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In fact this book's arrival gave me cause to pause and reflect. I've been working really hard these last few years, concentrating on novel-length and giving my work the best possible attention to justify the editors who loved my ideas and put their trust in me. I was inspired by wonderful characters who wanted me to tell their stories and my output over the last eighteen months exceeded anything I'd ever managed before. Meanwhile 2012 evolved into the biggest year for erotic romance ever. Exciting times!
For me 2012 was relatively quiet because I didn't have a new novel length publication to share with readers. I knew it was coming. I'd done the work and the titles were listed. I wrote through a tough year on the personal front, but I couldn't yet see the results out there when it was such a huge year for the genre. It's one of the oddities of being a writer -- waiting for publication day to roll around -- and it's one of many things that requires patience and tenacity in this business. Back-to-back titles is a terrific way to connect with readers, a wonderful opportunity, but it does mean a longer wait.
Anyway, I was a good girl (no really! ;) and I was as patient as I could be. Then today my author copies for THE LIBERTINE arrived from HQN Books, and..... I had a moment... :) I've had so many different author copies arrive recently that it finally hit me. This is all the work I've done, actualised in print. It was really emotional for me, bearing witness that way. For a lot of last year it seemed so far away. But now I have three titles out back-to-back over the next three months, with foreign editions listed for the UK, Australia and Sweden already, and another 2 book series in the pipeline.
And the books look amazing! The jpg didn't prepare me for the beautiful end product.
This one is due out March 1st. Who wants one now? :)
His powers could save her from ruin, or guide her swiftly to it..
Lennox Taskill is a dissolute rogue, a powerful witch who some say even trades his enchantments for profit when it pleases him. His only loyalty is to his coven, his disdain for humanity sealed by the searing memory of his mother burning at the stake. So when the wife of a wealthy landlord comes seeking his help, the beguiling Chloris Keavey unwittingly presents Lennox with his greatest opportunity for distraction...and retribution.
By failing to produce an heir, Chloris faces a terrible threat: being turned out by her heartless husband. Now, she vows to get with child, even if it means surrendering her body—and soul—to Lennox's seductive magic. But with a witch hunt brewing, Lennox and Chloris are soon risking everything for their forbidden nights of ecstasy…and to protect the secret that could cost them their lives."Walker deftly spins a captivating tale that will have readers holding their collective breath until the last page is turned." Publishers Weekly review.
Here's the UK print version of THE HARLOT, due out in WHSmiths and supermarkets Feb 1st.
And here's the Australian version of THE HARLOT. In Australia all three Taskill books are coming out in print, bi-monthly, 1st Feb, 1st April and 1st June.
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There is something special and fun about PINK cakes! And topsy turvy cakes are super fun! The teacups were a little tricky, but much needed!
The White Rabbit's clock. "I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!!" Clock and #1 made of gum paste.
I strayed a little from the original picture of this cake by making the blue pattern out of the playing card suit symbols! Gotta get those little details in!
I really love making gum paste flowers! And those gold leaves are adorable!
Do I need help with cakes?! YES I DO! I was so busy with cakes this week that my daughter was awesome and made that gold chain by herself!! She painted it in gold for me too! THANK YOU RACHEL!!!
Here's the little smash cake to go with the big cake! I really adore the rose swirls, and the teacup was painted by my daughter as well.
Okay, so sometimes something goes wrong with a cake. Something went really wrong with this cake! I delivered the cake, everything was all good, then I got a very sad message from the mom of the birthday girl. The teacups had fallen off the cake and broken! I felt awful cause I was out of town and wasn't able to fix it. It was truly one of those heart dropping moments when I felt horrible! Live and learn with each cake!! Please forgive me, Blaire!!!
Such a seriously cute cake and I enjoyed every second of making it! Happy 1st birthday Morley!!!
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Morning Glory Breakfast Cookies
FINALLY! Someone has been hearing our pleas for an appropriate-for-breakfast cookie!
(And no, we're not talking about the cookie diet. Fake stuff. Gross.)
Er, not that we EVER needed an excuse to have a cookie (or three) first thing in the morning. Sometimes that rush of sugar is just what you need to get your blood flowing. It wakes you up. Gives you something to get out of bed for...if you read this blog, you MUST be in agreement.
Well, even if you're not, we're about to convince you with these Morning Glory cookies.
You would consider muffins a breakfast food, correct? Of course. Duh. Muffins are like breakfast-approved cupcakes. Ok. So, you would then eat a Morning Glory muffin, correct? Like with carrots (health food), apples (doctor recommended), walnuts (good fats), raisins (old but yummy fruit) and coconut (um, there is definitely something nutritional about coconut)?
Again, of course you would, that's basically like eating a granola bar only rounder.
Ergo, you would eat a cookie that had the EXACT same stuff in it only without the oil. Ergo. Of course.
In fact, without the oil, we practically made these cookies BETTER FOR YOU than a Morning Glory Muffin. Eating one of these cookies is *almost* exactly like being on a juice fast.
You're welcome.
Ok. But wait. We might have done a little something to compromise those health benefits...not that it will stop us in the slightest from eating these cookies for breakfast but we feel like we should come clean. We're honest gals.
We whoopified. Whoopified the Morning Glory Cookies.
Oh well. We tried.
Morning Glory Breakfast Cookies
Makes 30-40 cookies (15-20 Whoopies)
Adapted from Elinor Klivans
For the Cookies:
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cups (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
1 heaping teaspoon grated orange zest
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup grated/shredded carrot (2-3 carrots)
3/4 cup grated/shredded apple (1 apple)
1 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup shredded, sweetened coconut
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
For the Whoopie Filling (optional):
3 cups powdered (confectioners') sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Sift/whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl and set aside. In a large bowl or mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar and orange zest until smooth and well blended. Scrape the sides of the bowl. On medium speed, add in the eggs, one at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed, and the vanilla extract. Mix in the shredded carrot, apple, raisins, coconut and walnuts (side note, we shredded the carrots and apple in our food processor with the shredding attachment thing and we left the skins of both ON since that's where all the flavor is, but you are welcome to peel them if you don't want that added fiber). The batter will be pretty liquid at this point from all the carrots and apples. On low speed, add in the flour mixture until just combined. The dough will be sticky.
Using an ice cream scoop or a 1/4 measuring cup, scoop mounds of dough onto the prepared sheets about 2-inches apart. Bake the cookies, one sheet at a time, in the middle rack of the oven until they are pale but firm. About 20 minutes. The tops will not get browned so don't wait for that. They will simple lose some shine and when a toothpick is inserted in the center of the cookie it will come out dry. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then place them on a wire rack to cool completely.
If you are going to make them Whoopie Cookies, YAY! In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and cream cheese until completely smooth with no visible lumps. Add in the vanilla extract and then slowly mix in the powdered (confectioners') sugar, beating on low until smooth. Do not overbeat or the filling will start to lose structure.
Assemble the cookies by dolloping tablespoons full of filling onto an overturned cookie and then pressing a matching cookie down on top to make a sandwich. Put the whoopie cookies in the fridge for about 30 minutes before serving to firm up. They will keep on a parchment-lined baking sheet, covered in plastic wrap in the fridge for about 3 days.


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forget about stars
Saturday, December 29, 2007
I have returned from Kentucky with the following items:
1. 12 Ferraro Rocher truffles.
2. A $200 Costco gift card.
3. A new sister in-law.
4. 128 photos, 13 of which aren't blurry.
5. Showerhead-induced microdermabrasion.
6. New insight into hotel quality ratings.
The natural thing to do would be to write about our travel nightmares (lost luggage and riding in the trunk of a car), the wedding (perfectly beautiful)… or the Louisville experience (they eat spaghetti with chili on it). But since it's me, and since I am clearly not interested in writing about things people are interested in…I'm going to share my thoughts on hotel quality ratings.
If you've ever looked for a hotel online, you know about the different rating methods for hotel quality. You can select a hotel based on a star rating (ranging from 1-5) or on anecdotal customer reviews. If you've ever actually BOOKED a hotel through one of these sites, you know that the ratings aren't always accurate. A hotel that received a combined rating of 3.5/"We'll certainly be back"… turned out to be more of a 2.0/"I got crabs."
I think I've come up with a more reliable rating system. No stars. No reviews. Just showerheads. I can think of six showerhead configurations that perfectly communicate hotel quality. I think you'll recognize some of them.
1. Ring of Fire
This configuration is easily distinguished by its ability to completely soak one's hairline, ears and neck, while leaving the entire face bone dry. Facial wetting is accomplished through a series of circular motions and periodic bobbing. Thorough rinsing is nearly impossible.
2. Rock Tunneler
The original "power shower," this configuration is inexplicably popular and uncommonly painful. Based on the assumption that More is More when it comes to water pressure, the Rock Tunneler is one ridiculously powerful blast of water capable of removing dirt, debris and nipples.
3. Select-A-Stream
While I totally respect the concept of a select-your-own showerhead configuration, it is almost never successful. To wit:
Hey! An adjustable showerhead!
Oooh, a massage setting… YEEE OUCH.
How 'bout the fine mist setting…okay, that stings.
Ah well, I guess the original setting was the best one.
Like the Select-A-Stream, I appreciate the thoughtfulness that goes into installing a self-service showerhead… but my shower frustrations don't often stem from the inability to remove the showerhead from the wall. The problem with D.I.Y. is: there is almost always a pesky cord that is almost always twisted, causing the water to shoot off at a wonky angle. So I end up needing to remove the showerhead from the wall.
5. Normal Showerhead
An unremarkable configuration. It expels water and you don't notice anything about it at all. Rarest of the configurations.
6. Waterfall
This configuration is most often seen in fancy hotels and home design magazines. It is the size of a trash can lid, uses one million gallons of water per second and feels like bathing in angel tears.
I don't think travel websites would need to do much of anything else to describe the hotel. I imagine the ad would look something like this:


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Neurostim is a brand new drug that dramatically increases productivity and creativity. Developed from the seeds of a long-extinct Norwegian tree, Neurostim dramatically improves response time by allowing subjects to think and process information more quickly. The implications are staggering. It could help people in all walks of life, but could easily become a lifesaver for policemen, fireman, doctors and other first responders. But initial tests reveal a hiccup—some of the monkeys tested exhibited maniacal, homicidal behaviors. As the lead lab tech was approaching company authorities with the evidence, however, she was killed in a mysterious one-car accident.
Without any reported side-effects, the FDA authorizes human trials of Neurostim and the trials appear to go smoothly. Brothers Karl Bjornsen and Gunnar Bjornsen, however, are deeply embroiled in a bitter legal battle for control of the company—and Neurostim. Gunnar developed Neurostim while working as President of Bjornsen Pharmaceuticals and he's the only one who knows the secret formula. When Karl ousted Gunnar as President, Gunnar took the formula with him.
What begins as a simple trade secrets case, however, quickly escalates and becomes more complex as Gunnar's lawyer, Ben Corbin, discovers embezzlement and bribery with Karl as the prime suspect. When Ben and his team travel to Norway to investigate the accounting discrepancies with the company's Norwegian branch, Bjornsen Norge, their very lives become endangered.
Is Karl Bjornsen behind the Norwegian attacks that endanger Ben and his team? Is Neurostim safe? Can the FDA stop the human trials on Neurostim before its too late?
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Rick Acker does his best work while traveling, and he pecks out pages every day on the commuter train to his "real job" as a Deputy Attorney General in the California Department of Justice. Rick's other books include Dead Man's Rule and the Davis Detectives series for tweens. He lives in Northern California with his wife, Anette, and their four children.
Q&A with Rick Acker, courtesy of Glass Roads PR
Where did you get the idea for Blood Brothers?
Blood Brothers really sprang from three different ideas: First, I've had a ringside seat to several fights between former partners, and they were among the most intense and compelling cases I've been involved in. How much more intense and compelling would a case like that be if the partners were also brothers?
Second, the ancient Norse sagas are filled with fascinating stories that took place just before reliable historical records began to be kept in Scandinavia. Some of these tales are undoubtedly true, but which ones? And how might the lost knowledge behind them matter today?
Third, I've long felt challenged by Christ's admonition that it's easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The secular psychologist William James had some surprisingly similar observations. What does it mean to be a "rich man" in modern American society?
So, how do those three pieces fit together into a biotech/legal thriller? Read Blood Brothers and find out.
What is your greatest inspiration as a writer?
Deadlines. There are lots of things that inspire me as a storyteller--unusual people I meet, compelling cases I litigate, interesting articles in the news and so on. But what actually inspires me to sit down, focus, and turn the stories running around my head into books? My publisher's deadlines.
If Blood Brothers became a movie – who would you cast in the lead roles?
Good question. I have an unlimited budget, right? In that case:
Tom Cruise: Ben Corbin, the handsome but not particularly tall lawyer who tries the case at the heart of the book
Penelope Cruz: Ben's lovely wife--and reluctant forensic accountant--Noelle (This might be a little uncomfortable for Tom, but I get to make the casting decisions, not him.)
Adrien Brody: Russian-American detective Sergei Spassky
Uma Thurman: Elena Kamenev, FBI agent and Sergei's on-and-off love interest
Cilian Murphy: the vile cybercriminal George Kulish
I'm drawing a blank on who should play Gunnar and Karl Bjornsen, the brothers of the title. Know any six-foot-plus actors in their late fifties with weightlifter arms and faces like the Old Man of the Mountain (before he collapsed)?
What was your greatest obstacle to overcome in writing this novel?
Self-discipline. This book took a lot longer to write than it should have, mostly because I didn't have a deadline at first due to a little contract mix-up.
How would you suggest that aspiring novelists avoid similar obstacles?
Give yourself a deadline. Better yet, have someone else give you a deadline and hold you accountable. If you don't have a publisher (who will generously provide this service for free), have your spouse or a good friend do it and give him/her the right to fine you if you blow your deadline. It works.


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Grey's Anatomy (2005)
1 continuity mistake in Moment of Truth
Starring: Chandra Wilson, Ellen Pompeo, Isaiah Washington, Justin Chambers, Katherine Heigl, Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh
Continuity mistake: Avery and Kepner are at the bar. Keep looking between them (over Kepner's left shoulder). Right when Kepner says "I'm a soldier" a guy in in the background comes around the corner wearing a dark shirt with what looks like a red vest/sweater. The camera changes to a different angle for Avery's line, and then when it comes back to Kepner for her next line, the guy in the red sweater/vest comes around the corner again. (00:16:00)
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Lyons: Smiling since Rudolph's arrest
(CNN) -- Emily Lyons, a nurse injured in the 1998 bombing of an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, that federal authorities have linked to Eric Robert Rudolph, spoke Monday to CNN anchor Bill Hemmer along with her husband, Jeffrey, about Rudolph's arrest and her recuperation.
HEMMER: Nice to see you. I want to roll a piece of videotape here from 1998 in which I thought you showed a lot of courage. About five weeks after the bombing, this is you being wheeled in to meet members of the media. You're looking at that today and you're thinking what, Emily?
EMILY LYONS: I was looking pretty rough back then. You know, I look back now and I can't believe I did it. I mean it was so out of character for me.
HEMMER: How so?
EMILY LYONS: I had been a very quiet person, I didn't like to speak to crowds or groups or anything. So being up in front of, I think, maybe 50 cameras that day didn't bother me.
HEMMER: Could you see anything that day?
EMILY LYONS: No, nothing. I could see light, but I couldn't see anything else.
HEMMER: Did that give you perhaps more courage?
EMILY LYONS: It probably did. You know, not knowing how many people were out there helped.
HEMMER: When did you get the call this weekend?
EMILY LYONS: A few minutes before 7 Saturday morning one of our friends called and said there was something on TV that ... we might want to watch about Eric. And so my husband said, 'Well, what do you think on Saturday morning would be worth watching on TV at this time of the morning?' And it was Rudolph.
HEMMER: You're speaking now with a smile. Tell me about that.
EMILY LYONS: This smile hasn't left my face since Saturday morning. We're glad that part's over. You know, we've waited five years for this day and if he is the one that is guilty of this, we want the legal system to provide appropriate punishment for him.
HEMMER: Is it true that every day you've looked in the mirror since that day and thought about the alleged bomber?
EMILY LYONS: Well, yes, because every day he's with me. My face is damaged and when I see it, I know who did it to me. The rest of my body, I look at it and it's not the body I used to have and the only reason I don't have what I did is because someone disagreed with what I believed in.
HEMMER: This clinic that performs abortions, had there ever been any threats against this particular place in Birmingham?
EMILY LYONS: We had had a couple of fake bomb packages in the mail, but nothing particularly before that time. After that time, they did receive several phone calls and some anthrax letters.
HEMMER: Your husband, Jeffrey, is here with us. Eighteen operations for Emily?
JEFFREY LYONS: Yes.
HEMMER: Was there a point that it got the lowest?
JEFFREY LYONS: Most people crash after about six months. That [is], it takes about six months for you to really have time to soak in what's happening, because the rehabilitation is to intensive.
And after about six months, she pretty well hit a low. But she did amazingly well. All of the people who worked with her always talked about how willing she was to jump into whatever was next. Of course, she went through most of this completely blind and still had a very determined spirit all the way through.
HEMMER: Yes. Have you ever met a gentleman by the name of Robert Sanderson?
EMILY LYONS: Yes, he was the police officer providing security that day.
HEMMER: What do you remember about him?
EMILY LYONS: A very gentle, quiet man. A police officer that knew what his duties were at the clinic, and that was to protect us and to keep down any conflicts between patients, significant others and the protesters.
HEMMER: Have you ever met this eyewitness that apparently gave the single ...
EMILY LYONS: No.
HEMMER: Never?
EMILY LYONS: Never.
HEMMER: Apparently an eyewitness saw a truck drive away from the scene when everybody else was going toward it ...
EMILY LYONS: Right.
HEMMER: ... with North Carolina tags. It was later traced to Eric Robert Rudolph.
EMILY LYONS: Right.
HEMMER: Never met the person?
EMILY LYONS: Never met him.
HEMMER: Man or woman?
EMILY LYONS: Don't know who he is.
HEMMER: Would you testify at trial if it goes that far?
EMILY LYONS: I would love to go. I don't know if I would have anything to testify about.
HEMMER: Why not?
EMILY LYONS: I don't remember anything. So I, you know, I just have a damaged body from what this person did to me.


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The frame is a wooden frame that my mom bought at AC Moore.
I painted it two shade of purple.
I layered 3 flowers........
a large white paper flower, a purple fabric flower and a light purple paper flower.
I added a aqua gem to the center and added a green leaf.
I punched 4 butterflies from aqua card stock and added diamond stickles to them.
I added 5 aqua gems to the bottom inside corner.
I am entering my card into the following challenges:
Simon Monday Challenge: No Rules (anything goes)
Sweet Stamps Challenge: Anything But A Card
The Pink Elephant: Anything Goes
All Sorts: Purple
Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination: Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Times: Pink or Lilac and/or Butterflies
2 Creative Chicks: Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenge: Things With Wings


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Greetings all, time for the mandatory hobby blogger resolution post 2018 version!
First up, as is becoming traditional, I'll do a quick resume of 2017's resolutions before I start making any new ones.
Blog aims:
Post 153 or more posts in the year. Success, I made 157 posts last year!
Reinstate/create some regular features. Success, I brought back funny Friday for a bit, and also introduced the Lesson Learned feature, as well as a blogger spotlight for a while.
Achieve over 20,000 views per month at least once and average over 18,000. Partial success, as both January and February exceeded 20k. As other blogs have seen though, views declined in the second half of the year so I failed to hit my 18,000 average target.
Get paid by Google. Success! clicks on ads are pretty slow at the moment, but not only did I manage to hit my target of reaching the adsense minimum threshold, I also got a little pay packet from Element Games thanks to my affiliate scheme advert. Keep on it people, it costs you nothing remember!
Feature a narrative campaign series using the Dusk Knights. Success in part, though 2018 will see a much more detailed and lengthy campaign series as the Dusk Knights return to Golovin once more after their involvement in the Indomitus Crusade.
Promote a more spotlight style of photography post when I finish painting a unit. Not really as yet.
Personal aims:
Buy no new minis in the first 6 months of the year. Success! Sadly I then splurged more than I should have in the second half, oops!
Expand on commission services. Success, I've completed more commissions in 2017, learning quite a bit in the process, and will be looking to keep that side of my hobby going in 2018.
Buy the Dwarf Bloodbowl team. Fail.
Continue to build/paint 300pts average per month. Easy.
Complete 'the first curse' formation for the Genestealer Cult. No longer relevant.
Finish painting 1000pts of III legion. No longer relevant.
Begin repainting Tau. No longer relevant.
Begin airbrushing. I did give it a go, but made rather a mess of it. I'm hoping to get hold of a decent airbrush and compressor in 2018.
Complete gaming table/storage space. Table is complete, now to finish the scenery for it!
Gaming aims:
Beat Ryan more often than he beats me. Fail, though in non-test 8th ed games it's 1-1 at present!
Achieve a 60%+ win rate with the Dusk Knights. 78% in 8th edition games.
Achieve a 50%+ win rate with the Obsidian Enclave. Not relevant.
Get into the playoffs of MAD League 3 Bloodbowl. Looking favourable at present.
Develop a consistently successful list for use with the Dusk Knights. Yep, see win rate!
Place in the top half of two different tournaments. Well I only played in two. Sadly dropped outside the top half in both, though I had a blast playing both of them so I'm not too bothered.
I'm not going to go into a percentage success rate, but that feels like a pretty successful year!
So, 2018 resolutions/aims!
- Get 100+ members on the 40,000 Blogs facebook group
- Post more often than in 2017
- Feature the next Golovin narrative campaign, which should run to at least 10 games.
- Complete codex reviews of the Craftworld Eldar book and at least one other, to be decided based on when codices are released.
Personal aims
- Get my BMI down to 25 or less (see separate post coming on this)
- Buy the Orlock Necromunda Gang and get it painted, so the brotherhood can get a Necromunda campaign underway.
- Complete a 2000pt army for Craftworld Mael Dannan
- Host the first Grim Dark Brotherhood doubles event, and get at least one other event planned this year.
Gaming aims
- Achieve a 60% win rate (or higher) with Craftworld Mael Dannan.
- Beat Ryan more often than he beats me
- Stay in a playoff position in MAD League 3
- Place in the top 3 of my club's 40k league (currently in 1st, but played more games than the rest)


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SXSW has begun to explore Taiwanese music. Artists invited to the event display their diverse creative spirit.
Pre-Event Press Conference on January 10 at the Taipei Mayor's Official Residence to announce the plans to the general public.TAIPEI, TAIWAN, January 10, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The SXSW is held in Austin, Texas every March. Over the last few years, it has become the world's hottest music festival. Recently, Taiwanese artists have also performed at this grand festival, and have been enjoying increasing popularity due to the rise of Asian music. Representative Taiwanese artists and groups participating in the 2018 SXSW music festival include: Van Ness Wu, Sangpuy, Ruby Fatale, Prairie WWWW, PoeTek, and Sonia Calico. These six groups plan to leave for Austin, the capital city of Texas, on March 10. The Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development and GCA Entertainment have scheduled a pre-event press conference on January 10 at the Taipei Mayor's Official Residence to announce the objectives and plans for their participation of the exhibition to the general public.
During the SXSW music festival, besides assembling performances by numerous artists from around the world, separate exhibition halls featuring many different fields, including interactive technology, film, investment, as well as culture and creativity, are set up. This wide variety of exhibitions is the reason for the event's high degree of creativity and vitality, which has allowed the city of Austin to rise among the top "Next Biggest Boom Towns in the U.S." each year. Furthermore, due to the diverse audience that the incredible performances in the SXSW music festival attract, Austin has even been named the Capital of Live Performance by international media.
The greatest difference between the SXSW music festival and regular music festivals lies in their selection mechanism. Applying artists and bands from around the world must undergo selection process and receive an invitation in order to perform at SXSW. Recent performances by Taiwan's representative groups have been especially remarkable, earning recommendations and special reports by SXSW as well as local media. Last year, four groups of artists were simultaneously voted to receive commentary and recommendations, increasing their public recognition. This year, the six selected groups of Taiwanese artists feature various styles including electronic music, world music, hip-hop, and pop music. From unique to popular music, the scope of selection is extremely broad, as if trying to incorporate every single style of Taiwanese music.
Of the chosen groups, the artist that piques one's interest the most is Van Ness Wu, who had decided to direct his career from acting to singing over the last two years. Despite having already achieved a certain degree of international fame in acting, Van Ness decided to challenge the SXSW qualifiers. His decision not only demonstrated his determination to shift his focus to music but also showed that the diverse creations and talents of Taiwanese artists are highly anticipated and valued by the SXSW music festival. This year's Taiwan Beats showcase will be the most optimal opportunity for Taiwan's musical soft power to take the international stage.
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Noida Police on Wednesday registered a case against a Chinese national for allegedly showing disrespect to the Tricolour at smartphone maker Oppo's factory here.
Police said that the case was filed on a complaint registered by the company employees against Suhahu, production manager in the company's Noida Sector 63 office.
Police said that they have also examined CCTV footage of the incident site to come to a conclusion. Suhahu is accused of tearing the national flag and throwing it into a dustbin.
"The police are in the process of collecting evidence against the Chinese officer, Suhahu, who is accused of tearing a poster with a picture of the Indian flag and throwing it in a dustbin. The CCTV footage of production house and company is being examined to establish evidence against him," Superintendent of Police (City) Dinesh Yadav said here on Wednesday.
"Suhahu, who is a production manager in the company, is in India now and if needed, will be called to join the investigation within a couple of days," Yadav added.
Protests started outside the company's office on Monday evening after Suhahu allegedly tore a poster with a picture of the Indian national flag which was pasted on a wall of the company's Noida Sector 63 office. The flag was put up on the wall on January 26, when the company celebrated Republic Day.
Hundreds of workers on Tuesday assembled and protested outside the company office against the company management for disrespecting the national flag, demanding suspension and strict police action against Suhahu. The area was cleared after senior officers of the district administration intervened.
Yadav said that employees of the company were already sore over their grievances not being addressed by the executives, such as defaulting on overtime payment, violation of labour laws, security and other issues.
Senior officials, including Yadav, District Magistrate NP Singh as well as the Labour Commissioner held a meeting with the Oppo executives. It was decided that the company would constitute a committee to probe the matter and address the demands of the employees.
Meanwhile, the company has said that it has initiated strict action against the employee in question. There have also been reports of the company halting the production of handsets here as its workers and locals continue to protest.


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It's been more than two years since financial education was embedded into the school curriculum here in the UK. While I believe we've seen some progress, we must still push further to ensure young people make informed choices with full knowledge of the potential consequences – positive and negative.
Troubling trends
At the end of 2016, research from The London Institute of Banking and Finance found that 58% of 15 to 18-year-olds hadn't received any fiscal education. At the same time, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) released a similar study revealing that millions of young children have no experience with money at all.
Meanwhile, charity StepChange recently announced that record numbers of people sought advice for problem debt last year, with UK credit card debt hitting record highs of £66.7 billion. This means it's never been more important that we get this right.
Building real understanding
My own most memorable real-world lesson on debt came 30 years ago, when I bought a £120 microwave on credit. I repaid the agreed amount on time every month for a year, only to find that I still owed roughly the same amount. I realised then that it's better to save for things than to buy them and then pay more for them later.
Young people need to be taught value in the same way. It's not all about comparing offers, products and packages presented to them – it's about earning the money before they can spend it. A House of Lords report published last month says that 40% of the working age population currently has less than £100 of savings. That's unacceptable.
Of course, at Dukes Bailiffs we know debt isn't always a choice. Because of this, we need to help build awareness that, if you do get into debt, the consequences can include court orders, criminal proceedings, high costs and sometimes losing your home. Practical advice on prioritising repayments to avoid these outcomes is essential.
Where we learn
While I believe that schools can do better in helping get these lessons across, there are others who can make a difference. The FSCS study highlighted that just 65% of parents offer their children financial incentives as a reward for helping around the home. Increasing this number and using it as an opportunity to help them understand the simple principles that underpin our modern economy could prove very beneficial.
Companies like ours can also have an impact. It's not in our interests, any more than credit card and personal loan companies, to raise a generation of people unable to repay their debts. At the start of April, FCA Director of Competition Mary Starks rightly pointed out that intermediaries must work harder to make their charges clear to consumers of all ages.


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Time between delivered balls can be adjusted based on skill level.
Battery operated with electrical charge.
Portable, able to be wheeled around, able to fit in the trunk of a car.
Rough dimensions 30 in X 18 in X 42 in
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Vanity Fair Cover Story Writer: Caitlyn Jenner "Has Found Her Soul" but "Nervous" About Criticism
Appearing on 'Today,' 'CBS This Morning' and 'Good Morning America,' Buzz Bissinger reflects on what the woman formerly known as Bruce Jenner is like and what Kris Jenner knew about Bruce's gender issues, and shares his own views on the story.
The writer of Vanity Fair's Caitlyn Jenner cover story, Buzz Bissinger, appeared on all three of the broadcast-network morning shows on Tuesday, where he talked more about his experience getting to know Caitlyn and Bruce Jenner.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist also talked about the internal differences he perceived between the two versions of the Olympic medal-winning track star.
"There's a joie de vivre to Caitlyn that I never saw as Bruce in the last two months that I saw that Bruce was there," Bissinger said on CBS This Morning.
He added on Today, "Caitlyn has found her soul that really Bruce never had…. She's going to have fun. She was completely isolated, I think, for the last five or six years of his life as Bruce."
Bissinger added that Caitlyn is trying to have a stronger relationship with her children from her first two marriages.
"[Bruce] never had a relationship [with his children]," Bissinger said on Today. "She is going to have bonds…. As Caitlyn, [Jenner and her children] are really trying hard to reconnect. It's not easy. But they are really trying."
As Caitlyn embarks on her new life, Bissinger told CBS This Morning he thinks she is "nervous" about criticism from those who don't understand her transition.
"I think she's nervous in the sense that she's told me, there are going to be haters. There are going to be people who you are never, ever going to convert, who are going to wallow in their ignorance, who are going to make fun," Bissinger explained. "We have all read the comments. But she has been gratified by the reaction, first the reaction of her family, all of whom – all the kids, Kardashian, Jenner – have been incredibly supportive. And the outpouring of social media saying, 'Right on, girl, go get 'em, go live your life. We think this is great.' "
Bissinger, who famously wrote the Friday Night Lights book on which the subsequent movie and NBC series were based, elaborated to CBS on why he feels this is the "most remarkable" story he's worked on.
"I saw the last of Bruce for the last few months. You're literally seeing a man over here, and then overnight, a woman. Look, this is a freaky story," he said. "This is a weird story. We can all be as PC as we want. This doesn't happen all the time. And so the juxtaposition of those two identities, you have to get used to it. I screw up the pronouns all the time – he, she, she, he. And I know it's sensitive and important."
Bissinger said something similar on Good Morning America, describing in detail the change from Bruce to Caitlyn he witnessed.
"When I started this story in February it was Bruce. It was the Bruce Jenner I remember: 1976, winning the decathalon, the hero of America," the writer said. "And then literally on March 15, he went in for 10 hours of plastic surgery. And that was the end of Bruce as we know him and now it's Caitlyn."
On GMA, Bissinger added, "This is important culturally, and it's not a story about he became a woman, transgender community — it's about tolerance. Let people be who they want to be — whether it's man, whether it's woman — the way they dress. All of it. I think he is representative of tolerance, and I wish people would understand that."
And he explained how Jenner picked the name "Caitlyn," revealing that she and a close friend both made a list of names and "Caitlyn" was on both.
Bissinger also told Today he believes Kris Jenner when she says she wasn't aware of how serious Bruce's gender issues were.
"I think Bruce downplayed it: 'It was a phase of my life; it's over.' It wasn't over," Bissinger said. "And I think Kris had a sense that whatever's in the past, I can fix it."
On GMA, Bissinger also responded to critics of Jenner's late transition who say it should have happened in the '80s.
"You try coming out in the 1980s. He would have been vilified," he said. "It was 25 years ago…He would have had no work. So he really did have to wait, and he wanted to wait until his two youngest daughters were old enough to understand it."
Watch Bissinger's interviews below.
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though these terms are pretty simple most of the people have still confuse with these terms.
SharePoint pages are rendered using physical page template and content from content database.
These pages are not customized. thus SharePoint can offer these pages to every requesting location simply by merging physical file template and content from content DB. these kind of files are named as Ghosted files.
Users can customize content pages (using SharePoint Designer or Visual studio) that may also change the physical template file. thus SharePoint can no longer keep the standard file and customize file in the physical location. thus SharePoint keeps changed template file also in the content database. These files are called as Unghosted Pages.
Reghosting is a concept of revert back to definition.


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- Page 1 Samsung PS-42P7HD 42in Plasma TV
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Key Features
- Review Price: £1299.00
Fewer and fewer mainstream companies seem willing to embrace both LCD and plasma technology. But despite its clear market edge in the LCD world, Samsung is one that does. In fact, the company remains adamant that it will make plasma TVs for as long as it perceives there's a market for them.
Admirable though this sentiment is, it's pretty irrelevant if Samsung doesn't lavish as much attention on its plasma TVs as it clearly does on its LCD ones. So let's find out just how deep the company's plasma commitment goes by checking out one of its step-up models, the PS-42P7HD.
The first thing to say about this 42in set is that it's really pretty cheap for a TV that's positioned above the entry level. The second thing to say about it is that as per usual with Samsung, it's very easy on the eye indeed in its gloss black finish and minimalist lines. Clearly Samsung's design department hasn't been devoting all of its time to the company's exotic LCD models.
Moving on to connections, our HD needs are decently met by twin HDMI sockets and a component video input. There's also a nice bit of multimedia support in the form of a 9-in-2 multimedia card slot and a USB input so that you can play MP3, JPEG and MPEG4 video files directly into the TV. Finally, the usual TV basics of a Scart, S-Video input and composite video input are joined by a D-Sub PC port so the TV can function as a monitor.
The good first impressions raised so far are built on steadily by the 42P7HD's healthy-looking feature list. Kicking this off is a digital tuner, supported by all the usual 7-day electronic programme guide finery and the facility to set timer events directly from the EPG for recording. The only hitch is that we couldn't find a way to scroll along the EPG listings faster than a couple of programmes at a time, leading to some serious tedium when trying to find something in the listings a whole seven days ahead.


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His time has come
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.
Release Date : February 28, 2017
Production Country : United States of America
Production Company : The Donners' Company, Hutch Parker Entertainment, Genre Films, TSG Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
Runtime : 137 minutes
Stars : Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Richard E. Grant, Sienna Novikov,


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|Daily Blog •February 27, 2013
Yesterday, I broke down the ACC schedules for 2013 with the Hits/Misses from the crossover division games and I will continue the series today with a look at the 2013 SEC Schedule Hits/Misses.
Similar to the ACC, which is now the 2nd conference to move to 14 teams with an 8-game conference schedule, each team in the SEC plays all six of their own division opponents which leaves room for only two crossover games. This gives far less opportunity for teams to play multiple tough opponents from the other division and there was no better example than taking the two teams that played in last year's SEC Championship game.
Alabama prior to the SEC Champ game, avoided Florida, Georgia and South Carolina easily the three best teams in SEC East while Georgia avoided Alabama, Texas A&M and LSU easily the three best teams in the SEC West. This year again I am using those six teams as the best teams in their respective divisions and with that said here are my SEC Hits/Misses along with some of the marquee non-conference games.
SEC West:
Alabama-For the second year in a row, the Crimson Tide avoid Georgia, Florida and South Carolina from the SEC East and get rebuilding Tennessee and Kentucky with two new head coaches. The defending champs open up non-conference play against Virginia Tech in Atlanta, then have two weeks to prepare for their revenge game at Texas A&M. They also have two weeks to prepare for LSU and clearly the Tide have all the ingredients including the schedule to make a run for a first ever 3-peat!
Arkansas-The Razorbacks were not as fortunate as the Tide as they are 1 of only 2 teams (LSU the other) in the SEC to pull not one but two of the marquee teams from the other division. The Hogs play Florida and South Carolina from the SEC East in back-to-back weeks and those two games are sandwiched between Texas A&M and Alabama, which gives them arguably the toughest 4-game stretch of any team in the country for 2013. The good news is that the non-conference slate looks manageable, but they do have to play at Rutgers who beat them a year ago.
Auburn-The Tigers pull a road trip to Tennessee and also Georgia from the SEC East. They have to play two of the top SEC West teams on the road in LSU and Texas A&M but do get a bye week prior to their home game against arch rival Alabama.
LSU-Not only did the Tigers lose a record 11 early entries to the NFL Draft this year, but the schedule makers also did not do them any favors as they pull Florida and Georgia from the SEC East. They also open up the season against TCU in Arlington but do get a bye week prior to Alabama and also Texas A&M this year.
Mississippi-The Rebels have been one of this year's offseason buzz teams as they signed arguably their greatest incoming frosh class in school history and have more returning starters than any team in the SEC for 2013. Their SEC schedule also seems them avoid all three of the top teams in the SEC East, but they do have a difficult start to the season as they play four road games in the first five including trips to Vandy, Texas and Alabama before playing LSU and Texas A&M at home in B2B weeks.
Mississippi St-The Bulldogs pull South Carolina from the SEC East and their November schedule includes B2B road trips to the Gamecocks and Aggies followed by a home game against the Crimson Tide. They do open the season with Oklahoma St, who figures to be one of the Big 12 favorites but the rest of their September/October slate seems manageable.
Texas A&M-The Aggies along with the Crimson Tide figure to be the two SEC teams that are sure fire locks to be in the preseason AP Top 5 and why not as like the Tide, the Aggies avoid the "Big 3" from the SEC East. They also get the all-important game vs Alabama at home, have a bye prior to their road trip to LSU and their non-conference slate includes 4 non-BCS teams.
SEC East:
None of the SEC East teams pull two of the "Big 3" in their crossover games but only South Carolina avoids all three.
Georgia-The Bulldogs have made B2B SEC Championship game appearances much to the credit of some advantageous conference scheduling as they have avoided the three best teams in the SEC West each year. That changes this year as they pull LSU from the SEC West but do play them at home. They do have only 3 SEC road games this year, but no team in the country may start off with a tougher 2-game stretch than a road trip to Clemson followed by a home game against a South Carolina team that embarrassed them a year ago.
Florida-Last year the Gators pulled both LSU and Texas A&M from the SEC West but were able to beat them both. This year again they again draw LSU but this time away from home as they have only 3 SEC home games. Their non-conference slate also is tougher as they add a road trip to Miami, Fl in addition to Florida St.
Kentucky-The Wildcats draw Alabama from the SEC West and have a very tough stretch against Florida, at South Carolina and Alabama in late September-Early October but on the bright side it is sandwiched by a pair of bye weeks.
Missouri-The Tigers found the transition to the SEC a little tougher than their former Big 12 brethren Texas A&M last year and it will get no easier in year 2 as they pull A&M from the West and also must play at a resurgent Ole Miss team. The key to their season will be a 4-game stretch from October 12-November 2 as they play Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee with three of those games coming in Columbia.
South Carolina-Head coach Steve Spurrier has been quick to note that the Gamecocks have the best record against their SEC East competitors over the past 2 years but have failed to make it to Atlanta due to the uneven crossover division schedules. This year that all changes as the Gamecocks avoid all 3 of the best teams in the SEC West, but they do open up with B2B games against North Carolina and a road trip to Georgia. They do get an all-important bye prior to a home game against Florida and then also get in-state rival Clemson at home in the finale.
Tennessee-The Volunteers have drawn the short straw as of late as they have routinely pulled LSU and Alabama from the SEC West. This year they again play Alabama and have brutal B2B road games against Oregon and Florida in September. They do get Georgia and South Carolina at home and their last four games would all fall into the winnable category.
Vanderbilt-There may not be another coach in America that's done a more impressive job the last two years than James Franklin as the Commodores look to continue their positive momentum off B2B bowls and last year's remarkable 9-win season. This year they do pull a road trip at A&M from the West and arguably the biggest game of the year for them might come in the opener against Ole Miss as both teams will be looking to make their case as a Top 25 team. They do have to have to travel to both South Carolina and Florida in SEC East play.


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The Kings Highway: El Camino Real
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- Release Date: 6/28/2011
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When Spain ruled supreme, El Camino Real (the King's Highway or Royal Road) was applied to all main government roads, including it's New World colonies. In 1769, a Franciscan priest, Junipero Serra, built a road connecting California's Catholic missions-from San Diego to Sonoma-establishing a system of self-reliant missions a day's travel apart, linked by El Camino Real, by which Father Serra and the Franciscans spread the Spanish language, culture, technology, and the Roman Catholic religion. Expert interviews and historical recreations retrace Father Serra's journey while founding the historic road. Witness the impact his work had on modern culture, and explore the highway's colorful history, including restoration efforts and "living history" societies.


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Darren Haydar started scoring again. The Wolves started winning again. Funny how that works.
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Wolf Prowl went away for a bit, but now it's back! After a tough finish to February, the Wolves got back to their winning ways this week.
Weekly Wrap
The Wolves' stuggles continued on Saturday, going down 6-0 to archrival Milwaukee. Matt Climie was in net for all six goals, his worst outing of the season. The Admirals had 18 shots in the first, scoring two goals. The Wolves actually had more shots the rest of the way (21-20) but got no results, while giving up 4 goals the other way. Byron Bitz, Mark Mancari and Adam Polasek were all -3. This was the last visit of the regular season to Milwaukee for the Crimson and Gold.
Sunday was rebound day, as the Wolves knocked off conference-leaders Oklahoma City 4-1. Eddie Lack got the win. Mark Mancari made amends for his tough night against Milwaukee by scoring a hat trick of goals.
The Wolves were given the chance to seize their revenge on Wednesday, as the Admirals made the trip to the Windy City. Chicago made the most of it, winning 5-2. Eddie Lack had another strong start in net, while Anton Rodin scored his first two goals of 2012. The latter, scored in the 3rd period, was the winner.
Chicago is now 32-22-2-3, good for 5th in the West, just one point back of division-leading Charlotte.
Lack is playing outstandingly well, and has been for some time. He's surrendered just 17 goals against in his last 11 games.
Mancari set up Rodin's game winner on Wednesday, giving him 4 points in two games.
Darren Haydar scored goals in both wins, the first time he'd scored since January 20th.
Lots of stinkers on Saturday – the aforementioned terrible plus/minuses are representative of the all-around poor effort. All the scorers have been struggling of late, although the two wins show promise that those troubles may be on their way out.
The powerplay has only scored 3 goals in the last month. With as much talent as they do, it's rather mystifying why they aren't having much success.
Lineup Notes
Monday was roster 'clear day' for AHL teams. It's like the AHL trading deadline; with some exceptions, 22 players must be declared as the team's roster for the remainder of the season and into the playoffs. Before setting their roster, Wolves GM Wendell Young made one move, bringing in Jordan Henry from the Abbotsford Heat for little used defenceman J.P. Testwuide. Henry's expected to bring a physical net-clearing presence.
Darren Archibald was returned to Kalamazoo of the ECHL on Monday. He played in two games during his week-long recall, but picked up no points.
Kevin Doell, Ryan Parent and Victor Oreskovich all remain out with injuries, but all three were named to the clear day roster. This can be read two ways: either they are all close to a return, or it's roster shenanigans. More likely it's the latter – the team also listed Archibald, Mike Davies, Matt Clackson, Antoine Roussel and Stefan Schneider as 'emergency replacements', meaning they can be used in the case of injury.
The Hunting Ahead
A double header weekend in Charlotte – games Saturday and Sunday against the Checkers – is followed by a mid-week game at home vs Peoria.


text: Clinics close in major AIDS shake-up 09.06.2011 Kerry Cullinan Donor cuts and a shake-up in the HIV/AIDS sector are having a major impact on HIV/AIDS services countrywide. Many patients who previously got their antiretroviral (ARV) treatment from well run non-governmental organisations are being transferred to already overcrowded public health facilities. A number of HIV/AIDS support organisations, including those supporting orphans, are either closing or cutting back on staff. Some donors, such as the Royal Netherlands Embassy, are pulling out altogether. Others, including the biggest funder – the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar) – are "reprioritising". During Thabo Mbeki's presidency, the government's failure to provide adequate treatment and support for people with HIV/AIDS resulted in donors supporting projects that were run by churches and NGOs. But now that the Zuma government has shed Mbeki's AIDS denialism, most donors are reluctant to fund life-long ARV treatment and want the government to assume this responsibility. Pepfar announced six months ago that it was moving from "primarily implementing programmes to providing technical assistance and capacity building to the South Africa government". The impact of Pepfar's change is being felt most acutely by projects that received funds for ARV treatment, which was almost 40 percent of Pepfar's operating budget. The list of cutbacks is long and growing. The SA Catholic Bishop's Conference (SACBC), which has 14 ARV treatment sites serving 20 000 patients, is in the process of transferring patients to government clinics wherever possible. An SACBC employee who declined to be named confirmed that their HIV/AIDS programme was facing "substantial cuts" in Pepfar funds and that they had already retrenched a number of staff countrywide. In Johannesburg, the SACBC's Nazareth House is in the process of transferring all 2000 patients to the Hillbrow Clinic. The SACBC is also closing its big ARV sites in Mtubatuba in northern KwaZulu-Natal. However, in some areas the SACBC has managed to keep sites open by getting the provincial health departments to supply ARVs, which account for two-thirds of the costs of each site. This has saved a number of Limpopo sites, two sites in KwaZulu-Natal, one in Botshabelo in the Free State and Winterton in Gauteng. Pepfar has also cut funds to programmes that paid private doctors to start and monitor poor patients on ARVs, particularly in places were government treatment sites were far away including Mpumalanga and the North West. The Aurum Institute monitored a network of private doctors with over 7 000 patients on ARVs, but these patients have all been transferred to government clinics. In the Eastern Cape, two Pepfar-funded clinics in Duncan Village have closed and redirected over 3000 patients to the over-crowded local clinic. Three PrimeCure ARV sites in Bloemfontein with a total of 2 500 patients closed in July 2010. Meanwhile, the Society for Family Health's New Start programme, which offers HIV testing, has closed its offices in Durban and Cape Town and Mussina. In the Free State, Care International pulled out of the Motheo district this year, taking with it funding for AIDS orphans in the district, which includes Bloemfontein and Botshabelo. Started by US president George W Bush in 2003, Pepfar has donated over R19-billion to South Africa since 2004, working through some 600 partners and supporting 20 000 jobs. However, US President Barak Obama has other spending priorities and Pepfar is being scaled down and reorganised over a period of five years. In theory, the move towards government provision of health services will prevent the duplication of scarce resources, particularly doctors and professional nurses. But in practice, in many areas of the country, government health facilities are simply unable to cope with patient numbers as they lack the staff, resources and management capacity to do so. Staff in the church- and NGO-run clinics also often have a better work ethic. Professor Francois Venter, head of the Southern African HIV Clinicians' Society, said that while he supported the reorganisation so that government took control over service delivery, this "must not happen at patients' expense". "I am worried about the outlying and rural areas where particularly the Catholic Church, provides the only ARV treatment service for miles," said Venter. "I am very sad to hear that their sites are closing, particularly Nazareth House, which provides a very caring, empathetic service." Lynne Wilkinson, deputy country director for Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF), echoed Venter's fears about the possible impact on patients. "MSF is requesting the Department of Health to commit to ensuring that changes in donor funding policies, such as that of Pepfar, do not result in HIV positive patients receiving reduced continuity or quality in care and treatment or public sector facilities being further overloaded without increased resource allocation," said Wilkinson. However, the situation is not completely gloomy. Venter emphasized that South Africa was in a far better position than other African countries that receive Pepfar funds, as 83 percent of our HIV/AIDS programme was government funded. Countries such as Malawi, Mozambique and Uganda are reported to be battling with looming Pepfar cuts. Meanwhile health economist Professor Gesine Meyer-Rath said that the government had been able to reduce the costs of ARV drugs by 26 percent when awarding its recent ARV tender, and that it was also looking at "task-shifting" from doctors and nurses to lower levels of healthworkers to save more money to build the sustainability of the country's HIV treatment programme. _______________________________


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The following was not written by me. It was yet another thing that I emailed myself and did not include who wrote it. I don't know why I did that so much when I was younger, especially being a history major. I should have known better! Anyway, this is from 2008, or at least that's when I sent it to myself. I thought it appropriate since Passover begins in another day or two.
1 Cor. 5:6-8
"Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Messiah our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. "
Several symbolic clues during Passover are fulfilled in Christ. John the Baptist introduced Jesus by saying, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." (John 1:29). The Jews had been celebrating Passover for 1,500 years. They understood the significance of John's statements.
Isaiah 53, written hundreds of years before Christ, records the suffering the human lamb would experience.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand (Isa. 53:7-10).
Triumphal Entry of the Lambs
In the first century, a lamb was chosen by the high priest outside of Jerusalem on the tenth of Nisan. Then the priest would lead this lamb into the city while crowds of worshipers lined the streets waving palm branches and singing Psalm 118, "Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord."
Jesus our Messiah entered Jerusalem this same day, on a donkey (usually ridden by a king), probably right behind the High Priest's procession. The crowds that had just heralded the entrance of the sacrificial lamb heralded the entrance of the Lamb of God. Accordingly, Jesus identified himself with the Passover sacrifice (John 12:9-19). The next day, as Jesus entered Jerusalem , His entry fulfilled prophecy.
Enthusiasm filled the air. All Israel knew that it would be in Jerusalem where Messiah would be enthroned as their King. Edersheim writes,
Everyone in Israel was thinking about the Feast, Everyone was going to Jerusalem , or had those near and dear to them there, or at least watched the festive processions to the Metropolis of Judaism. It was a gathering of universal Israel , that of the memorial of the birth-night of the nation, and of its Exodus, when friends from afar would meet, and new friends be made; when offerings long due would be brought, and purification long needed be obtained and all worship in that grand and glorious Temple , with its gorgeous ritual. National and religious feelings were alike stirred in what reached far back to the first, and pointed far forward to the final Deliverance.
The High Priest would then take the lamb to the Temple , where it would be tied in public view so that it could be inspected for blemish. In the same way, Yeshua sat and taught in the Temple courtyard for four days. He was inspected and questioned as the Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the teachers of the law sought to trip him up in His words and entrap Him. They could not, because He was perfect and without blemish (Lancaster1996).
Passover pronounces redemption. To believers in Messiah, the Passover feast has a special meaning. Though we are not slaves, as God's people in Egypt , we were slaves to our sin, our own wants and desires. Sin was our master until Jesus, the Passover Lamb, delivered us from our Egypt . The lamb slain during Passover is a foreshadow of the redemption we find in Jesus, the Messiah, our Passover lamb. The principle of redemption is the concept of bondage to the slavery of sin and freedom from its domination (John 8:31-36). To be "redeemed" means to be purchased from slavery. Jesus Christ purchased our freedom with His blood as the payment for the redemption (Ps. 34:22; 1 Peter 1:18,19; Gal. 3:13; Eph. 1:7; 1 John 1:7).
Jesus ate the Passover meal with eleven of His disciples (see Passover in Bible Times). Just as the priest was to teach, pray, and offer sacrifice, Christ, the High Priest, taught, prayed, and then offered Himself as our sacrifice.
After the Meal
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. (John 18:1).
Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane . The garden has many ancient olive trees today, some of which may have grown from the roots of the trees that were present in Jesus' time. (All trees in and around Jerusalem were cut down when the Romans conquered the city in 70 a.d. Olive trees can regenerate from their roots and live for thousands of years.) The name Gethsemane comes from the Hebrew Gat Shmanim, meaning "oil press" (Kollek). Since oil is used in the Bible to symbolize the Holy Spirit, it may be said that the garden is where "the Spirit of God was crushed" (Missler 1995).
It was here that Jesus agonized in prayer over what was to occur. It is significant that this is the only place in the King James Version where the word agony is mentioned (Strong's concordance). The Greek word for agony means to be "engaged in combat" (Pink). Jesus agonized over what He was to go through, feeling that He was at the point of death (Mark 14:34). Yet He prayed, "Not my will, but thine be done" (Terasaka 1996).
Of medical significance is that Luke mentions Him as having sweat like blood. The medical term for this, hemohidrosis, or hematidrosis, has been seen in patients who have experienced extreme stress or shock to their systems (Edwards). The capillaries around the sweat pores become fragile, and leak blood into the sweat. A case history is recorded in which a young girl who had a fear of air raids in World War I developed the condition after a gas explosion occurred in the house next door (Scott). Another report mentions a nun who, as she was threatened with death by the swords of the enemy soldiers, "was so terrified that she bled from every part of her body and died of hemorrhage in the sight of her assailants." (Grafenberg) As a memorial to Jesus' ordeal, a church which now stands in Gethsemane is known as the Church of the Agony (ibid).
Immediately thereafter, He was betrayed by Judas (Mark 14:43), and captured by the high priest and taken for trial before Caiaphas (Luke 22:54). Consequently, Jesus was crucified between two thieves, fulfilling His own prediction that "as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up" (John 3:14). Most of His disciples fled at His arrest; only a group of women and one disciple, called "the disciple whom He loved,' were present at the cross when He died (John 19:25-27; compare Matthew 27:55-56; Mark 15:40; and Luke 23:49).
Jesus' Trial, Death, and Resurrection
Many of us have a hard time grasping the pain and suffering Christ went through on the crucifixion day. Television today has de-sensitized our feelings pertaining to the horrifying violence of the torture and slow death of Jesus.
The following is just a portion of an article by Dr. C. Truman Davis, M.D., M.S., titled: "The Crucifixion Of Jesus: The Passion Of Christ From A Medical Point Of View," which explains some of the agony of Christ:
In the early morning, Jesus, battered and bruised, dehydrated, and exhausted from a sleepless night, is taken across Jerusalem to Pontius Pilate. The prisoner is stripped of His clothing and His hands tied to a post above His head. A short whip consisting of several heavy, leather thongs with two small balls of lead attached near the ends of each is brought down with full force again and again across Jesus' shoulders, back and legs.
The condemned man was forced to carry the patibulum [cross bar], apparently weighing about 110 pounds, from the prison to the place of execution. Without any historical or Biblical proof, medieval and Renaissance painters have given us our picture of Christ carrying the entire cross. Many of these painters and most of the sculptors of crucifixes today show the nails through the palm. Roman historical accounts and experimental work have shown that the nails were driven between the small bones of the wrists and not through the palms. Nails driven through the palms will strip out between the fingers when they support the weight of the human body. The misconception may have come about through a misunderstanding of Jesus's words to Thomas, Observe my hands. Anatomists, both modern and ancient, have always considered the wrists as a part of the hand. A titilus, or small sign, stating the victim's crime was usually carried at the front of the procession and later nailed to the cross above the head. A small bundle of flexible branches covered with long thorns (commonly used for firewood) are plaited into the shape of a crown and this is pressed into His scalp. The heavy patibulum [crossbar]of the cross is tied across His shoulders, and the procession headed by a centurion, begins its slow journey along the Via Dolorosa. In spite of His efforts to walk erect, the weight of the heavy wooden beam, together with the shock produced by copious blood loss, is too much. He stumbles and falls. The centurion, anxious to get on with the crucifixion, selects a stalwart North African onlooker, Simon of Cyrene, to carry the cross.
The crucifixion begins. The legionnaire drives a heavy, square, wrought-iron nail through the wrist and deep into the wood. The patibulum is then lifted in place at the top of the stipes and the titulus reading, Jesus of Nazareth , King of the Jews is nailed in place.
Hours of this limitless pain, cycles of twisting, joint-rending cramps, intermittent partial asphyxiation, searing pain as tissue is torn from His lacerated back as He moves up and down against the rough timber; then another agony begins. A deep crushing pain deep in the chest as the pericardium slowly fills with serum and begins to compress the heart.
The body of Jesus is now in extremis, and He can feel the chill of death creeping through His tissues. This realization brings out possibly little more than a tortured whisper, 'It is finished.'
His mission of atonement has been completed. Finally He can allow His body to die.
With one last surge of strength, He once again presses His torn feet against the nail, straightens His legs, takes a deeper breath, and utters His seventh and last cry, "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit" (Truman 1965).
Jesus died as the lambs for the Passover meal were being slain. Not a bone was to be broken in these sacrificial lambs (Ex. 12:46; Num. 9:12). Jesus, the Lamb of God, was the perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world (1 Cor. 5:7).
During the Passover time, a sign hung on each lamb's neck, bearing the name of the owner of the lamb. Jesus was crucified with a sign hung over His head with the name of His Father. Studies have shown the Tetragrammaton probably appeared over Jesus when He hung on the cross. During Bible times, messages were commonly written with the first letter of each word. An example in English: UPS, stands for United Parcel Service. The phrase 'Jesus of Nazareth and King of the Jews' was written in three languages on a sign above Jesus as He hung on the cross (John 19:19). The Hebrew initials for 'Jesus of Nazareth and King of the Jews' was YHWH. That is why the priest asked Pilate to change the writing. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I have written (John 19: 21-22).
The story does not end with the death of Jesus. His body was placed in a new tomb that belonged to a man named Joseph of Arimathea (Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42). The greatest event that separates Jesus from all others is the fact that He overcame death. In three days He rose again and lives today. He arose from the grave on the Feasts of Firstfruits!
On Nisan 17, when Israel emerged from the Red Sea , this emergence was a shadow of the fulfillment of the day of Firstfruits (Lev. 23:9-14). This was the first of God's people to emerge from sin ( Egypt ). It was fulfilled 1,478 years later on Nisan 17, 30 a.d. when Jesus was resurrected and ascended to heaven as our high priest, the Firstfruit of the resurrected (John 20:17)."