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I don't know what to do. I don't want to be antagonistic, but I so often hear people argue that Christianity was necessary for the birth of liberal democracy, human rights, and all of these other things. That it could happen only with the inspiration of Christianity and not Islam or Buddhism, for example, is silly. Christianity has had its positive roles, but it simply cannot lay claim to Western democratic civilization to the degree so many people I talk to want it to.
I've already written another post about the roots of Democracy in Islam, so I won't go into that now.
First, The idea of Democracy was founded and practiced in a pagan, non-Christian society (in fact, one named after the personification Reason!). Western Civilization at very least didn't need Christianity to birth the idea and get it going.
Democracy isn't an idea that sprouted out of the Bible or people inspired by it. Much the reverse. And once Christians inherited this system, they didn't start practicing it.
But did Democracy and Greek thought need Christianity to flourish? Maybe. We'll get to that.
Second, Christianity endorses slavery and the Divine right of Kings. For slavery read passages like Leviticus 25:44-46 and 1 Timothy 6:1-2 (there are many others). Jesus even explicitly permits the beating of slaves in Luke 12:47-48. For earthly political Kings there is the very clear injunction in Romans 13:2-4, again among others.
The ideas of a person's inalienable rights over their own life, protected from either a earthly Master who owns them or a King who divinely leads them, does not come from the Bible. In fact it states the opposite repeatedly.
Am I just picking certain verses and interpreting them the way I want with my non-Christian glasses? Maybe. Let's see.
Third, St. Augustine, arguably the most influential writer in Christian political ethics, argued 1) that those in error had no rights and could be compelled toward religion using 'great violence' (he often cites Luke 14:16-23 and Christ blinding St Paul); 2) that non-believers could not justifiably use persecution because they did it for cruelty while Christians persecuted by love; 3) that war was justified to preserve or restore the unity of the Church, a bellum Deo auctore, which God Himself waged; and 4) dissension of the Church was dissent towards the State and therefore the State ought punish heretics and others condemned by the Church.
The forced coercion and holy war in the Inquisition, Crusades, Colonialism, witch hunts, pogroms, etc has its roots indeed in the Bible and prominent Christian thinkers.
For a brief comparison with Islamic Political ethics click the link to one of my earlier posts.
But maybe these thinkers were all wrong about the Bible and Christian history had to wait for people to correctly interpret it to get the wheel to start grinding? Maybe, that could be true.
Fourth, a broad overview of history places the whole Christianty-is-the-Prime-Mover/Root narrative in question. 1) Christians are handed the Roman Empire in toto; 2) Roman empire fractures over theological issues (homosexuals didn't do it); 3) Dark Ages; 4) Muslim Empires maintain Greek and Roman learning and greatly expand on it, also borrow from Indians and Chinese a lot; 5) Europe gets it back and has their Renaissance.
This outline is superficial, but two large points being that if Christianity has the answers to political flourishing, it started its first 1500 years of history by mostly going backwards. but most interestingly, it only started flourishing after receiving the wisdom and learning of pagan Greeks kept and expanded on by empires under Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism.
Maybe Christianity was needed to finish the job of these others merely set the foundation? Again, maybe….
Fifth, let's forget about Jefferson, Ben Franklin and all the other Western agnostics or Plato, Aristotle, Ibn Sina, Al Ghazali and the other pagans and Muslim thinkers.
There are a host of avid atheists that have been central to the foundation of Western society and politics. One of the two key thinkers that comes to mind first is Spinoza, who's name was synonymous with 'atheist' for centuries. He was the first to argue that the Government can only interfere with actions and that it was counterproductive and unjust to interfere with citizens' beliefs. Second is Thomas Paine who was also an avid atheist and the author of The Rights of Man. In his treatise justifying the American Revolution, the Rights of Man, he argues 'Monarchy, it means arbitrary power in an individual person'. Paine certainly didnt get this from the Bible (see above). And further founds the the concept of rights on personified 'Nature' and not God. All of these concepts were argued first and best by those rejecting Christianity.
There are many other examples to cite but not enough space. I only need to show there are many prominent ones.
Of course, there are many Christian theorists or those that used Christianity. It was a society where Christianity was the only live option after all. But you simply cannot argue that those Christian thinkers wouldn't have come to similar conclusions without Christianity. 1) If you believe people can manipulate the Bible for bad messages, why not good ones? 2) Very simply, many, if not most, other thinkers that influenced Western thought came to their conclusions without it and often in battles against the Church.
But maybe Christianity was the larger context that was needed to incubate and influence all these things indirectly? Uh! Well… maybe…
Sixth, I could go on about this last vague excuse, but I think the preceding outlines of arguments above are good as they stand. The weak point that Christianity was needed in some ambiguous and amorphous way is fragile, ill founded and brushes over as less significant so many historical and geographic narratives going on that had nothing to do with a Christian atmosphere.
For instance is Anglicanism the best form of Christianity because of the success of England?
Most people won't jump up to use this argument, like they jump to Christianity in Europe. Instead, things like England's massive coal deposits and forests necessary to fuel the birth of Industrialization and their geo-political positioning on the sea giving both better protection from fewer neighbors as well as access to the rest of the world for trade and colonization had something to do with it.
If anything, Christianity in its present form has likely been influenced more by its pagan foundation, the Muslim thinkers that saved and greatly expanded these roots, the atheists and agnostics that fought against it from within and the luck of its geo-political position.


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You can start by reading part one here
Where was I?
Oh, the rides. This was the first year that both kids could pretty much ride whatever they wanted to. Except for one mine train rollercoaster that you had to be 48" to ride, so Brian had to take Jaina by herself.
As for me, I could barely ride anything in my condition. Since I wasn't 9 months pregnant and due to go into labor any day, I pretty much decided I could ride anything that was a Thrill Level of 2 or below. That's okay, this was the first opportunity that I had to take my Canon Rebel with me (and my 85 f/1.8) and try to get some shots of my kids actually on the rides themselves. This is really hard to do when you are actually riding, too!
Did I mention that we took our ABA therapist with us? We had so much fun with her! She came along to help Jayce work out any sensory overload he had, to help keep a watchful eye on a potentially wandering kid, to help remind him to be patient in line, and to reinforce the fact that he cannot go up to strangers at the park and start conversations. Oh, and it also helped to have a 4th person who could actually ride all the stuff :)
And here is where I just post a lot of pictures.
We also attended the Peanut's show "Lucy's Hoedown" at the pavilion. Both kids got to be volunteers on stage.
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My boyfriend and I will be in Chicago for a few days later this fall, and I would love to eat at TRU. There may be one problem-my boyfriend is vegan. I know that TRU has a vegetarian tasting menu, but does anyone know if they would be able to put together a vegan tasting menu?
And speaking of vegan, does anyone have recommendations for good places to eat, that both omnivores and vegans can enjoy? We won't have a car, so places that are accessible by walking or public transportation would be great. Cheap, mid-range, expensivewere up for an adventure.
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Hellboy Volume 10: The Crooked Man and Others, written by Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart, illustrated by Mike Mignola, Richard Corben, Jason Shawn Alexander, and Duncan Fegredo (2007-2008; collected 2009): Giving Hellboy several decades worth of adventures to draw upon allows Mike Mignola to offer new readers a "jumping-on" point with miniseries that stand (mostly) apart from the ongoing "contemporary", epic Hellboy narrative. We get four such adventures here, most notably the title three-parter.
Mignola pays homage to American supernatural-fiction great Manly Wade Wellman with an adventure in the American Appalachians of the 1950's, Wellman's setting for the first few stories of supernatural battler John the Balladeer (Who Fears the Devil?, The Hanging Stones). It's a lovely, respectful homage to the singular Wellman's tales of rural good and evil.
Hellboy and a young man whose personality and background (but not his name) suggest those of John before his adventures began fight witches and devils in backwoods country, to pleasing and disturbing effect. Richard Corben's art has never been better, at least from a horror standpoint — the Crooked Man himself is a truly creepy creation, as are many of the monsters and ghosts and bizarre insect things which assault Hellboy and company. As Wellman did, Mignola skillfully blurs the line between invented terrors and terrors derived from actual Appalachian folklore and myth.
The rest of the volume sees Hellboy and Abe Sapien take on Blackbeard's ghost (well, skull) in a story penned by Joshua Dysart, and a confrontation with the ancient, child-eating god Moloch in Spain, the latter in a story with conscious echoes of Lovecraft's "Pickman's Model" and J. Sheridan LeFanu's "Green Tea." Oh, and Hellboy plays cards with some ghosts and worries over a suspicious-looking mole on his hand. Highly recommended.


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Some time back I had interviewed with this major Indian tech firm and had three interviews on phone and one face-to-face. One thing was very odd – in every interview I was asked a stock question: "Where did you do your undergrad degree from?". To me that was strange because the position I was interviewing was a senior management one. For non-Indians this is a totally unheard-of practice – but as an Indian you can understand where they were coming from. In India there is a hierarchy of institutions that people obsess to get admitted into and one's intelligence or lack thereof is pegged to that one achievement. Thereafter, one just lives up to that one act of life! This company actually had a complex system of grading their candidates where the various schools one had gone through in life added up to a certain salary. So what and where I did my undergrad in and from actually factors into my salary when i join them 15-20 years after my degree!!
I can understand the need and urge for meritocracy but a system that looks at the past actions so long ago as a definitive evidence of one's caliber in future is astonishingly short sighted! I have seen many IIT-ians (IIT is arguably the epitome of the best of the best in world education) languishing in useless jobs without much motivation. In fact most of the IITians that I have worked with – I would rather never want to work with them again in my life! They had bloated egos and low degree of ability to work with peers. They were technically brilliant – give them anything and you can pretty much be sure that they will single-handedly complete the task. But if it was for the team to do something – they would in most probability end up pissing everyone off with their inability to deal with tough human interaction situations!
On the other hand, I have seen numerous professionals from unknown colleges who have made a mark in the US in their companies through sheer creativity and ability to be flexible in their career and outlook! They were excellent team players and could carry the team through anything and do a damn good job themselves at the technical or process stuff.
Of course, the malaise of unprofessional behavior ran deep in these particular officers of the company than just the obsession with the degrees achieved 20 years back! While the Vice President was interviewing along with the Country HR head – a person wanted to meet the VP. Did he care that this VP was interviewing someone in a conference room? NO! The guy just casually sauntered in and started discussing something in the middle of a question that the VP asked me. Hmm.. thats great camaraderie between the folks here I thought! Then this VP asked the guy, totally unknown to me – without in the least introducing us – and probably going to be my peer or subordinate to sit through the rest of the interview where not only would he get to listen to my aspirations and what I wanted to do within this company and other stuff but also the discussion on what kind of salary I was being offered!! I was appalled!!! They offered me a job, though, at the end of the interview session. But my decision had been made mid way during the evening.
Until that day I had great view of this Indian IT major (one of the top three) – so much that I had invested a major proportion (over 50%) of my IRA in its stock offered in the US as ADR. The first thing I did when I reached home was to put an order for an immediate sale for next morning!! Was I stupid? Maybe – and most probably it will – the stock may double by next year, but will the officers and managers who are thoroughly unprofessional yet from top kick-ass undergrad colleges and degree courses in India be able to take this (or any company for that matter) to world-class levels? I don't think so!!!
This brings me to think of the progress made in India on the business front and how can it be sustained – given that you can have only so many IITians and other top top engineering grads – to fill the jobs being outsourced? I firmly believe that the route to progress in India lies in changing the attitudes and nothing to do with the resources or money! We need a system that can provide the ability to give ordinary people the wherewithal to succeed and have firm convictions and ability to achieve that any common-sensical and intelligent person can in every sphere without any regard to his/her degree or education! The room and space to grow and excel has to be flexible enough to let the people adjust to and compete in the ever expanding and changing world without any pre-existing tethers that one gets hooked on to in his/her early life! We have to give people the systems to succeed – lifelong!!
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my little studio in our new house
this image is one i've painted and drawn again and again for the last four years. the image came from a photograph of my dad and two of his friends on a camping trip near lake eildon. its a great photo, black and white small square format. the boys look happy. my dad chris is the one in the middle, when he first showed it to me he explained that the two boys either side of him were now dead. people have often interpreted the figures as the wounded or soldiers. i guess i probably portray them that way because i know the sad story. i named the work camp alexander to incorporate both possibilities. happy camp alexander or the wounded soldiers camp alexander.
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The city is plunged into a power outage and mayhem reigns everywhere. At the jail, the Mutants revolt against the guard and turn his gun on him. They manage to weasel their way out of the cell and flee. An airplane explodes into the side of a building, which causes enormous explosions. On the streets there are riots breaking out. Fires spread throughout and Gordon fears that his wife Sarah is trapped in their apartment building in the blaze. Batman and Robin go out once again, this time on horses. They head to the dump to rally the Sons of Batman. Batman knows that he must rely on them in order to save Gotham from the chaos.
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Mission Statement
Monday, July 15, 2013
Perfectly Ordinary
Waking up in the middle of the night, wondering where she'd go to school. Would she make it into a gifted program? Was a charter school the right choice for us?
She took the gifted and talented test, but had been sick immediately following the exam. Was such a high stakes environment going to be the right fit for my kid?
Was the longer day and extra clubs and work offered by a charter school going to be the right fit? Was I making my decisions based on what was best for my child? What was the right fit for her personality and her style of learning? Was I talking a good game and making the right comments to the parents in the neighborhood? (And, yes, that last one factored in a lot more than I'm proud of.)
It was awful.
In the end none of it matters. She attends our neighborhood school. A lovely place, if a bit more crowded than I'd like. Still, I'm thrilled with it. She's had everything she needs - lots of science and math. She's reading exceptionally well, and has made friends. She had a great teacher. It was the right choice.
But, at the same time, she didn't go into the school with a stable of pre-made friends. Part of me was glad for that. She needed to branch out and make some new friends. She's a gregarious kid, and has met some sweet kids, both in her class and at the playground. One dear friend lives right upstairs and we spent a lot of time with her and family.
I wondered, though, for a long time about separating Claire from the friends she'd made in PreK. They are scattered around the school district - charter schools, gifted schools, dual-language programs, and parochial schools. It was harder for me, I think, than for her, to lose some of those friends. But, we have ample changes to play with those kids - we see them at the park, still make play dates and go to scouts with them.
It's certainly made how I will approach Ben's education a lot easier. Unless we have a particularly compelling reason for him to be tested, Ben too will go to our neighborhood school. And he will be just fine
What's school like where you live? Where did you choose (if you did) for your child to be educated?
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- Michele / akkasha said...
Good to know I am not the only one... *sigh*
I am so stressed about Elanor's change of schools. The pre-k she was in this year was amazing. She thrived & learned so much. I adore her teachers and love some of the friends she has made.
I missed the window for enrollment at the charter school that has pre-k. Though on the flip side, out of 30 spots, all but six were taken up by siblings (they get automatic admission.)
We tried to get her into a dual language program. Because there weren't enough native Spanish speakers, 30 slots dropped to 15 slots. And because of sibling preference, there was only one lottery slot available. *sigh*
I am worried about the public pre-k that is close to us. It is a school for special needs. There are some regular classes too. But it is hard when I fear E won't be challenged enough. She is smart. But she is also lazy. So I worry...
I am hoping for the best. But I keep trying to remind its only pre-k.
I think ultimately we just want what is best for our kids. And with so many factors, it is hard to tell what is the best choice.
I wish at times like this that things were more like my parents' time. You went to the local school. No worries. No big deal. Mind you, I grew up in a town with excellent public schools. So that was part of it. *sigh*
I really fear with the JC schools we may be moving sometime. But we shall see.
- August 14, 2013 at 6:50 PM


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Cranberries are one of a handful of fruits native to North America. For those of us who live in Southeastern Massachusetts, cranberries hold a special place in our collective hearts. Bogs dot roadsides throughout our region and each Fall their beauty takes our breath away. Cranberries are a food that defines New England.
With its sandy soil and plentiful sources of fresh water, Southeastern Massachusetts is an ideal spot for growing cranberries. Plymouth and Bristol counties alone are home to 347 cranberry farms including Carver's picturesque Fresh Meadows Farm. Owned by Dom Fernandes, Fresh Meadows is one of the few area farms growing certified organic cranberries.
Dom is the third generation of his family to farm the land known as Fresh Meadows Farm. In the 1920s a series of droughts devastated the economy of Cape Verde, which led Dom's grandfather, John Alves, to immigrate to the United States.
In 2008, after many years and a three-year certification process, Dom established Fresh Meadows Farm as the organic arm of his cranberry operation.
Come harvest time, the majority of cranberries in the United States are wet harvested—the berries are loosened from the vine by machines and then float to the top where they are gathered. Dom explains the benefits, "it's less labor intensive, you generally are picking much larger crops and pretty much every variety of berry will lend itself to wet harvest." Although more cost efficient, this type of harvesting slightly bruises the fruit, making it best suited for juice, jellies, and as dried fruit. In contrast, Fresh Meadows Farm uses dry harvesting where the fruit is dry harvested by mechanical pickers. This type of harvesting comprises less than 5% of the entire industry and is used for cranberries that will be sold fresh or frozen whole.
To maintain organic certification, every part of the operation needs to be organic. All inputs, including the sand and water, are part of an approved organic plan, and all equipment and water usage has to be dedicated to the organic operation. These factors translate into a 2-3 times cost premium over conventional berries; a cost an increasing number of consumers are happy to pay.
However, Dom, is heartened by the increasing recognition around the benefits of "buying local", as more consumers seek out Massachusetts-grown cranberries. As long-time customer Susan Playfair observes, "Buying his (Dom's) organic berries grown without pesticides is my small way of promoting healthier food choices, helping to protect the lives of bee pollinators, and ensuring that I and those I buy for are doing what we can to create a more sustainable environment." For Dom, this makes the challenges of organic cranberry farming worth it. As he reflected, "When I first started doing organic, it was really more of an experiment, I didn't know if there was any chance of remaining viable. I am much more encouraged nine years later that not only can it work, but that I can grow it and that it is here to stay."
Fresh Meadows Farm cranberries can be purchased at:
Fresh Meadows Farm (farm-stand open weekends in October)
Farm Fresh Rhode Island (FarmFreshRI.org)
Holly Hill Farm, Cohasset (HollyHillFarm.org)
Plymouth Farmers Market (PlymouthFarmersMarket.org)
South Shore Organics (SouthShoreOrganics.com)
And through numerous local CSA's.
Fresh Meadows Farm
39 North Main Street
Carver, MA 02330
(508) 866-7136
- 2 cups fresh (or frozen) local cranberries
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 apples, cored and chopped coarsely (no need to peel)
- ¾ cup rolled oats
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, nutmeg and/or lemon rind
- 2 ounces (4 tablespoons) butter, melted
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8" × 8" or 9" × 9" baking dish, or similar-sized round or oval baker.
Put the cranberries, honey and water in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cover and bring to a simmer. When the berries pop (about 5 minutes), add the apple, and return to a boil briefly. Remove from the heat.
In a medium bowl, mix all the remaining ingredients thoroughly. Press half the mixture into the bottom of the baking dish, spread the cranberry mixture over evenly, then sprinkle with the remaining crumble. Bake for about 40-45 minutes, or until bubbly and golden brown. Serve warm with a dollop of cream, whipped cream, or ice cream, if desired.
Serves 5-6; double the recipe and use a 13" × 9" baking dish (and bake another 10 minutes or so) to feed a bigger crowd.
Julia Powers is a nutritionist and writer based in Hingham. Fresh Meadows Farm cranberries make frequent appearances on her family's table in everything from smoothies to cranberry-orange pork tenderloin.
This is a condensed version of the original article printed in edible South Shore & South Coast magazine.


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Tottenham Hotspur have climbed up to third in the Premier League table courtesy of a 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the North London derby at Wembley this afternoon.
Harry Kane scored the only goal of the game - and his 32nd of the season - in front of a Premier League record attendance of 83,222 as Spurs claimed local bragging rights in addition to dealing a potentially fatal blow to Arsenal's hopes of finishing in the top four this season.
The Gunners could now end the weekend eight points adrift of the Champions League places, whereas Spurs move above Liverpool and Chelsea, who do not play until Sunday and Monday respectively.
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The match got off to a quick start with Spurs applying the main early pressure, but the opening goal nearly came through an Arsenal boot when Shkodran Mustafi - who broke the deadlock at the right end in the reverse fixture - almost turned Dele Alli's low pass into his own net.
Petr Cech spared his teammate's blushes, and the Arsenal keeper - who passed a late fitness test to start - was called upon again after 18 minutes when he got down to make a comfortable save from Christian Eriksen's tame long-range strike.
Arsenal's first sight of goal arrived shortly afterwards when Hector Bellerin's cross was deflected into the path of Jack Wilshere, but the England international completely missed the ball with his right-footed effort.
Wilshere's air-shot was symptomatic of a first half which was short on chances and lacked any real quality in the final third, although Spurs did create the outstanding opportunity of the opening 45 minutes.
The chance fell to the man Spurs would have wanted it to as well, as London derby specialist Kane beat the offside trap to meet Eriksen's wicked delivery, only to put his header well over the crossbar when he should have done better.
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Mousa Dembele then fluffed his lines when a loose ball fell to him on the edge of the box, and a tactical first half ended goalless with only one shot on target before the interval.
Spurs more than made up for the lack of usual intensity and energy associated with a North London derby by coming flying out of the blocks in the second half, though, with Kane finally breaking the deadlock just four minutes after the restart.
Cech had got away with a risky piece of goalkeeping moments before, but there was nothing he could do about the opener as Kane rose imperiously inside the area to meet Ben Davies's pinpoint delivery with a firm header which nestled into the bottom corner.
The goal sparked a period of dominance for Spurs during which Kane could have scored a hat-trick in the space of five minutes, with the league's leading marksman missing an easier chance than the one which led to his goal moments earlier when he glanced Eric Dier's cross inches wide of the target.
The rampant hosts were on the front foot once again within minutes, though, and this time Kane's ferocious volley from the edge of the area stung the palms of Cech, who was relieved to see it fired straight at him.
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Eriksen was the next to come close when his free kick from just outside the area was tipped over by Cech, and Jan Vertonghen met the resulting corner but could not steer his header on target.
Spurs continued to dominate, but Arsenal finally called Hugo Lloris into action for the first time with just over 20 minutes remaining when the Tottenham keeper was at full stretch to deny Wilshere's wicked curling effort from the edge of the box.
It was a rare foray forward for the Gunners, though, and Tottenham were quickly back on the search for a second goal when Son Heung-min blasted a presentable chance well off target.
The growing pressure even appeared to be getting to the veteran Cech, who was let off the hook for another risky piece of goalkeeping moments later when his pass was cut off by Alli, who could not keep it under control to punish the mistake.
Alli had a better chance seconds later as Spurs ran riot over an Arsenal defence in disarray, but with Cech this time in no-man's land the Tottenham midfielder could only poke a tame effort wide of the target when he should have done better.
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It wasn't long before Cech was keeping the visitors in the game, though, and he made a crucial save to deny Erik Lamela in the 72nd minute after the Argentine had been played through and left with only the keeper to beat.
Yet another chance arrived for the hosts four minutes later when a cross from the left fell at the feet of Kieran Trippier, but once again Cech came to the rescue for Arsenal by palming away the full-back's first-time half-volley.
The Gunners keeper was being afforded minimal protection from those in front of him - a stark contrast to the first half - but Spurs were unable to make them pay, with Lamela dragging another effort wide from a tight angle after being left with all the time he wanted to pick a shot.
Every missed opportunity will have made the record crowd inside Wembley all the more nervous that they could be made to rue their profligacy, but when the time came Spurs were relieved to see that Arsenal were just as wasteful.
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Alexandre Lacazette made a mess of one chance in the first minute of stoppage time, but he was presented with an even better opportunity to make himself an Arsenal hero two minutes later when Alex Iwobi's pass released him clean through on goal.
The Frenchman - who has had to play second fiddle to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang since the latter's January arrival - got the better of Davinson Sanchez and was left with only Lloris to beat, but he slid his finish wide of the far post.
Even then Spurs were not out of the woods as Arsenal won a free kick on the edge of the box beyond the allotted stoppage time, but Mesut Ozil's effort went straight into the wall as Arsenal failed to steal what would have been a smash-and-grab draw against their North London rivals.
The win means that Spurs have now won five games in a row at Wembley for the first time and have kept five consecutive home clean sheets for the first time since May 2009, extending their unbeaten streak to 12 matches across all competitions in the process.
More importantly, though, Mauricio Pochettino's side move up to third in the Premier League table, with Liverpool taking on Southampton on Sunday and out-of-form Chelsea facing West Bromwich Albion on Monday night.
Arsenal's top-four hopes look bleak, meanwhile, as they drop six points behind the Champions League places following their third away league defeat in a row and their seventh of the season.
The Gunners are now winless in their last 16 Premier League away games to members of the top five and could end the day closer to the bottom of the table than leaders Manchester City.
TOTTENHAM (4-2-3-1): Lloris; Trippier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies; Dier, Dembele, Eriksen, Alli (Wanyama, 85'), Son (Lamela, 70'); Kane
ARSENAL (4-3-3): Cech; Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal; Wilshere, Elneny (Iwobi, 65'), Xhaka (Welbeck, 86'); Ozil, Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan (Lacazette, 65')


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The Kolkata based shoe maker opened its IPO issue of Rs. 543 crore with a price band of Rs. Rs745-750 per share. As of 2.21 pm on the last bidding day today, the issue was subscribed fully at 1.02 times. The data by NSE shows that the issue received bids for 50,73,006 shares for the issue size of 50,73,006 shares.
The share sale by the third largest footwear company includes fresh shares issue worth Rs. 50 crore. Fairwinds Private Equity sold 5.85 million shares worth Rs. 438 crore while promoter Siddhartha Roy plans offloading 7,22,000 shares worth Rs. 54 crore.
The proceeds from the issue are likely to be used for pre-payment or repayment of all or some of the company's ongoing term loans. Additionally, the funds shall also be used towards various corporate expenses.
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The Prince of Punk Rock – Radical Rock Stars Book One – Coming 21 February, 2014
I love her, but I also love him.
She's everything to me.
He sets my world on fire.
It's our dirty little secret, and it's about to blow our record deal sky high.
I'm Tommy Blade, the Prince of Punk Rock, and this is our story.
Tommy Blade is a man with a secret. It's a secret he only shares with one person, Jessi Blade – and the men he surrenders to in the bedroom. Her only condition to their tumultuous sex life is that these men are one night stands. But when Angel Garcia enters his life, it's like a match to gasoline.
Mega-talented punk rock singer Angel Garcia, with his smoldering ebony eyes, tight leather pants and unstoppable stage presence, is a man who is use to getting what he wants. He has his eyes set on Tommy Blade as his new lead guitarist, and as his life partner.
Jessi Blade, sympathetic to her husband's bisexual needs, loves him enough to share him, but she never counted on Angel Garcia to test the threshold of her marriage. He makes her life hell . . . and heaven. He's her damnation and her salvation. She wants to hate him. She wants to despise him. But, his charm and raw sex appeal are impossible to resist. Without warning, she finds herself falling in love with her husband's gay lover.
At the height of it all, their punk rock band catapults to stardom.
Their lives are marred by secrecy, deception and sacrifice. Feelings of betrayal, backlash from the sensationalistic media and threats of blackmail send them down a hard road filled with tough decisions.
They aren't your ordinary rock stars. They're radical rock stars. And they have a big story to tell.
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King of the Hill (1997)
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Starring: Brittany Murphy, Johnny Hardwick, Kathy Najimy, Mike Judge, Pamela Adlon
Continuity mistake: As Kahn is yelling at Bobby after he sees him kissing Connie over the fence he chases after Bobby and in one of the shots you can see the ladder Bobby used is gone. The following shot it shows Luanne in the bathroom and through the window we see the ladder has reappeared. The other change in the shots is the ladders and their size. Before the shot in the bathroom the ladder's height (Bobby's ladder) was enough it reached over the fence. As we see the ladder through the bathroom it's not even reaching the top of the fence.Lummie
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode there is a shot of the parked vehicles and the Hill's car is yellow (the car next to Dale's van). As Bobby and Connie are talking, the car behind Bobby (the Hill's car) is now blue.Lummie
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Pune, Mar 8� (PTI) The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) today said it would hold a meeting on March 20 to finalise the location for the memorial of Army gunner Saurabh Pharate who was killed in Pampore in the line of duty in December 2016.
Pharates parents, who began a hunger strike outside the PMC building yesterday seeking a memorial for their martyred son at Hadapsar, today called off the protest on assurance of the civic body.
"A meeting of all the stake-holders, including local corporators, has been called on March 20 to finalise the location for the memorial," said Shrinath Bhimale, Leader of House from the BJP.
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"We hope that all the local corporators will support the cause in the meeting and the decision on the location for memorial will be finalised," he said.
Three soldiers, including Saurabh (33), were killed in a militant attack on an Army convoy at Pampore on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway on December 17, 2016.
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I've found an answer to the problem presented in this article, the answer can be found in the article "How To Make Active Indexing Work With Buy More Sell Less".
John Bogle once mentioned that he didn't like the idea of ETFs since it made it easier for people to trade it, something that goes against his long term buy and hold strategy that works much better with mutual funds due to difficulty to trade frequently [1].
And that is exactly what I'm doing, trading ETFs, increasing commissions and killing returns. It's very frustrating.
I outlined in the article "Earnings Yield of AAA Bonds Needs a Margin of Safety" a strategy to beat a passive indexing strategy which involved rotating funds from more expensive index funds to cheaper ones while maintaining a margin of safety based on earnings yield of AAA Bonds.
The key to this strategy's success was overlooked though, which is the need for constant influx of new money that's large enough to smooth out the deviations of cash required to hedge against each index fund.
What happens when you're dealing with lump sums or influx of new money that's too minute in amount is that small changes in AAA Bond Earnings Yield, prices of index funds and fundamentals (P/E * P/B) of index funds means that in certain months you might buy or sell a lot.
This caught me by surprise because I thought the degree re-balancing required would be much less and thus more commission-friendly.
So now that I've realized I don't have the constant influx of new money required to see this strategy through, what do I do? Even though it's painful, I'm going to exit all my index fund positions, stay idle with cash and bet aggressively into great companies I have in mind when a bear market hits. That will be the way I generate enough money to execute a NCAV stock strategy.
The question that remains, when do I exit? Exit all positions now at a loss (all positions have dropped in price since bought)? Or wait until it rises back to buying price?
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November 21, 2011
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Shifting is a very wearisome task in which people get fed up by handling the whole task on their own. As this task is very boring so people have to pay attention before handling each and every task otherwise an unsuccessful starting ends unsuccessfully.
Shifting is a very wearisome task in which people get fed up by handling the whole task on their own. As this task is very boring so people have to pay attention before handling each and every task otherwise an unsuccessful starting ends unsuccessfully. In this task there are many sub tasks gets combined which all together makes a tough and wearisome task of relocation. For this tough task the shifters use their all efforts but due to lack of information they are unable to make perfect relocation. In this case one must take the help of the professional moving companies as they have a good experience in this field.
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Information For Amateurs On Foreign Exchange Trading
The foreign exchange market is one of the largest and most successful markets globally trading over $5 trillion each day. The market is traded not only by individual and retail traders, but by banks, corporations and hedge funds as well. Due to this allowance for any trader, the forex market has increased interest among investors and the lay person.
Unlike various other investment markets, the forex market has no central base making it an over-the-counter trading industry with different exchanges in different countries. This decentralisation allows for greater competition among the trading brokers, which allows retail traders to receive the best prices possible. The foreign exchange spot market has 24-hour operating times for 5 days per week where traders are allowed to trade any currencies. Furthermore, the currencies can be traded on the same or different days – it is all dependent on the trader's choice.
Foreign Exchange Trading Happens In Pairs
To engage in foreign exchange trading a trader must understand what a trade is and how it takes place. All trades are conducted in pairs where a trader works with two currencies simultaneously. A single trade occurs when he buys one currency and sells another at the same time. The initial currency in the pair is known as the 'base currency', and the second in the pair is the 'counter currency'. The value the pair indicates shows the amount of counter currency the trader needs in order to buy a single unit of the base currency. This is the procedure when one is buying, if one is selling currency the opposite applies.
The most frequently traded currencies in the forex market are USD/JPY, USD/CHF, EUR/USD and GBP/USD.
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These demo accounts or practice accounts can be obtained from online trading firms. Certain firms allow beginner traders to download this software and utilise this platform in order to experiment with the market while learning about the FX market and industry. This software allows you to run live accounts using real money and is the same software the firm's live traders use.
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The groundhog saw his shadow – 6 more weeks of winter …
There is a lot of snow on the ground, as beautiful as it is, safe travel is a consideration. It's not only snow, it's the single digit temperatures and the below zero windchill readings.
The horses are up to their knees in snow. Happily munching hay while tucked into warm winter blankets.
It's particularly hard going for other animals, our dog is about the size of a coyote and we also have fox around us.
The white snow makes everything look different. Can you see it? Fresh snow, fresh horse.
6 more weeks of winter? Seriously?
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