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In a typical setting, lunch or dinner, a full course usually comprises of 8 mains and 1 dessert.
Cold Dish
Cold Dish usually comprises of 5-6 small bites like the above. At Qian Xi Lou, we had mini spring rolls, Taro Samosa, Taro Roll, Ba Kwa, Seaweed Roll and Taro Wu Xiang. Aint too bad if you do not mind eating Taro (aka Yam). However, what I did not really like about it is that most of these dishes are deep fried. It is therefore recommended to drink chinese tea to remove some excess oil.
Shark's Fin
Usually after the 1st dish, we will be served with shark's fin or soups. The veg version of shark's fin comprises of mainly mushrooms and enoki mushrooms. The "shark's Fins" here are actually Tang Hun (glass noodles). Aint too bad as the "soup" is stewed for some time and has a strong mushrom aroma. Some places use the Konnyaku jelly Stripes in replacement.
Cereal Prawns
I love the cereal here, frangrantly pan-fried and added with sugar for the sweet after-taste! However, it would have been better if the prawns are fried in batter.
Fish in Sauce
This was my fav. dish of the day. The Fish is made of tau kee (豆支) and the fried. Lastly Served with Veg. Oyster sauce. I like the texture as it is chewy. Definitely differnt from the real one. Tasted like Bai Ye Tofu.
Monkeyhead Mushroom
I've always like monkeyhead mushrooms as it is a really difficult dish to cook well. So far i think only Lingzhi is done the perfect job. The moneyhead mushroom has to be soaked before marinating and fried, then to cook into sauce. Sadly, the chef was not able to deliver this dish. The mushrooms were way too hard.
Yam Ring
Just as I thought we had enough of Yam (from the first dish), we were served with this Yam Ring. It is deep fried and then served with some mixed veg in the middle. Not too bad as the yam was crispy on the outside, and really soft inside, but I did not fancy the mixed veg in the middle.
Abalone & Mushrooms with Spinach
Was sharing with my mum the chef had an easy way out as most of the dishes uses the same sauce! Spinach was not fresh as I had a hard time chewing it. The mushrooms are of good quality!
Braised Noodles
Normal thin noodles cooked with lots of mushrooms and carrots. A little salty.
The Dessert - Yam Paste (Or Nee)Again its yam! This dessert is a very common and popular Teochew dish and most people would use this as dessert as it is very difficult to make it well. First you heve got to steam the Yam, mash then fry with "lard" till fragrant. Of cos, the veg version omits lard! it is then served with Ginko Nuts and Coconut Milk. A really sinful and fattening dessert. The texture here was really well done. Very smooth but a little too sweet for me perhaps due to the rich coconut milk.


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i needed to make some cupcakes for my friend's baby shower and she likes white cake and white frosting. so i looked all around to find a recipe that wansn't too airy or too dense. and i wanted to do a cream cheese frosting. so i found this recipe on cupcake bakeshop.
i adjusted it to fit the ingredients i had on hand.
3 Vanilla Cupcakes
20 regular cupcakes / 350 degree oven
3/4 cup (1-1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1-2/3 cups vanilla sugar (i just used regular sugar)
2 large eggs, room temperature
2-2/3 cups flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 vanilla bean, seeds scraped out (i didn't have this so i just doubled the vanilla extract)
1. Beat butter until softened. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until well combined.
3. Measure the flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl and whisk to combine.
4. Measure out the milk and vanilla and stir to combine.
5. Add about a third of the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar and beat to combine. Add about a half of the milk/vanilla and beat to combine. Continue adding, alternating between dry and wet and finishing with the dry.
6. Scoop batter into cupcake cups about 2/3's full. Turn oven down to 350 degrees and bake cupcakes for about 22-25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
For the frosting:
Beat 8 oz. cold cream cheese (not rock solid, but it means you can use it straight out of the refrigerator) with 5 Tbsp. softened butter and 2 tsp. vanilla until combined. Gradually add 2 c. powdered sugar that has been sifted after measuring. Continue to add more sifted powdered sugar until you reach a consistency and sweetness that fits your


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In Southern France Gard, the archaeologists of INRAP bring out the mysterious antic town of Uzès.
Since October 2016 over 4,000 square meters have been methodically dug in the highs of the city of Uzes.
Nothing was known of the antic Uzès except its name of Ucetia, and that it was the starting point of the aqueduct leading the water from the fountain of Eure to Nimes, through the Pont du Gard.
Initially the archaeologists didn't think it was a major discovery. But the great quality of the vestiges they found testify of the importance of this Roman settlement.
Two magnificent mosaics
In front of the barracks of the Gendarmerie, where once was the vegetable garden of the gendarmes, a row of rooms was cleared, one of which, 60 square meters, has its floor covered with two magnificent mosaics, older than the ones discovered in Nimes.
In the center of a succession of geometric borders a sun like image is surrounded by 5 crowns, themselves framed by four animals: an eagle, a fawn, an owl and... a duck.
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|The fawn. Note the gorgeous Svastiska border.
|Minerva's owl ?
A radiant pattern adorns the medallion of the second mosaic, ornated of a red bordered cartouche at first sight empty. In reality, a name is written in white tesserae on a white background. Who is this Loukios Koinilos? A Lucius Cornilius? Was he the owner of the place, the mosaicist himself, or a patron who'd helped finance the building?
It is not know yet if the building was a domus - a private villa owned by an important man of the city, or rather a public edifice as the dimensions of the hall and traces of colonnade suggest.
What was the symbolism of the mosaics ? Some animals might be attached to deities. The eagle to Jupiter, the doe to Diane, the owl to Minerva. But a Duck...
|The Duck ???
Excavations will continue until August. Hopefully more beauties will be unveiled.
|One of the radiant wheels.
|Don't you love this border ?
|A simple piece embedded in the pavement of a different home
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text: About a month ago my sis and I went to a quilt show in Fort Smith. I heard a demonstrator telling some ladies that they should never try to hand quilt using Warm and Natural batting. I think about this often and now I just have to say it out loud. I use ONLY Warm and Natural and I ONLY hand quilt. Sure, sometimes it is a little tough to get the needle through, when you are near the seams, but that is what the little rubber pullers are for. Have you ever used this batting? Do you hand quilt like I do? I feel I should have said something to her.


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Cardboard Boxes are extensively used in import-export industry. These Packaging Products form a very important part of supply chain. They are the first choice for packaging different types of products and raw materials. These boxes are made from a variety of paper materials such as paperboard, card stock and corrugated fiberboard. Corrugated Cardboard Boxes are quite popular Packaging Products in the import and export industry. These boxes have many advantages in comparison to other types of Packaging Boxes, few of which are mentioned below:
- These boxes are made of corrugated fiberboard which is one of the highly inexpensive raw materials. This makes Corrugated Cardboard Boxes comparatively affordable than other types of boxes.
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Atlas Box & Crating Co., Inc. is a prominent name engaged in offering the best Packaging Solutions. It provides Packaging Products made of Wood, Foam, Plastic, Corrugated Cardboard, etc. The offerings of the company also encompass services like Engineering, Logistics, etc.


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Yesterday was the 39th anniversary of the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état.
What follow are small excerpts (taken from my recently published book on Britain and the Greek Colonels) which examines the British reaction to the coup and Whitehall's immediate actions on that day:
"[...] The first reports about outbreaks of fighting in Nicosia reached London on 15 July. According to information gained during the first hours, it was looking 'increasingly like a coup organised by Greek contingent/Greek-officered elements of National Guard'. The most shocking news appeared to be the alleged death of Archbishop Makarios, broadcast by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and conveyed to London by the British high commissioner, Olver.
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[...] Callaghan admitted that the treaty gave Britain rights but appeared less urgent to suggest any concrete action as it was too early to judge the situation fully.
[As he told the House of Commons:] We are in the very early hours of this event. It happened only this morning. A declaration has been put out by those who led the coup saying that foreign policy will not change and that Cyprus will maintain friendly relations with all nations while pursuing a policy of non-alignment as happened in the past. I do not know how much reliance at this stage we should attach to any of the declarations that are forthcoming.
[...] In order to help defuse the crisis the foreign secretary prepared a telegram detailing directions to British representatives in Athens, Ankara, Washington, Brussels, and New York. His message to his Greek counterpart expressed his 'grave concern' over the situation: '[. . . ] it is undoubtedly very dangerous with serious implications for the stability of the Eastern Mediterranean and for the cohesion of the Atlantic Alliance. I am sure you share my concern that the independence, territorial integrity and security of Cyprus should be maintained.
I should be grateful to have urgently your comments on the situation as the Greek Government sees it'.
A similar message was to be delivered to the Turkish capital as well, with the hope that the Turks would avoid 'any kind of precipitate action or intervention' at that stage, as it was 'clearly essential', if the conflict was not to spread, for the Turkish government to display 'exemplary patience' in those circumstances. Washington was to be informed about the content of the two messages, and Dr Kissinger to be approached with an oral message from Callaghan asking his view, any information on action which he might contemplate, and any information on events on the island itself. The British delegation to NATO was asked to invite Dr Luns himself to consider sending messages to the Turks and the Greeks, and the British mission at the UN was told to suggest to Dr Waldheim the convening of an emergency meeting of the contributors to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)."


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Yesterday the Mill River was fed into its original bed through the former dam site. To everyone's excitement, natural riverbed material (gravel, cobbles, sand, a few boulders) still lay beneath the tons of riprap, wood, and concrete that comprised the Whittenton Dam. Check out a photo from today compared with the same view from 2010.
Here's today (looking downstream):
And here's September 2010:
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Henry Rollins Returns for New Season of H2's 10 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT Tonight
Did you know that the flag that inspired the Star Spangled Banner had two Extra stripes? Or that a century ago, camels roamed the Texas Prairie? H2 presents another season of 10 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT, starring punk rock icon, author and actor Henry Rollins as he uncovers crazy new twists and tidbits behind the historical tales, figures, and places you only thought you knew. The series returns tonight, August 16 at 10:00PM ET/11PT on H2.In the new season of 10 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT, viewers will learn the true story of the American flag and journey through Texas to reveal the epic past of the Lone Star State. From the American Revolution to the famous minds of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, Henry's travels across the country will leave even the hungriest history fan craving more. "I can't think of a host and a series that better embodies the spirit of H2: a smart, surprising and entertaining new look at History," says Paul Cabana, SVP, Head of Programming, H2. In 10 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT, Henry wants to see the odd, the fascinating, the shocking... and he's taking viewers on a journey into the past unlike any other. He'll encounter wild personalities, national treasures, and provocative details about some of America's most fascinating subjects. Whether he's glimpsing little-seen artifacts at the Smithsonian, diving to explore a forgotten shipwreck, or revealing the obscure story from the street corner you walk past everyday - Henry's on a mission to discover 10 Things that both casual and serious history fans need to know. 10 Things You Don't Know About is produced by Asylum Entertainment for H2. Steven Michaels, Jonathan Koch, Stuart Chait, Ryann Lauckner and Rebekah Fry serve as executive producers for Asylum Entertainment. Brian Meere and Paul Cabana serve as executive producers for H2. About H2
Welcome to H2™ - the #1 emerging network in cable - where information is entertainment, experienced in unexpected and exciting ways. H2 is an extension of the HISTORY brand, featuring an original line up of series and specials that take a deep perspective on history from all around the globe. H2 is now in nearly 70 million households.


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Liv was more anxious this year to find out who her teacher was. She was relieved to discover that she was in the same class as Savannah, Lauren, & Davis. Her teacher is Mrs. Walsh.
Kindergarteners always start a week after the rest of the grades. William just couldn't understand why he wasn't getting to go to school when Liv (and Daniel) went. He was more than ready by the time his first day rolled around. He has Mrs. Mecham for a teacher which is fun because Liv had her too!


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Abstracts: Volume 3
""Equall freedome, equall fare": The Illusion of Egalitarianism in the Country House Poem"
by Jim Casey
This essay challenges the common critical reading of the country house poem as an accurate historical representation of the "harmonious" social utopia supposedly found within the country house; it refutes the assertion that the genre works to promote a kind of early modern proto-egalitarianism and demonstrates that the country house poems actually serve to reify rather than subvert the underlying social hierarchies of the period. Beginning with G.R. Hibbard's foundational ideas regarding the country house poem, this essay deconstructs the illusion of The Idealized Place, the false dichotomy of Use versus Show, the myth of The Utopia of the Open House, the metaphysical paradigm of Everything in Its Place, and concludes with a discussion of Enclosure, Leveling, and Pruning.
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""Companions of My Thoughts More Green": Damon's Baconian Sexing of Nature"
by Anthony J. Funari
This article examines the relevance that Francis Bacon's call for humanity to engage in a (re)productive relationship with Nature has for Andrew Marvell's "The Mower's Song." Rather than viewing Damon's realization of his isolation from the meadows as solely due to his emerging sexual feeling for Juliana, this article complicates the Mower's plight by arguing that Damon experiences a tropological shift in how he characterizes Nature. While in "Damon, the Mower" sexuality appears alien to the natural world, Damon comes to recognize Nature as a sexual entity through his depiction of the grass's growth as "luxuriant" and the meadows as a participant in a May-game festivity. The transition that Damon experience parallels that which Bacon demands for the sciences. For Bacon, the restoration of humanity's Edenic mastery begins with treating Nature as any woman subject to masculine domination. However, in perceiving Nature through terms similar to those that Bacon advocates, Marvell's protagonist does not discover a path to back Paradise but reenacts the Fall. On this basis, Marvell offers a counter narrative to the one Bacon posits in which the new science returns humanity to its prelapsarian mastery over Nature.
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"The Metamorphosis of Ajax, jakes, and early modern urban sanitation"
by Dolly Jørgensen
This article examines Sir John Harington's A New Discourse of a Stale Subject, Called The Metamorphosis of Ajax through the lens of urban environmental history, examining the everyday context of Harington's discourse. It argues that although Harington may have used the work for the political and social commentary discussed by other scholars, he also puts forward a vision of a new physical urban sanitation system to address concerns about disease transmission from exposure to waste. His proposal includes both individually-owned improved flushed privies and government-sponsored sewage systems, a hitherto overlooked element of his program.
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""Why are we by all creatures waited on?": Situating John Donne and George Herbert in Early Modern Ecological Discourse"
by Laura Ralph
Scholars of early modern literary ecocriticism have focused much deserved attention on writers whose works abound with the images and themes of nature. Little attention has been paid in this regard to the works of John Donne, for his writings focus more intently upon the inner workings of the human subject than they do the physical environment. However, it is precisely Donne's philosophically inclined, interrogative mode of thinking that enables him to consider the human relation to the material world with a heightened degree of sensitivity. Donne's treatment and discussion of nonhuman nature are less frequent than many of his contemporaries. Yet when Donne's literary representations of the natural environment are contrasted to the abundant nature poetry of contemporary poet George Herbert, it is Donne, who interrogates anthropocentric assumptions of his era, while Herbert, reasserts the prevailing framework without question. Although Donne's poetry does not consistently resonate with ecological sentiment, in his willingness to question assumptions of human superiority, Donne emerges as an ecologically conscious early modern poet and a worthy contributor to the discourse of early modern ecology.
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"Spenser's Green World"
by Alfred K. Siewers
Northrop Frye's 60-year-old theory of a "green world" tradition in early English literature can be adapted productively today to environmental literary criticism, which enables an understanding of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene as an environmental text. Understood today in light of ecocritical theory including ecosemiotics, and placed in a more cosmopolitan context than Frye's theory allowed, The Faerie Queene can be re-read with the landscape of the archipelago centered on the Irish Sea as its central character. The iconographic mirroring emphasized in its proems and the Mutabilitie Cantos can be unpacked as reflecting a view of cosmic networks expressing a triadic semiotics at odds with both Scholastic and modern scientific metaphysics--a kind of apophatic theological transformation of Derridean notions of deconstruction, all in accord with notions of environmental phenomenology and ecosemiotics today. The contrast between the Bower of Bliss and the Garden of Adonis, unfolding into the famous scenes on Mount Acidale and Arlo Hill, reveals an ecopoetic landscape increasingly rooted in Spenser's encounter with Ireland. The resulting ecocritical reading relates earlier Insular literary roots and non-Augustinian patristic influences on the poem to efforts in environmental humanities to subvert the totalizing metaphysics of Western science today.
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UTA Graduate Student Prize Essay
"An Ecocritical Exploration of The Unique Nature of Oceans in The Blazing World"
by Marykate Earnest
Early modern perceptions of oceanic space diverged from standard perceptions of nature on land (or land-nature) because oceans presented a different type of wilderness. Because oceans defied early modern definitions of nature, they refused to support the developing mechanistic approach in the way that land-nature did. I examine Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World to illustrate how the liminal position of oceans within the humankind-nature paradigm necessitated a hybrid mechanistic-organic relationship and representation. This exploration demonstrates how oceans, as an extraterrestrial space distanced from traditional, terrestrial nature, constituted a different kind of natural phenomenon and contributed to a global mentality. Experimenting with humankind's perceptions of, and approaches to, nature suggests that the organic/mechanistic dichotomy is an overly-simplified paradigm, and that the human/nature partition is equally simplistic due to differing "natures" of terrestrial verses oceanic space. Oceans do not fit neatly under the paradigm of "nature," they deviate through resistance and idiosyncrasy. Charting oceans proves an effective step in diversifying definitions, representations, and perceptions of nature.
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BLP furthers its global Corporate Finance strategy by appointing a two partner US securities team in London
International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has today (11 June 2015) announced the appointments of Katherine Mulhern and Bobby Schrader as partners into its Corporate Finance practice group. Their appointment brings the total number of Corporate Finance partners to 27 across all offices.
The appointments of Katherine and Bobby provide BLP with a focused US securities offering. With these hires, the firm will provide its clients with strength and depth in US securities advice and transactional experience. In addition, Katherine and Bobby will help clients navigate US and UK issues and matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, equity, funds, fixed income and structured debt offerings. This represents a critical step in implementing the firm's global corporate finance strategy, capturing the important US securities law and European regulatory advisory work for BLP's key corporate and financial intermediary clients.
Katherine, who will join the firm on 1 September, is a senior transactional partner with extensive experience in founding and building US securities practices. Before joining BLP, she founded the EMEA US securities practice at Hogan Lovells, building it into a Chambers-ranked practice. She joins BLP from Proskauer Rose, where she was the co-founder of its European capital markets practice. Katherine has significant experience advising large financial institutions, corporates, REITS, funds, asset managers and exchanges on a variety of transactions, including J.P. Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), where she was also seconded, SAB Miller, the London Stock Exchange and Terrace Hill plc. Katherine is also a member of several boards, including the London Women's Forum, Board Apprentice Limited and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa, where she is currently on sabbatical acting as Interim Executive Director.
Bobby joined BLP on 7 April 2015 from BAML where he was Assistant General Counsel and Director. He had worked at BAML since 2005 where he served as counsel to the equity capital markets division of the Bank's Investment Banking Department in the EMEA region and later as counsel to the Global Research Business in London. Prior to his time at BAML, Bobby worked for nine years at Linklaters in its London and Frankfurt offices.
Katherine and Bobby's appointments create a core capital markets team with key capabilities and wide ranging experience advising both issuers and investment banks. With the strategic appointment in March 2015 of regulatory partner Martin Sandler, who has expertise in trading and markets having spent 10 years as head of the legal team on the BAML trading floor, BLP has created a unique offering – a team with strength and depth of experience (with over 20 years' combined in-house experience) in advising investment banks on a variety of issues on the advisory and public sell side. This core offering differentiates the firm's London-based regulatory and advisory capabilities for its investment banking clients, giving it deep insight into underwriters, both in terms of executing transactions and advising on US, UK and European regulations relevant to capital market offerings.
Lisa Mayhew, Managing Partner, BLP, commented: "There is a small pool of talented individuals in this particular marketplace but in Bobby and Katherine we have two people of high calibre with diverse experiences that give us the ability to advise clients at every level of the value chain in respect of capital market transactions in London. Their appointments, combining together with the regulatory skills of Martin Sandler, demonstrates our long-term commitment to investing in our Corporate Finance offering."
Katherine said: "I've known Bobby for almost a decade and his broad and deep in-house transactional and regulatory experience, together with his strong relationships with banks and financial institutions, will make us a strong team.
"Previously, I've worked with large financial institutions, REITS and real estate companies, funds and asset managers as well as the London Stock Exchange, and with the solid foundation already in place at BLP, I will look to strengthen existing relationships, bring in new contacts to the firm, and with the strong ECM team already in place, win additional work."
Bobby added: "Katherine is an excellent and effective lawyer with a strong track record of developing capital markets practices. Moreover, Martin and I have known each other both at BAML and in the marketplace more generally for 10 years. His breadth of experience from advising many different financial intermediaries and grasp of risk issues will enhance BLP's transactional regulatory offering. I am very much looking forward to teaming up with both Katherine and Martin to leverage our combined experiences, relationships and skill sets to the dynamic corporate finance platform at BLP."
BLP's Corporate Finance team has acted on over 60 IPOs since 2004, instructed by both a broad range of the banks and brokers. New clients include BCA Marketplace plc, Secure Income REIT, Crossrider plc, Plus500 Ltd, and XLMedia plc. Other active clients include Action Hotels, International Mining and Infrastructure Corporation (IMIC) and Redde plc among others.


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Fall Favorites: Versatile Knitted Wraps
It's getting down into the 20s and 30s here in Spokane, so it's time to bundle up! I've amassed quite the collection of cozy scarves, but the one I go to more than any other is a large, simple rectangle that I can wear as a scarf or as a wrap. My favorite way to wear it is around my shoulders with a shawl pin.
One of the most popular knitwear designs of this fall is the Every Way Wrap by Okmin Park. The pattern is in the fall 2009 issue of Interweave Knits, and it's amazingly versatile. This one will work for myriad sizes and styles, as you can see below.
|The Every Way Wrap, worn as a vest.
|The back view of the vest option.
|The Every Way Wrap worn as a shawl.
|And as a scarf!
The Crosstown Convertible
Our next adventure in versatility is the Crosstown Convertible.
This piece was featured on episode 210 of Knitting Daily TV and the free pattern is available here.
The Crosstown Convertible is a simple rectangle with sixteen buttons and buttonholes added (it's one of our favorite easy knitting patterns!).
It's as simple as knitting a scarf, but you can drape it and button it in so many different ways, it'll become a wardrobe staple. The Crosstown Convertible can be worn as a vest, a scarf, a shrug, or a wrap, and it has built-in pockets, too.
And if you're a beginning knitter, this is the perfect project for you—you'll be able to practice buttonholes and a bit of seaming. This design is a great bridge from knitting scarves to knitting garments.
Here's a video clip from episode 201, in which Bonnie Burton from Colorful Stitches shows several of the ways you can wear the Crosstown Convertible.
Try one of these patterns—I think you'll like the cozy comfort and style of either wrap (or both!). And if you've knit a wrap you love and you want to show it off, post a photo in our gallery section. We'd love to see it!
P.S. Stitches East is happening this week in Hartford, Connecticut, and the CYCA (Craft Yarn Council of America) is offering a new venue for reaching out to new knitters and crocheters as well as providing a meeting place for current enthusiasts: the Share & Care Cafe.
The Cafe is a place to learn to knit and crochet for FREE and a place for visitors to gather, relax, and exchange ideas. There will also be a Warm Up America exhibit in the Cafe. (Warm Up America is an organization made up of volunteers who create handmade afghan blankets, clothing and accessories to help those in need. These items provide warmth and comfort to people who have lost their homes, fled abusive relations, or are being cared for in hospices, shelters, hospitals, and nursing home.)
The Cafe will provide free yarn and needles or hooks for anyone who sits down for a lesson, free how-to instruction sheets and a Resource Guide listing helpful information about guilds, websites, and CYCA members, their products and programs.
If you're headed to Stitches East, be sure and check out the Share & Care Cafe!


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by RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY
Children have a special place in all the wisdom traditions of
the world. The gospel according to Saint Luke says that
people brought their babies to Jesus, asking him to place his
hands on them in blessing. When his disciples tried to
prevent the people from approaching their teacher, Jesus
said, "Let the children come to me. Do not stop them because
the Kingdom of God belongs to them. Remember this!
Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child
will never enter it".
In a child, the thought of the ego, the first primal I-thought is
present only at an infinitesimal level.
Identification with the body, the mind or the intellect is absent.
As we grow older, these identifications result in misery,
unhappiness and suffering. That is why we often rue the passing of
childhood. The primal I-thought is responsible for reinforcing the
notion of I-am-the-doer, I-am-the-body, I-am-the-ego or I-am-the-
All these identifications result in suffering as they bring with
them desire and attachment. The phenomenal world is mistaken for
reality. The child is the father of man because the child does not
suffer from ego, identity or fear the characteristic concomitants
of adulthood. That is why there is something divine in the innocence
of a child.
Sri Ramana Maharishi, looking at a child in the prayer hall,
reportedly remarked: "One can attain the bliss of Brahman only when
the mind becomes pure and humble, like the mind of this child".
The image of the child in world scripture is therefore a powerful
symbol of purity, innocence, simplicity and humility.
As St Augustine said, "Let your old-age be childlike and your
childhood like old age; so that neither may your wisdom be with
pride, nor your humility without wisdom".
The Brihadaranyaka Upa- nishad exhorts the Brahman or the one who is
steeped in Brahman, to "reject erudition and live as a child".
Sri Ramakrishna affirmed the same counsel when he said, "So long as
one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine
illumination. Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou has
acquired and become as `ignorant' as a child and then you will get
divine wisdom".
Swami Ramdas recollects that, "When we were children we were
innocent. But there was in us a seed of ignorance which grew as we
grew, and finally overpowering us, cast away our innocent nature and
led us astray. We were thereafter caught in the toils of desire and
action and we move in a vicious circle of transitory pleasure and
pain. It is necessary to hand ourselves over to the Divine and
through His grace burn up the seed which is the cause of our misery
and bondage and regain our lost childhood. Once we get it back, it
cannot be taken away from us. The burnt seed does not germinate. We
will remain pure children for all our lives".
We find similar evocations in the Buddhist tradition as
well. "Abandon thought and thinking", said the Sage Saraha. "Be just
like a child. Be devoted to your master's teaching and the Innate
will become manifest".
Indeed, the essence of Zen according to Takuan, founder of the
Tokaiji Zen temple in Tokyo, is having "the heart and soul of a
little child".
Finally, a Tibetan master declares that the pupil "must regain the
child state he hath lost before the sound can fall upon his ears".
In a way, the Divine Musician sings to us through the purity of the
hearts of children we can hear Him if we only listen.
So, the way to enlightenment lies in rediscovering the child in
(This article is from The Times of India newspaper)
from Nisargadatta list
how many times have you heard stories, "i did <this>
spiritual practice and i was successful."
what about failure? how come no one talks about failure?
our failures shape us.
Adventures at Rasa Ranch #35
8/11/02 "New Old Friends"
Today Ananda and I accompanied Jim on a small electrical job in town. He had said that we
would really like the folks he was working for and he was right. Shirley was eighty and she
looked like if you hugged her you would totally disappear into her big softness like a dive
into a fluffy cloud. Henry was all of ninety-nine (!) and he was very tall with half a head of
snowy white hair and the largest, most tender hands I had ever seen. Both of them had bright
blue eyes that somehow stopped time when you looked at them.
Ananda offered our new friends some really plump raspberries that we couldn't pass up on
our way over and the four of us sat on their shaded porch and munched while Jim went to
work. Henry described some of his adventures while mining for gold in Alaska in the 1930's.
He said, "You know, there was a depression going on in our country about then." He paused
to chuckle, "You might've read about it in school." Then he continued, "And when I got the
opportunity to go ANYWHERE, I said 'Yes!'" His words took the history right out of the
books and directly into my own experience. It was great.
When Jim had finished and we stood to go, Shirley commented that I looked like I was going
to give birth very soon. She wanted to know how far we lived from the hospital. I told her
that we were planning to have our baby at home and she furrowed her brow. I looked over at
Henry, touched him on the knee and said (in high volume), "I'll betcha you were born at
home." He laughed out loud and said, "Sure was! Ten pounds and breech!" Boy, did he get a
smile out of me with that one!
We said goodbye and wished each other all the best. On our way home in the car Ananda
announced, "This is the nicest day." "Why is that?" we asked. "Because I 'yove' everybody
today, that's why."
6/5/02 "Bad Thoughts"
I was cleaning up the remains of the old goatshed that Jim tore down by collecting debris for
the burn pile. Ananda, four and a half, was excited to help me out but when she saw how
messy it was going to be and how she was going to have to jump in the shower with me
afterwards she decided to do something else. Meanwhile, Jim was out and around with the big
mower going.
I got a load into the cart and made my way across the property to the burn pile. While
emptying it I heard the mower shut off. When I was through I headed back toward the house
where I saw Ananda crying on Jim's knee. As I approached he said, "Someone's been missing
you, Mommy." Ananda came over to me. I had already noted on my walk toward them that
while she did have tears, her cry was not the kind that makes me want to leap off of a cliff to
save her.
In a sad voice she told me that she had gone to where I was working in order to find me and
then discovered I was no longer there. Then, she said, she cried really, really hard! I asked her
if the crying made her feel better. She said no. Then I asked her if the crying helped her to
find me. To that she also said no. I remarked, "It just didn't work, did it?" and she agreed that
no, bursting out into tears didn't help her at all.
After a moment she started to REALLY cry, the kind that makes my heart move, big time. She
said, "Nobody wanted to be with me. That's why I was crying." I immediately scooped her
into my arms said, "Honey, that's not true! That's just a 'bad thought'! You don't have to
believe a bad thought. They're just not true. What is true?" She paused and then replied as if
she'd heard it before, "Our love."
We looked into each other's eyes for a spell and then she said, "I'm hungry." I told her if she
hurried she could catch up to her daddy who was making a snack for himself and I bet her that
he would share. She started to run off and then turned around and said, "I am having another
thought now. Plants growing." I said, "Ahh, that's a nice thought. Do you know what else is
growing?" She said, "What?" I grinned and pointed repeatedly right at her. She giggled,
saying, "Me" and then disappeared into the house.
I was still squatting there at her eye level and couldn't bring myself to move quite yet. Then
the door opened a crack and she stuck her head and arm out and waved to me. I waved back.
I have a lump in my throat right now.
Sometimes life is so sweet.
[When I came inside to type this I overheard Ananda and her dad in the kitchen. She was
telling him in a cheerful voice, "I only had a bad thought. That's why I was crying!"]
from HS
Heart Sutra
Form is empty.
Emptiness is form.
The activity of form is not
other than emptiness,
nor is the action of emptiness
other than form.
It's the same with feeling,
conception, and
Dear One, in this way
all dharmas are empty,
without any qualification,
not existing,
not ceasing,
without bondage or
liberation from bondage,
Dear One, in this way,
in emptiness
there is no form,
no feeling,
no cognition,
no conception,
no consciousness.
There is
no eye,
no ear,
no nose,
no tongue,
no body,
no mind,
no shape,
no sound,
no color,
no flavor,
no feeling,
no space.
There is no
center of vision,
no center of mind,
no center to reference
interpretation of perception.
No ignorance,
no end of ignorance,
no aging and death,
no end of aging and death.
It's the same for
There is
no path,
no wisdom,
no enlightenment,
no non-enlightenment.
Dear One, in this way
all buddhas --
realizing nothing,
anchored in the Heart --
are clear,
They are not
the one confused,
they are not
the one suffering.
They are Free.
There's a saying:
"Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi swaha."
This is how
the Compassionate One --
Beloved --
whispers from the Heart.
Selections from Encounters with Cold Mountain, Poems by Han Shan
Climbing up the Cold Mountain
I climb the road to Cold Mountain,
The road that never ends.
The valleys are long and strewn with stones;
Streams are broad and banked with thick grass;
Moss is slippery, though no rain has fallen;
Pines sigh, but it isn't the wind.
Who can break from the snares of the world
And sit with me among the white clouds?
Once, my back wedded to the solid cliff,
I sat silently, bathed in the full moon's light.
I counted there ten thousand shapes,
None with substance save the moon's own glow.
The pristine mind is empty as the moon,
I thought, and like the moon, freely shines.
By what I knew of moon I knew the mind,
Each mirror to each, profound as stone.
What a mind he had! Master of footnotes,
Retailer of all details. Sword tip, brush tip,
Tip of the tongue -- all penetrating. Music,
Horsemanship, archery, each one subdued.
When he exhaled, we breathed deeply.
Once he found the meaning not just there,
He fled in all directions, split hairs everywhere.
Travelers wonder how to reach Cold Mountain.
No road stretches so far; the streams end far below.
Summer ice darkens the greens.
Sunrise labours to burn off the mist.
How did a gray squat thing like me arrive?
I make my journey sitting still.
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Standing there atop a small knoll, you can smell the honeysuckle at your back and hear the birds in the tall trees whose branches wave in a breeze like brushes against the blue sky.
Standing there, while you lean on the hollow white vinyl rails of the fence lining the stormwater basin carved out of the hill below, you see the buildings lining the other side of Hagerstown's Eastern Boulevard like colored pieces on a Monopoly board.
And lifting your gaze, you can still see the green treetops on the fields out beyond and the green-blue beauty of South Mountain along the horizon.
Developers Tony Dahbura and his father, Bud, do not know yet what they are going to do with the five acres of scrub and woodland that grows the honeysuckle.


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David Moyes knows the importance of preventing the atmosphere at the Stadium of Light from worsening in the final two home games of the season.
Sunderland's 2-2 draw with West Ham almost a fortnight ago was marked by boos and chants of 'We want Moyes out' as the support turned on the manager for the first time in an ardous campaign.
Anger and discontent went up another notch at the Riverside on Wednesday night as the Black Cats fell to another defeat.
The visit of Bournemouth at the weekend could see Sunderland mathematically relegated, should they fail to match Hull City's result, the Tigers away to Southampton as they edge towards an extraordinary escape.
Moyes has insisted he will not walk despite the struggles of his side, looking to lead the side into what will more than likely be a Championship campaign next time out.
Confidence is draining among the fanbase and the Sunderland boss says wins are the only way to restore faith in the direction of the club.
He said: "I don't want that [atmosphere to turn]. I want us to be strong, play well, and go in the right direction.
"At the moment we have to try and turn things around, get some big wins between now and the end of the season to get some momentum going.
"If you are winning games, you don't see all the other things so much.
"But when you're losing, it makes all the other problems more obvious."
Moyes was quick to defend his players after the West Ham draw, insisting that they had fought for the shirt and shown their commitment.
That was a sentiment he echoed after the Middlesbrough defeat, despite cries of 'you're not fit to wear the shirt' from the away end at the final whistle. Many supporters showed their fury with the Sunderland squad, though Wahbi Khazri received a loud ovation as he threw his shirt into the crowd.
Moyes said after the game: "Criticism is rightly due but not on tonight's performance, players have stuck at it and shown they're capable of trying to get points and win games.
"We could have criticism in other games which was right, but tonight and against West Ham United we played well.
"We didn't give them many opportunities, they didn't give us many either, but thought we did enough.
"It wasn't for the lack of want or trying, players fantastic in effort they put in but came up short.
The final two home games of the season will in all likelihood be tense affairs, frustration always on the brink of turning to anger.
The clash with Bournemouth, then relegation threatened Swansea a fortnight later, were games that once looked like prime opportunities to climb the table. Now, they look like cruel glimpses of what might have been.
Moyes insisted that he understands the anger on the terraces but echoed his claim that if the West Ham performance is repeated, the team ought to be supported.
He said: "Our results have meant that supporters are frustrated.
"I'm a football supporter, and I'm also a football manager, and I'm disappointed so I can understand how the supporters feel.
"But on the day, everyone just has to focus on the team and how well the team is playing.
"We played well against West Ham, we kept going right to the end, and we were trying to win right to the end.
"And while the fans did express how they feel, once we scored and got back into the game a few minutes later, they stuck with the team.
"We went a goal down in both halves, but the team fought back and on another day we might just have nicked it."
That Hammers draw ended in slightly surreal scene as Sunderland fought for a stoppage time winner, the atmosphere in the crowd voiceferous, yet Moyes gathering the ball in his techincal area still drew a chrous of pantomine boos.
On Wednesday night there were even chants in support of Roy Keane, who left the club in 2008.
How the mood will swing on Saturday remains to be seen, but there is little doubt that many are steeling themselves for a potentially torrid afternoon.


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Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA has held "positive" talks with a potential partner for the construction of a new refining unit in Rio de Janeiro state, the company's Chief Executive Officer Pedro Parente said on Wednesday. Parente told reporters during a meeting in Rio that Petrobras, as the company is known, expects to choose the partner for the project in about three months. It will be the first time the firm will work with an investor in a refining complex in Brazil.
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It's time for more de-stashing and this week it's all about those teeny, tiny Prima flowers that came in those amazing milk bottles. I didn't physically count how many of those little suckers were in the bottle but I guesstimate around a million. Yes, it was definitely time to start using those.
I am also using #2 of the 3 metal frames from Prima. When I first bought this frame I knew I wanted to use it to feature a photo of my daughter, Breanna. I then went through my stash of flowers & metals bits and made sure my hot glue gun was plugged in.
I also grabbed this brand new die cut from Southern Ridge Trading Company.
It's so beautiful as a wreath but I needed it to frame the outer edge of my frame so I cut it apart.
I then stained it, and applied some my favourite Hot Stuff Embossing Powders from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies. I used mostly Burnt Coppers Leaves with just a sprinkling of Oil Rubbed Bronze.
I then started gluing on those teeny Prima flowers. And I kept gluing. And gluing. I still have a tonne of those suckers left.
Just before starting to assemble my frame I stenciled the removable back
with inks and paint just to add a bit more depth.
I used a lot of little bits of bobs including a few Flower Link Charms from Emerald Creek.
Here is finished frame.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!
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New Orleans Sissy Bounce queens Big Freedia and Sissy Nobby graced the Northeast this past week – their whirlwind of a tour included back-to-back shows in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Philadelphia.
"Sissy Bounce" is the informal name of a sub-genre of Bounce Music, which is huge in New Orleans. Bounce in general dominates the radio and can be heard coming out of every [third] car on the streets. It's the music of the block parties, night clubs and post-second line parties. Everything about it is defined by New Orleans. All of the call and response, the shout outs for the wards (our version of boroughs or neighborhoods), even the tempo, which lags about 20-30 bpm behind most popular dance music…it's lazy, but always moving. [Sissy Bounce] has been around about 10 years and began with a hit single by Katey Red called "Punk Under Pressure" (Punk being slang for gay). Bounce has been around longer and some artists are a little bit sensitive about being labeled "Sissy", or considered "gay by association", so Big Freedia and other "Sissy Rappers" go to great lengths to define themselves as Bounce Artists first, Sissy Rappers second. Sissy Bounce describes the life and loves of the folks who create it.
Being gay and out in New Orleans is difficult, but respect for creativity and the ability to rock a party permeates the culture. No one here can deny the Sissy's ability to entertain. In fact, it's always seemed that this city gives you more the more you give of yourself, and being weird is generally much more acceptable if you're unapologetic. Katey tends to sing about what it means to be a Sissy in a town like New Orleans…"I'm a punk under pressure, when you're finished leave the money on the dresser." Big Freedia leans toward the call and response type of party music trading lines with the crowd and singing about loving life and living fully.
Sissy Nobby is the first to really pioneer the bounce ballad and is probably the most popular currently, with her song "Consequences", but all the Sissy Rappers have had songs at the top of the local charts. Katey's first single I already mentioned, and Freedia is most well known for the song "Gin In My System". In his most recent single Lil Wayne "borrowed" the lyric "I got that Gin in my system!" from Freedia's hit, and she's already put out another song in response to that. Bounce artists are generally very prolific (in songs, not in recordings necessarily, a problem that definitely needs a solution, in my opinion) and the songs they create literally come up from experiences they're having day to day. The language of New Orleans is constantly evolving, and bounce choruses are like dipping your toe into an ever-moving river of throw away comments and street slang.
Big Freedia got her start in bounce as a backup singer and dancer for Katey Red. But before that she was the choir director at her high school for the last two years of her primary education. She's a bit of a natural leader, and the fact that she makes the most "call and response" type of material probably stems from this. Her first hit was a song called "An Ha, Oh Yeah" followed soon by "Gin In My System." You can literally walk into almost any place in New Orleans and shout "I got that gin in my system!" and will immediately hear "Somebody gon be my victim!" in response. She performs weeklies at 5 clubs 6 nights a week, several shows on the weekends, and runs a personal business decorating parties. She has a crew of about 20 and has decorated the Mayor's Mardi Gras Ball for over 4 years.


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National Basic Writing SurveySubmitted by rmlynarczyk on December 10, 2008 - 10:56
Please take a look at the CBW National Survey of Basic Writing Programs, now available at http://comppile.org/cbw. The survey, sponsored by the Conference on Basic Writing and put into web-based format by Glenn Blalock, is intended to gather information nationwide about Basic Writing programs, policies, teaching practices, demographics, and the effects of state and local legislation on them. The initial survey results will be presented at the CBW workshop at CCCC in San Francisco in March 2009.


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PrometheanPlanet.com provides teachers a place to connect and discuss education through blogs and forums, online training classes, and videos. In addition, this site provides a place to shop for ActivBoard activities. Examples of ActivBoard educational activities for preschool and kindergarten-aged students include "Flipchart Templates & Activities ActivPack," "EDpaX Phonics - Letters A through Z," "Footprints Early Years - My Room" and "Footprints Early Years - My Calendar."


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Fireplace Surrounds Ideas Furniture
Living room is the place where is family gathering. The stuffs in this room is usually sofa, rug, cupboard and  television. Sometimes there is fireplace. Fireplace serves as a heater in the winter. It s located in the center of living room. Surrounds of fireplace can be a multi function. There are so many fireplace surrounds ideas. For example, we can put the bookshelves in the side of fireplace. Besides that, we also can put flat screen television above of fireplaces.
Putting rugs in front of it is the other s fireplace surrounds ideas. Besides that, we also can put sofa in the other side. We can read some book in there while warming. This place becomes favorite spot for gathering with family. The most of house have fireplace, especially house in the fourth season. When winter and autumn, the weather is so windy and cold. It is the reasons why some people use fireplace to warm. When spring and summer this tools can be an accessories for that room.
The most of fireplace surrounds ideas is to put bookshelves. We can put our book collection there. Sometimes some people are spending their time with read some book in front of fireplace. It will be a quality time when snow falls outside. Â Â The other good idea furniture surrounds of fireplace is to put the electronic stuff. We can make a little home theater there.
Although fireplace is usually located in the living room sometimes people also put it in the bedroom. Of course it becomes heater for their room. The size of fireplace in the bedroom is smaller than in the living room. But the function is still same. There are so many design of fireplace. It can be a traditional or modern design. The different of both are the traditional fireplace has manual system to use it. But the modern one has an automatic system when we want to use it. The modern system is simpler than the traditional one, we doesn't have to use firewood. We can change it with coal as fuel. It is simpler.
Fireplaces can be found in a foreign country, especially in rural areas. House that has fireplaces usually has a chimney also. It is for air circulation. In the rural areas, he chimney design is still has big sizes. It is different with chimney in the urban areas. In the urban areas, sometimes people use small chimney. However, fireplaces is rare in tropical countries.
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Jubilee Year of Fatima - Granting of Plenary Indulgence
Pope Francis has granted a plenary indulgence opportunity for the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions throughout the centennial year, from the 27th of November 2016 until the 26th of November 2017.
There are three ways to obtain the indulgence, detailed in a statement from the Fatima Shring in Portugal
To obtain the plenary indulgence, the faithful must also fulfill the ordinary conditions: go to Confession and Communion, be interiorly detached from sin, and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father.
1. Make a pilgrimage to the shirne. To the faithful who make a pilgrimage to the Fatima Shrine in Portugal and participate in a celebration of prayer dedicated to the Virgin. In addition, the faithful must pray the Our Father, recite the Creed and invoke the Mother of God.
2. Pray before any statue of Our Lady of Fatima. To the faithful who visit with devotion a statue of Our Lady of Fatima solemnly exposed for public veneration in any church, oratory or proper place during the days of the anniverary of the apparitions, the 13th of each month from May to October 2017, and there devoutly participate in some celebration or prayer in honor of the Virgin Mary. In addition, the faithful must pray the Our Father, recite teh Creed and invoke Our Lady of Fatima.
3. The elderly and infirm. To the faithful who, beacuse of age, illness or other serious cause, are unable to get around, may pray in front of a statue of Our Lady of FAtima and must spiritually unite themselves to the jubilee celebrations on the days of the apparitions, the 13th of each month, between May and October 2017. They must also "offer to merciful God with confidence, through Mary, their prayers and sufferings or the sacrifices they make intheir own lives."


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I hope to have a formal review in the near future through one of my usual outlets. For now, then, simply some brief personal reflections:
As I've talked about on here more than once, VNV Nation has assumed particular importance for me in recent years — their song "The Farthest Star" in particular had a resonance for me at a time when I felt frustrated and burnt out on a number of fronts, and any number of songs from the Judgement album hold near equal power as well. The slew of live shows I've seen since have reconfirmed that, and the brief conversations I've been lucky to have with VNV mainman Ronan Harris have always left me thinking he's quite a generous and friendly fellow. Meanwhile, I've also seen the personal impact his work has had on some friends I've introduced the band's work to — it's been refreshingly uncynical, for lack of a better term.
Of Faith, Power and Glory — which I'm well into my second listen here tonight, and I'm probably about to play it to death in the run-up to the LA show that kicks off the tour — feels like the logical progression in the run of albums starting with Futureperfect, as VNV have refined and focused their sound, at once of a larger piece and yet able to hit the individual mark nearly every single time. It's a rare act that can constantly use familiar elements and never seem boring or repetitious about it — we all have our individual examples in other genres, I'm sure, but VNV is my current lodestone there.
As I said, more formal thoughts to be saved for a review first. Suffice to say I spent a good chunk of this evening dancing to this whole thing like a fiend, phrases are already leaping out at me from the lyrics as perfectly capturing states of mind I know or remember well, and I simply can't wait for the show now.


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I use these Silicone liners when I make cookies, bisquits, rolls, chicken or fish. I simply place one onto my baking sheet, place my cookie dough, bisquits or whatever on them and cook accordingly...nothing will stick and my cookies slide right off the sheet without a hitch. I especially like to use them when making dinner rolls. I had a problem with the bottom of the rolls getting too brown but with these liners that never happens and my rolls brown just right, everytime.These liners are supposedly oven and microwave proof to 500 degrees. Personally, I can't imagine why you would need to use them in the microwave but they say you can. On a baking sheet they work wonders though. They can be used over and over and clean up is easy too, simply wipe clean with a little soapy water. I bought mine thru mail order (Carol Wright) but I believe you can also find them in stores. If you do much cooking or baking you should try these liners. They are inexpensive, easy to use and very effective.
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J. K. Wolf, Departed this Life February 1, 1862. This stone stands about 3 feet high and is about 3 feet across. Over the past ten years The Madison County Historical Society has searched to find information about J. K. Wolf...but have been unable to find anything out about him. His grave is located in the edge of a hayfield, in a grove of trees. There are two other fieldstones, which we believe might also mark graves. J. K. Wolf died 1 Feb 1862, during the Civil War. Some people say he was a Confederate Captain. Just about 1/10 of a mile from the grave is a huge spring which was the winter quarters of the 14th Regiment of the Confederate Infantry, commanded by Colonel William C. Mitchell. Evidently J. K. Wolf was an important person, based on the size and quality of his tombstone. If anyone knows anything about Mr. Wolf, please contact me.
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I couldn't have picked a better day than yesterday to visit the rooftops of Manhattan!
One goal of New York City Audubon's Project Safe Flight program is to figure out how migratory birds cope with big cities along their migratory route. When spring migrants head up the Atlantic Flyway and encounter New York City, what do they do? Do they fly on one side of Manhattan or the other? Do they fly higher or lower than usual? Do they fly up the avenues? We have our theories, and now we are testing them.
Research has already been done–including work by NYC Audubon Board member Andrew Farnsworth–on night flight calls of migratory land birds. The technology exists to record and analyze the calls, so we can find out who (what species) is calling. The challenge today is: Where can we install the microphones?
So I called Helena Durst, a vice president of the Durst Organization (one of the city's most environmentally conscientious developers) and an enthusiastic supporter of NYC Audubon's Lights Out New York. Thanks to Ms. Durst, I got to spend the morning with a member of her staff, Lauren Leppla, touring five fabulous rooftops. From the 945-foot-tall One Bryant Park to a 286-foot-tall building at 733 Third Avenue…. What a view! Each building engineer who took us to the roof was gracious and keen on helping us with the project.
Some of questions we are looking to answer: Are birds flying closer to rivers, or are they flying over the center of Manhattan? Are night flight calls correlated with collisions? Are more birds flying over higher or lower buildings? Darker or brightly lit areas? Green spaces or developed land? Lots of questions to answer. We'll also be teaming up with Fordham University professor Alan Clark in using radar to visualize migration. But on this glorious day in March, I just got to see the city from a bird's eye view.
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Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971, which runs from 17 May until 7 September, includes about 125 early art pieces, works on paper, films, installations, performances and audio recordings.
It shows how even in 1962 Ono thought of art as pure instruction, paintings that are described rather than realised, which predates conceptual art.
The exhibition follows the writer, peace activist and widow of Beatle John Lennon from her days as a 27-year-old organising artistic events at her New York loft to exhibitions in Tokyo, London and New York. It concludes with her unsanctioned one-woman show at MoMA in 1971 titled Museum of Modern Art.
Curator Christophe Cherix said the show was designed to let the works speak for themselves, so each piece could be understood on its own and how it is connected to the others.
"We really tried to understand what were her key contributions in the first decade of her practice. And narrowed down to the pieces we felt really the most influence today," Cherix said.
"Later in 1971 she does 'Fly' where she follows a fly on a naked body. How those two works work together? There are seven years in between, one is black and white and a performance. One is a film with a professional model and is in colour. Both are about nudity, both are about being extremely vulnerable."
The show begins with Apple, Ono's 1964 work showing a piece of fruit on a Plexiglas pedestal and includes Bag Piece, in which two guests enter a cloth bag, instruction paintings and a new work created for the exhibition called To See The Sky.
Cherix said the focus is on her early career because few people know that when she met Lennon she already was a respected artist.
He said: "We feel it has long been overshadowed. Yoko Ono is a very well-known figure, but few people know that when she met John Lennon she had 10 years behind her as an artist – and she was well-known. Not as well-known as she has become."


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Ok, I have a question for any ex-thologians, current theologians, recently de-converted Christians or anyone else with thoughts on the matter. It comes from an interesting situation.
On the weekend, my 60 year old mum went skydiving. Pretty proud of her courage, but she was a bit anxious leading up to it and in her typical fashion, took it to the melodramatic length of writing us all notesd to read in case she died. We all said "thanks for the lovely thoughts but don't be silly" and of course the jump went fine and she loved it.
However it did get me to thinking.
In her note to me she said some very nice things about being proud of me, and her love for both me and my wife, but also that her biggest hope in life was that I come back to faith, and "return to believing that god is love and welcomes you with open arms"... or something like that.
Of course, one cannot believe that which oine knows to be false, even if one wanted to. It goes against the nature of the human mind. And even if i could, I would consider it the biggest tragedy in my life if I suffered a brain injury that caused me to believe such dangerous and silly nonsense again. I am free of that (and have been these last 10 years) and can and will never return to such an infantile world view.
So I am certainly going to dissapoint mum in that regard, although I do not want her, when it is eventually her time, to leave this one life we have feeling anxious about my eternal soul. Like I said, the simple thing would be to, when she is getting closer to the end of her life, pretend that I have become a Christian again, but this would go against everything I value and hold to be important. However, neither do I want to be calous and just say "Mum, I'm never going to believe and that's it" which will leave her with an ongoing anxiety up till the end f her life that her son will be in hell for eternity.
So I have come up with a plan.
I need to cure my mother of her fear of hell.
I have no desire to try to de-convert her, to destroy her faith, or convince her that I am right about the non-existence of god. her faith works for her and as long as it's not hurting anyone else, that's fine. It gives her comfort, but part of it also causes her pain as it has convinced her that my not sharing her belief has eternal consequences. So I do need to tear down that part of the belief, so that she can be at peace about my atheism.
The fear of hell is one of the most ingrained and damaging components of Christianity. It has been used to control people for centuries and has caused many otherwise intelligent people to relinquish their intellectual honesty and, white knuckled, hold onto unjustified beliefs for der life - beliefs that they really do know deep down have no basis.
It also causes huge distress in those who believ it about their loved ones who do not. In all these ways and many more as well, the teaching and belief in hell is one of the most insidious and nasty elements of Christianity, not to mention something that would make god, if he did exist, a sadistic, childish, petulant and nasty dictator.
But many many committed Christians, people who have faith that does provide them comfort and eace, do not believe in the now somewhat medieval view of hell. Unfortunately, my mother's brand of evangelical fundamentalism does believe in a literal hell as a place of eternal torture and suffering.
So I would like to talk to my mother about her belief in hell, encourage her that for her own peace of mind she would be well served to read soem books by trusted Christian authors who challenge the notion of hell, and come to an understanding that the doctrine of hell is not needed for her faith, and is indeed the antithesis of the loving god in whom she professes belief.
Of course, I could outline to her that facts that a belief in hell was not something that has been existent from the start in the Judeo-Christian tradition, and in fact developed slowly and crystalised quite late in the history of monotheism. I could point out that Jesus almost certainly did not have a belief in hell in the same way that she does, but she would dismiss that as the scepticism of a non-believer, and shut her ears to the facts the same way that she chooses to remain ignorant of the basics of evolutionary biology or the development of the documents that now constitute the bible.
So I need to be able to direct her to thinking about hell, that comprehensively destroys the notion of eternal suffering and torture, from inside her own sphere of belief.
If people have suggestions of Christian authors who write well on this topic, or have their own ideas about arguments that can cure Christians of hell fear, I would be most appreciative.
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I am so glad your wrote this! I have a similar situation. I so want to be open about my beliefs, but my parents are fundamentalists as well, and I just don't want to ruin what is left of their retired lives. They have just entered in to that time when they are supposed to relax and enjoy life. I don't have the heart to bog them down with the ever-present fear that I will be tormented in hell forever!
I have thought about talking with them, and using the bible to my advantage. There is a verse somewhere about if you raise a child in the way they should go (meaning religion of course) then when they are old they will not depart from it. I want to tell them that if they really believe the Bible, they should not worry because I am already set to return back to religion - it may not be in their lifetime, but according to the Bible I will do it. They should, "have faith".
I also want to somehow ask them how they could support a god that would give me the intelligence to question and yet be willing to torment me forever when I see the lack of religion as the more intelligent choice. I want to ask them to look at me, closely, at what kind of a person I am. How much they love me, and then think about the type of god that would put me into everlasting hell. Then, try to get them to think maybe that "hell" they think of is not quite what it was described as. I want them to question the existence of hell itself, maybe then they can accept my beliefs without worrying that I will be cast into a lake of fire.
I say this knowing that I don't believe any of it, that I would just be using "their" logic to try to convince them that the hell they think of doesn't exist. I, like you, don't want to take their faith away from them, just tweak it a bit.
If you do find any good information, please pass it along to me. I'll add you in my circle so I can keep up with the progress. It's nice to meet another atheist who is respectful of the beliefs of family, even when those beliefs are contradictory to your own. So many atheists give me a hard time for trying to find a way to make peace with others as I make peace with myself.
Thanks for sharing!
Hi Glen,
Unfortunately, there is no explanation which would satisfy a fundamentalist. There are specific references, even by Jesus as to the fiery torments e.g. it is better to enter life maimed than to have both hands and enter hell "WHERE THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED MK 9:43-44. And there's the story of the rich man and Lazarus LK 16:23-25.
Now of course, more sophisticated christians see this as allegory with as you say imagery supplied by the medieval church and the superstitions of the masses but you will have a hard time convincing her.
In my opinion, tell her with heartfelt honestly that you are a person who loves the truth and that it was your love of truth that led you down this path.
Tell her that while you understand how she feels, that you do not agree but that you love her and want her to be happy for you.
Remind her that she has raised you to be a strong and independant person of character and that she should be proud and comforted in that.
That's probably the best you can hope for.
I'm working on the same issue myself, from the opposite perspective. I left christianity early in life, but when I later went through a difficult period I had fundies praying/preying on me and it re-ingnited all those fears I had growing up. No matter how many times I find information telling me that hell is not real, that it was made up later in the church, that there were rewritings in the bible, it doesn't seem to stick in my brain for long enough to "take." I have to keep re-finding and re-reading arguments against it whenever I feel "triggered."
It's bad enough to think you go there when you die, but I could deal with that. What makes it even more scary is when people say that hell is on earth. It feels like the devil or any demon could approach and hurt me at any time. And according to literalists there are angels, devils, demons etc. all around us. So that really freaks me out, especially coupled with the fact that many other religions and spiritual paths also believe in psychic attacks and demons, too. So I don't have to just stop believing in christianity to feel better, I have to stop believing in all the other stuff, too, and that's taking a long time to do all that research.
Anyway, what has helped me with the hell part of it is this site that I found from ex-christian.net
If Hell Is Real: http://tentmaker.org/ifhellisreal.htm It's a Christian site, so your mom will hopefully feel comfortable with it since they are serious believers. At the bottom of the page there is a scholar's corner with links to even more information. One of which: http://www.what-the-hell-is-hell.com/HellStudy/HellChart.html says that new Bibles are being printed *without the word hell!!*
This http://www.tentmaker.org/books/Prevailing.html talks about how universal salvation was the way of the early church.
http://www.tentmaker.org/articles/how_hell_became_eternal_vincent.htm How Hell became eternal
I hope this helps!!
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Geert Wilders trial suspended after he attacks judge. I expected to read that he leaped up to the bench and collared the judge, but no. More at The Corner in defense of the MP, whose party holds the balance of power in the recent Dutch elections.
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Midfielder Ben Pearson believes Barnsley need to stand up and be counted.
Manchester United loan ace Pearson and his team-mates have been working hard on communication during the last fortnight.
And the Reds were rewarded with an impressive 4-1 home win over Swindon Town at Oakwell last Saturday. Reds boss Lee Johnson has been hungry to gel his players after a hit-and-miss start to the season.
Excellent performances against Everton in the Capital One Cup and an away win over Millwall in the league have been countered by disappointing league defeats to Rochdale and Shrewsbury Town, and Pearson said: "We just need that one leader who gets everyone going.
"People need to come to front now and start demanding more from each other.
"We've set a benchmark now and we just need to keep going.
"Possibly if you had 30-year-oldin the side who has played 300-400 games it would help fast-track us younger players on.
"But we haven't got that so someone has got to take that leader role on. Most of us are 21 or 22, so it is a young side with the exception of a couple of older players.
"I'm sure that will come with games though and, if we only start picking up results, then that will help.
"It's really great for the dressing room that we have a young squad. Everybody knows what everyone likes and there's a few of us who all go to the cinema together.
"You probably wouldn't get that if you had a lot of older lads in the team, so it's good for team-bonding.
"With young players in general it's consistency which you struggle with. I've played well this season and also not played well. But we're all on the same page, we're trying to gel together."
Midfielder Dan Crowley is a real doubt for the weekend with a thigh injury, but Pearson is fit and ready to start.
And the 20-year-old expects a tough test from the Tangerines despite the Lancashire club's well-documented problems.
"I know Blackpool struggled last season, but I'm sure this they'll be looking to move on," said Pearson.
"I know they've brought in a few loan players who I know. They're good players and I'm sure they'll be good in this league.
"They just need some time to get the fans on their side. When they do that I'm sure they'll be alright.
"They have got a bit of firepower up front, so I'm sure he'll cause a few problems.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
We are home!
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
QUICK and SWEET
We are leaving tomorrow morning. They called this morning to say we were cleared for travel and God provided the flights!!!!
Will update more later!!!
Got to go pack!!!
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Friday, July 2, 2010
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Good news....bad news
The good news is that the MOWA letter has been written!!! Praise the Lord! The bad news is that the court lost our file.
So when the two meet up we will pass! Please pray that the file would be found ASAP!
We continue to Trust in the Lord with all our heart!
Resting in His Peace,
The Ulms
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
We did not pass court today. We are very saddened by this as we watch Isaac grow and change in pictures and long to have him home with us. MOWA did not have the letter written so we are going for round 3 on June 23rd.....
Please pray! We so want to have him home with us where he belongs. We are trusting the Lord and will continue to praise Him in all things!
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Well, we did not pass. The good news is that our case looked good. The only hold up was the MOWA. They have to write a recommendation letter that is part of every case. Of course they did not. They don't have a very good record of writing the letter on time so I can't say that I am surprised. So what is next?
June 16th is our next date in court. Please pray that the letter will be there! We are so anxious to bring Isaac home. God is in complete control so I know it will happen and we will hold him soon. Just wish it was sooner....
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
We are one step closer to bringing our sweet baby boy home!!! We got our assigned court date for May 26th. If all things come together, Isaac will be officially an Ulm!!! Then we will move into the travel stage to bring our boy home!!! Lots of things can happen but God is in complete control and I know that he will be in our arms at the perfect moment!!! Please pray!!!
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
There are no words!!!
I am a little behind in posting this on here but.....We received our referral for a 2 month old beautiful baby boy! We actually got the call on April 8th! We were on are way home from vacation. It was really cool because we were all together. Really there no words to describe the feelings that we have right now. We are in of awe of God's plans for our lives and feel blessed that He has chosen us to raise Isaac as well as our other three.
Now we wait on a court date. Once we pass court, we will be able to post pictures and then we will move into the waiting phase of getting ready to travel. We know that he will not be there one more day than he is suppose to be and that God's strong arms are wrapped around our Isaac. Can't wait to have my arms around him too!!
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
It has been awhile since I have posted anything. The holidays were great and very busy!!
Our wait for Isaac has been fairly easy so far. I think Christmas and all the things we had going on really helped.
Today, I found out that we are "on-deck". That is our adoption agency lingo for we are getting close for our referral call and to see sweet Isaac's face for the first time. Still don't know when that will be. Only the Lord does!
Please pray that I don't have a heart attack every time the phone rings!! I think I will be jumpy for a while!!!
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