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How to Make It
Step 1
Combine sweet potatoes, sugar, milk, butter, eggs, and vanilla; mix well. Spoon into a lightly greased 2-quart casserole.
Step 2
Combine coconut, brown sugar, flour, 1/3 cup melted butter, and pecans, mixing well. Sprinkle over top of sweet potatoes. Bake at 375° for 45 minutes or until golden brown.
Oxmoor House Homestyle Recipes

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Power Transmission Equipment Extruder Machine
For the steady and smooth function of the extruder machines, it is important that there is uninterrupted and smooth power transmission. Power transmission generated by Alternate Current and Direct Current driven motors rotate the feed screw. Motor driven high-speed feed screw feeds the resin to the plasticizing unit. The transmission facilities can be controlled serially, using remote or other sources, etc.
Extruders are available in the market with drives and motors run on AC, DC or hydraulic power. Making the right kind of choice in the selection of power transmission equipment is essential because the speed of rotation of the feed screw affects the melting and flow of the plastic and the ultimate perfect manufacturing of the product. It is important to chose the right product with the right technology solution. Some of the factors that must be considered while choosing a power transmission device are:
Good speed power: In order to assure that the right amount of resin is being fed to the process, good speed control and a good response to the torque charge is important. And the drive should have the ability to vary on a wide range of speed.
Consistency of speed: The speed of the screw must be even because fluctuation in the screw will result in uneven dimension of the products.
Unfluctuating electricity: Power transmission should be uninterrupted and unfluctuating or else the product will have a deformed structure.
Overcoming Friction: The power transmission device must be able to overcome the friction because 85% of the energy is spent on friction when the motor is used to generate power for heating resin.
Proper transmission of power is enabled through various types of alternate current and direct current driven drives and motors:
AC drive system: AC drives are of different types. One model has mechanically adjustable speed drive and other have an electric friction clutch drive. Nowadays, AC drives and motors that use PMW technology is being increasingly used.
DC drive system: Traditionally, DC drives and motors were used. Compared to AC drives , DC drives and motor are simple and easy to operate. By attaching induction motor to solid state power supply, AC power can be converted to DC power.


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By Burt Davis
Photos by Burt Davis or Dianne Davis unless otherwise noted
Plaza Opens Rooftop Pool in Downtown Las Vegas
The refurbished pool deck at the Plaza
Photo credit: Ira Kuzma Photos
The Plaza will celebrate the opening of its refurbished pool deck on July 2 – 4 with fireworks, bands, and a DJ. The completely refurbished pool deck is located on the fifth floor of the south tower. The area contains approximately 70,000 square feet and can accommodate over 900 guests making it one of the largest spaces in downtown Las Vegas.
Private rental cabanas
Photo credit: Ira Kuzma Photos
I enjoyed a pool preview on June 23. The refurbished area includes a redesigned pool, lily pad daybeds as well as a 12-person hot-tub. The area contains a new cocktail bar, stage for live entertainment, and six private rental cabanas equipped with televisions, fans, refrigerators and a safe.
The Food Truck was hoisted to the fifth floor
Photo credit: Ira Kuzma Photos
Food delivery is available from Pop-Up Pizza and Zabo's Mexican Grill located in the hotel. It can also be purchased from the Food truck located on the pool deck. In May, the truck was lifted with great fan fare from the street to the pool deck. It is headed by Shawn Giordano who has over 20 years experience in the culinary industry. It will feature a unique menu of seaside street food. I sampled their ahi tuna lettuce wraps at the pool preview and really enjoyed this hot weather offering.
There are gaming tables as well
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The recreation area is unique. Besides a tennis court, it offers 16 dedicated Pickleball Courts. At the preview event, Plaza Las Vegas CEO Jonathan Jossel told the crowd that the Plaza is the only hotel/casino in Las Vegas with dedicated courts for this newly popular sport. He also commented that the Plaza plans to hold Pickleball tournements at the pool.
Former Mayor Oscar Goodman and current Mayor Carolyn Goodman attended
Photo credit: Ira Kuzma Photos
The pool preview event was hosted by former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and current Mayor Caroline Goodman. They both commented that the pool renovations were just one more step in the revitalizing of Downtown Las Vegas.
Frankie Scinta
Frankie Scinta, one of the Scintas entertained with some Vintage songs. The Scintas appear two weekends a month at the Plaza.
The pool deck will be open daily from 8 AM until 800 PM. Admission is free for hotel guests and locals. Other will be charged $10. The pool is a nice way to keep cool during the Nevada summer.
Did I mention the lovely ladies?
2016 WSOP Has Reached Halfway Point and Continues To Grow In Popularity
The 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) returned on May 31 to it yearly home at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The WSOP consists of 69 separate poker events with a variety of games and is designed to attract serious poker players of all levels of expertise. Buy-Ins range from $565 to $50,000.
Players and Viewers file into the Rio
The Main Event, starting on July 9, is the feature of the of the competition. It requires a $10,000 entry fee and attracted 6,420 participants last year. This play continues until July 18 when the field is narrowed down to 9 players. The Final Nine will return on October 30 to compete for the prestigious main event title. Joey McKeehen, last year's winner, won $7.6 million.
International Event
The WSOP continues to attract huge numbers of participants. To date, after the completion of 35 of the 69 games, 59,507 entries have been tallied. Participants have collected a total of $69 million for placing high enough in these events. The WSOP is truly an international event as players from 98 countries have participated in this years events.
"It's great to see poker alive and well in Las Vegas this summer," said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. "Paying out 50% more places this summer and continuing to sprinkle in some new and unique events while bringing back the stalwarts has proven to be a successful recipe at the WSOP. Everyone seems to be having fun this summer and with several new and exciting events in the back half of our schedule, we remain confident that players will find some great poker playing options the rest of the way."
Books, special sun glasses, financial services , WSOP merchandise - All for sale
You don't have to be a poker pro to enjoy the World Series of Poker. Visitors can get close to all the players and enjoy the action and excitement of the games as well as checking out the vendors with Poker related merchandise available for purchase.You have until July 18 to visit The Rio.
The 2016 WSOP official has just over three weeks remaining, and among the highlights left on the schedule is as follows:
·Wednesday, June 29 – Event #50 - $1,500 buy-in Shootout No-Limit Hold'em -- 11am
·Wednesday June 29 – Event #51 – $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Championship – 3pm
·Friday, July 1 – Event #54A/B - $888 buy-in Crazy Eights Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em (new event) ($888,888 guaranteed 1st place prize) – two starting flights, 10am & 4pm
·Saturday, July 2 – Event #54C/D - $888 buy-in Crazy Eights Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em (new event) ($888,888 guaranteed 1st place prize) – two starting flights, 10am & 4pm
·Saturday, July 2 – Event #55 - $50,000 buy-in Poker Players' Championship 6-Handed (8-game variants to determine poker's all-around top player) – 3pm
·Monday, July 4 – Event #58 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels; two-day event) – 11am
·Wednesday, July 6 – Event #61 - $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em – 2-4 person teams. New Event, Entry fee is per team. 11am
·Wednesday, July 6 – Event #62 - $25,000 buy-in High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed (4-day event) – 3pm
·Friday, July 8 – Event #65 - $10,000 buy-in Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship (Ladies receive 90% discount on buy-in price) – 11am
·Friday, July 8 – Event #66 - $1,000 buy-in WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold'em (only online WSOP gold bracelet event of the year, via WSOP.com Nevada software) – 1pm
·Friday, July 8 – Event #67 - $111,111 buy-in High Roller for ONE DROP Charity No-Limit Hold'em (5% of entry pool donated to ONE DROP organization) – 1pm
·Sat. July 9/Sun. July 10/Mon. July 11 – Event #68 - $10,000 buy-in Main Event World Championship (3 starting flights) – Now with 50,000 starting chip stack. Expected to pay 1,000 places – 11am
·Tues. July 12/Wed. July 13/Thurs. July 14 – Event #69A/B/C - $1000 buy-in Little One for ONE DROP ($111 add-on to double starting chip stack) – All $111 would go to ONE DROP as charitable donation – 3pm


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Thanks to all of those who attended the Sushi Social at Izakaya Sanpei on Thursday, it was a great success. We really enjoyed ourselves and hope that everyone else did as well. It was great meeting new people from around the South-East Michigan area. Pictures have been posted on the gallery. We look forward to […]
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In this most recent moment of national shame in our national life, I mourn for Freddie Gray and his family, for those who have been injured in the rioting, for those who have suffered any loss as a result of these sad events in Baltimore and other places throughout our nation. I call us to pray, too, for those whose desperation drove them to violence. I call us to pray for those who seek to serve as reconcilers and workers for justice among us in seeking to address and eradicate the injustices that led to this most recent outbreak of violence.
These brutal events are rooted in the elegantly interlocking mechanisms of racism and our nation's inequitable systems in the distribution of wealth, power, food and access. Such inequities lead first to injustice, then growing despair and ultimately to violence. It does little to address hunger, racism, oppression and suffering without confronting the underlying injustices.
As Christians, we are called to seek to transform unjust structures in our society, to challenge violence of every kind and to pursue peace and reconciliation (The fourth Mark of Mission, as defined by the Anglican Communion). We are also called by our baptismal vows to persevere in resisting evil', to strive for justice and peace and to respect the dignity of every human being as well as to serve Christ by serving our neighbor. (The Book of Common Prayer, pages 304-305)
I invite all who are part of our Diocese of Pennsylvania to join in mourning for all the continuing injustices that brought our nation to this tragic moment and to confess our complicity, known or unknown, in creating and sustaining the structures and environment that have led us to such suffering and tragedy on so many levels and in so many lives. I invite each of us to repent of the evils sustained by continuing support of the unjust structures of our society that drain hope, lead to lives of desperation and explode in violence.
I call on every member, vestry, parish and organization of this Diocese to commit to creating avenues of hope and pathways to reconciliation in order to eradicate the sin of racism; to commit to specific acts to eradicate the holocaust of hunger in this city and nation; and to resolve to restore hope where there is none.
Two years ago, we committed as a Diocesan family to ask ourselves "How does what we do here today affect the lives of those who live in poverty?" In this moment I call on all of us to commit to asking of ourselves in a regular and sustained way, "How does what we do here today work toward the eradication of hunger and racism in our city and nation?"
I call on all Episcopalians to confess our complicity in maintaining unjust structures in our society that oppress and deny the dignity of every human being. And I call on each of us to resolve – in the power of the risen Christ – to take up our part in dismantling these injustices.
Clifton Daniel
Bishop of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, April 30, 2015


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All items > Knives > Spring Assisted Knives > HTM Knives (Assisted)
- Overall Length:11.625"
- Blade Length:5.50"
- Cutting Edge:5.375"
- Blade Thickness:0.15"
- Blade Material:Damascus
- Blade Style:Spear Point
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Finish:Black
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:6.25"
- Handle Thickness:0.60"
- Handle Material:Carbon Fiber
- Color:Black, Gray
- Frame/Liner:Titanium
- Weight:7.40 oz.
- User:Right Hand
- Pocket Clip:Tip-Down
- Knife Type:Spring Assisted
- Opener:Thumb Stud
- Lock Type:Frame Lock
- Brand:HTM Knives
- Model:Madd Maxx
- Model Number:HTM47937
- Designer:Darrel Ralph
- Country of Origin:USA
- Best Use:Tactical
- Product Type:Knife
This assisted opening Madd Maxx knife from Darrel Ralph is dressed up with a premium Damascus steel blade. The bayonet style blade with its flipper blade guards and dual thumb studs makes deploying the blade easy. The 6Al4V titanium handle has a 3D machined carbon fiber onlay (front) and frame lock on back. The pivot has a swirl button or coin, adding a nice touch to this classy and iconic knife. Comes in a DDR padded black nylon pouch.


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Today is the first day of the rest of your life - it's an expression we're all familiar with. Irritating, in-your-face emotional blackmail - the message that you have to 'move on', 'get on with it', 'get over yourself', 'make a new start'. But for me today marks the first day that I am actually older than my father was when he died. I'm only 59. It makes you think.
My dad was a 40-a-day man - cigarettes not press-ups. He was one of the pre-war generation who started smoking as a teenager and, sadly, became addicted. My memories were of him lighting up a life-saving fag the minute he woke up in the morning - and that pretty much continued throughout the day. Although I detest cigarette smoke now, I don't remember hating it as a child, although the house, and by default I, must have stunk of it. By the time I was in my teens the warnings had started to hit home - cigarettes can kill. Dad's best friend died from lung cancer when I was 14. It didn't seem to make much difference - dad just lit a few more because of the stress of it all.
Ironically he used to collect the coupons from the boxes of Park Drive, which he favoured. You got a catalogue and you could send off for things once you'd collected enough of them. He would let my brother and I choose - it was like being given the Argos book at Christmas! We thought it was brilliant, getting new toys or a hosepipe-holder for free. Hosepipe-holder? Yes dad also loved our rambling garden, with its 40 foot long greenhouse and allotment-sized veg patch. He grew tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, sprouts, spinach, beetroot, runner beans, potatoes and chrysanthemums in abundance - but never carrots or peas (too many slugs and flies). And he loved a bonfire - perhaps it was hiding behind the fetid smoke that made him feel better about igniting yet another fag whilst contemplating the blaze?
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But all good things come to an end. When I was 18 dad was diagnosed with lung cancer, following weeks of a persistent hacking cough. We didn't know what the prognosis was and, for a while, we were hopeful. But after several rounds of chemo it was clear that there was nothing else for it. Life was stubbing him out. He was given three months to live and lasted 11. And so he died exactly a week after his 59th birthday, sitting in his chair with a bottle of his favourite tipple, Tennant's Gold Label Barley Wine, his family by his side. By then the cancer had spread to his brain and, that night, the doctor administered enough morphine to fell an elephant (thanks doc - we really needed that and you helped him to sidestep another few days of gasping for breath, unable to eat or lie down). Despite the proximity of the oxygen tank he still craved cigarettes at the end - an explosive combination.
And today I am 59, one week and one day old. If I'd been my dad I would have died just before midnight yesterday. I thought he was old because I was only 22 when he left us and anyone over 50 was practically a fossil in my book. But he wasn't old was he? He was just about to retire and had everything to live for with a first grandchild on the way. He and mum had also started to travel abroad - just dipping their toes in the warm seas of package holidays in the Balaerics - and they loved it.
It's easy to throw the towel in when life gets tough. I've felt like packing my spotty hanky and heading for the hills many a time. But now having experienced for myself just how far my dad had come, I feel lighter somehow, as if I've passed a significant milestone. I don't want my kids to be as damaged as I was by his premature death. I don't want them to hit their twenties and thirties without a father or mother to guide and listen to them. So I guess I'm just going to have to shoulder my rucky and see how far I get.


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Balls and ovals are like the foundation of most amigurumi. When I first found the art of ami's I was fascinated with shapes and wanted to learn more about how they were created. Before that I only made flat objects like blankets and washcloths. I'm sure some of you understand.
Everything we've talked about up until now have gotten us ready for this part. We've already talked about making a magic loop (or crocheting in the second chain if you don't want the magic loop), crocheting in the round, and even circle increases. Now we're going to use those skills to talk about how you create ball and oval shapes.
(NOTE: Sorry I got behind but I will add pictures for this soon.)
Ball ShapesCrocheting a ball shape seems so impossible when you don't understand how it's created, but it's actually quite simple. Knowing how it's line by line makeup will actually help you to get the shape you are looking for.
Ok, the ball starts off with your magic loop and 6 single crochet. Every round after that will be increased by 6 single crochet evenly. So pay attention to the width of the circle you are creating. The ball will end up slightly smaller than the width of the circle.
Once the width is where you want it then count the number of rounds you have. If you have 6 rounds than you will need to do at least 6 rounds of single crochet's across before you start decreasing. Having the same amount of rounds of increases as the rounds of single crochets is what creates the ball shape.
Of course there are instances when you might want to do more rounds of single crochet to get a certain shape. For instance, I like to do about 2 more rounds of single crochet to get a nice voluptuous ball. LOL
Then come the decreases, and they are just worked opposite of the increases. You'll want to decrease evenly around, spacing them out every round like we talked about previously. You'll end with 6 decreases across. (We'll talk about how to effectively close up a hole on day 14.)
Oval ShapesNow making an oval shape is no big deal and is only a matter of strategically adding some rounds of single crochet within the rounds of increases. How many rounds you add all depends on what shape you are going for and often takes some playing around.
A basic oval shape can usually be achieved by working two rounds of even increases and then one round of single crochet. Of course, depending on how oval you want the shape to be you might want to work 3 rounds of increases between each round of single crochets, or even one round of increases between each round of single crochets. An oval will start to take shape once you start working those single crochet rounds, so you'll get a feel for the shape and width almost right away.
Don't be afraid to play around with the shape and tear something out if it's not working for you. Depending on how you want the shape to taper off at the bottom you'll want to work the same as the other side. if you are changing it then work it according to how that shape is made.
For instance, an egg is an oval shape on the top and a ball on the bottom. Each side would be worked according to how that shape is created. You might not need to work the same amount of single crochets in it, but that's according to the shape that needs to be created.
Pattern BreakdownSo I hope all this wording is making sense to you, but in case it's not then here are some pattern examples.
Rnd 1: ML, 6 sc in loop
Rnd 2: inc in each of the 6 sts (that's 6 even increases added)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) 6 times (that's 6 increases added, and so on)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) 6 times
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) 6 times
Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc) 6 times
Rnd 7 - 12: sc around
Rnd 13: (4 sc, dec) 6 times
Rnd 14: (3 sc, dec) 6 times
Rnd 15: (2 sc, dec) 6 times
Rnd 16: (sc, dec) 6 times
Rnd 17: dec 6 times
FO, and your ball is done.
Rnd 1: ML, 6 sc in loop
Rnd 2: inc in each of the 6 sts (that's 6 even increases added)
Rnd 3: sc around
Rnd 4: (sc, inc) 6 times (that's 6 increases added, and so on)
Rnd 5: sc around
Rnd 6: (2 sc, inc) 6 times
Rnd 7 - 12: sc around
Rnd 13: (2 sc, dec) 6 times
Rnd 14: sc around
Rnd 15: (sc, dec) 6 times
Rnd 16: sc around
Rnd 17: dec 6 times
FO, and your oval is done.
Well that is the end of today and I hope it helped you to understand the makeup of these two shapes. Tomorrow we will be talking more about crocheting a cone shape, which isn't far off from today but I didn't want to overwhelm you with a lengthy post. See you then!
Happy crocheting,
~Chassity O.


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Some hands, eyes, nose and ears
Here you go.. some sketches, before my blog is covered with net-dust :-)
And yes, I'm still drawing everyday.. and I'm loving it.
It's funny how I'm starting to skip graphic design books section in bookstores these days and move towards illustration (and photography) section more and more. Don't get me wrong.. I like graphic design too, and there's huge areas which still unknown to me, however for now, I want to focus on what I really passionate about.. Storytelling (and of course drawing and painting :-))!
Some great quotes which I've found:
1. "Want to improve your art? DRAW. Wishing won't make it happen!"
- Robert Crumb
2. "If heaven gives me ten more years, or an extension of even five years, I shall surely become a true artist."
- Hokusai (said shortly before his death at age 89) - how humble!! :-)


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Friday, October 24, 2008
124: Jeff + Shelly
More here.
- Brodi, son of the groom, is a pistol, as my mother would say: "Leave me alone, Grandma!"
- Eve, daughter of the groom, was a miniature bride. Have never witnessed this phenomenon.
- Cake with fondant stars.
- Groomsman in rehab, then treatment for PTSD. Grateful it wasn't jail; grateful he is on his way to peace.
- Last shot put me elsewhere. Stories abound. Was not the designated driver, will probably be so for the next fifteen weddings. I owe it to those around me.
- Perhaps that wasn't such a wise follow-up to rehab.
- Wood wishing well for wedding cards. Made by groom's father for his children's weddings. A wonderful way to remember him; Jeff's father passed away when Jeff was fifteen, I believe.
- Groomsmen in monster masks for grand march.
- A little girl, no one knows whose she was, had a habit of tucking herself beneath the bride's dress and peeking beneath bathroom stalls.
- Held Ryan's hands through the ceremony. Knowing that ours has been good too.
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When I first started my bicycle blog a few weeks ago, I thought it would be an excellent outlet for me to relay stories and observations of my car-less day-to-day life in Los Angeles. What I never expected, however, was how rapidly I would begin to make connections between my life as a musicologist and my life as a cyclist. And then I saw this photograph:
Yesterday, the nation's "newspaper of record," The New York Times, published a piece about bicycles in Queens equipped with sound systems. While I think it is wonderful that the Times is covering this alternative mode of blasting music into public spaces, I have to wonder why it has taken so long for this most esteemed newspaper to notice what has been apparent to me for a very long time: people will carry anything they can on a bicycle if the situation demands it, and they will even do it in ways that prevent efficient riding. From touring bicyclists who sleekly carry all their supplies for extended rides to homeless people who obsessively collect and stack their belongings on old bikes, the range of persons who improbably carry large quantities of material on a bicycle is huge and has been this way for a long time. In my area of LA, it is perfectly normal to see people riding to the laundry-mat with their bikes loaded with baskets. And I am describing a supposedly affluent area.
What bothers me about this sudden "discovery" of sound-system bikes is that there is nothing really new about it, whether you are describing the precarious stacking of equipment on a two or three wheeled self-propelled vehicle or the creative use of technologies to remake urban spaces. How many times have you seen someone riding by on a bike with a boom-box? Yes, it is interesting and even "strange" to see people improbably carry large amounts of cargo, but it isn't a foreign concept to me. Go to any Critical Mass Ride, for example, and you are likely to hear music moving with the multitude of bicycles. Where is it coming from? Fully-loaded cargo-bikes.
But in our techno-savvy culture, people doing things on bikes is a signal of poverty and even development.* Or, in much more rough and inaccurate terms, bikes are orientalist while iPods, cars, and other narrow definitions of modernity are occidentalist.** From my perspective, modernities are apparent all throughout the world, especially in the ways that people use and experience music. Yes, you can see more large objects on bikes and scooters all throughout Rio de Janeiro. And when the city closes down roads on Sundays for beach-crowd use, you can sometimes hear music coming from self-propelled and disabled vehicles that coexist with pedestrians in car-free spaces. The same is true for carnival: the labor for distributing beer, ice, and other beverages throughout the multitude of dancing people does not fall on cars but rather the efforts of those people who work carnival by hauling their cargo on bikes and crates instead of partying to the music. In other places like "developing" and BRIC countries, cargo-carrying bicycles are even more prominent. In some places like the big cities in China, bike lanes get the same amount of space as those for cars. But other places that fall outside this apparent development/modernity binary also have many examples of such bicycles (i.e. the Netherlands, Portland OE, Seattle WA). It just doesn't work as neatly as one would expect and yet it persists and is reinforced in our popular media.
Take for example the opening photograph of Time Magazine's article on the iPhone as the Invention of the Year for 2007 (print version only). In this photograph you see a fully decked out self-propelled vehicle apparently doing the same things as a woman carrying an iPhone. Also notice how the racial and gendered messages of the person who uses "low" bike technology as opposed to "high" Apple technology is mixed: it's a white man pushing the super-loaded bike and an asian woman who holds the iPhone. According to the development/modernity dichotomy, one would expect the opposit portrayal races of the persons in the photo. My friend and colleague billtron has already written about the political and cultural consequences of such messages on new technologies of the iPod (and it was he who first told me about the NYT article). He, along with many others, notes the role of increasingly mobile music in the changing formation of communities around the world. Clearly it isn't entirely sweet and pretty nor ugly and dehumanizing. That would be too simple an answer. Superethnomusiblogger, wayne&wax, recently presented a stunning paper/presentation (on a Saturday morning SEM panel...) on the rise of global ghetto-tech in blogosphere representations of the global south, among other things. All of this points to a not-so-subtle fetishization of technology and poverty/"the ghetto" in recent uses of mobile music, fully-loaded bicycles included. (NYT reporter Corey Kilgannon does his part to reinforce this representation of ghetto-tech by emphasizing the racial difference of his interviewees in the above article.)
And I wonder, as gadget lust spreads throughout the world, what that means for those people who see no problem with strapping some speakers or a boom-box to their bicycles? Or better yet, what would it mean to the U.S.'s persistent posturing as a fully developed country if it were to consistently show signs of poverty through public displays of creative consumption of old technologies, like bicycles and analog stereo systems, mostly known in places of the global south? Such very large questions.
Which brings me to the larger theme of this blog. Fundamentally, every aspect and connection I make about music, modernities, and their connection to improbable uses of technology draws from a plurality of identities. I am a musicologist who specializes in Latin America with a serious affinity for sound culture studies and urban spaces. I also ride a bike. Sociologists and linguists sometimes call these modes of identities and idioms "codes"; in this instance, I am code-switching more than I normally do. Very rarely do I get to flex so many different critical muscles at the same time, but in such cases of recent portrayals of bicycles, technology, and "the ghetto," it is entirely necessary that I do so. In a recent invited music lecture at my home university, a professor in the audience likened finding one's theory/methodology to cooking from what's available in your refrigerator. I love that metaphor. My response today is shaped by so many aspects of who I consider myself to be in this very moment: it just so happens that I am currently engaged in an extended visit in Rio de Janeiro which undoubtedly influences my reactions. Everything counts and eventually contributes to how we shape ourselves as scholars, especially those of us engaged in inter-disciplinary musicology.
*Arturo Escobar, Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994).
**Fernando Coronil, The Magical State: Nature, Money and Modernity in Venezuela (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997); Néstor García Canclini, Hybrid Cultures: Strategis for Entering and Leaving Modernity, translated by Christopher L. Chiappari and Silvia L. Lopez (Minneapolis: Univeristy of Minnesota Press, 1995); Néstor García Canclini, Consumers and Citizens: Globalization and Multicultural Conflicts, translated and with an introduction by George Yúdice (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001).
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"Who's the object of your meditation, sir?"
"One that stands high in this town. I'd like to shame her! Upon my life, 'twould be as good as a play to read her love-letters, the proud piece of silk and wax-work! For 'tis her love-letters that I've got here."
"Love letters? then let's hear 'em, good soul," said Mother Cuxsom. "Lord, do ye mind, Richard, what fools we used to be when we were younger? Getting a schoolboy to write ours for us; and giving him a penny, do ye mind, not to tell other folks what he'd put inside, do ye mind?"
By this time Jopp had pushed his finger under the seals, and unfastened the letters, tumbling them over and picking up one here and there at random, which he read aloud. These passages soon began to uncover the secret which Lucetta had so earnestly hoped to keep buried, though the epistles, being allusive only, did not make it altogether plain.
"Mrs. Farfrae wrote that!" said Nance Mockridge. "'Tis a humbling thing for us, as respectable women, that one of the same sex could do it. And now she's avowed herself to another man!"
"So much the better for her," said the aged furmity-woman. "Ah, I saved her from a real bad marriage, and she's never been the one to thank me."
"I say, what a good foundation for a skimmity-ride," said Nance.
"True," said Mrs. Cuxsom, reflecting. "'Tis as good a ground for a skimmity-ride as ever I knowed; and it ought not to be wasted. The last one seen in Casterbridge must have been ten years ago, if a day."
At this moment there was a shrill whistle, and the landlady said to the man who had been called Charl, "'Tis Jim coming in. Would ye go and let down the bridge for me?"
Without replying Charl and his comrade Joe rose, and receiving a lantern from her went out at the back door and down the garden-path, which ended abruptly at the edge of the stream already mentioned. Beyond the stream was the open moor, from which a clammy breeze smote upon their faces as they advanced. Taking up the board that had lain in readiness one of them lowered it across the water, and the instant its further end touched the ground footsteps entered upon it, and there appeared from the shade a stalwart man with straps round his knees, a double-barrelled gun under his arm and some birds slung up behind him. They asked him if he had had much luck.
"Not much," he said indifferently. "All safe inside?"
Receiving a reply in the affirmative he went on inwards, the others withdrawing the bridge and beginning to retreat in his rear. Before, however, they had entered the house a cry of "Ahoy" from the moor led them to pause.
The cry was repeated. They pushed the lantern into an outhouse, and went back to the brink of the stream.
"Ahoy — is this the way to Casterbridge?" said some one from the other side.
"Not in particular," said Charl. "There's a river afore 'ee."
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Text: 2
Corinthians 10: 3-6
December 3, 2017
SGBC, New Jersey
In 2
Corinthians 10: 1, the apostle Paul said, "Now
I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in
presence am base among you,…"
picture the preacher stepping into the pulpit and suddenly, he wields weapons,
inclulding a sword. He begins to strike those in the pew. All their defenses
are pulled down. They themselves are cast down and taken into captivity. It sounds like that preacher is engaging in warfare.
That is exactly what every God-sent preacher does every time he steps in the pulpit. But it is not exactly like it might
sound, it is pulpit warfare.
2 Corinthians 10: 3: For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4: (For the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal,
preacher is going to war but he is not using carnal weapons: not using
excellency of speech or wisdom of men, not using titles and impressive resume's,
not using so-called contemporary worship, not speaking of philosophy or politics
or civil rights.
Corinthians 10: 4: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but
mighty through God…
He is strong in
the Lord, and in the power of his might. He has on the whole armour of God, that he may
be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
So he stands therefore, having his loins
girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And his
feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, he takes the
shield of faith, wherewith he shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of
the wicked. And takes the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God: Praying always that God might make him speak as he
ought and make the word effectual in his people. (Eph 6: 10-18) These are the weapons
of our warfare provided by God.
Proposition: Our
chief weapon is the preaching of the gospel of Christ and him crucified because
it is the power of God unto salvation.
how effective this weapon is: 1) 2
Corinthians 10: 4…to the pulling down of strong holds;) 2) 5: Casting down imaginations, and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and 3) 6…bringing into captivity every thought to
the obedience of Christ; 4) 6: And having in a readiness to
revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
2 Corinthians 10: 4 [It is mighty through
God] to the pulling down of strong holds;)
As the
gospel is preached it is used of God to break down the gates of hell.
A "stronghold"
is like Jericho—with its walls up to heaven—no one got in or out without
permission. The strong walls of the sinner's stronghold are his sin, pride, self-righteousness, his
refuge of lies. The sinner thinks he has wisely built his stronghold by
his impenetrable arguments. His walls cannot be broken down like these poor,
weak, deceived Christians. But the
sinner does not realize that he is the one who has been deceived. He is captive
in the devil's stronghold.
Luke 11:21: When a strong man armed keepeth his palace,
his goods are in peace:
Christ promised his church that not even "the
gates of hell shall prevail against us." (Mt 16: 18) So we preach Christ: we
march around Jericho blowing the gospel trumpet. By the mighty power of God, he
breaks through the gates of hell, pulling down all the walls of the sinner's
strong holds.
2 Corinthians 10: 5: Casting
down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the
knowledge of God, and
As God
makes the sinner's stronghold fall, the gospel exposes and destroys the sinner's
inward most imaginations of God.
Being conceived in sin, every thought the sinner has
about spiritual things is wrong: he is wrong in his thoughts about God, about
salvation, about his own sin, and about Christ. All his thoughts about spiritual things are from his
sinful, corrupt imagination—so they are all imaginary. His every thought is a high thing exalting itself against the knowledge of God.
You that
have spiritual discernment, examine how a spiritually dead sinner reasons and
you will see: his thoughts of himself,
his will, his works are high; but his thoughts of God, of what God requires, of
how God saves are low.
But through
the gospel of Christ, the Spirit of God exposes all his vain imaginations. This
sword of the Spirit, this gospel of Christ and him crucified, is mighty through
God, so that it is
Hebrews 4:12:…quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and
of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
proud, lofty argument is exposed as utter folly to the sinner himself. God
gives him true knowledge making him understand he has been exalting himself against the knowledge of God. God
makes him understand,
John 17: 3: this is life eternal, that they might know
thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
The more
God opens the scriptures to him, the more the sinners own vain imaginations are
cast down because…
2 Timothy 3: 15…the holy scriptures,…are able to make
thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
As his
imaginations and his high thoughts are cast down all the things he thought were
gain become loss to him, all his high things become worthless things. He begins
to say within his new heart,
Phillippians 3:8: Yea
doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the
knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all
things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ…
2 Corinthians 10: 6…bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience of Christ;
The power
that breaks down his strongholds and brings low his thoughts is that through
the preaching of the gospel, God reveals that Christ is the Righteousness of
God. Now, all his thoughts are brought into captivity to behold salvation is,
NOT BY HIS OWN OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW BUT BY THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST HIMSELF—who on behalf of all God's elect, became
obedient to God, even unto the death of the cross!
Colossians 1: 14: In whom we have redemption through his
blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Colossians 2: 9:
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10: And ye are complete in him, which
is the head of all principality and power:
For the
first time, the sinner knows—he knows
the truth of the gospel—that we are not justified by our obedience but the by
the obedience (the faith) of Christ. When we say we preach Christ and him
crucified, we are saying we preach Christ and his obedience; Christ and his
righteousness; Christ and his faith.
Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is
not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even
we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of
Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no
flesh be justified.
For the first time, his every thought is about…
Philippians 3:9: be[ing] found in him,
not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ [the obedience of Christ], the righteousness which
is of God by faith [of Christ]:
the gospel, God has stripped the sinner and laid him in the dust and he is made
obedient to cry out,
Acts. 9: 6: Lord what
wilt thou have me to do?
Christ answers
the sinner in his heart and teaches him what God would have him to do, what is
true obedience in the sinner before God:
John 6: 29: Jesus answered and said unto them, This is
the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
2 Corinthians 10: 6: And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when
your obedience is fulfilled.
lastly, by the power of God's might, as the sinner hears the gospel, Christ
makes the sinner willing to take sides with Christ. He is now made willing—made ready—to
take revenge on his own disobedience. He is no longer "ignorant
of God's righteousness", no longer going about to establish [his] own
righteousness, he has been made ready and willing to submit himself unto the
righteousness of God.
Romans 10: 4: For Christ is the end of the law for
righteousness to every one that believeth.
He takes revenge on his own disobedience by repenting from all his own works, by casting all his care on Christ, by confessing Christ publicly in believer's baptism, by uniting with his people in Christ's church to support
and promote the gospel of Christ.
Not only this, God gives him a "readiness," a willingness to take
revenge against all Christ's enemies. Not
using his former vain, high thoughts, not warring after the flesh any longer. But
he is made the meekness and gentleness of
Christ, ready to use the weapons
provided by God. He has been made to put on the whole armour of God, that
he may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. He stands therefore,
having his loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of
righteousness; And his feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above
all, he takes the shield of faith, wherewith he shall be able to quench all the
fiery darts of the wicked. And he takes the helmet of salvation, and the sword
of the Spirit, which is the word of God—the gospel of Christ and him crucified!
(Eph 6:10-17)
By the
power of God through the gospel, he has renounced the hidden things of
dishonesty and God has given him readiness, willingness to use one weapon, so
he says,
Romans 1: 15:
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to
preach the gospel to you…16: For
I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation
to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17: For therein is the righteousness
of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by


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I am also interested in seeing how the NHL tries to get the fans they lost back. After the last lock out many teams raised ticket prices with no complaints, I have a feeling that would be a really bad move this time.
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There are several ways of assessing a student's understanding of a text written in the Target Language. One method that has been used for ages is to have the student read a text and then answer comprehension questions about the information in the text.
The questions can be written either in the Target Language or in L1. One downfall to writing the questions in the TL and having students answer the questions in the TL is that students may be able to search the text using the words in the question and find the answer without actually understanding the text. (I've done this with texts written in English and with texts written in Spanish.) When that happens, the assessment is no longer providing information for which it was designed.
Lately, I've been experimenting with other ways in which students can show they understand a text. Both of the examples below have numbers inserted in the text and the students choose the correct sentence to replace the number.
Example A:
This assessment is based on the story "Omar y Diego". It is story that I wrote after a class story focusing on the structures: se despertaron, se fueron corriendo, and se levantaron. I pulled some sentences from the text and inserted numbers in their place. I moved the sentences to the bottom of the paper. For the assessment, students must write the number on the line of the sentence that fits in that part of the text.
To make this assessment more difficult, add sentences that were not from the original text to the choices, and/or pull out more sentences and add them to the bottom.
If students haven't seen this type of assessment before, it would be helpful to use several class stories from the past and "practice" reading strategies to find the correct placement for the sentences.
Example B:
This is a variation of the above example. (I used the same story, "Omar y Diego" but this example shows the beginning of the story and the above example shows the end of the story. It's a full page of typed text!)
Choose a place in a story where it would be easy to add another detail to the existing information. Then to the left of the text, write several sentences from which the student needs to choose. Some sentences you create can have absolutely nothing to do with the text. Students that understand the text should have no problem eliminating those as a choice. You can list other sentences that are related to the subject matter but do not make sense at that particular part of the story. Also, by adding NONE to the choices, the student will not simply be able to eliminate two choice and by default choose the one that remains. It is possible that none of the choices are correct and the student will need to understand each sentence in order to know if NONE is the correct answer.
This method may require some Higher Order Thinking skills (HOT) on the teacher's part because you have to limit the vocabulary in the multiple choices to what the students know, but still create sentences that fit into the story and don't use the same words in the sentence before and after the #.


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The Battle of Septic Springs was a solo fight I did for photography practice and story telling. It serves as a prologue for my coming entry to this year's HH.
It's a BOL (Battle of Lego) shoot, meaning it was done on a live game of Brikwars. As opposed to a STIL, which is my acronym for Stories Told In Lego.
Here is my dA folder for it. It goes top-to-bottom, and if you click on the first one you'll be able to quickly move to the following image using the 'Next' button at the top left.
EDIT: Brikwarriors were ossum enough to tell me a quick way to use dA as an image host, so I've started transferring the whole tale here to Brikwars! I'll be doing this with all my STIL's too...


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Since July, you could say that "change" was a common theme for me.
|My webcomic: One Day Closer, a comic about LDRs
I got a full time job (July). I started another artsy project (July). I moved out (October). I started paying bills (October). I got and lost a new animal companion (October), followed by the adoption of two new ones (November). I learned about dealing with out of the blue expenses (October - January). I make change for laundry (weekly). I got engaged and celebrated my third anniversary with CK (December).
|My job at the Washington Youth Garden: Helping FoodCorps members at an event
|When the office got too technical, it's awesome to go out to the garden.
Life went forward, and yet Meals with Morri stagnated and seemed difficult to update. Recipes were thrown together and not meticulously tested. Food was made, eaten, and forgotten about.
|Thistle, my first rabbit, died too soon. RIP October 2015.
My friends and family encouraged me. They asked when another post would be put up. It raised the question as to what this site was, and how it would go forward. To quote one of my dearest friends: "Wait, Meals with Morri is a food blog?"
|Bran and Teague: my Super Pooper Fluffbutts
When I started this blog, it was to talk about managing and healing my various ailments. It was to share my progress and experiences in taking back my life into my hands. It was to process the concept of cooking at home and to self-reflect my day-to-day life.
|On a positive note: I've become quite good at pizza.
So no, I suppose it really wasn't a food blog. It was a journal, a diary, a reflective practice with gluten/soy/cane sugar recipes. It revolved around food, but it wasn't an online cookbook.
Through Meals with Morri, I overcame my disordered eating habits, found a healthy middle man with exercise and being okay with chocolate and fried food, became confident in my body and my abilities, learned about the local food movement, and found my passions that led to the start of a fulfilling career.
But the things I expected from this blog never really came to fruition. I saw amazing men and women turn their lives around and make careers from their blog. I saw amazing artistic and aesthetic abilities in their photography, and beautiful contemplation in recipe design.
|It's so weird to call CK fiance now, but he is and it's awesome.
Me? I certainly enjoyed it, but I happened to be okay with recipes not "replacing" their gluteny counterparts in look and taste. I was quite content with simply enjoying new grains to incorporate to my expanding diet, and accepted that it may turn out a little differently. But how do you convey that to a reader? How do you say, "It isn't a replacement, it's a recipe all it's own?"
I've also realized that my initial goals for blogging didn't grow up with me. I don't have a best selling cookbook. I'm not known in the gluten free community. And oddly enough, it felt weird for me to push that. My blog was an individual experience to taking back my health, talking about the links with the environment, the body, and the spirit, learning about the psychological effects of being "other" simply because you happened to eat differently.
|I learned how to make latkes from the ultimate source: CK's nana. Coincidentally, I used the term putz correctly when describing someone, and she promptly laughed, hugged me, and called me adorable.
I'm not the same person who started this personal movement in April 2011. My tolerance for bullshit and worrying about what people think has decreased significantly, and that cost me a lot of unfulfilling relationships (no issues there). In retrospect, writing and capturing my life on Meals with Morri met the personal goal that honestly should have been my top priority: I took back my health and gave the status quo the finger. I got angry and was okay about it.
So you will see that I've changed the Meals with Morri motto to being personal, to not being about the gluten free movement, and being more about self-reliant and sustainability mind. There are enough gluten free bloggers to empower others in taking care of themselves, and I'm proud to say I participated in that and helped people by answering questions or making recipes they could enjoy.
Five years is a good time to evolve, don't you think?
I want to thank everyone who participated in this blog up until this point, for the support, the criticism, the good, the bad, the screwups, and the successes. MWM is no longer the focus of my abilities, but an addition to my dialogue. It may be days, weeks, months, until I update. It may be never.
And for the first time, I'm pretty okay with that.


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NYS Assembly Passes Dream Act for 2d Year, Up to Senate to Protect Students Now
The NYS Assembly passed the NYS Dream Act. Assembly Speaker Silver stated that about $27 million has been budgeted. The act permits students in the country illegally to draw tuition assistance just as natural born students or permanent residents may. While education is important to everyone, it is a totally misplaced priority to put American Citizens and legal residents in competition for a finite pool of funds with those who are not in the country in legal status. It is wrong regardless of the circumstances that may cause students to be out of status in the U.S. There is a difference as well, between permitting certain individuals who are out of status from attending college and allowing private donations to fund it, and providing taxpayer funds to pay for it and worse constrict the amount of funds available for citizens and legal residents.
We are proud of Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis (R-C 64AD)who voted against the bill again and is quoted on NY1. She stated "[t]he priorities are backwards here. We should be focusing on people who are struggling. Middle class, American students and legal immigrants who are here and struggling, graduating with $26,000 average debt."
The bill heads to the Senate, where its future is uncertain, but the Governor has indicated he will sign the bill if it passes and the Democrats are almost unanimously in support. We urge a no vote on this Dream Act.


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i have a friend who looks like her, like lana lang
Should I change my name to Nick?
Quote from: matt2mediaShould I change my name to Nick?uh, ignore that guy above me, he talks about everyone's penis. (or is that penii.. only W knows)change it to sumthing that doesn't hav a number in it, and u'll be better for it.
ok ok ok... so I decided to take the advice and change the username.
Hey everyone, just wanted to pop into this one and tell everyone hi and introduce myself. My name is Matt. I'm from Battle Creek, MI. I'm 20 years old. I work with my best friend on our company Matt2Media (promnounced Matt squared). I sing, play guitar, piano, drums, and I am obcessed with synthesizers. I am and have been in multiple bands. hmm.. what else... i do freestyle BMX and I love hanging out with my girlfriend.Also, I know 2 people on this site: \w/ and reinhold messner.
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Monday, 27 January, 2003, 14:46 GMT
Iran 'to free dissident ayatollah'
Iran's most senior dissident cleric is to be freed from house arrest after a decision by the country's top security body, the official Iranian news agency has reported.
The order is expected to be implemented in the next two days, government sources said.
Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, once designated as the Islamic republic's next supreme spiritual leader, has been confined to the central holy city of Qom since November 1997.
No reason was given for the decision by Iran's Supreme National Security.
The BBC's Tehran correspondent Jim Muir quotes sources close to the cleric as denying he had agreed to be silenced in return for his liberty.
A son of the cleric, Ahmad Montazeri, told Reuters news agency that his father had made no deal with the authorities.
"My father has not asked for any pardon and has not given any promises," he said.
"My father's health is better than last week, but he is old and he has a bad heart," he added.
Khomenei's 'heir'
Iranian conservatives, who largely control the judiciary, first called for an end to Ayatollah Montazeri's house arrest last week with an article in Resalat newspaper.
Another conservative paper, Jomhuri-ye Eslami, argued on Monday that, under house arrest, the cleric was a "substantial propaganda tool" for reformists.
Ayatollah Montazeri was placed under house arrest after he criticised the authority of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei.
At one time, he had been designated heir to the late Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran's Islamic revolution in 1979.
Khomeini once described him as "the fruit of my life" but the liberal cleric fell out of favour as early as 1988 - a year before Khomenei's death - when he criticised the execution of political prisoners and human rights abuses.
Correspondents say that even under house arrest, he has remained an influential figure, regularly issuing statements from his home criticising the religious hierarchy and calling for pluralism and tolerance.
Newspaper ban lifted
In a separate development, a Tehran court has lifted a temporary ban on best-selling newspaper Hamshahri after the plaintiffs in the case withdrew their complaint.
The 10-day ban was imposed last week by the judiciary because the paper failed to publish a response from a union leader to an article criticising him.
The plaintiffs came from one of Iran's less radical reformist parties, Labour House.
Correspondents say they had not intended their suit to lead to the suspension of the newspaper, which is generally regarded as taking a reformist, but not radical, line.
The complaint was withdrawn after a reply to the original article was published in another newspaper.
Correspondents say it is unusual for a reformist paper to be suspended following complaints by reformists.
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2 weeks ago, a colleague of mine tendered his resignation. According to the company policy, anyone who wishes to tender his or her resignation should give a one month notice.
However, this colleague of mine was asked to leave 2 days ago. Reason: boss found out that he was going to work for the competitor.
After that, boss had a meeting with the rest of the staff.
To be continued…


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So today I'm going to show you all the bits I've packed too!
Now I'm full aware I'm going for a week, and yes, I know I have enough clothes for 2 weeks.
My justification in this is simple:
1) you never know what you're going to want to wear when you wake up. You might think you do but if you suddenly feel like the biggest girl ever, that bodycon isnt going to fill you with confidence.
2) Its a British holiday...in the Lake District... I don't know what the weathers going to be like. If you go to Cyprus, you know what you're getting but the UK is so unpredictable.
Anyway, I've taken a few photos for you guys to check out with a bit of detail below as I don't think theres anything more annoying than seeing bloggers clothes and not knowing where they've bought it from so I thought I'd help anyone out.
Tarten Dress - Ark - Post where I bought this here
Grey Skater Dress - Topshop
Owl Dress - Purplish London - This was a Christmas present from my mum, a similar one can be found here
Floral Print - Primark
Baseball Style - Primark
Snow White - Primark (All 3 of these were £6 each)
Jaws - H&M
I know this seems a lot but all 3 are completely different style and fit on me.
Republic (bought in an old haul here)
Floral Leggings - Primark - Reduced to £2
Jeans - Republic
Red Floral Tee - Zara
Simpsons - Primark - £6
Pug - River Island - £15
Polka Dot - Topshop - £3 in the sale
Black and White Cami - New Look - Haul here
White Crop - Topshop
I did forget to photograph my Brand New tee with the others oops.
Brand New T-shirt - Bought at a gig
Fast Food PJ Bottoms - Primark - £5
Hat - Topshop
SwimmingCostume - Primark
The Story so Far Jumper - Bought at a gig
The Maine Jumper - Bought at a gig
Cardigan - New Look
And there you go, all packed (theres actually more in here ive crammed a hairdryer and some shorts in here)
Just to clarify - I have remember wellies / underwear / scarfs etc. I just didnt think they were the most thrilling things to show you and I'll be putting up my OOTH (outs of the holiday) when I get back :)
What are your holiday must-haves? Please let me know if I'm forgetting anything!!!
I won't be posting live until next week but don't forget I will be bringing you a rundown of all the Benefit Skincare range next week, you can find the preview here!!
Have a great week


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About Covered Bridge Dance
Dance the night away under the stars and the Jackson Covered Bridge on Saturday August 03, 2019 starting at 7:30 PM. Featuring... Jon Sarty and the White Mountain Boys. As with all talented musicians they will have their own following as well as everyone who has been to the Covered Bridge Dance in the past, therefore we recommend you come early and pick your spot. There are a number of tables and chairs provided but they go fast. Bring your own chairs, blankets, friends, family and, of course Dancing Shoes. The Jackson Community comes together for this Old Fashioned block party once a year and you are invited.


text: NATIONAL TOURNEYS. The AAU/USA Junior Olympic championships in boys 14- under and boys 15-under will be held next week in Orlando at several junior high school gyms. A special opening ceremonies is planned for Sunday night, 8:30, at Memorial Junior High School, adjacent to Interstate 4, just northwest of the 33rd Street exit. Team from Florida, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Indianapolis, Memphis, New Orleans, Yakima and Boston will be among the participants. Athletes expected to play include Jerrod Mustaf, 6-10, a sophomore at Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha Catholic, considered America's premier high school program. At least a dozen eight, ninth and 10th graders standing 6-foot-6 or taller will compete. The Florida team is from Orlando and is led by Toraino Walker, 6-6, the younger brother of Orlando Jones star Corey Walker who recently was named to the Top 20 All-Star game at the prestigious B/C Basketball Camp in Carnesville, Ga.


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News America's First Penis Transplant Will Be Given To A Soldier By Team WebChutneyPK Published: Dec 8, 2015 ShareTweet 0 SHARES Missing limbs have become a well-known symbol of these wars, but genital damage is a hidden wound cloaked in shame, stigma and embarrassment. Source: Bloomberg Surgeons at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine say they are preparing to conduct penis transplants, the New York Times reports. The United States' first penis transplant will be performed for a veteran returning from Afghanistan who suffered damage to his sexual organ. The organ will come from a deceased donor. Source: IBN LIVE The world's first successful penis transplant was completed last year in South Africa for a 21-year-old man whose penis was amputated because of a botched circumcision during a coming-of-age ceremony. The transplant was successful and the man has gained full function. ShareTweet 0 SHARES RELATED STORIES 1 News This Child Is Worshiped In India By Mani Published: Nov 10, 2016 0 2 News Look What World Leaders Said To Trump Once He Won By Mani Published: Nov 9, 2016 0 Comments Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * You may use these HTML tags and attributes:   <acronym title="">
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Joyce's Story
by Molly E and Megan
The secretary at Four Rivers Career Center contacted our adviser about an interesting welding student named Joyce Brown. She suggested we do a story about her, so we went for it!
We first contacted her via email and waited anxiously for her response. After we heard back from her, we set up an interview with her at the St. Clair Senior Center.
The minute we met her, we knew she was going to be an interesting character. We originally were going to just ask her about taking classes at Four Rivers Career Center, but we quickly learned there was way more to Joyce's story. After talking to her, we decided that her life story was so interesting that we wanted to make that the main focus of the story.
We quickly slated and logged her interview, but had trouble writing the script. Since there was so much of her life that she shared with us, we were not for sure what we should put in the story. After talking, we decided we should make it a brief review of her interesting life, ending the story with her taking welding classes at Four River Career Center.
Molly was able to get pictures of Joyce, while Megan went to Four Rivers to film b-roll of the welding class. Joyce's pictures made the start of the story really personal. They showed a different side of her that you wouldn't see by just watching the interview.
The story in general is all about surprises and taking risks in life. We like surprises and the advice she gives. We hope you like the story just as much as we do!


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Our challenge at Crafty Cardmakers this fortnight is to make a card or in fact any project but it must include either the word 'Friend', 'Friends' or 'Friendship'. We have two great sponsors as usual. Sir Stampalot who have provided us with two gorgeous sentiment stamp sheets (see the main blog for details) and also Saturated Canary who offer our winner two of their stunning digis.
I have used an image from our second Sponsor called 'Springtime', and coloured her with a combination of Copics and Promarkers.
What I LOVE above digital images is the ability to have them any size you like. This was particularly handy with this card as I wanted her to sit inside my new Marianne Oval Passe-Partout Die and the inside of that is only 78mmx58mm, so you can see that a normal stamp might have struggled to fit inside that small space. Of course, the disadvantage is that it's more difficult to colour smaller areas. Thank heavens for the Promarker Fine Tips!
My lovely patterned paper arrived free with a craft magazine on Saturday! Fast work eh, lol…. The plainer lemon paper that the image has been cut from was also in the same free paper pack. The lovely Marianne Die has the gorgeous cut out area and also a larger plain die to cut an aperture into the paper, so it's particularly effective for this card.
I created my sentiment on my pc and printed it onto safmat.
I think the paper is pretty enough and already has enough lovely flowers that I didn't want to embellish it any further, so I ended up with a nice CAS card.
I am entering this into the following challenges:-
A Gem of a Challenge - #81 Easter/Spring
Alota Rubberstamps - #103 Springtime
Color Me Creative - #64 Spring Colours
Di's Digi Designs - Easter/Spring
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - #24 Easter/Spring Colours
Marianne Design Divas - At the Bottom of the Garden
My Creative Moments - Wordplay Saturday Challenge March 'Springtime'
Natalie and Amy's Challenge - #7 Diecuts
Order of the Opus Gluei - #152 Spring Has Sprung
Paper Creators Crafts - #7 Spring Has Sprung


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Film: It Follows
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi
Release Date: 05/17/14 (festivals) / 07/14/15 (DVD/Blu-ray)
Studio: RADiUS-TWC / Anchor Bay
Tagline: It doesn't think. It doesn't feel. It doesn't give up.
Plot: "A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter." (Source: IMDB)
(Author's note: This discussion may contain spoilers.)
After watching It Follows, the story depicting a group of young teens on the run from a shape-shifting entity whose chase begins after it's target engages in a sexual act, critics and audiences quick analysis pointed to the surface-level symbolism of STD's rise in today's youth. The real-world facts do support this. According to a CDC report published in November 2014, there is a rise in young men and women contracting three of the primary sexually transmitted diseases – chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Director David Robert Mitchell has been vague on details, only stating the idea originated from a nightmare he had at age nine or ten about different people following him. However, in an interview with AV Club, Mitchell admits he's "aware of the [STD] connection," but that the topic "wasn't the driving force in terms of subtext."
So, if not STD's, then what exactly is 'It'? My belief is Mitchell's script explores a topic outside of the sexual realm entirely; rather, a philosophy whose obscure status has slowly made 'it's' way into the mainstream in the last few years. I'm referring to antinatalism, a philosophical theory that life should not be brought into existence, but probably better known as the foundational rhetoric that creator Nic Pizzolatto used to create the Rustin "Rust" Cohle character, masterfully played by Matthew McConaughey, in the first season of True Detective. Consider a few key points and omissions within It Follows to support this theory:
– Despite all the sexual encounters, none result in a pregnancy.
This is probably the most glaring point in favor of the antinatalism argument. Reproduction is a primal instinct, nature's only way of ensuring continued existence of a species. While there is sex, the goal is not to reproduce, but to pass on suffering in the form of 'It' chasing after the victim's partner. Therefore, the act itself to create life is shown to be undesirable.
– Despite the dire circumstances, the young adults appear to be left on their own.
– Also, with the exception of two instances, 'It' takes the shape of an adult.
– The color red is featured prominently in nearly every scene.
These three points support the idea that the current generation (millennials) sees less value in having children and raising a family than previous generations. According to the 2013 U.S. census, deaths now exceed birth rates for white Americans, who will make up less than half the country's population by 2040. All of the film's character's are white, middle-class suburban youth who are often surrounded by abandoned or dilapidated houses and building. Unlike their parent's and grandparent's generations before them, millennials may see no future for themselves, and thus no reason to bring life into that uncertain world. They view adult figures with contempt and suspicion. The elderly 'It' figure in a hospital gown could represent the metaphorical unfair burden on young taxpayers to pay for insolvent social programs which they themselves will likely see no future benefit from (i.e. Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, etc.). Red isn't the McCarthyism communist threats of the baby boomers; instead, the color represents millennial debt (think credit lines on a billing statement). Student loan debt, to be exact. Their parents were promised jobs after college that no longer exist. Notice the three leads in uniform at the back of a fast-food chain? Bingo. These factors lead to a never-ending cycles of worry, depression, and anxiety; the suffering as defined by antinatalism and shown in the film as one form of the 'It' endlessly chasing them.
– There appears to be no way to kill 'It'.
The film's opening sequence shows an unnamed girl, with tears in her eyes, telling her parents that she loves them before sitting on a beach. What's implied is her nature, tired of running away and looking over her shoulder, deciding to succumb to 'It'. The shot pictured above shows Jay looking into the pool after allegedly killing 'It'. Later, we the audience see this may not have worked as the film's ending is of a eerily similar figure walking behind Jay and Paul as they hold hands. David Benatar, author of the book 'Better Never To Have Been', explains that only the total absence of life means the avoidance of pain and therefore it is "morally imperative" to avoid bringing new persons into the world. With that in mind, the ambiguous ending is in actuality very clear: Jay and Paul are walking, hand-in-hand, into oblivion.


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Mid Essex referral pathway document showing correct referral method for your region.
Mid Essex CCG Referral Form – 20160114-v21-f
The following documents are the restriction policies issued by Mid Essex.
For cataract referrals:
The "completed proforma" is simply the referral form.
Please state on the referral that the patient wishes to have the operation.
The "Decision Making Leaflet" only needs to be issued to a patient who is unsure whether they would like cataract surgery.
"Using the patient's own words" can be as simple as "the patient reports difficulty driving at night" or "the patient reports they can no longer read their books" etc.
- Mid Essex Cataract Restriction Policy: Catacacts Mid Essex CCG service restriction policy – sept16. Cataracts decision making leaflet
- Mid Essex Bletheroplasty Restriction Policy: blepharoplasty-meccg-service-restriction-policy-sept16
- Mid Essex Chalazia Restriction Policy: chalazion-mid-essex-ccg-service-restriction-policy-sept16
- Mid Essex Dysthyroid Restriction Policy: dysthyroid-eye-disease-mid-essex-ccg-service-restriction-policy-sep16
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