa is her heavily-stickered laptop. Plastered across her pink plastic case, alongside Columbia Lions and Harry Potter Deathly Hallows stickers, are stickers referencing pro-Palestine activism. In one of them, a black bird soars over the words, "Freedom isn't free." Issa works wall duty for Students for Justice in Palestine during Israeli Apartheid Week. Before the week begins, the group undergoes training on de-escalation because the issues highlighted by the week are emotionally-charged. "There's something about Apartheid Week in general that makes people think that they can say whatever they want to say," she tells me. "We're outside. They can walk away if they want to." Last year, Issa was on wall duty when a man approached her. He argued with her, she says, and claimed that Palestine didn't exist and that they didn't deserve human rights. After he had finished saying what he wanted to, he walked away. Issa directly contrasts these kind of experiences with the classroom space. "You can't do that in a seminar. You're stuck there for two hours. So if you say something, you better back it up."
The classroom is not only a haven from the charged debates that take place between political activist groups, it is also a haven from arguments that play out within families and social spaces.
Dealing with emotion in an academic space has different rules to dealing with it outside of the classroom. For some like Jeff Jacobs, a doctoral student in the political science department and a member of Students for Justice in Palestine, this is a positive thing. His family, whose beliefs on the conflict he describes as Zionist, has found it difficult to reconcile Jacobs' pro-Palestine activism with their own convictions. For this reason, Jacobs appreciates the classroom as a space to engage with the issue in a less emotionally-charged way. "If I bring up a counterpoint [in academia]," Jacobs tells me, "the expectation is to engage with it." In comparison, Jacobs finds that in a familial context, emotions can cloud debate, which creates "a very different playing field of discourse."
Even outside his family situation, Jacobs finds that conflict is loaded and charged: Jacobs recalls an incident in which a fellow doctoral student who, at a social event—and, therefore, not constrained by the norms or dictates of a traditional classroom environment—brought up the conflict in a hostile way. She told him about her Israeli boyfriend, who had been injured in the conflict, and while doing so, used language unfettered by classroom rules.
But even within the classroom, Jacobs believes that the emotional nature of the conflict can sometimes serve as a bulwark to discussion. As Jacobs put it, "If you say, 'Foucault's hermeneutics are bad,' they don't get hurt by it, but if you say 'Israel is bad,' they're like, 'it's my family and my heart.'"
On the flip side, Issa underlines that this emotional connection can be used to undermine her own claims in the classroom: When Issa has brought up emotional issues around Palestine in the classroom, she has been asked to stop. "I brought up in the classroom last year that where I lived during the Intifada, my dad got wrongfully arrested, and this wasn't uncommon. The curfews were horrible. My family was sick, my mom was sick, my sister was sick. They couldn't go to the hospital. I didn't learn to read until I was five because schools were being bombed. The second I bring that up, [my interlocutors are] like you shouldn't say this because it's making people in the class emotional."
The emotional nature of a course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for students who have ties to the region makes me wonder why they would be interested in taking a course that could have such a upsetting impact on their well-being.
Some students seek out the courses for the challenge. Eve Halimi, a Barnard senior, who took a course on the conflict, didn't need to take the course for a major or core requirement. "I like to be challenged in classes," she tells me.
Halimi has lived in Israel for seven years. Although she had heard that certain pro-Israel students were wary of her professor's courses, she thought that her intimate knowledge of Israel and the Middle East would make the class easy. "Okay, I know he's tough," Halimi thought to herself, "but I'm ready. It's going to be a good challenge."
Other students seek out Israel-Palestine courses in order to see their lives and their histories reflected in the classroom. Jacobs tells me that some of his Palestinian friends take classes on the conflict because, in the classroom, they "will be treated as a subject of history." These students will, perhaps for the first time in their university career, "be a character in the narrative." Issa, for instance, is looking forward to taking a class on Israel and Palestine once the requirements for her major and the Core are out of the way. As a Palestinian, she thinks of herself as a "primary source," someone who can supplement the classroom space with lived experience.
In comparison, some students, on both sides of the conflict, choose to avoid certain classes and academic settings because they fear being punished for their political views in their grading. Dalia Zahger, a senior in the School of General Studies, avoids taking classes with professors deemed controversial or anti-Israel because she believes she could be punished academically for her political stance (though she has not experienced such retaliation firsthand). "I want to go to law school. I care a lot about GPA," she tells me. If she had a job lined up for post-graduation, she tells me, she would take the classes and challenge the professors if she could. "But, unfortunately, I have to worry about my GPA and I can't." Similarly, Jacobs switched the track of his doctoral program for fear of being punished by pro-Israel professors for his Palestinian activism.
Although both Zahger's and Jacobs' claims are based on hypothetical situations and cannot be corroborated, their testimonials attest to the impact that the conflict can exert on students' academic paths on both sides of the debate.
One of the democratic ideals of education is the assumption that when you engage in academic discussions, people with opposing viewpoints will make you think critically and help you construct sharper opinions based on this interplay of existing ideas. For professors and teaching assistants, the classroom is an arena in which ideas should be challenged, and perhaps even altered.
The pedagogical doctrine of deconstructing everything can, however, be sensitive when considering issues of identity. When people tie their sense of identity to a nation that is being critiqued in an academic setting, there can be personal ramifications. "[The professor] made me hate myself for supporting some of the things that Israel has done, for supporting Israel," Halimi tells me. "I just felt like I was… I don't know, like I kind of hated myself for that."
Matan Cohen, a graduate student in the Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies department, is involved with pro-Palestine activism (and has been since he was a teenager in Israel) and serves as a foreign relations advisor to a chairman of the Joint List party, a major political alliance in Israel. He has also served as a teaching assistant for a number of courses at Columbia.
Cohen believes that a certain level of discomfort is key in academia. He says, "If no one encountered a set of opinions, a different point of view that shook them to the ground, rattled them, and made them take a step back. I wouldn't be doing my job. That is exactly what education should be about."
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As world worries, energy companies see upside to climate change
WASHINGTON - From rising sea levels driving up insurance claims to droughts damaging crop yields, climate change poses an existential threat to virtually every industry on the planet.
But for the energy sector - the industry most responsible for the rising concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - climate change could actually be a boon for business.
An economist with European oil major BP recently concluded that an unexpected jump in global energy demand last year was largely due to a rise in the number of very hot and very cold days in some of the world's most populated areas, including the United States, driving up consumption of power and heating fuels — and boosting the very carbon emissions that most of the world's governments are racing to reduce
"As they reach for the switch of the heater or air conditioner energy consumption goes up," Spencer Dale, group chief economist at BP, said at an event at the Washington think tank Atlantic Council earlier this month. "If there's a link between the growing level of carbon in the atmosphere leading to the weather effects we saw last year that will signal the beginning of a more worrying, vicious cycle where increasing levels of carbon lead to more extreme weather patterns, which in turn lead to greater growth in energy and carbon."
On HoustonChronicle.com: Oil sector's climate pledges fall short of science
Climate change and the global effort to combat it have generally been perceived as a threat to Texas's sprawling oil and gas sector and other industries that produce large volumes of carbon dioxide. But BP's analysis suggests that at least in the short term, a warming planet could increase demand for fossil fuels.
Scientists are reluctant to try to explain the causes behind short-term weather patterns. But generally speaking, a warming planet is expected to drive up the number of extremely hot days, said Deke Arndt, chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's climate monitoring branch.
"Although 2018's outcomes aren't confidently attributable to global warming," he said, "the long-term trend is almost certainly driven by it."
The phenomenon of climate change driving up energy demand and thus carbon emissions — due to global systems' current reliance on fossil fuels — is one that has long worried policy makers.
In last year's National Climate Assessment, government scientists predicted a greater number of hot days would drive up U.S. electricity demand between 2 and 9 percent by 2040. Add in a growing global population and a rising middle class in hot climates like India and Africa - where air conditioning has long lagged behind the United States - and the International Energy Agency is forecasting global energy demand will grow more than 25 percent by 2040.
"The climate science certainly tells us were going to expect more hot days, more days over 95 degrees with super high dew points to the point people can barely cool themselves off," said Doug Vine, a senior fellow at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. "Energy consumption is expected to grow, and carbon emissions are expected to grow."
On HoustonChronicle.com: Are Republicans wavering on climate change?
That trendline stands in conflict with the goals laid out in the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, in which the vast majority of the world's governments agreed to take steps to reduce carbon emissions to limit warming this century to no more than 2 degrees Celsius.
To do so, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says energy systems worldwide need to both become efficient — generating more energy from every ounce of fossil fuels burned — and steadily replace power sources that emit carbon emissions (such as internal combustion engines and coal plants) with those that do not (wind turbines and gas plants that divert carbon dioxide to be stored underground or converted into building materials).
But last year's uptick in energy demand suggests that no matter how much more efficient energy systems become, any gains could easily be offset by millions more people installing air conditioning in their homes and businesses.
"The only way you win that war is the type of energy that's used has to be zero carbon," said Rafe Pomerance, a consultant and chairman of Arctic 21, an activist group. "The question is,'Can it go global and fast enough?'"
Carbon emissions from energy grew 2 percent last year, the largest annual increase in seven years, according to BP's analysis. Whether the world can expect similar increases in years to come - as climate alters the world's weather patterns - is a question for climate scientists, Dale, the BP economist, said.
John Nielsen-Gammon, a climatologist at Texas A&M University, said last year's hot weather was likely to become a more consistent feature of life on earth. But he said the unusually cold weather in the United States, China and some other regions of the world last year was lesslikely to repeat itself as the planet steadily warms in the decades ahead.
"There would be no disagreement the weather contributed to an uptick in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions last year," he said. "People tend to generalize and say climate change is increasing extremes of all types but that's a misconception. It's increasing some extremes, like heat waves, but decreasing others, like extreme cold. And some we don't have a clue on, like tornadoes."
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How altruistic do you think you are? Would you be willing to get into a driverless car that is prepared to sacrifice you, the passenger, in order to save pedestrians? Or do you think your autonomous vehicle (AV) should prioritize your life above all others?
A group of scientists from the University of Bologna has come up with an idea called the "Ethical Knob". This would be a device that allows you to chose your AV's ethical setting, with "full altruist" on one side and "full egotist" on the other. Their study is published in Artificial Intelligence and Law.
Now that driverless cars are expected to hit our roads in the next few years, the ethical and legal challenges they bring up are getting a lot of attention. AVs have been advertised as safer, more efficient alternatives to human-driven vehicles, which result in something like 3,000 deaths globally every day. Ninety-four percent of those are caused by human error and can, in theory, be prevented if we switch to AVs. But what should be done about the remaining 6 percent?
Unlike human drivers, who are governed by instinct, robotic drivers will respond with a pre-installed code. According to a 2015 study, most people (76 percent) believe AV's should be utilitarian meaning that actions are taken to minimize harm. But – and this is a big but – most people are not actually willing to get into a driverless car that puts them or their family at risk. So while, theoretically, they approve of cars that are willing to let them die if it means saving more people, they won't, in reality, use a car designed to act utilitarianly.
This is a dilemma. If designers were compelled by law to install an impartial or utilitarian code in their AVs, they might not get many buyers. If, on the other hand, there are no such regulations, they would be likely to program the car to protect the passenger at all costs, putting pedestrians at risk.
So what would happen if you put this moral burden on the passengers themselves, asked Guiseppe Contissa and his colleagues. They came up with the "Ethical Knob".


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In the arid zone: notes from our first art commission
We are artists working as the collaborative duo Sonia Leber and David Chesworth, and we are delighted to have been awarded the first CABAH Art Series commission, to create an artwork that responds to Associate Professor Tim Cohen's climate theme research.
Our art practice is research-based, often responding to cultural situations in different cities and settings, using video, sound, architecture, and public participation. We develop our works in places undergoing social or technological change, creating video-based artworks that are both speculative and archaeological in the broadest sense of the word.
Engaging with scientific research is both exciting and challenging. The artwork we are going to make is out there waiting; images and activities to be re-interpreted, re-framed, recorded and edited. The artwork will emerge from Tim's scientific research, as a kind of video-essay, but it will also exist significantly in the realm of the philosophical and the imaginary.
The first step has been accompanying Professor Tim Cohen's team – Dr Matt Forbes, Dr Nicola Stromsoe and Community Liaison Officer, Aara Welz – on a field trip to the Northern Territory as they investigated the current and ancient shorelines of the remote, arid Lake Woods, and the palaeoflood deposits of Katherine Gorge/Nitmiluk, NT.
During a seven-hour drive south from Darwin, Tim made us aware of the intersecting timescales in the landscape formations we were passing. We were traveling at speed towards the centre of Australia's vast continental plate, a long way from tectonic action at the plate edges. We observed a landscape around us that has been 'unchanging' over a timescale that is truly exceptional, eroding much more slowly than the rest of the world.
Photo credit: Sonia Leber and David Chesworth
The work of the team required great acuity, and it took us on long journeys across remote cattle stations to study sediments at the shoreline of Lake Woods. A particular focus was the ancient shoreline that sits some 7km from the current edge of Lake Woods, like a massive dry "bathring" in the landscape, as Tim puts it.
We travelled north to Nitmiluk Katherine Gorge where, with the assistance of rangers and traditional owners, the team investigated palaeoflood deposits (evidence of mega-floods) in secluded riverbanks and side gorges.
At Nitmiluk, we were able to observe Zoë Thomas and Dr Jonathan Palmer taking small tree cores from cypress pines (Callitris intratropica). While tree cores reveal changes in climate over the past 100 years, this research can also inform Tim's work on the palaeoflood deposits.
We have returned back to our studio with a great deal of audio and video footage, to view, assess, and develop thematically.
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Saturday we had "Family Day" and we went to the LAZY 5 RANCH in Mooresville, NC. This place is so awesome! It is a drive-thru or ride-thru ZOO! I personally like it much better as the wild-life is LITERALLY in your face!! It was such a great day, mid- November and it was 70+ degrees. I highly recommend visiting our friends at Lazy 5! Next time, we hope to go with friends and we will do the wagon ride! Can't wait!!
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Pumpkin Patch time!!! I love the fall and all the fun things that go with it. I have taken Little j to a "pumpkin patch" really just the front lawn at a local church covered in pumpkins the past two years but, now that he is a Big Boy it was high time we headed to a "real" patch! We went to Johnny Wilson's Farm in Sawmills, NC it is about 25mins north of Hickory going up 321N. I have linked there website, though it has no info! It is a fantastic place. The family that owns it is so nice we got there almost a hour before they opened (as said I had no info) and they were as nice as can be! It's $6 per person and that includes the tractor ride, corn maze, petting zoo, huge inflatable and a pumpkin! We had a blast! They also do school groups, parties and all sorts of fun stuff. We had a blast!! I will be adding Johnny Wilson's Farm to my list of traditions! Thanks!!


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I received my Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engg. at Purdue University, working in Computer Systems Architecture group under my advisor T. N. Vijaykumar. I got my Bachelor's degree from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
My research interests include cloud computing, data mining, statistical analytics, data center architectures, big-data and energy-aware computing, distributed systems and computer architecture. My current research focuses on analytical models for big-data analytics.
My past projects during my graduation include ShuffleWatcher, Shuffle-aware scheduling in multi-tenant MapReduce clusters (Usenix ATC 2014), Tarazu, optimizing MapReduce On Heterogeneous Clusters (ASPLOS 2012), PowerTrade, a joint optimization of idle power and cooling power to reduce overall data center power (ASPLOS 2010), and MaRCO, a runtime performance optimization for MapReduce, the well-known programming model for large-volume data analysis in data centers (Tech Report 2007). During this work, I also developed a benchmark suite for MapReduce (details below). I have also worked on providing architecture support for debugging multithreaded programming in multicores (TimeTraveler, ISCA 2010).
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MapReduce is a well-known programming model, developed within Google, for processing large amounts of raw data, for example, crawled documents or web request logs. This data is usually so large that it must be distributed across thousands of machines in order to be processed in a reasonable time. The ease of programmability, automatic data management and transparent fault tolerance has made MapReduce a favorable choice for large-scale data centers batch processing. Map, written by a user of the MapReduce library, takes an input pair and produces a set of intermediate key/value pairs. The library groups together all intermediate values associated with the same intermediate key and passes them to the reduce function through an all-map-to-all-reduce communication called Shuffle. Reduce, also written by the user, receives intermediate key along with a set of values from Map and merges together these values to produce the final output. Hadoop is an open-source implementation of MapReduce which is being improved and developed regularly by software developers / researchers and is maintained by Apache Software Foundation. Despite being vast efforts on the development of Hadoop MapReduce, there has not been a very rigorous work done on the benchmarks side.
During our work on MapReduce, we developed a benchmark suite which represents a broad range of MapReduce applications exhibiting application characteristics with high/low computation and high/low shuffle volumes. The details of applications, their code (compatible with Hadoop-0.20 and Hadoop-1.0.0), and details about input datasets can be found below.


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Energy efficiency meets in Bilbao
Jul 15, 2014
Several personalities of the Basque Government and Provincial Council, will attend the event, together with Mr. Paul Verhoef, Head of Unit of New and Renewable Energy Sources DG Research and Innovation and Carlo M. Bartollini, President of Stirling International, and many people from the academic, scientific and industrial world.
The Stirling technology is currently present in demanding sectors such as aerospace, with applications in the NASA and in the military sector
The Conference is organized by Centro Stirling, a technology center dedicated to sustainable energy in homes, and Mondragón Components, both integrated into Mondragón Corporation.
80 speakers from 30 different countries
As pointed out by the Director of Centro Stirling, Dr. Javier Aranceta, "during 3 days we will have between us over 80 speakers from 30 different countries on 5 continents." The conference topics range from renewable applications, such as biomass, biogas, geothermal, solar… up to cogeneration, refrigeration and heat pumps, and also markets and industrial applications, new stirling designs, burners, …
Today's need for cleaner, more efficient forms of energy has given new momentum to the concept of distributed energy generation. External combustion technologies such as Stirling technology have taken on a new dimension.
The conference features a wide range of activities and will bring to companies and organizations an "extraordinary" opportunity for the exchange of expertise among professionals and companies worldwide.
The Stirling technology is currently present in demanding sectors such as aerospace, with applications in the NASA and in the military sector. Events such as this Congress attempt to bring these technologies to other applications such as the nearest market or industrial consumption.


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Everybody needs a witch. Because a detox is not just for your liver and gut. A spiritual spring clean decongests your home the way Electrogel Cleanser cleans the pores.
Saturn is in my house of destiny, so I booked a session with my witch and asked if the Guru is going to sack me as frequently threatened. Witchy ordered me to pick a tarot card but wouldn't let me see it.
"You!" she said to my granite table, knocking three times with her purple fingernails. "Listen to your third eye." Is she talking to me? The tarot? I sneaked a quick look to check if the Guru was under the table. "Pay attention!" the witch screamed. You may be wearing the right shoes. But you know nothing about magic." That isn't true but I don't want to contradict her in case she needs a new face for her voodoo doll.
Maddie is a seventh daughter but the Money family's psychic powers bypassed her and came straight to me. My aunties paid me to read their gin cups, though really you don't need a cup or a crystal ball. Everyone has psychic power but most people switch it off; refuse to listen. The past influences the future and the future distracts from the present.
A descendant of Peter Pan, whom I met at a wake for one of Dangerous's old girlfriends, introduced me to my witch. "You have a lovely home," the witch said, like she'd expected me to live in a barbed wire cage. The building I live in is on a burial ground for the Soho workhouse, so my witch rings bells to disturb any ghosts who are having a snooze. Dangerous draws the line at naked dancing with a tail attached.
Witchy rang her bell inside my vintage YSL Go Go boots, just in case, whispering, "I'm so jealous of your closets." She might be a skinny witch, who doesn't "do solids", but she still envies storage space for swag. "Clutter is the enemy of Dharma."
The manservant is wary of my witch since he found coarse black hair hidden in Dangerous's pillow. A "well known spell". Don't ask for what. Just buy Dangerous a new pillow.
There's no evidence that the witch put pubic hair in my husband's pillow but, "Who else would?" Even Sherlock isn't averse to using the process of elimination to reveal a villain. The manservant puts my jade bracelet in the farthest right hand corner from the front door for protection and luck. You could keep your Hayo'u Beauty Restorer there. He is affronted that I hire a witch when he's Chinese and I'm psychic. Objectivity and bias are embedded in second sight; like curiosity and scepticism.
My witch doubles up as an astrologer and is fond of Jung but don't mention Ted Hughes and his ouija board if you want to keep your teeth. She isn't allowed to invoice me because Gordon Brown, the Presbyterian PM, made it illegal to make a living from fortune telling during his short reign. While his more successful predecessor Tony Blair allegedly consulted an astrologer and only called elections when Mercury was direct.
Astrology began in Babylon. I thought Babylon was a place invented by God as a biblical parable until I went there with Dangerous who bought me a lapis lazuli bracelet. Last century, when I skipped Double Maths to flirt with the boy running the waltzers at Glasgow Green, a gypsy told me I'd travel the world with a man I met in a lift. I met Dangerous in a lift at the South Bank Centre but in my twisted noir novel Spying on Strange Men I reinvented this as the mirrored lift up to the Glamour Bar in Shanghai.
"Never marry a man whose face you first see in a mirror," the gypsy fortune teller warned me. The fate of fictional characters is determined by the author. But in real life you can do what you like.
Sun sign astrology is often sneered at because it's silly that "everyone who's the same sign has the same horoscope". The Guru, me and my evil twin are all Aries! Bossy control freaks or seductive achievers, according to Witchy. Of course the date, time and place of birth are needed for an accurate chart. But the position of the planets affects every star sign; it's just a question of how and where.
A Saturn return, which happens late twenties and mid-fifties, can cause breakdown or breakthrough. Saturn ate his children; not a nice man. While Jupiter is seen as the lucky planet. But Jupiter rules expansion which includes material gain but also weight gain.
It's not a competition, as Maddie is fond of telling me and my psychic sister (she dislikes us both equally). But if you want to beat your rival find out their rising planet. This is the one closest to the ascendant, in the first house of the chart. My rising planet Uranus makes me "an unpredictable genius" or a mad eccentric; depending on your viewpoint. Of course I move my birthday forward when I'm in the mood for presents.
I'm not an expert; so you can trust me. Avoid people with stelliums (three planets or more) in the first house; unless you like narcissists. A quick look at your enemy's chart saves you flying to Havana for voodoo potions.
Astrology isn't a belief system, it's a tool to use if you feel like it; like a soak in a ilapothecary Magnesium and Amethyst bath. The planets provide a mood map; hinting at the best times to buy a Tiffany bracelet, or hide from the world under your silk duvet. Believe your horoscope when it's good and be sceptical when it's bad. Or you can just follow your instincts, your inner psychic voice, the one that is sometimes silenced by noise.
There's scientific evidence that the moon affects human behaviour. A full moon makes you want to stay up all night drinking vodka. A new moon is a good time to improve your karma.
At Chinese New Year (always new moon Aquarius) I gave the manservant, who has pores like planets, a tube of Vit C Paste to save him stealing from me; a wee present for his karma and for mine. Anecdotal evidence, also known as old wives' tales, is often ahead of science. It just hasn't been proved yet. Experience is another type of truth.
The manservant stands with his arms folded watching Witchy ring her bell. I can't resist blasting him with SDSM to make him sparkle like the floors which he insists on cleaning while kneeling on a pvc cushion with his nose pressed to the dirt.
When Dangerous came home he said, "There's something different in here." The atmosphere is lighter, happier, cleaner. The karma of the dead has moved downstairs.
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EDCAS Hires Volunteer Coordinator
It is now official, El Dorado County Animal Services has hired its first Volunteer Coordinator. With lots of energy and a smiling face Deanna Chedsey is ready to take on the task of managing the EDCAS Shelter Volunteers. Beginning in … Continue reading
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7 Best Karwa Chauth Gifts for Your Wifey
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Axminster Citizen of the Year named
PUBLISHED: 15:01 15 January 2019 | UPDATED: 09:07 17 January 2019
Brian Ball becomes the second winner of the Robin Cross Shield
Another of Axminster's community champions has become the second winner of the town's Robin Cross Citizen of the Year award.
Brian Ball, who uses his skills as a self-employed gardener to tend the town's flower beds, tubs and hanging baskets free of charge, received the shield from Mayor Jeremy Walden last night (Monday, January 14).
He was also presented with a cheque for £100, provided by the Midweek Herald, to donate to his chosen charity - the local counselling service Arc.
Mr Ball received most nominations to win the award which was set up by the town council in memory of much-loved Axminster resident Robin Cross, who died suddenly 18 months ago, aged 68, having given many years of dedicated service to the local community.
Announcing this year's award winner Mayor Jeremy Walden said Mr Ball had also given great service to Axminster – not only through his gardening work but also helping out as a volunteer snow and flood warden for the town, alongside John Jeffery, who recently received the BEM for his community work.
He added: "Brian has also attended virtually every council meeting for which he probably deserves the George Medal!"
After passing on the shield, Geoff Enticott, the first recipient of the Robin Cross award, was presented with a certificate to keep as a permanent reminder of his achievement.
Following the ceremony Mr Ball told The Midweek Herald: "I knew Robin Cross when he was in the local constabulary and I was with St John Ambulance and we often shared a cup of tea. To be associated with anything that has his name on it is an honour."
* Mr Cross, who was admired for his dedication to all things Axminster, was site manager at Axe Valley Community College for a number of years.
He also spent more than a quarter of a century with the Special Constabulary, attaining the rank of special inspector, and was affectionately known as 'The Sheriff of Axminster'.
Town councillors agreed to set up the annual citizen of the year award as a permanent mark of respect for Mr Cross and 'his selfless work for the town'.
** Although he is no longer a member of the town council members voted to nominate former Mayor John Jeffery to represent them at a Royal Garden Party should they be successful in obtaining an invite through the Devon Association of Local Councils.
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Which moon? Take your pick! In our March concert we floated away from physical reality; in our season finale, we'll go off planet. Come tour The Planets, Gustav Holst's solar system of human existence. Bask in the light of Debussy's Claire de lune. Groove to lavish lunar modules of jazz vocalist Kathleen Holeman! And delight in your favorite tunes from a galaxy far, far away.


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Larry Wilmore spared no one during his harsh speech to a stiff room at Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner. Wilmore is the host of Comedy Central's Nightly Show, on which he frequently discusses issues of race, so it's no surprise that he made a number of racially-tinged jokes, many of which made the audience of journalists and Washington elites uncomfortable after he started off with, "Welcome to Negro Night here in Washington. Or as Fox News will report, 'Two thugs disrupt elegant dinner in DC.'"
Wilmore has been vocal about the idea that, since he voted for Obama because he was black, he can say anything he wants about his policies. And he did. Some of the harshest jokes in his act were directed toward the President regarding Guantanamo Bay and drone warfare. "I saw you hanging out with NBA players like Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors. That was cool. You know, it kind of makes sense too, because both of you like raining down bombs on people from long distances."
Some of his jokes, like the Ted Cruz Zodiac Killer bit ran too long, but since that was the only joke most of the room felt safe laughing at, so Wilmore squeezed what laughs he could out of it, before heading back for more groans and uncomfortable chuckles.
Wilmore caused the biggest gasp at the end of the speech when he got real with the president to "keep it 100." Pointing out that he grew up in a world where a black man couldn't lead a football team but now leads the free world, Wilmore turned to the president and said, "You did it, my n*gga!" and the news media lost its collective mind. Pundits are already saying this is the end of Wilmore's career. But they said the same thing about Stephen Colbert after he skewered Bush and friends in 2006. Only time will tell if Wilmore went too far with his roast.
Scroll down for all the harshest lines, courtesy of The Washington Post, and check out President Obama's joke-filled speech below.
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— "Welcome to Negro Night here in Washington. Or as Fox News will report, 'Two thugs disrupt elegant dinner in DC.'"
— "Nice to be here, though, at the White House correspondents' dinner where, as you know, they're gonna call it next year, 'Donald Trump Hosts a Luxurious Dinner Paid For By Mexico.'"
— "A little bit about me: I am a black man who replaced a white man who pretended to be a TV newscaster. So yeah, in that way, Lester Holt and I have a lot in common."
— "I can't understand why everybody treats Donald Trump with kid gloves. Then I realize they're the only gloves that will fit his stupid little baby hands."
— To Obama: "I saw you hanging out with NBA players like Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors. That was cool. You know, it kind of makes sense too, because both of you like raining down bombs on people from long distances."
— "Speaking of drones, how is Wolf Blitzer still on television? Ask a follow up question! Hey Wolf, I'm ready to project tonight's winner: Anyone that isn't watching 'The Situation Room.'"
— "I have to say about the first lady, it is so nice to have dinner with you. She is the epitome of grace, class, and poise. Isn't she? She really is. Not to be confused with future first gentleman Bill Clinton whose three favorite strippers are named Grace, Class, and Poise."
— "Some of America's finest black journalists are here tonight. Don Lemon's here, too."
— "Hillary [Clinton] was flustered when a Black Lives Matter protester challenged her. I haven't seen a white lady that upset over being blindsided by a black person since Kelly Ripa."
— "The Treasury promised to put Harriet Tubman's face on the $10 bill, but now we have to wait until 2030 for the $20 bill. Man, women haven't been this deceived by a Bill since Cosby."
— "Chris Christie was supposed to be here tonight. I don't know if he made it. He RSVPd for three: He, his wife, and Donald Trump's dry-cleaning. I shouldn't make fun. Chris lost a lot of weight recently, didn't he? This is what he said, he said he just eliminated everything from his routine that wasn't necessary. Like his self-pride and dignity."
— "Man, everybody hates Ted Cruz. Even OJ Simpson said, 'That guy is just hard to like.'"
— "There's a joke going around the Internet that Ted Cruz is actually the Zodiac Killer. I'm not making that up. Come on, that is absurd. Some people actually liked the Zodiac Killer."
— "John Boehner came out of retirement and described Ted Cruz as Lucifer in the flesh. Lucifer. I mean that is not fair, man. Lucifer is horrible — but he's not the Zodiac Killer."
— "MSNBC is here tonight. Yep, which actually now stands for 'Missing a Significant Number of Black Correspondents'. . . MSNBC got rid of so many black people, I thought Boko Haram was running that network."
— "You look terrible, Mr. President. No, you do, man. Look at you. Your hair is so white it tried to punch me at a Trump rally."
— "I am impressed with the people in this room. There are so many rich, powerful people in this room. You know, it's nice to finally match the names to the faces in the Panama Papers."
— "C-SPAN, of course, is carrying tonight's dinner live. . . Which is ironic because most of the viewers are not. It is true, guys. C-SPAN is the number-one network among people who died watching TV and no one's found them yet. No, but it is good to be on C-SPAN. I am glad I am not on your rival network 'No Input HDMI-1.'"
— "CNN's here tonight. I have not watched CNN for a long time. I used to watch it back when it was a news network. I don't know about you guys, but I cannot get enough of that CNN countdown clock. Now we can see exactly when they hit zero in the ratings."
— "I am confused with Bernie Sanders's stance on guns. He seems to be anti-gun everywhere except Vermont. Bernie doesn't care who gets a gun in Vermont. [fake whispers] There are no black people in Vermont."
— "Bernie got in trouble for saying Hillary Clinton was unqualified. She is extremely qualified. In fact, when you factor in all of her policy flip-flops, she is at least several of the most qualified candidates ever to run for president."
— "Donald Trump looks like the rich dad in every episode of 'Law & Order' where the frat kid accidentally strangles a hooker. Or as they say here at the Washington Hilton, Tuesdays."
— "The president and first lady will return to private life. It is going to be different for you guys. Nobody to wash the dishes or change the bed linens, sweep the floors. You are going to miss Joe Biden."
— "I just got a note from the president saying that if you want another drink you should order it now because the bar will be closing down. Of course, he said the same thing about Guantanamo so you have at least another eight years."


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Pearl Weenink, 80, of Hendricks, Minnesota, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at the Hendricks Hospital.
Following Pearl's wishes, a private family service will take place Aug. 13, 2018. Burial will be in the Hendricks City Cemetery. Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Pearl Joan Weenink was born Jan. 17, 1938, to Carl and Hilda (Nordaune) Engesmoe in Hendricks, Minnesota. She was raised on the family farm north of Hendricks.
Pearl was baptized and confirmed at Singsaas Lutheran Church. She attended school at District No. 42, north of Hendricks, and graduated from Hendricks High School.
Pearl was the youngest of 10 children. She was only 18 months old when her mother died. She was very fortunate to belong to a loving father and siblings. They all cared deeply for each other.
After graduation, Pearl moved to Akron, Iowa, where she met and fell in love with her husband, Ron.
They were married on Oct. 28, 1961. Ron died in 1989. Pearl remained in Sioux City until 2011, at which time, she moved back to Hendricks, Minnesota.
Survi-vors include her brothers, Henry Engesmoe and Joseph (Helen) Engesmoe of Hendricks; sisters, Helen Moffatt of Akron, Iowa, Opal (Chester) Benson of Clear Lake and Marcella Sommervold of Hendricks; sister-in-law, Irene Engesmoe of Hendricks; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her in-laws, Clarence and Ethal; brother, Clifford; sisters, Gelina Judith, Gelina, and June Marcella; brother-in-laws, Orris Olson, Harold Moffatt, and Kenneth Sommervold; sister-in-law, Ruth Engesmoe; niece, Twyla Engesmoe; and nephew, Carroll Engesmoe.


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How Obamacare could delay your tax refund
If you're one of the almost 6 million individuals who received a government subsidy toward the health insurance you bought on Healthcare.gov or your state's insurance exchange, then prepare for a possible delay in processing your 2014 tax return and refund.
That's because folks who bought subsidized health insurance will receive a new tax form called Form 1095-A Health Insurance Marketplace Statement. The insurance exchanges are supposed to provide these forms.
The problem is it's unclear whether the processing steps for this form have been finalized. In the past, whenever new forms and processing procedures aren't finalized and changes are made late in the year, delays in filings and tax refunds almost always occurred.
The 1095-A is scheduled to be in taxpayers' hands by Jan. 31. It should include the total monthly premiums you paid, the monthly tax credits or subsidies applied toward those premiums and the premiums for the second-lowest-cost Silver Plan.
Those receiving a 1095-A are supposed to use the information on it to complete another new tax form, the Form 8962 Premium Tax Credit, which you need to claim the remaining amount of any unapplied subsidies as a tax refund on your 2014 tax return. So, think of the Form 1095-A as a form W-2, or 1099, and the Form 8692 as a Schedule A.
Now back to the potential delay. The final version of 1095-A should be on the IRS website and be making its way to online and computer-based tax prep programs.
Unfortunately, delayed tax refunds could affect the tax filers who can least afford it, those with lower incomes (these government subsidies are phased out for higher incomes) who typically receive sizable tax refunds. So, a delay in getting a refund can cause financial hardship for a lot of people.
If your tax refund is likely to be delayed because of these new forms, don't turn to a tax refund anticipation loan to get your refund faster. These loans come with high interest rates and fees that aren't worth it. Instead use e-File and elect to have your refund directly deposited into your bank account. That cuts the average wait time from six weeks or so to as little as two weeks.
And if these new forms are overwhelming, don't go it alone. The big tax prep firms, such as H&R Block and online tax-prep titan TurboTax, should be ready to handle this. This is another good reason having a professional firm prepare your taxes is a good idea.


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Jean Cherni: In case you didn't know, it's the Year of the Monkey
If like me, you are tired of hearing numerous soliloquies on "Why I Should Be President," exaggerated weather forecasts predicting apocalyptic storms, the financial collapse of Puerto Rico, Greece and sundry other European countries, and the latest deadly virus infecting innocent children and travelers — take heart; today is Chinese New Year.
The Chinese New Year has always been one of my very favorite holidays; coming as it does, at the time of year we are most in need of a holiday and for most of us, a holiday we can enjoy without worrying about what to gift anyone.
The Chinese will celebrate for at least a week and it is a time of family reunions and big family dinners featuring rice balls and sweet soup. Red envelopes containing money are presented to children and retired seniors (Senator Blumenthal, take note!). Firecrackers signify a goodbye to the old year and a festive welcome to the new year. To bring good luck, you should wear red, which stands for prosperity, loyalty and success. Jade accessories also bring good fortune.
The monkey is the ninth of the 12 animals in the recurring 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle (the last Year of the Monkey was 2004). People born in the Year of the Monkey are considered to be witty, intelligent and magnetic. However, strange as it seems, your zodiac year (which occurs every 12th year of your life) is considered an unlucky year because you offend Tai Sui, the God of Age, so you must pay special attention to your conduct and be on your best behavior.
Those born in January or February face a special challenge. The Chinese (Lunar) New Year moves between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20, so you will need to check whether your birthdate falls before or after the Chinese New Year to know your correct zodiac year.
Zodiac animals are related to the lives of ancient Chinese people; the only imaginary animal is the dragon. The animal's yin or yang is based on the odd or even number of claws, toes or hoofs. While most animals have the same number on front and rear legs, the rat has 4 toes on its fore legs and five on the hind legs; since it is unique, it ranks first of the 12 zodiac animals.
In addition to each year being associated with a Chinese zodiac animal sign, it is also paired with one of the five elements; gold or metal, water, wood, fire or earth. Element combinations occur every 60 years:
• Fire Monkey: 2016, 1956 — ambitious, adventurous
• Wood Monkey: 2004, 1944 — compassionate, stubborn
• Water Monkey: 1992, 1932 — smart, quick witted, haughty
• Gold Monkey: 1980, 1920 — smart, confident but stubborn
• Earth Monkey: 1968, 1908 — frank, optimistic and fearless
When I lived in New York, I loved going to Chinatown to see the dragon dance on Chinese New Year and then feast on Chinese delicacies. The "dragons" can be up to 100 meters long. The performers under the dragon use poles to raise and lower the dragon so it appears very life-like.
Unlike Western dragons that devour people and threaten beautiful maidens, Chinese dragons are associated with storm clouds and life-giving rain. Dragons are thought of as helpful, friendly creatures who bring good luck, long life and wisdom; and the dragon dances scare away evil spirits.
Considering the state of the world right now, they have their work cut out for them.
Sshin-nyen-kuhy-ler. Or, Happy New Year to all.
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This year, the deficit is expected to drop to the lowest it has been since Barack Obama became president, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Townhall's Kevin Glass explains the downside of this news.
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(By Jared Hoyle, KSU Turfgrass Research and Extension)
Today I was walking around the Rocky Ford Turfgrass Research Center in Manhattan, KS looking for an area to put out a postemergent crabgrass study and notice that the crabgrass on the research farm is all different stages. It is important to know what stage the crabgrass is in to help with control. That could determine your success in controlling it with postemergent herbicides
There are postemergent herbicide options out there for crabgrass control. But depending on how big or how many tillers the crabgrass has will help you determine what product to use. First, determine the size or stage of crabgrass you have present.
Here is a picture to show the tillering stages of crabgrass.
The smaller the crabgrass the easier it is to kill it. The tillered crabgrass may take more than one application and higher rates so make sure you check the label for correct application rates and intervals.
- dithopyr – Can provide control to crabgrass up to one tiller stage. This product also has preemergence activity.
- quinclorac – Can be applied on most cool- and warm-season turfgrass species. This product controls crabgrass when it is one tiller or smaller or when it has four or more tillers.
- mesotrione – Can be effective for crabgrass control but in most cases will take two applications at two week intervals. The label also states that applications must be made before the four tiller crabgrass stage.
- topramazone – Similar to mesotrione, this product will require two applications at three week intervals. Use at higher rates on crabgrass that have greater than one tiller.
- fenoxaprop – Are very effective in controlling crabgrass. Label states that this product can be applied to annual grasses up to the five tiller stage. Remember not to tank mix with products that contain 2,4-D, antagonism can occur.
As one last reminder, do not apply post emergent herbicides outside the recommended temperature on the label. This will increase the risk of turfgrass injury.
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Kaldorei Amphora
- Kaldorei Amphora
- Binds when picked up
- Sell Price: 5
Kaldorei Amphora is a common archaeology artifact. It requires 35 Night Elf Archaeology Fragments to solve. One [Highborne Scroll] keystone may be used to aid in solving it.
This slender vase with two looping handles was used to mix or store Darnassian wine. Even after all this time, you can still detect a faint scent of ginger from the dried residue at the bottom of this vessel.
This item is the background basis for the drink [Kaldorei Ginger Wine] in Legion.
Patch changes
- Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Vendor sell price raised from 20 to 5.
- Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added.


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June 28, 2010 - Writer: Jacob Harper | Artist: Mathiole
The actors in Hollywood that play for A-list "every passing fart covered in Variety" superstardom are (in my experience in LA) simply just so sad, sad as a beaten puppy on Christmas morning. These poor saps kill themselves to make it to the top, though it's a fairly well-known fact that if you play "The Industry" to win it will most likely fuck your dreams six ways to Sunday and then not even pay for the abortion. They play because on the surface it's such a tasty endgame. This town can make you a fucking star, and fucking stars are both rich and famous. But why the hell would anybody want that? There are actors who enjoy the perks of Los Angeles without giving a dusty shit about playing the game. They don't shoot for leads and probably never had, but they work all the time. On camera these actors play the gregarious uncles, the sniveling lackeys of the Big Boss, the shady defense lawyers. They play the supportive suburban coaches, the wisecracking janitors, the nerdy-but-caring principals. They're the Mark Starrs, the Paul Ben-Victors, the Ray Wises (who? Exactly.) They're the motherfucking character actors. The guy sitting next to me at the bar in Burbank (around the TV studios, where they primarily lurk) is one of these perennial TV dads. He sees my drink is empty. "Buy Jacob another round on me. I got residuals today from a Knight Rider I did thirty years ago that just reran. Forty-three cents. Hope you don't mind drinking well!" he says, and slaps my shoulder like I'm playing his adult son.
Which I am, I suppose. The guy next to him who has played a mob goon in everything since the third Godfather pipes up. "Hasselhoff. That guy's a prima-donna cocksucker." He too buys a round, because in my experience the one thing about character actors is that they love drinking and eating and don't worry about piddly shit like gin blossoms and crow's feet. Character actors worry about important stuff, like spending the cash they just got for their recent Law and Order: SVU appearance playing a child-molesting neighbor you never would have suspected (dun-dun!) That's their secret. Character actors are paid well to be professionally nondescript, to shun flash or attention. And good men like this are hard to find in this town. Throw a rock, hit a washboard ab. But what about when you need a guy with a fleshy middle to play that crossing guard? So they play, and get paid, and sink back into the crowd, pockets and bellies fat. And nobody hassles them for being famous. I have a friend who once met Bill Murray and said to Bill, "Wow, I'd love to be rich and famous like you." Bill, who apparently has a love-hate relationship with being universally renowned, got very serious-looking and said, "Why be famous? Why? Just be rich." I think he was telling my friend: put on weight, start buying rounds, meld into the crowd with your money. Quit looking for leads. Don't strive to be that famous. Be a character actor.
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When someone goes to a car show they can expect to see all different types of cars. One type of car that is a huge hit is an antique car. It is very impressive how antique car collectors keep them in fine condition for so many years. If someone takes the time to keep an older car in such great condition, then they are definitely aware of how important it is to protect it from damage or theft. This is where antique car insurance comes in to play.A lot of the insurance companies do not even insure the older cars. There are a number of reasons as to why they do this. Because of this, it can be very difficult to get insurance on an older car. Even after tracking down a company that will provide insurance, it is still very likely that the cost for the insurance will be extremely high. There are a lot of things that need to be considered when searching for an insurance policy for an antique car.Now it is time to talk about the reasons as to why the insurance premiums are so high. First of all, some of these cars are extremely rare. Because of this, it makes it a bigger risk of being stolen. Also remember, it is important to use a company that is known for their dealings with older cars, this way they are established and will not try to charge the highest premium possible.It can be very difficult for the company to figure out how much to charge for insurance. Why is that? Well, in order to charge a premium, the company needs to know exactly how much the parts are going to be to replace. Since these parts are extremely hard to find, this makes it difficult to figure out exactly how much they will cost to be replaced.When making a final decision, it is important to check with a few different companies before deciding which insurance to go with. That is not any different from getting insurance for any other type of car.Having insurance on an antique car is a must. With the amount they cost, it is impossible to run the risk of just driving it around without insurance. Unless someone just wants to let it sit in the garage, but who wants to do that? It is important to find the right company and the right policy to protect the investment.
Tips for Selling Your Old Junk Car – Cars extreme
You have probably been thinking about selling that old junk car that has been taking up the extra space in your garage. However, you probably think freeing this space is the only reason you need to sell it. However, this is not true at all. In fact, keeping a very old car in your house has several serious disadvantages. For one, while many people do not realize this, it is extremely unhealthy. Obviously, if your car does not move, it means that it is not possible to clean that area thoroughly. This can cause extremely unhygienic conditions. In fact, keeping a junk car is even harmful for the environment. You should also remember that you are simply sitting on the money you can get from it, even if it is not much.Several people are reluctant in selling their junk cars and rightly so. This is because most of the automotive industry gives an impression that junk cars are extremely useless and that you will only be paid according to the weight of the metal. You need to realize that this may not be true. If your car is still in a better condition than complete junk, you can sell it for a slightly higher price. In fact, here are tips you can use in order to make the most money out of it.Get the ownership – This is important if your car is better than complete junk. This is because in such a case, it will not be sold as metal but as a proper car. In such a case, the paperwork will be necessary even if your car is very old. Also, if you do not have the ownership, the price will be lowered considerably. Therefore, make sure you get the title of the owner.Know the local laws – Are you sure you are aware of the local laws about selling cars? For example, you may know that the law provides protection to people who sell cars. However, this is often not extended to people who buy used cars. Make sure you know such laws for your local area before selling your car.Never break the law – It may seem convenient to tamper with the vehicle in order to raise the earnings you may get from it. However, remember that this is potentially considered a crime. There are specific laws that deal with problems like mileage tempering.Make your position clear – Selling a junk car is not as easy as it seems. For example, while you may think that your job is done after receiving the cash, it is not. If there is a serious problem like the odometer not working, you may find yourself in serious trouble. Therefore, make sure you honestly notify the buyer of any such problems.Know the price range – Remember that there are different rules for different price ranges. For example, there may be certain laws about selling a vehicle for less than $500. Being familiar with the price ranges will help you in determining your rights as well as your duties related to the selling process.


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From the Colloquium, Graduate Fellows Edition
Since 2006, the Lilly Fellows Program has published a "From the Colloquium" column about four times per year. The idea behind this column is to share some of the common readings from the colloquia of the Lilly Postdoctoral Fellows Program and the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program. These works can be of great value for mentoring programs or faculty development projects at different campuses (or to add to your own reading lists).
Common readings and group discussion have been central to the Lilly Fellows Program's (LFP) fellowship programs from their start twenty-nine years ago. First with the Lilly Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship program at Valparaiso University starting in 1992 and then with the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program in 2008, Fellows have encountered readings intended to engage Christian thought and practice as they intersect the tasks of teaching and scholarship that make up the work we do in the academy. The readings address these issues on both the personal and institutional level, examining our individual practices as scholars as well as those of our academic institutions (with, of course, a special emphasis on those institutions of higher learning that connect to a church-related mission).
Once a year, we focus on the readings that the three active cohorts of Lilly Graduate Fellows discuss. These Fellows are in their first three years of Graduate school. Each semester, the Lilly Graduate Fellow cohorts select readings that cluster around a particular theme. Here are some of those readings.
Members of the Eighth Cohort of Lilly Graduate Fellows, who began graduate work in fall, 2015, addressed the topic, "Scholarship as a Christian Vocation" in fall, 2017, and the topic, "Scholarship, Secularization, and vocation as a Calling," in spring, 2018. The Mentors for the Eighth Cohort are Patrick Byrne of Boston College and Susan VanZanten of Valparaiso University. To grapple with the fall topic, the cohort read: Paul Griffiths' commentary on The Song of Songs, selections from The Secularization of the Academy edited by George Marsden and Bradley Longfield, Marsden's The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, Bernard Lonergan, "Sacralization and Secularization," Michael Hamilton, "The Elusive Idea of Christian Scholarship, Charles Taylor's essay "A Catholic Modernity" and Rosemary Luling Haughton's "Transcendence and the Bewilderment of Being Moder," both in James Heft, ed. A Catholic Modernity?: Charles Taylor's Marianist Award Lecture, Flannery O'Connor's "Everything that Rises Must Converge," James V. Schal's "What is a Lecture?" and short selection from his On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs, G.K. Chesterton's "Introductioon to the Book of Job," and musical selections: Gabriel Fauré, Requiem, VI: "Libera me, Domine"; Johannes Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem, VI: "Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt"; and Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection", V: Finale, "Aufersteh'n." In the spring, the cohort read selections from William Placher's Callings—a work often used by the Fellows—Walter Miller's A Canticle for Liebowitz, Patrick J. DeNeen's "Against Great Books," selections from Dorothy Day's The Long Loneliness, Selections from Emmanuel Falque' "The Metamorphosis of Finitude," Peter Coviello and Jared Hickman, "Introduction: After the Postsecular," Khaled Furani, "Is There a Postsecular," and Douglas Koskela's Calling and Clarity. At their final conference, they discussed Marilynne Robinson's Gilead.
The members of the Ninth Cohort of Lilly Graduate Fellows, who completed the second year of their fellowship and who began their graduate studies in the fall of 2016, have been mentored by Douglas Henry of Baylor University and Gretchen J. Van Duke of The University of Scranton. The themes for the year was "Strangers and Sojourners: Learning, Telling, Teaching, and Reaching for Truth." Rather than a single "spine text" and accompanying articles, the cohort focused on three works: Dorothy Day's The Long Loneliness, Paul J. Griffiths' Intellectual Appetite, and Thomas Merton's The Seven Story. Griffith's work in Intellectual Appetite—essentially an interrogation of intellectual pursuit from a Christian theological lens—has long stimulated intense debate among graduate fellows. Though many disagree with his arguments, they nevertheless offer, to many of us, an important opportunity to examine some of the most central claims about the "creation of knowledge"—an ideal at the heart of the academic enterprise. At their summer conference, the Cohort examined the theme, "Marked By the Sign of the Cross: Living Blessed Lives in the Midst of Faith and Doubt" by reading biblical texts on the story of Abraham and Sarah and the complex person of Peter, along with some Psalms illustrating the wide range of biblical accounts of hardship and uncertainty. They also discussed C. S. Lewis's A Grief Observed, Immaculée Ilibagiza's Left to Tell, and they screened the film Of Gods and Men. They also discussed Ron Hansen's Exiles, Flannery O'Connor's prayer journal, and the poetry of Denise Levertov.
The members of the Tenth Cohort of Lilly Graduate Fellows, who began graduate school and the program in fall 2017, read and discussed materials focused, in the fall, on the theme "Hospitality" and in the spring on the theme, "Intellection and Affection OR Keeping the Body and Soul Together in Graduate School." The Tenth Cohort's mentors are Lisa DeBoer of Westmont College and John Ware of Xavier University of Louisiana. For the theme of "Hospitality," the Tenth Cohort read Kathleen Norris' Acedia and Me, Amy Oden's And You Welcomed Me, Christine Pohl's Making Room, John Witvliet and Martin Tel, Eds., Psalms for All Seasons, The Rule of Benedict, Augustine's Confessions, Sayings of the Desert Fathers (trans. Benedicta Ward), and they viewed the film, Of Gods and Men. To address the spring's theme, they read James Elkin's Pictures and Tears, which examines the role of emotion in scholarship, Tom Stoppard's play, Arcadia, Simone Weil's Waiting for God, and TaNehisi Coats' Between the World and Me. For their annual summer conference, cohort members read and discussed George Eliot's Middlemarch.
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22 Thus Hashem delivered Chizkiyahu and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim from King Sennacherib of Assyria, and from everyone; He provided for them on all sides.
va-yo-SHA a-do-NAI et y'-khiz-ki-YA-hu v'-AYT yo-sh'-VAY y'-ru-sha-LA-im mi-YAD san-khay-REEV me-lekh a-SHUR u-mi-yad KOL vai-na-ha-LAYM mi-sa-VEEV
כב וַיּוֹשַׁע יְהֹוָה אֶת־יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ וְאֵת יֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלַ ִם מִיַּד סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר וּמִיַּד־כֹּל וַיְנַהֲלֵם מִסָּבִיב׃
32:22 Hashem delivered Chizkiyahu and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim
Chizkiyahu was one of the greatest Jewish kings of all time. He abolished idolatry and improper worship and brought the people back to Hashem. The Sages teach that Chizkiyahu was so great that God considered making him the Mashiach, but decided not to, since Chizkiyahu failed to sing songs of praise to Hashem after being miraculously saved from Sennacherib's siege of Yerushalayim. Surely Chizkiyahu recognized and appreciated the miracle that God had done for him and the people. Yet his faith in Hashem was so strong, and he was so confident in God's salvation, that he was not surprised by the miracle and therefore not moved to sing songs of praise. This failure to sing to Hashem in praise of the great miracle was the reason he forfeited the possibility of becoming the Messiah. God performs miracles on a daily basis in the personal lives of every individual and for the Nation of Israel living in the Land of Israel. We must never take His blessings for granted.


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16 Assuredly, Thus said Hashem: "Behold, I will found in Tzion, Stone by stone, A tower of precious cornerstones, Exceedingly firm; He who trusts need not fear.
la-KHAYN KO a-MAR a-do-NAI e-lo-HEEM hi-n'-NEE yi-SAD b'-tzi-YON A-ven E-ven BO-khan pi-NAT yik-RAT mu-SAD mu-SAD ha-ma-a-MEEN LO ya-KHEESH
טז לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הִנְנִי יִסַּד בְּצִיּוֹן אָבֶן אֶבֶן בֹּחַן פִּנַּת יִקְרַת מוּסָד מוּסָּד הַמַּאֲמִין לֹא יָחִישׁ׃
28:16 I will found in Tzion, stone by stone
The Hebrew word for 'stone' is even (אבן). What is interesting about this word is that it contains within it the Hebrew words for 'father,' av (אב), and 'son,' ben (בן). Once again, the Hebrew root of a simple word teaches a profound lesson, by alluding to the fact that the bond between a father and his son is as strong as a rock, and as precious as a fine stone.


text: sponge worthy – (related terms: The Today Sponge) 1. Elaine's description to determine if a man is worth using a contraceptive sponge for intimate relations 2. due to her birth control method, The Today Sponge, being taken off the market. 3. her screening process consists of thorough and specific questions to determine if she should use one of her limited supply (one case) of sponges. 4. quote: "Yes, yes – before they went off the market. I mean, now I've got to re-evaluate my whole screening process. I can't afford to waste any of 'em." — Elaine 5. episode: The Sponge


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Pumpkin Soup
Cuisine: Western | Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cook Time: 30 minutes | Serve: 2 persons
Pumpkin soup for the weekend! Wanted to have something comforting while relaxing at home, hence resort to some pumpkin soup. I wanted to go for something different, in taste, so I created my own version or more like try out something new. I added Turmeric powder in it, which turns out isn't bad but quite flavourful Don't know if everyone will like it, but I did served it to my family and they finished every single drop of it.
I wanted to explore something new by not doing it the typical or traditional way where we usually will add in cream into the soup. I wanted something less fattening hence omitted the cream.
Use a fork and poke some holes on it to let it cook thoroughly.
Half a pumpkin (any preferred kind)
1 onion
Ginger (own preference)
1 tbsp of butter
1 tsp of chilli powder
1 tsp of dried coriander leaves
1 tsp of turmeric powder (optional)
500ml Chicken stock (I used chicken cube)/ vegetable stock
1. Clean the pumpkin and cut into wedges, poke holes using fork on the pumpkin skin.
2. Baked the pumpkin on 175 degree celcius for 20 to 25 minutes or until it soften. Begin to prepare the other ingredient.
3. Once the pumpkin is done, take it out from the oven and leave it to cool on room temperature.
4. Put the butter into a pot and fry the onion until caramelized. Add in the other dry ingredient and fry for another 3-4 minutes.
5. Add in the chicken stock and let it simmer for 5-10 minutes.
6. Once done, blend the soup to get a smooth and creamy texture.
7. Garnish and serve.


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Richard C. RocheFebruary 2, 1928 ~ July 3, 2017 (age 89)
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Richard C. Roche, 89, of Westborough, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 3, 2017 at the Beaumont Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was the husband of the late Margaret K. (Gerden) Roche.
Born in Westborough, he was the son of the late John and Mary (Durkin) Roche. He was educated in Westborough schools and was a 1946 graduate of Westborough High School. He also attended the Museum Art School in Worcester and Clark University.
During WW II he served with the U. S. Navy and during the Korean Conflict he served with the U. S. Marine Reserves.
Mr. Roche was employed as an engineer for General Electric for 30 years retiring in 1985.
He was a communicant of St. Luke the Evangelist Church, where he previously taught CCD and served as a lector.
Dick was a master craftsman and an accomplished Model Ship Builder and wood carver. He was proud of his Irish heritage, especially his secret recipe for Irish Bread.
He is survived by four children, Richard C. Roche, Jr., of Gloucester, Helen R. Race and her husband, Rich, of Ballwin, MO, Ann-Britt Hoover and her husband, Bob, of Westborough and Carl A. Roche and his wife, Kim, of Westborough; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his devoted caregiver, Rebecca Owusu.
He was predeceased by nine brothers and sisters.
The family would like to thank The Willows, Beaumont and Salmon Hospice for their exceptional care.
His funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, July 7, at 10:30 A.M. in St. Luke the Evangelist Church, 70 West Main St., Westborough. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Calling hours at the David A. Pickering Westborough Funeral Home, 62 West Main St., Westborough, are Thursday, July 6, from 6:30 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Westborough Fire/Ambulance Gift Fund, 42 Milk St., Westborough, MA 01581


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