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Going into this week, I have leftover Taco Beef(a little bit), some meatballs, some stuffing. I also have a large container of ricotta cheese that needs using. I had hoped to make cannoli but I don't think that will be happening. I'll need to find a recipe for something else or make more stuffed shells to put into the freezer for later.
This week's menu....
This week I need to use up the stuffing or throw it into the freezer. I'll pan saute some chicken breast, then put a crust on slices of stuffing and place the chicken and gravy over that on Tuesday. Getting inventive here!lol

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For today's look, I wanted you to focus on my blazer-dress, that's why I paired it with denim shirt, black tights, white sneakers. To complete this look (since it was still a bit chilly outside) I popped on my shoulders a leather jacket.
I could not forget about my accessories: they are very important if you want to give more individuality to your look. I opted then for a pair of colourful sunglasses, even though I certainly could have gone for a pair of black shades (but this time though I wanted to keep it more playful!).
Then I went for a big stone ring and attached to my Louis Vuitton purse – since I still feel a quirky children inside – a Mickey Mouse charm that I'd bought a couple of years ago in Paris.
Talking about black jacket is definitely a must-have for any girl: you can play with this kind of garment a lot, transforming it, coming up with millions of different matches from jeans and shorts to skirts and dresses. And I fully intend to wear it with everything.
On me:
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Balmain pour H&M blazer-jacket
Calzedonia tights
Louis Vuitton Eva purse
Adidas Originals Superstar sneakers
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The CFL has again botched its ability to get the call right.
Get the call right! It's the rally cry for everybody who wants video review in sports. Coaches, players and managers in the Canadian Football League repeat it whenever they try to justify the use of video review.
The mantra usually comes loudest from CFL vice-president Glen Johnson, who just admitted that one of his video review officials again made a mistake while reviewing a video challenge.
During a playoff game, Edmonton defensive end Odell Willis hit Hamilton quarterback Zach Collaros after the latter had thrown a pass. According to the standard set all season by its on-field officials, Willis should have been penalized for roughing the passer. No penalty flag was thrown, so Hamilton quarterback Kent Austin challenged the call.
After watching the video review, somehow the guy responsible decided it wasn't a penalty. That same guy earlier this season botched a call so badly that Johnson admitted it was a mistake.
If they're not getting the call right after video review, there's really no sense in having video review.


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So we've been talking for a while about getting a brand new office (or any office as opposed to working from home all the time!) and finally, we have one!!! This rubbish removal company (http://www.skiphiretameside.com) helped us with organising our new place. Take a peek at their website and bookmark them if you need someone to help you with waste removal stuff and you live in or near Tameside / Greater Manchester.
We're very, very happy to announce that you will be able to come down and catch up with us whenever you wish, just stay and have a cup of tea and a general chit-chat if you want! They helped so much. When we first had a look at this place, it was available for rent but we couldn't really touch it – the landlord didn't like the idea of that or possibly didn't trust us. It had all sorts going on – damp, rot, plasterboards coming off the walls, wallpaper falling down etc!
BUT, we decided that perhaps that wouldn't be the best way to go and instead just offered him to buy it as we really thought the place had potential. So… Five skips later, 10 weeks and over 12k spent, we finally have a wonderful office on the way.
It's not complete yet so we will wait to announce the address but we're just happy that it's finally done!
In other news, I'm sorry that we haven't posted anything here in 5 months. The reason was two-fold; having misplaced the login details AND, not having any time at all. We've all been very busy. Now we have an office, that will change and we will be in here more often.


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text: District Court was held Monday, April 24th with Judge Kevin Hoyer presiding. The following cases were heard: Minor female - She was in court on a charge of vehicular eluding. Her case was continued until June 26. Minor Male - A disposition hearing was set for May 22. Minor male - He was sentenced to one year deferred adjudication on a charge of criminal mischief. He also received 24 hours useful public service and costs. Daniel Dulohery - A disposition hearing will be held May 22. Gilbert Hernandez Garza - A status conference will be held May 22. Ray Jones - The lawyer and DA will be looking for an address for him. Susan Kraich - A motions hearing will be held June 26 and the trial will be sometime in October. Nicholas Eanes - A disposition will be held May 22. Nicholas Hobbs - On a drug felony charge, he was sentenced to four years community corrections at a facility in Jefferson County plus costs. Jonathon Jones - A hearing on revocation of probation was schedule for June 26. Kevin Kitchin - A disposition hearing will be held May 22, Lissette Leforge - A disposition hearing was set for May 22. Joe Losa - Entered a plea of not guilty to charges of assault. A motions hearing was set for July 24 and the trial will be later in the year. Mary Partch - Her hearing was set for May 22. Gloria Younger - A hearing on revocation of probation was scheduled for May 22. Kristen Urban - Her trial was set for August 14 and 15.


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Help For Heroes Annual Gala Dinner 2011
On June 16, 2011, Ironmonger Events hired Slate Takes to provide live feed coverage of the Help For Heroes Annual Gala Dinner at the new Ritz Carlton Hotel Grand Ballroom. Guest speakers included Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Andy McNab. For more photos of the event, visit this page.


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Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story (2017)
Release: Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story (2017)
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Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story (2017) BD50
From Emperor Media Ltd. and acclaimed producer/director Jon Brewer, music icon David Bowie narrates this unprecedented celebration of the life and works of guitar virtuoso Mick Ronson - a rock hero virtually unknown despite his direct contribution and involvement in countless compositions, lyrics and recordings that changed the face of music forever. His humble beginnings in Hull, England underpinned the values and modest, unpretentious personality of Mick Ronson, who worked with the city's council while he pursued his craft with consummate dedication. Soon word of his talent reached David Bowie, who grabbed at the chance to work with Ronson, in what would become a career-long association, alongside collaborations with other greats such as Bob Dylan, Ian Hunter, Lulu and Lou Reed. The Man Who Sold the World, Aladdin Sane, Hunky Dory, The Jean Genie - all were constructed with Ronson on guitar. Sadly in 1993, while working on a solo album, Ronson passed away before receiving the recognition he so richly deserved or before taking that final bow. Now, with unprecedented access to archival backstage footage - never before released - and iconic imagery from superstar photographer Mick Rock, this fascinating and at times controversial special reveals the ultimate authentic chronicle of the career of a cornerstone of rock.
Actor: Various Artists
Director (s): Jon Brewer
Format: PAL, Blu-ray
Language: English (DTS-HD 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (PCM Stereo)
Subtitles: English, German, French
Aspect Ratio: 16: 9 - 1.78: 1
Number of discs: 1
FSK: Approved without age restriction
Studio: Universal / Music / DVD
Release date: 6th July 2018
Production year: 2018
Genre: Rock
Playing time: 151 minutes
01. Angie Bowie - The Story of Haddon Hall
02. Angie Bowie - I'm gonna kill the lights
03. Cherry Vanilla - Nafed Girl on the Bed
04. David Stopps - Tony Defries and the Fifty Pence Piece
05. David Stopps - Lou Reed and the Stray Dog
06. Earl Slick - The Weird Audition
07. Glen Matlock - Mick and the Pink Loafers
08. Glen Matlock - Mick and the Dustbin
09. Ian Hunter - Top of the Pops
10. Joe Elliott - The First Time I Met Mick
11. Jon Brewer - All Dress Up
12. Kevin Cann - Mott the Hoople Were Dangerous
13. Laurence Myers - The Governor
14. Lisa Ronson - The All-Girls School
15. Mike Garson - "Changes" Variations
16. Rick Wakeman - Farting Wasps
17. Rick Wakeman - The Brothel
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 31981 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
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Subtitle: English, French, German
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Sara Maragotto
I first became aware of the work of Italian illustrator Sara Maragotto from Erin over at Design for Mankind. As soon as I saw her pieces I was smitten, each illustration is so intriguing and graphic, I'd love to see one hanging on my wall right now :) Check out even more of her work on her website.
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Hi Maia, popping over from Life in Sketch! What a gorgeous find this artist is - I particularly like the second from the bottom. Happy new year! MelReplyDelete
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Hi Mel, thanks for stopping by! I really love this artist as well, I wish I could have one hanging on my wall :)ReplyDelete
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Indian Outfits DefinitionSource (google.com.pk)
The population of Indian Punjab is divided into two major religious groups, the Sikhs and Hindus.Punjabis make around 2.5% of the population of India. It is further sub-divided into various tribal groups, social groups (caste) and economic groups. Major sub-groups in India include the Aroras, Khatris, Kalals/Ahluwalias, Bania, Saini Sikhs, Saini Hindus, Brahmin, Chamar, Chhimba, Chura, Jatts, Kamboj, Labanas, Lohar, Mahtam, Mazhabi, Nais, Rajput, Ramgarhia, Ramdasia, Soods and Tarkhans etc. All these subgroups are hardworking and well educated and living with unity, peace and harmony with each other.
Like the Punjabi Muslim society, these various castes are associated with particular occupations or crafts. Communities such as the Jatt and Rajput from a Zamindar background are essentially farmers along with Kamboj Sikh and Saini Sikhs, while the Arora, Bania, Bhatia are associated to trade. Other groups are associated with particular crafts, include Lohar who were historically ironsmiths, while Tarkhans were carpenters and the Nai were barbers.
Indian Punjab is also home to small groups of Muslims and Christian. Most of the East Punjab's Muslims (in today's states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Chandigarh) left for West Punjab in 1947. However, a small community still exists today, mainly in Malerkotla which was spared during partition, the only Muslim princely state among the seven that formed the erstwhile Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU). The other six (mostly Sikh) states were: Patiala, Nabha, Jind, Faridkot, Kapurthala and Kalsia.
The Punjab region within India maintains a strong influence on the perceived culture of India towards the rest of the world. Numerous Bollywood film productions use the Punjabi language in their songs and dialogue as well as traditional dances such as bhangra. Bollywood has been dominated by Punjabi artists including Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Vinod Khanna, Dharmendra, Shammi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Lara Dutta, Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor. Prime Ministers of India including Gulzarilal Nanda and Inder Kumar Gujral in the past, and Dr. Manmohan Singh at present, are Punjabis, as are numerous players in the Indian cricket team both past and present including Bishen Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Navjot Sidhu, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh and Yograj Singh.


text: Nanaimo Seniors Village Share: Community Service Nanaimo Seniors Village Visit Website Request Info 6085 Uplands Dr Nanaimo, BC V9V 1T8 (250) 760-2325 (250) 760-2400 (fax) www.retirementconcepts.com About Map About Full service seniors' residence, including Independent and Assisted Living apartments, plus Complex Care (intermediate, extended, dementia and palliative). Residents can ''age in place with dignity''. What's Nearby? Distance: 5 10 15 20 25 50 km.


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"Generally speaking, "an eye single to the glory of God" means sacrifice. It means that instead of endlessly doing what we want to do, we have to do what the Lord wants us to do, but we have to do it in his way when he wants us to do it."
--Hartman Rector Jr.,, "Sacrifice Still Brings Forth Blessings", Ensign, Dec. 1971, 64


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Serves 2; easily cut in half to serve 1
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tablespoon sugar (try a little less at first)
3/4 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
whipped cream, optional
1. Place shaved chocolate in a small saucepan over low heat and add 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla extract. Use a wooden spoon to stir chocolate as it begins to melt. Slowly add remaining milk and continuing stirring until completely smooth.
2. Add in sugar, cornstarch, and sea salt, and stir until everything is dissolved and combined. Use a whisk to keep it smooth. As it heats up, it will start to thicken. It needs to thicken enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. You can bring to a low simmer if needed- mine thickened without simmering. It's supposed to be thick and smooth.
3. Pour into 2 mugs (top with whipped cream if desired) and serve immediately.


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Catherine Chidgey was born in 1970. She has degrees in creative writing, psychology and German literature, and lived for two years in Berlin. Her debut novel, In a Fishbone Church won the South East Asia and Pacific Region Prize in the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Novel, a Betty Trask Prize and was longlisted for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, Golden Deeds, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, followed by The Transformation in 2006. Chidgey lives in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand. She presents The Wish Child.
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Lenovo 2GB, 4GB, 8GB PC3-12800 DDR3L-1600 SODIMM memory offerings are low voltage version of SODIMM memory that let you upgrade your system's standard memory capacity to improve overall ThinkPad or ThinkCentre system performance. Adding additional memory is a cost-effective way to help boost your system's performance and enhance its ability to run more programs simultaneously. Benefits include the following::
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Hi Y'all, Robyn here
with a quick and fun holiday project perfect for getting your crafting on with kids this summer!
Sometimes you have to set goals.
I'm recovering from computer failure, and today's goal was to get this post done by deadline! and have some fun with my little helpers.
On the mat
Ungroup and move the elements around to fit your paper.
The small stars were cut out of glittered paper.
Cut a full set of images in red white and blue, then mix and match!
One can be made, start to finish (not counting design time- that is done for you!) in 15 minutes!
Fold the diagonal score lines carefully. Paper doesn't like to fold against the grain.
A teeny touch of water-with an 0 paint brush will make it easier.
Cut extra glittered stars- you can never have too much glitter!
Suzanne loves designing with Stars and Stripes and has a son who was born in Boston! You can find these designs by going to her profile and searching for "Independence".
If you have more time than me! don't stop here.
Create with out limits!
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American Express Hiring 1,390 New Employees
Right now American Express has 1,390 positions open across the nation. But, more importantly, the recruiters at American Express want you to let them know your career goals during the interview. Therefore, if that opening isn't the exact right fit for you, they will consider you for other opportunities, reports Fortune.
Obviously American Express, which ranks No. 88 among the Fortune 500, is on the prowl for talent. How it defines "talent" is as a team player who understands the importance of relationships in business. In other words, American Express rates highly what psychologist Daniel Goleman called high "emotional intelligence." Essentially, high EI means you can process what others -- ranging from your co-workers to customers -- are feeling. To determine where you might be able to make an impact at American Express with your EI, research the company, its corporate culture, accomplishments, marketplace challenges, and competitors.
In terms of current needs, American Express has immediate jobs open for customer service professionals, relationship managers, and research analysts.


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The next installment of the Star Wars franchise hits theaters December 18th, so to get ready you might want to pre-order the Stormtrooper Helmet by ANOVOS, which is crafted to absolute perfection. Created in the likeness of the new style of Stormtrooper helmet that will make its debut in the next film, the Stormtrooper Helmet by ANOVOS is a life-size replica and can actually be worn (if you so choose).
Currently available for pre-order for just $200, the Stormtrooper Helmet by ANOVOS is going to be a must for fans who are planning the perfect Halloween costume in anticipation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If the Stormtrooper Helmet by ANOVOS is right up your alley, move fast: the pre-order price is sure to go up once the product becomes available.
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An ordinance expanding Colorado Springs' home occupancy permit to include farm stands is on its way to City Council, where it looks likely to pass.
The change would allow residents to set up a lemonade stand-style table on their property to sell fresh produce and certain homemade food products from 8 a.m. until dusk between April and November. The ordinance would bring the city in line with the Cottage Foods Act — state-level legislation that allows for the unlicensed sale of certain non-refrigerated foods.
Councilor Jill Gaebler brought the proposal from the city-county Food Policy Advisory Board at the near-unanimous recommendation of the Planning Com-mission. At a Sept. 12 work session, she described the policy as low-hanging fruit to "build a stronger community" by neighbor-to-neighbor food sales.


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[ Gamer elucidates Desdemona's character, maintaining that Shakespeare carefully balanced the other characters' accounts of her as goddess or whore to present a complex portrait Othello's sensual view is countered by Brabantio's idealized concept in Act I and Roderigo and Cassio's romanticized vision is opposed by Iago's coarse innuendo in Act II Gamer then points out that Desdemona 's liveliness and assertiveness are confirmed by her marriage to Othello and that these positive traits become a fatal liability. Finally, the critic ends with a discussion of Desdemona's powerlessness in the face of her husband 's accusations, which leads to her death. For further commentary on the character of Desdemona, see the excerpts by A. C. Bradley and Albert Gerard. ]
As Desdemona prepares to go to bed with Othello in Act IV, scene iii of Shakespeare's Othello, the following conversation occurs between her and Emilia:
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Surely, you already heard about the stunning beaches of Boracay and Palawan. But did you know that somewhere far north lies captivating islands less the crowd? Still under the tourist radar, we discovered some castaway destinations during our Cagayan island hopping.
It had been a rainy weather throughout our Lakbay Norte trip. Our group even missed spelunking at the Sierra Cave because of the terrible downpour. We were hoping we will be granted a better weather on the last day of our trip – a day dedicated to seeing the islands of Cagayan. And just like an answered prayer, the rain greatly subsided though it was still a bit gloomy. The Philippine Coast Guard gave us permission for sea travel.
Our group then went to San Vicente port, our jump-off point. Boats can accommodate around six persons. As we left the shore, I started to get excited as I was really looking forward to see Palaui. But little did we know that we will be battling humongous waves along our journey. Had our boat been smaller, we will surely find ourselves swimming in the sea. We held on tight and scream at the top of our lungs from time to time. I also can't believe seeing other boats at the top of a ten-foot wave. For almost two hours, we bathed and drank salt water not to mention we occasionally laughed ourselves out while our hearts were pounding.
Finally, we reached the first island – Anguib Beach.
Anguib Beach Club
We all sighed in relief as we get off our boat. The white sand of Anguib felt good on my feet after sailing on the waters for what seemed like forever. Some claimed Anguib Beach to be the Boracay of the north with its 1.8 kilometer shoreline offering white, powdery sand.
Colorful hammocks caught my attention as I partake on the hot soup that was prepared for our group. After our snack, we walked around the beach. Just like the hammocks, nipa huts were scattered in the area. To those who want to experience glamping, Anguib Beach Club also offers glamping accommodations.
The turquoise blue water was darn cold. Some seaweeds litter a portion of the shore. Nonetheless, we enjoyed soaking ourselves in the sea.
Mapurao Beach
"Mapurao" means white in the local dialect. And yes, Mapurao can also boast of its white sand beach. From Anguib, it took us less than an hour to get to Mapurao. We arrived just in time for lunch.
Jerolynda White Beach Resort prepared our superb seafood feast. We had Sinigang na Hipon, Lato, fish and lobsters – all in generous serving.
Unfortunately, we didn't had much time to spare in the island. After eating and an ample time to rest, we hopped in our boat again, this time to see Palaui Island.
Palaui Island and Cape Engaño
From Mapurao, it took us about an hour to reach Palaui Island. Along with Palawan and Boracay, Palaui Island made it to CNN's 100 best beaches in 2013 landing at the 10th spot. This really made me look forward to explore the island. "I am willing to brave the tempestuous waves for Palaui", I even told Moireen, one of our Lakbay Norte facilitators.
Indeed, after battling more tempestuous waves, a rocky beach welcomed us. Soon we were warmly greeted by the locals waiting for us in small nipa huts. We were divided into groups of four and a tour guide was assigned to each group.
The northern point of Palaui Island is called Cape Engaño where a hill can be climbed to see the ruins of an old lighthouse and more interestingly, to get a panoramic view of the island. Our guide told us that the short hike to reach the lighthouse would just take hundreds of steps.
In the first few minutes that we started, our group was all in awe by what we see. The seemingly endless green scenery instantly captivated us. At around 3PM in the afternoon, the sun shining brightly felt good on my skin – not too harsh. The wind was strong and cold that it easily dried our bodies bathed in salt water from yet another boat ride.
Every second of our ascend was magical – no exaggeration. The Palaui landscape reminded me of breathtaking Batanes. According to our guide, Batanes can already be reached by boat from the island in a few hours.
Slow – you would want your time to be so slow in places like this. I do. And before we knew it, we already reach Cape Engaño Lighthouse. Cape Engaño Lighthouse was built during the Spanish period and served as gateway lighthouse for incoming ships. Today, remnants of the old lighthouse stood beautifully with a gorgeous background.
Going further down from the lighthouse, we were blown away even more. I stared blankly at the endless, blue sea. I felt so privileged to witness such a majestic creation. Dos Hermanas (two sisters) Island was also in sight – a pair of rock, con-shaped islands.
Our group can't really just get enough of this astonishing island. We hope to stay longer but we have to leave before it gets dark. And even though we left soon enough, Palaui Island was already engraved in our memory, for life.
This Lakbay Norte trip was organized by North Philippines Bureau (NPVB) in partnership with Manila North Tollways Corporation / NLEX-SCTEX, Victory Liner, Inc., Nueva Ecija Convention and Visitors Associations (NECVA), and Cagayan North Convention and Visitors Bureau (CNCVB). Lakbay Norte is an annual media familiarization trip aiming to promote Philippine provinces in the north.
Sponsored by: Department of Tourism – Region 2, Department of Tourism – Region 3, Petron Corporation and Prifood Corporation.


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Freddie runs around to his right, he picks up the ball, he aims his throw, and then he holds the ball. There is no magic run out chance. There is no need for the hero pose. This isn't his time. This isn't that Freddie.
Freddie is still big. You can't confuse him with any of the other Lancashire players in the warm up. That tree trunk body, that off kilter stance, the massive shoulders, the blonde hair, the rocking shoulder movement, the John Wayne run up and the heavy ball. Although, the heavy ball seems lighter in the warm up.
Freddie is warming up in full reds. He's shadow boxing with Adam Hollioake, hugging Charlie Dagnall, and giggling with Luke Wright. If he's nervous, there is no sign of it. In the batting warm ups he's playing straight drives, but misses the net by several metres on one. In the fielding practice he puts in the least effort he can without annoying the fielding coach.
Freddie heads off for the final preparation of the game. HE stops to chat to more friends. Everyone gets a chat and a soul brother handshake. As he hits the steps he signs autographs and poses for photos.
Freddie is only playing because Kabir Ali, who was preferred in the semifinal, is injured. Kabir Ali was born injured. Kabir Ali will be injured after he's dead. But this injury has given one last Hero chance for Freddie. It is, for the occasion, a perfect injury.
Freddie retired exactly five years ago today. He still gets a bigger cheer than Jimmy Anderson when his name is read out. His cheer is even bigger than the boos KP got. He might be old, he might be a semi-successful Reality TV show host, he might be a media whore, but he's still Freddie. It's only a few kids under 10 who seem confused why this bloke who's played two matches this season seems so popular.
Freddie starts off in the slips. Where he did some of his best work. He walks up to the crease to do his run up in between balls. He does it gingerly with a tip-toeing pigeon step. As the ball is delivered, he jumps into a sumo wrestler pose waiting for the edge. Looking for that one-handed glory. So he can look nonchalant about it seconds later.
Freddie only looks nervous when he's about to bowl. Paul Horton talks to him about the field, but Freddie looks distracted. Varun Chopra tries to move some of the crowd, and Freddie just wants to bowl. Just get that first one under the belt.
Freddie finally bowls. It is a slow ball on a decent length. Ian Bell hits it straight up in the air. Karl Brown races back at mid on. Freddie watches on. Brown has a lot of time to cover a lot of ground. He gets there. Freddie's arms go straight into his saviour pose. But there is no certainty to them; it's just muscle memory. Instead of looking nonchalant, he looks surprised at how he's ended with a wicket from such a slow length ball.
Freddie completes the over well, allowing only three runs from what is one of the slowest and most innocuous overs of the day. Freddie waves at the crowd, he plays with his cap over his face for someone. He's enjoying himself. He's no longer nervous.
Freddie chats to Jimmy about strategy before the next over. But his first ball is horror. It's the ball Freddie was worried about bowling before his first over. A slow waist-high full toss no ball that floats beautifully onto the bat and way over the rope. The next five balls only give up three runs. There are giggles and smiles between balls. It's still slow, and his trademark heavy balls are very light but it's good canny old guy bowling.
Freddie then ends with a half volley on off stump. Porterfield puts it into the crowd.
Freddie then travels from short fine to short fine. The old man position. He's not consulted on team strategy. He's just going from end to end. Picking up the odd ball off the thigh pad. Just a player that's not needed often.
Freddie does dive. He dives suddenly and athletically to his left. The ball has been flicked fast from outside offstump from Rikki Clarke, who did well to find Freddie's short-fine hiding spot. It hits his hand. It would have been tough in his prime. The ball dribbles off behind him. He's furious with himself. The next ball Clarke is bowled. Freddie shows more happiness at that than his wicket of Bell.
Freddie warms up. But Paul Horton doesn't respond. His bowling has looked hittable and medium. It doesn't seem like a plan, they just don't think he's the best option. The most movement he has after the drop is moving from short fine to long leg for one delivery.
Freddie will bat at nine. Freddie has batted six for England in Tests. He has more sixes than any other English batsman in Tests. He has made a run-a-ball 142 against South Africa. He has made two better than run-a-ball hundreds in ODI cricket. When Brad Hogg made his comeback, he gave up any pretention of being an all rounder. But he was really old, not just old in the ankles and knees like Freddie.
Freddie has a cameraman in front of him for most of the innings. This time it's not for a one liner, TV stunt or boxing match, he is actually expected to be able to do this. This is why he is famous. The problem with being a hero is that people expect you to be the hero. His bat rests on his shoulder, it's not his famous Woodworm. He looks nervous. He's shaking. But it is cold. Very cold. He shakes as Karl Brown gets Lancs close.
Freddie picks up his helmet before the bails hit the ground. It's all business. There is no show. No put on. He holds the bat by the base, like a club. His helmet has tape over the logo. He just wants to get out there and face. He pokes at the pitch, briefly, barely takes guard, and then awkwardly nudges for one. There are other singles as well. He now runs like an old man.
Freddie is three off three when Hannon-Dalby bowls a slow ball in the slot. Freddie times it. It jumps off his bat. It sails over the bowler. Over the long off. Over the rope. Over the photographers. Over the fence. Over three rows. Row 4. Six runs. Next ball it's a full toss, it's slapped low and hard to deep midwicket. Through the hand of a fielder, and into the shoulder of a security guard. He chats to Hannon-Dalby after the six. He's looking fired up now.
Freddie now doesn't look like a guy who has spent the last two weeks in the back of a fish and chip van. Freddie looks like a hero.
Freddie steals a bye from the non striker's end. He doesn't run quickly, he doesn't dive well, but he manages to make it over the line. Woakes laughs at him as he struggles to get up from the dirt. They need 13 runs off five balls. Freddie mishits twice. Both get him twos. Nine runs off three balls.
Freddie times the ball. But it's along the carpet and straight at a fielder. There is no six, four or even two. He's now off strike. But he stops Woakes from bowling and chats to the umpire. He then relays the information to Parry. It could have been important, but it looks like he is trying to put as much pressure on Woakes as he can without actually facing. Woakes bowls two good balls, Birmingham win.
Freddie completes the single and shakes the hands of the umpire. For a man of his talent, it's a modest bits-and-pieces game. And yet still, Freddie has almost won the game. He almost sucked the victory into his orbit. Just by being there.
Freddie is a marvel, even when he isn't. It was finals day, he wasn't even supposed to play, and even on the losing side at the non-striker's end, he is the story.
Freddie is besieged by Birmingham players straight after their initial celebration. They're not shaking the hand of an opposition player. They are shaking the hand of their hero. Freddie has almost won a game after five years out of the game against a bunch of kids who grew up watching him on TV. Every handshake confirms this more.
Freddie doesn't stand with his arms out as teammates drape themselves across him, he stands to the side and claps the winning side off the ground.
Freddie is still the hero. But it's not his time.


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Get a Data Lake – ELT not ETL
Data Lakes are one of the buzzwords that has been going around for some time in the "big data" era. Many companies/people has figures out what a data lake is, have create one, and are using it to great effect. Others are still confused or unsure.
There are many articles and blog posts these days which provide clarity on data lakes. Here's one definition:
A Data Lake is a data store used for storing and processing large volumes of data. They are often used to collect raw data in native format before datasets are used for analytics purposes
Which leads to, in many ways, a pivotal line, "ELT not ETL" – thanks to James Serra's posting.
ELT instead of ETL (loading the data into the data lake and then processing it). This can speed up transformations as the data lake is usually in a Hadoop cluster that can transform data much faster than an ETL tool
Which then leads to identification of all the data sources in your organisation, a deciding how best to extract and load the data from those sources – SpreadSheets, REST services, relational databases, etc.


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Deliciously crisp on the edges with a light and airy interior, you cannot have just one of these little beauties.
I don't know what it is about madeleines but the very sight of them makes me want to smile. I'm in ore of every aspect of French patisserie and often catch myself daydreaming about working in a Patisserie Salon in Paris. I'm a lover of all things classic so I guess seeing these little genoise morsels, beautifully uniform with their crisp seashell jackets on I can't help but want to eat them...ALL.
I have recently obsessed over madeleines and anyone following my social media accounts will know. I do apologise. My sudden infatuation may be because I recently purchased and sexy new madeleine pan, or it might be because the other half insulted my first attempt so I've been trying a number of recipes to try and win him over; and I think I've accomplished that.
They're perfect on their own; flavoured with a little vanilla or lemon zest but they're so versatile that you can really try out anything with them. I've tried them dipped in chocolate, flavoured with gingerbread spices, with toasted coconut and almond... This is just the beginning of my love affair with madeleines and I'll be sure to keep you updated.
Makes approx. 36 madeleines
Recipe adapted from http://dailydishrecipes.com/dark-chocolate-madeleines
- 75g Dark Chocolate, minimum 60% cocoa solids
- 115g Unsalted Butter, plus extra for greasing
- 160g Caster Sugar
- 3 Large Eggs, Free Range or Organic
- 140g Plain Flour
- 1 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1 shot of Espresso
- 20g Cocoa Powder
- Over a bain-marie/double boiler, melt the chocolate and butter together ensuring in a bowl doesn't come in to contact with the boiling water, stir in the espresso (or a tbsp of good instant coffee), set aside to cool slightly.
- Sift the the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and set aside until needed.
- In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment fitted, beat the eggs on high for 2-3 minutes until light. Turn the speed down and add the sugar slowly. Turn the mixer back up to high and leave it to do it's magic for around 5 minutes. If you are using a hand mixer it will take the same time but considerably more if beating my hand, but just think of the guns...
- Gently fold in the dry ingredients to the eggs and sugar trying not to deflate the air too much. The important thing here is don't be afraid, if you tread too carefully then the ingredients will not incorporate properly and this will cause you issues in the oven.
- Add the cooled chocolate mixture, again gently but mix it fully. Cover the mixture with clingfilm and refrigerate for at least one hour. I don't know the exact reason for this but I've been told to do so, so that's what I do. You can keep the mixture in the fridge from upto 2 days.
- Preheat the oven to 210C. Melt the additional butter and brush into a madeleine pan, dust with a light coating of flour and tap away any excess. Pipe or spoon the mixture into the shells, you want to fill them 2/3 full.
- Bake for 7 minutes at this temperature and then turn the oven to 175C and bake for further 4 minutes. Remove from the over and turn out the pan onto a cooling rack or clean tea-towel, they should just fall from the pan.
I devour at least two or three immediately so if you're anything like me, be sure to have a cup of tea or coffee ready. Dip them in your brew or enjoy them as they are.


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Some LangaList Plus readers took exception to Wi-Fi advice given in a recent column. I reply.
Plus: Modifying Internet Explorer's toolbars, dual-booting Windows 7 and 8, and handling mandatory sign-ins to public hotspots.
"Repulsed" by Wi-Fi channel–selection advice
Reader Steve Lilley, along with a number of other readers, was more than unhappy with my May 8 column, "Curing unexplained Wi-Fi interruptions."
"Just wanted to express my complete repulsion with one of Fred Langa's suggestions in the latest edition of Windows Secrets.
"In it, he encouraged users to change their home router's non-overlapping Wi-Fi channels (1, 6, and 11) to something in between. In the example, he changed his home router to Channel 3.
"That might sound like a great idea, but it's actually terrible advice. In the 2.4GHz spectrum, only channels 1, 6, and 11 do not overlap. Wi-Fi was designed to ensure that different systems can coexist nicely. But this coexistence breaks down completely when using overlapping channels.
"Fred's solution reduces the performance for everyone else operating on channels 1 and 6. He's also likely made his own performance worse. Fred's Wi-Fi signal is now viewed as interference to the Wi-Fi systems using the standard channels 1 and 6.


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Hello everyone,
Today I have a quick art journal to share. I had these stamps for a while but hadn't had time to try them out. They are by Catherine Moore and they are Paper Dolls essentially. There are whole 'people' and bits of people so you can build your own. I just had a play to see what it would look like.
First I made a background with PaperArtsy Acrylic Fresco paints and added some stamping with a foam stamp (Flower; very faint in the background) and some PaperArtsy Stamps and grey and green Archival Inks. Next I build this lady and I thought it was cute to stamp the 'skirt' straight on the page and the body and head on book paper. I then put them together. the little labels were stamped on the same book paper and randomly adhered as was the sentiment. If you look closely you can see that the language on the book text is indeed French !
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Alvaro Morata missed a penalty on his Chelsea debut as Arsenal won an uncharacteristically feisty Community Shield in a shootout at Wembley.
Record signing Morata – a late substitute – dragged a poor effort wide moments after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had blazed over in a first use of a new penalty shootout system.
Premier League champions Chelsea had gone ahead through Victor Moses, before Pedro was sent off for an ugly lunge on Mohamed Elneny.
From the resulting free-kick, debutant Sead Kolasinac headed the Gunners level to take the match to penalties.
The shootout – the first in English football to follow the ABBA format – saw Chelsea miss back-to-back penalties to allow Olivier Giroud to win the match from the spot.
The winner takes it all in ABBA format…
Level at 90 minutes, the match went straight to penalties, which were taken in the ABBA format.
Designed to prevent a perceived advantage to the team going first, the system sees team A take the first kick followed by team B – before team B go again. Team A then get two successive penalties, a little like the tie-break in tennis, and so on until there is a winner.
Confused? You are not alone as not even the players seemed to understand.
After Gary Cahill's opener for Chelsea was cancelled out by Theo Walcott, Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal stepped forward, correctly, to take his kick. However he was waved back by several of his Gunners team-mates, who seemed confused by the new format.
Monreal scored, before Courtois and Morata both missed horribly, to the delight of the Arsenal fans behind the goal.
That allowed first Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and then Giroud to score and start the Arsenal celebrations.
Day of decisions
The Community Shield can be a rather tame occasion, more pre-season friendly than kick-start, but referee Bobby Madley was kept busy in a fiercely contested affair.
Chelsea were first to be upset when winger Willian was booked for a dive in the first half as he went down under a challenge from Hector Bellerin in the penalty area. Replays suggested that the Brazilian was tripped by his own feet, but also that Bellerin may have made contact beforehand.
If that was a tricky call for Madley, his decision to send off Pedro with 10 minutes remaining was more straightforward. The forward was late and high on Elneny, raking the Arsenal man's Achilles with his studs.
Antonio Conte was angered by the decision though, and by his team's marking from the free-kick as they let Kolasinac head home from six yards out.
Lacazette impresses without Sanchez and Ozil
Until the red card, it looked like being victory for the champions, who shook off a sleepy first 20 minutes to have the better of the game.
They deservedly took the lead in the opening minute of the second half as Granit Xhaka's dreadful clearance from a corner was headed back in by Gary Cahill for Moses to finish with opportunism.
It looked a long way back from there for Arsenal, especially as they were without key duo Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, left out of the squad altogether by Arsene Wenger.
Sanchez only returned to training on Tuesday after illness, having taken an extended break following his participation in the Confederations Cup with Chile, while Ozil picked up a minor knock in training in the week and was not risked.
In their absence, the focus was on record signing Alexandre Lacazette, the only debutant to start for either side. The £46.5m man faded after having the best moment of the first period, wrapping a shot against the post after a flowing counter-attack, which he started in his own half.
An out-and-out striker who doesn't stray far from the penalty area, he showed enough to suggest that he will add a focal point to the Arsenal attack – particularly when partnered by Ozil and Sanchez.
Morata, on the other hand, had a debut to forget for Chelsea.
The £60m signing from Real Madrid was left on the bench until the 74th minute and, after replacing the underwhelming Michy Batshuayi, wasted his only sight of goal by shooting over.
He then dragged a poor penalty wide in the shootout to hand Arsenal a chance they took.
Morata, and Conte, will take solace from the fact that the last team to win the Premier League title after winning the Community Shield were Manchester United back in 2010.
Post-match reaction
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:
"Well, I don't know if it was a sending off or not but at that moment we were dominating. We had some difficult moments at the start of the second half but after that we dominated. We always looked dangerous.
"It is a dream to make the fans happy, a difficult dream, but we try hard. I would like that they stand behind the team as we might go through some very good periods and some not so good periods.
"We want to be united and together throughout the season."
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte:
"I didn't see the situation with the sending off. For this reason, it is very difficult for me to say something about this decision. This is the second game, after the FA Cup [final], that we finish with 10 men.
"I heard there was clearly a penalty but I did not see. We are working, we are trying to do our best. We had a tough pre-season, between the six days until we start the league it is important to be focused on the next game."
The cup winners continue to dominate
Arsenal's shootout victory means the FA Cup winning side have now won the last four editions of the Community Shield, with the Gunners responsible for three of those
This was Arsenal's third shootout in the Community Shield, having lost their previous two, against Manchester United in 1993 and 2003
Chelsea have lost their last four Community Shield matches, last winning the trophy on penalties in 2009
The last two red cards issued in Community Shield matches have been to Chelsea players (Branislav Ivanovic in 2012, Pedro in 2017)
There were just 82 seconds between Pedro's red card and Sead Kolasinac's equaliser
Kolasinac became the first player to open his goalscoring account for Arsenal in the Community Shield since Gilberto Silva in 2002
Victor Moses scored his first goal in 27 games for Chelsea in all competitions, since netting against Tottenham in November 2016
What's next?
The start of the Premier League season.
Arsenal kick off the new top-flight campaign when they host Leicester City on Friday (19:45 BST).
Defending champions Chelsea meet Burnley at Stamford Bridge on Saturday (15:00).


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SAN DIEGO -- Giving a high-dose flu vaccine to nursing home residents cuts their risk of all-cause hospital admission during the flu season, a researcher said.
In a large cluster-randomized study with more than 53,000 participants, people getting the high-dose vaccine were significantly less likely to need inpatient care than those who got the standard-dose drug, according to Stefan Gravenstein, MD, of University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland.
On the other hand, there was no apparent effect on all-cause mortality, Gravenstein reported.
He and colleagues are still parsing the data, derived from 833 nursing homes and more than 53,0oo eligible participants, but the top results were presented at a late-breaker session at the IDWeek meeting, held jointly by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS).
In a randomized trial reported last year, the high-dose vaccine -- with four times the usual dose of the flu antigen hemagglutinin -- was more effective than a standard vaccine in preventing lab-confirmed flu among people 65 or older.
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That followed several studies showing that the high-dose drug led to better immune responses in older people.
In essence, the study by Gravenstein is a third step, a kind of "So what?" follow-up on the earlier studies, commented Andrew Pavia, MD, of the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, who co-moderated the late-breaker session.
Research has already shown that the high-dose vaccine improves immunity and prevents lab-confirmed flu, but Gravenstein and colleagues were trying to see what effect that had on important outcomes like mortality and death.
The study design was "very, very impressive [and] all the biases worked against them," Pavia told MedPage Today, so it's possible the observed benefit was underestimated.
"I think there's a difference there" that will be clear when the analysis is completed, he added. Then it will be up to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to decide how to apply the data to flu vaccination guidelines, Pavia said.
Gravenstein and colleagues enrolled nursing homes within 50 miles of the 122 sites of the CDC's Influenza Surveillance System, with a total of 55,035 long-stay residents who were 65 or older.
Each nursing home was randomly assigned to use either the high- or low-dose vaccine as standard of care during the 2013-14 flu season. Patients were vaccinated from September through November 2013 and outcomes were evaluated from then through May 2014.
The study used a 2x2 factorial design, with the nursing homes also stratified by whether they offered free standard-dose vaccination to staff or usual care. For this analysis, Gravenstein presented data on hospital admissions and on death.
In the four arms of the study, both the homes and the resident groups were similar, Gravenstein said.
Residents had an average age of 83, about 70% were female, and three-quarters were white, the investigators found. They had complete follow-up on about 80% of participants and the reasons for incomplete data did not differ between the high- and low-dose groups.
Overall, there were 5,239 hospital admissions in the high-dose arm and 5,517 in the low-dose arm, 19.7% and 20.9% of the cohort, respectively.
Multivariable logistic regression yielded an odds ratio for any hospital admission of 0.93 (95% CI 0.088- 0.098, significantly in favor of the high-dose arm (P=0.019), Gravenstein reported.
For mortality, the dose had no significant effect, he reported.
The presence or absence of free staff vaccination appeared to have no effect on either outcome, but Gravenstein told MedPage Today he and colleagues are still studying that data.
He cautioned that using all-cause hospital admission as an outcome might mask the effect vaccine dose on admission for influenza, adding that the investigators are waiting for Medicare claims data that will help pin down that aspect of the study.
He added that the researchers did not collect lab data to confirm influenza.
The study was supported by Sanofi Pasteur.
Gravenstein disclosed relevant relationships with Sanofi Pasteur, Pfizer, Novartis, Novavax, and Merck.
Pavia disclosed no relevant relationships with industry.
- Reviewed by Henry A. Solomon, MD, FACP, FACC Clinical Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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I grew up in the Brahma Kumaris and went on a regular pilgrimage to India as a child.
Some background of their teachings:
They teach 7 main lessons
Day 1 – Soul
Day 2 – God
Day 3 – Karma
Day 4 – The Cycle
Day 5 – The Tree
Day 6 – Brahma Baba
Day 7 – BK Lifestyle
They have God, soul, karma, reincarnation, a 5,000 year world cycle that repeats identically every 5,000 years. They have 4 major ages - Golden, Silver, Copper and Iron - then they have the confluence age, which is the present time, where the Iron Age (Hell) meets the Golden Age (Heaven). It is the time of change, purification and work so that you will be one of the privileged few that will go into the Golden Age.
Here are some links about the organisation and to those that have left:
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Alice, I sensed there was something unusual about you ... I mean that in a positive way. It could be the way you were brought up, or the way you processed your experiences, or the strength you developed and weaknesses you perceived and wanted to change.
Let me think if I can put words to my experience of you. First of all, you are very clear with your choice of words and ways you express yourself. I don't have to guess what you mean, or if I don't understand, you are able to clarify for me. There is a sense of gentleness to you that is very different from my experiences and gives me hope for a gentler view of the world. I don't experience judgment but I do very definitely know when you do not share my opinion and you explain your point of view. That is very helpful for me. I was not surprised when I learned you grew up in a cult, but I have a stereotype that cults can be very positive, even though I heard of some pretty awful stuff about others. I haven't read your recommended sites yet and will do so now. I just wanted to express myself before I read your links.
Thanks Joan - I appreciate your kind feedback - I was protected somewhat by my mum in the cult - because she became a senior member and didn't pressure me to follow the rules - although I knew all the rules and was very well behaved, so it wasn't much of an issue either way.
The thing about this cult is that they want you to have the virtues and avoid the vices - and so everyone is constantly aiming to be perfectly behaved, even in the face of others vices. I think it meant a lot of suppressed emotion for many.
Vices include:
Pretty much covers most of what we do in a day... LOL
Thanks for sharing this information. Without being too indiscreet, I like to ask a few questions.
Assuming that your parents choose to enter this cult, did they come from a christian background?
Do you know other persons, who entered this cult as a choice?
What attracts people to this cult?
What psychological benefit do they get from this cult?
How many people, who choose the cult as adults, are disappointed and leave it again?
My maternal grandmother was church of England I am told. But she wasn't especially religious. She died when my mother was only 17 years old.
My paternal grandmother was brought up in a convent and hated all forms of religion with a vengeance. My father is and has always been an atheist.
My mother alone entered the cult after my parents divorced. I know many adults how entered the cult as adults, including my husband. I met my husband after he had left the cult - but through the network of cult members. I also have many child hood friends who also grew up in the cult, and I know many other cult members who are still in the cult.
I can't speak for what attracts people to the cult. On a face they are a group who teaches meditation and promotes world peace - and the practice of self perfection in the form of virtues.
I think that they get the feeling that they are part of a group. An elite group, who are destined to go to heaven if they maintain their own purity - in avoiding the 5 vices.
The must be also attracted to the meditation as a way to calm their minds and find peace in themselves and in their own lives.
I don't know how many leave. But many that I know have left. I suppose of the ones that were there in the early 80's - perhaps half of them have left - maybe more.
Since then the teachings and expectations have been watered down and so lots more come through. Their idea is that the times of the end are coming, and there fore according to your statues in the world drama cycle - you will have the correct amount of connection and understanding. So those who are high up in Golden Age are also high up in the group - whereas those who only come into the world at the times of the end - will have their own great start but face much misery.
Alice, It is good that you managed to get away from that group; otherwise a good life would have beem wasted. That kind of group could not have been good for a young girl.
The idea of renouncing all worldly pleasures to get rid of all vices on a personal level came first from the Vedas, the most fundamental scriptures of Hinduism, which earlier was called a Vaidic religion. This was called" karma sanyas yoga" which is also described in the Bhagvad Geeta. The basic idea was also adopted by Buddhism and Jainism in ancient times and recently by the Bramha Kumaris. All of them, however have created their own variations to the original idea of renunciation.
All relgious ideas, however well meaning they might have been once, have now become outdated and only those who do not have much else to do in life or have been frustrated with life, adopt such cults now.
Madhukar - yes I've heard bits and pieces of the history with reference to other Indian religious groups.
I suppose that many westerners are attracted to the meditation and more peace - must be the stressful lives they are leading.
I have been a Hindu by birth and I know about meditation but I fail to understand what westerners find so attractive about meditation. Many westerners are also attracted by Hindu philosophy. All philosophy is based on imagination but Hindu philosophy is vast and appearsto be far more sophisticated compared to that of Bible or Quran. Persons having a natural attraction for philosophy are attracted to Hindu philosophy, but westerners attracted to Hindu Gurus do a great dis-service to Hindu society by glorofying blind faith.
Madhukar - interesting points you make from an Indian perspective.
Madhukar, I was raised to obey. When grown up challenges faced me I had to go with my training or find a healthier way. Having three young lives to care for, I chose to go for healthier. For me that means to think for myself. I call it meditation, but it is just plain old stopping and thinking. Getting relaxed, putting aside problems that seemed insurmountable, I focused on what a healthy family would look, sound, feel like and then set out to make it happen.
My condemned house became a lovely, gentle, cooperative home; my garden a place to raise food for my children and to use my formal training as a gardener. It worked, I am happier, my children are grown and healthier, and I am free to work.
Madhukar, I had no idea these groups are so austere. It is hard to understand why people join a group that restricts.
Hinduism has an exotic characteristic, it looks peaceful from the outside, but is it as peaceful to its practitioners?
You write with strong sentiment, "It is good that you managed to get away from that group; otherwise a good life would have been wasted. That kind of group could not have been good for a young girl."
Are these cults that limiting for a young one? Is there no violence in homes of people living in cults?
Joan - they are limited in that they cause you to feel guilty for being human - having a sex drive, getting angry about stuff, feeling attached to anyone, feeling good about yourself, wanting material possessions in any form.
I am so glad you made the decision to leave. You have such spirit. Guilt and shame are such useless emotions, they make one internalize their own oppression.
Now, from that experience, what have you brought away from it that is healthy and positive?
From my experiences, it is that not all families are violent, not all women are beaten, and the behaviors of batterer and battered are merely habits that can be broken. And, either one can do the stopping.
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Each morning at Sinan Road Kindergarten in Shanghai, a child stands in front of the class and tells a story. One morning, I watched as 4-year-old Ziyu told a 10-minute story about a group of animals frightened by a strange sound. When he finished, his teacher asked the class: "Shall we make him Storytelling King? Did he do a good job?"
Children called out criticisms. "His voice was too soft." "It was like a story we'd heard before." Still, when teacher Wong called for a vote, Ziyu was elected Storytelling King by a 16-4 margin.
We shot video of Ziyu that morning as part of a cross-cultural research project on the different approaches to preschool education in China, Japan and the United States.
Many American teachers who later watched this scene worried that the criticism would be harmful to the storyteller's self-esteem. As one teacher put it, "I'm 35 years old, and if I were criticized like that, I would cry!" But another of the teachers saw things differently: "If we had learned in preschool to give and receive criticism, maybe we could handle it better as adults."
I thought about Ziyu the other day after President Barack Obama issued his call for making "high-quality preschool available to every child in America."
As we found in our research, the definition of "high-quality preschool" varies widely from one society to another, and a wide range of approaches can serve children well. It all depends on what we view as the goals of early education.
In Kyoto, Japan, for example, older children at the Komatsudani Childcare Center spend an hour each afternoon caring for the babies and toddlers. This activity is seen as equally important for the younger and older children.
In one scene in our video, a 5-year-old boy, Kenichi, teaches 2-year-old Taro how to use the urinal. Positioning Taro in front of the toilet, Kenichi reminds the younger boy to aim and to hold up his shirt tails. He then warns Taro that he is about to flush. When he does flush, the boys scream in a mock display of surprise. They were both having fun, and many of the American teachers who watched this video lamented that such interactions were impossible in their age-segregated classrooms.
The Storytelling King and the urinal lesson are both examples of how preschools help children develop ways of thinking and acting valued by their cultures. The Storytelling King activity combined early literacy skills with public speaking, active listening, and giving and receiving criticism. The urinal lesson was an opportunity not just for 2-year-old Taro to learn an important skill from an older child; it also gave 5-year-old Kenichi a chance to practice empathy, and to remember what it was like to be 2 years old.
Chinese educational experts told our research team that they encourage activities like the Storytelling King to teach individual expression and creativity, skills they hope will help develop the kind of entrepreneurial skills China needs to compete in the global marketplace. The morning exercise incorporates a new Chinese focus on self-expression, a traditional Chinese emphasis on mastery of performance and a communist practice of self-improvement through group critique.
Contemporary Japanese preschools, in contrast, emphasize continuity rather than change. Preschools in Japan are key sites for children to be introduced to traditional Japanese values, such as empathy and social-mindedness, values that are seen as at risk in a rapidly changing society.
What is taught in preschool — or not taught — helps shape the ethos of a society's future citizens. As our country debates Obama's proposal, we need a thoughtful discussion of what that would mean in the United States.
Because the preschools of each country reflect that country's cultural beliefs and values, it would be a bad idea to simply copy wholesale another country's approach. But examining the strengths of preschools in other cultures can help us define what is possible and desirable to aim for in our own.
In a country as culturally, socially, economically and ideologically diverse as the United States, there isn't likely to be a one-size-fits-all approach that will satisfy everyone.
Scholars, policymakers, teachers and parents are already debating the proper balance of academics and play for a preschool curriculum, along with examining how the two can best be combined. We should not expect or desire every community in our country to arrive at the same definition of what should be taught and how. The voices of parents and other community members need to be brought into these discussions.
This doesn't mean, of course, that preschool teachers and administrators should do whatever parents want. Part of a school's job is to educate parents as well as children, and to explain, for example, how a play-based curriculum can support cognitive as well as social and emotional development. But this communication should not be unidirectional. Parents will stop coming to school if they sense their views are disrespected.
Our research makes clear that a wide variety of approaches to preschool can be considered "high-quality." An educational program works best when it combines the contributions of research on best practice with responsiveness to local conditions, concerns and values.
Joseph Tobin, a professor at the University of Georgia, is the author of "Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited." Website: www.joetobin.net. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times. It was distributed by MCT Information Services.
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Get the Shot unleash lyric video for "Hellbringer" via Decibel Magazine
Posted 07.06.17Decibel Magazine!
Says vocalist J-P Legacé of the song,'''Hellbringer' was written as a reaction against the rise of the politics of fear and the proliferation of the hateful discourses that legitimate the logic of domination and exclusion in our contemporary societies," he says. "In a time where voluntary servitude and social indifference seem to be the dominant norm, I believe that the hardcore/metal culture has the duty to reaffirm its role as a social critic and to reiterate its solidarity towards the oppressed, the abused, the persecuted in order to not become the accomplice of the barbarity that afflicts us. And this is what this song is all about: a clear and distinctive call to eradicate all forms of oppression, to question our own propensity to inaction and to set fire to the foundations of a world built on the fear of difference.
"It is the concept of ''sadist nation' that briefly appears in the song and that was originally brought up by Darkest Hour, a band which has always been a predominant influence for me, that inspired the lyrical theme of 'Hellbringer' in the beginning. With the actual rise of far-right politics and the multiplication of the manifestations of intolerance, no other conceptual construction in a metal song has described the decadent state of our contemporary societies better than this idea of 'sadist nation' and 'Hellbringer' was my humble artistic attempt to formulate a radical cure against that logic of unenlightened hatred which plagues our social fabric."
Infinite Punishment is available for pre-order now at our webstore. The record is released on August 4.


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Tommy Lee is calling BS on his ex-wife, Pamela Anderson, saying he doesn't have a booze problem … and insisting his drinking has nothing to do with Brandon punching him.
Tommy tells TMZ … Pamela's allegation he is an alcoholic is off base. In a statement he says, "Do I drink more than the average Joe? Yes. Have I ever hurt my sons or acted out of turn with them because of my drinking? No." He adds, "No matter how much people wanna pin me as this deviant alcoholic abuser, that isn't me. I'm a happy fun loving guy."
As we reported, Pam claims Tommy's fianceé, Brittany Furlan, keeps Tommy drunk all day. Brittany tells us, "That's insane. Tommy is a grown up and makes his own decisions."
As for Brandon knocking him out, Tommy says, "When I stood up he pushed me into a wall. I didn't want to hit my son. I never have and I never will." He says he simply wanted Brandon to apologize "to show that he actually felt bad, but he doesn't." He also thinks his sons haven't had to struggle — "I want them to get jobs, not their inconsistent modeling and acting work here and there that doesn't make enough money for them to survive."
He doesn't mention Pam by name, but insinuates she turned their 2 sons against him — "Because I was on tour working; making money to pay for their private schools and their cars, and their future, so they spent time with their mother. She became the hero. And I've come to peace with that."


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New at the Beholder, an online gallery featuring the works of emerging artists from the U.S. and Canadais, the beautiful work of Klea McKenna. Klea is a San Francisco artist whose career is definitely one to watch. Featured is work from her series Hollow Mountain and other Stories, which draws on the imagery of fiction; short stories, folktales and local gossip.
Klea McKenna was raised in the bohemian subcultures of rural northern California and Hawaii. She has studied art at CCA, UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, and Florence Art Institute. The work in this series, Hollow Mountain and other Stories, draws on the imagery of fiction; short stories, folktales and local gossip. Her photographs explore ideas of contemporary mythology and seek to discover the aesthetics of these familiar American narratives. Klea's work has been published and exhibited nationally. She currently lives in San Francisco and is pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree at California College of the Arts. For more information or if you would like to purchase Klea's work, you can visit the Beholder website.


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Arsenal fans waking up today I'm afraid it wasn't a bad dream - your side really did squander a 3-0 lead against Anderlecht last night. While the 3-3 draw against the Belgians shouldn't stop them from qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League, boss Arsene Wenger was furious with his team, saying he was 'annoyed' and disappointed' afterwards. He also admitted it was impossible for his side to win their group now with Borussia Dortmund well clear at the top.
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Peter Espeut | Why no tsunami alert?
At 9:51:31 p.m. last Tuesday, 21 miles underground, an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter Scale shook the Earth between the Cayman Islands and Honduras.
That was a big one! It is one of the largest quakes to take place in the Caribbean in recorded history! Bearing in mind that the massive earthquake that levelled Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 12, 2010 (today is its eighth anniversary) was of magnitude 7.0, had last Tuesday's earthquake taken place on mainland Jamaica, we might not be here today.
When any undersea earthquake, landslide or volcanic eruption takes place, a tsunami is to be expected. For the uninitiated, a tsunami is a wave or series of waves that move like a wall of water. They can strike land with powerful destructive force, potentially travelling miles inland, obliterating infrastructure.
Jamaica has a history of destructive tsunamis, although I am not sure if we teach it in those terms. Most of us know about the 1692 earthquake that sank Port Royal, but we may not realise that the tsunami from that earthquake affected not only Port Royal, but flooded several other eastern Jamaican coastal towns, including Port Maria, Annotto Bay, Buff Bay, and Port Antonio. That same tsunami wave reflected eight times between the south coast of Cuba and the north coast of Jamaica, like between the walls of a bathtub.
On October 3, 1780, a great submarine landslide off Savanna-la-Mar caused a tsunami that swept through that town and more than a mile beyond. Two large ships and a schooner were at anchor in the harbour, but were driven a considerable distance inland, and were wrecked among some mango trees. When the water receded, not a building was standing in the town or its surroundings.
The 1907 earthquake is famous for destroying Kingston, but the tsunami it generated also flooded Port Royal, Port Maria, Annotto Bay, Buff Bay, and Port Antonio.
And so news of a massive nearby undersea earthquake should have been a cause of major concern to Jamaican authorities, because it could generate a major tsunami of catastrophic proportions.
At 9:57 pm last Tuesday - six minutes after the earthquake began - the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre based in Hawaii, operated by US National Weather Service, issued its first tsunami advisory: "Hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 1,000km of the epicentre along the coasts of Cayman Islands, Jamaica ... . Government agencies responsible for threatened coastal areas should take action to inform and instruct any coastal populations at risk in accordance with their own evaluation procedures and the level of threat."
The height of the forecast tsunami was about 1m (three feet) - high enough to flood both international airports, as well as Negril, Lucea, Green Island, Yallahs, Bull Bay, and Harbour View. According to the advisory, the estimated time of arrival (ETA) of the wall of water in Montego Bay was 10:40 p.m. (43 minutes after the advisory was sent), and in Kingston was 11:14 p.m. (77 minutes after the advisory was sent).
This is not a lot of time to notify coastal residents to evacuate, and then for them to actually evacuate, and for the authorities to put the national rapid-response mechanism in place.
By all accounts, before the ETA of the tsunami, no one was warned, and nothing was activated or put in place.
Was anyone on duty to receive the early warning of approaching disaster? And if anyone was on duty, and saw the early warning advisory, did they have the authority to issue a national tsunami alert, tsunami advisory, or tsunami warning? What is the standard operating procedure for issuing an official alert? If the UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Early Warning Mechanism issues an official authentic tsunami advisory for Jamaica, what else must happen before the Jamaican authorities issue a national advisory?
For a long time, Jamaica has been on notice to expect a tsunami.
The Caribbean undersea volcano called Kick 'Em Jenny has shown signs that it is about to erupt. When that happens, it is predicted that the tsunami it will generate will threaten Jamaica within dozens of minutes.
Eruption of the undersea volcano called Cumbre Vieja, off the Canary Islands, is expected to generate a mega-tsunami that could impact Jamaica.
When the next tsunami heads our way, will anyone be awake to get the early-warning message? Will any public warning be issued? Or will we drown in our beds?
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Ex-Boyfriends album is FINALLY up on iTunes!!
Go buy it here!
Apparently our album has "clean lyrics". This means that next time we definitely have to say "fuck" a lot more.
Also, I love how the cover with me on it has somehow become the default for everything. I AM SO HANDSOME! heh. Speaking of - bear in mind that if you buy the CD digitally you lose the opportunity of having THREE different covers for the CD jewel case featuring us all goofing it up like characters from Clue. You have been warned!


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If you have an HTC Sensation on O2 in the UK, you've likely been wondering what the heck has been taking them so long to push out the Android 2.3.4 update. Truth is, we don't know. But, they've finally managed to get it together and make it available for download.
Customers of O2 started reporting the update being available as of early this morning and now it seems a full roll out is happening. Go ahead and check for system updates, you'll be pleasantly surprised to find it there waiting for you.
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Reminiscing about my last trip to Pondicherry and Auroville, while this playlist of some of my all time favorites is on loop.
– Sun Mere Sanam by Midival Punditz.
– Night by Midival Punditz.
– When They Fight They Fight by The Generationals.
– Letting Go by Nitin Sawhnay.
– Sajanna by Badmarsh & Shri
– Grafton Street by Dido.
– Us Two Little Gods by Dido.
– The Hard Way by Mulder.
– Signs [Calibre Mix] by Badmarsh and Shri.
– Deepest Blue by Karsh Kale.
– Longing by Karsh Kale.
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By Donald F. Smith, Cornell University
April 15, 2015
On February 9th of this year, I posted a story about how the classical pianist, Glenn Gould, shaped my thinking about surgical technique. I promised to write a follow-up story about how his construal of Bach also inspired me to think about leadership.
Gould was the premier interpreter of J.S. Bach in the second half of the 20th century. While his rendition of the Goldberg Variations thrust him onto the international stage early in his career, it was his elucidation of the Bach fugue that had always been more fascinating to me.
The fugue is a contrapuntal form of music that is played or sung by more than one voice or instrument, often three or four. The first voice presents a short theme (subject), and the second repeats the theme with variation and in a different pitch; and each successive voice likewise. The voices build upon each other, not as objects stacked vertically, but in flowing cascades of ever-complex sounds, working in synchrony. Each voice complements the others as the subject flows in an interwoven linear fashion towards its conclusion. As mentioned in the previous article, what is so impressive about watching or listening to Gould's recordings is the unique mastery of equal strength, independence and co-dependence of each of his ten fingers. The manner in which each complements the others is simply breathtaking.
While moving through the ranks of department chair and associate dean at Cornell, I dutifully read many of the standard leadership books. These contained worthwhile material and, though much of it was similar book-to-book, I benefitted from the repetition of themes presented in different contexts. However, moving from theory to practice tests different skills, and leading and empowering teams to work together towards a common goal was always the most difficult challenge for me. Like many leaders, I struggled finding ways to capture the creativity and accord of strong-willed people working in an environment with a finite set of resources.
In the quiet moments I was able to carve out for myself, I started to reflect more and more on the Bach fugue, to which I had been listening in one form or another for years. Why not move beyond the leader-follower theme, I reasoned now that I was dean, and encourage the voices to work for each other rather than in competition? Instead of having one voice carry the dominant theme and be supported by the others, perhaps I could evaluate department chairs on the success of the other departments, rather than the success of "their" department? Would that not create a climate in which department chairs and directors became more committed to the overarching priorities of the college, especially as they leverage their allocated resources for the greater good?
|The Front Cover of Glenn Gould. A Life and Variations
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I held a mini-retreat for department chairs early in my term as dean. We had changed the college's departmental structure, moving from eight departments of different sizes, to five which were more evenly balanced. We also mixed up some of the disciplines: creating a mild form of chaos that always encourages original thinking.
Several of the chairs were new hires, including two from outside the college, and we were in a rebuilding stage with new academic initiatives that crossed departments, with the focal theme of translational medicine. Several new positions and supporting resources would be allocated to three interdepartmental themes: cancer biology and oncology, comparative mammalian genomics and medical genetics, and infectious pathogenic diseases. If we were going to build successful programs that crossed departmental lines, there needed to be a managerial structure that encouraged chairs to work for the common good, and rewarded such behavior.
I shall always remember standing at the white board in the summer of 2000, attempting to explain the benefit of a contrapuntal form of governance as we implemented these new initiatives, and explaining why I felt the department chairs should move from a primary relationship with the dean, to a primary relationship with each other. "I shall still evaluate you relative to the strengths of your individual departments," I remember saying, "but I will also judge you on what you provide as value-added to each of the other four departments."
If we were going to move towards a contrapuntal (fugal) style of management, we also needed to change the form and frequency with which we interacted with other. Consequently, I advised the chairs to start meeting together, without me or any other member of the dean's office. We also reduced the length and frequency of my meetings with the group of chairs from weekly for two hours, to biweekly for one hour. I added a regular one-on-one monthly meeting with each of the chairs, in their respective offices. Issues like allocation of space and common resources became topics for the chairs' meetings, though I never did learn the full scope of their deliberations, or even how they developed agendas or who presided over the meetings. I don't recall ever seeing a set of minutes from the meetings that continued for several years.
While I am not suggesting that this system was superior to a more traditional top-down form of dean-to-department chair relationship, it proved to be a viable alternative, and it worked for me. I also believe it promoted a sense of joint responsibility and program ownership by the chairs. While allocation of space and shared resources is never perfect nor fully equitable, we moved the center of gravity away from the dean's office, and created a system whereby chairs were better able to understand the pressures across the college, and explore ways to resolve problems amongst themselves.
I believe the college benefited greatly, and we made substantial progress on many fronts, including the three academic areas mentioned earlier. Most importantly, the shared understanding between the clinical and basic sciences departments led to a stronger commitment for developing ways to support programs in translational medicine.
Contrapuntal management is a form of teamwork, I suppose, but I don't look on it that way because it is so much more. The fugue as Bach perfected it (and Gould interpreted it), was developed upon a single musical theme, with progression of that theme articulated over and over again by voices with different, but equal, strengths. Each voice is absolutely critical to the whole and each voice is equally valued. Importantly, the voices are all playing in a linear fashion, rather than as notes stacked one upon the other. In its most elegant and highly-developed form, the fugue is an incredibly complex composition which adds creative expression to its mathematical foundation. It draws up the highest level of expertise of each voice working in concert with the others.
In the previous article on Glenn Gould, I told the story of the British surgeon who never proceeded to perform a major operative procedure without first listening―with his patient―to a recording of Gould interpreting Bach. I also recall once hearing of a physician who would often commit time to listening to a Gould recording before starting his day. There are many fine recordings of Glenn Gould playing a Bach fugue, but a great place to start is with the annotated and interpretive interview called simply, Glenn Gould An Art of the Fugue.
I recently learned that 60% of Harvard medical students have music in their backgrounds. Though the percentage may not be quite as high among veterinary students, there seems to be a strong correlation between medicine and music. Though the relationship may be built somewhat upon the organization of information and the discipline of practice, I suspect that it represents a more complex interplay of cognitive forces and emotional energies. What I suggest here, though, is that the relevance of music to medicine should not stop with the practitioner, but also engage the realm of organizational behavior.
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Blue Talk
Hi friends,
Oct 2011, I started my career with android, and it is been one and half years. For Last one year, it is been a dream for me to open developer account in GOOGLE PLAY. But days passed in search/in learning for new idea, concept and bla bla. Now, I can't control my interest to enter into Google Play as a developer, so I planned to publish something. I went through my pass-time work in android; I had code, which I wrote to transfer text in Bluetooth. Of-course, this is school days program. But my interest asked me to give a touch to it and released it in the Google Play. So, I did the same...
"Wanna talk in classroom? Wanna chat in meeting hall? Or Wanna share the secret?
Let us help you now @ any place (@ close range).
One easy and smart way to talk, when you can't talk.
Keep talking... keep enjoying..."
This is how I have started my first app in Google play.
It is a basic Bluetooth chat app to communicate with a friend at short range. It will search the discoverable devices in the short range. It will show the list of devices, from which we can select and communicate.
There is Limitation/Requirement in it since it is half done. It supports only when the app in foreground and one-to-one connection only. Give me some time; I'm trying to remove the limitation and requirement in it.
Now this work is motivating to do more and taught me to create a real time work. Hope, your support will also be there :).
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