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Food markets and street food is taking over Central Denmark Region and especially the city Aarhus. In 2017 some of the persons pushing this tendency goes on tour trought Denmark with Streetfood Denmark Mobile Caravan.
Streetfood Denmarks mobile caravan, is a coop of some of Denmarks finest food concepts, all driven by professionals that shares a true passion for gastronomy, sustainability and good and tasty food experiences.
The carawan will not only bring you food, but also the story behind, to let you taste what local traditions has to offer from all over Denmark.
Street food Denmark will appear at ØBODERNE, Aarhus new market place, and will be possible to meet at various spots all around Central Denmark Region during 2017. Look out for the many interesting members at www.streetfooddenmark.com.
Streetfood Denmark is powered by European Gastronomy Region 2017.
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Welcome to Rosemont at Mission Trails where you will find Texas luxury living for less right in the heart of Dallas. Rosemont prides itself on offering an endless list of programs and services to keep its residents active and connected. Our Resident Activity Coordinator welcomes our residents to the community. Rosemont apartment homes feature fully-equipped kitchens, oversized closets and ample storage. Residents can also enjoy a Caribbean style pool, large covered patios, and wall to wall carpet. Our ideal location in Dallas puts you right down the street from multiple shopping centers near The University of North Texas at Dallas including Walmart, Ross, Sears and Macy's. It's also just a short drive to major highways I-35, I-20, and I-67. Start enjoying life's finer moments in a community full of friends who are dedicated to a better way of living. Come in today for a tour!
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Sir Bert Massey CBE
Liverpool-born Herbert William (Bert) was born in March 1949, he contracted polio at three months old and was in hospital for five years. In the 1950s there was a pretty low expectation of what you could achieve in that condition and you were doing well if you were still alive at 16. He left school without O levels, so went for private tuition but as all the night-schools in Liverpool had steps he had to do his A levels at a special college in Coventry as it had suitable facilities. Once he was there it made sense to stay on and get a degree, and then he did a postgraduate social work course at Manchester.
Bert Massie has long been involved in getting equal rights for disabled people through his many roles in charities and organisations across the UK including the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation. He had spent almost 30 years campaigning for a better deal for Britain's ten million disabled people.
Sir Bert has spent almost thirty years campaigning for a better deal for Britain's ten million disabled people. He has been involved with a large number of disability organisations and has served on a number of government advisory committees concerned with disability.
In 1978 he joined the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation and became its Director in 1990. He remained there until the end of 1999 when he became Chairman of the Disability Rights Commission in January 2000.
Bert was joint author of "Wheelchairs and their use" published in 1986 and "Choosing a Wheelchair" published in 1990.
He was awarded the OBE in 1984 and the CBE in 2000.
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He has served on the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and the National Advisory Committee on Employment of Disabled People. He was deputy chair of the National Disability Council and a member of the Disability Rights Task Force. He was Commissioner of Compact.
Sir Bert received his Knighthood in 2007 in recognition of his work for disabled people.
He became a Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights in 2008.


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PHOENIX - A fight is intensifying in the Arizona Legislature over the Senate leader's refusal to restore a program providing health insurance to poor children, a stance that would maintain the state's position as the only one in the nation that doesn't participate in the plan.
Advocates who want the program restarted rallied at the Capitol on Monday in a last-ditch effort. Arizona froze its KidsCare program in 2010 to save money during a state budget crunch. It once covered more than 63,000 children, but fewer than 1,000 now have the insurance.
Senate President Andy Biggs has blocked the proposal despite it passing overwhelmingly in the House because he's opposed to the Affordable Care Act and is worried the federal government will cut payments and force Arizona to pick up more of the tab.
Backers note the federal government is paying for 100 percent of the plan through 2017, and the proposal allows the state to stop the program if federal funding drops.
"What we're talking about is a population that Obamacare is already supposed to cover," Biggs said Monday. "And when people say it's free, it really isn't free, is it, because it's a taxpayer-funded program. So when we start talking about taxpayer-funded program, the question is it state taxes or is it federal taxes, but they're all coming from our taxpayers any way you look at it."
Biggs said in interviews with The Associated Press and on Arizona PBS' Horizon public affairs show last week that he has no intention of allowing House Bill 2309 to move forward. It passed the House on a 47-12 vote on March 2.
Biggs previously said it isn't that easy to cut off insurance if federal funding drops once 30,000 or so children are insured.
"What you do is you create a constituency of 30,000 to 50,000, could be as many as 50,000 people," Biggs said last week. "And now you pull the trigger and take them off? The answer is that's not going to happen. Nobody will pull that trigger."
The bill is sponsored by an Arizona House Republican who says the parents of eligible children are the working poor, people making $11 or $12 an hour who make too much to qualify for the state's Medicaid program but who do not qualify or can't afford for subsidized health insurance on the federal marketplace.
"Those children, this is what we're here for, is to help the working poor," Rep. Regina Cobb, a Kingman Republican, said at Monday's rally. "These are families, of a mom and a dad where the dad's the only worker and doesn't make but $9 or $10 an hour and can't afford health insurance. Or this is a mom, a single mom, with a child or two, who is making a decision on whether or not to have heat, whether or not to pay rent, or whether to have health insurance."
Children whose families earn between 138 and 200 percent of the federal poverty line would gain insurance under the plan.
At a media availability Monday, Gov. Doug Ducey said his budget priorities are K-12 education and the state child welfare agency. He would not say if he would support the restoration.
KidsCare, he said, "would be or may be part of the ongoing budget negotiations," with lawmakers in the House and Senate.
Participants at Monday's rally included parents, pediatricians, nurses, faith and women's groups and the Children's Action Alliance, a nonprofit group.


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Question Of The Week, 9/25/05
God Bless America, God Save The Republic.
It is hard to say. I give Jeb Bush credit for all the years Flordia has been hit by the hurricanes and the job he did, and Texas seems to have done a good job with Rita and helping New Orleans.
The problem with FEMA is that it is a overfunded group. When someone fails at their job you don't give them more money. We all seen how well the private groups could respond to a disaster with just a small amount of funds. I am afraid they will just get more funding and let the same thing happen again.
I hope we have learned something but I am affraid we will not know until tragedy strikes again.
1. When local authorities, for whatever reason, abrogate their responsibilities, the human suffering is overwhelming.
2. People want the government to solve too many of the rebuilding problems. A similar reliance on the government was part of the problem in the first place. It is not a citizen's entitlement that the government has to take care of the individual's needs.
3. Americans want instant results, with regard to the evacuation, the care of the victims, and the rebuilding. Not possible in such a large scale event!
4. Don't build below sea level and later neglect the protective walls. One day, the big storm will come. Complacency is deadly.
5. The power of nature is unavoidable and stronger than man.
6. Adversity brings out both the best and worst in people.
7. FEMA should not be the considered as the prime source for the solution.
What Katrina showed us is when you strip away Liberalism to it's core it is nothing more than people sitting miserably in thier own excrement.
I want to thank all of you for stopping by to answer this weeks question. All of you make some fine points. Always on watch hit upon what I think we should have learned this hurricane season, "(2)People want the government to solve too many of the rebuilding problems. A similar reliance on the government was part of the problem in the first place. It is not a citizen's entitlement that the government has to take care of the individual's needs." If we were taught anything at all by this hurricane season I feel it is the fact that the government is not always going to be there to meet your every need, it was never meant to be. All of us need to be more self reliant, no matter how prepared we think we are we need to do more. Remember Jabbar Gibson, I mentioned him in a Wednesday September 7, 2005 post, "Katrina Hero". While a lot of New Orleans residents were waiting for government aid Jabbar got himself and a bus load of Katrinas victims to safety. I feel we could all learn a lesson from Jabbar.
God Bless America, God Save The Republic.


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I've passed the threshold.
No, it's not the "over the hill" mark, although it certainly is that, too. This birthday has marked a new place in my life that I never thought I'd reach –
The age of 40 without any more children.
Since Dominic, I've just known, somewhere deep, that I would have more children by the time I was 40. 38 passed, and then 39. Then the pregnancy that I knew was God's promise came and I breathed a sigh of relief, knowing I at least had a baby on the way before the dreaded "Give-it-up-you're-too-old-to-be-a-baby-mama" birthday.
Yeah, that didn't work out so well: Strike two and I've still only got two batters on base.
So, I'm here…at the halfway mark, and no babies. 2 beautiful girls, yes, who are growing into young ladies much too quickly. But seeing them just reminds me – I'm 40. 40 year olds have tweens and young ladies, not babies.
Not babies.
There has been a tremendous sense of grief around this, for me.
I don't mind being 40, in and of itself. In fact, I like where I am in many respects, at this point in my life. I know who I am. I know my strengths and my flaws, and I no longer feel the need to pretend like my flaws don't exist. I have a much better sense of what matters and what doesn't, in this life, now. I have both a deeper respect for life and less of a hold on the life of this world than I ever did before. I have learned the value of choosing what is right over what I feel, and have come a long way in being able to revel in the moment I am in, rather than constantly look for something better in the future. No, it's not 40 that I mind.
What I mind is being 40 without having any more babies.
Babies are for the young..and I am no longer young.
My Plan is Shot
I've been grieving this day in an unofficial capacity ever since the miscarriage in December. Although I know that there's not technically anything different about the day I turn 40 than the day before when I was 39 and 364 days old, it feels different. And, in some ways, I suppose it really is different.
It's the day that marks my life officially being off script from where I desired it.
I've always had a plan. Every month, waiting for signs that it might be "this month", I would convince myself of how that particular month would be the perfect one to get pregnant. July would be a great due date because it would be a reminder of God's promise of new life in the month that Dominic was born. August would be a great due date because it would be some sort of poetic justice for his loss that month. September would be great because it's the start of a new school year and would be symbolic of the start of a new chapter in our lives. October would be perfect because fall is my favorite time of year and the season that I most miss Dominic – because of all the plans I had in walking around farms with him in my woven wrap. November would be perfect because…
You get the picture. Apparently God didn't get on board with my sense of poetic timing.
Instead, He has shown me, "My plans are not your plans". And now I have passed the point I have dreaded most – being 40 without any prospect of more children.
I have, officially, not gotten what I wanted.
I have fought it, all the way. I have prayed and cajoled and begged and huffed and cried and had tantrums. I have reminded God to look in my heart and know just how much faith I have in Him that He can give me more children. I've even pulled out the, "How could you ignore my KIDS' prayers for more babies?!" manipulation.
But I'm here. I've passed the deadline. It didn't happen. And although there has been plenty of grief and soul-searching around that fact for me, ironically, I also feel…
an odd sense of freedom.
In a Brave New World
First, there is definitely sadness. But I have decided that I am just sick of living in sadness, and that I am not willing to miss out on what I DO have because of mourning what I don't. Grief just gets exhausting after a while, and kind of annoying – like a morose song that plays over and over and over until you're so sick of it you'll do anything to hear something different. I will not stay there, in that depression, the rest of my life, babies or no babies. There is just entirely too much great music out there, to spend it replaying the dirge incessantly. So, I'm going to choose to dance, the best that I can.
It's like I'm in a brave new world. A world I don't know, can't anticipate, and am completely unable to manipulate. My plans are shot, and I don't really know what to do with that. I now walk each day without a deadline that I'm working against, without a script to follow. I have KNOWN that I was going to have more children, that I was going to homeschool them, and that my world was going to be one of raising little people into becoming disciples of Christ. Now I…
What am I going to be, exactly?
There is something both wholly frightening and oddly emancipating about not being in control of any of it. So, yes, there is not only sadness – but an odd sense of freedom as well. It's this sense of no longer having to live under the pressure of what I needed to have happen, so my life could be the orderly, controlled framework I needed it to be. I honestly have no idea what He has planned for me, now. And while I grieve the loss of my dreams, I also welcome the freedom that comes from walking in anticipation of what He is going to do next.
No more stressing about getting pregnant by 40. It's passed, and it didn't happen. And, as a result, for the first time, I am really, honestly, looking at the reality of a world for me that does NOT include more babies.
That puts me in a new place, spiritually.
I have not been able to truly accept the idea of a life without more children, before now. My world simply had to include more children, for me to be able to live in it. I've postulated what I would do if the answer is "no", but I haven't really had to live it. Now I do.
For the first time since Dominic, I can truly follow where He leads, without my preconceived notions.
Oswald Chambers wrote:
"Beware of surrender that is motivated by personal benefits that may result. Our motive for surrender should not be for any personal gain at all. We have become so self-centered that we go to God only for something from Him, and not for God Himself. It is like saying, "No, Lord, I don't want you; I want myself. But I do want You to clean me and fill me with Your Holy Spirit. I want to be on display in Your showcase so I can say, 'This is what God has done for me.' " Gaining heaven, being delivered from sin, and being made useful to God are things that should never even be a consideration in real surrender. Genuine total surrender is a personal sovereign preference for Jesus Christ Himself."
I don't want to be here. I want my plan, my children, my babies, my promise. But this is where "Leave all you have and follow me" hits the road. This is what the price of grace is. This is where we find out if we truly love Jesus or if we just want what He will give us.
Do I truly seek His face, or only His hand?
"Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: "If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple." Luke 14:25-27
Hate = be willing to leave behind, for Him. Even children. Even baby plans.
Yes, I have learned that becoming His disciple means walking where He walked – willing suffering. But even more than that…To be His disciple, NOTHING can come before Him. Not my God-given desire for more children. Not my grief over my lost children. Not my plans for my future. Not my control.
He will keep working on me until nothing comes before Him. Nothing. And ooooh, it is hard work, indeed.
"He said to another man, "Follow me." But he replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God." Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family." Jesus replied, "No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God." Luke 9:59-63
I've said enough goodbyes, and I've buried my dead long enough. It's time to look forward, and to follow where He is leading instead of my own family plan.
So what does obedience, in this, mean for me, at 40 with no babies?
I am working on figuring that out – but I believe it means being present in the here and now, in His presence, each moment, rather than trying to plan what it means for the future.
I think it means getting up every morning and finding the joy in teaching my daughters, today – in the opportunity I have with them in this moment, to impact their personhood and to simply relish who they are. I think it means taking a ride in my new vehicle and thanking the Lord for the incredible monetary blessing He has provided that makes it possible for me to have it, and translating that gratitude into tangible giving to others. I think it means studying scripture more diligently this evening so that I am better prepared to meet the sophistry of our culture head on, and so that I can illuminate truth whenever there is an opportunity. I think it means planting new shrubs in my front yard while marveling at the intricacy and beauty He has created, and lifting my eyes to Him in awe and praise. I think it means making calls to service providers for a woman in need, this afternoon, and garnering resources to help her take steps to become self-sufficient.
I think it means visiting my son's grave, but not living there – shifting my focus from what I want the Lord to do for me to what He wants to do in me and through me.
I am 40, and I don't have anymore babies. Maybe, now, I can finally release control.
Not Empty Handed
What is going to become of me, when I do?
"And when you release them, do not send them away empty-handed." Deuteronomy 15:13
Just as God commanded the Israelites, in the year of Jubilee, to release their slaves with blessings from their abundance, He will not release me from my enslavement to my baby plan empty-handed. I have no idea what He has up His sleeve, and I simply cannot imagine how it could possibly be better than my baby plan.
But it will be.
Because Jesus never releases us from something without releasing us to something greater.
"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to… proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners…
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the Lord
for the display of his splendor." Isaiah 61
Maybe I have been more enslaved than I knew. Maybe it has taken being 40 years, 2 baby deaths, with my plans for children shot, to become free.
I don't know; frankly, I just feel over the hill.
All I can do is pray that the loss of my plans means there is space now for His.
Maybe – hopefully – that's what it takes to get me into the best shape of my life to be used by Him.


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The Leeds Flood Relief Appeal has smashed through the £100,000 barrier, it was announced today.
Launched in the aftermath of the city's devastating Boxing Day flooding, the Yorkshire Evening Post-backed appeal's total now stands at just over £117,000.
It has had a host of individual donations from kind-hearted Leeds people as well as support from companies such as Morrisons and Burberry.
And yesterday it got another massive boost as it received a significant portion of the money raised for flood victims nationwide by readers of the Daily Mail newspaper.
Sally-Anne Greenfield, chief executive at the Leeds Community Foundation, which is co-ordinating the appeal, said: "We are extremely grateful to everyone who has donated to the appeal and helped us reach the fantastic milestone of £100,000.
"We want to distribute this money as quickly as possible to the people who need it most.
"The Leeds Flood Relief Appeal grants scheme will allow people to gain some financial support to replace goods and rebuild their lives after the floods."
Individual grants of up to £250 are available from the Leeds Flood Relief Appeal along with community grants of up to £2,000.
Applicants are also asked to give full details of their losses so that larger grants may be considered, if funds permit.
Priority will be given to households with children, older people or those with physical or learning disabilities.
Boxing Day's flooding was the worst seen in West Yorkshire for 70 years.
For more details on the scheme visit: www.justgiving.com/leeds-flood-relief-appeal/


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Press release
PM call with Turkish President Erdogan: 3 July 2017
Theresa May spoke with President Erdogan to offer condolences and discuss our work to tackle terrorism together ahead of the G20.
A Downing Street spokesperson said:
The Prime Minister spoke to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan by telephone earlier this evening.
The Prime Minister offered her condolences following the killings of the President's party colleagues in the south-east of Turkey this weekend. They agreed this kind of brutality only strengthens our resolve to work together to tackle terrorism, and noted countering extremism would be a key topic for discussion at this week's G20 summit in Hamburg.
They discussed the ongoing Cyprus talks in Geneva, with the Prime Minister noting we now have a unique opportunity to reach a settlement. The Prime Minister said we know that to reach a final outcome there will have to be flexibility on all sides, but with continued commitment and political will, a historic agreement is within reach. The Prime Minister confirmed the UK fully supports the process and stands ready to play its part.
They looked forward to seeing each other at the G20 summit later this week.


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Welcome to L.A.V.A. Lounge!
Hey, MMK here! I'm a city girl from NY now living in the suburbs of the gorgeous Hudson Valley, but soon to make the move to the Washington, D.C. metro area (Virginia side)! As an aspiring renaissance woman leaving the corporate world and stepping into the online world, I believe I can make a difference. I hope to inspire you to pay attention to what matters in life and to encourage you to get up and go try something new! I hope you join me in my lifelong journey in the continual search for the positive, and I promise to share useful tips, motivating stories, and real perspectives as a daughter, wife, mommy, and friend. Thank you for reading!


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Using outside resistance as a launchpad for progress
It's not unusual for all new ideas, plans, and actions to encounter some measure of resistance from established systems and the people within them.
To some extent, it is inevitable that they must be tested against that which is already in place before they can be accepted. This has been true of all great visionaries and leaders of the past, but is also equally true of ordinary ideas emerging into ordinary life experiences.
The vast majority of people change course at the first sign of this resistance, unable to cope with the discomfort of things not going exactly as envisioned. It's unfortunate, since within this temporary discomfort lies the potential for new and untapped opportunity, education, and growth.
This resistance can be a stimulant for vigilance and flexibility, if approached with creative intent and the anticipation of multiple error-corrections, likely need for contingencies, and the willingness to continuously extract new and relevant specialized knowledge from your experience.
Resistance can also be a signal impending growth and the need for timely adaptation.
There is another type of resistance to speak of, and that is the subtle subconscious resistance of our own intuition. Oftentimes, we do not even realize that what's really happening is that we're purposefully avoiding, resisting, or withholding effort or attention from a particular issue or goal.
This intuitive "distancing" is an indication of a misalignment from your original intention.
When we begin to place constraints and tie obligations to our actions by saying: "I set this goal for myself, I HAVE to do this and I'm going to FORCE myself even when it doesn't feel natural", that's when we begin to stifle our creativity and erode the natural direction of our desires. The fact is, sometimes you have to stick with it to make it happen. Other times, however, it's not that simple. Why trap yourself in patters that no longer suit you? There should be no reason to stay locked in arbitrary commitments.
"Arbitrary," in this case, means unsupported by rationale or naturalness of direction, but rather resulting from a prior commitment – the original reasons for which may have already changed.
Don't mistake subconscious resistance for laziness!
Commitment to a goal is good, but over commitment to a particular course of action can eliminate alternatives which may be better suited for you in light of recent experience, circumstantial change, or subsequent personal growth. Remain open, be flexible, and most importantly – be willing to let go of old presuppositions about how things "ought to" be. Often times the way we believe things "out to be" is illusory. There are often no actual limitations on the possible outcomes aside from the ones which are self imposed. Let the subtle pressure of outside resistance alert you to your edge of practice, and uncover the appropriate method of outgrowing it.


text: A living will is a document in which you provide instructions regarding specific treatments you do or do not want withheld in the event of a terminal illness or if you are in a persistent vegetative state. A living will sets out under what conditions you want treatment to be withdrawn. It is important to understand that a living will is not a substitute for having a Health Care Power of Attorney.


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Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Saturday, June 30, 2018 @ 2:00 p.m.
Scott Concert Hall at the Porter Center
Brevard Festival Orchestra
Michael Sakir, conductor
Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center
Dean Anthony, director
Ticket holders may attend a free Pre-Opera Talk in Scott Commons beginning one hour before the performance.
PUCCINI Madama Butterfly
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
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DEAN ANTHONY, stage director
Enjoying a 25+ year career as a stage performer, Dean Anthony - referred to as "The Tumbling Tenor" - created over 100 roles and was praised as a character artist for his vocal, dramatic, physical and acrobatic abilities. Mr. Anthony has quickly established himself as a dynamic stage director and teacher on the operatic scene with his energetic, gritty and physical style of work. In the 2018-19 season, Mr. Anthony will serve as the Opera Director in Residence at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, where he will direct the world premiere of Mayo by Tom Cipullo.
In the summer of 2013 Mr. Anthony began his appointment as Director of Opera with the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Center. A member of the faculty at Brevard since 2008, his productions include Le nozze di Figaro, Street Scene, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Rigoletto, the Merry Widow, Falstaff, Albert Herring, Sweeney Todd, The Threepenny Opera, Elixir of Love, Suor Angelica, Tintypes, HMS Pinafore, a workshop of Robert Aldridge's new opera Sister Carrie, a workshop of J. Mark Scearce's Falling Angel in collaboration with the Center for Contemporary Opera, and the world premiere of the new opera, Speed Dating Tonight! conceived by Mr. Anthony, with words and music by Michael Ching.
Mr. Anthony recently directed Aida at Knoxville Opera, Man of La Mancha at Pensacola Opera and Amarillo Opera, Falstaff at Opera on the James; Dead Man Walking, Glory Denied, and Aida at Pensacola Opera; Semeramide at Opera Delaware; La Traviata and The Merry Widow for Pensacola Opera, HMS Pinafore and Dead Man Walking for Shreveport Opera, Glory Denied with Ft. Worth Opera Festival, Elixir of Love with Opera Delaware, Barber of Seville with Opera Naples, Falstaff with Winter Opera of St. Louis, Sweeney Todd with St. Petersburg Opera, I Pagliacci with Shreveport Opera, The Magic Flute with Opera on the James, Trouble in Tahiti & Arias and Barcarolles at the University of Kansas, Pirates of Penzance with Nashville Opera, La Bohéme at Pensacola Opera, as well as Carmen for Opera on the James, the Pacific Symphony, Tulsa Opera, Florentine Opera, and Pensacola Opera.
MICHAEL SAKIR, conductor
Michael Sakir took on the role of Music Director of Opera Memphis in the 2017-18 season. Recent guest conducting engagements include Des Moines Metro Opera, Shreveport Opera, Eugene Opera, Opera Orlando, Opera Company of Middlebury, Intermountain Opera Bozeman, Northwestern University, American Opera Projects, Opera in the Ozarks, and Opera North. Sakir has held music staff positions with Santa Fe Opera, Washington National Opera, Florida Grand Opera, among other companies. He holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory and The Boston Conservatory. He was a participant in the 2017 Opera America Leadership Intensive. Sakir is a native of Northern California.
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Madama Butterfly: "Vogliatemi bene" - Patricia Racette & Marcello Giordani (Metropolitan Opera)


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In the heart of Malbec country - Mendoza, Argentina home swap
My flat is located in the most central part of town. The building has a shopping gallery on the ground level and the flat is on the 6th floor, on the building's corner tower and it takes the whole floor. It is charming and very comfortable, has gas central heating and air conditioning.
It is furnished with 20 Century pieces, very bright, with original wooden floors and tiles in the kitchen and bathrooms. There is a balcony all around the flat, with views on the main street, the mountains and over the tree tops, as the city looks like a forest from above.
The flat is spacious, sunny and quiet. Downstairs there are lots of shops, restaurants and cafes. The kitchen is fully equiped: gas cooker, fridge, microwave, toaster and there is a washing machine.
About the location
Mendoza is the wine capital of the country and one of the eight Great Wine Capitals of the World. It is located on the center-west of the country, it has dry weather with hot summer, short and cold winter, lovely dry autumn weather and warm and bright spring.
There are many attractions to the city, very good restaurants, very active night life, plenty of outdoor activities, museums, theaters, concert hall, cinemas, parks and squares at walking distance and wonderful wineries in and out of town. Plenty of places to try and test Malbec wines, our very typical grape and distinctive wine variety.
There are great wineries to visit out of town with wonderful restaurants. The landscape and the vineyards are very striking with the Andes in the background.
Type of home swap
- Home Exchange
- Non Simultaneous Exchange
- Open to Offers
Conditions of home exchange
- Non smokers only
- No pets allowed
- Washer / Drier
- Security / Doorman
- Lift / Elevator
- Shopping facilities
- Rock climbing
- Local restaurants
- Art galleries
- Horse riding
- Good public transport
- Museums
- Theatre
- Car not required
- Golf
Closest airport: El Plumerillo, Mendoza
Nearest city: Mendoza
Property type: Apartment
Location type: City
Mendoza City (HE31311)
Mendoza, Argentina
- 1 bed (sleeps 2) 2 bath
Preferred destinations
- Open to offers
Dates available
Swap duration: 1 - 2 weeks
Meet the member
Membership expiry date: 22 Mar 2018


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Posted 04 July 2013 - 11:04 AM
Slot: The teams OH SHIT! button
Season Wins: 2
Season Losses: 0
Fantasy Team Page
Read more about Spawn at Wikipedia
Official Site: Todd McFarlane Productions
The Silver Surfer
Slot: The teams OH SHIT! button
Season Wins: 3
Season Losses: 0
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Read more about The Silver Surfer at Wikipedia
Official Site: Marvel
Battle Terrain
Combat Terrain: Planet Endor
Posted 04 July 2013 - 01:59 PM
Terrain is pretty irrelevant in this match. I'm tempted to say Surfer but I don't know enough about Spawn.
Posted 04 July 2013 - 02:00 PM
Yep. Totally Surfer, No need to debate any farther.
Posted 04 July 2013 - 02:01 PM
Yep. Totally Surfer, No need to debate any farther.
Hmm... I wonder why that is...
Posted 04 July 2013 - 02:03 PM
Can it DSkillz, I got a lot of money riding on this.
Posted 04 July 2013 - 03:48 PM
If Surfer tries to blast away, he'll probably lose. If he uses his more... esoteric powers and sends him to another dimension or something, then he wins. Basically, it depends on how creative Surfer is. He can definitely win though, not too different from all the times he's been up against Mephisto.
Posted 04 July 2013 - 04:36 PM
Except for the fact that Spawn can only be put down by divine(or demonic) weapons/energy. And the version that fits the slot, is definitely powerful enough to go up against the Surfer.
Posted 04 July 2013 - 04:45 PM
Surfer wields what is more or less the ultimate cheat code. He can attack with near limitless kinds of energy using the power cosmic, I don't see why divine wouldn't fit there.
Posted 04 July 2013 - 07:17 PM
Maybe because the Power Cosmic is manipulation of the Fundamental Forces of the universe, at its most basic.
Divine and Demonic energy doesn't fall under that category.
Posted 04 July 2013 - 07:44 PM
Because I feel this argument is like claiming that paper can ONLY be destroyed by scissors because rock is ineffective against it.
Just because Spawn has not been defeated by powers other than divine/demonic does not guarantee that he can not be.
Posted 04 July 2013 - 08:16 PM
I'm fairly ignorant on Spawn but how do we know that ONLY divine/demonic powers can defeat him? Has he encountered EVERY kind of power and found all others ineffective?
Because I feel this argument is like claiming that paper can ONLY be destroyed by scissors because rock is ineffective against it.
Just because Spawn has not been defeated by powers other than divine/demonic does not guarantee that he can not be.
Because that has been directly stated in the Spawn comics -.-
Wiccan magic can technically take him down as well, but only if he is willing to let it affect him.
Posted 04 July 2013 - 08:29 PM
Nothing besides divine/demonic powers from his own universe may be able to affect him, but Silver Surfer is not from Spawn's universe.
Absolute statements don't necessarily hold up outside of their original parameters.
Posted 04 July 2013 - 08:31 PM
When the Silver Surfer fought Dracula it Tomb of Dracula #50, his powers had a strange effect on the vampire. Two issues later when Dracula faced his son, Janus, he said that Janus' powers weakened him in the same way the Surfer's had.
Janus was a strange creature, sort of an anti-vampire with a personality and powers that seemed as angelic as Dracula's seemed demonic. In the Surfer's own series (at least when Stan Lee was writing it) his victories were credited as much to his virtue, which Mephisto had a physical reaction to, as to his cosmic power.
Posted 04 July 2013 - 08:38 PM
Except for the fact that Spawn can only be put down by divine(or demonic) weapons/energy. And the version that fits the slot, is definitely powerful enough to go up against the Surfer.
That's incorrect. Spawn can only be KILLED by heavenly energy. That's not the only way to win a fight, hence why I said if Surfer is creative and doesn't just blast away at Spawn. Use some imagination.
Posted 05 July 2013 - 10:14 AM
but spawn can do most of the same things surfer can time manipulation transmutation open up wormholes into other realms telepathy. these are all mid level spawn feats not god spawn but I am not sure he can do these things on the same level though cool fight.
Posted 05 July 2013 - 01:54 PM
I agree. Spawn's powers are extremely versatile, Cog once said he can do near anything he wants if he has enough control of the suit, but so is the Power Cosmic, and there are multiple sources in the MU that say the same thing about the Power Cosmic. That's what makes this such an interesting and great fight. I don't know who wins, but it'll be interesting.
Posted 05 July 2013 - 04:22 PM
Spawn has these powers. 1st - 3rd Age:
Hell Blast. - Can melt the gates of heaven.
Super Strength - I cant calculate I think its around Coleuses level or more.
Super Speed - Has bien shown to Fly, React, and teleport at vary, extremely high speed.
Transmute- Like full metal Alchemist, he can transmute objects to his will - No seals!
Reality Warping- He altered his own reality (himself), As king of hell he can alter reality of hell itself!.
Super Healing, Has bien shown to heal at Deadpool, Hulk, Lobo rate. That's not bad at all. He doesn't need to use his powers to heal. As long as there is a form of a living person or creature and has don a "Sin" he can use that as a secondary source of power to heal its self.
His suit- It acts like a symbiote like Venoms only stronger. No weakness so far, and has auto protecting features to aid the host.
Has Spider-Man like senses or Precog thanx to the suit.
Can teleport, Himself or others to where ever he wants.
High resistance and damn near absolute Immunity to poisons and such.
Has to power to make potent poisons.
Has Psychic powers. So far he can read minds compared to God Like Cable. (Yup he two once linked his mind to all living things on earth to locate a certain someone more than once.)
Can tolerate high levels of mind *vulgarity*ing.
Stop Time.
His Chains, are nearly indestructible, and acts at the will of his command
He can do some serious mind *vulgarity*ing ala Ghost Riders' Penace Stare.
Thanks to his ability to transmutation, hi can make potent poises on the tip of his finger nails.
Decapitation - Supposed to be the only way to definitively kill some Hellspawn.
Heavenly Forged Weapons, such as Angelic Lances, Whips, Daggers, etc.
Celestial Fire - Such as that wielded by The Redeemers and The Disciple
Wiccan Magic - Such as that used by Nyx but he has to be willing to submit to it.
Heaven - His presence in Heaven, or in safe-zones of Heaven weaken him and his costume because of his nature as a hellborn warrior.
Greenworld - He has no power in the ethereal realm of Greenworld
4th Age Spawn:
Divine Powers:
Following Issue #161, the Man of Miracles had given him fruit from the Tree of Life and propelled his power to nigh-omnipotent levels, enabling him to rival God and Satan. Now with the powers equal to both God and Satan, Spawn is the third power in the battle of Armageddon. Spawn has apparent control over the Earth itself, using it to his will when in battle against both armies. Spawn used the Earth to swallow all other Hellspawn and imprison them back in Hell.
Many of these weaknesses appear to have been entirely removed, as shown by his conflict with Zera, who was the favorite warrior of God in the Amageddon story arc. Despite being armed with heavenly power and weaponry, and even after almost completely bisecting him, Zera was unable to kill Spawn. Since becoming nigh-omnipotent as of issue #161, Spawn no longer has weaknesses.
Posted 18 July 2013 - 01:32 PM
Silver Surfer won this the first time. I might cry if he loses this time around.
Posted 18 July 2013 - 01:35 PM
Also, shouldn't results be back for these matches again? The site came back up on Sunday night, so round 12 has been going on for at least 4 days.
Posted 18 July 2013 - 04:56 PM
Also, shouldn't results be back for these matches again? The site came back up on Sunday night, so round 12 has been going on for at least 4 days.
Remember that Fox is likely still re-installing some things, so Callisto and UMPIRE have probably been put on hold for the time being.
If this is true, this means that we all have that much more time to discuss, vote on, and grade all of these matches, CP rumbles, and Fantasy match-ups.
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The intent of this essay is to research Fodor`s thought of modularity and to analyse and associate the deductions of modular theory of knowledge into the development of 2nd linguistic communication acquisition. This essay is comprised of two parts. In first portion, it provides a thorough description of Fodor`s thought of modularity. In 2nd portion, it demonstrates the practical deductions of Fodor`s thought into the 2nd linguistic communication. In add-on it analyzes the importance of input and its relation with 2nd linguistic communication acquisition. The issue is discussed in relation to the claim made by Fodor ( 1983 ) that ; kids unable to interact in the early period / sensitive period can non develop a full grammar of their linguistic communication and faculties can non develop on its ain without being triggered by the environment ( Brain & A ; Alan 1999: 135 ) . This claim leads to two of import linguistics issues, i.e. , critical period hypotheses and the importance of input in linguistic communication acquisition as input triggers the faculties to trip its internal mechanism. Fodor explain faculties to be " informationally encapsulated " and are triggered by input provided from external environment. Input systems are the medium for input processing. Furthermore, Fodor associated assorted features with faculties and keep that faculties operates unconscious processing which is being linked with Kreshan ( 1982 ) hypothesis known as " the Acquisition Learning hypotheses " . Kreshan`s hypothesis involves two degree of representation in 2nd linguistic communication ( two degrees of processing ) ; witting and unconscious. These procedures in 2nd linguistic communication acquisition can be loosely related to that of Fodor`s modular system on the footing of Fodor`s description of internal system of faculties and stipulating assorted characteristics of modular system.
Idea of Modularity is closely linked with the field of neuro psychological science, psychological science and linguistics. This Idea fundamentally aims to associate with general knowledge in human head / encephalon. Fodor`s Modularity of head is an interesting and influential thought in the field of physiological psychology and linguistics. Modularity of head is related with the aim of explicating developmental procedures of knowledge in human head. In linguistics thought of modularity is considered to be related to Chomsky 's thought of " innateness " and internal device responsible for acquisition of human linguistic communication, more exactly towards innate sensitivity towards linguistic communication.
Encyclopedia Britannica explains " Modularity " in general as
" a continuum depicting the grade to which a system 's constituents may be separated and recombined " . The term modularity is derived from the term " faculty " , the term faculty described by Carruthers ( 2006 ) as " a system whose internal procedures are largely unaccessible to other systems and that, at any clip, uses merely a subset of the information that is present in other systems " .
By and large, modularity of head explains the thought that the head is composed of sphere particular, closed and independent processing faculties. It is the impression that a head may, at least in portion, be composed of separate innate constructions which have established, evolutionarily developed functional intents. The two footings " faculty " and " sphere " used in the above definition
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Jerry Fodor ( 1983 ) is one of the most influential and one of the strongest advocates of modular theory of knowledge. Fodor in contrast to Modern Cognitivist place holds that certain psychological procedures are self contained. While " New expression " , or Modern Cognitivist claims that all psychological procedures are connected to each other, every bit good as, they exchange information freely. The roots of Fodor`s Modularity of Mind can be linked with Descartes ' ( seventeenth century French philosopher, physicist and mathematician ) celebrated thought of Neo-Cartesian. Descartes in his thought majorly explained the profusion of intrinsic psychological constructions. Neo-Cartesians philosophers and psychologist believed head and encephalon to be two separate entities. Neo-Cartesians, productive linguists and modular cognitivist thought are considered to be related with each other from assorted positions. Modularity of head is influential thought in the field of linguistics but it is non every bit accepted by all theoreticians and has been refuted by " Emergenist " ( Fodor called them " huffy Canis familiaris
nativist " ) . Emergenist externally rejects the thought of modularity and sphere
specificity and unconditioned construction or unconditioned representation of human linguistic communication. Emergenist holds a general thought of knowledge and considers interaction and see environment to be responsible for learning linguistic communication. They disprove the presence of unconditioned construction and sphere specific capacities in human linguistic communication. While Fodor and his coevalss besides known " particular nativist " keep an alternate position to emergenist. Similarly, empiricist Anderson ( 1995 ) describes an incorporate non modular head and that head, unlike particular nativist is non innately structured.
Fodor ( 1983 ) being " particular nativist " describes Modularity of head as " the head is composed of sphere particular, closed and independent processing faculties " head is modular and is divided into many parts and each portion or faculty has its ain operation and is composed of internal independent system. Internal system does non interfere with any other system and is self modulating in its ain operation. Not all the constituents in human head are modular but some non modular operation besides takes topographic point. Fodor ( 1983 ) has farther divided encephalon into two major systems and has explained two types of cognitive systems ; non modular and modular, besides understood as horizontal and perpendicular systems severally ; the non modular are besides recognized as cardinal procedures or cardinal system and modular 1s are called as faculties. Fodor ( 1983:11 ) exhaustively described not modular system as " the non modular systems, unlike modular systems, are non content particular and they exhibit the interaction of such
modules as, e.g. , memory, imaginativeness, attending, esthesia, perceptual experience, and so on and so forth " .
Fodor ( 1983 ) returns with the treatment of horizontal system and justice it against perpendicular systems or faculties. Vertical systems which are modular in nature and head can be considered as modular because of the features in perpendicular systems. Vertical systems in contrast to horizontal systems are localized and domain specific. These treating systems are segregate or cutoff from the other systems ; they are self modulating subsystems and are besides content particular. Vertical modules have noteworthy and peculiar, typical functions associating to different treating systems. Fodor ( 1983 ) called perpendicular system as faculty and described the undermentioned belongingss of faculty.
Fodor ( 1983 ) calls faculty as a " perceptual input system " and attributed the following belongingss to it. These belongingss make faculties different from cardinal systems or horizontal systems. First, Faculties are " informationally encapsulated " holding an independent internal system which can non be interfered by the other parts of the mind/brain, or they are non in demand of any other system for its internal operation. Second, the internal maps within the faculty are " unconscious " . Third, Modules operate " shallow end product " the end product of these faculties are really cardinal and more compound reading follows after intensive degree. Fourthly the map or operation of
a faculty is compulsory/ obligatory, which Fodor ( 1983 ) called as
" obligatory fire " . Fifthly, Modules are domain specific holding a computational structural design that is typical to peculiar stimulations. Sixthly, input systems are rapid in their operation.
Fodor exhaustively explained domain specificity by claiming that faculties function with peculiar mechanism which he called " specialized mechanism " . This mechanism is dedicated to manage a peculiar type of input, which was given the name of " proprietary input " by Fodor. Fodor farther explained by coming up with account of sphere specificity, he argued that general job work outing abilities are different from speech perceptual experience. In add-on Fodor explained that faculties are localized in specific encephalon countries. Similarly, Elman and coevalss ( 1996 ) explained the specificity of sphere by reasoning that sphere have specific input and end product system, i.e. , in linguistic communication processing auditory input is received through the ears, in a same manner other system have separate manner of treating their input.
In linguistics thought of modularity is considered to be related to Chomsky 's thought of " innateness " of human linguistic communication, peculiarly towards innate sensitivity towards linguistic communication. Neil Smith and Ianthi Maria ( 1996 ) indicated the relationship between these two thoughts and suggested that Fodor was non the first to uncover the modularity of linguistic communication system, Chomsky 's early Hagiographas ( 1968 & A ; 1975 ) has suggested linguistic communication organ as independent and genetically determined innate system. They assume that Fodor ( 1983 ) interprets the same object as faculties, while Chomsky ( 1965 ) has given the name L A D ( linguistic communication acquisition device ) .
Apart from the guess about the similarities and differences between Chomsky 's thought of innateness and Fodor 's thought of modularity, there are
many differences which are suggested, or considered by many linguists. Some cardinal difference between Chomsky`s and Fodor`s modularity are suggested by Schwartz ( 1999 ) . Schwartz ( 1999 ) revealed the difference as Chomsky 's theoretical account will comprised of constructions and it does conforms to certain principals which make it different from other systems, like it is the constituent of a hypothesized linguistic communication faculty. While Fodor`s theoretical account are cognitively packed and are non penetrable, more specifically Fodor`s faculties are " informationally encapsulated " . However, Segal ( 1996 ) explains the similarities by depicting horizontal and perpendicular faculties in different manner. Segal associated perpendicular faculties, ( which he called historical faculties ) to be compatible with U G ( cosmopolitan grammar ) . Segal ( 1996 ) returns with the account as synchronous faculties ( Fodor`s horizontal faculties ) are those faculties which replicates the fixed competency, while historical faculties ( Fodor`s perpendicular faculties ) are those which are dependent on the environment and manage to acquire characters from the external ambiance through parametric quantity, like in U G ( cosmopolitan grammar ) .
In the treatment of horizontal and perpendicular decompositions, Fodor ( 1983 ) have referred to perpendicular psychological module which are responsible for cognitive mechanism. Fodor ( 1983 ) called this system responsible for taking information to the cardinal system for farther processing. Input systems, which
are domain specific, are comprised of five human senses like odor, touch, hearing, gustatory sensation and sight. Other so the five major senses in human organic structure, Fodor ( 1983 ) considered linguistic communication to be the portion of the same system as good. In simple words the function of this whole system is to garner information, or to roll up information and to direct it to the cardinal system for processing.
Fodor`s Idea of modularity is related to linguistic communication in many facets.
Gregg ( 2003 ) gives account of different degrees of modularity in cognitive scientific disciplines and explains the relation of modularity with that of linguistic communication learning/ acquisition. The basic difference that Gregg ( 2003 ) described was that of degree of analysis: the first 1 is modularity at anatomical degree which would be that the Second linguistic communication cognition exists in particular and good defined and localized country. Gregg ( 2003 ) further argued that if 2nd linguistic communication system or
public presentation is activated in separate corner of the encephalon, so it will be considered as anatomical modularity. Gregg added that if that corner would be considered as different from first linguistic communication so there are figure of grounds to presume that first linguistic communication and 2nd linguistic communication developments are wholly different from each other. In add-on he considered anatomical modularity to be sufficient grounds for 2nd linguistic communication competency.
Equally for as, input and its relation with modularity is concerned, input is an of import factor responsible of learning/ geting linguistic communication. Children and grownups show singular forms in learning/ geting linguistic communication. Newport & A ;
Aslin ( 2000 ) suggested that grownups and kids shows astonishing forms, the manner kids and grownup apply regularities does non depend on the input given to them, or lingual input is non sufficient, i.e. , they produce more than they have heard, which indicates that sphere specificity can play of import function in forming their linguistic communication.
Fodor ( 1983: 53 ) explains input system as, the input systems are informationally encapsulated. . . . Input system does non work in general sense. Rather, they function to supply really particular sorts of representations of really specialised input.
Heberle ( 1998: 115 ) reported that Fodor ( 1983 ) explains that human existences do non do usage of all cognition of linguistic communication, instead grownups and kids rely on background information, which depends upon on perceptual acknowledgment. Input systems quickly perform their operation, and their operations are obligatory. Like when listening to a address, through auditory system, we comprehend the message delivered to us. It is in non in our control to grok, or to listen to specific facets of address, but it is an automatic procedure. Therefore the input system, which are sphere specific, their map is obligatory and is non in human control, the same manner, the input system are automatically set off by the stimulations which they stumble upon. Fodor ( 1983 ) confirms this by uncovering that we can non see address sound as noise, if we want to see it as noise even than we can non see it as noise.
In linguistics, the thought of modularity is ever linked with Chomsky`s position. Fodor and Chomsky ( particular nativist ) are considered to be advocates of internal mechanism in human head which is responsible for linguistic communication acquisition. In term of first linguistic communication acquisition the thought of modularity or modular knowledge is consecutive frontward. Research workers, such as Hewson ( 1982 ) and Bates ( 1992 ) considered linguistic communication to be biological belongings of human being and suggest that kids are born with linguistic communication specific device which helps so understanding and runing the linguistic communication in affectional manner.
Similarly, most of the research done in response to thought of modularity is related with specific linguistic communication damage ( S L I ) and William syndrome. Rosen, Mcclelland & A ; Lely ( 1998 ) reported that in S L I, grammar is badly black but all the other maps in linguistic communications are claimed to run absolutely. This can be linked with different parts of head, like Broca`s country ( from Paul Broca a Gallic sawbones 1860s ) and wernicke`s country ( from Cral Wernicke a German docor 1870s ) , the former country is active for grammatical processing while the later is associated with speech comprehension and address production.
Apart from all these claims about physical being of different countries in our head responsible for linguistic communication processing, thought of modularity is badly associated with 2nd linguistic communication acquisition. Schwartz ( 1986 ) claim
that the thought of modularity as explained by Fodor ( 1983 ) is straight applicable to 2nd linguistic communication acquisition. Schwartz straight forwardly linked Kreshan`s ( 1982 ) celebrated hypothesis known as " the acquisition acquisition hypotheses " to Fodor`s thought of modularity. It is compatible with 2nd linguistic communication acquisition to a major extent. On the other manus, Gregg ( 1988 ) has criticized Schwartz ( 1986 ) for this claim and has stated that Schwartz ( 1986 ) is incorrect in construing Fodor`s thought of modularity. Conversely, Schwartz strongly suggested that there is no cognitive mechanism in kids that is unavailable to grownups ; means that kids and grownups possess that same runing mechanism in linguistic communication acquisition. In the same manner, Pinker ( 1979 ) claimed that kids and grownup possess the same mechanism in linguistic communication processing. On the contrary, Bley Vroman ( 1990 ) with cardinal difference hypotheses asserts that first linguistic communication acquisition is basically different from that of 2nd linguistic communication acquisition.
By maintaining the whole scenario in head the claim made by Schwartz ( 1986 ) seems rather influencing because she has linked Kreshan ( 1982 ) hypotheses with that of Fodor`s account which are compatible with the belongingss of faculty. But Gregg ( 1988 ) has explained that Schwartz has non associated all the belongingss of faculties and has linked merely few with them. On
the other manus, the experimental survey conducted by Christina ( 2007 ) suggested that modularity of grammar mirrored in 2nd linguistic communication acquisition is the same as is reflected in first linguistic communication acquisition.
Fodor ( 1983 ) describes faculties to be unconscious in operation, sphere specific and are informationally encapsulated. Schwartz has coupled all these belongingss in 2nd linguistic communication with that of Kreshan`s hypotheses. Kreshan ( 1982 ) has described two types of cognition one is acquired cognition and the other one is learned cognition, i.e. , the former is witting while the later is unconscious. Kreshan describes that acquired cognition that is unconscious refers to acquisition that is really much closed to the procedure through which kids mastered their first linguistic communication. Intuitions play an of import function in acquisition. Kreshan proceeds that acquisition is the procedure in which scholar learn the linguistic communication without any formal instructions. Furthermore, Kreshan explained that acquisition is the consequence of existent interaction among people. Schwartz ( 1986 ) explained that the relation between acquisition and acquisition as indicated by Kreshan points out that acquisition is unconscious so learning linguistic communication is non possible through cardinal procedures and is possible merely with unconscious mental representation. Schwartz carried on with the same treatment and explained that kids and grownups can non get the hang their linguistic communication with the cardinal procedures. Learning is different from acquisition in which scholars officially learn the direction and use all those direction and do usage of linguistic communication. Schwartz ( 1986 ) further proceed with the treatment of
acquisition larning hypothesis and explicate that acquisition refers to the procedures originally designed for linguistic communication, while larning must be positioned in a more broad runing larning sphere.
Gregg ( 1988 ) explained the difference between Fodor`s modular system and not modular system and concluded that the difference between these two systems is that the former is independent while the later is non independent. Schwartz ( 1986 ) gives inside informations of the belongingss being associated by Fodor with that of input system as the map of input system is obligatory. She continued explicating this term in relation with 2nd linguistic communication acquisition. Schwartz explained that eavesdropping in our first linguistic communication is compared with that of eavesdropping in 2nd linguistic communication. In first linguistic communication eavesdropping is automatic as we can non assist the state of affairs when our head recognizes meaningful sound ; we can non see those sound patterns as noise so it becomes automatic. Despite the fact that eavesdropping is non as automatic in 2nd linguistic communication as it is in first linguistic communication. It becomes automatic and certain degree of promotion in 2nd linguistic communication ability. Input system being fast in its operation is non surprising in 2nd linguistic communication, experimental grounds from assorted experiments show that there is two 100 and 50 ( 250 ) micro 2nd hold between stimulation and response.
Most significantly Fodor`s account about the input system as they are informationally encapsulated are considered to be really of import from the position of 2nd linguistic communication acquisition. One of the difference between acquisition and acquisition as mentioned earlier is that of acquisition is extremely instructional while acquisition is the result of unconscious behavioral version in the same manner as is described by Fodor ( 1983: 76 ) that
… . The psychological mechanism deployed in slow comparatively painful extremely attentional procedures of retracing noisy or otherwise degraded lingual stimulations are the same mechanism which mediates the automatic and fluid procedures of address perceptual experience. The inquiry, nevertheless, is whet
Input in 2nd linguistic communication acquisition is really much of import. The importance of input in 2nd linguistic communication can be explained from the position of Gass ( 1997 ) who merely deny the possibility of acquisition without input. However, there are many contentions associated with the function of input in 2nd linguistic communication acquisition. Many theoreticians, such as emergenist believe input to be the lone factor responsible for first/ 2nd linguistic communication acquisition. They believe that kids and grownups produce linguistic communication because of their interaction ; they admire the function of environment to be responsible for linguistic communication acquisition.
Hewson ( 1982 ) explained that larning a linguistic communication is really much similar to any other athletic ability. Children are born with different innate abilities which help them to get the hang complexnesss. Similarly, Fodor, Chomsky, Kreshan and their coevalss, which are known as particular nativist, believe that human being
are endowed with inner module that operates linguistic communication comprehension and production. Input merely triggers the internal mechanism in human head. In footings of input, as argued by Kreshan ( 1985 ) , comprehendible input plays an of import function in 2nd linguistic communication acquisition. However, Long ( 1985 ) pointed out that comprehendible input, in itself, was necessary but non sufficient to advance the acquisition procedure. Doughty ( 2001 ) put in field words the relationship of input and 2nd linguistic communication acquisition by proposing that, input is from the external environment to the internal interface of internal mechanism. Kreshan ( 1982 ) came up with the position that comprehension leads to acquisition and stated that For groking the input utilizing scholars reciprocally use their current L2 ( 2nd linguistic communication ) competency and extra lingual cognition, scholars may detect the spread between their current inter linguistic communication grammar which Kreshan called " I " and the extra cognition provided by input becomes ( one + 1 ) . Kreshan firther added that this cognition would go the stuff that triggers their following measure of development. When the scholars notice this spread in meanwhile the internal linguistic communication acquisition device ( L A D ) accordingly uses these new stuffs to arise inter linguistic communication regulations and carry out hypotheses proving.
Acquisition mentioned about is related with that of Fodor`s moduartiy hypothesis. In order to lucubrate the same phenomena Sharwood Smith ( 1986 )
exhaustively described the acquisitional characteristics of input processing. Sharwood Smith ( 1986 ) returns with the treatment and analyzed five phases in input processing. Get downing with the first phase where scholars start comparing their
semantic and entire significance representation, i.e. , the former is derived from bing lingual competency and the later is derived from competency in add-on with excess linguistics cognition. Followed by the 2nd phase in which, scholars start seting their semantic representation. Similarly, in 3rd phase scholars make usage of semantic representation and get down utilizing it in the current grammar. Further preceded by forth phase in which scholars compare the two constructions, i.e. , the old and current constructions and finally learner rearrange their available competency system. Chaudron ( 1985 ) asserted all these mental comparing are operative in LAD. Sharwood Smith ( 1986 ) argued that without comprehension, scholars can non continue with the first measure and acquisition can non takes topographic point. Therefore, Kreshan ( 1982 ) at first topographic point promoted complex input alternatively of simplified input alternatively of comprehendible input.
Fodor explained the modular construction of human head. Fodor divided head into two broader system, that is, cardinal system and modular system. Faculties are comprised of unique features which makes them different from cardinal systems. Fodor categorised Human senses and linguistic communications are processed by faculties, while all other operations are processed by cardinal or non modular systems. Faculties are informationally encapsulated, sphere specific, unconscious, obligatory and are fast in operation. Many research workers have linked
Fodor and Chomsky in their account of unconditioned temperament of linguistic communication. There are many alternate positions, i.e. , empiricist and emergenist as they denied claims made by Fodor and Chomsky. Fodor thought of modularity is straight related to 2nd linguistic communication acquisition. Schwartz ( 1986 ) has straight linked Fodor`s Drug Enforcement Administration with that of Kreshan and considered it compatible and appropriate with Learning acquisition hypothesis. Similarly, the function of input is really much of import for both first and 2nd linguistic communication acquisition. Input in of import but non sufficient as it merely triggers the internal system. Faculties being informationally encapsulated are triggered by input.


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Security stepped up in Pak stock exchanges
Intelligence agencies in the country have warned of terrorist strikes on the financial bodies.india Updated: Nov 07, 2006 15:25 IST
Security has been stepped up around Pakistani stock exchanges after intelligence agencies in the country warned of terrorist strikes on the financial bodies in retaliation to the rocket attacks by the military on a seminary on the Pak-Afghan border.
Intelligence agencies have warned of an attack on stock exchanges by the end of this month and security was being tightened, the Daily Times said on Tuesday.
Officials at the Lahore stock exchange said it has a foolproof security system in place and it has been further tightened after an attempt by Afghan nationals in July this year to enter the Karachi stock exchange with grenades.
The new attacks were being planned in retaliation to the Bajaur madrasa attack, the paper said.
Meanwhile, unidentified militants fired three Russian-made rockets on Peshawar, the provincial capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
One rocket exploded close to a madrasa called Darul Uloom Muhammadia, it said.
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I have been on Soma for 2 years I just had 3 fusions on my back 2 months ago and I hurt worse now then I did before surgery and the spasm are real bad soma helps it big time and. I seen another PA and be took me off Soma and have me Tizanidine and I took 4 mg tonight and it's not working.I want my Soma back because it works and I take it as prescribed.
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Trying to save money on your food bill by buying bad food doesn't pay off
Don't try short changing your body. It isn't worth it!
It doesn't require an economic downturn to encourage people to try to save money. Confronted with a choice to buy this or that of the same, most of us automatically buy the cheaper item – nobody like to waste money. There is always something else that you can spend the savings on!
Being frugal is a good and commendable trait, but you need to be careful. Sadly, many people try to save on the wrong things – perhaps the most common being their grocery bill, and ultimately their day to day diet. We all need to eat, but don't trade quality food for perceived convenience or a small saving here.
When you go shopping next time make an effort to look at what other people are buying. Are they predominantly buying green vegetables, small cuts of good meat, and other healthy foods to prepare at home? Probably not! More often than not, you will see trolleys loaded with cans, microwave meals, and other instant or pre cooked foods.
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My premise here is that by eating well you will stay healthier, avoid getting sick, and generally get a lot more satisfaction out of life.
It surprises me that people say they are daunted by the prospect of cooking fresh vegetables. Vegetables are great, much more forgiving than meats when it comes to preparation time. Steaming is the healthiest and fastest, and makes minimal mess. Baking and roasting are not far behind, and if you are feeling adventurous, how about dusting off your blender or juicer machine and making some drinks and smoothies? Using a vegetable juicer is a great way to pack an extra hit of nutrients, vitamins and fibre into your diet.
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If you feel uninspired, read a cookbook or go online and find some easy and healthy vegetable recipes that will get you started. Carrots, celery, peppers and broccoli are all tasty and easy vegetables that can be served quite well with most other dishes. And if steamed plain vegetables sound boring, just make it interesting by serving a creamy cheese sauce – even the kids will love that.
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