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Light and fluffy, full of cempedak flavour. A big hit!
My parents were never really a huge fan of rich and dense cakes and cupcakes piled high with frosting, but the cake they really loved was chiffon cakes. Chiffon cakes are light, airy cakes that do take a bit more effort, but they taste spectacular. The addition of one of their favourite tropical local fruits, cempedak, makes this cake even tastier.
This cake is filled with cempedak flavour, is a little moister that usual chiffon cakes, but is still light and airy.
The egg yolks, oil, sugar and dry ingredients as well as puréed cempedak flesh are whisked together while the room temperature egg whites are whisked to medium peaks. Medium peaks form when they droop slightly when the beater is lifted. Stiff peaks are when they stand up straight when the beater is lifted. Medium peaks are better in chiffon cakes as the egg whites will rise to their full potential when they are in the oven. It also reduces the chances of over beating the egg whites.
Fold 1/3 of the whipped egg whites and sugar into the egg yolk mixture at a time. The first time is to lighten the yolk mixture so that more egg whites can be added. Fold the egg whites in gently so that you would not deflate them. Fold the remaining 2/3 of the egg whites 1/3 at a time until just combined. A little white streak in the batter is ok.
Pour the cake batter into a ungreased tube pan with a removable base. A greased or non-stick pan will cause your cake to be flat and dense! With an ungreased pan, it gives the cake a rougher surface that helps it to climb up the sides of the pan easily, giving it a beautiful rise. (I learnt it the hard way, trust me.) Rotate the pan halfway through baking and cover loosely with foil if the top gets too brown. But act fast because the cake starts deflating right when you open the oven door because the temperature of the oven drops!
Once the cake has been baked, immediately remove it from the oven and overturn it onto a cooling rack. Cooling the cake as it is overturned reduces the chances of your cake deflating as it cools. Let it cool until it reaches room temperature, before loosening the sides and bottom of the pan with a knife and slicing a large piece for yourself.
The cempedak smell will waft through your entire house as it is baking and everyone would gather for a slice. Because chiffon cakes are so soft and light, you can have as large a slice as you like without feeling full. Isn't that awesome! If you don't enjoy the flavour of cempedak or it is not readily available to you, you can replace the puréed cempedak flesh with durian flesh or any other fruit purée.
Cempedak chiffon cake
Loosely adapted from http://www.yearofthedurian.com/2013/03/recipe-durian-chiffon-cake.html"
6 yolks
30g sugar
60g oil
45ml milk (about 3 tablespoons)
1/4 + 1/8 tsp salt
B: 3/4 Cempedak flesh (reduce to make it less moist)
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1/2 + 1/4 tsp baking powder
6 egg whites
150g sugar
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
1. Preheat oven to 170 degree C.
2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together ingredients A until combined. Stir in ingredient B.
3. Sift together ingredients B, then add into (2) and mix well. Set aside for later use.
4. In another large mixing bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks. Add in sugar and cream of tartar and continue to beat until medium peaks form.
5. Take 1/3 of the meringue and mix with (3) until well mixed. Gradually add in remaining meringue, and stir until just combined.
6. Transfer batter into chiffon pan (8-9 inch pan) and bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.
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I take it on faith that one of the most physically grueling athletic events is an Ironman Triathlon. Competitors swim 2.4 miles, cycle 112 miles, and finish the race by running 26.2 miles.
One of the most impressive competitors in this event is a man named Dick Hoyt. He's completed an Ironman Triathlon six times. Finishing the race is not, however, the most impressive part of his accomplishment. Dick's son, Rick, suffers from cerebral palsy. Rick told his dad years ago that when his dad ran with him, Rick didn't feel handicapped. Using harnesses, rafts and wheelchairs, Dick carried his son the entire distance six times.
Something about perseverance moves us deeply. We can't help but admire someone who finishes a major task against all odds. Perseverance is a virtue Peter calls Christians to embrace in 2 Peter 1:5-7. In this column, we've looked at faith, moral excellence, mature knowledge, and self-control. How can Christians pursue perseverance?
The word for perseverance in 2 Peter 1:6 can be translated as "endurance," "steadfastness," "fortitude" or "patience." The word concerns a person's ability to last through unfavorable circumstances. These situations can be one of two kinds. First, the situation can include enticements to quit. In the parable of the soils (Mark 4:1-20), the seeds that sprout among the thorns are the people whose faith is choked out by worries of the age, seduction of wealth, and lusts for other things. Peter's readers were in this situation. Antinomianism allows tempting pleasures to lure us away from God's calling (2 Peter 2:18). The second type of situation is when pain leads us to want to quit. In the parable mentioned earlier, seed that falls on shallow soil corresponds to people whose faith lacks the ability to persevere through difficulties that arise because of their faith (Mark 4:16-17).
We can see several principles from the New Testament's teaching on perseverance. First, perseverance is closely related to hope. In 1 Thessalonians 1:3, Paul thanks God for the "perseverance of hope" that the young Thessalonians have shown. Their hope in Christ's return gave them the ability to continue despite persecution. (See Romans 8:25 and 2 Thessalonians 1:4 for other examples.) In Romans 5:1-5, we see the reverse: Perseverance results in hope. Hope gives us strength to persevere, and as we persevere, our hope grows stronger.
A second aspect of perseverance we see in Scripture is that God provides examples to encourage us to persevere. Just before his final charge to Timothy, Paul tells Timothy that Timothy has followed Paul's perseverance (2 Timothy 3:10). In other words, Timothy saw how Paul persevered through persecution, and Timothy followed the example of his mentor. God uses the example of older or even dead believers to spur us in our own pilgrimage (Romans 15:4). The book of Hebrews is a well-argued plea for Christians to persevere in the faith (Hebrews 10:32-39). The author calls his readers to remember the "cloud of witnesses" of chapter 11 as they keep their eyes on Jesus to persevere (Hebrews 12:1-2).
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The City of San Javier has shown its support to the irrigators in the demonstration on March 7 in Madrid to demand solutions to the lack of water resources and calls a five-minute stoppage on the 7th at 12 noon.
in the Plaza de Espańa in San Javier, as a sign of solidarity with the sector.
Mayor José Miguel Luengo, who has demanded a State Water Agreement and the defense of the Tajo-Segura transfer, has announced that he will attend the Madrid demonstration, together with the councilor for Agriculture, Sergio Martínez, to accompany the irrigators of San Javier.
Luengo also invited all residents who can not move to Madrid and want to show their solidarity with the irrigators to attend the five-minute strike to be held in the Plaza de Espańa, at 12 noon on March 7, in front of the City Council , where a manifesto of support to irrigators will be read.
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Sayalay Dipankara is an experienced teacher of the 40 Kamatthana as mentioned in the Visuddhi Magga such as Anapanasati, Four Elements Meditation, Metta, Buddhanussati, Asubha, Marananussati and 8 Samapatti (1st Jhana to 8th Jhana), Kasina, etc as well as the Vipassana Meditation. She teaches Dharma which is true to the Visuddhimagga and the Tipiṭaka.
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Then my first dilemma, do I work on all the Bavarians at once or concentrate on the cavalry or infantry first? If their colour schemes were the same or very similar then I would do them together. In the end I decided to work on the cavalry first and get the horses/equipment completed. This way the horse troopers and infantry should paint well together. Then I remembered that the cuirassiers have white tunics!
So, today I have concentrated my efforts on the cavalry. The horse flesh and equipment is completed, as are the blue and wood areas. I also couldn't resit dry brushing the infantry, this simple step really makes them pop.
Here are some pics(now in a new larger format), which due to there early stage are a little dark(except for the infantry, wow):
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Road trips inevitably lead to thinking. As Gaston so famously said, "Lafu I'm afraid I've been thinking - a dangerous pastime I know."
Today I was having a text conversation with someone that for some reason, found me divulging things I don't generally divulge. That I skated, scammed, and cheated my way through high school. The notable exception being in any English class. The result was that by the time that I got to college, regardless of test scores that claimed I was capable of otherwise, I was so ill equipped to handle higher academia that I dropped out because it was less humiliating than failing out. Or taking that god-forsaken history class with the professor that looked like Dom De Luise one. more. time.
Why did I keep taking the same history class over and over knowing that I had failed it previously? Because I knew I was smart enough to pass it if I could just make my lazy, undisciplined, failure self go to class regularly. Work harder. Work smarter. Be perfect. Or at least not be the mess I consistently seem(ed) to be.
There is a post on this blog where I mention being filled with self-loathing. I talked to my dad after he read that post and he said, "I don't know why you would loathe yourself!"
Why do any of God's creations loathe themselves? Maybe it's because I still have not passed that stupid history class. Or that time I didn't capitalize the word English in an essay about why I wanted to be an English teacher. Or maybe it was all those times that I just could not force myself to do what I knew needed to be done. Or maybe it's my complete lack of desire to ever attend college again because I know that not one thing has changed in me. I still would skip class. And not do the assignments. And be ever more filled with self-loathing that for reasons I can not fathom, I can not make myself do that which I can not make myself do.
At the end of my stint in college, I had an on-campus job that I loved. I realized that I, in general, loved working. I realized I was in school for my job and no other reason. That I would not have the job when I failed out. By this time I had stopped attending even the English classes, so lacking I was in self-discipline, motivation, clear thinking abilities, organization skills, time management, impulse control(the weather is beautiful, I will now drive the Great River Road! At this minute! At the expense of all else! And in the face of a million logical reasons not to do such a silly thing!). But I rarely missed work.
And now I remember why I started divulging these things. My friend was telling me his ridiculous work schedule. A 14 hour day clung to him like a badge of honor. And I was jealous. Jealous that I was stuck in a car thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking. And he had been blissfully working and working and working. How I would prefer to work myself into oblivion!
During the ending of my marriage there was no such thing as too much work. I would put in ten and twelve hour office days without batting an eye. I didn't care about the hour long commute. I took on a part-time job in addition to my full time one. I would change into my uniform for my second job in their cruddy bathroom because I had come directly from my first job. I didn't care if I got paid overtime. On some level, I probably did not care if I ever got paid at all. I didn't care about anything but being swept away by my work. I wore those long days like badges of honor too.
I work a lot less these days. I have not worked more than 30 hours in a week in almost a year now. Paid hours, anyway. I am trying to focus on volunteer work. It has been rough. Financially. But more than that. I am more than ever coming up against the same demons that drove me out of college. Poor self-discipline. No motivation. Easily distracted. Disorganized. Bad time management. Not enough work to keep me from thinking. Not enough structure that I feel compelled to at least put forth a pretense of "having it togetherness." If that makes sense.
Right here, right now, I would absolutely kill to do nothing but work and work and work and work.
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On April 6, 2016 there was a second Neighbourhood Open House for capital works on 900 blocks of Maple, Lee, Parker and Habgood Streets, and on Pacific and Columbia Avenues. This open house provided an update for residents on the road and sewer design. Review the Open House Presentation (PDF) from the evening.
At the first Neighbourhood Open House in October 2015, the City outlined required road and sewer upgrades, reviewed the preliminary work completed to date, and discussed options to finalize the design. Review the presentation (PDF) or peruse the boards (PDF) from the evening. Residents were invited to provide feedback on the design of the road segments
View the results of the informal petition to determine resident interest in removal of overhead wires (PDF).
Thank you for your patience during the road and sewer construction capital works project. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by construction.
Construction on the 900 blocks of Maple, Lee and Parker Streets and impacted properties on Pacific Avenue is nearing completion. The contractor is completing restoration work on driveways and boulevards impacted by construction. The final lift of asphalt is scheduled for mid to end of April, weather dependent, after all the restoration work has been addressed.
Projected construction schedule for completion June 2018.
At the March 27, 2017 Council meeting, Council approved the award of the contract for construction for the 2017 East Beach Neighbourhood Capital Works. The project will include storm and sanitary sewer replacement and associated road works.
Construction is scheduled to start in April 2017 with completion projected for November 2017. View the staff Presentation to Council (PDF) and the March 27, 2017 Council Meeting Agenda for more information on the project.
An updated road and sewer design has now been completed. This design incorporated feedback received from residents since the open house was held in April 2016. With the detailed design now complete, tendering will commence in November and construction in 2017. Some of the changes incorporated from resident feedback include:
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Demonstrating the University's close connections with industry, Ford Motor Company, is helping to develop the next generation of student engineers, scientists and innovators by providing bursaries of up to £10,000 per student through its Blue Oval Scholarship Programme.
For the 2017 programme, we are pleased to announce that three of our Mechanical Engineering undergraduates; Tim Dunn, Kirsty Lynch and Michael Leat, despite facing strong competition, have each been awarded a bursary.
Tim, a keen cyclist, entered the scholarship award because it was "an excellent way to differentiate myself from others on my course". He goes on to say that "I like to always do my best, whether that's in an academic exam or a 100m sprint….I think most people who applied for the award are automotive enthusiasts, I'm more interested in the sustainability and energy side of things".
Kirsty, however, applied for the scholarship as she is passionate about automotive engineering, "I have always enjoyed working with cars having done it at a young age helping my Dad. I also have a love of motorsport and have been following F1 since the age of six".
Michael says: "I was drawn to enter the competition due to an interest in the automotive sector and keen to take part in anything related to one of the world's most important automotive companies".
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Leaker Adam Schiff Finally Concedes, Says Still Zero Proof of Trump Russia Collusion (Video)
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Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff has been a key figure behind the Trump/Russia witch hunt since day one.
While on "The View," Schiff admitted what everyone has known for quite a while – there is no evidence of collusion!
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Rep. Adam Schiff conceded Thursday there is still no evidence President Trump or his campaign colluded with Russia to win the election, and made a point of distancing himself from any charges of treason against the president.
Schiff has been driving the Trump-Russia collusion narrative on behalf of his party for months from his seat on the House Intelligence Committee, claiming recently he has seen "more than circumstantial" evidence of collusion. But he offered nothing substantial to back up his claim when pressed on "The View" to get specific, and acknowledged hard proof of collusion may never materialize, even after an intensive and months-long investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a blunt message to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif) when both appeared on "The View" Thursday.
Rice expressed the hope that the House Intelligence Committee will soon conclude its investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.
"I appreciate what you're doing for the country — but I really hope you can wrap it up," @CondoleezzaRice tells @RepAdamSchiff her hopes for the Russia probe: "The country needs to get back to business, so… my greatest hope is that this gets done." https://t.co/f8u2wc159S pic.twitter.com/WSb4KZkAqJ
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"I appreciate what you're doing for the country, but I really hope you can wrap it up. The country needs to get back to business, so that's my greatest hope is that this gets done," she told Schiff.
What now, Schiff?
Time to move on, yes?
More pressing matters at hand?
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Alan Pardew has said today that the squad's trip to Abu Dhabi was arranged before Newcastle went out of the FA Cup at the first attempt – again – when we lost at home to Cardiff City – a team that had now won in their previous ten games before beating a poor Newcastle side 2-1.
Alan Pardew – Abu Dhabi trip arranged before Cardiff loss
And after the beat Newcastle they lost 2-0 at home last week in their next game to Newcastle's opponents today – West Ham.
There's nothing wrong with having a mid-winter break, it's just that it comes after we were simply hopeless ion that FA Cup tie, so the fans are not too happy right now – although we were so much better last week against a top side Manchester City – but still list again.
This is what Alan told the Shields Gazette today:
"Our fans need to know we booked this before we went out of the cup." "We were thinking about doing a mini-break, like we did when we finished fifth."
"We lost the first game when we came back, but we went on a terrific run afterwards. We'd done so much work." "This would have been our prep for the fourth round, but unfortunately we got knocked out."
"We're coming back on Thursday. It'll be three or four days' work in the sun. That's all." "We're not the only team," "All the teams are going to go out there at some stage." "I think there are a few foreign teams out there at the moment."
"The only disappointing thing is that there are suggestions we're doing it in the cup week – it was always going to be done this week."
We are hoping that Fitness Director Fay Downey is on the trip and then we'll know the lads will be put through their paces, and we should have a very fit side for the run-in to the season.
And with Mathieu Debuchy back for the next game at West Ham and Colo back a couple of games after that we should be at full strength soon too.
We need a strong finish to the season in the remaining 17 league games.
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Anita the Legend and rivettCatcher- I personally don't have a spare ticket but the toon army fans will be in the Duke of Edinburgh ( Green Street) a few minutes down the road from Upton Park underground station. After 12 noon the pub will be buzzing.
At the ground were in the Trevor Brooking lower stand and fans from time to time have travelled with a spare ticket. Good Luck.
The lack of the regulars you seek on here has nothing to do with the teams performance but the boring daily regurgitation of the same posted drivel.
I know I am not alone in preferring to read the passionate toon fan who doesn't constantly plug an agenda but is interesting , amusing, witty, imaginative and informative.


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Knocked on My Keester!
Antibiotics and a sinister-sounding medication called guifenison (I think I've spelled it correctly) prescribed as I can't take decongestants. I'd been emptying boxes of tissues rapidly for two days and last night that stopped cold. I had a blocked up head the size of ... well, something huge. Sleep? What's that? I was begging to breathe.
Another day off work as a result - and frankly, last week's Wednesday, and 1/2 of Friday were a piece of cake compared to today. I've not been able to pick up a needle, barely able to open a can of soup, which I finally made myself do. Suddenly now, I'm UP. Still clogged. Whatcha think? Turning a corner? Maybe not...I think I want another lie-down spell...(sigh)
I'm pulling a Stephanie here - "Pet the yarn."
That's December's Selection of the Art Walk Sock Yarn Club, Black Iris (inspired by the painting by Georgia O'Keefe) all neatly caked in there amonst - yes - Roxanne's Purple Royale worsted weight that I bought at least 2 years ago for Clapotis. When I pulled the sock yarn out of the package (Roxie held onto a skein for me from last month and sent it along with this month's selection, which I can't show you yet) I about dropped my teeth. I think it's a perfect match! Hmmmm Clapotis and Socks?
Mommie's been really sick. I don't know when she's stayed in bed all day
But whenever she gets up, I sneak into her spot on the bed - I'm just keeping it warm for her, you know
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Daddy, why is the colour of the Pacific Ocean blue? Why does the moon follow us everywhere? Why is there snow on some mountain peaks even in the summer? Why do I hear claps of thunder right before rain? Why do some dogs grow so big but others stay small? Can the woman on television see me? Why are some kids so tall and I am short? How come I can talk to grandma on the phone but she lives on the other side of the world?
As children, we never stopped asking questions. We saw every adult as a potential source of answers to our never-ending questions. The world was a mystery like a birthday present waiting to be unwrapped. We wanted to get our hands dirty to explore every creature in the mud. We wanted to showcase our artistic talent by splashing colours all over the wall. We looked forward to every art class to get our hands on the sharpest crayons to create the next masterpiece of stick figures. And were we ever so proud.
Then the questions stopped. The art work also stopped. We grew into adolescents and then adults. We fell into society's expectations of what we were all supposed to become. The adult world brought rules and restrictions as to what each person's role should be in society. There were boundaries we were told not to cross. Along the way, our childhood curiosity became suppressed. We stopped asking questions and took for granted what we were told by society. To question assumptions became dangerous, and we were forced to buy into the lies and fiction of politicians. Those who fail to conform are ridiculed and become pariahs.
But child-like curiosity is exactly what keeps the wheels of the economy turning. Had it not been for curiosity, we would not be sitting here typing away on our computers and showcasing our ideas to the world. The world runs on curiosity and creativity. The constant questioning of status quo leads to new discoveries in every industry. It is what points to new sources of insight that lead to progress in the arts, sciences and technology. At a time when technology is the solution to many of humanity's problems, it is more important than ever to exercise what children do best – to question and explore. If by now you cannot figure out why some mountain peaks are covered in snow even in the summer, do not be afraid to go and research.


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Pages: 144
Translator: John Chadwick
Preface: Peter Stanford
Editor: Stephen McNeilly
Publisher: The Swedenborg Society
Dimensions: 190 x 230 mm
Language: English
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Date of publication: 2006
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Introducing the New Jerusalem summarizes the main teachings contained in the theological writings of Swedenborg, and forms an excellent introduction to them. Swedenborg in his introduction to the book says that the doctrine 'is for the New Church, which, because it has been revealed to me from heaven, is called Heavenly Doctrine. To deliver that doctrine is the purpose of the present work'. This attractive new paperback edition is translated by John Chadwick.
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The Turnbull Government and Shorten Opposition are lying to you, me and the fence post over their long-term plans to get the Budget back into shape.
The lie is laid out in the Government's own Budget papers and in the Opposition's promises.
And it's time they were both called out.
The starting point is the current Budget deficit which, this year, is likely to be about $20 billion. A similar-sized deficit is expected next year.
Those deficits will be the 10th and 11th consecutive fiscal shortfalls since the last surplus.
Combined, the deficits are the reason for the record $514 billion in debt owed by Australia to its creditors.
In the latest midyear Budget update, Treasurer Scott Morrison pointed out that gross debt would be about $40 billion lower than had been anticipated when the Budget was released in May.
What he didn't point out was that gross debt was still climbing over the short and long term. His own Budget papers show gross debt headed towards a record $700 billion by the middle of next decade.
Gross debt keeps climbing because the Government is having us on about its own long-term Budget plans.
The Government has what it calls a "Budget Repair Strategy" which, on page 31 of the most recent Budget update, lays out this commitment.
"The Budget repair strategy is designed to deliver sustainable Budget surpluses building to at least one per cent of GDP as soon as possible, consistent with the medium-term strategy," it states.
But just a handful of pages before it makes this declaration, the Budget papers show its projected deficits and surpluses over the next decade.
This shows Budget surpluses never getting close to the one per cent commitment shown in the "strategy". They get to a touch over 0.3 per cent of GDP and then stay there. In other words, the Government manages to promise a Budget repair plan and break that promise all within four pages of its own official fiscal document.
One of the reasons is that the Government is tied to a commitment to keep its overall tax-to-GDP ratio below 23.9 per cent.
The graph showing mediocre surpluses, that fail to pay down gross debt, is predicated on not breaching that 23.9 per cent target.
While the Government says its commitment is to larger surpluses, its actions — and its own Budget papers — say the opposite.
Labor's lie comes, not surprisingly, with tax.
It actually set the 23.9 per cent tax ceiling more than a decade ago, before the 2007 election, as part of its successful campaign to paint the Howard government as a high-taxing bunch of drunken sailors with a spending problem.
Then the GFC hit and it was the lack of tax that was a problem. For the first time since the Great Depression, tax receipts fell in absolute terms for two consecutive years.
That was then.
Now, Labor has announced a string of tax policies (such as its plans to finally end the rort that negative gearing and the concession on capital gains tax have become).
But those tax policies will, even by Labor's own numbers, take the amount of tax going into Canberra's coffers well above the 23.9 per cent target. It's why Labor, during the most recent election campaign, was able to say it would deliver bigger surpluses than the coalition next decade while also delivering more services.
Magic numbers in their own projections gave them more money to spend.
While it focused on the size of the surplus — which is not a bad thing — the ALP is ignorant of what its grab bag of tax policies may do to the entire economy.
For instance, the Budget projections suggest a surplus of about $6.2 billion in 2026-27. Under Labor's own policies, that surplus would be closer to $20 billion.
While that may help pay down gross debt, there's no discussion about what that extra $14 billion in tax might do to the economy.
As the recent Productivity Commission report into the banking sector showed, proposals with the best of intentions can have major unintended consequences. In this case, it was the Government's decision to get banks to tighten lending standards for investors that has delivered a $1 billion windfall profit to the banks but which will also cost taxpayers $500 million because of our negative gearing laws.
There's another risk from the Government and Labor fiscal positions.
They are all predicated on nothing going wrong.
Before the GFC, Treasury wanted the Howard government to actually run bigger surpluses (and not hand out so much cash to middle-class Australians) because it feared an economic shock would leave the Budget in real trouble.
That shock delivered in spades via the financial crisis. And the Budget is, a decade on, still in trouble.
Shocks don't have to be major to ripple through the Budget.
Treasurers Swan, Bowen, Hockey and, until now, Morrison have all benefited from the sharp fall in interest rates on government debt.
If interest rates had been steady over the past decade, the interest bill on our current debt would be more than double — around $40 billion this year rather than a touch under $18 billion.
Just since the December Budget update, Australian government interest rates have gone up. And on our debt, that increase will widen the Budget deficit over the next three years by close to $1 billion.
If global interest rates go up further (which is a risk given Donald Trump's unfunded tax cuts mean the US is going to flood the global bond market with $US1 trillion a year for the next three years), then our interest bill will be even higher.
All of this is serious because Australia is so fiscally exposed.
If higher interest rates in the US lead to a recession there, or if the Chinese Communist Party's addiction to debt-fuelled growth has its reckoning, or house prices crash in Sydney and Melbourne, the Budget won't be in a position to withstand the onslaught.
Both sides of our political fence need to 'fess up about the longer term issues facing the Budget. It really is time for some fiscal truth.


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Discussion in 'Horns' started by Skip, Jan 28, 2004.
Why aren't the contest entries still accessable?
It is accessible...for read only, Skip. It got "locked down" upon the close of the contest but it's still there in the Eclipse Contest forum.
Thanks Tootsall,
When I try to open it for reading, I just get a gray screen. Is my computer having a headache?
I'd say give it two aspirin and call me in the morning. (Maybe your font is selected as the same color as the background?..naaa, that couldn't happen.)
It's really strange. I can open page 5, but none of the other pages. I was hoping to read the winner entries. Thanks.
I'm not having any problems at all. Maybe the server is slow or your connection speed has been compromised or something. My screen was grey for a second or so, but then it popped right up on page one.


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How confident do you feel when you exercise? A recent survey from Zoggs found that 38% of women under 45 have avoided the pool, gym or beach in the last year – all because of body confidence.
The Positively Confident survey asked over 1,000 women across the UK about their thoughts on fitness and body confidence, and what it found was the worrying affect that our view of body image is having on our desire to exercise.
Rather than the typical New Year's resolutions, women should feel confident just as they are. Because swimming is a great way to work out, de-stress and improve your wellbeing, nothing should hold you back from enjoying it.
Make time for yourself
We should all make time for ourselves and swimming is a great form of escapism both physically and mentally. With no distractions in the pool, a half hour swim can help reduce stress, boost energy levels and encourage relaxation. You may find you sleep better too.
Tip: Check the timetable at your local swimming pool and see if there's any adult-only lane swimming for some kid-free quiet time.
Improve your fitness level
Swimming is perfect for people of all ages and will have a positive impact on fitness. If you swim regularly you will see your cardiovascular fitness improve as your technique does. Swimming is also a great way to improve heart health, blood pressure and lung capacity.
Tip: If you're just starting out, don't be afraid to use a float in the water. The more confident you feel, the better.
Give yourself a workout
Our bodies work harder in the water and swimming is one of the best ways to strengthen all your muscles. Regular swims will give your whole body a boost. And you can have even more fun if you swim as part of a group.
Tip: Talk to other swimmers about their technique. Chances are you'll pick up some helpful advice that you can put into practice.
Increase your flexibility
Swimming can make your joints more flexible and it's ideal for stretching your entire body without putting pressure on joints and bones. If you've been injured, getting in the water is good way to aid your recovery particularly if you struggle with land-based activities.
Tip: Do little and often. Swimming shouldn't be a chore so start with a 20-minute dip and build yourself up for longer swims.
Burn some calories
Finally, swimming is an excellent way to burn calories without putting a strain on your body. It's more effective than walking, running or cycling and a superb way to stay active. Once you're swimming regularly and your technique improves, it's so easy to push a little harder too.
Tip: For a more intense workout, training aids like hand paddles and pull buoys can be used to make certain parts of your body work harder.
When you're ready to take the plunge, put our tips into practice for some fun and confidence-boosting exercise.
Source/Credit: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/lifestyle/how-swimming-can-improve-your-wellness-1121991.html


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Now Wait For Last Year:
"Human[ity] has always striven to retain the past, to keep it convincing; there's nothing wicked in that. Without it we have no continuity; we have only the moment. And, deprived of the past, the moment - the present - has little meaning, if any."
"Presently Jonas Ackerman shrugged and said, 'Well, that's marriage these days. Legalized hate.' "
"In a town where everything is legal, he thought, and nothing achieves worth, you are wrenched back into childhood. Placed among your blocks and toys, with all your universe within grasp. The price for license is high: it consists of a forfeit of adulthood. And yet he loved it here. The noise and stirrings represented authentic life. Some people found all this evil; he did not. People who thought that were wrong. The restless, roving banks of males who sought God knew what --they themselves didn't know: their striving was the genuine primal under-urge of protoplasmic material itself. This irritable ceaseless motion had once carried life right out of the sea and onto land; creatures of the land now, they still roamed on, up one street and down another. And he went along with them."
Now Wait For Last Year is one of Philip K. Dick's most underrated novels. PKD is one of my personal favorite authors, so I believe that all of his work is underrated, but Now Wait For Last Year stands out as one that doesn't get the attention it should. Novels like Ubik, VALIS, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Man in the High Castle, and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch often get the most attention, but Now Wait for Last Year is up there with them, better, at least, than Three Stigmata, in my view. It is similar to Ubik in terms of how PKD plays with the reader's mind throughout the novel: time is twisted, warped and changed through the use of a hallucinogenic drug, JJ-180 --and it becomes hard to tell what's reality, what isn't. Another mind-bending question is raised: is a certain character we are being told about a human, a robant, or the exact same human, but from a parallel dimension?
As I said, it's one of the more convoluted Dick novels, and that's really saying something! Now Wait For Last Year tells the tale of an artiforg surgeon named Eric Sweetscent, a morally sound, normal kind of guy. He's a typical Dick protagonist, the everyman who remains calm as the world warps and melts around him like a Salvador Dali painting. As an artiforg surgeon, Sweetscent must constantly replace his boss, Virgil Ackerman's, organs as they fail in the old man's body and must be removed. Other colorful characters from the novel include the ruler of Earth, Gino Molinari a.k.a "The Mole", and Eric's somewhat unfaithful wife, who first tries JJ-180 and begins to experience extreme mental trauma. The near-future Earth (the inevitable time period for most PKD novels) is currently engaged in a war with the strange alien Reegs, with a tentative alliance formed with the mysterious 'Starmen. As Eric eventually takes the drug, and realizes that the 'Starmen are much more sinister and manipulative than they seem, the novel gets crazier and crazier, in part because of the series of time-fracturing hallucinations Sweetscent experiences under the influence of JJ-180.
We learn more about Gino Molinari, his constant deaths, and rebirths; versions of him are repeatedly snatched from parallel universes to replace the Earth leader as he dies over and over again. This is your typical crazy, drug-fueled, PKD novel, with a main, perfectly sane, character experiencing an insane degeneration of his world. This novel shouldn't be missed --it remains one of my favorite PKD works. By the way --for a particularly interesting Science Fiction idea, check out Virgil Ackerman's vacation place on Mars: Wash-35, a meticulously recreated version of Virgil's childhood home in Washington in the year 1935, in which robants masquerading as people stand in for his childhood friends. Virgil has created the ultimate nostalgia trip, and it's an incredibly interesting SF idea that only PKD could dream up!
Don't miss this novel --it's not one you should read if you've never read any PKD (this is in part due to its complexity), but if you have read a few of his novels --and are hungry for more-- make this one a priority. It's a book you won't be able to put down --I couldn't.
Fahrenheit 451:
"The books are to remind us what asses and fool we are. They're Caeser's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, "Remember, Caeser, thou art mortal." Most of us can't rush around, talking to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book. Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore."
"The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us."
"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over."
"If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet give him none. Let him forget there is such a thing as war. If the government is inefficient, topheavy, and tax-mad, better it be all those than that people worry over it. Peace, Montag. Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they fell stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change."
Fahrenheit 451 is often regarded as Ray Bradbury's masterpiece, and an incredibly important piece of "genre science fiction", AND a classic of speculative "serious literature". Fahrenheit 451 gives the reader a big dose of that typical, bleak, eerie Bradbury feel --you'll also get it from reading the first few stories of The Martian Chronicles, or any of his horror work.
Fahrenheit 451 is about a dystopian future in which television rules over, controls and pacifies the populace. In this grim future world, entire rooms are made specifically to accommodate wall-to-wall television screens. Sounds kind of familiar to the modern reader, no? In this TV-obsessed future, books are prohibited by law, and the main character, Guy Montag, is a fireman assigned to burn books. Montag begins to change when he meets a young girl named Clarisse, who soon dies, but has an impact of Montag for the rest of the novel.
As the novel progresses, Montag realizes that reading is not the terrible thing that it has been made out to be by his society, and so he begins to read in secret. Eventually, he runs away from his city to join a band of book-memorizers who live on the outskirts of the city, away from civilization. These people keep the books alive for future generations --each person becomes the book they study and memorize, in essence.
The whole idea of book-memorizers is very neat, in my opinion, and very trademark Bradbury. Several particularly interesting parts of this novel include Captain Beatty's explanations of why books must be banned: they have clashing philosophies and ideas and facts that they pass off as true, and one doesn't know what to think, he says, so they must all be eliminated for the sake of one, consistent reality. In addition, the scene in which Montag discovers the book-memorizers, and in which they explain what they do, is one of the most potent, interesting, and memorable scenes in all of science fiction. Although Fahrenheit 451 doesn't have quite the same raw, emotional connection with the reader as a dystopian novel like Nineteen Eighty-Four, it still remains a powerful, disturbingly accurate portrayal of a future in which books have decreased in significance and popularity, almost frighteningly so.
This is an eerie, though-provoking book whose message grows in strength to this day. And, while this novel is not a light, fun read by any means, any person who has ever wondered about the state of literature in our increasingly attention-deficit, technologically driven, mindless society has got to read this book. Its importance grows and its worst fears are confirmed with each passing day.


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The weeks before and after the Charlie Hebdo attack I was in Ecuador, the smallest oil producing member of OPEC, a country where the (largely nationalised) oil sector accounts for a sizeable proportion of all export earnings and represents about one-third of all tax revenues. Partly in a push to diversify the economy, the Ecuadorian government announced in 2013 that tourism was to become a key future industry in the drive towards sustainable economic development. The slogan 'All you need is Ecuador' that greets visitors throughout the country is testimony to the effort put into promoting tourism not only with words but with substantial government resources. In due course, 2013 became a successful year for Ecuador on the international travel awards circuit – the country won the prestigious World Travel Awards World's Leading Green Destination and was nominated in a number of additional categories.
And indeed, the government's strategy symbolized in its "Always friendly, always honest, always professional" campaign seems to be an unqualified success, a win-win situation for foreigners and locals alike. But when taking a closer look, a more complex picture emerges.
An important figure in the tourism industry is the local guide. Paulo (name changed) is a typical example of such a guide: He works 'freelance' as the vast majority do, 'as no travel operator wants to pay a monthly salary to any guide'. Travel operators are usually from Europe or the US or other countries belonging to the Global North. But Paulo is not simply called for guide duties, he in fact has to fully organise the tours he works on. The agency that passes work his way simply 'calls me, tells me the duration of the trip, the agenda', he says. He then has to organise transport, make box lunches, book accommodation – the whole logistics rest on his expertise. For his work he is paid comparatively little in relation to the cost of any tour – becoming a tour operator in Ecuador seems one of the fastest ways of becoming rich! Paulo and a few of his fellow guides have actually tried to set up their own agency a few years back. 'It was very hard and we failed' he remembers. 'Foreigners trust other foreigners more', thus they tend to arrange trips with a travel agent from their own nationality – and to break into that circle remains an uphill struggle. The more I think about Paulo, the more I wonder about the ethics of the Ecuadorian tourist industry and the almost neo-colonial relationships within it. And this brings me back to Charlie Hebdo. One of my colleagues has questioned in a recent blog about the attack and its aftermath whether 'our' societies are really civilised and sophisticated and those of the perpetrators are not, and whether we can really overlook how our societies organise themselves – and exploit others in the process I would add. We tend to conveniently forget the more often than not barbaric origins of our contemporary 'civilisation' and their enduring legacies.
Maybe a way out of those dilemmas is the figure of the international volunteer. In Ecuador there are many, busy with all sorts of activities, including in the tourist sector. These are mostly young (or not so young) enthusiasts who claim to really believe in solidarity and a better world, and in the process fail to realise the exploitative order of which they become an important part. There is for example the young couple that manages a (foreign-owned) hostel in a small mountain village, for no pay but at least free accommodation and food. From the profits of the hostel, a small percentage goes to the local community, they announce proudly. In that community, most children now go to school, including secondary school, but there is little to do in the village with those qualifications afterwards. Manager of a hostel could be a worthwhile career perspective – but the foreign owners 'who come once a week to collect the money' are not interested in providing meaningful local training and why should they, if there is a constant flow of volunteers who work without pay? Volunteering in such circumstances becomes another example of what Lilie Chouliaraki calls a post-humanitarian understanding of solidarity as irony, where charitable acts are ultimately conducted for one's own fulfilment, fun and enjoyment.
Of course there are also exceptions, (foreign) operators in the tourism industry who pay their staff well (and local operators who do not), there are those who have a genuine interest in advancing the local economy and contributing to sustainable economic development as was the government's plan in its drive to increase tourism. A fascinating example is the cooperation between a posada in Otavalo and the weaving workshop of Master weaver Miguel Andrango and his family, whose craft may not survive without international customers. It might also not do so with those who visit Otavalo – as prices for a beautiful peace of cloths that takes 15 days to produce cannot compete with the cheap imports now sold on the Otavalo tourist market. But there is some hope that a few of those who answer the call to visit Ecuador will recognise the value of local craftsmanship and – whether out of enjoyment or guilt or a combination of both – put their money where their mouth is.


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The Holy Father recently spoke of youth and hope in his Angelus address. He said, in part, (my translation of the Italian original):
In the present world economic and social crisis, I wish for a new year marked concretely by justice and peace, a year that brings relief to those who suffer, and especially that our youth with their enthusiasm and their idealistic effort, may offer a new hope to the world.
Yes, a new hope for the world.
Cardinal Di Nardo in his homily yesterday at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, during the Mass initiating today's Pro-life march in Washington, D.C., essentially made the same point at the beginning of his comments.
Our youth carry with them a renewed hope and commitment that portends well for our Church.
Hope shown is hope given. Faith shown is faith given. Love shown is love given.
Those we call our young are filled with that hope, that faith, that love. Let us look and see what they offer. Let us thank God for their gifts.


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Divorce can often be a very difficult process that can take a large amount of time to be completed. This extended period of time can make the divorce even harder for those involved because of the constant reminders of the occurrence. This can leave New Jersey couples with emotional pain and scars that could have been avoided if the process took a shorter period of time. However, one court system is now offering a service that could drastically shorten the time it takes to finalize a divorce.
One court system on the West Coast is now offering couples a one-day divorce. The day involves filing and serving the petition, meeting with a family law expert to go over the plan and the individuals signing the final papers. They can then appear in court the same day and, if the judge signs the papers, the couple can walk away unmarried.
However, this program is only for so called clean, simple divorces. The truth is that there are very few divorces without any issue or disputes present. Although some couples keep the divorce process amicable, this is mostly achieved with the help of mediators whose services are readily available. By optimizing such services, all disputes could be settled before litigation and long court procedures will be eliminated.
New Jersey couples who are contemplating divorce may benefit from considering future problems that may arise and may not be addressed in such quick divorces. Couples may have a better understanding of the legal processes relative to a divorce by obtaining the necessary knowledge. By using the available guidance, couples may be able to get through a divorce with a minimum of stress and anxiety.
Source: NBC San Diego, San Diego Superior Court to Offer 'One Day Divorce' Option, Monica Garske, March 1, 2014


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The Gospel Oak, Avington Park, (Hampage Wood), c.1910
A legend says that when Winchester Cathedral was being built, Bishop Walkelin being in need of timber asked William the Conqueror for the gift of as much timber as he could carry away from Hampage Wood in four days and nights. The king consented, and the bishop, having collected all the woodmen from the surrounding country, managed to clear the wood with the exception of the one tree under which St. Augustine was said to have preached. The hollow shell of a tree, kept together by iron bands and protected by an iron fence, still stands in the wood, and is known locally as Hampage or Gospel Oak