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With so many events coming up in regional NSW or just south of the border, it's a great time to head out into the Autumn-coloured landscape and explore the incredible range of entertainment on offer.
The Hunter Valley Steamfest will be showcasing hundreds of classic cars, and steam powered machines, while The National Folk Festival will gather hundreds of live acts over five days in Canberra. For those looking to explore the wonders of Australian music set in the outback, then White Cliffs Music Festival will be a weekend to remember.
Hunter Valley Steamfest
Featuring a vast array of antique machinery from all over Australia including traction and portable engines, the Hunter Valley Steamfest will be a weekend to remember for both young and old. As part of the event, Show 'N' Shine will feature over 400 cars ranging from Hot Rods to Muscle and eclectic vintage examples from last century.
Trains enthusiasts will be treated to the Locomotive 3526 and 3265 as well as a Red Rattler and Tin Hare, with a miniature train ride for the kids running throughout the day.
The day will also feature entertainment such as chainsaw wood carving a 'Steampunk' costume workshop and a portable Steam engine display. With over a hundred stalls offering food and crafts, there's something for everyone.
- Where: Maitland Station, Central Maitland.
- Getting there: For travel info showing additional trains and services click this link
- Cost:Pricing varies depending on group and packages. See website for details.
- Time: Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 April, 2019
- More info: https://www.steamfest.com.au/
National Folk Festival
Just across the border and taking place over the Easter Break is The National Folk Festival, the ultimate celebration of all things folk. With 20 venues ranging from large to intimate, hosting over 750 performances, you'll be treated to a range of knee tapping performances throughout the weekend. This event features musical styles and genres as diverse as acoustic, bluegrass, roots, blues, Celtic, country, world and gypsy. There will also be designated camping areas, if you'd like to stay on site.
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- Where: Exhibition Park, Canberra.
- Getting there: Head to info to book Trainlink services.
- Cost:Pricing varies depending on camping and day pass or package tickets. See website for details.
- Time: 18 – 22 April 2019
- More info:https://www.folkfestival.org.au/
White Cliffs Music Festival
Located at White Cliffs in the far West of NSW, and celebrating its 10 year anniversary the White Cliffs festival is a must for musicians, artists, and anyone who loves good music. With a range of workshops, and incredible performances, as well as art on display, you'll come away feeling inspired. It serves as an incredible showcase of Australian music with performances from Euripi, Nick Charles, Elvis AKA Royden Donohue, Chris Newman, The Jam Tarts, Pete Denehy and The Davidson Brothers. Experience the Australian outback with open fires and fantastic music, in an unforgettable weekend.
- Where: White Cliffs, NSW
- Getting there: Click here for travel info and NSW TrainLink bookings.
- Cost:Pricing varies depending on single concerts or packages. See website for details.
- Hours: 17th -19th May 2019. Hours vary on each day. Click here for more detail.
- More info: whitecliffsmusicfestival.com.au
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Your girlfriend is fortunate indeed to have found someone as sensitive as yourself who truly appreciates all she has managed to accomplish. You are correct not to try to parent her daughter at this point. There is too much that is unsettled between the mother and daughter.
I'm very concerned that your girlfriend allows herself to get into fights with her daughter. My guess is that it was just the two of them for so long that they developed more of a buddy relationship than a mother-daughter one. It's very common and not something your girlfriend needs to be ashamed of. But if she wants to normalize the relationship in such a way that there is room for you to co-parent, she will need to take the lead to stop the fighting. She also needs to be mindful of the impact her fights with her daughter are having on your young son.
I strongly urge the two of you to find a family therapist who specializes in teen issues. Putting a halt to one kind of relationship and starting a different one is hard work. The two of you need a third party to hear some concrete examples of what causes the fighting and disrespect and to offer some suggestions to your girlfriend about how to make changes. Your girlfriend needs to learn how to be less reactive to her daughter's provocations. You should go to appointments too because you need some pointers on how to support your girlfriend so she can do what needs to be done.
By the way: Nowhere is it written that parents need to fund higher education for someone who is disrespectful and unappreciative and who doesn't pull her weight in the household. A college education is a gift and a privilege, not a right. As tempting as it may seem to get her out of the house and off to school, maybe you and your girlfriend should consider whether she is mature enough to be in college. It may do her good to work for a year and to gain a better appreciation for how hard her mom has had to work to provide so much for her.
If it would be too difficult to have her living at home, consider a "gap year" experience like City Year. That would give her some good experience in the real world and would add to her resume. Take a look at http://usagapyearfairs.org
I'm not for a moment suggesting holding off on college as "revenge" or a punishment. Telling her to wait shouldn't be grounded in anger but instead be a wise parenting decision. She has some growing up to do before she is ready to take full advantage of the tremendous gift of an education.
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Updated: September 05, 2019 08:29 AM
The Minnesota Supreme Court says parents who defame their children's public high school coaches don't have legal protection against their claims.
The high court ruled Wednesday the coaches are not public officials so they have a lower bar to prove any defamation case.
The decision reportedly involves former Woodbury High School girls' basketball coach Nathan McGuire. Two parents allegedly complained to state education officials that McGuire was mistreating his players and one said he had been in jail and that he was stealing funds.
McGuire filed a defamation lawsuit against the parents, which a district court dismissed on grounds that he, as a coach, was a public official and failed to prove the parents recklessly made a false report.
An appeals court upheld the lower court, but the Supreme Court reversed the decision.
"This ruling will do more to protect coaches from malicious, baseless attacks than any level of legislation ever could," Carl Pierson, executive director of the Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association, said in a statement. "Minnesota coaches now have a means of not only defending themselves against false accusations, but they have the ability to engage in litigation against those that made the deliberately false and damaging allegations. This is absolutely a 'game changer' for our coaches."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Updated: September 05, 2019 08:29 AM
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By Alice Cary
I am weary of the working,
Weary of the long day's heat;
To thy comfortable bosom,
Wilt thou take me, spirit sweet?
Weary of the long, blind struggle
For a pathway bright and high,—
Weary of the dimly dying
Hopes that never quite all die.
Weary searching a bad cipher
For a good that must be meant;
Discontent with being weary,—
Weary with my discontent.
I am weary of the trusting
Where my trusts but torments prove;
Wilt thou keep faith with me? wilt thou
Be my true and tender love?
I am weary drifting, driving
Like a helmless bark at sea;
Kindly, comfortable spirit,
Wilt thou give thyself to me?
Give thy birds to sing me sonnets?
Give thy winds my cheeks to kiss?
And thy mossy rocks to stand for
The memorials of our bliss?
I in reverence will hold thee,
Never vexed with jealous ills,
Though thy wild and wimpling waters
Wind about a thousand hills.
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Which national park is in this image?
Channel Islands was established in 1980 and is off of the southern coast of California. The islands included are Anacapa, Santa Barbara, San Miguel, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa.
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President Ulysses S. Grant signed the legislation that established Yellowstone as the first U.S. national park in 1872. Many national parks have since been established, to protect and conserve scenic natural and historic areas across the country. How many of these national parks can you name from an image? It might be harder than you think!
Channel Islands was established in 1980 and is off of the southern coast of California. The islands included are Anacapa, Santa Barbara, San Miguel, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa.
Dry Tortugas has a popular diving spot at Loggerhead Reef, where there's a sunken ship that was built in 1875. Dry Tortugas Park includes multiple reefs and seven islands.
Kings Canyon National Park is next to Sequoia National Park in California. Redwood Canyon has the largest grove of Sequoia trees in the world, and along with Grant Grove is a popular spot for visitors. The famed naturalist, John Muir, called Kings Canyon "a rival to the Yosemite."
This park is located in southern Utah and was established in 1928. Popular activities are: hiking, winter skiing, winter sleigh rides, horse back riding and biking.
Death Valley was introduced as a national park in California in 1994. Death Valley is known for its sweltering hot temperatures; the hottest recorded temperature was 134 degreed Fahrenheit in 1913.
This park is located in south central Kentucky and is home to a gigantic system of underground caves. Slaves were among the first guides of the caves in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Congaree is a floodplain that is home to river otters, deer, woodpeckers, owls and bobcats. There are floods ten times a year in this area!
This park is on the coast of Maine and was first called Lafayette National Park in 1919. In 1929, it was named Acadia; it is said that this name comes from an Italian explorer who admired the area, because he was reminded of Arcadia in Greece.
Spanish explorers thought the rock formations at Mesa Verde looked like tables, and since there was greenery on the formations they named the area "Mesa Verde." This park is known for its Puebloan cliff dwellings, which hosts the Long House, a cliff dwelling where tours are held. This park was established in 1906.
Archeologists found proof of multiple different cultural groups living here ten thousand years ago. It is considered one of the most vital excavation and archeological spots in the Arctic. Woolly mammoths were once here.
Crater Lake, located in the Cascade Mountains, was formed when Mount Mazama collapsed. The lake is the deepest of all lakes in the U.S., and the seventh deepest in the world!
Mount Rainier National Park was established in 1899 and is located southeast of Seattle. It last erupted in 1894, and is 14,411 feet in elevation.
This park was established in 1964 and is over 300,000 acres. The Green and Colorado Rivers come together here. The rivers make three divisions in the park; Island in the Sky, the Needles, and the Maze are the names of the three divisions.
People living in the ice age trekked here, making this park a popular historical site in addition to a popular winter sports site. The first group to summit the North Peak was in 1910; Denali is over 20,000 feet in elevation.
Established in 2004, this park hosts the highest sand dunes in North America. Some of the dunes are 750 feet tall! The Sangre de Cristo Range is also a spectacular site.
American Samoa National Park is 13,500 acres, with almost a third of that being marine acreage. Samoa means "sacred earth." Most of the islands have people living on them, but Rose Atoll is uninhabited.
This park consists of 90 valleys and was named "Great Basin" in the 1800s. In addition to the numerous valleys, this name is also fitting because the rivers here do not flow out to the ocean; rather, they flow inland.
Hot Springs National Park is the smallest of all U.S. national parks, being only 5,550 acres. Due to the water's healing powers, many visitors come here seek rejuvenation. Professional baseball teams also take trips here for this reason.
Brandywine Falls are a popular site in this park, which is a large waterfall in the east area of the park. Woodchucks, beavers and heron live here, as well as all different kinds of birds.
Many endangered species live here, such as crocodiles and panthers. There is a 99-mile water trail that boaters, kayakers and canoers can use to get around.
Over the past 70 million years, molten rock has built these volcanic islands. This park is on Hawaii Island and shows Mauna Loa and Kilauea, two active volcanoes.
This park offers diverse terrain - the Rio Grande, the Chisos Mountains and the Chihuahuan Desert are all here. The Rio Grande has created canyons, while the mountains have pine trees and bears, and the desert, being 20 degrees warmer than the mountains, hosts cacti and yuccas.
Lassen erupted over 150 times in 1914 through 1915. In mid 1915, a final eruption happened and the mountain top exploded off, and in the year and a half following there were still eruptions of tephra, ash and steam.
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park crosses the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, and is over a half million acres. One interesting feature of the park is Cades Cove, a historical farming community.
The Mulchatna, Chilikadrotna, and Tlikakila rivers all flow through this park. This park is extremely diverse in that it hosts forest, glaciers, tundra, and all sorts of animals.
In the Chihuahuan Desert, this park hosts an underground world of caves made four to six million years ago. There are more than 100 caves open mostly to specialists, with other ones open to any visitors.
This park was established in 1968 in northern Washington. A variety of wildlife lives here, including wolves, bears, and hundreds of different species of birds.
This park is on the island of Maui and was established in 1916. The road to the top is very steep, going up just over 10,000 feet in elevation in only 38 miles.
Conifers are the main tree that the petrified wood is from in this national park. The area is over 200 million years old, which may be why the park hosts so many visitors each year.
Although national park visitors go to most other parks for part of a day, visitors to Isle Royale stay, on average, three and a half days. Isle Royale is an island, and 45 miles long. Visitors take a boat to get here, and once they get dropped off, are on their own to survive!
This park is in Utah, north of Moab. It was established in 1929, and has over 2,000 arches.
Pinnacles is the newest national park, being established in 2013. It is located in west-central California, and is popular for hikers and rock climbers to visit. There is no road going through it, just two entrances on the outside.
Rising above the Chihuahuan Desert, this park is known for its Salt Basin Dunes. It was established in 1972 and is over 86,000 acres.
Kenai Fjords National Park is on the Kenai peninsula in southern Alaska. Sea otters, sea lions and black bears can all be seen here, as well as the large Exit Glacier.
This park is located on Washington's peninsula and is known for its large temperate rainforest. Because this park gets over 12 feet of rain each year, the park is green and lush.
This park is known for Waterpocket Fold, a monocline. In all the monoclines of the continent of North America, Waterpocket Fold is one of the largest. It gives the park domes, canyons, and cliffs.
The Grand Canyon is considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world, being 277 miles long and 18 miles across at the longest point in its gap. It is 6,000 feet deep, with the Colorado River running through it at the bottom.
Many films have been shot here, such as "Jurassic Park II" and "Star Wars." There are three "drive-thru trees" that visitors can drive their car through, since these trees can be up to 20 feet wide.
The Sioux Native Americans originally lived on this land. It's 244,000 acres; the hiking and biking trails make it easier for visitors to see the sites.
Trail Ridge Road and Old Fall River Road are popular roads that allow visitors to see rivers and aspen trees. This park is located in northern Colorado and was founded in 1915. Longs Peak is the tallest point in the park.
This park is so large; it is about the size of the state of Connecticut! Because it is so remote, most visitors travel here by boat.
Saguaro National Park is in southern Arizona and is on both sides of Tucson. The Hohokam people lived here, an ancient people who left petroglyphs.
Visitors can see eagles, deer and elk here. The Gunnison River runs through its canyon, which has walls that are over 2,700 feet tall.
Katmai National Park is on a peninsula in southern Alaska and has approximately 2,000 brown bears that it protects. There are also at least 14 active volcanoes to view, and opportunities for hiking, kayaking and canoeing.
This park is located in northwest Wyoming and hosts the Teton Mountain Range. It also has Jackson Hole Valley and the Snake River.
Shenandoah National Park is almost 200,000 acres, and had settlers residing in it for over a century before it was made into a park. When the park was established in 1935, the government converted a large amount of private land to a national park.
There are almost 800 lakes in Glacier National Park, with many of them being unnamed. There are 175 named mountains and 25 named glaciers, with the largest being .7 square miles.
Joshua Tree National Park is a rock climber's paradise as there are 8,000 rock climbing trails here. The park is named after the Joshua Tree, a tree that looks twisted and is full of bristles.
This park has coral reefs and islands, as well as dolphins and pelicans. There are also many dive sites here, most of them near shipwrecks.
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TORCHE/ NOTHING/ WRONG- Mohawk Place, Buffalo, 3.23.15
First off, I'm stoked to see that the legendary Mohawk Place in Buffalo is open for business again. They were out of commission for a year or two there, but are back to booking quality shows once again. It's a great spot to see a show where you expect a couple hundred people. If it gets to capacity it can be a bit of a tight fit, and there's literally nothing of interest whatsoever surrounding it in Buffalo's oft-desolate downtown. Minor gripes aside, it's one of my favorite places to see bands in my old stomping grounds of Western New York.
I was in a big hurry to get up in town seeing as I worked until 5 and doors were at 7 and it was a two hour drive from Syracuse. There was no way in hell I was going to miss Wrong. They are easily my favorite new band to emerge in quite some time and I wanted to see how they played live, to see if it equaled the crushing power displayed on their EP. My team and I got in and simply assumed they would start bands no later than 8 or 8:30. Yet for some reason the sound guy didn't do jack shit until almost 9PM. And then he had to switch out a bunch of non-functioning cables. One would think that is something to check off the 'to-do' list before the bands even show up- make sure your shit works. This may sound like the crankypants whining of an old codger, but keep in mind it was a Monday, everyone I rolled up with just worked a full day and we all had to go back to work again the next morning, and had a two hour drive back home. So yeah, get on with the fucking show.
So finally Wrong get on the stage. They open with "Call It", the heaviest, dirg-iest song on the "Stop Giving" record and it all sounds monstrous. Not one neck in the whole joint would go home un-sore tonight. Not only did the band play flawlessly, but viciously, loudly, dirty, and hard as a wrecking ball through a brick tower. They had a touring lineup going, with the two main songwriters on guitar, Rick from Torche filling in on drums, and a bassist who had all the energy of an '88 Youth Of Today show decked out in heavy metal garb. I'm wondering if the real lineup of the band has this much energy and fun? To top it off, most of the material they played was from a nearly-finished full length due out some time later this year. If what they played is any indication of what's to come I think I already know what my favorite record of the year will be. Early Helmet fans rejoice, as this is clearly the second coming in the most legit way possible.
Nothing got on next. I saw this band in their hometown of Philly last Summer and maybe it was the room they played (the ever-awesome First Unitarian), but it wasn't doing them any favors then because the sound was muddy, muffled, and weird. Tonight proved different. I think the band does better in a smaller space such as this because things came out more clear. At times they crushed it, and at others I wasn't feeling it. But that bass tone was incredibly present and at the front at all times, no matter where I was standing. It definitely added some 'oomph' to the band as I enjoy what they do (doped-up stony shoegaze with heavy nods to 90's alt-rock), but am not really swayed by the overwhelming hype heaped upon them. They're good, but not the best.
I never thought I'd wish for Torche to play a shorter set, only because it was getting late and old guys need sleep. But they didn't go on until after 11 and didn't finish until well after midnight. Even they seemed a little bored by their own performance halfway through. Having seen them probably a dozen times they tend to open strong, get a little dull in the middle, and then absolutely slay it at the end. This was no different. They opened with a pair of incredible cuts from "Meandrathal", and then broke into a few of the more poppy hits they are known for. Then came the obligatory bum rush of "In Return" (which, even if they get sick of playing it, they pretty much have to play at every show for the rest of their lives because it's just that good of a song), followed by what felt like too many songs off the somewhat lacking "Harmonicraft". I know a lot of people prefer to see a band with a thick catalog just play the stuff they know from the past, but honestly, I dig the new Torche album so much I just wanted to see them play a ton of stuff off of that. And they got to it. And it all sounded great in the live setting. But as I began to nod off a bit they went and switched guitars and I knew it was all over from there. "Barrier Hammer", "March Of the Brown Recluse", "Undone", bomb strings galore, eardrums sizzled, chests caved in from the boom. You know the deal. No "Tarpit Carnivore", but hey, "Barrier Hammer" is the new "Tarpit" so get into it.
We all promptly broke out right after that last note, stopped just in time to get some Mighty Taco (because none of us had eaten for at least 8 hours) right before they closed, and got the fuck out of dodge. I talked Adam up the entire way back, somehow not delirious from lack of sleep, and got back to Syracuse sometime after 3AM. And as soon as I walked in my door, and knew I had to be up in 4 hours or so for work, it hit me just how tired I was and I quickly hit the sack, comforted in my ringing ears and stiff neck.


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Friday, June 22, 2018
To Kill a Horse
As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
As the Lame Cherry has noted, history has never chosen to show the grimmest nature of war in the horses and mules, which should never have entered into modern warfare, and yet in World War II, animals were a fundamental part of Soviet and German transpiration, with Stalin still deploying the Cossacks in one of thee most asstard of wastes of life.
The German Soldiers were forced to defend themselves against unarmed human waves, women, children and horses. It violated all sensibilities of civilized warfare, and yet that is the abuse the Landser had to deal with.
The following is a memoir of an Austrian Landser named Joseph Allerberger. The communists were pushing the Germans very hard in retreat, and the German infantry had been pinned down in a burned out farm all night suffering attacks from Cossacks, or horse soldiers, who had no place on the battlefield.
The information which this Obergfreiter provides though is something to not be lost on history, because as a Marksman in dealing with Russian supply trains, he literally knew how to kill horses with effect. If the Marksman wanted to drop a horse in it's tracks, usually pinning the rider, the shot was the breastbone. If it was a cavalry unit, the shot was the kidney or gut, as the horse would then buck to dislodge the rider.
That is something which always befuddled me in reading of the Indian Terror wars in America, in the US Army never seemed to shoot the bigger target of the Indian horses, but wasted ammo on the lithe Indians. Shoot the horse and your ability to shoot the warrior increases 500 fold. Shoot the horse and your odds at hitting the target increases 12 fold, compared to that of a human.
In this attack, Marksman Allerberger's duty was to kill the horses, thereby leaving the Cossacks to be shot by the Landsders he was protecting. The worst of it always arose though in Allerberger was making a breastbone shot and at the instant he pulled the trigger, the horse jumped over a corpse, so the bullet opened the gut like a fillet knife. The horse literally was pulling it's intestines out with it's back legs as it ran.
It his horrifying to do this kind of work to survive, and horrid to have an animal looking at you bewildered and suffering. Especially since horses actually do love combat and their blood gets up in battle.
The Marksman though in the next shot killed the horse with a bullet to the brain, ending it's suffering, and the Landsers followed in killing the Cossack.
Allerberger was always on the verge of insanity in horrific situations like this, as the humanity comes out in your screaming inside in "Why are these innocent animals here and I am being made to kill them".
The horror of this battle was not yet over though as the Cossack forced themselves into the German lines were hand to hand combat was engaged with in bayonets and shovels. It was not the hand to hand, but the sounds of howling. The communists in support of their cavalry had opened up with rocket launchers, but the rockets blew up the horses instead. It was a macabre scene of bits of horses, bits of humans and bits of earth all in piles. The German artillery in thunderous resonance opened up in support too. Neither side knew for certain where the other was in this battle and in the end it was the horses which were obliterated.
Humans are their own animal to live or die, but mules and horses have been gladly replaced by engines in modern warfare. It is a testimony to history though in Custer's 7th Cavalry spearing Indian horses which sabers to the chest to Landsers shooting Cossack ponies, that animals do not belong in warfare as they may enjoy it, but they are saddest of all of the consequences.
Nuff Said
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We are delighted to have some robotic visitors to our school also. The children are learning how to program Bee-Bots and use them to undertake geographic and mathematical challenges. Thanks to the pupils in Fifth Class who are doing an amazing job at explaining what to do at the stations.
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The Color Purple: Literary Analaysis
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"A man shall not be judged by the color of their skin by the content of their character," Martin Luther King Jr once said. But does this logic always apply in the real world? In many societies, there seems to be a shift of roles based not fully on character and quality but on gender, race and class. The community tends to assign positions, drawing itself onto the denial of roles to the odds.
Alice Walker, in her book "The Color Purple" brings the readers to the realization of this fact of life, as she describes the life and emotions of a typical black woman, in such a society, seeking happiness and achievement.Racism and discrimination may be long gone but their principles have a lasting effect on the society. Walker vividly demonstrates that most times, there are things one cannot do because he/she is black skinned and there are also things one cannot do because she is female. And, worst of all, there is almost nothing one can do because she is black skinned and a female. "You black, you pore, you ugly, you a woman. Goddam, he say, you nothing at all," and thats exactly who Celie was seen as (370). There is no place for women such as Celie to do what they want, in such societies.
Black people are expected to live to the expectations of white people and women are expected to live to the expectations of men, and no more than that. These traits of discrimination not only occurred among "white" people but among black people as well. Sexism in Africa was at its extreme as "the Olinka do not believe girls should be educated" (560).
women were abused by men and seen just as a tool used everyday for pleasure; they were a source of entertainment to men but not to themselves. Men see women as slaves obliged to do what they please as they say, "women work, I am a man" (44).Stepping into the issue of races, Alice Walker describes the ill treatment of black people by white ones. White people then seemed to be filled with a superiority complex and blacks seemed to be filled with inferiority. Alice Walker tries to express her theme of equality, there being no superiority or inferiority. She believes the whites should not be superior and the blacks should not be inferior; the wrong is on both sides. Why is it that "only white people can ride in the beds and use the restaurant .
.. nd they have different toilets from colored" (236)? In these kind of societies, some white people are disgusted to stay with "some strange colored man" (188). These extreme cases of discrimination destroys the society, hiding the talents of the talented and the knowledge of the knowledgeable. In the story, Alice Walker describes a protagonist who, despite the assumptions or the stereotypes of the society, faces her life with confidence as she awaits the fulfillment of hopes of the real her – the hopes which the society had blinded her of in its ways.
She denies the society's roles and this eventually leads her to self-improvement happiness and accomplishments. The reader sees in the story that although she was hopeless and had nothing to dream, through a series of events and with the motivation of others around her, learned to achieve her dreams and stand to her rights. Celie saw herself as a black woman, but not as the society sees it. She saw herself as a person just the same as every other person in the planet.From the emotions and reactions of Celie, the reader can realize that she has been through many situations of the worst levels and is ready to face life as it comes when she says, "I know white people never listen to people like me, period" (348). She seemed to admit that she is just a piece of unwanted and useless piece of junk.
Her life never showed her any reason why she should be worth what she was actually worth. Celie had never experienced true love even from her mother or her father but only from her dearest sister.As she goes through her usual sufferings of life, she comes across some people who begin to understand her feelings. Shug Avery and other women of love, try to show her the real world and how much the society had blinded her. Celie's realization that "women do need a little fun, once in a while," leads to her denial and refutation of the roles that the society places on gender, race and class. She begins to model her life to her dreams, and no longer to the way the society expects it.
She follows her passion and helps others to come out the same way.Alice Walker convinces the readers that life is not about pleasing the society and those in authority, but about pleasing oneself. This principle followed in her book, eventually leads Celie to a sense of self-accomplishment and happiness.
Through her understanding that "if yellow is a name, black is the same," Celie finally feels just like every other person- free to satisfy herself, being restrained no more by anybody else. She stood firm, wi th her God for help, in the paths she believed was right. In "the Color Purple," Alice Walker describes the life of a typical lack woman as she struggles in the society that clearly expresses their hatred for such race and gender. Societies seem to favor the "better" race and gender, having no concern, whatsoever for the odd ones out, leaving them to a rotten life and destroying their destiny.
How would people in such conditions ever achieve true happiness or self satisfaction? It is indeed very hard for the odd gender or race to even figure out the meaning of life or try to live it in full. Works Cited Walker, Alice. The Color Purple: A Novel. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. Print.


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I have seen a lot of different methods/recipes for these on Pinterest and made my version of them this morning for "the boys" for breakfast! They both ate 3 a piece, with some Canadian back bacon, so I would have to say they were a hit!
Here is what I started out with.
In a large bowl I mixed together the hash browns, melted margarine, salt, pepper and garlic powder.
Once this was well mixed I pressed it into my muffin tin cups using a spoon and then just my fingers with a little bit of cooking spray on them. I baked this for 25 minutes at 400 degrees.
While that was cooking I mixed up 7 eggs with about a 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese, chopped up my green onions and added that to another bowl with chopped ham and some crumbled cooked bacon. Then I grated some old cheese.
When the 25 minutes were up, I removed the muffin tin from the oven, sprinkled the onion mixture into the bottom of the hash brown cups, put a little bit of the grated cheese on that, poured the egg mixture evenly into each cup and then sprinkled it with a bit more of the cheese.
I baked this for another 25 minutes, still at 400 and this is what came out of the oven!
Hash Brown "Cupcakes"
Preparation Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 50 – 60 minutes Servings: 12
- 1 package shredded potatoes
- 1 Cup grated old cheddar, divided
- 1/2 cup melted butter/margarine
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
- 1/2 cup chopped green onion
- 1/2 cup chopped cooked ham
- 1/2 cup crumbled cooked bacon
- salt and pepper to taste
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Generously grease muffin tin cups.
- In a large bowl, mix together the hash browns, melted margarine, salt and pepper until well combined.
- Press hash brown mixture into muffin tin cups, covering the bottom and up the sides.
- Bake these at 400 degrees for 25 – 30 minutes, until starting to brown and crisp.
- Mix together the 7 eggs and parmesan in a large measuring cup, set aside.
- Mix together the onions, ham and bacon in another bowl, set aside.
- When hash brown cups are finished baking sprinkle first the onion mixture, then half of the cheese into the cups.
- Pour egg mixture over ham, bacon, onions and cheese in the hash brown cups.
- Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
- Bake for another 25 – 30 minutes.
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Tour Highlights
We depart Kununurra in a light aircraft to follow the trail of the dreamtime Barramundi (the "Jaliwang" to the local Miriuwung people). Ted Hall tells his mother's enchanting story of the Jaliwang as it evaded fish traps set on the Ord River, carving its way south, and creating the Dunham River as we know it today. En route we survey the vast Sandalwood plantations at Kingston's Rest, the awesome Ragged Ranges and of course the Argyle Diamond's pit and mine-site at Matso Range, where the Jaliwang came to rest.
After 40 minutes in the air we set down at Argyle Diamond Mine where you are welcomed with a traditional "Muntha", a ceremony to ensure safe passage through this land at the world renowned Argyle Diamond Mine in its last year of operation. The Luridgii Tours bus will pick you up and your iconic tour will commence, firstly we climb the tailings wall to the lookout over the processing plant, while the Luridgii guide tells of the geological formation and eventual discovery of diamonds on their country, of the sorrow at the desecration of an important sacred site, but also happily of the opportunities and partnerships that have benefited his people. We next take a close-up inspection of the processing plant, and the ingenious technology used to extract these precious gems. The Luridgii guide will take you to visit the mine gallery to view some of largest diamonds ever extracted and the mine-site village where we have buffet lunch and refreshments served at the miner's mess lookout, and the gallery as well as the shop and yes you can buy a diamond directly from the mine.
Our coach then heads out to Smoke Creek and the headwaters of Lake Argyle where your vessel awaits. Hosted by Lake Argyle Cruises, the late afternoon and sunset cruise across the full length of Lake Argyle offers unique opportunities for bird-watching and photographing the rich red escarpments and islands, you will learn of the ancient and modern history of this extraordinary man-made lake. There is also, an opportunity to swim in the cool Clear waters have a glass or two of sparkling Wine Or beer, with nibbles. On arrival at the Argyle Village marina we board our coach for the Transfer back to your accommodation in Kununurra. After an extraordinary day on land, on water and in the air-filled with unique insights we will have you back home at around 7:00pm.
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D.C. health exchange launches doctor directory, Spanish version
The DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority (HBX) announced the launch of the DC Health Link Universal Doctor Directory 1.0, and the introduction of a Spanish Language Beta version on DCHealthLink.com.
According to the District government agency in charge of the Affordable Care Act-mandated exchange, DC Health Link's Universal Doctor Directory makes it possible for customers to easily search for doctors – in English and Spanish – by name, location, specialty, and determine which qualified health plans (QHPs) those doctors accept.
"Our customers need accurate information about doctors participating in different health plans," said Mila Kofman, J.D., Executive Director of the DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority. "Doctor information is as critical as how much people pay for coverage. It is important information that people use to make a decision when shopping for a health plan or using their health coverage. We are pleased to offer a universal doctor directory tool to our customers."
DC Health Link's Universal Doctor Directory is powered by Consumers' CHECKBOOK and allows customers to search all individual and family DC Health Link plans to find the health plans in which their doctor participates. Additionally, the directory helps customers who are looking for a doctor. To search, a customer simply goes to DC Health Link's Universal Doctor Directory, enters their zip code, a doctor's last name or specialty, and instantly they will see a list of doctors and the insurance plans they accept. Additional filters are available for customers to further narrow their searches.
The Universal Doctor Directory is a consumer-friendly tool that enables customers to search one directory with all doctors and health plan information. Before the Universal Doctor Directory, a consumer had to use directories on the health plans' websites to find a doctor. Importantly, the new doctor directory is one of several steps HBX has taken to improve information available on-line about participating doctors. HBX requested its Standing Advisory Board to review health insurance carrier directories. Using a "secret shopper" approach, Board members identified several problems with health insurance carrier directories including incorrect and disconnected phone numbers, listings of doctors who were retired or no longer practicing in the area, and incorrect information about a doctor's practice area. Earlier this year, HBX's Executive Board adopted the recommendations from the Insurance Market Committee, which used these findings and advice from members of the Standing Advisory Board to add new consumer protection standards for QHP certification to improve the accuracy of plan provider directories.
The Universal Doctor Directory relies on health plan data as well as other data sources for information about doctors. During Beta testing earlier this year, health plans and consumers identified information to be corrected. Corrections were made to the Universal Directory for its release 1.0. Consumers' CHECKBOOK also provides monthly reports of inconsistent or incorrect information to the health plans and to HBX for follow up with health plans. This new approach will provide more accurate information to DC Health Link customers and will help improve some of the information in the carriers' own directories.


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Jess and Nathan met through motorbiking friends, but it wasn't love at first sight for this couple! They took their time and became friends first, even though Jess admits she found Nathan good-looking from the start. After a while, those friendly feelings developed into something deeper, as they tend to do, and these two Scorpios ended up love.
After dating for some time Nathan suggested they go on a picnic at the Gold Coast one weekend. Jess thought he was trying to cheer her up because she was having a hard time at work. "It turns out Nathan had organised for our best friends to set up a beautiful picnic at Froggie's Beach and that is where he proposed. It was such a surprise!" said Jess.
Being a super-organised executive assistant, Jess had seen Gabbinbar Homestead on Instagram years before her engagement and knew it would be in the wedding venue mix. "I had seen beautiful pics of Gabbinbar on Instagram and we came up from Brisbane for a viewing and Nathan got on board immediately," she said. "It rained on our first viewing and then we came back for another viewing, and it rained even more torrentially the second time, but that didn't stop us! We love the outdoors and I'm the sort of person who loves salty sea air and fresh-cut grass and being under big old trees in nature. What I loved was that Gabbinbar had a wet weather plan where we could still have the outdoor wedding we wanted without stressing."
On the wedding day, Jess and Nathan woke up to the famous Toowoomba fog and thought that the weather was going to get them again. "I looked outside my hotel room where the day before I could see for miles and all I could see was fog," Jess said. "But it parted around 9am and we had perfect weather for the rest of the day!"
The classic wedding had an elegant and minimalistic theme, with the bridesmaids in white, and the flowers and table settings in green and white, with a hint of pink. "We wanted our wedding to be simple and timeless," Jess explained. "The plan was to look back on it in 20-30 years and still love it all."
The highlight was the speeches. Jess' father passed away four years ago and her mum gave an incredibly sentimental speech. "I was just focusing on listening, but I was told after that there wasn't a dry eye in the house," Jess recalls. "My step-brother and sister followed up with a fun and hilarious speech that got everyone laughing and brought the mood up again and ready to celebrate. It was perfect." Then everyone hit the dance floor and the rest was history.
Looking back on such a wonderful event, Jess's advice to people planning their weddings is simple: don't get hung up on all the details. "No matter the decision about the car and centerpieces and food choices, it will all be fine," Jess said. "I was worried about lots of things beforehand and it was all fine. "Our wedding was the best day ever and one of my happiest moments; it was just so much fun. If anything, it wasn't long enough!"
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Bridesmaid's Dresses: A&N Luxe Label
Groom & Groomsmen: MJ Bale
Cake: Fig & Coconut
Flowers: The Luxe Bloom
Let's rewind to 2015 where it all began, Eloise and Isaac met whilst ice skating in Brisbane. Ok, we'll let Eloise tell the story, "I met a really nice boy called Isaac. He spoke to me for about 20 seconds and in that time, I learnt three things; he was very handsome, single, and was a 'farmer kid' from Gatton. This appealed to me greatly, particularly because I've watched every season of Farmer Wants a Wife and always dreamt of ending up with a farmer." Two weeks later, Eloise and Isaac had their first date and that was the beginning of their forever.Read more →
James and Lucinda's story started in Darwin; he was a pilot and she was a nurse. They lived next door to each other but they had never met. That was until their housemates played cupid and provided the important common link, introducing James and Lucinda at a local house party. And the rest, as they say, is history.Read more →


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Ginobili expects return to bench role
SAN ANTONIO — It took six quarters, but Spurs guard Manu Ginobili is back to being a Sixth Man of the Year candidate.
After notching starts in consecutive regular-season games for the first time since the beginning of the 2011-12 campaign, Ginobili returned to the bench to open the second half of Wednesday's 109-105 victory over Utah.
"It took me a half," Ginobili said with a chuckle. "The second half, I already went back to being a backup, so I don't see a long tenure for the starting job."
With Ginobili coming off a hamstring issue, coach Gregg Popovich opted to start him to keep the guard's hamstring from stiffening up early.
No formal determination has been made as to how the Spurs will open Friday night's marquee matchup with Portland. Ginobili, for one, is betting Marco Belinelli gets the starting call as he did in the second half against the Jazz.
"I haven't talked to Pop, but watching the second half, I have to think it's going to go back to normal," Ginobili said.
There was a time when bringing Ginobili off the bench seemed scandalous. In time, he says he has come to prefer it.
Ginobili is averaging 12.6 points and 4.6 assists in 36 games this season and has been the catalyst for the NBA's highest-scoring reserve unit.
"I'm just more used to playing with the second unit, playing at a different pace," Ginobili said. "Not that I don't like starting, don't get me wrong. But I feel very comfortable in that job."
Rehab no fun for Green: With a soft cast on his fractured left hand, guard Danny Green is struggling with the most mundane tasks these days.
Like tying his shoes.
Green is out until at least the All-Star break after injuring his non-shooting hand Sunday against Minnesota.
Unable to do any basketball activities, Green's rehab has so far focused on conditioning.
"Anything with legs — a lot of running, treadmill," Green said. "That will probably be the worst part of being injured."
Idolizing: Forward Jeff Ayres has found playing on the same team as one of his basketball idols, Tim Duncan, to be distracting.
"It's tough for me sometimes just to approach work everyday like a professional and not be such a fan of his," said Ayres, in his first season with the Spurs. "Every now and then, he pulls me to the side to talk to me, I catch myself getting a little star struck: 'Holy cow, I'm talking to Tim Duncan.'"
Sizzling shooting: The Spurs have shot at least 50 percent in five consecutive games. If they can do it again against Portland, it would mark the team's longest such streak since 1992-93.
That squad made at least half its shots in 13 straight games from Jan. 14 to Feb. 11, 1993.


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'Until mid-2009 I worked on behalf of ARV Group on many improvement programs at plants in the Netherlands and abroad.'
These days Wim works as interim manager and manufacturing consultant in the foodstuffs and process industry. He has meanwhile expanded his expertise and field of operations to include behavioral and organizational development.
Wim studied chemical technology at Delft, followed by a two-year design course for the process industry. He started work at AkzoNobel as project leader in the central process development department, specialized in membrane separation. After this he transferred to AkzoNobel's department of in-house manufacturing consultancy, which implemented improvements worldwide in capacity, quality and productivity at all of the concern's chemicals, fibers, coatings and pharmaceutical sites.


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Cinnabon-Ish Cinnamon Rolls (Gluten-Free)
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup white sugar
2/3 cup skim milk, warmed
1 tablespoon yeast
1 large egg
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup potato starch
3/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup millet flour (or rice or brown rice or oat)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/3 cup butter, softened
8 tablespoons butter, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
Dissolve the yeast in large mixing bowl with warmed milk. Let bubble for a few minutes.
Add sugar, butter, oil, and vanilla to milk/yeast mixture. Stir to combine.
Add egg and combine thoroughly.
Sift together salt, potato starch, cornstarch, millet flour, baking soda, baking powder, and xanthan gum.
Slowly add flour mixture to mixing bowl. Stir until well combined. If the dough appears too sticky/wet, add more flour as necessary.
Remove dough from mixing bowl and place in a greased container and put in a warm place to rise for 45-60 minutes. The dough will be extremely sticky, do not worry, this is normal.
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Roll dough to 1/4″ thick 13 x 13 square between 2 pieces of well floured parchment paper.
Remove top sheet of paper from rolled dough and spread softened butter on top of dough.
Combine brown sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over buttered dough surface. Leave a 2″ strip of dough uncovered at one end of square. Some reviewers have commented that there is too much filling, if so, don't use it all ;).
Using bottom sheet of parchment paper has an aid, roll the dough into a log. Start at the end opposite of that which you left uncovered.
Carefully cut into 8 equal pieces using a serrated knife. Place rolls in a greased baking dish, leaving about half an inch between rolls to allow for expansion. Put any remaining cinnamon/sugar mixture in the bottom of the dish.
At this point you can either bake them or allow them to rise a bit longer.
Bake in oven for ~18-22 minutes until tops are golden brown and delicious. Check for doneness by running a knife between rolls in the center of the dish. Dough should not easily stick to the knife.
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Since we are serving in Uganda for one year, we decided not to hop in and out of the country just to extend our visas. Instead, we decided to go with an agency to help obtain a work visa for Wai Jia and a dependent pass for me. Doing things the right way is sometimes long and expensive. It took five months here and nine months in Singapore beforehand to compile all the necessary documents. I won't even talk about the fee they charged us for us to volunteer here.
Yesterday I went to the agency to pick up my passport. Here in Uganda, before you enter a mall or a plaza, it is common for guards to search you and your vehicle to make sure you don't have a bomb or firearms. I've been there so many times the security guards recognized who I was and let me in. As I pulled my car into the parking lot, one of the security guards came up to me and told me he reserved this spot for me and he would look after my car for 'soda money'.
Soda Money.
The term 'soda money' is a nice way of asking for a bribe. As Mzungus (foreigners), we are stopped frequently by the traffic police and other guards asking us to get them a soda. We talked to the locals about these. They don't like it as well. Part of the reasons is that their salary is extremely low (or so we are told) thus they look for a way to make an extra buck.
For this security guard, 'soda money' was 3,000 Shillings. That's equivalent to about a dollar. In Uganda, a bottle of soda costs 1,000 Shillings. With this knowledge, I asked him why he needed so much just for a soda. He replied, 'you get me a big soda.' That's true, bigger bottles do cost more.
For Wai Jia and me, we don't pay bribes. Yes, life can be much easier and faster if we give 'soda money' to get things done. And it is really a small amount. A dollar is not much. But the principle still stands. We don't pay bribes.
I offered I would go buy a soda for him and for me. It was a hot day and a long drive and I wanted one as well. I didn't want to give him money but I could get him a soda to make his day a bit better.
He said, 'No. If they see me with food, they will fire me.'
After collecting my passport and before I left, I asked him for his name. Emmanuel. I explained to him it means "God is with us" and that's the name they gave to Jesus. He looked surprised.
As I walked back to the parking lot after taking my passport, I wondered what I should say to Emmanuel regarding his 'soda money'. I couldn't tell him I have no money because that would make me a liar. I also didn't want to give him money. If I gave him 'soda money', that would reinforce the system of corruption.
As I walked back to my car, I told Emmanuel I couldn't give him 'soda money'. But I told him that I came here to Uganda to serve as a minister. Since I couldn't give him soda money, I suggested I could pray and asked God to bless him instead.
He looked at me with a shocked look and was quiet. He probably didn't expect that answer.
"Emmanuel. I can only give you one soda. But God, He can give you 10,000 sodas."
He smiled a bit. I asked him if he was a believer and if he would be offended if I prayed with him. He returned my keys and said 'I believe in God, too.'
"Great, let us pray."
So in this busy parking lot, both Emmanuel and I bowed our heads and I said a quick prayer. I gave thanks to God for Emmanuel's work and prayed for God to bless him and his family so they would not lack anything.
Then I left.
As I looked back at the decisions we made in coming to Uganda, especially with regards to getting the work permit, I felt we did the right thing. When God looks at our works, He doesn't merely look at just the works but also considers how we do our work. If we do it in such a way that doesn't glorify Him, there will be consequences. There are many times when Wai Jia and I are tempted to take the easy (and less righteous) way to get things done. We had many talks and had to take time to discern whether we were doing things rightly in His eyes.
We always concluded: The work doesn't justify the means. Both the work and the means are important in His Kingdom.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:16 (KJV)


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SISTER ACT is the feel-amazing musical comedy smash hit based on the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg film. The show features all new original music by TONY and 8-time Oscar wining Alan Menken (Beauty & the Beast, The Little Mermaid).
When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in one place the cops are sure she won't be found; a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and uptight Mother Superior.
Using her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community but in doing so, blows her cover. Soon, the gang is giving chase only to find themselves up against Deloris and the power of her newly found sisterhood. Gloriously funny and a sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship - SISTER ACT is a reason to rejoice!!
The Variety Theatre Ashburton production will be directed by Regan Jackson, Musically directed by Jo Castelow and Choreographed by Jessie Thomson.


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I´m working with mad mapper and connect a external display; all ok. If i open modul8 and send output to Madmapper with syphon, the software invert the displays and then appear de controls on the external display, and the main output on the laptop screen. I looking for all options, but i can´t do it.
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The laptop is a MacbookPro Retina 15" beginning 2013, Madmapper is 1.7.3 and Modul8 is 2.9.2